Comment Re:ABM Treaty for Tim Cook (Score 1) 283
Diversify my good man. If your parents made a killing in AAPL, great, but they should think about spreading the risk around. All the more so the closer they are to retirement.
When Smart People Make Bad Employees 491
theodp writes "Writing for Forbes, CS-grad-turned-big-time-VC Ben Horowitz gives three examples of how the smartest people in a company can also be the worst employees: 1. The Heretic, who convincingly builds a case that the company is hopeless and run by a bunch of morons; 2. The Flake, who is brilliant but totally unreliable; 3. The Jerk, who is so belligerent in his communication style that people just stop talking when he is in the room. So, can an employee who fits one of these poisonous descriptions, but nonetheless can make a massive positive contribution to a company, ever be tolerated? Quoting John Madden's take on Terrell Owens, Horowitz gives a cautious yes: 'If you hold the bus for everyone on the team, then you'll be so late that you'll miss the game, so you can't do that. The bus must leave on time. However, sometimes you'll have a player that's so good that you hold the bus for him, but only him.' Ever work with a person who's so good that he/she gets his/her own set of rules? Ever been that person yourself?"
Denver Rejects UFO Agency To Track Aliens 80
Republicans weren't the only ones to win big yesterday. Aliens in The Mile-High City can breathe easier thanks to voters rejecting a plan to officially track them. From the article: "The proposal defeated soundly Tuesday night would have established a commission to track extraterrestrials. It also would have allowed residents to post their observations on Denver's city Web page and report sightings." Let the anonymous probings begin!
Comment Re:If Hollywood has taught us anything... (Score 1) 799
Speaking of Hollywood the rig fire, oil leak, and pending nuke blast are all scenes from the upcoming MacGruber film.
Comment Re:When you give money to a bank, it's not your mo (Score 1) 265
Was it ever our money? Isn't this the basis of banking as a business since it was conceived? Banks borrow money from us at a low rate and loan it out to others at a higher rate. In the USA, the FDIC exists to give consumers confidence that deposits are guaranteed, to a certain $ amount, if the bank ever failed. If someone expects to get the same exact notes or bills deposited back from the bank they should be using a safe deposit box.
Comment locating parts on vehicle (Score 4, Funny) 81
How do I use this thing to locate the muffler bearings my service shop says need replacing?
Comment Re:Most security products fail to perform (Score 1) 99
As my basketball coach said, "You gotta get it up to get it in."
Comment Not an Easy Conversation to Have... (Score 1) 932
... but you're going to have to tell mom and dad to stay off the russian girlie sites
Comment Re:INT vs WIS (Score 1) 808
Exactly! Gary Gygax figured this out 35 years ago.
Comment Re:Jeez, you don't have to brag about it. (Score 5, Funny) 416
Cocaine and Hookers my good man; cocaine and hookers
Comment Re:5 Days? (Score 1) 273
They will delete your informaiton once it is determined that there is no legal reason to hold it. Unfortunately it will take another 18-24 months to determine if there is legal reason or not.
Comment who needs this much storage? ;-) (Score 2, Funny) 370
It is the year 2109 and they have just released a disc that can hold all the data ever created by mankind. Now selling in 50 and 100 packs.
Comment Re:Block The Internet (Score 1) 308
...and this week said it would also block sites depicting drug use, crime, sex, cruelty, violence or "revolting and abhorrent phenomena" that "offend against the standards of morality"
In compliance with government standards, the Sydney Morning Herald.com has been replaced by TeleTubbie and Rick Astley videos
Comment Black Hole Creation Theory (Score 1) 672
This is lending credence to my theory that black holes are not created by imploding stars but rather by alien civilizations that have activated their LHCs.
Comment Re:And Nikola Tesla.... (Score 1) 287
... and just as he rolls over onto his stomach, he has to stop and roll back the other way
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