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  1. Pertinence by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 2 · on Scientists Don't Read the Papers They Cite

    So including information for someone else's benefit, that would have to be researched anyway in order to understand a subject, is unimportant now, just because I'm a busy man?

  2. So what are options for Americans? by Deagol · · Score: 2 · on 239 MPG Car
    So we're a 1-car family. We have a '93 Mazda Navajo, which is a re-badged 2-door Ford Explorer, with a 4-L V6 engine. The best fuel efficiency I've recorded is 20mpg, though I average 18mpg for highway trips (the majority of travel this thing now sees). I'm not ashamed of this car, as we travel off-road a lot (hey, this is Utah!) and have rural property which requires a 4x4 to access it. We often haul stuff inside, as well as outside (trailer), which would not be possible in a conventional car.

    (You know, it's a no-win situation. We own a single vehicle which does everything we require, but it sucks in fuel efficiency. Yet, if we get a second, more efficient car, we'd be acused of being the typical glutonous American family.)

    I'd like to get a better car, though, for commuting. One to optimize my tax burden (which, for me means any car over 12 years of age) and fuel efficiency (obviouly better than 20mpg, say 30-50mpg).

    Diesel is an option, as I live in a farm town and it's readily available.

    So... let's hear some sugegstions! I just hope the VW Rabbit isn't the only matching car. :)

  3. Salt Lake 2002 by i_am_nitrogen · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Site Review: 2002 Olympics
    I've been reading over some of the comments here, and I must say that I am appalled at the unjustified criticism and uneducated stereotyping being thrown around. Salt Lake City is not an inbred hick town, Mormons don't have horns, and Utahns are not polygamists (Those that are do so in violation of federal law and are the exception, not the rule. Besides, all the polygamists live in their own cities with unfinished houses to dodge taxes.), and the term "Mormon Olympics" is simply uncalled for. I am speaking as a former resident of Salt Lake City and current resident of Utah, and a Mormon all my life. Isn't this (Open Source) community supposed to be open minded and unjudging (except toward Microsoft products, of course ;p)? Shame on you all. Learn a little bit about a group of people before you go up and down criticizing it for things that aren't even true.

    The fact that the website runs IIS and is incompatible with Lynx says nothing about the character of the people who live in the state. Not everyone is an incompetent MCSE (I, for example, have written several useful projects).

    Surely I will get moderated down for this post.

    -nitrogen