Rural roads are an other good place to use them. When you approach a turn, dim them and you will be able to tell if a car is coming in the opposite direction (you'll see their lights) and you can take the turn knowing that you won't blind them.

And of course, once they see the pedestrians they can turn their high beams down. You know, not turn off the headlights. Not drive with just their parking lights, simply dim the high beams. It's all perfectly safe. It is how the car was designed to be operated. And as a bonus it is courteous to your neighbors. I recommend trying it some day.

Considering this is for the i8 they got rid of the idle and the vroom-vroom. It's an electric car, so anything to save battery consumption is a good thing (tm)

Who really wins if the FAA/FCC ban inflight cell coverage? The airlines that have built a pay service for internet connections. If we allow cellular coverage in the air, they lose a revenue stream. The airlines already have processes in place for annoying passengers. If you are really annoyed by the person next to you they don't need new rules to deal with yapping on a cell phone. On the other hand, I would enjoy being able to read news while traveling. I would enjoy getting work done with reference materials available while traveling. Please don't knee jerk away a gain for consumers.

I had a prof who would take a vote on which day we would have our test. Once he gave us the choice of next week monday or friday. The vote was overwhelmingly monday (I can't remember but something like 2/3). Immediately after he realized that wednesday was also an option, so we had a re-vote. Friday won out with a majority (not plurality) vote.
So, no, I don't think that guans are wired for logical decision making. Animals, I still hold out hope for.

You can leave your gun in your car, you can not leave your skin color, sex, religion*, sexual preference, disability at the door before walking in. That is a huge difference and has nothing to do with "progressist" anything.

* religion can also include your religion for or against gun control laws, and you may discuss your religion while on premise.

I moved here from Europe. I spent my early childhood in India, Pakistan, Israel and Lebanon. Yes, in some cases moving is quite easy. But once you buy a house, start a family, have elderly family members that rely on you, etc it becomes difficult to the point of impossible to move. Some are luckier that others - My sister typically moves from one continent to an other every 2-3 years. Just because some people can move easily doesn't mean that it is a realistic to say "if you don't like the state you live in move to one that works for you".

I can't leave the city I live in - not if I want to continue being a father for my children. Saying that it is easy to pick up and move is a fallacy for many if not most people.

Is Ohio deciding how to deal with California trade, or are a few making choices that will harm the many. The parent comment about moving everything to the state level was in response to the comment that local politicians are easy to lobby (let's not call it bribe). I find it inherently wrong that a few with money can carry so much leverage in our political system.

Get in line

What the phone companies can and can't do with POTS is highly regulated. They have been on a crusade to do away with the regulations for a long time. This is a simpler way to get rid of the regulations.

If we look closely enough it is quite likely that we will find spree shooters all had drivers licenses. Talk about a key similarity! Put another way, correlation and causality would like to have a chat with you. If taking anti depression drugs was linked to spree killings CA freeways would be clear of traffic because there wouldn't be anyone left alive.

Don't get nostalgic about the old manual days where an employee might have a chance to glance at your postcard. These days the post-office (and by extension every branch of government that wants to) memorizes each and every post card you receive. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130703/12551523709/old-school-metadata-still-being-harvested-usps-turned-over-to-law-enforcementsecurity-agencies-request.shtml

according to wiki, the patriot act includes a gag order. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

Section 215 includes the lovely clause that you are not allow to mention that you have received one. The fact that Apple is saying they haven't in interesting because if they stop saying there is a very clear inference that can be drawn. Think of it as a canary - when you see that line dropped in subsequent reports you can assume Apple has received one, even though they won't be able to say so.