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THE NEWS HACK'S CREED:
I know more than you.
I make lots more money than you.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm sexier than you.
I appear on TV all the time.
I work ten minutes a day.
I rule the universe.
I'm going to live forever.
You are an idiot.

THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 2:
A lie isn't a lie when it tells THE TRUTH.

THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 3:
I've come to realize that the looseness of the journalistic life, the seeming laxity of the newsroom, is an illusion. Yes, there's informality and there's humor, but beneath the surface lies something deadly serious. It is a code. Sometimes the code is not even written down, but it is deeply believed in. And, when violated, it is enforced with tribal ferocity.
--JOHN "OMERTA" CARROLL.

THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 4:
News isn't news when we don't report it.

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Posted 8:05 PM by Gene

Speaking of Chinese (although not speaking in it), Intel threw a big monkey wrench into my plans for a new computer; it's making changes in its line-up, and one of them is to cut the price of the i7-950 CPU almost in half -- but not until late August. This poses a problem: I have to get all my parts before July 30 when Bing Cashback expires -- and then I'll have to wait for the CPU. Better to do that I guess as I'll get a supposedly better processor cheaper.

Also I've been put off from buying any refurbished i7-950 machines through eBay or HP because they have a built-in CPU markup that's no longer justified. Decisions, decisions.

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