If by Americans you mean people from the U.S., then don't think that's true.

With a very few exceptions, I've heard "lin-ucks" over here.

Though, I would guess that it would be most accurately pronounced "lee-nucks."

I bought a 540Mb in '95, too. Figured I might as well buy one that would never, ever get full.

Seriously, this site is largely responsible for my decision to change careers 10 years ago. I will never be able to thank you enough. Godspeed.

Well, in my case there is no water or fertilizer. If it doesn't rain, the grass turns brown. The place was a cow pasture for 100 years. It's in the local watershed, so building is restricted. It takes about 3 gallons of Diesel per month to run the tractor.
I guess we could change the zoning laws and pack a Wall Mart and a Home Depot on the land. Or maybe a bunch of condos and parking lots. Would that be less wasteful?
As it is now, the fields and woods in the neighborhood filter the rainwater as it runs to the town's drinking source.
By my estimation (and the people who live in the town), it's not a waste of land.

It looks an awful lot like the solution in TFA is just:

1. Follow the perimeter

2. Make concentric, slightly overlapping passes until you reach the center

That's about what I do with my 5 acre lawn.

As a P.S., what's with all the people hating on big lawns? I'm not rich or wasteful, it's a rental. It was a big old farm in the 1800s.
I have chickens and dogs, and a vegetable garden.
My wife and kid love it. We do fun shit outside. Ease up /.ers. -Rico

Get better soon.

Somebody mod this person down, please.

Get off my yard.

My compuserve address is a 6 digit int @compuserve.com

Naturally. My bad.

Prokaryote?

Yes, back when there was a hyphen in Auto-gyro.

Since we're O.T. anyway, I'll point out that there is no '.' (period) in Dr Pepper.

Tests with car loans:
IE 8: 3.10%
FF 3: 2.30%
Chrome: 3.50%

Are you suggesting that capacitive touch devices are migratory?

Awesome! We did the same thing when my daughter was born. The picture was lousy, but it was really fun.

That place is gone, now. It was one of the last Drive-Ins in SoCal. Now we've moved back east, and I don't think there's one in the state.