Naughty Netflix, Bottleneck Cities, & 4-wheelin Bank Robber

Interesting News Articles:

I used to have an account with Blockbuster online and started renting more and more movies. I noticed an eventual increase in shipping times but didn't really think too much of it. Also, if I was renting a season of a tv show, discs would start to arrive out of order, forcing me to hold Disc 6, for instance, while waiting for 4 and 5 to arrive. Today, I came across an article about Netflix' tricky practice that explains what Blockbuster was intentionally doing. It kinda pissed me off...Netflix's Best Customers Penalized


Worst Cities for Traffic - This article discusses findings by the Texas Transportation Institute. According to the Institute, the top 12 cities for worst traffic are:

1) Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Calif.
2) San Francisco, Oakland, Calif.
3) Washington, D.C.
4) Atlanta - HA! I KNEW it was bad!!
5) Houston - remember the Rita evacuation snafu last summer?
6) Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Tex.
7) Chicago
8) Detroit
9) Riverside, San Bernardino, Calif.
10) Orlando, Fla.
11) San Jose, Calif.
12) San Diego


Drive-in Bank Robbery - an unusual way to rob a bank