Um, can I just point out that this does not mean the deal is automatically blocked?
The summary is wrong in stating that DoJ is "blocking the deal." They can't do that. All they can do is go to court and ask for an injunction, and the court may or may not grant one based on what DoJ presents to it.
CF Martin IV, a well-known contributor to Obama and the DNC, also makes guitars from Indian Rosewood, and is one of Gibson's main competitors in the acoustic guitar space.
The CEO of Gibson is a vocal republican running a non-union shop.
The only track record that I am aware of is their acquisition of Neoware in 2007 (maker of thin clients and enterprise remote management software). Other than that, this seems like new territory for them.
First, the scientist himself said it looked like, but was not oil from the BP well. That's what "dead ringer" means. Then, he said he wasn't sure it was it, but that he "guessed" it was "probably" it. That is not a definitive statement. Neither is. If he was sure, he would state that "This is oil from the BP well." But, he did not say that. He used speculative language because he has no proof.
He said it was the "best match he'd seen," but that says nothing about how much of a match it was. If every other sample was a 0.1% match and this was a 0.2% match, then it's the "best match seen," but still not much of a match.
The "dead ringer" description does imply that the absolute match could be quite good, but then "dead ringer" is also a subjective description rather than an objective one.
The bottom line is that they still need to prove that this is oil from the same hole that was plugged. That has not been proven yet.
Every advertisement I've seen says "up to X," which means "anything X or below, but not above." So, 90% of that speed falls within the advertised spec.
Nothing to see here except more big anti-business crap from this administration.
I large percentage of Intel processor buyers throw the stock heatsink away. We all know this. It is wasteful to include a heatsink when you know a large number of them are simply going to be discarded.
It is good for the consumer because they can reduce the price of the CPU by a few dollars by leaving the heatsink out. The consumer can either purchase the stock cooler separately for those few dollars, or as many consumers do, purchase the latest whiz-bang cooling solution from a third party.
I pick 12 or so digit passwords with a mix of stuff that has nothing to do with anything. One of my more recent passwords was:
$8.3JOe$&#aW=
When I pick a new one, I just type it 20 or so times and my fingers remember it from then on. I usually cannot reproduce my passwords verbally without first typing them. The fingers remember. The brain does not.
but shareholders absolutely have the right to know what Google is spending money on, and from where it is deriving its income. Shareholders are entitled to details about Google's assets, liabilities, income sources, and other financial details. If The Google is getting involved in shady backroom deals with the federal government, especially those that might later be found to be illegal, unconstitutional, crimes of War, or crimes against humanity, it puts shareholders at a substantial risk they deserve to know about.
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Um, can I just point out that this does not mean the deal is automatically blocked?
The summary is wrong in stating that DoJ is "blocking the deal." They can't do that. All they can do is go to court and ask for an injunction, and the court may or may not grant one based on what DoJ presents to it.
So, it's not time to celebrate or mourn yet.
... because you can make up for it in volume...
CF Martin IV, a well-known contributor to Obama and the DNC, also makes guitars from Indian Rosewood, and is one of Gibson's main competitors in the acoustic guitar space.
The CEO of Gibson is a vocal republican running a non-union shop.
Gibson is being targeted. CF Martin is not.
You do the math.
The only track record that I am aware of is their acquisition of Neoware in 2007 (maker of thin clients and enterprise remote management software). Other than that, this seems like new territory for them.
First, the scientist himself said it looked like, but was not oil from the BP well. That's what "dead ringer" means. Then, he said he wasn't sure it was it, but that he "guessed" it was "probably" it. That is not a definitive statement. Neither is. If he was sure, he would state that "This is oil from the BP well." But, he did not say that. He used speculative language because he has no proof.
He said it was the "best match he'd seen," but that says nothing about how much of a match it was. If every other sample was a 0.1% match and this was a 0.2% match, then it's the "best match seen," but still not much of a match.
The "dead ringer" description does imply that the absolute match could be quite good, but then "dead ringer" is also a subjective description rather than an objective one.
The bottom line is that they still need to prove that this is oil from the same hole that was plugged. That has not been proven yet.
The definition of a "dead ringer" is something that looks a lot like something else, but isn't.
Um, this supernova happened 21 million years ago. How could they have possibly caught it within hours of the explosion as the summary claims?
That doesn't sound too convincing to me.
They are not making a guarantee of any kind. In fact most say explicitly that speeds are NOT guaranteed.
They're going out of their way to say "we're not promising anything."
"You can get up to 10 Megabits per second, but speeds vary based on network conditions and are not guaranteed."
That's not promising anything, and it is obvious. There's nothing misleading about it at all.
Must be the commemorative Spinal Tap version!
Every advertisement I've seen says "up to X," which means "anything X or below, but not above." So, 90% of that speed falls within the advertised spec.
Nothing to see here except more big anti-business crap from this administration.
I large percentage of Intel processor buyers throw the stock heatsink away. We all know this. It is wasteful to include a heatsink when you know a large number of them are simply going to be discarded.
It is good for the consumer because they can reduce the price of the CPU by a few dollars by leaving the heatsink out. The consumer can either purchase the stock cooler separately for those few dollars, or as many consumers do, purchase the latest whiz-bang cooling solution from a third party.
Are you kidding? This administration is all about big corporatism and special interests. Whatever makes gobs of money for the re-election campaign..
After all, it'll be out Friday..
What, are they doing a major rev every couple of months now to catch up to IE's 9?
Anyone else here having memories of the Slackware/RedHat/Debian version wars of the 1990s?
I just want to know which government supercontractor stands to gain most from it. That is who is behind it.
This was my first thought as well. Even flipping the mains breaker off does not completely isolate the grid.
Every time I see some genius plug his generator into his dryer socket, I die a little inside, and a lineman somewhere could die a lot inside.
I built a Leach Amp (did my own PWB for it as well) and it has served me well for nearly 15 years.
Is "nigger" really a racist slur? I see black people calling each other "nigger" all the time, so they can't possibly be offended by it.
Police Officers have no expectation of privacy in the performance of their duties, and nobody has an expectation of privacy in a public place.
You know tyranny is setting in when government criminalizes the collection of evidence against it.
16GB of DRAM is down to $100... buy that, and turn off Windows paging altogether, as it would be unnecessary with that much RAM.
Naaaaah... just use the same password for everything! :p
I pick 12 or so digit passwords with a mix of stuff that has nothing to do with anything. One of my more recent passwords was:
$8.3JOe$&#aW=
When I pick a new one, I just type it 20 or so times and my fingers remember it from then on. I usually cannot reproduce my passwords verbally without first typing them. The fingers remember. The brain does not.
The submersibles have already been programmed with the data they will transmit...
but shareholders absolutely have the right to know what Google is spending money on, and from where it is deriving its income. Shareholders are entitled to details about Google's assets, liabilities, income sources, and other financial details. If The Google is getting involved in shady backroom deals with the federal government, especially those that might later be found to be illegal, unconstitutional, crimes of War, or crimes against humanity, it puts shareholders at a substantial risk they deserve to know about.