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.
Comment Re:Very interesting article (Score 1) 164
The Tunguska event could be mis-interpreted as a nuclear strike if it were to happen today over a populated area.
I thought nuclear strikes were highly radioactive. That and other clues would be easy to gather very quickly.
What do you mean "very quickly"? By "very quickly", do you mean "Mr. President, we believe this to be a Russian first strike, and you must decide in the next 5 minutes if we are going to retaliate" quick?
I thought nuclear strikes were highly radioactive. That and other clues would be easy to gather very quickly.
Comment Re:Pointless (Score 1) 354
I was just using Al Gore's analogy. i don't normally torture frogs to death, so i took his word for it.
either way, i'm sure you understand the point.
either way, i'm sure you understand the point.
Journal Journal: Trouble with Frys Customer Service 2
I've been having some Frys customer service problems and want to see if you guys can give me some help on what to do next or who to contact to escalate this situation. I bought a Sharp 56DR650 DLP tv from Frys in Dec of 05. With it I purchased a 5 year service warranty. So around August of 06 it starts making this loud buzzing sound when it's on. I call the customer service place and they pass me to some repair place. I explain my problem to them and tell them I think it's the color wheel mak
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"
