sir_eccles commented on Safer Places to Stash Your Cash at Home

"Best place to hide money is in an interest bearing account at an FDIC insured financial institution."

sir_eccles commented on Auto CEOs Flew Private Jets To Washington To Ask For Your Tax Money

"@InfiniTrent: I'm not saying you don't need to advertise, I'm saying you don't need to spend twice what Toyota spends."

sir_eccles commented on Auto CEOs Flew Private Jets To Washington To Ask For Your Tax Money

"There was a thing in the NYTimes the other day about how much money GM has pissed away on sports sponsorship in the past five years."

sir_eccles commented on GM Files Patents For Tribeca-Based Saab 9-6X, Tale Of The Saaburu Maybe Not Complete

"@Deartháir: Indeed the very same sock full of spaghetti."

sir_eccles commented on GM Files Patents For Tribeca-Based Saab 9-6X, Tale Of The Saaburu Maybe Not Complete

"@sir_eccles: Just to reply to myself to point something out. Although published on November 4, 2008 is was actually filed June 29, 2007."

sir_eccles commented on GM Files Patents For Tribeca-Based Saab 9-6X, Tale Of The Saaburu Maybe Not Complete

"@rexplex: Yes they do."

sir_eccles commented on Dallas School District Caught Using Random SSNs For Foreign Workers

"Hey, that's the same number I have on my luggage."

sir_eccles commented on Credit Card Defaults Hit QVC

"@djsyndrome: "but at no point did I feel like my rights, dignity or personal property were ever in jeopardy of being violated" But then as you left the building, security asked to see a receipt for your belongings and you just went crazy?"

sir_eccles commented on Which Technical Inaccuracies in Scifi Annoy You the Most?

"@twDarkflame: Babylon5 had ok ship physics."

sir_eccles commented on Which Technical Inaccuracies in Scifi Annoy You the Most?

"Any representation of computers where the user seems to be typing away wildly while cool looking but unconnected stuff happens on the screen? Also a quick shout out to CSI whenever they magnify an image then look at the reflection in someone's eyeball magnify again flatten the image flip it right way round magnify it again then clean it up to get a perfect match for the person they are looking for."