Because you write what you know. When Lucas was the head of a multimillion dollar entertainment empire, he spent all fucking day at meetings. So when he wrote his epic, he wrote about what he was doing which is BORING DEATH TO EVERYONE BUT HIM.

So as long as the author of the scripts has the skill level above that of apprentice screenwriter, he can remember not to stage every goddamn important scene around a god-damn CONFERENCE TABLE WHICH IS BORING AS FUCK GEORGE!!! /rant off

For millions and millions of dollars' profit, it would pay to be aware of such things. Apple's cluelessness is reinforced by this eye-candy design decision.

You'll have to excuse the oil industry trolls who are making as much concern as they can. Their business model is about to evaporate completely and they don't know what to do, so spread FUD and confusion!

So what the living fuck happened

Well, you have to recognize that "conservatives" aren't anymore, they are con-artists. The "conservative" movement has been sabotaged by a pack of slimy con-men who are out to loot the public's treasure wherever they can get their hands on it. That is all they are about anymore, and the sooner people wake up to this, the better.

"Small government" is just small for the con-artists, whose scams are now being legalized so that the maximum number of people can be fleeced.

Years ago, I remember reading in my Time-Life books, which were an amazing series that I re-bought for my own kids, about how cars were manufactured.

There was a Time-Life book on almost every topic of the modern world. This one talked about how early transport was done, and when they talked about cars they SPECIFICALLY mentioned how engineers would put the car on a machine to simulate use, and deliberately weaken parts that lasted longer than the "designed" life of the car.

There was no whispered conspiratorial tone to this; it was stated matter-of-factly in that matter-of-fact tone of voice you do not find in modern media. So, basically, it's not a myth or a conspiracy that our modern conveniences have been deliberately and intentionally made to fall apart at a certain rate in order to ensure profitability for the parts manufacturers.

Kudos to Elon Musk for his willingness to break this absurd paradigm.

It's not like tesla is going to impact their bottom line heavily

Yes, it is. Otherwise, they wouldn't be complaining. In fact, Tesla outsold all of their high-end competitors in California by quite a bit, and it's not just "electric car" it's "well-made electric car with true innovation going on." Lazy has-been competitors are just being lazy has-beens, whining instead of working on catching up.

hybrids and electrics are disliked by a lot of people

Wow, what an incredibly stupid statement. I'm sure some dumb-fucks have a dumb-fuck political reason for disliking them, but that's probably due to stupidity. Other than that, what's to dislike? Better fuel efficiency? Again, I'm sure some dumb-fucks have a dumb-fuck reason, but sane, rational consumers are looking for a good deal.

And the Democrat strategy. If public spending doesn't fix the economy, increase public spending.

Well, I can tell you're as ignorant as all fuck about how that works.

Well, training lawyers with incomplete information could lead to an unexpected revolution where we discard long-established precedents and rewrite all law as if it were born yesterday.

Especially in law which relies heavily on precedent, being able to find the actual precedents for comparison's sake would be critical, IMHO.

I can't stand that place anymore. It's not just the cowardly sniping and obsequious-to-authority tone of the place; it's the shitty, over-designed website that locks my PC up HARD for about 5 minutes after I click on any Slate link.

Therefore, I never go there.

No, Journalists are looked down on by English majors because they show up in our classes and are stupid, obnoxious, and superficial.

Computers don't hate me, by the way. I've made a nice living from fixing them for other people. It helps that I can articulate what I'm doing better than most of my peers.

But, please do not confuse journalists with artists. Or scholars.

Not really an excuse for killing thousands of other people they didn't know.

Well, since there's zero proof you can, because you have no idea what health problems may lie in your future, you assume that I'll carry the cost, motherfucker.

And I'm sick of carrying THE DEAD WEIGHT OF MOTHERFUCKERS LIKE YOU with my ridiculous monthly insurance premiums. So, quit your bitching and carry your own dead ass, thanks.

And you over there, you're playing Galaga. Everyone knows it!

The bridge serves a real purpose for the NSA,

We have one of these stupidities in our NOC. It is there just for show, but man alive you would not believe the hysteria that erupts when those stupid god-damn projectors go on the fritz. Nobody uses them, you understand. It's just for show.

As is this absurd ridiculous waste of our taxpayer's money.

For example, the NRA.