Recent content by RowlandXIII

I dare you to try to run an industrialized, technology dependent nation without electricity :) Most modernized countries are built around the assumption of reliable infrastructure (roads, power, water, fuel distribution), and don't have much in the way of backup systems. Take away the...

It also helps tie a CEO's compensation to the value and performance of the company. CEOs and executive boards tend to think they're entitled to what are essentially disproportionately large compensations even when the company as a whole does poorly. They end up cutting people at the bottom...

But Circuit City recently canned most of their qualified (higher paid) techs so that the executive board and CEO could continue to make an unfair share of money. Rather than cutting the inflated salaries of people who do nothing in the company, they fired what's probably their greatest asset...

So is this really even covered under the law? It seems like the government is bullying the companies into paying up, especially if they're muck-raking all the way back to 1997. Ex-post facto it is!

I'm not quite up on my internet gambling law knowledge, but doesn't this count as ex-post-facto? Exactly when was online gambling done on US soil made illegal?

Thanks for the suggestion on the Video card quadnad. I used to be able to justify the $65 purchase by saying I'm going to blow that much on a single game, but nowadays I rarely buy a game at full price. Most of my games get picked up 6 months after their release, or right away if there's a...

Greetings [H], I’m in a bit of an upgrade dilemma… I’m currently running a XP1700+ and a 9600XT, and I’m looking to upgrade to a dual core AM2 system, but not sure what I should do about the video card. I’m also looking to do my upgrade sooner, rather than later (the AGP controller on this...