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The microprocessor became available in 1971, that's what happened.

This was not a special emergency power, this is simply a case of failing to comply with a court order the same as refusing to comply with a search warrant.

If the information was in his head and not on a thumb drive then yes, but it was on a piece of physical evidence, therefore the password is the same as a key to a storage locker or the combo of a safe. Refusal to provide either will result in a charge of contempt, exactly what happened in this case.

It does not matter. It's the same as refusing to allow police to search your home when they have a warrant. You can be held in contempt and be throw in jail for it. This is not different, it's been the law for a very long time.

Not only do they have lids but one of the main functions of buckets for contractors is to mix things. The non uniform bottom and non circular shape make this prohibitive. While this bucket is nice for pouring water it serves little purpose for most applications.

Sorry, did you say you pay $10 for a 50g bag of coffee?

All of that info is in the write up. It's not nicely laid out in a table but the read is a lot of fun.

The answer is actually no

Q. Where can I use Coin? A. You can use a Coin everywhere cards are accepted including dip-style card readers and ATMs. Use a Coin just like you use your cards now at gas stations, restaurants, the mall, the gym, or other places you frequent.

Dip-style card readers do not pull the card into the machine.

The undrewriters don't always come out doing so well. Take a look at the Facebbok IPO as an example. They didn't end up selling all of the stock that was issued in the IPO and had to buy up stock back from the market at elevated prices in order to keep the stock from plummeting on the first day. They still made money but not what they expected.

As for the insider vs outsider. In order to issue an IPO, a number of stocks are agreed to be issued. These stock either come from the company issuing more shares and diluting the value to current stock holders and the company receives the money from the new share purchase, or the stock holders offer up some of their stock to be sold in which case they receive the money. I believe is usually mix of the two. The current stock holders don't offer all of their shares up. Just enough (I believe this is set by the SEC) to enter the market.

The underwriter assumes a large risk and for the portion of the stock that goes through them to market, they are paid the $20 difference ($26 to $46). As well they facilitate the actual sale of the shares. This is not an easy task (again see the technical issues with the Facebook IPO).

So in the end the 11 rounds of investors get $26 for some of their shares, in order for the rest of them to be worth $46 or now $50. They are also now allowed to sell those remaining shares on the open market. Something they were not able to do before the IPO.

No one is getting screwed here. There is a very big pie, and everyone, from the first investor to the undrewriter, gets a piece.

Tried to check your sources, and for the first could not find anything talking about CO2 levels going back 20 million years, and the second links to a non existent article.

Thank you for this bringing this up. It was the first thing I thought about when reading the article. I also recommend the book.

Snowden made it very clear weeks ago that there was a dead man switch for the release of documents. Greenwald was just restating it with some sensationalism. Just trying to get more people to read the article.

Base load. Please look this up when talking about using renewable energy sources for our electricity. Without things like nuclear power, coal, and natural gas plants we cannot maintain a proper base load.

This is totally besides the fact that when you look at the break down of the environmental impact of all power sources, nuclear continues to be one of the greenest solutions.

Frank Stronach, of Magna International, held a voting majority for over 30 years, despite actually owning a minority share of the company.

What does the Nexus One have to do with the iPhone's antenna issue? There is no oversite body that is 'requiring' anyone to do anything. It's not Nexus One owners that are complaining about the antenna issue, it's iPhone users.

Go ahead, I'm waiting to hear why you think it sucks, facts and all. I'm not asking whether one system is better than the other, but why Canada's and the UK's suck.

Well if you don't want to get into a debate about someone else's healthcare system, of which you have provided no information of, then maybe you shouldn't tell them it sucks.

Could you elaborate on why the UK's and Canada's health care systems suck?

This is a really cool graph to see. The gold medal hockey game was the most watched television event in Canadian history by far with 80% (26.5 million people) of the country watching some part of the game. I'm sure that just about every water utility in the country has a very similar graph for water usage on that day.

This reminded me of the same game concept that was supposedly under development a few years ago when Guitar Hero and Rockband came out. The game was to be called Guitar Rising and was going to allow for the ability to use any electric guitar. Now the game is beginning to seem like vapourware but you should check out the demo video.

http://www.guitarrising.com/

Have you looked into the American Apparel wholesale pricing? I bought from them a few years ago (only tshirts) and yes, their prices were higher than Hanes, and while the quality was only marginally better, customers assumed they were much higher quality and were willing to pay much higher prices.

Some stores calculate the the value of gift cards very carefully to be below or above the mean/mode (depending on stores and price distribution) to ensure that either money is left on the card, or more money must be spent to make the purchase.

As a consumer, gift cards are never a very good idea.

Unused Gift Cards is a real thing, although not so much a problem. At one of the places I work, we are about to introduce gift cards, and from a business standpoint they are awesome.

Anyone who has a business that could use gift cards should offer them. On average, gift cards will leave anywhere from 10% to 30% of the original total unused (depending on products the card can purchase and the total cost of the card).

These companies that are trying to solve the 'problem' (they are definitely not a problem if you are the one selling them) of unused gift cards may run into problems of their own. Read the back of most gift cards and you find that just like concert tickets, they are non-transferable, non salable, and have no cash value. While it would be incredible difficult to prove a certain gift card was transfered or sold, upset card sellers may be able to go after the companies facilitating the selling (pure speculation).

Personally, I don't think that unused card trading companies will take away much of the profitability of gift cards, but it also may make consumers feel more comfortable buying gift cards.

Either way, unused gift cards are very real, and if you can, you should look into selling them.

And so the cycle would continue until sales fall enough that the company goes under. At the same time, assuming people will stop buying DRM'd products, the companies not using DRM on their games will see their sales rise.

This seems like a great solution.

Polygamy and Polyamory are very different concepts. I'm not which Steve Pavlina wrote about, but they are not the same thing.

In simple terms, Polyamory is the practice of open relationships, where Polygamy is the practice of having multiple married partners.

Actually, Clerks cost $27,575 to make. With most of the budget going to licencing music for the soundtrack.

Awesome article. To nit pick though, it states that there are 6,300 employees at Gore. Still, no bosses for that many people is an incredible accomplishment.

Not getting the joke I guess.

I'm not sure why that would be better. If they are going to go about changing it, they might as well use the codes for the present countries.