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I used to do that before the BT receiver, didn't work in my car - it's got weird cup holders though with gaps on almost all the sides though with a little "handle" thing to convert it into just a change dish type thing. Also Tarrant - how many of the M8 problems you've seen were antennae...

Heh, my car does tend to be a bit on the noisy side these days - there's a reason I've been shopping around for some car advice elsewhere here. If my car was some sort of silent/near silent type might be a different story. Especially the damn AC in my car, horrendously noisy. (Great AC though -...

Probably loses about 0.2 inches while the keys are displayed without transparent overlay, many apps do allow the keys to be a transparent overlay rather than truly taking up real estate though. (Compared it on vs. my old GNexus with keys displayed the screen definitely has more real estate than...

Technically S5's camera is better in NORMAL lighting conditions - if you're in any case where you're using lowlight or flash, M8 destroys the S5 - so it depends on the environments/times you plan to use the camera in. Screen real estate for both is pretty much identical - 0.1 inch difference...

Tomorrow? Thought they're still a month off.

Heh, Brut - I've not gone on a rant about it - but definitely feel the same way. It might be apparent from how I do try to mention GS5 for "fairness" and give it a fair shot but still crap on it in the end. Don't get me wrong, Samsung did make some great phones in the past, but now they're...

Oh, forgot that Nexus and Verizon don't work. My bad. And M8 actually has instructions from HTC themselves on how to unlock the phone should you want to - they're actually the most open I've seen any phone maker about how to root and such. I'm not rooting mine, but I've got a wonderful...

Buying today? It would come down to the S5 or M8. [My feeling is this will carry on towards the future too - but we'll see on that, obviously] I lean towards the M8, but there's definitely substantial differences to them that can lean you one direction or the other: Durability: S5 is...

L5R is a rather weird case considering it was a WOTC product for a while before being sold off, I'd imagine.

TL;DR from Mist's article for the lazy his summary (and he's a lawyer) is: "I predict that Wizards will win on its patent claims, it has a good shot at winning on copyright claims, and it will lose on its Lanham Act claims." [Lanham Act = Trade Dress - which I see no way they could possibly...

Considering the MTG patent from how it's been explained includes integral mechanics stuff like "tapping" - it seems like it does to a non-lawyer like myself. (with a little Law under my belt, but just MBA level - so kiddy pool)

Did they? They produced it in the US.... did the Pokemon people decide to just sell it to them after the suit or something? And from what I've seen of Hex, besides mana generation it's all really, really close to MTG in mechanics. There's very little that isn't in the basic core of MTG that...

Doubt it, just a page back he was trying to tell me that odometers make more sense than GPS. (And I'd said similar earlier of course)

You have no odometer? Don't think that's legal.

Another strike I just realized against the GPS method versus just simple odometer - towed/shipped cars. When I go to Florida for a month, I actually use the autotrain to ship my car down to Florida rather than driving it or renting a car - under a GPS vs Odometer based system I'd actually be...

That certainly covers why they're selling worse in the individual markets... not just in worldwide figures... Yusuf Mehdi must be fishing for an analyst position at FoxNEWS.

I agree 100% on why not skip the monitors and just roll it into inspections (although it would likely have to bump them up yearly most places - I know MD does theirs two years or more - they randomly pull people, and you're exempt if you've been within 2 years) - but the system itself is not...

And? I'm starting to think some people don't understand the difference between panicking and being wary. Being wary and getting the message to the politicians that the form that uses tracking is terrible is sensible and a sign of being wary. Anything beyond that is panic that is not warranted...

They're considering it, but they've not even decided on a method of tracking yet - of which one of the two of the test program they're planning to copy IS JUST AN ODOMETER READING. So 50/50 chance of them even picking the problematic one, in two years. Being wary and encouraging...

Eh, too lazy to coupon shop - most of the time Steam seems to do -10 or -20% off for many AAA for buying on preorder in my experience. But have seen tons of GMG and such codes mentioned here.

