sugarboy - Slashdot User

Comment Re:American Scientists Regrets Politics (Score 3, Insightful) 652

by sugarboy on Thursday July 05, 2012 @06:25AM (#40549403) Attached to: Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest

Actually, yes.

Comment Re:This assumes... (Score 1) 930

by sugarboy on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @10:11PM (#32908990) Attached to: Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error

JACK:
I'm a recall coordinator. My job is to apply the formula.

Take the number of vehicles in the field, (A), and multiply it by the probable rate of failure, (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement, (C). A times B times C equals X...

If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.

BUSINESS WOMAN:
Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?

JACK:
Oh, you wouldn't believe.

BUSINESS WOMAN: ... Which... car company do you work for?

JACK:
A major one.

Comment Re:Laws are used as written, not intended (Score 1) 284

by sugarboy on Sunday April 12, 2009 @07:09AM (#27547553) Attached to: Paper Companies' Windfall of Unintended Consequences

This is rather troublesome. If these situations continue our representatives may be forced to actually read the legislation they're passing.

If I can't be bothered to rtfa, how can I expect the representatives to rtfl?

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