Comment Re:You can Do that? (Score 1) 445
I believe Wells Fargo didn't even want to take the taxpayer money, but the Treasury made all the banks take money, so as not to indicate which ones really needed the money.
Comment Re:First plot! (Score 1) 249
Factcheck.org, agrees that 90%-95% is wrong too, though they say the actual number is probably higher than in the fox article.
Comment Re:First plot! (Score 1) 249
It could be worse: Randall Flagg could be traveling the countryside to gather his minions in Las Vegas.
But what if he is?
Comment Re:So let me get this straight... (Score 1) 243
very interesting. thanks for looking that up.
Comment Re:So let me get this straight... (Score 1) 243
30% larger is still 30% more calories and nutrition. Some parts of the world would put more value on that than on the taste aspect.
Comment Re:Fun with acronyms. (Score 1) 426
Are we calling CO2 pollution now? So the deaths from that pollution would be everyone who dies by suffocation?
Comment Re:Welp, (Score 2, Informative) 633
the US is one of the richest countries in the world, but at the same time for sure the biggest polluter
Not quite. In fact, the US and Canada are net carbon sinks.
Comment Re:telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl (Score 1) 233
My fellow Earthicans and I resent that.
Comment Re:Damn (Score 4, Insightful) 95
Exactly. BSG and Joss Whedon's new show are on.
Comment Re:Why talk (Score 1) 525
"if the process really worked they would be commercializing it"
FTA:
FTA:
âoeOur plan is to have a demonstration-scale plant operational by 2010 and, in parallel, weâ(TM)ll be working on the design and construction of a commercial-scale facility to open in 2011,â says Mr Pal, adding that if LS9 used Brazilian sugar cane as its feedstock, its fuel would probably cost about $50 a barrel.
Submission + - AMD: "Barcelona" 40% faster than "Clov
Dysfnctnl85 writes: AMD is claiming that the launch of their Barcelona chipset will represent a shift in focus for the company from price to performance. A ZDNet Blog cites that the 65nm Clovertown will be available later this year and "rather concentrate on price, AMD are instead emphasizing performance." Also from the blog: "Intel is eager to claw back some of the server market share from AMD, and this is where Clovertown comes in. Clovertown is the codename for Intel's latest quad-core Xeon 5300 line. The Xeon 5300 line will represent excellent value for money since Intel plans on pricing them the same as its dual core Xeon 5100 processors. That could make things tough for AMD."
Submission + - Professors want to ban Wikipedia
Inisheer writes: "History professors at Middlebury College are tired of having all their students submit the same bad information on term papers. The culprit: Wikipedia — the user-created encyclopedia that's full of great stuff, and also full of inaccuracies. Now the the entire History department has voted to ban students from using it. Other professors agree, but note that they're also enthusiastic contributors to Wikipedia. Read the full story here"
Journal Journal: Google Kills "Google-Bombs"
Google Kills Bush's Miserable Failure Search & Other Google Bombs.
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the "Google Bomb" that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn't a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it's part of an overall algorithm change designed to stop such mass link pranks from working.
Submission + - Windows-tax savings for Dell n-series evaporates
Alsee writes: When the Dell Sells Open Source Computers story ran, a detailed price comparison between the E520 Windows systems and the Windows-free E520n systems appeared to show a nice effective discount for avoiding the Windows tax. No more, Dell's prices have been updated. The base price for the Windows system has dropped by $50 and a $70 anomoly in the E520 monitor options has been fixed. The upshot is that there is approximately $zero effective value in buying a Dell n-series trying to avoid the Windows tax. You are better off buying a Dell with Windows preinstalled and calling in to demand the EULA guaranteed refund for the unused OS.
Submission + - How iPhone Stacks Up to other Mobiles
DECS writes: RoughlyDrafted has a series of articles looking at how Apple's iPhone compares to other smartphones, including the Motorola Q famously cited by Steve Ballmer, other popular or high-end smartphones including the Sony Ericsson P990, HTC TyTN, Palm Treo and RIM BlackBerry, and of course, the LG Prada phone. Also noted is why Apple put OS X on the iPhone but not other PCs, a comparison of how Palm and Windows Mobile phones differ in Flash RAM use, and how the minimal version of OS X on the iPhone differs from Microsoft's WinCE on the Windows Mobile platform.
