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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

You can do it with a pint or two of bourbon. The mystery is how they can still stand with minds that thoroughly impaired.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

German Cain. Different guy.

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Chris Grrr's avatar

Why would you ever turn it off? My relatives don't.

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fuflans's avatar

<i>once again, we must emphasize that we are mushy-headed liberal arts majors, not business majors, but it seems like a pretty major fail to assume that the development costs of a new technology represent an irrecoverable loss</i>

not if the president is black.

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Bezoar's avatar

I remember back when Texas Instruments used to lose $6,000,000.00 on each integrated circuit it sold. And nothing they learned developing those ever had any other role in any other product, ever. And don't get me started on the size of Hewlett-Packards losses with each primitive calculator sold.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

GM should never have started on this ridiculous, wasteful project, which is clearly the fault of the Preznident who was in office at the time.... oh, wait.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Hope there's no wingnut standing around and feeling afraid.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Since Obama went back in time and talked GM into developing the Volt, he's certainly got a lot of 'splaining to do.

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God Emperor Emeritus's avatar

Amortization, you can't explain that.

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schmannity's avatar

It's arithmetic, stupid.

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102415's avatar

The figures go up the figures go down. Who CAN explain that?

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