Also very true. We have a similar problem here, with two of them so close together that they're almost in the same zipcode.

If we let the USPS operate as they should (a taxpayer-funded government agency) then they wouldn't have to worry about financial solvency, and we could get mail every day of the week.

There are plenty of other things we could do, too. Like toss out all those union fucks making $35/hr and hire twice as many people from the welfare pool at a reasonable living wage. They'd have jobs, and we'd cut costs.

I have a similar vintage Mac Pro, and I've been looking for ways to get it to run 10.8 (I've got 10.6 on here at the moment). Any chance you could spare a link to relevant information on how to do this? Google-fu hasn't turned up anything helpful, and I'd really appreciate it.

Who will get Nokia's share of this grant when they go under in a few years? I highly doubt they're going to be still solvent in five years, let alone 10.

I believe that falls under the umbrella of "crazy shit", or at least the related "ill-informed and excessively simple ideas". But undoubtedly that plays a part as well.

"We got tired of answering crazy shit like building a Death Star or putting a Starbucks on the moon, so we want to make it more difficult for the people to express crazy shit while still looking like we give a damn about them."

...who are saying that our $4/gal is nothing compared to what they pay, it's true. But you astronomical gas taxes (which is where the disparity is) are why you have mass transit systems that are actually usable. In this country, your options for work are cut severely from the already limited pool if you don't own a vehicle. And fuel efficient ones are even more expensive, since they tend to be newer, and often less reliable.

This and the Netflix app are the ONLY things I use my (Samsung) TV for, actually!

And I thought my opinion of art critics couldn't get any lower.

Owner of an '84 300TD here. You bet your ass. Sanely designed to be easy to service, and run bloody forever.

They may not be technology themselves, but they are enabling patent trolling.

Text for lameness filter.

"keep your medical bill down"? You have clearly never been to a doctor.

I wish I could bike more, but there are several considerations that make it far from a good solution for me.

I live about 15 miles (via an interstate) each way from work. Since biking on said interstate is suicidal and illegal, I'd be looking at closer to 20 miles taking local routes instead. That's each way. 40 miles a day seems a bit excessive to me for a biking commute, not to mention the time it takes to get to/from work goes from 40 minutes to 2-3 hours.

I would bike locally to errands within a reasonable distance (grocery store, and such). But often when I get groceries, I find myself picking up perishable items. And a 45m bike ride in 90F weather would undoubtedly render anything perishable unsafe. I also tend to buy a lot of groceries at once, and carrying that much crap on a bike would be bad for my already iffy back. One of those adult-sized tricycles with a large basket in the rear (with a cooler) would solve both of those problems, but those are bulky and impossible to store in an apartment, unlike a standard bike.

That's the ugly truth. I did a side-by-side comparison of two identical vehicles once (1994 and 1995 Ford Escorts). The 1994 had a driver's airbag, and the 1995 had driver and passenger airbags. The dash bulged slightly more to accomodate the airbag. Other than that and the airbag hardware itself, they were identical. The difference in weight? 200 freaking pounds. For one airbag. Modern vehicles have as many as seven or more of them.

All this five-star safety crap is heavy. It's that simple. You can't have a small, light car anymore because it'll never pass modern crash tests. And those crash tests simulate a large, heavy vehicle. It's a catch-22.