Running Windows 7 x64 Professional on my HP netbook. Surfing using Chrome with no plugins on reddit.com. Thousands of other people did as well with various other browsers (see reddit announcement).

It came in through an ad utilizing a Java exploit. I was only 1 minor release behind on updating my JRE. Since this incident and the 45 minutes it took me to get rid of the stupid thing, I now surf with Firefox + adblock + noscript addons. It's just not worth it. I used to be OK with ads and even clicked on them occasionally but forget it now.

I have to say that was I absolutely shocked that Chrome let something like that through and that it was able to infect my system even though I never run as an admin user. Windows Security Essentials detected it but still let it infect my system and was unable to clean it out, so I ended up cleaning it out manually.

Please excuse me if my formula is incorrect but 666.66 x (1.18 ^ 36) = 258,021.96 which is significantly higher than $210,700.

To solve, use:

210,700 / 666.66 ^ (1/36) = 1.1733775686728221274377171681115 - 1 = 17.34%.

FTFA:
The Web is now more critical to free speech than any other medium. It brings principles established in the U.S. Constitution, the British Magna Carta

From the Magna Carta:
If anyone who has borrowed a sum of money from Jews dies before the debt has been repaid, his heir shall pay no interest on the debt for so long as he remains under age, irrespective of whom he holds his lands. If such a debt falls into the hands of the Crown, it will take nothing except the principal sum specified in the bond.

He's right! The web is just like the Magna Carta.

Inventor of World Wide Web says World Wide Web greatest invention ever.

Good.

I'd put a towel in front of the window, go to sleep and talk to him about it in the morning.

I didn't see a single thing in your examples that led me to believe a printed phonebook is necessary. The world will be so much better off without such printed phonebooks.

bigtallmof - what do you think of slashdot?
[ Af:0 At:7 Sp:0] I use Slashdot for my topical stories reading.
bigtallmof - what do you think of slashdot?
[ Af:0 At:8 Sp:0] I have heard of the slashdot website but don't know much about it.
bigtallmof - what do you think of slashdot?
[ Af:0 At:8 Sp:0] Usually I don't.
bigtallmof - what do you think of slashdot?
[ Af:0 At:9 Sp:0] Not much.
bigtallmof - what do you think of slashdot?
[ Af:0 At:10 Sp:0] It doesn't concern me.
bigtallmof - what do you think of slashdot?
[ Af:0 At:13 Sp:0] This is fun. I don't think about it at all.
bigtallmof - what do you think of slashdot?
[ Af:0 At:13 Sp:0] Do you prefer getting your news online or from tv?

When was this?

I first became a computer consultant in 1989, started my own company in 1992, sold it in 1998 and went off to work for corporate America. I became CTO of a publicly traded company for the first time in 2006.

danaris said...Personality matters in these things.

bigtallmofo originally said...In my experience, smarts coupled with people skills and a strong work ethic will open just about any door for you

We are in agreement. Definitely need people skills and a good personality to start your own business.

I didn't spend a minute in college. I became a computer consultant right out of high school at 17, started my own consulting company at 20, sold it at 25 and started working for corporate America.

Since then, I've risen to the highest ranks of IT (including CTO of a mid-sized publicly traded company).

In my experience, smarts coupled with people skills and a strong work ethic will open just about any door for you regardless of degree or lack thereof. One of the biggest problems I see though are people generally overestimating their "smarts". Generally I think if you are not widely considered very intelligent by everyone you regularly interact with, including those people that don't necessarily care for you, then you are probably better off getting a degree.

When will someone come out with a viable competitor for PayPal so that we will finally have a choice?

I suspect it will happen when it becomes profitable to do so. Until then, we'll just complain about PayPal.

My first hard drive was a 40 MB Seagate ST-251 MFM hard drive. I almost got the ST-225 when I was buying the parts for my first IBM-compat from JDR Microdevices.

I'm still very thankful that I didn't go with my alternate plan of getting the Lt. Kernel 20 MB hard drive for my Commodore 128. I imagine I wouldn't quite have the career I have today had I gone in that direction.