... but I think he's right on one point: It's probably dumping out a lot more than 5,000 barrels a day. I'll wait until this gets peer reviewed before I start choosing a number between 5000, 200k, 500k, or 1M barrels a day.

The earth extinction event was in the event we set off a nuke to seal it up (as the Russians recommended in an earlier slashdot article) and it opened up a fissure 1/4 mile wide, releasing it all pretty much at once. Even then, it would probably just make things uncomfortable. Earth extinction from the sudden release of a trillion barrels of oil seems a bit unlikely.

Thanks for the info! I'll have to update and give it a try.

And that is sooo much more convenient than keeping a checkbook around.

And the government doesn't want the competition?

Some of us deposit many checks on a regular basis. It's either this or mail them in (at least USAA provides postage paid, pre-addressed envelopes for this free of charge as well). Or if you went to another bank, you could go to an ATM or a local branch, but then you have to log off of Warcraft for long enough to drive/walk somewhere, and who *knows* what kind of loot you might have missed out on! Besides, that Hodir rep doesn't farm itself. ;-)

You need an account at USAA to make a deposit. You need to be in the military or one of their dependents to open an account. You can only deposit to that account with this app. It's not like there are a lot of holes to the process.

Renters generally still pay their rent with checks. That and the occasional random bill from a service company that you get through the mail. Checks still have their place, although I generally pay everything online these days.

Well, their Deposit@Home feature, which allows you to use a scanner to scan them in. Only works in Internet Exploder 32 bit version, which is annoying. But USAA is by far the best bank out there, frequently topping Four Seasons for the best customer service available. I don't have an iPhone, but this is a natural extension to their Depost@Home feature.