How was the proposal ruined? He proposed, she said yes, and now they have an interesting proposal story to tell their kids in 15 years.

Intel does not design finished products for companies — they create a reference design for a platform as a starting point for the manufacturer's own designers. Occasionally, entire reference designs are used as-is for first generation devices to get to market ASAP, but that's an exception.

@Bs Baldwin: $the $475 gap you indicate is in no way pure profit as there are many expenses beyond the cost of parts, a few of which are:

@Blub Duh! To go with my titanium spork, of course!

LockCircle — a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monster Cable. Sound right?

Three-class American 767-200 aircraft hold 168 passengers. They are going to need multiple routers/bridges to accommodate more than 10% of passengers and buffer quite a lot of data too.

The Gods Must be Crazy is one of most favorite silly, quirky, and fun low-budget films of all times.

Me too. My kids have picked-up this practice too.

Judging from some other people's comments, I guess I'm supposed to train my retriever and setter to stand on a 12"-square bathroom scale like some kind of circus animal standing on a ball or to buy a 2'x4' one like my vet uses.

Thank you for making my point: If Jerry Jones has almost paid-off his half in such a short time, then there was no need for taxpayer support of this private enterprise.

A quick search showed that taxpayers are paying for about half the cost of the stadium — about $750 million, which is a ridiculous use of public money. It's a damned game owned by private owners!

$1.5B, just to watch a game. What a waste. It's no wonder tickets start at $100/game and a boring burger will set you back $15+.

My 1st thought too. At the very least, someone "enhanced" the image by playing with HSL curves and contrast.

I'd wait for the iPhone 5 than save a mere $30. That's just 10% off on the 32GB model and 15% on the 16GB model. For me, one-third off or more would be incentive.

When my mother died 20 years ago, we had to decide on the design for her Vermont granite headstone. (She was a native and is still there.) We were told the process was for an artist to design on paper and then cut the design out of a thin sheet of rubber. The rubber sheet was positioned on the stone and then…

Then I bet you've never had to fill a couple hundred water balloons for a kid's summer birthday party. After the first few dozen, tying them by hand is physically painful to your fingers. Nine bucks is just about right, though it's probably worth $5 and cost <$1 to manufacture.

Irony indeed! Gawker ought to look in the mirror and then write a parallel article, "Why some Blogs Suck at the Internet". Really, this blog has gone downhill in the last couple years. The new layout, which almost everyone hates, solidified it's pole position in the race to suckdom. It's obvious Gawker does not…

Perhaps five years ago, a job recruiter called me because he had job to fill which required either a TS or SCI security clearance. At the time it was taking ~2 years to get someone cleared; I got my SCI in 5 months in the late 80s, which was about average. Mine is inactive.

Netflix's contracts with studios for content is not perpetual. Each has an expiration date. Your online queue shows you when the expiration date is approaching.

I complained loud and clear (but politely) to their call center and like I told them, I will be joining you on August 31st. It's on my Outlook calendar as a reminder.