All you need to do is pull the negative battery cable and the onboard systems will reset. You'll lose the radio programming, and any other onboard counters (like oil or tire pressure) will be reset.

It's a PITA, but we've been doing that on oil changes for decades now. If you change your own oil, you'll need to swing by Advance or Autozone (or NAPA for their "know how") to get the "Maint Reqd" light to go off.

Or just pull the battery cables.

>>In my town, practical BATTERY range is an inverse function of the number of feet of snow on the ground.

FTFY. Not too sure about lead-acid batteries, but I know lithium-polymer batteries absolutely suck when it's cold. Expect that 30 miles to drop to 10 or less.

Sure, in a happy world of rainbows and unicorns where GMO foods with significant market share had real benefits to customers, we could discuss the finer points of GMO in your food, but the seed giants are their own worst enemy. It's a vendor lock-in device used to corner the market on herbicides. If there was ever a market for "good" GMOs, Monsanto killed it.

Regardless of your stance on the health effects of GMOs, if would behoove us to look more closely at the business practices (specifically w.r.t. intellectual property) of the seed giants, i.e. Monsanto: patenting life, monopolizing the seed market, shaking down small farmers with patent infringement suits, and all so they can sell more Roundup, creating a monoculture of herbicides. It's the same corporate playbook we've seen countless times in the tech world.

We had herbicides before Roundup-ready GMOs. It ain't no huge innovation, aside from being a revenue win for Monsanto.
http://cenblog.org/cleantech-chemistry/2010/03/what-did-farmers-do-before-roundup/

Well obviously... Inconvenient to extract data for evidence in a court of law != impervious to government snooping

I don't think that will be an option for a *long* time. As it stands now, if you are close to your car (and have your keys on you) you can be charged with DUI/DWI. The cops argue that you are technically in-control of your car any time you are near it.

I've seen two DUI busts while people were sitting in a non-running car listening to music. I've seen one for someone who went to get something out of the car without ever sitting inside or turning the ignition.

And as long as we have MADD, it'll be hard to change. They will always come back with "what ifs" and TOTC and lawmakers will roll over.

deregulate just another word for "shit happens"

/. really needs a sarcasm tag

Kick back to a life of leisure while machines do all the work?

And to further abuse the train metaphor...
the gravy train for the bread and circuses, i.e. the plunder of the rest of the planet, is quickly running out. But really don't mind me, just go back to your TV and cheez doodles. I'm sure that next shiny thing will make you feel all better.

I vote this one. Yeah, I'm a big /. nerd too, and I'm pretty confident on being able to secure a netbook. I have no freakin' clue on how to secure a mobile platform to the same degree. They're unaccountable black boxes.

That's ok. As long we get to keep our birth control and our gay rights, democracy is safe, right?

No fan of the po-po here. But use some skeptical thinking. The individual "said" she had a dislocated shoulder and a torn rotator cuff. I see no mention of her visiting a hospital.

Still, if a cop's camera is inoperative, he should be charged with dereliction of duty.

Seriously, you talk about freedom and then you complain about paying market price for fuel? (I'm going to ignore for now how other taxpayers subsidize your roads and utility lines). Every choice has its costs-- if you can afford it and you really like living out there, more power to you. Just own up to it and don't come crying to us when reality smacks you in the face. I've lived in both, and suburbia is just a bigger box. You're no less controlled, taxed or poisoned to death out there. (I find the last one rather ironic in light of suburban cuisine- Walmart, Applebees, all you can eat buffets)

That's mostly controlled by muscles/tendons in the forearm. They mention some nerve repair, but I doubt they really mean it in the way we think they mean it.

If this had worked, he'd have been exactly as bad off as before. He would have just looked *slightly* more normal and been a *much* greater burden on his caregivers.