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  1. Yes you can... on GM Working on Feasible Electric Car · · Score: 1

    ...as long as your leasing department is large enough. But then again, GM is having the idiotic idea of selling off their only profitable, and quite profitable as it is, department for the sake of "jump-starting" the company again. Unfortunately, all I see is a horde of H4's on the horizon....

  2. Re:Simple Economics Alright on Wal-Mart Is Pushing Compact Fluorescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    But they would also reduce the total number of light bulbs sold. Unfortunately, I do not have Walmarts accounting worksheets, nor their inventory worksheets, so I cannot provide accurate, or at least semi-accurate numbers. The truth is that we (the average people,) have no idea how much Walmart can buy one of each bulb, which we could then calculate a proper ROE. Besides, profit margins aren't terribly important, they ignore asset turnover and equity multipliers. What companies and investors want to see is a sufficient ROE.

  3. Re:I think fatigue as in boredom is coming on Social Network Fatigue Coming? · · Score: 1

    It's not a waste of time as long as there are essays to write, homework to practice, and exams to study for.

  4. Re:It's happening - slowly on Study Finds Linux 'Ready For Prime-time' · · Score: 1

    No, no, no... It was 1931! Where else would they get 3.1 from?

  5. I believe Ali G put it best on Giant Ice Shelf Snaps · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Anyhow, u iz gotta fink bout de problems in de world coz u iz gotta sort dem out innit. Look at da envirolment - global warming is so bad, dey say in 100 years time, all de rainforests will be gone and all de ice caps will have melted. Actually, 100 years time, we ain't gonna be around den, so don't need to worry about dat one.

    Exactly the mentality at least 52% of Americans have.

  6. problem=stigma on Drinking Alcohol May Extend Your Life · · Score: 1

    Wrong. The problem with young people drinking copious amounts of alcohol stems from the stigma American culture creates about alcohol in general. Believe it or not, the same types of people that were responsible for the prohibition are still around and havn't learned shit yet.... But then again, that's why they started the prohibition, because they didn't know shit, a result of not learning shit.... Ironically enough, however, their heads are full of it....

  7. Won't happen - too many precedents on Autodesk Suing to Keep Format Closed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This doesn't even deserve publicity as there is no chance in hell that it's going to pass. Saying this will pass would be equivalent of Microsoft being able to quash OpenOffice.org and StarOffice's .doc import utilities.

  8. Wrong office suite comparison on SoftMaker Rolls Out Office Suite for BSD, Linux, and Others · · Score: 1

    I believe the more appropriate comparison would be between StarOffice and this new one, rather than OpenOffice.

  9. In other news.... on New Type of Hot Air Blimp · · Score: 1

    Richard Branson is attempting to circumvent the world for the e^(pi*i)th time.... Only this time, running off of a hybrid fuel of hot air and smug

  10. I foresee insider trading.... on FCC Won't Release Cell Carrier Reliability Data · · Score: 1

    Honestly, who doesn't see it coming? I'm also guessing that the information will become available via a "lost" laptop, CD, DVD, pen drive, or possibly floppy (it *is* the government, we're talking about), that will leak the results. The most reliable companies' stocks skyrocket, people sell sell sell for the poor performers, and the government workers buy buy buy before the leak occurs.

  11. Huh? on AMD Reveals Plans to Move Beyond the Core Race · · Score: 1

    "In the meantime, AMD is cooking up some new desktop and mobile processors that it hopes will give Intel a run for its money." Isn't that the point of basic competition amongst companies in the same industry?

  12. What about PS2 Linux? on Microsoft Says PS3 Linux Not 'Competitive' To XNA · · Score: 1

    I thought that was supposed to be a game development platform....

  13. ALSR, Ulcer, coincidence? on ALSR in Vista Gets OEM Push · · Score: 1

    Is it just a coincidence that the two sound similar?

  14. water=groundwater for most on Hydrogen Won't Save Our Economy · · Score: 1

    And due to the high levels of farming in places like the mid-west, we are depleting our supplies of groundwater. If we suddenly relied on that to fulfill our energy storage needs, we will see catastrophic effects.

  15. Oh, Microsoft is going to have a field day.... on Linux Kernel to Include KVM Virtualization · · Score: 1

    Just imagine it:

    Get The Facts campaign 2007:

    Windows Vista, on average, crashes once every other day.

    Linux running Windows Vista, on average, crashes once every day.
    Therefore, Windows is more stable than Linux.

  16. iMovie? on Best Way to Grab Movie Clips? · · Score: 1

    I saw no specification of OS platform. iMovie works pretty well for that.

  17. Ironically, I hear the same answer when... on Linux Desktops Catching On In Education · · Score: 1

    ... I find people that are watching porn.

    "What are you doing in there?"

    "Nothing!"

  18. Contradiction on Indian College Students Face Bleak Prospects · · Score: 1

    Just a few weeks ago there were stories reporting on the shortage of skilled workers available to service India's IT sectors. Has the gap become supersaturated this quickly?

  19. How many times do I have to tell you, officer? on Detecting Tailgaters With Lasers · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not tailgating, it's drafting! Have you seen the fuel prices these past few years?

  20. So LP's aren't portable? on Does Portable Music Have to be Compressed? · · Score: 1
    I suppose you can't go running with them, but I remember reading and watching stuff about record players in cars.

    On another note: Why specify "portable?" I don't know of anyone that actually buys LP's any more, and I could've sworn that CD's are very much so portable.

  21. But how many of those computers are leased? on Corporate America Not Ready For Vista · · Score: 1

    Most large corporations lease their computers instead of purchasing them. So by the time their leases are up, they'll be stuck getting a new lease with new computers running Vista on them. Isn't the point pretty much moot?

  22. *WOOSH* on Opening Statements Begin in Microsoft - Iowa Case · · Score: 1

    'nuff said

  23. Re:Market Momentum for the brand on Sony Probably Going To Do PlayStation 4 · · Score: 1

    What about the PSP?

    Or is that a media player instead of a handheld console?

  24. Re:How many units? on Readable Nuclear Spins Advance Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    But how many human hairs wide are all of those? AhhhHA!

  25. Not necessarily on AMD Fusion To Add To x86 ISA · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has a boatload of documentation, but that alone doesn't seem to make the EU happy enough