My cat was acquitted on all charges in the case of bad drive vs Orangie Orangejuice

Not my intention.

To anyone that doesn't speak English as a first language. This poster is either not American or is just plain dumb.

I am thinking that is a no. Ofc, we could find out for sure by rigging something up and trying to fly it where we aren't supposed to (assuming that you are in America). Actually, I will let you learn that lesson on your own.

A strategy that has worked out well for North Korea. Well, some of them anyway.

Case in point, that Apple line commercial that I can't stand.

Anyone who cares about it already knows the entire iOS/Android debate. But it is pretty amusing to me how they went about the pitch in that commercial. There is tons of ammunition if you want to argue about why an Android phone is better (and I am talking in terms of advertising. I don't personally give a shit), but when you only have a few minutes to get the lowest common denominator's attention....you have to stick with cool/uncool-pretty/not pretty.

Good luck educating them...."see you back at the studio". (A line from that commercial that is the part that I think I hate the most).

But I see people in meetings at work all the time with tablets in pretty cases furiously typing into them(they are all ipads here).......are you saying that those are just toys and those people are doing any real work?

Wait a second.....where do you work?

The standard form factor for SSD's is 2.5" no matter how you intend to use them. I am not really commenting on what you say aside from that. I was honestly curious when I read that because I have never seen a 3.5" SSD (I haven't looked very hard). There are a few from OCZ on newegg but that's all a brief scan could find.

Platter drives fail like he describes all the time. Bad sectors usually, although I am sure it could be other things. If you are really poor, bored, or stranded with no replacement parts, you can save it with clever partitioning.....but it just isn't worth messing with that shit anymore. Just get another one.

So you want a hybrid? Every major manufacturer makes them. Most people who want a bike need a hybrid whether they realize it or not. I get asked for advice from people because I have several really nice bikes. They usually say that they want a mountain bike. I tell them all the same thing "I know that you think you will, but you almost certainly will never ride this offroad. You either will not, or you will one time and never will again.".

Instead, they insist on getting some monstrosity from a box store....never ride it offroad (a flat gravel or dirt trail does not count)....then hate riding because riding it on the road sucks.

I leave mine with my bike. Anyone who would steal it is welcome to the salty, perfectly shaped like my head and not theirs (I love my Bern) helmet that they obviously need more than I do.

Surely if I can get away with that in the midwestern US then you can too in Sweden?

Not sure about the side by side in terms of technical legality, but it is at least legal for a bike to be on just about any road other than interstates. As far to the right as you feel safe. Now, you would be out of your goddamn mind to ride on a lot of them, but you wouldn't be breaking the law.

Same story more or less, except it scared me into wearing a helmet instead of reaffirming that I did. Biking has been pretty much my only transport for about 8 years now. Never wore a helmet, figured that I never wrecked because I never really did anything stupid....and also because I was just that good (ha).

In the middle of one of those rides that anyone who rides a lot knows well, where you are flying and you just aren't getting tired at all....I am standing up while cranking to stretch my legs out.....I hit the ground and am sliding along the road wondering what the hell just happened.

Catastrophic failure of the bottom bracket. Didn't hit my head, but a spur from the broken metal unzipped about 18 inches of the skin on my leg. Made me realize that it doesn't matter if you aren't doing anything stupid or how good you think are (or really might be)....things break, people make mistakes....shit happens.

And there are helmets now that don't look ridiculous. You don't have to look like you are gunning for the front of the peloton or that a spaceship has come down and landed on your head.

And even if you ever do make to the end, the rebel mothership is just gonna kill you anyway......oh wait, that's the video game Faster Than Light.

Second the wired link. It's a pretty interesting read. I want to see what gets made from the malleable glass.....hopefully it doesn't take 40 years to figure out a use for it the way it did for gorilla glass.