It's not remotely close to perfect if you're looking at a definitionally correct Ultrabook, which is by definition a Windows machine. I hear and appreciate everyone's love for the Air but it's irrelevant to me. I'm not buying OSX (nor am I going to set up a dual boot or any such nonsense).

I think it's generally fine if you're running a tab but imho you should always be above those amounts.

If you could prove that in a data driven manner showing that we're beyond carrying capacity, you could convince me. Otherwise you "only" share the opinion of a 230 year old preacher. You could be right; but some of his followers thought he was right too. Take it for what it's worth.

Can I? Yes. I can also add and multiply. I would have to do some refresher training before I could derive or integrate. I forced myself through linear algebra, though, so eigenvalues and eigenvectors are out.

While I'm able to divide by 5 or multiply by .2, the ordinary chap out there is not. If you have a better shortcut for them, I'm all ears. But if the idea of changing $50 to $5 is mathematically challenging to someone, then they are in deep shit.

The point remains that there is no magical "this is enough" number. Or do you believe this is the first time we've had challenges with resources, polution, wars, famines and extinctions? I'm not saying we aren't doing these things (we are) but the Malthusian fears of overpopulation have yet to be borne out some 200…

Move the decimal one place to the left, double it and round to the nearest dollar you feel good about. Unless it's truly shitty service. Then all bets are off.

The World Doesn't Need More People

Having done it a couple times, I had a few chief concerns for the "general public", all of which point to a high risk of injury for the guy or gal coming off the street...

Hello Kitty is sad you're killing its drawermates. So sad.

Can we add that both supported space efforts? Both went toe-to-toe with the Soviets.

Let's talk about the process that gets you to realizing you have a bad memory stick that glitches on you. PITA.

You know when I o/c? When my computer is getting long in the tooth and I'm too lazy/cheap/distracted to upgrade it. I figure I've gotten most of the life out of the machine and now I push it because I actually "need" it. And if it dies, it dies valiantly like the last of the 300 and I replace parts then.

But I'm…

And so here you are: It's midnight, you're elbow deep in your new machine, and you've realized that you don't have a part that you need. Maybe it's a screw. (It's probably a screw.) Maybe it's a wrench, or a specific sort of tiny screwdriver. Maybe it's a certain type of rubbing alcohol that you need to remove thermal…

What about pizza with BBQ sauce? Because I love me some BBQ Chix pizza.

I don't think people understand just how ridiculous Babe Ruth was (I mean, you do, but you're special.) (not taking away from Cy Young but I only feel like posting about Babe)

They are state-enforced layers of middleman. The history of why dealers didn't want the Big 3 making their own dealerships is all well and good. But I'm not about to feel sorry for them adding zero value but adding cost to me simply because they knew how to erect legal barriers for direct sales. Sorry.

Fair point. But you can at least get to a price and then deal with the cars themselves.

What this guy said. With financing, they can reduce your payments WHILE fucking you on interest just be extending the loan. Don't. It's also the last thing you're doing so mentally you're just trying to get into your new car. Go get preapproved elsewhere first; work bank channels. Then compare.

My last purchase, I'm not even into this kind of thing. Once I knew the car, I went the fad-ish intratubes, I requested quotes from all the dealers within driving range and I played the last 3 against each other. Play them down as far as you can and, in my case, both bottomed out within $200 of each other (on a $40K…