Is that the British spelling of cromulent? :)

Exactly. It's markdown. Those of us who do it are future-proofing our text.

Blistering performance, apparently.

As commented above, see paragraph 39 in the report:

As you'll see from paragraph 39 in the report, the FCC adjusted the base forfeiture of $182,000 after considering, amongst other things, the annual sales of M.C.Dean:

This was roughly my thinking. From the article:

The moral argument being made here is fairness for the artists/composers/authors. They can't benefit after their death so such an argument does raise the question of why the copyright term extends so far beyond their death: 70 or 90 years is excessive. Extending a single generation - 25 years - after death seems sufficiently respectful recognition of the work done.

FTA

I'd be interested to hear arguments that stars are not intelligent life forms.

The screenshot in that first link (http://www.wired.com/2014/09/exercism/) appears to be a screenful of SML... Respect to whoever sourced that picture!

Now, thanks to Google, bad news is no news! But, as no news is good news, we could conclude that bad news is good news. Is this good, bad or newsworthy?

That loo paper is also classed as software.

It's inevitable that the vehicle intranet will have a connection to the internet. Time to regulate the use of electronic systems for critical vehicle functions.

FTA:

Come on, comrades, everyone should be supporting one power generation collective. What Arizona Public needs is some solidarity and loyalty from you people of the state. We don't want any individuals breaking away and spending money on fancy solar panels to make their own electricity.

I find it ironic that an American company is wheeling out communist-like arguments to protect their business.

The article is slightly confusing because, in some places, it cites the maximum speed in testing during development (where the world records are set) but appears to be ranking in order of maximum speed in service. In some cases the significance of the cited speed is not clear, e.g. "TGV Réseau 236 mph capability".

World record speeds are interesting but not particularly useful for passengers. The TGV that holds the world speed record for a conventional (wheeled) train operated under conditions that do not occur in normal use: it had larger wheels fitted and the overhead catenary had a higher voltage and a higher tension (to ensure that waves resulting from displacement due to the pantograph travelled faster than the train). An impressive feat, all the same.

FTFY:

No, just a batch of replacement batteries.