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February 22, 2011,

I can't believe you made Bieber MVP T-shirts, and haven't made Rockwood
T-shirts yet. What's the deal?

--Jim Rockwood

The nation has Beiber-fever, Jim, and we're going where the money is! Heck, we can't even sell out of the last few of our 2011 Rockwood Calendars, now discounted to $10, so why would we think we could sell T-shirts? Of course, if we were to sell some of our remaining calendars, we might think differently (hint, hint!).

 
February 23, 2011,

I'm sure you've been mailed about this already, but Moore's "law" states the number of transistors you can fit in a single area doubles every 18 months, it says nothing about speed. After all, the P4 had lots of transistors, but it was a dog of a processor! Love the comic though, hope it continues a long time.

--Robert

Actually, you were the first, Robert. Congratulations! But yes, you are correct. For the sake of the story problem, we took some liberties with Moore's law. In fact, not only does it state that transistors --not speed-- will do the doubling, it also states that it will happen every two years, not every 18 months as we erroneously wrote. We will cut ourselves a little slack in that at least we used the descriptor "roughly" in defining the law.

Of course, the best news is that this means our computer overlords will take 33 percent longer before they take over our lives. Use that time wisely, Robert!

 
February 23, 2011,

ust wanted to be sure you knew what those weak-kneed Democrats were facing in Wisconsin.

--Michael

The prank caller or the governor, Michael? We listened to all 20 minutes of the "Gotcha" tape and were actually more impressed with Governor Walker than we had been before. If you notice, all of the slamming of the Democrats comes from the man imitating David Koch, not Scott Walker. Walker never once calls his opponents names, but instead reiterates his position that he thinks what he's doing is best for the state. We're guessing you don't agree with that position, Michael, but in a situation such as this one where it would have been very easy to insult his opposition, Governor Walker did no such thing.

By comparison, the Democratic opposition has no problem insulting their Republican colleagues over and over and over again. If the Democrats were as civil in public as Walker is in private, this whole brouhaha would probably be over already. As it is, they have only themselves to blame.