The manufacturer? Shouldn't hardware come with open firmware? If we didn't eat shit continuously they wouldn't feed it to us.

I do if the batteries cost about the same as a new remote.

I loved mass transit when I was stationed in Germany. You could set your watch by the busses and they ran regularly. Waiting times were minimal. None of that applies anywhere I've been in the US but maybe the real big Metro areas might be better than what I've seen. Then there are crime issues that didn't seem to exist in Germany.

I'd bet that Nissan will be building a battery factory too.

It's a disposable car. Use it ten years, throw it away and get another. I'm at 16 years on one vehicle and 13 on the other. I have an old truck that's a '77 but I don't drive it much as it's an old style 4X4 that's really better offroad than on.

2 miles? I walk that from the parking lot to the hangar where I work. Why would you need a vehicle? Maybe a bycycle.

What kind of drivel are you spouting? It's not like you know anything about history. 250 years ago the'd have hung the bastard for sure. No one likes a traitor who runs off to another country to spread animosity for his homeland. If he'd gone to the Times or something I'd call him a whistleblower. Going to China and then Putin? We need to hang his sorry ass.

The fourth amendment covers "unreasonable" search and seizure. What's reasonable is decided by the courts, not traitors like Snowden.

I spent 3 years in Germany from 85-88. Great beer and I drank many different varieties. I've had Czech beer also, in fact the best beer I ever had was from the Czech Republic. I mostly drank a german beer called Muenster Brau or some such. I used to get a case or so delivered to my door every week where I lived near Mainz. It came in a brown heavy bottle with a white flip top. The wines there were off the chain as well. I enjoyed many a winefest. Man I enjoyed those 3 years, I highly recommend Germany to anyone. Lots of history and really nice people. Clean and beautiful and some great food. So you see I speak from experience.

Fuck him. He's a traitor and I hope they bring his ass home and hang him.

Piss is a step up from Budwieser.

I imagine they at least run it through a filter before it hits the pipes.

I damn sure don't want any piss in my facets. That's even worse than piss coming through my faucets.

Does Portland even have conservatives? Surely not in Portland anyway.

Well water in my area is awesome. Some places I've been it had a nasty taste to it but it really depends on the area.