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  1. "Loss Leader"? on History of the Automatic Teller · · Score: 1

    The article says:

    "What you might find truly surprising, however, is that as a rule, large banks actually lose money on these moneymakers--at a rate of about $250 a month per machine. They are, ironically, loss leaders, since banks don't generally charge their own customers if they use the banks' machines."

    If that's the case, then are human tellers also considered loss leaders? I'm sure a human teller costs more than $250 a month.

  2. Moore's law on LivingCreatures- The Beginning Of 'I, Robot?' · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Moore's law predicts that electronics get cheaper and cheaper. Human labor, on the other hand, has tended to become more and more expensive.

  3. Re:must ... resist ... on Forget the PDA, Here Comes the TDA · · Score: 1

    I thought it was more like a tosser.

  4. Make (browser) war! ... on Browser Wars 2004 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Not peace!

  5. Maybe... on Entropy Project Closes Up Shop · · Score: 1

    the parent post was being ironic.

  6. I don't know... on DIY Cruise Missile Designer Turns Freelance · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a suicide to me. Also, he seemed depressed about being unemployed.

  7. Leisure Suit Larry on In These Games, the Points Are All Political · · Score: 1

    As I recall, in Leisure Suit Larry, if you didn't wear a condom, you died. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was being brain-washed by the liberal establishment with their pro-contraception, sexually -tolerant ideas.

  8. Re:Uhhhh on Building A Homebrew Robotic Lawnmower? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought you meant a kill switch as in: "Set your mowers to kill."

  9. Did too. on The History of Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    They developed the first the first commercial programming language for a personal microcomputer by:

    1. taking a non-commercial programming language for a personal microcomputer

    2. commercializing it

    3 ...

    bah... I'm not even going to bother saying it...

  10. Civilian application? on Super Maps for the 21st Century · · Score: 2, Funny

    "From this data, soldiers can easily find a safe route between two locations without being seen or shot from an enemy in another location."

    So, will the civilian version make it so that, from this data, drivers can easily find a safe route between two locations without being seen or pulled over from a pig in another location?

  11. Yummy! on Slashback: Nigritude, Indignation, Artifacts · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nigiri? I love nigiri! ^_^

    I wapanese boy!... desu!

  12. Re:its all about the accessories on The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet? · · Score: 1

    There can only be ONE!!!! /me draws claymore

  13. I think you mean... on Linux Smartphones On The Rise · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hurd?

    ROFL!

  14. Re:Wonderful! on Growing Teeth with Stem Cell Technology · · Score: 1

    Yes, but without the paperclip

  15. I don't know... on OO.org Selects Its Own Sea Bird · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgghh!!!!

  16. Snow on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux · · Score: 1

    Actually, since this is Montreal, just pick up some of some snow and put it on top.

  17. stock options... on Reasonable Salary for Entry Level Programmers? · · Score: 1

    ... which will expire worthless

  18. Re:Are you too? on Homemade Subliminal CDs · · Score: 1

    Contributing to open source and free (as in love) software

  19. Shuriken on iPod: This Season's Must-Have for Muggers · · Score: 0

    Definitely go with shuriken.

  20. Re:Difficult? on 'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide' · · Score: 1

    No. You get it in writing.

    Lawyers always do that. They never tell their clients what to do, but instead lay out the options and the legal factors. Their opinion letters are always chock full of and cover-your-ass disclaimers.

    Then, the client is asked to provide instructions in writing.

  21. Re:Amen. on Young Programmer, Stop Advocating Free Software! · · Score: 1

    I assume that you do not "go hungry"?

  22. Peering? Interconnection? on Cities Building Own Fiber Networks · · Score: 1

    Are they connected to the internet? Or is it an intranet? Who pays for the interconncetion to the backbone?

  23. Re:The message was... on Fired Via Instant Message · · Score: 2, Funny

    we welcome our fired overlords

  24. Better to burn up... on Space Burial · · Score: 1

    ... than to float away

  25. "IANAP" on TeacherReviews.com Forced Offline · · Score: 1

    Maybe we should say "IANAP but he is a schizophrenic"