Unlike a corporation, I don’t have the luxury of bargaining, wheedling, or otherwise whittling down whatever initially imposed fine I’m penalized with.

The point is that they will bargain down whatever fine is imposed. It happened the last time there was a diesel emissions violation, and it’ll happen this time too.

My parents are pretty reluctant to use Square Cash, but they might be more willing to give Google a shot.

Irrelevant to the point being made, but thanks for the reply anyway.

That’s irrelevant to the point that was being made, but thanks for the reply all the same.

Intentionally or not, you seem to have left out the third possibility: bargain down whatever fine they get to a fraction of what was initially imposed, which is what’s going to happen.

Fact: There are two moons hiding in this picture.

To be fair, he prefaced that with “Our company was dishonest”; that’s pretty cut and dried.

Note that he didn’t say “We’ll pay the ($18 billion or whatever) fine.” He said “We will pay what we have to pay.”

Am I the only one who was kinda okay with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? I get the feeling that everybody who loves the one with Gene Wilder has either never read the book or has forgotten all about it, especially the folks who criticize Depp’s Wonka as being too creepy. Those people need to re-/read the book.

Here’s a two-fer:

What the British called association football until the ‘80s.

Well, as long as we have radio, I think we'll be fine.

That would be the Titanic of Space.

Could you please tell me who’s using “car stereos [that] continue to work even in those extremes,” or for that matter which manufacturers have guaranteed their stereos will function at those temperatures? Because that would mean that someone is listening to the radio while it’s -40 or 185°F, a one-way ticket to…

The problem is that facts are rarely viral.

The malware writers were later quoted as saying,

First time that we know of.

Uhhuh. Can you please tell me which car you’re buying that has a stereo that will function at -40° and 185°F ambient temperature?