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Of course they know /b/ likes cats. The intent isn't to antagonize anonymous, but to hit back with some humor. It's a very smart move.

Ripit looks promising, but is that the least informative product homepage ever? What format does it rip to? ISO? Video_TS? Something else? Does it remove region encoding? Does it remove copy protection? Can it be AppleScripted to automatically rip discs when inserted, or to automatically transcode after a rip? How does one get customer support? Does a purchase include point upgrades or all future upgrades? Is the trial version feature or time limited?

I may download and install to learn some of these things, I may not. But wow, this may be the least informative product website I've ever seen. The only actual information is the name of the app, the price of the full version, and that it someone rips movie DVDs. Most people (including me) aren't willing to install mystery apps to find out what they do.

Um, does anyone know what resolution the screens are on the $1299 and $1599 macbooks, and the $1799 macbook air? It would be nice if Apple included that kind of thing in the specifications. I'm tempted to buy, but if they're 1024x768, never mind.

Um, Brandon, Dell says the 19 hour time was achieved in the MobileMark 2007 benchmark, which runs in XP or Vista. See http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/latit/en/latitude_landing_e6400_battery_life.pdf and http://www.bapco.com/products/mobilemark2007/

Why would you post an assertion like that without checking your facts? Oh, yeah, the internet. Accuracy doesn't matter. Sorry.

Apparently this wing is "undergoing testing" at an autocross. Um. Aerodynamic effects increase with the square of speed; autocross almost never sees speeds over 60mph. No harm in testing the computer control and mechanicals, of course, but I am highly skeptical that even a super uber mega wing would provide noticeable improvements at autocross speeds.

London has a subway system, called "the underground," that lets people travel throughout the city. They also have decent-to-good train service to more rural areas.

The point of this taxation was to move more people to those systems, and like most excise taxes aimed at changing behavior, it has had its intended effect.

So the logic goes:

1) There are fewer cars on the road in London
2) However, a reduction in the number of roads avaialble to cars, combined with an increase in pedestrian and bicycle traffic, has kept driving times constant
3) Therefore, the congestion charge is FAIL

Nevermind the idiocy of using an already-fading internet meme to sound cool and hip, the writer here didn't even understand the article he was attempting to summarize.

Ouch. Autoblog, please stick to cars. Because you don't understand policy analysis even a little bit.

"This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put."

-- Winston Churchill

Kitko, you nailed it. This is a classic Porsche from the windsheild forward and the rear wheels back. Unfortunately, it's a 1994 Nissan Maxima between those two.

Um, if you're going to be all arrogant and stuff, at least look at Wikipedia or something to make sure you're right.

Both tattoos and brands are characterized by their effects, not their methods. Tattoos involve the deposit of ink in the dermis, they layer right under the epidermis. This is usually done with a tattoo gun, but can also be done with a handheld needle, or even by cutting the skin and rubbing ink in.

Brands, on the other hand, are a form of scarification and involve burning or cauterizing the skin to produce a scar. An hot iron is definitely the most common way, but they can also be produced electrically, by a cold iron, or, yes, by laser.

Bottom line: tattoos involve ink. Brands involve scarring.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarification#Branding