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  1. Re:what happens when the batters wears out? on Will the Nissan Leaf Take On the Tesla Model S At Half the Price? · · Score: 1

    I have bad experience with German cars. Expensive to buy. Expensive to maintain.

    I like my Toyota, but my cousin's matrix engine just died with only 130k on the dial due to bearings.

  2. Re:Oh noes, I can't drive X miles on Will the Nissan Leaf Take On the Tesla Model S At Half the Price? · · Score: 1

    Get yourself a 1500 watt scooter then:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    It costs $1500, goes about 30+ish miles, and leave the rest of us who don't want to be crammed in by your choice alone.

  3. Re:More money does not always buy better things. on $42,000 Prosthetic Hand Outperformed By $50 3D Printed Hand · · Score: 1

    A $30 aeropress coffee maker is as good as a $5000 espresso machine.

    As an owner of an expensive automatic machine, not quite $5000 but up there, I like the convenience it offers and it makes great coffee for an automatic. I have to clean it very seldomly. The aeropress looks good for what it is although I don't trust plastic and hot water together.

    A double edge safety shaver that uses 20 cent blades is far superior to any expensive disposable shaver system, even the ones with 5 blades.

    Agree. Companies moved on from DE to proprietary cartridges for profit.

    $150 Formica counter top fulfills all the duties of a $3000 granite counter top.

    Not quite. I had formica crack under a hot pot, stain, scratch, and chip. The first I haven't seen my granite countertop of 10 years do, and the latter 2 were much, much reduced to nil. Might not be worth it to everyone though, I can see that.

  4. Re:Can the writings be read? on Is Germany Raising a Generation of Illiterates? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I may enjoy writing following proper grammar rules, but that's just my personal preference and just because I like it, doesn't mean everybody should do so.

    If we're going to be limp-wristed faggots about this, why not be a limp-wristed faggot on all subjects?

    Oh, I may enjoy math following proper math rules, but that's just my personal preference and just because I like it, doesn't mean everybody should do so. No, I don't mind being shortchanged by a cashier, she probably wasn't being greedy, she was just following her own wonderfully unique set of math rules.

    Why even bother sending the kids to school? They can learn their own unique way at home.

  5. Re:3D is going to mean jack shit on Amazon Reportedly Launching Smartphone This Year · · Score: 1

    Doesn't TMobile have much shittier coverage than ATT and Verizon, I mean?

  6. Re:3D is going to mean jack shit on Amazon Reportedly Launching Smartphone This Year · · Score: 1

    Really? I mean on a decent network? In the US, I see the cheaper networks are usually the shitty ones.

  7. Re:Next, be a woman on UN Report Reveals Odds of Being Murdered Country By Country · · Score: 1

    More men than women raped in the US: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

  8. Re:Convenient malfunctions on LA Police Officers Suspected of Tampering With Their Monitoring Systems · · Score: 1

    Maybe the 4th example down? http://reason.com/blog/2010/08...

  9. Wow, 16GB? on Data Storage Pioneer Wins Millennium Technology Prize · · Score: 0

    I think some of my BluRay movies barely fits on that these days, and that's when it's converted to mp4. I thank this guy for making my porn collection possible.

  10. Tipping over a smart car to fight the man on Smart Car Tipping Trending In San Francisco · · Score: 2

    Is like beating up a blind guy to fight against discrimination against the handicapped. It's fun.

  11. Re:24 hours compared to what? on 3D-Printed UAV Can Go From Atoms to Airborne in 24 Hours · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, look at Mr. Subtractive here! I guess we Additives are just way too Positive for you, negative nancy! I'm so sorry we try to build up the world while you like to hack it down to size.

  12. As a guy from Europe on FCC Orders Comcast To Stop Labeling Equipment Rental a Service Fee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm never ceased to be surprised by your guys prices never match the advertised price. Surcharges/Fees/Taxes/Tips flying everywhere. About the only time I paid the price adverted was buying gas. And it's not like it's predictable "Oh, things will be 10% over the price", nope every industry from hotels to airlines to cellphones has it's own rules and offsets. Why hasn't there been a consumer revolt yet?

  13. Re:Help fund next blender open movie on Blender Foundation Video Taken Down On YouTube For Copyright Violation · · Score: -1

    Why? Their existing movies are awful. Sintel? What the hell? They should be glad someone is willing to take that awful student project off their hands.

  14. Call Asimov on Mystery MLB Team Moves To Supercomputing For Their Moneyball Analysis · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but not even robots could make this game interesting. I say we sell it to the Japanese while they're still game.

  15. Re:It's worth it. on Most Expensive Aviation Search: $53 Million To Find Flight MH370 · · Score: 0

    Yeah, but they're just navies otherwise training to blow something up. Governments were going to spend the money anyhow, they just spent a few more man hours and fuel doing this then whatever the fuck navies do with their men.

  16. Still waiting for the rice grain sized Atom Clocks on New US Atomic Clock Goes Live · · Score: 1

    You know, the ones that will enable gps devices to be accurate to a few centimeters. That will allow robotic lawnmowers without wiring up the borders on the property, drones to airdrop missiles or fast food on my front door. Stuff like that. So what will this be good for?

  17. Re:Ah another seemingly benign NIST approved stand on New US Atomic Clock Goes Live · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Not as big as I made the backdoor on your mom.