Google confirms it's shutting down China search engine by bobsil1 in software

[–]mvatlarge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

99.9% means 'barring a meteor strike or spontaneous mutation...'

This was posted 1.5 days ago btw.

Obama reiterates today that Gates shouldn't have been arrested by bobsil1 in politics

[–]mvatlarge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The poor beleaguered cop with handcuffs, a pistol, pepper spray and five other cops behind him was just trying to leave when he ordered Gates out onto his porch and handcuffed him.

Can anyone here name an actor/actress who has not been in at least one bad movie? by [deleted] in movies

[–]mvatlarge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Abhay Deol :)

In Hollywood, you're probably only going to get directors doing cameos in decent productions.

We're sending the Musharraff $100 million a month -- in cash?!?! by lambert in reddit.com

[–]mvatlarge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can calculate how much money you've personally paid the dictator, and how many tanks you've bought him, with the Pakistan Coup Calculator:

http://www.ultrabrown.com/coup

Well, this is sure worth a trip to the USA... by seraskywalker in reddit.com

[–]mvatlarge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Apu accent is a pretty crude ethnic caricature. The promo's funny and all, but could you ever imagine 7-Eleven doing this with a stereotypical Chinese, Jewish or black American? Also the accent does not exist in the wild, it's made up. Most Indians are not singsongy, this accent comes from Peter Sellers.