What a googling mess!!!

As I shudder at the thought of Google's impending suit to rob me of all the nothing I have, for giving a rat's google about their ETL (English as a Trademark-junkies Language - oh wait, I better TM that)guide, I have to post this link of the write up by Michael Ferguson on Ask.com..

Now isn't this funny!!

http://blog.ask.com/2006/10/you_do_andor_ma.html#comments

Congo - Stories of Courage, Strife and Intrigue

I was just impressed by this article on Congo. It was a first in many ways for me, least of which is the trivia for how we address people from Congo - Congolese.

It goes on into a story of courage of how an 18 year old kid is trying to send himself to college. Did me put me to shame.

The story then leads on into visa cards and banking in the country. Though it sounds like the ramblings of an attention - deficit author, it is still a good read.

I am blogging this so I can go back and read the story of that youth, again, and again!

Publish a website, Get Sued!!!

Here are the links on how you should go about doing this:

The NY Post Article: http://www.nypost.com/seven/10112006/business/
rodman_sues_ex_analyst_over_web_site_business_roddy_boyd.htm

The Matt Murrey Website: http://www.researchindependence.org/

So if I copied the contents of Matt's website, do I get sued as well? Do I dare and find out? I am itching to dare....

What is the world's largest private equity fund?

You are close if you thought it was Blackwell. We do have KKR that is coming up. Lacking the private tally, they are valued at USD 16.5bn.

So what is a private equity fund you may ask?

This refers to the holding of stock in unlisted companies – companies that are not quoted on a stock exchange. It includes forms of venture capital and MBO financing.

Re: http://www.altassets.net/hm_glossary.php#MBI


The same page will tell you what an MBO is...

For you FireFox fans - better learn your trademark rules...or stop supporting this trash.

Go to the last, and Deron's slaves - you might want to show him the last few lines and see if it makes any sense. Keyword - community.



Moral of the Story: Be very, very careful when you support the "tech" underdogs. First Apple, now Mozilla. As soon as they have made some money or fame, they have no qualms in shedding their masks and showing us who they truly are.



Thank God, I never bought the Linux - Apple - FireFox underdog crap.



Srihari

Namibia: This week in government sponsored humor...

Ho ho ho. Santa Namibia brings to you: a new way for the government to prevent progress.

Read, weep and/or enjoy!

So what if you got brain cancer, it keeps our coffers full....

"A cell phone rings in the middle of Mark VandenBrink's presentation. He tells the audience member, "Go ahead and answer it -- I'm a phone guy, so please, leave your phones on! It's better for me." VandenBrink, Motorola's director of mobile devices software, delivered a talk on his company's experiences in the Linux-powered mobile device arena at LinuxWorld Tuesday morning, outlining what the company has learned from its first generation of Linux phones and the changes Motorola plans for the next."

I hope cell phone companies don't get into the same soup as asbestos companies...

Learn Programming in 10 years!!!!

[Click on title for link to original article]

At first, I was attracted to this post for its cynicism. I later realized there is some pithy advice in here!!!

Srihari

The World's Shortest Fairy Tale - Wish it was mine!!!

World's Shortest Fairy Tale:

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl "Will you marry me?"

The girl said "No."

And the guy lived happily ever after and went golfing a lot.

THE END

From an anonymous Craigslist Poster...

All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -

Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

(-Vikram Seth)