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XM-Sirius Merger Gets Serious, Gas Pumps Lie, and Mice Now Fearless
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 10:35 AM on November 14, 2007
• XM and Sirius shareholders approve merger, next stop: the FCC. [AP]
• Gas pumps claiming to measure 1/1000th of a gallon are really just tricking you into thinking you're getting more gas. [Gadget Lab]
• Scientists genetically engineer mouse that isn't afraid of cats; rodent homicide rate expected to spike soon. [Pink Tentacle]
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SomeoneUKno
Posted 7:52 PM 13/11/07
Only if the money thats being spent on it tricks the public into thinking its really more expensive than it looks.
SomeoneUKno
frigg
Posted 7:23 PM 13/11/07
Now can scientists genetically engineer an FCC that is not afraid of a merged XM and Sirius?
frigg
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 9:01 PM 13/11/07
While, on balance, I dislike that gas pumps lie, I don't really feel cheated when someone is "stealing" up to 4/1000th of a gallon of gas. That means that at most every 250 times I fill up, I lose a gallon? For me that would one gallon every five years or $0.60 per year.
To put it another way, given the money-value of time, I wasted more money writing this comment than I have lost to offending gas pumps.
92BuickLeSabre
aaj111
Posted 10:03 PM 13/11/07
@frigg:
That was a good one.
aaj111
yogibimbi
Posted 11:36 PM 13/11/07
rodent homicide? Wouldn't that be caticide?
yogibimbi
DJJS
Posted 2:36 AM 14/11/07
I have worked a while back at a Chevron.Corp. In an Office doing some analysis on fuel correction ect.. and I know for a fact. that U get more gas on Cold Morning or Cold Night.. then any hot afternoon.. Just a tip..
And yes.. the blog is true.. about the 1/1000th..
DJJS
spaceman37
Posted 9:20 AM 14/11/07
@yogibimbi: It might be "rodicide" - since its the rodent being killed. Like regicide is a king/queen being killed. Yes, that was a simpson's reference.
spaceman37