News: Oddly Automotive

• CNN headline: Landrieu elected in New Orleans. C'mon, I couldn't be the only person to think that?
• Doing the math with off-the-shelf parts shows that an iPad may cost as little as $229.35 to make.
• Facepalm Award of the Week: Equifax sent out its W-2 forms to employees with their Social Security numbers visible through the cellophane address windows. Bonus points for the irony.
• Facepalm Award Runner-Up: Yup, it's Computer Engineer Barbie. I'm not going to say a word, just like I'm not going to say a word about how Mattel has "Boy" and "Girl" toy sections.

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I'd totally watch that movie.

Lots of car-ish stuff:

• The Clean Air Act had a 600% return-on-investment since it was enacted in 1970 through 1990. Of course, some of that value was computed somewhat arbitrarily by putting a dollar value on human life and health, but still, the government isn't the first to do that for cost-benefit computations. (See how Ford knowingly allowed faulty Pintos and then, 20 years later, faulty tires on their SUVs to kill people because it was cheaper than a recall.)
• Highway signs you wish existed, not that anyone would pay attention anyway.
• Just because the key is smart doesn't mean it rubs off on the driver.

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