Actually, it's the other way around. American speed-limit-setters have been told to post a speed limit that is at least 10 mph below the maximum speed people actually drive. More or less.

Or, from wikipedia:

Now there's a scary thought.

"CP-violation"

Right. Like I'm going to click on that link.

You might want to look at Kodu. There are plenty of reasons to hate on it, but it's a visual programming language aimed at making games.

Remember kids, finish your oranges just in case there are baby snails in there. Don't discard, digest!

I'm impressed by ustart.org. The interface is definitely fast. I wish they supported keyboard shortcuts though.

A follow-up patent application describes the use of audio signals to communicate between devices and their peripherals, eliminating the need for Bluetooth chips. From the patent application: 'Look at what we can do with a speaker and a microphone. Isn't it neat?"

WTF is this? I didn't come here to read!

Can someone please write up a summary for this summary?

http://xkcd.com/356/

I haven't gotten anything useful done all morning!

I think I'm lost. Is this Pinterest?

Who cares? Let's just post big lists of web comics so we can all click and read and woohooooo!

Beyond the obvious (XKCD, Penny Arcade, Dilbert, The Oatmeal) there are at least these:

http://amultiverse.com/
http://www.virtualshackles.com/
http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss.latest
http://chainsawsuit.com/
http://dresdencodak.com/archives/
http://www.happletea.com/
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2347

So if I'm tired of seeing stories submitted by the same people (Bennett Haselton, Hugh Pickens, ...) I need to go into the Firehose and vote them down there?

Good to know.

I misread that as "Hackers Stole Information From IKEA Servers". I was worried there for a moment.

me too!

Loved eldavojohn's logo from the 21st. Very strongly hated all animated logos after the 10th iteration through the loop.