We used to do exactly that with Charter every year. Worked like clockwork.

They probably publicly reprimanded him, then privately promoted him...

That 8 minutes of audio was brutal to listen to. But that aside, yeah, my wife used to call Charter every year and say we're canceling because we're switching to ADSL. We weren't, but they reduced our rates for another year like clockwork. Next year when the rates went back up again, lather, rinse, repeat.

He did actually say that. Repeatedly. If you haven't listened to the audio give it a try. Bet you can't make it through the whole 8 minutes. I got pissed off beyond belief after about 2.

But did you LISTEN to the audio...? I don't think a jury in the world would convict him.

(yes, i'm kdding, but hot damn that was awful)

The fact that there IS a business called "Big Ass Fans" actually makes me want to live on this planet - at least for a little longer.

Yeah, my thoughts on climate change and the environment are kind of mutually exclusive. Maybe climate change is man-made, maybe it's not. But who cares. We're eventually going to run out of fossil fuels, and they're very dirty so why are we using them? I like a clean environment because I like a clean environment, and I think we should be doing everything we possibly can to get off fossil fuels as soon as possible. We are not currently doing enough. And if man-made climate change is happening due to our carbon emissions, well, a side effect will be improving that!

This.

Plus, I'm far too imaptient to ever try hypermiling. I tried it for a week or so when I first got my new truck years ago, and that week was hell. But then I've always viewed travel as wasted time with which I could be doing something else, so I tend to try to get where I'm going as fast as reasonably possible. I walk fast too.

But that subset, by and large, does not post here.

That'll buff right out.

...while it was going 100 mph. I'm all for safety but I don't expect ANY car company to design a car that will keep occupants safe in a crash with enough kinetic energy to embed half the car in a fucking building...

Don't give anybody any ideas!

Well that's pretty ballsy. "Yeah, we know you banned this with us in mind, but....can we do it anyway?"

Right, and if detected there's the added bonus that the threat is almost immediately eliminated! However, one unfortunate side effect is that the tester and testing area might also be eliminated. But hey, it's a work in progress...!

Pretty sure this is intended for security checkpoints like in airports, not random sampling of the population. At least for now...