Pender commented on Hymotion Prius Plug-in Conversion Kit Gives 100+ MPG For Short Distances, at 5:05 PM on Apr 27 @e10: "But on average, if you drive 10K miles a year in your PriPri (city/ highway 50/50) you are only saving about 500$ which makes the kit worth while after 20 years." No, it doesn't! more »

Pender commented on Apple i Keynote Parody is Spot On, at 5:03 PM on Apr 27 Meh. more »

Pender commented on Department of Defense Unhappy With Apple Chip Company Purchase, at 1:22 AM on Apr 26 @tehronin: Except that it has nothing to do with their core business. more »

Pender commented on Did Comcast Lie to Me About Slowing Down P2P Traffic?, at 3:55 PM on Apr 24 @CarbonatedWater: You say that like it's a bad thing! more »

Pender commented on Mac Clone Maker Psystar Says Apple's EULA Violates Monopoly Laws, Wants to Challenge it in Court, at 12:16 PM on Apr 15 @pete: Really? more »

Pender commented on Mac Clone Maker Psystar Says Apple's EULA Violates Monopoly Laws, Wants to Challenge it in Court, at 9:33 PM on Apr 14 The analogy to Microsoft is apt. more »

Pender commented on Question of the Day: Does Typing Make Your Handwriting Worse?, at 9:30 PM on Apr 14 @lillian27: Given your own misuse of the semicolon, your liberal arts degree is hardly an excuse to get uppity about things literal. more »

Pender commented on Question of the Day: Does Typing Make Your Handwriting Worse?, at 9:24 PM on Apr 14 Yes, of course, but it has made my ability to communicate much better. Similarly, the advent of the automobile has seriously compromised my generation's ability to ride horseback, but somehow we survive. more »

Pender commented on Viatek CFL Makes Your Rooms Brighter, Less Smelly, at 4:23 PM on Apr 13 @vesuvian: "And for those of you who think we're horse's buttocks for installing solar, we'll recoup all of our costs and more at resale time." Say what you will about the moral merits of solar power, but it is still a net cost at this point. more »

Pender commented on Verizon Restores Voicemail of Man's Deceased Wife in a Story That is Touchingly Creepy, at 8:18 PM on Apr 9 I guess it's good that he got his recording back, but jeez. more »

Pender commented on John Mayer Gets Apple Reply after Bug Report Jibba-Jabba, at 4:22 PM on Apr 1 That does it... more »

Pender commented on Soldier Uses Body to Shield Comrades from Grenade Blast, Survives Thanks to Backpack, at 1:29 PM on Mar 31 I don't understand. more »

Pender commented on Comcast Pulls an About Face, Teams Up with BitTorrent for Net Neutrality, at 1:26 PM on Mar 27 This is a good solution. more »

Pender commented on Technosexual: One Man's Tale of Robot Love, at 4:11 PM on Mar 25 @chinesedentist: Fair enough, but you can empirically test the issue and prove them wrong. more »

Pender commented on Technosexual: One Man's Tale of Robot Love, at 4:08 PM on Mar 25 @mtopper: You said "Gay is wired in at birth, you say (and who am I to disagree) ... more »

Pender commented on Technosexual: One Man's Tale of Robot Love, at 1:15 PM on Mar 25 I'm not sure I buy the equivalence he tries to draw between gay people and technosexuals. more »