1. ABS is not mandated by law in the U.S. (it is in the EU, since '07)... My '08 Nissan Versa has no ABS or traction control, and still has drum brakes in back... just an fyi.  It's also the most reliable and trouble free car I've ever owned.   Shoddy welds are much more dangerous than cars without seatbelts.  A gar...more

Anyone complaining about game prices being too high these days is an idiot.  Original NES titles sold for $50 in the late 80s and 90s... let's translate that... Yes, that's right, $50 in 1991 equates to $85 today...  systems were $200, so that's $340... that's pretty much the same as a new system today. games today ...more

I'm guessing the technical reason for firing was not so much that he outsourced his job, but that he  put confidential information into the public domain without corporate approval.   And yes, anything you send to China becomes public domain, it's what they do, observe and copy.  While slightly unethical, there's no...more

judging from the last time we tried that... yea, doubt it.  Rum Runners, illegal distillers (moonshiners), speakeasies and organized crime are pretty much the only things that came of that.

Considering the outrageous cost of some US brewed rare gems, Utopias and Dark Lord come to mind, this is (er, was) a down right bargain, even if it's only average for an authentic abbey Trap.