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  1. In my experience... on Is AT&T Building the Ultimate Walled Garden? · · Score: 2

    AT&T often doesn't have the network either.

  2. No, it is not like a bank run. on PC Makers Run Short of Popular Drives · · Score: 4, Informative

    Banks only keep a portion of deposits on hand. This is standard regulated procedure called "Fractional Reserve Lending". No bank can return every despositers funds on demand at the same time. None of them. Anywhere.

    When bank runs occur, there is a systemic lack of funds to meet demand due to fractional reserve lending.

    This is simply not enough supply to meet demand, and not similar to failure of fractional reserve lending at all.

  3. Re:World's dumbest loanshark on Fed Gave Banks Eye-Popping Emergency Loans, Without Telling Congress · · Score: 1

    A minority? Who does Stewart's voting minority vote for?

  4. Re:Ah, capitalism. on More On Why It Stinks To Work At Zynga · · Score: 2

    He said "socialist nations", not "nations with socialist elements". Even the U.S. has "socialist" elements.

  5. Re:Ah, capitalism. on More On Why It Stinks To Work At Zynga · · Score: 1
  6. Re:No pre-orders from me anymore on Modern Warfare 3 Released · · Score: 1

    You know I had the same epiphany. In 1997.

  7. Re:A slightly unrelated topic... on Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android · · Score: 1

    I know if I get cancer I'm doing exactly what the doctor tells me,

    As a thyroid cancer survivor, I don't recommend this. Doctors are both cautious and aggressive... this is their paycheck.

    I had the tumor out, I wish I hadn't followed their advice to have my entire thyroid removed. The results of that are felt every single day for the last ten years...

  8. Re:Not gonna happen. on What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years? · · Score: 2

    Don't sun tan, don't smoke, don't drink much alcohol, don't eat grains and sugars, eat lots of paleo/natural/organic foods...

    I thought you said "good years".

  9. Looks like... on EU Sending a Probe To the Sun · · Score: 1

    They finally found a place to send all that Greek debt.

  10. Re:value is now OBJECTIVELY DEFINED by the market on Judge Rules Boss's "Firing Contest" Created a Hostile Work Environment · · Score: 2

    whatever ends up happening is BY DEFINITION THE FAIREST OUTCOME POSSIBLE

    Yes, actually. Just as a frictionless surface by definition requires no force to maintain velocity.

    The fact that neither exists in the real world without external energy being fed into the system escapes most people, sadly.

  11. Re:OpenBSD: Only two remote holes in years on Security By Obscurity — a New Theory · · Score: 1

    part of why OpenBSD has had only two remote vulnerabilities for over a decade.

    Well geez! If they've been there for ten years how come they haven't fixed them!

  12. Re:Right on! on Sesame Street Begins Teaching Math and Science · · Score: 0

    I am perfectly comfortable saying "Not now. I'm busy." to my child. Generally that will include a "sweetie" on the end, but I wouldn't say I've never said them on their own.

    I've never said "Shut up." and including them in same category is probably what is causing so many to question what you've written.

  13. Re:Right on! on Sesame Street Begins Teaching Math and Science · · Score: 1

    Shut up. Not now. I'm busy.

    These are words that should never be uttered by a parent to a child.

    ...if you want your child to grow up thinking that they should be the center of attention in every situation they enter.

    On the other hand, if you want your child to be a polite and functional member of society, you can ensure they aren't in any immediate distress, and then explain to them that they can wait briefly for your attention.

  14. What if he noticed? on Scientists Restore Lost Brain Function In Rat With Synthetic Device · · Score: 1

    Or did they program him not to be able to tell?

  15. At least they didn't just... on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    ...shrug it off...

  16. Re:Got my vote on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    Heck, without government there would be no money.

    This is historically and demonstrably false.

  17. Re:There it is on Schmidt: G+ 'Identity Service,' Not Social Network · · Score: 1

    Eh. If you were getting laid young enough to have grandkids at 50 you can't have been doing all that bad. If I have grandkids at 50, I know one first-grader (now) whose in real trouble!

  18. Re:There it is on Schmidt: G+ 'Identity Service,' Not Social Network · · Score: 1

    In otherwords, they are activiely in the business of making whatever is cool totally uncool as quickly as possible, making the most money they can in the process.

    "Popular" = "Not Cool" is quite popular these days.

    I wonder if Google serves you hipster links?

  19. $1,000,000 Says Yes? on Tesla CEO Wrong About Model S Timeline? $1,000,000 Says Yes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is completely incorrect. $1,000 says yes.

    If the wager is accepted $1,000,000 would be saying NO, he is NOT wrong.

  20. Re:Legal? on Tesla CEO Wrong About Model S Timeline? $1,000,000 Says Yes · · Score: 1

    You know, usually about this time on a thread about companies overpromising and underdelivering, we would have already had a good joke or three about Duke Nukem Forever. Sigh.

    An additional term of the wager that was considered too risky for the participants was that the loser would have to play through the entire of the recently released Duke Nukem Forever. Twice.

  21. Re:So which is it? on 8 Grams of Thorium Could Replace Gasoline In Cars · · Score: 1

    "Thorium, an abundant and radioactive rare earth mineral,"... Is it abundant, or is it rare?

    "Rare earth" is a bit of a misnomer. It's rarer than silicon, aluminum, or iron, but there's still a lot of it to be found rather easily.

    Wikipedia says thorium is about as common as lead.

  22. Re:An Australian company on Ground-Based GPS Mimic Is Inch Perfect · · Score: 1

    Something tells me that an Australian company would not be using inches to track anything. TFA seems to agree. Our official conversion tables between metric and "ye olde worlde" include the phrase "an inch is as good as a mile", which does not bode well for its accuracy.

    I think what you mean is:

    "That's not an inch. THIS is an inch!"

  23. Re:You know what it would produce on 3D Printing and the Replicator Economy · · Score: 1

    And the 3D printer would spit out a liquid almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea^H^H^H a car.

    FTFY.

  24. Re:So Let Me Get This Straight... on Foxconn To Employ 1 Million Robots · · Score: 1

    You may want to check this out before you decide that military spending is the ONLY problem. I'm all for cutting it, but that alone won't solve the problem.

    Raising taxes to a historically high margin won't close the budget gap either... even in conjunction with military cuts.

    I'm pretty sure we're fucked.

  25. Re:Inflation on Seigniorage Hack Could Resolve Debt Limit Crisis · · Score: 1

    Of course, this is exactly why America SHOULDN'T do this as i wouldn't trust american financial advisers as far as i can throw them with one hand these days.

    Well, at least we've found a one handed economist thrower.