The quote was "75-mph truth". I think the OP means "reality". Here in Connecticut, the freeway speed is usually either 55mph or 65mph... but if you go at that speed, you'll be passed by 80% of the traffic. The "normal" speed seems to be about 75mph. I've been traveling at that speed with a cop car behind me (and lots of other traffic around doing the same speed) and wasn't pulled over.

And then there's the fact that they appear to *increase* accidents at the intersections where they are placed. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100301844.html

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Certainly: evil is in the mind of the beholder.

Is that you, Invisible Steve?!?!

Actually, housekeeping staff keys are often set to expire on a daily basis. The first thing a housekeeper needs to do in the morning is to revalidate their card. If the card isn't revalidated in time, it needs to human intervention (other than the housekeeper) to be reactivates. Source: I used to work for Onity's parent company (UTC Fire & Security, as it was then), and I worked requirements for some of Onity's newer products.

Bill Sethares has some nice work about this question, too: http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/

Perhaps not bigotry, but he's certainly been labeled as sexist: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/sexism_in_the_skeptic_community_i_spoke_out_then_came_the_rape_threats.html

If you're worried about your kid getting access to inappropriate things on the net, try K9: http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

You're new here, huh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

Mod parent up! +1 Funny. No mod points left!

My sister is a lecturer (professor) in composite materials in Australia. Yes, they do!

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Click on the link in the story. It's been retracted. Nothing to see here, please move along.

Vote parent up! The AC is right: voting IS mandatory in Australia, unless you are resident overseas.