Re: Zuckerberg

Where did you hear he dumped all his stock??? I know he dumped a load on the first day but nothing since.

Re: Rules of investing

I think what happened here was a number of investors expected idiots to buy big, and then they could dump the stocks and profit. What they didn't realise was that they were the idiots.

Re: bets

I think the shares are worth around $1 each. So they've got a little further to drop.

Re: Whilst I would love to smile ...

Backpfeifengesicht. Oh hang on, that's just Zuckerberg.

Re: Greedy dishonest people....

In my dad's day it used to be Italian leather jackets- this scam has been around for ages in one form or another.

Re: "Why is it an offence to separate a fool and his money?"

that's the best way to scrape usernames and passwords. I'm fine with people using my unsecured wifi as long as they don't mind me using their unsecured login credentials.

Re: You say Beidou, I say Baidu

Well, Beidou will be pronounced 'Compass' when it goes global.

Re: buzzy buzzwords

the new bs- used like 'this is a rich seam of information that needs to be data mined at all costs..."

Re: The clever attendee.....

nip into the bar where you can often find the speakers indulging in a bit of dutch courage before going to give their talk. Engage them one-on-one about the topic, get all the info you want out of them. And finish with a 'don't worry about the talk, judging by what you've told me, you know the whole thing inside out.' He gets the encouragement he needed, you get all the info required to bullshit your boss the next day.

Re: Can I suggest..

remember when we used to call the 'cloud' the 'internet'...

Re: Soapbox time.

I would not feel too bad about partaking in that meal as the money you had spent with the father ensured the survival of the whole family.

Contrast that with the story my mother told me of growing up in rural Ireland in the 40s, in a large family. Everyone used to dread the priest turning up because he always did so for Sunday dinner and got the best of the food and usually seconds too. After he left, the children got to eat whatever was left.

Re: Would like to see...

"You mean it does email, internet and shits in Kyles mouth? This is the best thing ever!"

Re: Really?

The primary purpose of every government is to privatise profit and socialise debt.

Re: "poor consumer appetite for shiny gear"

Indeed. There's a ban on Sony kit in my office because of their "after sales support". And I've just upgraded my Xperia Mini Pro to a Samsung Galaxy S2. It was only because Ericsson was still involved that made me get the Xperia in the first place. Now there's no Ericsson, there's no way I'm buying.

Re: Erm...

me for sure

Re: Children

my thoughts exactly- Apple are butthurt because iCloud hasn't had the same level of popularity of Dropbox.

It didn't really occur to me that people were doing Skype-to-non-Skype calling. I think the last time I check, the standard tarriff on my mobile was just as good as Skypes prices.

"Your prize is a free signup to Google+"

Re: Free... yes, the basic version.

Believe me, Trimble know how to charge- $500 will seem like the greatest bargain ever as soon as the Trimble Beancounters finish their job.

Re: Hey...what a concept!

the caveat would be- "but don't put them on the board of directors unless you are prepared to suffer death by beancounter."

Re: And....?

I think the gist of this article is that the EU will get PNR on amercian passengers which they can hold for 5 years (though half the time that US Homeland Security can hold the same data on EU passengers)

Re: Prior art

I've even seen the Tetris one done before.

Re: How about...

yep- I was thinking of some form of shunt or switch.

Re: Long time coming

which was parodied in a Simpson's Treehouse of Horror- Pierce Brosnan provided the voice.

Re: Kids own iPad

Same as my 10 year old. Everytime she wants to add a new app to her iPod, she has to ask me to type in my iTunes password. This also allows me to see if the app is suitable for her age, and in one case stopped her from getting scammed on an in-app purchase.

Re: Meet the Fuckers?

I've always liked Gobblers Knob in PA- Home of Punxatawny Phil of Groundhog Day fame.

Re: Don't panic Mr Mainwaring!

I remember trying Hersheys for the first time when I was in the states. I bought it back to the shop and told them it was stale. When they told me it supposed to taste like that, I said 'Really??? And people eat this???"

Re: NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

not a fan of swiss chocolate (it's always over-creamed). Belgium and French chocolate is the best.

I'm reminded of Psion getting into bed with Motorola- That relationship effectively killed Psion.

Re: Nokia will come good

I think Nokia started making a mess of things (read Symbian) before they acquired it.

Re: wow in other news the sky is blue

but who rates the rating agencies?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? applies...

Re: No wonder

Exactly what I was thinking- 'Oooh $25,000. That will put a huge dent in the dividend payout this year. Google will think twice about doing that again in the future.'

Exactly what I was waiting for too. Also when the subway service was suspended the HUD should have displayed 'WALK YOU LAZY BASTARD".

Finally, at the end when he says 'want to see something cool?', I was really hoping that he was going to throw himself off of the roof of the building and the last shot would be the rapidly approaching ground.

Re: hahahahaah!

Money parted from fool. Now fool wants money back.

I'm guessing he's heard about some Facebook stock coming up for options...

Re: Didn't they read the bit about...

>only speculate money that you can afford to loose

as opposed to "only speculate money that you can afford to tighten"???

Re: Toys out of the pram...

No, I understand the concept very well. However, being a developer myself I can price the cost of development for an App. If someone spent months writing that App they are either not a good programmer or are very new to Objective C. I doubt the requirement catalog for the App even ran to one page.

And for what it's worth, there are similar apps in the store for $10-$30.