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Honestly a 10 year old quote from Sarah Palin? Can't we leave politics out of anything? It detracts from the rest of an otherwise fascinating article. I'm not offended but it's a pointless inclusion when that inch of article space could be better used on the science itself. Back to the business...

And this is a good thing? Why can't we have a nice thing without a bunch of extra taxes? Can't something just be legal, full stop. Cigarettes and alcohol are legal but also taxed at higher-than-usual rates. Federal and state taxes on a $10 bottle of Rum for example is 30%. And cigarette taxes...

Don't conflate single-payer medicine funded by taxes and actually helping your neighbor. The first one is taking taxes (by force) then inefficiently redistributing the money. The second one is actual benevolent behavior like rescuing a person from a rooftop, putting up family and friends in your...

I agree totally. You're right as to why this is the case that the prosecutors want the precedent on. People focus on the crime and the accused so they feel they can win this. However we don't defend the rights of only the accused BUT THE RIGHTS EVERYONE ELSE in the same circumstance, even those...

Autos have a gear limit as well, just much higher than our human limits. I don't know, the point isn't maximum performance but maximum fun. We can shoot a hole in one with a cannon, but we still want to play golf. One perfectly executed apex or double clutch can make your whole commute, you...

Your Musk article about the supercapacitors is from 2011. I'd like to be wrong here, do you have some more recent evidence, maybe from a production EV? The Maxwell link is extremely nonspecific and only talks about capacitor assisting a traditional battery, unless I read it wrong. So maybe a...

Modern manuals have good "hill holders" and many even match revs now on the downshift though at 56 hills should no longer pose a problem if you have really been driving stick since the 1980's or earlier. You also rarely need to shift very much in a 600+ HP car since you can just leave it in...

Lots of internet warrior in this one! First of all the brakes are CAST IRON, not STEEL. Beginner mistake. Factory discs are universally cast iron, unless carbon, with stainless steel available in the aftermarket. But like slots and holes, SS is more for appearance than actual usefulness. Seems...

The stick is more fun. More engaging. Of course the auto is faster. On the street not so much. You are not engaging launch control at every stop. To extract maximum performance vs other supercars (yes, I called it a supercar) you make a 10 speed auto. Possibly the driver has a physical...

That sounds just like rules in the US in the places that have the most shootings, like in all major cities for example. New York City, Chicago, Washington DC also have strict requirement for gun ownership, usage and storage along with jail time for unlawful possession and misuse, just like...

In an article where the statistics are overwhelmingly relevant to 13-17 year olds invoking first grade is odd. This isn't the "new normal," either. Crime and dangers to children in school are amazingly low, almost the lowest ever, even in spite of a terrible school shooting. The post was trying...

Riiight. First grade? The age range studied was 0 to SEVENTEEN. And the article states that the 13-17 range was 12 times as likely to be shot as the younger group. So then children 0-12 are just 1/13 of the total number or about 100. How's my math? I guess you can be considered a "child" at...

And that script on that repo can change any time without warning. Who is the person or organization that has commit rights changes to change the script at the repo and who has the Google login to modify at the Google drive link? Sure it's okay today. You audited it today. What about next week...

It is not marketed as perfect anonymity. Nobody says this. You *DO* certainly have to change your browsing habits. Of fire up the TOR browser vs using your browsers "incognito" mode that isn't. You don't need to run an exit or bridge node. The TOR browser bundle is a nice thing to have. OF...

"Unlike many hack attacks, medical device tampering would usually require extremely close proximity to the target..." Says who? You can pick up WiFi hotspots from a quarter mile away with a sufficiently sensitive RECEIVER. You can probably send a signal to a pacemaker with a sufficiently...

The doctor, the device manufacturer, hospital literature can't point to anyone who knows about the pacemaker security because there ISN'T ANY! See, simple. That's the point of the article.

Man I wish there was a good answer to avoiding ISP spying. Trusting a VPN is hard to do, rolling your own hard as well and rolling your own security is a security no-no. Everyone should indeed follow these instructions, then go to an established VPN provider (and use TOR, maybe) and sign up...

Yes you can. The researcher's interaction with the animal varies, leading to differing animal behavior. Different results for the favored animals, even if the bias isn't even noticed by the researcher.

The reasons the manufacturers kept them around: to advertise better mileage, faster acceleration and lower cost, all made possible by the manuals hardly anybody bought. It's very sad and points to people just wanting to be cocooned around in a pod in traffic without being engaged. Or paying...

Gitlin, your auto show article was good. This one has no substance. You just uncritically repeat Toyota marketing materials. "IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL —" What? "Toyota’s all-new 2018 Camry tries (and may succeed) to excite" I'll help you: no it won't. Not even a little bit of excitement in that...