Charles Duffy commented on American Driving Declines By Steepest Amount In 100 Years

"@Bladefist: Making oil more expensive (obviously, prohibitively expensive is a Bad Thing) pushes private R&D into developing that new technology via market forces (and makes domestic production from sources such as oil shale feasible)."

Charles Duffy commented on POLL: Does The Current Drinking Age Limit Actually Encourage Binge Drinking?

"@stezton: Younger kids are living with their parents, who have the ability and responsibility to maintain oversight; that's the difference."

Charles Duffy commented on And You Thought Credit Cards Companies Here Were Vicious?

"@dfxdeimos: Consumer spending in excess of income is unsustainable long-term; you have (1) increasing amounts of payments made on debts rather than on new purchases, and (2) defaults on debts which cannot be paid. The other thing is that money which is unspent isn't kept out of the economy; rather, it's invested (if not by the individual, by the bank they keep it in via new loans), which multiplies its effect."

Charles Duffy commented on Homeland Security: We Can Detain Your Laptop Indefinitely Without Cause

"@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy: So they copy the encrypted container and crack it on their own time."

Charles Duffy commented on Spherion Corp. Steals $426,000 From Widow

"My wife worked for Spherion for a while, until she hurt her back moving shipping materials and went on workman's comp."

Charles Duffy commented on AT&T Turns That Whole Warrantless Wiretapping Thing Into A Hilarious Marketing Joke

"@ADismalScience: ...and Obama is certainly not happy with the immunity provisions, having voted against them in the past."

Charles Duffy commented on AT&T Turns That Whole Warrantless Wiretapping Thing Into A Hilarious Marketing Joke

"@ADismalScience: Nuh-uh."

Charles Duffy commented on Worst Company In America "Elite 8": Capital One Vs Diebold

"@Papa Midnight: "True unsolicited independent auditing" wouldn't even work in all cases."

Charles Duffy commented on Castle Toyota Rescinds Scholarships After Students Decide To Mourn Their Dead Teacher Instead Of Staging A Commercial

"@donkeyjote: First of all, it hasn't been established that the school agreed to hang the banner as a condition of receiving the scholarships."

Charles Duffy commented on Massive TransUnion Settlement To Reveal Credit Scores

"@BeerFox, ClayS: If 'yall would RTFA, one of the terms is that they're not allowed to charge folks for continuing past the free period unless the consumer explicitly requests that extension."