Comment Re:Why not just block messaging? (Score 1) 511
It's about someone wanting to be governor after Cuomo.
Comment Re:ironic... (Score 1) 182
My friend's African Grey loves to munch on chicken wings.
Comment Re:Poor management (Score 1) 70
They were pioneers in shitty plastic lenses and selling less film for more money. And obsolescence - Instamatic, Pocket Instamatic, Disc etc.
Comment Re:New slogan (Score 3, Interesting) 161
In the 70s, friends in Ecuador used to occasinally send us candy. Mostly chocolate bars w.peanuts, and pressed coconut w/cocoa.. The chocolate bars were tolerant of higher temperatures and had a different mouth feel. Not bad, just different (and delicious).
Comment See Previous Failures (Score 1) 943
I'd support this when the Mint can pull its head out of its ass and come up with a dollar coin that CANNOT be mistaken for a quarter. It just doesn't seem that difficult to stamp something like a 12-sided coin.
Submission + - Red light cameras raise crash risk, cost (courierpostonline.com) 1
concealment writes: "A pilot program for red-light cameras in New Jersey appears to be changing drivers’ behavior, state officials said Monday, noting an overall decline in traffic citations and right-angle crashes.
The Department of Transportation also said, however, that rear-end crashes have risen by 20 percent and total crashes are up by 0.9 percent at intersections where cameras have operated for at least a year."
The Department of Transportation also said, however, that rear-end crashes have risen by 20 percent and total crashes are up by 0.9 percent at intersections where cameras have operated for at least a year."
Comment Re:GO UNIONS! (Score 1) 674
The company was already in bankruptcy, and not for the first time - http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/hostess-brands-says-it-will-liquidate/
Comment Re:Wire ties (Score 1) 242
Or buy lettuce and get free velcro. I have a stash of velcro, twist ties and rubber bands in a bowl on the kitchen counter.
Comment Jesus and Mo (Score 1) 515
Relevant - http://www.jesusandmo.net/2012/10/10/again2/
Comment Re:Intragam (Score 1) 230
I always feel welcome there
Comment Re:Who wouldn't want Bing? (Score 1) 230
Proof positive that they should have kept Ms. Dewey
Comment Copperweld (Score 1) 668
New? Copperweld has been around for amost a century.
Comment Re:So, what? A month, six months, a year? (Score 1) 93
Actually, the company had some customers that would only accept US-made product, after being burned by the quality coming out of our Chinese plant. In other cases Chinese product was shipped to the US plant for rework before going to the end user. I don't intend to generalize, but I spent close to two months working with our Chinese manufacturing engineers and found a real lack of analytical thinking and common-sense problem solving, along with a great reluctance to make vendors solve their quality issues.
Comment Re:So, what? A month, six months, a year? (Score 5, Interesting) 93
I worked on an optical/ceramic-walled metallization furnace that started shipping a year ago. Apparently our US marketing people didn't come up with sufficiently catchy buzz to generate sales. I was laid off in September after documenting all the assembly procedures for our new plant in ... Shanghai :-(
Comment Poof! (Score 1) 228
I shall channel the master - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt3NfymWlss
