The mystery of Ireland's worst driver

Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the country's most reckless driver have emerged, the Irish Times reports.

He had been wanted from counties Cork to Cavan after racking up scores of speeding tickets and parking fines.

Would you prefer to live in a place with more McDonald's or more Starbucks?"

Would you prefer to live in a place with more McDonald's or more Starbucks?

McDonald's and Starbucks are the yin and yang of franchise food and drink. While both are iconic American brands, each appeals to different lifestyles, budgets and, yes, even political ideologies.

How different? A Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends survey on where Americans would like to live included the following question: "Just for fun: Would you prefer to live in a place with more McDonald's or more Starbucks?"

Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary

Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary

1881 Edition

A DESCRIPTION OF TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS, MACHINES, PROCESSES.
AND ENGINEERING; HISTORY OF INVENTIONS;
GENERAL TECHNOLOGICAL VOCABULARY;
AND
DIGEST OF MECHANICAL APPLIANCES IN SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.

BY EDWARD H. KNIGHT,
CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, ETC. - 1872, 1876, 1881

Truckloads of hard disks

Truckloads of hard disks

Which is the fastest way to send 500 gigabytes of data? The performance of internet connections compared with a parcel service, a hiker, a car and a carrier pigeon.