Question 1: No, they are not useless.

Question 2: A number of different variables

now do Question 3!

Question 3:

the way reprints works is, every third sunday of the month, the staff gets together for a game of shuffleboard. during this time, shimala stands on a milk crate and drinks as many diet cokes as he can. when the clock strikes 2:13, everyone stands up and shouts "Pyle! Shazam!", then scatter around the room. each staff member is wearing a number on their shirt that represents the absolute value of a sold out shirts stock number. When 2:15 roles around, Charlie comes out in a blind fold and must run full speed in a single direction. If he's able to run into one of the other staff members withour hitting a support beam, then the number on that staff member's shirt is divided by pi. If he does run into a support beam, Joe yells "rectum! damn near killed em!" and everyone shares in a good laugh. The volume of the laugh is recorded by one of those audience'o'meters they use for game shows. The number from that machine is then somehow put into the quadratic equation. Once a final number is determined, it's taken to Daryl the Enforcer. Daryl the Enforcer is a bounty hunter that uses his quick wit and large forearms to track down bail hoppers. Daryl then brings in the next wanted person on his list to headquarters where they are interrogated by Laura and Bob in a bad cop-worse cop like scenario. They then present the number to the person in custody and demand that he/she shout the first sold out threadless shirt that comes to mind when they see that number.

its pretty simple when you think about it

tora.. yer a genius

Makes perfect sense to me.

*standing ovation*

I bought a lot of reprints lately.