If there are cars lined up along the side of the road parked, or otherwise so that you could be doored, take the lane (ride in the middle of the right-most traffic lane). You're legally entitled to, and safety dictates that you should. Sorry to hear you got hit; I hope you got the jerk to pay for the repairs at least.

Most people who travel by car spend about a third of their income on transportation. If you drive an expensive, fast car, I can see how you could end up spending half of it.

As a college student in Tampa, I've found that bicycling is the best way to go. It's faster (I zoom by stopped cars on the roads during rush hour), it's cheaper (no gas, insurance, very low up-front cost), it's cleaner (the only greenhouse gases are my own breathing), and it's healthier (instead of gaining the "freshman 15," I gained the "freshman -50"). It wouldn't be ideal if you have to commute more than 20 miles, but for anything less than that, especially in town, it's perfect.

Because it's for portable storage like DVDs, not hard drives per se.

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Creative capitalization ftw.

The point is not whether they can sense aversive stimuli. That is something common to just about every creature with anything resembling a nervous system. The point of this article is that they can remember it and it alters their future behavior, which is how most psychologists define pain.