Still haven't even started on it yet - FF13 giving me fits to finish... and then I've still got a bunch on my plate before Outlast... (With a busy month between Bound by Flame, Wolfenstein, Watch Dogs and Soul Suspect - its likely on the faaaaaar horizon ATM)

Again, read the article - there's two methods they're going to test - one of which is just an odometer reading. Also, with your list of taxes, it's intended to replace the State gas tax - again, right in the article. Additionally, insurance isn't "forced" universally - there's something like 7...

Probably, more surprised that it's a $60 base price on Steam before any coupon deals - so much AAA PC stuff is $50 PC and $60 console that I assumed the PS+ pricing just got it close rather than beating Steam.

Hatorade: No multiplayer - friends aren't relevant except for lending the disc. Personally, I'd say PS4 especially if you've got Plus, since the Plus preorder promo gets it almost to PC pricing - and you've got more convenient use of the TV/controller/couch. Actually looking at it, $54 on...

$400? Give me some non-shooters that look interesting and it might be a purchase for me sometime.

Also people with tracking worries may want to read the article - the Oregon program they're cloning has two "GPS devices" they'll be testing - one of which does an odometer count, the other actually tracks location. So one of the variants they refer to as "GPS" really isn't a "GPS". So rather...

Very little gas delivery is done via vehicle and right now they're paying gas tax for the same deliveries anyhow, and with the likely less than average efficiency on the trucks. So assuming "per mile" tax would be based on average efficiency they'd likely be paying LESS IN TAXES. Unless...

I think their big worry is electrics becoming viable. Once they do - zero gas consumption is an eventuality with just as much road wear and tear. And taxing electricity for the specific use would probably be tricky.

What's to stop people from always driving in reverse so that they get paid by the government for their negative mileage!?

Yea, only talking as a new customer - was a landline only person until 2009 or so.

I thought I didn't need to explain to people about how inflexible gas prices are beyond supply and demand... but apparently some people do need it explained. Supply and demand are basically the only things that matter on commodity pricing, oil/gas is a commodity. It's well established that the...

Well then I did read it the right way - so fuck you - and gas stations have never operated that way, nor have gas refineries. They've both been happy constantly reaping 4c a gallon or so each on both sides of the equation - the same even goes in Europe where taxes on gas are ridiculous...

I guess if you read it in the most abstract way possible you could take it that way - but it's an intentionally abstract way of saying it that can also be taken as you'll get hit "Before and After". Perhaps I am having a slight reading comp issue, I do have some weaknesses in grammar at times...

I'm pretty sure they'd make it break even for the average driver to make more total revenue in the end. But for people under the average (or far under the average like myself) it would be amazing. But for whatever people that end up around the average (I'd guess 400-600 miles?), I bet they'd...

Verizon is the worst offender of the bunch. And from the quoted amounts there and my glances at VZW, pretty sure those data rates are assuming you're buying the biggest packages - its worse if you take small ones or you have an overage I'm 99% sure.

True it would be a fair value, but still as someone who uses their services it would be curious to see the price impact.

From the fucking article: "California wants to try charging car owners by the mile instead of having them pay at the pump." That doesn't say in plain English that they'd remove the state taxes on gas - but it heavily implies it to anyone with any reading comprehension that it's their plan...

As someone who is a light driver (seriously a tank of gas lasts me a month and a half - big tank, but still) - I'd be all for it. Cheaper gas since it would replace the gas tax, and less total cost replacing it. But man, it would suck in the states where just going to Wal-Mart or something...

Only thing I could think of is Sprint doesn't use SIMs and some ST does, so that might foul things up - but no SIM access on a Nexus S at all so doesn't seem possible.

Seems hard to believe that a root and wipe (combined) wouldn't get it out. If you're planning to go to Sprint and want a Nexus S and push comes to shove you can't fix that one software wise - I do have a Sprint model sitting around unused (although I'll have to figure out where the wife hid...