Comment Re:subject (Score 1) 395
Comment Re:That indicates a really linear game design (Score 1) 535
Comment Barf (Score 1) 379
“These defendants, knowing full well that their business with U.S. customers and U.S. banks was illegal, tried to stack the deck,” said Janice Fedarcyk, assistant director-in-charge at the FBI. “The defendants bet the house that they could continue their scheme, and they lost."
Did anyone else almost throw up when they read this?
Comment Re:OMFG WFT *is* that? (Score 1) 64
Comment Re:Andy Grove's comment on offshoring (Score 1) 611
1) Reduce the tax rate dramatically. 10% would be good, less would be better.
If you were to just stick with #1, it would be a much better policy.
Right, so then why does GE, with a 0% tax rate, still cut 1/5th of its U.S. workforce in favor of offshore labor? Can't get a much better deal than that.
Comment Re:Welcome to the next level - invented 500 years (Score 1) 172
Comment Re:Says it all, really (Score 1) 139
Comment Re:Says it all, really (Score 1) 139
Comment Re:Says it all, really (Score 1) 139
Comment Re:Microsoft Wanted it that way (Score 1) 262
Comment Re:No, Wait... (Score 2, Funny) 764
Comment Re:Meh (Score 1) 348
A 1.4Ghz Core2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 Ram, 128 GB HDD, 11" display, Snow Leopard, etc. for $1,199
A 1.66Ghz Atom, 1GB DDR2 Ram, 160 GB HDD, 10.1" display, Snow Leopard, etc. for $249...
NONE of those categories even compare. Not even when considering the price difference: $1,199-$249=$950. Thanks for the insightful response... I remember when slashdot had a few people who knew how to take price into consideration when judging said performance.