I have a pair of HD-650s that are super comfortable and sound "great", but they quickly get boring. The complete opposite of my set of Grado SR80s that are incredibly uncomfortable but make me want to listen to anything that's recorded decently well.

The effect will be the equivalent of taking 600,000 gasoline-fueled cars off the road.

Nope, sorry. It's actually equivalent to adding 66,000 cars to the road.

So what youâ(TM)re telling me is that employees might have different political interests than their senior executives?

Wow we ought to write that down or something.

I saw a bad 1-star review recently for a fine-toothed wooden comb. The buyer put it in his back pocket, sat on it, and was angry when it broke in half.

The seller was very apologetic. Frankly, I don't think the seller should have apologized, at all. The buyer should have been ridiculed for his stupidity.

Yeah, youâ(TM)re right, the sensible first response to âoehey, sexism is kinda prevalent and also badâ is âoeI bet those females are lyingâ.

Well done. Good job.

Lemme guess...you have never seen a comic book.

Some of the stupid-name stuff is actually a good value

Agreed. In many cases, items with well-known brand names are just re-branded versions of a stupid-name company's OEM offerings.

It brings to mind a consumer news report that I saw about a decade ago that showed jackets being made in a Chinese sweatshop. The assembly line diverged into three separate areas where three different labels were sewn on: Ralph Lauren, Nautica, and George (Walmart). The reporter followed the shipments to their destinations and noted the retail prices. The RL jackets were sold for $400, the Nautica were sold for $150, and the George went for $80. Knowing that kind of info, it doesn't take a genius IQ to understand that one should shop around.

On a more personal note, I bought a stupid-name Chinese tool from Amazon recently. Before buying, I searched for the name on Google and, maybe not surprisingly, some AliExpress links popped up. On one link, the stupid-name manufacturer posted side-by-side photos of their tools and ones that they'd made for various name-brands. As far as I could tell the OEM and name-brand items were identical.

So, I guess the basic point is that you can get decent deals if you're a smart shopper. Reviews can give you some idea of quality, but relying on them is a fool's game.

Iâ(TM)d love for you to make that argument for Windows Mobile. Thatâ(TM)d be pretty funny.

Minimum charge (not counting the tow)? $300.

Frankly, it sounds like your dealer is ripping you off. $300 for one spare PATS/SecuriLock key is very pricey, even including programming time.

A few years ago, a coworker lost the key for one of our work trucks (a 2003 F-350). He had a non-PATS spare key that would open the doors, but not turn the ignition, so he had to get it towed to the dealer (no charge for the tow due to auto club membership). The dealer charged us $125 + tax to program two new PATS keys. Overall, the whole ordeal cost much less than we thought it would.

As for buying a different make... immobilizer technology is pretty much ubiquitous. I've read that some countries have mandated engine immobilizers on new cars and trucks (and even motorcycles) since the late-1990s. I recall that Japan and Australia are among them. Up in my neck of the woods (Canada), we've had federally-mandated immobilizers on all new vehicles since 2007. Not sure about the U.S., although it seems logical that all North American vehicles would be similarly-equipped.

I think we should just call them communicators.

Shortly after the HandBrake team reported this to Apple, an updated XProtect version (2091) was rolled out which adds detection signatures for "OSX.Proton.B".

To check if you have the update, enter the following command into Terminal:

defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/XProtect.meta Version

2091 (or later) should be automatically installed, assuming that you have "Automatically check for updates" and "Install system data files and security updates" selected in the App Store pane (in System Preferences).

If you don't have the latest XProtect definitions, then you can force it to update by entering this in Terminal:

sudo softwareupdate --background-critical

10 Reasons Not To Go:

1. The big screen. You can barely see the whole thing without turning your head, especially if you get stuck near the front.
2. People everywhere. They spend all movie talking and kicking your seat.
3. Focus. Because most movies have boring parts.
4. Relentlessness.Because 2 hours is a long time to go without using the toilet.
5. A massive speaker system. Louder isn't always better, and it still isn't loud enough to drown out cell phones.
6. Previews. What a waste of time, watching all the best parts of movies I don't even want to see.
7. Disruption. Pizza is here!
8. Alone time. Even in a dim movie theater it's hard to get off.
9. 32 ounces of cola in the dark. At least my floors at home aren't sticky.
10. Bragging rights.

There's an explanation of how these vending machines work in this NHK documentary: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F8SNqD6YqVhQ%3Ft%3D264

You say "caring", I say "having integrity". But hey, you've got the only correct value system, right?

Uh. You don't know how to spell "weird". I don't think we should take you very seriously.