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LA school district to give every student an IPAD By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 26 minutes ago: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-l Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for... |
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US house prices By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025 7 comments, latest 2 hours ago: Tim Aurora says donjumpsuit says The government is keeping the cost of borrowing money at all time lows, so that if you are close to the 'preferred' group of aristocrats, you can borrow money for... |
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Super Duper Burger By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025 31 comments, latest 4 hours ago: JodyChunder says Yeah, Yelp simply filters reviews according to certain arcane rules that are not even disclosed to the reviewers who donate their time and efforts to the website’s benefit. When a business patron writes... |
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Bernanke won't blow up bond market By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 4 hours ago: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com That might not sound like a lot given that bond yields used to be double that not too long ago. But the move translated into a 6% drop in prices for the 10-year. Bond... |
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3-D printers revolutionize manufacturing By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 7 hours ago: http://news.yahoo.com/10-amazi Shop owners- or anyone else with a 3D-printable idea- can build a virtual model of their product and have it printed by Shapeways. From sterling silver jewelry to the world's tiniest Rubik's cube, Shapeways... |
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Rising rates threaten housing "recovery" By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 7 hours ago: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Scott and Rachel Streicher with their dogs Chase (left) and Abby (right) in their new home in Woodbridge, Virginia. Three years ago, Streicher tried to sell his old house but saw no interest. Last... |
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Brown and Dems gut public access law By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 7 hours ago: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/ A budget bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature would make it optional for local governments to comply with several key provisions of the California Public Records Act. The change is intended to save the... |
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Student loan relief predators By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 2 comments, latest 7 hours ago: varmint says While this is sleazy, the people who fall for it are idiots as well. Guess that college education didn't help much huh? The real scam isn't the loans but the convincing of the... |
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Three biotech scientists win world food prize for GM foods By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 7 hours ago: http://www.nytimes.com/aponlin |
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6 Indicted for Scam Involving Inflated Appraisals and Kickbacks By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025 2 comments, latest 7 hours ago: zzyzzx says Shouldn't this be in the Crime section? |
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FBI clears itself in 150 shootings By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 7 hours ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06 |
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National Mortgage Settlement Monitor under fire By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 1 comment, latest 7 hours ago: APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says If these assholes aren't beheading banksters they should be thrown off of bridges. |
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How COSTCO saves taxpayers money By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 26 comments, latest 7 hours ago: Vicente says elliemae says Costco has good stuff - but the choices are limited. This is the warehouse model. Stock about 4,000 SKUs instead of 40,000+, you'll find same limited selection at competitors. You go... |
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Don't believe Greenspan's bullish advice on stocks By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 1 comment, latest 8 hours ago: CaptainShuddup says I didn't believe him about housing, and I damn sure didn't believe him when he coincided in 2008... "Who knew?" |
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Jail reckless bankers By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 3 comments, latest 8 hours ago: APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says What's wrong with skullfucking them to death? |
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Bio By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025 posted 9 hours ago: Stopped in this little French place just off Market at 75 O'Farrell today for coffee and it looked charming, with three women cooking busily and nattering in French. No espresso though! Amazing. They said I... |
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Separating the Fluff from the Fundamentals By Call it Crazy in Menlo Park CA 94025 44 comments, latest 10 hours ago: Bigsby says SoftShell says I'm not a professor. So I'm not held to 'professorship' standards. Bigsby says SoftShell says Yes, I would like that... Thanks for offering... Bigsby says But hey, if you want everyone... |
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Are there enough new buyers to keep housing market rising? By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025 8 comments, latest 10 hours ago: APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says donjumpsuit says I suppose that at some point, some of these big players will need to get out, and the liquidation is not going to be pretty. It will be a... |
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Free Patrick.net Bumper Stickers By Patrick in Menlo Park CA 94025 49 comments, latest 10 hours ago: Pessfleeply says I understand this question. It is possible to discuss. |
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Who benefits most from your 401k By tovarichpeter in South San Francisco CA 94080 9 comments, latest 11 hours ago: CaptainShuddup says Did anyone watch the show? I did, and made me feel like a genius for pulling my 401K back in 2007 and never looking back. |
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