With its Playbook tablet not selling well, RIM has come out with a “Buy Two, Get One Free” offer. So, their answer to hardly anyone wanting one is to make you buy two in order to get a free one? … Read More
Given that the role of software in cars is growing rapidly, a story like Jaguar recalling 18,000 cars over a cruise control software fault is neither surprising nor likely to be uncommon in the future.
The Veterans Administration has an enormous facility in Los Angeles specifically intended to house veterans. But instead of housing veterans, the VA has found other uses for the facility: The VA saw fit to lease parts of the property to … Read More
Alabama thought that immigrants were taking away jobs from “real Americans”, so they passed a tough anti-immigrant law and in the process scared away migrant farm workers. Of course, that was the idea, but farmers who once hired these migrant … Read More
We’ve been cutting taxes for decades. While this makes for great election campaign slogans, the reality is the government has less money to spend overall. This requires them to prioritize what to spend money on, and since infrastructure doesn’t vote, … Read More
Even after the recession was declared “over”, US incomes kept falling – twice as fast as during the recession. One reason pay has stagnated is that many people who lost their jobs in the recession — and remained out of … Read More
Even after all these years it’s still surprising how Rochester keeps coming up with new ways to waste money. They didn’t learn with the Brown’s Race fiasco, the Fast Ferry Fiasco or the budding Midtown Plaza fiasco, now they’re planning … Read More
The world time-zone database used by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems as well as the Java programming language (but not Windows) is currently down for copyright infringement reasons. Yes, you read that correctly.
Alex on Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived – The Oatmeal
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