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    Criticized For Turning $250k into $78M In Two Years?

    He would have chose (C) if he was an unethical douchebag. Since he isn't an unethical douchebag, he went with the more ethical choice. Hell...he could have chosen A then kept all the rights he rightfully owned. He just gave them back for the sake of ethics. And he was still richly rewarded...
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    Social Networking Tied to Teen Drug, Alcohol Use

    I think it has more to do with kids who don't use Facebook by this point being too retarded to hold a beer or take a bong hit.
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    Tech Gone Wrong or No Big Deal?

    Both. It isn't a moral or ethical issue, but the show was compromised by trying to do too much. No big deal, but still a mistake.
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    Lawsuit: Sony Layoffs Made PSN Vulnerable

    What is the class that's bringing the suit? What damages are they claiming? Why was this "news" story posted without such vital information?
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    Best Buy Getting Into The Electric Car Business?

    5% markup isn't "profit". That's 5% over the direct cost of the item from the manufacturer. There are tons of other costs associated with selling any item. 5% is a loss. Brick and mortar items need to sell 20%-30% markup to see a profit. Hence why only huge warehouse stores like Best Buy...
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    Best Buy Getting Into The Electric Car Business?

    They don't get good prices. They get standard wholesale prices. Most manufacturers set their prices and require retail to sell them at those prices, then sell to retail just slightly below, 5% or so. Apple does this everywhere. All TV manufacturers do this. All consoles are sold this way...
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    Best Buy Getting Into The Electric Car Business?

    They have to push the extras because they make zero profit selling items. Nothing. The markup for electronics, video games, CDs, basically anything BBY sells isn't enough to keep the lights on much less pay anyone's salary. They make everything work through warranties, installations, service...
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    Cost of SETI Versus A Citibank Exec's Bonus

    Citibank makes available money for endeavors that create the value that is taxed by governments to pay for everything, including SETI. Stop oversimplifying these extremely complicated systems that allow us to do all that we do in this country to call attention to specific issues with it. The...
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    Privacy Lawsuits Rain Down on Netflix

    CC# are an integral part of any business transaction. Throw away the CC# and you don't know what the paying party of the transaction was. If you don't know who paid, the rest of the transaction is basically meaningless. Sooooo...if you're required to keep records of business transactions for...
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    Wealthy Suburbs Get Best Broadband Deals

    Don't use "deregulate" as a policy advisement. Rather, "regulate with an eye toward promoting competition/lowering barriers of entry into industry." Deregulation of big companies is tough to sell politically.
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    WikiLeaks Founder Arrested

    If the only information leaked was information tied to lying and cheating by officials, no one would hate the guy. Just saying.
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    Social Network Sites Lead To Infidelity

    How dare someone try to save marriages by sharing the information he's collected as a marriage counselor? And how dare he try to save marriages after his marriage was hurt by infidelity! Hypocrite or something, right? He's not wrong. He isn't spouting scientific fact, but if spouses stay off...
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    4chan Censors Itself

    If you can't spell it right, you can't link it right. www.tumbler.com doesn't go to the same place as www.tumblr.com
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    Hyper-Networking: A New Teen Health Risk Category?

    OMG really? If your kids are social butterflies there's a greater chance that they'll take part in the same risky behaviors those they are socializing with take part in? Amazing! I'll have to keep this in mind when I have kids...in the same part of my mind that stores info like "kids who eat...
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    Facebook Likes, Meet Bing

    Wow. You're not only too awesome for Facebook, you're too awesome for your own friends!
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