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  1. Re:bad analogy - think crank on 30th Anniversary of the (No Good) Spreadsheet · · Score: 1

    And that coca in Coca-Cola is heavily processed in a secure facility and has no cocaine in it.

  2. Re:Grats! on Penny Arcade On NPR · · Score: 1

    Ads, you dolt. It's short for advertisments. "their popularity has became a profitible spot to advetise?" I hope you're doing this on purpose.

  3. Re:without any humans ever having been involved on Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies · · Score: 1

    Man, why don't they just give y'all subdermal GPS beacons and be done with it?

  4. Re:surprise? on Why Climbers Die On Mount Everest · · Score: 1

    And it's a terrible book. Informative, but boring as all hell.

  5. Re:What can Brown do for you? on USPS Server Meltdown · · Score: 1
    UPS fuel surcharges are based on a rolling monthly average - air shipments are based on the Gulf Coast Kerosene Jet Fuel monthly average, ground shipments are based on the US On-Highway Diesel Average.

    Another option would be to get the UPS zone tables, rate tables, and rules tariff, and write a little app to handle the calculation yourself. Make sure to include your discount and your monthly incentive.

    Like most things, it's not hard if you know how to do it.

    To quote the UPS website on how ground fuel surcharges are calculated:

    Ground Fuel Surcharge UPS uses an index-based surcharge that is adjusted monthly. Changes to the surcharge will be effective the first Monday of each month and posted approximately two weeks prior to the effective date. For your billing convenience, we will also post a 90-day surcharge history. The surcharge will be based on the National U.S. Average On Highway Diesel Fuel Prices reported by the U.S. Department of Energy for the month that is two months prior to the adjustment. (UPS research has shown this index is highly correlated with other major fuel price indices worldwide.) For example the surcharge for January 2008 is based on the November 2007 National U.S. Average On Highway Diesel Fuel Price.

  6. Re:I feel like the more people that use MAC... on Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 · · Score: 1

    So when someone orders Dr. Pepper and is offered Mr. Pibb...naw, it's "this will taste like shit, don't say I didn't warn you"

  7. Re:OKCupid on Nationwide Domain Name/Yard Sign Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    So did I! Tell her to stop calling me.

  8. Re:Mom, I'm saving humanity on Insects May Have Had a Hand In Dinosaur Extinction · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why is it not as cruel?

  9. Re:Don't snitch.. on Google Caught On Private Property · · Score: 1

    Hey shithead, coca leaves need to be processed to produce cocaine, too. Not that this invalidates your premise or anything, but I felt your understanding of the chemistry involved was lacking.

    Any weed you buy these days isn't going to be a god-planted natural thing, either.
    It's going to be the subject of numerous manipulations to light conditions, temperature, nutrients, sex of the plant, etc. Is pruning male plants to force the production of resin in a hydroponic grow room natural? Here the plant carries out the reaction. In a meth lab, a person does it.

  10. Recursion on Dead At 92, Business Computing Pioneer David Caminer · · Score: 1

    The zealot-to-evidence ratio is sky high on the web.

  11. Re:Printer Friendly Version on Bone-Headed IT Mistakes · · Score: 1

    People use the printer friendly version to bypass ads, page jumps, and the like. Publishers notice. So it's no surprise that the "print version" has ads.

  12. Re:Culture on Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms · · Score: 1

    Congratulations on your ability to identify superior beings.

  13. Re:Skin-schmin on BMW Introduces GINA Concept Car, Covered In Fabric · · Score: 1

    If by debilitating you mean crippling, no.
    The bad ones are bad.
    But most are low speed, low trauma, with some loss of skin.
    The worst one I was in left me with a separated shoulder, abraded knee, abraded palm.
    The worst one my brother was in left him with nasty roadrash on his calf, and maybe a broken wrist.
    The worst one my father was in left him with a broken collarbone and a concussion.
    The worst one my mother was in left her with a broken nose.
    The worst one my dirt instructor was in left him with a broken back, and he walks, rides, dances, etc. today.
    It's decades old, but check out The Hurt Report if you actually care about this stuff.

  14. Re:Sounds interesting... on BMW Introduces GINA Concept Car, Covered In Fabric · · Score: 1

    This sort of thing is where carjacking comes from. Squeeze the balloon.

  15. Re:How about *nothing at all*? on What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There? · · Score: 1
    Channeling Marvin Gaye?

    Rockets, moon shots
    Spend it on the have nots
    Money, we make it
    Fore we see it you take it
    Oh, make you wanna holler
    The way they do my life
    Make me wanna holler
    The way they do my life
  16. Re:What is the "good technology" from Microsoft? on Carl Icahn Takes on Yahoo's Board · · Score: 1

    Only it isn't, and it doesn't. Maybe it will after this thread is indexed. So that theory's out.

  17. Re:Why would they expect Gates Foundation funding? on Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin · · Score: 1

    Nomads aren't known for architecture.

  18. Re:Heh... on HP Seals the Deal, Buys EDS For $14B · · Score: 1

    Just saw this. Yeah, no shit, right? At least there was coffee.

  19. Re:Heh... on HP Seals the Deal, Buys EDS For $14B · · Score: 1

    Are you shitting me? When I worked at EDS they didn't have styrofoam coffee cups, let alone sporks. But they did have people willing to steal whatever coffee cup I left behind.

  20. Re:names on First Superheavy Element Found In Nature · · Score: 1

    I was arguing chicken/egg earlier today with a colleague. His position was that until the named chicken arrived, any precursor was not chicken or egg, so the chicken must have come first. I countered with the Periodic Table, that a named slot can be derived before the occupying entity is observed. Thanks for this post - I don't need the egg, just the probability of one! (Which, given an observed chicken, is high)

  21. Re:Not Dead Yet on Programmers At Work, 22 Years Later · · Score: 1

    And only one of them died in a drunken fall!

  22. Re:In other news... on Techie Pay Approaches All-time High · · Score: 1

    Heating, air conditioning, water, and waste disposal (sewer and garbage pickup) combined run between 4.5 to 9 percent of my monthly housing bill. I doubt the lumber used to construct my house was imported from Canada, but the brick came from a demolished hotel.

  23. Re:Tech issues and socio-political issues. on Japanese Stealth Fighter Announced as 'Return of the Zero' · · Score: 1

    Well, mea culpa...sorry about that. I read the first line of the parent and disregarded the rest.

  24. Re:fear of GE technology on GMOs Perfected Down to the Chromosome Level · · Score: 1

    Seems like the falcon + wolf hybrid is something new under the sun.

  25. Re:Read the fucking judgement, asshole on GMOs Perfected Down to the Chromosome Level · · Score: 1

    Why haven't you shot bush and willie yet? You know, based on yer principles and all. (Voted for Her Man, btw)