Don't Sacrifice Your Financial Future Underneath The Christmas Tree

Commented by ubermex:
12:49 PM on December 21, 2011

I was raised without Santa. Santa was still part of Christmas, he was just a character like batman, who I also knew wasn't real.

I never even knew some kids thought he was real until I was starting school and my parents explained that some kids believed and I should be nice and not mention that he wasn't real.

Report: Xbox 360 Update Uglies Up Video Playback

Commented by ubermex:
9:08 AM on December 20, 2011

Oh yes, I'm aware, however there are actual buttons that don't exist anymore, kinect or not. Entire functions are missing regardless of controls.

Report: Xbox 360 Update Uglies Up Video Playback

Commented by ubermex:
8:20 AM on December 19, 2011

The most frustrating part is that the old one was the BETTER app among platforms.

Report: Xbox 360 Update Uglies Up Video Playback

Commented by ubermex:
8:17 AM on December 19, 2011

On a similar note, the new netflix app has lost a lot of functionality.

Who Should Pay If A Bird Poops In Your Food?

Commented by ubermex:
10:39 AM on December 14, 2011

If there was a reasonable way to avoid it, yes.

Umbrellas are reasonable.

Study: Old People Are Getting Richer, Young Are Getting Poorer

Commented by ubermex:
4:52 PM on November 8, 2011

It's not because they've "already had full lives", it's because cancer takes more time to develop than they realistically have left, so the damage from radiation is basically nonexistent. They can go over their lifetime exposure limits without worrying.

Basically none of them will die from it as the damage is too longterm.

Study: Old People Are Getting Richer, Young Are Getting Poorer

Commented by ubermex:
4:47 PM on November 8, 2011

It's not often that I agree with the right these days, but oh my god cash for clunkers is awful awful policy.

Sony Clamps Down On Downloaded Games Sharing

Commented by ubermex:
12:01 PM on November 8, 2011

I want to give them credit for ever making it 5. It's super nice that it was ever that high. 2 is fine, 3 would probably be more appropriate since PSPs are involved.

Report: Netflix's Killing Of Qwikster Forces Layoffs

Commented by ubermex:
10:03 AM on November 7, 2011

Burying the "lead"

As in, the lead paragraph.

Customer Says Grocery Stores Wouldn't Accept $32 In Quarters

Commented by ubermex:
8:56 AM on November 3, 2011

There's no federal statute doing so, but there is a good deal of caselaw. If you have a debt and you make a good faith effort to pay it with dollars, the lender DOES NOT HAVE the right to turn it down.

There may not be a STATUTE, but this has come up in court many many times.

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