http://capitalistlion.com Global Opinion of a Kapitalist Kitty. Capitalist is a web log focusing on world politics and other goings-on, as well as technical innovation and discussion. American, fairly right wing, and damn proud of both. en-us Mr. Lion 2010-07-17T18:25-05:00 Copyright 2002-2005, CapitalistLion.com http://capitalistlion.com/images/logo.jpg http://capitalistlion.com 33 88 World and technology commentary. By lions. hourly 1 2002-06-20T14:30-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2236 For breaking everything that is great about the PDF integration within OS X, eff you. As well, Dear AST, For publishing price lists in this reprehensibly broken PDF format, you have ensured that I will never purchase a single item from you, ever. ... Mr. Lion 2010-07-17T21:25:24-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2235 Idiots drive them. The U.S. Department of Transportation has ... found that at the time of the crashes, throttles were wide open and the brakes were not engaged, people familiar with the findings said. The results suggest that some drivers who said their Toyota and Lexus vehicles surged out o... Mr. Lion 2010-07-14T00:04:28-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2234 So apparently Tesla managed to con convince a number of investors to part with some $226 million in their IPO. Perhaps it's a good economic sign that enough people are willing to part with their hard-earned to support a company that has never turned a profit, probably never will turn a profit, a... Mr. Lion 2010-06-30T14:25:26-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2233 Exactly how prevalent is the theft of My First Borg Baby child car seats at Target to necessitate one of those stupid security-rope devices? I mean, really. CDs, DVDs, video games, electronics-- I can see the average shop lifter having those items relatively high on the list of things to nab. But... Mr. Lion 2010-06-25T00:26:17-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2232 The improvements to Safari with version 5 are nice and all-- it's much faster, has rather good HTML5 support, and a host of other tweaks-- However, there is one utterly stupid, monstrously annoying "feature" you've decided to add which makes me want to eat glass. And that, friends, is the same t... Mr. Lion 2010-06-08T09:56:08-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2231 The NYT finally goes tits up and ceases foisting this kind of nonsense on otherwise calm people. The cliffs notes: 1) College student takes on ~$100,000 in student loans, so she can go to a "good school" and achieve a basket weaving degree with no real job prospects, and hence "has trouble" ... Mr. Lion 2010-05-30T15:03:05-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2230 I've often lambasted just about everyone who makes a car these days for failing to get it, primarily because the companies in question are largely not run by car people. Evidently someone at Dodge finally figured out how to make a good ad, at least. Not much, but I'll take it. Now, new V... Mr. Lion 2010-05-27T12:28:56-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2229 Yeah. Any day now! Who'd want one of those one-button mice, anyway. Apple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, overtook Microsoft, the computer software giant, on Wednesday to become the world’s most valuable technology company. In intraday trading shortly after 2:30 p.m., Apple shares ros... Mr. Lion 2010-05-26T16:26:28-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2228 A friend of mine asked, actually a few months ago, what films are considered "required watching" for any gearhead, especially an aspiring gearhead. I've mentioned a few over the years, but I don't think I've ever made a definitive list. So, here goes: The Classics. These are the Godfathers of ca... Mr. Lion 2010-04-23T17:33:11-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2227 And I thought driving a 10 mpg Viper around for an hour was a good thumb in the eye for Earth Day. Turns out I haven't got nothin'™ on Obama & Co(mmune). On a day when many Americans will be reflecting upon how they can reduce their impact on the environment, President Barack Obama and Vice P... Mr. Lion 2010-04-22T13:17:53-05:00