Well, they’ve said it was a mistake and pulled it, but Ford has in the past posted configurators for upcoming models just to collect data on the level of interest in potential combinations of equipment, and prices that potential buyers are willing to consider.

A receptacle for small items of trash; I never smoked but I miss ashtrays.

It might not be as aesthetic, but the extender cords made to stand wall-wart plugs off the receptacle seem like they would not compromise the function of the routers. You can get 5-packs of 6-in cords for as low as a ten-spot.

Trek has always played a bit loose with this, probably because a lot of the writers don’t have experience to understand it, but historically navies and merchant marines have distinguished between the title Captain, as Master or Commanding Officer of a ship; and the service rank Captain, currently equivalent to a full C…

Yes. But owe too much and there may be penalties for insufficient withholding/quarterly prepayment, depending on the cause.

The black phone in the top image is not a 1913 candlestick, nickel or not. It appears to be some variant, or knockoff, of the Automatic Electric Co. “Spacemaker” wall phone, probably mid-1950s up through 1960s; earlier versions had a boxier body and metal dials. Notable for needing an external ringer bell connected,…

Chinese Taipei is the name by which they participate in most international athletics; the PRC government considers the term ambiguous regarding independence, while the ROC government considers it more inclusive than the island’s name(s) while not subordinating it to the PRC. This is certainly not the only case of…

tronc didn’t buy the Tribune, it is the Tribune, or rather, the legacy media company that was split from the TV and radio stations. It stands  for Tribune online content, indicating the presumptive direction of the future. Print cannot make money without advertising, and advertisers are spending their money online…

It’s a precept of business that if you can hit your break-even point—increasing sales, reducing costs, or some combination—then revenue from incremental unit sales is mostly profit, so a small sales increase can make a big profit increase.

I generally assume the business knows how many units they’ve actually been selling, and if everyone whining was actually buying the product often enough, maybe that wouldn’t have been the product chosen to be replaced.

A belated comment, but “Chaps” is Ralph Lauren’s mass-market label, and it’s not exclusive to Kohl’s.

Even if Trump’s advisors’ strategy, and I’m unconvinced they actually have one or know the difference between policy, strategy, and tactics, works the way they think it will, there are going to be increased costs for businesses that they may not be able or willing to absorb, and increased costs to consumers. Nor do…

One of the last to be built only in Japan, Ebay huckster. Honda Marysville Assembly Plant opened in 1982, but imports from Japan continued to be necessary for years after to satisfy demand for Accords. Eventually some models, like the notchback 2-door, were exported to Japan from Ohio.

Now that I’m older I tell young people that maintaining your own high standards of personal integrity, whatever the motivation, may not always keep you warm at night, but should allow you to sleep more easily. I still remember how flabbergasted I was when another male resident of my freshman dorm told me, in the…

It’s also ignorant, because neither Georgetown Prep students nor Supreme Court Justices are randomly selected (especially when the justices are picked by the same Presidential administration). When I worked at The Johns Hopkins University, two of the people in my work group of fewer than 20 people were graduates of…

But, but, but, part of “draining the swamp” was Trump’s Executive Order, and appointees accompanying signed pledges not to become lobbyists for either 5 years or life, depending on position. Of course, courts have repeatedly held that such bans are generally unenforceable as infringements on free speech, so it was…

“Less down” is not “up”. Ratings are a percentage of the TV population, the potential audience, that are tuned to a particular show. What you’re trying to get at is closer to what Nielsen calls “share”, the percentage of TV population actually turned on at a particular time, the actual audience, tuned to a particular…

If they were all death camp guards and other war criminals, drug and sex traffickers, etc., I imagine most reasonable people would support it. I suspect that the reality is they will deport refugees who lied about convictions for felonies that may even have been, dare I say it, trumped up by nations that used to be…

EPA head is less prestigious than Attorney General, but surely the opportunities for graft are greater and less likely to attract attention, which seems to be his real goal.

That’s usually called a title fee, sometimes a registration fee (and if there’s a lien there’s an additional fee to record that), and it’s usually modest compared to... Document aka conveyance fees are charged by the dealer to recoup the cost of preparing and filing sales, loan, warranty, disclosure, registration, and…