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Saying "we had no problem" with previous changes is like saying "everyone thought Saddam had WMD". People objected to all of the examples you listed. They were just ignored and/or marginalized....

Ugh. Why couldn't you have put that information here so that the rest of us also didn't have to follow links? 10 pm was the only time I found in the links (can't view the listserv w/o being a member...

Farebox recovery is the % of operating expenses that is paid directly by fares. It is low because the Circulator is more subsidized than other transit. Metrorail is ~60% according to a 2002 study (co...

Before LOLcats, there was Zero Wing.. ...

When you're in a car, it's quite easy to go around or under the mall. And since this event is confined to one side of the mall, you wouldn't even have to go all the way around. And what about Sunday?...

I dunno.. home-grown nutjobs certainly seem louder today, but in practice they really don't seem more dangerous. Carter was elected less than 10 years after RFK's assassination, Weathermen, etc., and ...

The unemployment rate has never been defined as (total people not working) / (total population). It has always been based on the size of the labor force, which is defined as those who are willing to ...

She knew....

The Simcity 2000 scenario pack had DC. The specific scenario was a riot of drunken lawyers. And somewhere there was a website that had a whole bunch of real city maps for use in various versions of ...

Yeah I thought it would be Amanda also. I also thought the blue team had a valid argument re: Alex. If the rules of the competition did indeed say that each person was to conceptualize a dish, then t...

Chik-Fil-A does not allow franchisees to own the restaurant or land. They're really more like contracted operators....

And even if speed isn't the cause of the incident, it can easily turn a minor crash (or survivable ped hit) into a very serious injury/death. 20 mph has 5% chance of ped death. At 30 mph its 50/50. 4...

Ah, they have reached the special plane of existence where one is so nerdy that they can look down with disdain upon lesser nerds. ...

Some people certainly screwed themselves, but there is also a sizable group of people who are in a bad position because of the economy (i.e. they no longer have a job). And I've seen a lot of stories...

ADA does not require you to install any parking. It only says that if you choose to install parking, 4% of it must be accessible....