The reason is hardly racism. It is more logically attributed to the fact that there aren't a lot of African American computer programmers. That is partly because there are fewer AAs going into both higher education in general, as well as fewer AAs who choose a computer programming, engineering, or similar major. If…

I calculated this objective out years ago, and it amuses me that the DOE is using almost exactly the same specs that batteries need to have before they make EVs a viable mode of transportation compared to gasoline. I've said it over and over. Until batteries have between 4 and 5 times more energy density they will…

as far as cost to a bottom line goes.... 18,000 people with salaries, benefits, retirement, health >>>>>>>>>>> CEO and Executives. The company was not insolvent because the CEO and executives were siphoning away the entire company's revenue. They company went belly up because they were 500 million in debt, and…

Waste of time. Kraut is obviously butt-hurt over this whole thing and his senseless ad-hominems and startling lack of logic demonstrate the standard emotive, unthinking response of a true ideologue. There's no reasoning with such people. You just put them in a cage, throw bananas at them, and watch them fling their…

Past good deeds are no excuse for present evils. Unions served a purpose back in the Tammany Hall days, and to some extent they still do. But in no analysis are today's unions somehow the stalwart guardians of "overtime pay" or "the weekend", or basic worker rights. Right to Work states are not rife with people…

Could very well happen.

There are tons of companies that don't have unions and the employees do just fine. No offense, but the only person who sounds "indoctrinated by propoganda" here is yourself. Unions today are less about 'fair wages' for workers and more about political power for the union management.

There's no doubt that this was an epic fuster-cluck of bad management on both sides of the coin. No - the management of Hostess is not a bunch of choir boys. They should have been leading by example and not taking bonuses or extra benefits in a time when the company was going bankrupt. Shame on them. However, that…

There's no doubt that this was an epic fuster-cluck of bad management on both sides of the coin. No - the management of Hostess is not a bunch of choir boys. They should have been leading by example and not taking bonuses or extra benefits in a time when the company was going bankrupt. Shame on them. However, that…

Sigh - I wonder when the Eastern Seaboard will realize that the rest of the nation doesn't give a rat's hinder about their local weather? Keep your constant bedwetting about a storm that hasn't even made landfall yet confined to your LOCAL news channels and quit wasting valuable news time on cable and the internet…

Well - I can say why I stopped playing SC2 a month after I bought it. It was boring and annoying. I don't have the reflexes of a 13 year old crack addict, so there was never any chance that doing anything online was going to be anything but me getting whomped over and over. You have to micro your ass off in order…

Calibre can indeed crack your DRM on the Kindle, Apple, or any other format you care to name for ebooks. I generally convert them all into MOBI files just because, and you can dump them into the Books directory of your Kindle. Bob's your uncle. You can read them any time you please no matter what Amazon does to…

Amen. Every digital 'thing' I purchase gets immediately cracked, copied, and duplicated in multiple locations. Yeah - that makes things like e-books easy to pirate. But I'm no pirate, and when I pay money for something then you dang well better believe I own it for life no matter what Amazon, Apple, or any other…

There is no doubt that Washington was a bad-@$$. I remember passing through the room of some stupid episode of "West Wing" (like there was any other kind) when the twit playing the President was reading some book Washington wrote on manners. The actor mused to himself, "I bet I could have kicked Washington's butt"…

Sounds really nice. 20 minutes is a realistic recharge time. That solves one of the major hurdles to the EV conundrum - if it isn't just a bunch of flexicord and spit that is. All too often these big announcements are just fantasy wrapped in dreams and sugared with false claims.

This is just good advice period. There is no nice way to say it. Pre-ordering things - especially tech items - is for morons. But hey - if someone really wants to give a big, faceless company a short term interest-free loan then you just go right ahead. Derp.

No hate here. It's good advice. As a general rule of thumb it is absolute idiocy to pre-order ANYTHING. Period. Full stop. I'm not in the habit of giving interest-free loans. You'd have to give me an awfully compelling reason to pre-order something. I don't care how wonderful you think a product might be. You…

Oh yeah - and the mask... It is a custom leather mask sold on Esty. I bonded black muslin on the back (you can see through it) to get rid of the eyes, because IMO a good mask gets rid of the eyes. Boom. Perfect Riddler. Not the crappy New 52 version. :P

It is surprisingly difficult to put together a good Riddler costume. The hat was easy enough as you can buy green Bowlers almost anywhere. But I had to comb a lot of men's clothing realtors in order to find a place that did a good green suit. You can't see them in the picture, but I also got question mark cufflinks…

Looks like an Esty mask, unless I miss my guess? Nice job.