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  1. Re: In this economy? by Hylandr · · Score: 2 · on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com)

    To add some context to that price you could buy a VW bug in 1968 for just shy of 2k.

    http://www.adclassix.com/ads/6...

    The compact cassette became popular for automobiles in the early 60's.

    You could buy a high end tape deck for more than the cost of a brand new car.

    Imagine spending 25k or more on a tape deck today, and you see what the value really looks like.

  2. Re:Methinks it be the script-kiddies by Zerth · · Score: 1 · on Is This the Golden Age of Hacking?

    Not likely, the word has been used in computing for at least 30 years. And was used to describe dishwashers back in the 1940's

    http://www.adclassix.com/ads/46thor.htm

  3. So fucking what. by n0tquitesane · · Score: 1 · on US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016

    lets see, my datsun, which i traded a broken laptop for, was advertized as getting 41 mpg, with later models claiming 50 mpg. And there is a recent confirmed case of someone achieving 61.53 mpg.

    My old 78 scout diesel got in the low 20's MPG, which was pretty damm good for a three ton brick on wheels. I expect my project of dropping a 6.2 diesel into another 78 to get similar results based on the specs of the CUCV pickups

    these are all 30-35 year old vehicles.

    There are a few modified and custom built vehicles getting decent mileage, but nothing stock.

    Let me know when 75 mpg is considered to be terrible. Then I'll start to get excited..

  4. Re:IBM by linhares · · Score: 2, Funny · on Data Mining Moves To Human Resources

    [citation needed]

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  5. Re:Like U.S. Copyright used to be? by iminplaya · · Score: 1 · on Private File Sharing To Remain/Become legal In EU

    And the carriage maker just changed the shape and material to accommodate also. Blacksmiths make wrought iron patio furniture(?) I guess only the buggy whip guy was left out in the cold.

  6. Re:Numerical Data? by multiplexo · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Atomic Veterans Speak Out
    Of the 220 people who worked on location, 91 contracted cancer by the early 1980s and 46 died of it -- including Wayne, co-stars Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorehead, and director Dick Powell. Statistically, only 30 people out of a group that size should have gotten cancer in their lifetimes.

    Yes, and of course none of those people were heavy smokers. No, not a one of them (that's sarcasm by the way). Dick Powell used to advertise cigarettes, Wayne was a five pack a day smoker and even Agnes Moorehead (now this would be the name of a porno star, interesting how times change, isn't it?) was known to light up now and then. Of course killing yourself with a pack-a-day habit isn't as interesting as a conspiracy theory. Here's a nice picture of Dick Powell advertising Camels. Here's a nice clip of a TV commercial featuring the Duke peddling Camels. And Moorehead was 74 when she died of lung cancer. Oh wait, another google search reveals this picture of Susan Hayward hawking Chesterfields. Of course this could be a coincidence, perhaps none of these stars smoked at all, perhaps they were just pretending to smoke lots of cigarettes to get money from the tobacco companies. Perhaps they smoked cigarettes but never inhaled! Yes, that's it! It must have been that evil radiation!