The way it seems to work is this: The executable is free. The content is billed in $0.99 increments :)

I agree about Chicago. I drove there at 70mph, with everyone pretty much ignoring the 55mph speed limit. Heck, you'd be a major nuisance if you went at 55mph!

That's true, but the differences are really negligible. What's not-quite-a-factor-of-two here? Not much. Only matters for actuarial tables. I would worry about order of magnitude differences.

I find it not only hard to believe, but it's bullshit to start with. Vehicles definitely won't get best MPG at 35mph, because the torque converter is not usually locked out at such speeds and the fuel economy is easily 5-10mpg worse than when you hit 45mph. Then, at 45mph your RPMs might well be a bit too low and maintaining any power output at such speed will happen in the most inefficient operating regime for the engine, unless the transmission downshifts. For most cars the sweet spot will be around 50-55mph I'd think.

/facepalm

Just stop.

Shit, I'm still working with a legacy codebase that uses a linker like that. Heck, Zilog is still offering those linkers with their development systems.

The bearings, ECUs, door hinges and brake discs can all be done in an under hour each, but I don't know how much a dealership will bill for each of them. Of course the diagnostic time must be accounted for as well. The window door motor can be anywhere between 15 minutes and a couple hours, depending on how much of a clusterfuck is the design (I shudder). Transmissions and steering columns can be quite drawn out. Never mind the price of the parts, of course.

IOW: OUCH.

I've yet to visit a regular US university library that requires any form of ID to enter to access the open stacks. Sure, if you need access to things from the non-open repository, you will need an ID.

This works quite well indeed: most of the authors, in spite of being busy, also like their egos to be stroked just a bit, every so often. Such requests a nice ego strokers.

That seems to be a silly accusation. In his 1968 book "The Double Helix", the following is said on page 4:

Heck, he writes about Rosie a bit. She was supposedly a hot chick, if she only knew how to dress. Yeah, that's a stereotypical male view of women, but hey, at least we learn that much about her.

Nothing much. They'll provide as much assistance as they can: they'll instruct the judge that the extent of assistance available is "Sorry, it can't be done. By anyone."

Not at all. I merely pointed out that a piece of one's body can be gender-specific (sexual), no matter what function it has.

So, let's see, what's better: a Linux kernel or some barely working "micro" TCP implementation on a microcontroller of some sort? I'll take linux any day, thank you.

I think that's just nitpicking. As far as everyday language use is concerned, men don't normally have breasts. It's as simple as that. Yeah, there's enough gland tissue there that can be made to grow etc., but it's mostly immaterial other than men getting breast cancer. Still, in normal, everyday use of the language, we all know that women have breasts, and men don't.

OK, I didn't notice that. I think Yahoo is simply overzealous and they treat all Comcast subscriber IPs as spammy.