You seem to have chosen to ignore one key word; I wrote "The only shares I own directly..."

I have a fairly diverse portfolio thanks, consisting of stock mutual funds, money market funds, bank CDs, and cash. My ESPP shares are a small -- very small -- percentage of my total investments.

And my company is a Fortune 500 company. While it's not unheard of, it's pretty unlikey it's going to run aground, especially with $11B in cash. As you alluded, the same may not be true of other companies.

So, while your advice is okay in the general sense, I'd put it in about the same general category as "buy low, sell high." ;-)

You jest!

The only shares I own directly are in my ESPP. My company has about 2B shares outstanding and I currently own about 4000. My company also has about $11B in cash last I heard.

If they cared about shareholders they'd be using that cash to pay dividends, or buying shares back -- more agressively than they claim to be -- to raise the share price.

YMMV.

If that were the case, no one would have ever thought we needed a Constitution. Or a Bill or Rights.

Government provides services: defense, build roads, educate, explore space, etc.

We in this case means Americans, i.e. U.S. Citizens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter

There's a lot more than three seconds---

I guess it's snarky day here on /. and ad hominem attacks are part of the culture anyway.

In that vein, altruism and $1.78 gets me a coffee at Starbucks.

The carbon footprint of me continuing to drive my existing car -- no, it's not a Chevy Suburban -- is much lower than me replacing it with a Prius out of some misguided altruism.

I don't want to run a network drop to my laundry room.

Is it going to add more than $10 to the cost of the dryer? If yes, and unless it's going to save me more than $10 in the first year; again, don't bother.

He wasn't always syndicated.

I used to listen to his (four hour) show on KMET 94.7 in Los Angeles in the 70s. Went to see one of his live shows broadcast from Los Angeles Pierce College once too.

Dang I'm old.

adjective
(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal

adjective
flagrantly wicked or impious

Ever since it was used in Raiders of the Lost Ark it seems.

So, did Yahoo have a wicked or criminal scam, or was was it something less. Maybe just a scam?

Personally I'd consider the distance to the, oh, let's say M31, as vast. Or even the distance to the other side of our own galaxy.

The distance to Mars is, all things being relative, right around the corner.

not as I do.

Encrypted should be the default for every web site IMNSHO.

because you can't see the fscking speedo otherwise.

Cuz there's an app for everything.

You left off labor costs in California in general and the Bay Area in particular.

Wait for the announcement that they're moving production somewhere else with lower labor costs.