cheaper too!

not to mention that the HDD is probably made by samsung, WD, hitachi, or some other manufacturer... all of whom will probably offer you the default factory warranty of at least 2 years.

usb is a lot slower than sata 3gbps... and some laptops only have two usb ports, which would be taken up by an external keyboard/mouse.

Some versions of Visio actually work through WINE... I know Visio 5 did ;)

I think that was Indy 500, you had to enter word X from line Y on page Z. Civ1 did the same thing. There was a very limited number of questions with very few answers though, so most of the time you could guess.

leg warmers? wait what? Those are out of fashion?

No, you're simply getting low sound quality music :)

And here I thought the US already had indefinite confinement in the form of multiple consecutive live sentences...

Actually, I know some of the big boys use external IPs internally, because they have them anyway... So it's far more than trivial to just sell parts of them...

Comparing speedingtickets to slavery is awfully close to godwin's law... And probably worse, from a politically correctness point of view. You're free to question a law, obviously, but you're not free to pick and choose which one to follow. The proper way to protest speedlimits is not through breaking them, but through your duly elected representatives. It's irrelevant whether you accept the speedlimit as correct, just that it's irrelevant whether you decide that running a red light should be illegal. While the law is in place, it is, and you're obliged to follow it or suffer the consequences.

Part of the problem with that is that it generates less income, because then they can't hide the camera. They do that in the UK, any place that has had one or two deadly accidents get a highly visible camera, and apparently it works well... Still, that's less income for them!

Whether you agree with a law (and a speedlimit is just that) or not is irrelevant, you still have to follow it. The advantage of average speed cameras for you (and me), the speeder, is that your average speed is likely to be lower than your top speed.

If you're going to lose your job along with your license, maybe you shouldn't be breaking the law in the first place...

Now, I'm going to have to admit that the day I can't speed anymore will be the day I stop enjoying driving. That being said, I still prefer these over the single-point cameras.

We have average speed checking systems here in the Netherlands, and it just works on averages. They pick stretches of road that don't have the opportunity to stop, or leave the road, and take your average speed. So, if the limit is 60, you drive 80 for the first half, realize you're being clocked, and drive 40 for the second half... no ticket.

To be honest I find this system better than the single-point checking systems that are also widely in use everywhere.

• It's ok to speed for small stretches, for passing or from lack of attention to your speed
• It enforces a lower speed over a longer stretch. You can't just slam on the brakes for a camera and speed up right after.

Top Gear tends to be better at busting car myths than Mythbusters... Take the driving-behind-a-jumbo-flips-your-car myth for example... Mythbusters couldn't find a jumbo jet, so they used a much less powerful jet turbine. Then, the had to rig a complicated remote control system to the car so they could drive it... Top Gear got a jumbo, put a steeringwheel lock on the car, tossed a large brick on the accelerator, and presto, the car flipped behind the jumbo jet!

they have more trouble actually, which is the problem with those 'phone home first' type drm schemes.