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i've probably had 15+ instances of having my neighbors' mail delivered to my house in the years i've lived here. my carrier sucks

i don't know. some people are driven to succeed more, even once they reach success. i told myself a few years ago i'd be satifisfied with $xxxx networth, which would be plenty to retire with a upper-middle class lifestyle. well, i have $xxxx now and i'm not satisified. i believe...

in this economy, conspicuous consumption does cause jealousy to come out. you know what illicits the most passionate opinions (good and bad) from people, is an exotic car. when i got my f430, word spread among my circle of acquaintances and former co-workers and i knew some of them hated my...

if one rotor malfunctioned, the entire aircraft would spin out of control due to the unbalanced torque -- unless it was smart enough to shut off one of the opposing rotors.

that's also 360 million dollars that the government won't have to borrow and force future generations to pay for.

but not because they're married. do you think bill gates would have become a homeless bum if he remained single?

so if someone sees a couple of pitbulls attacking their neighbor's 5 year old kid, they have incentive to not call 911? dumbest idea ever!

1. the dow opened down 3.7% on the day of the 1987 crash. 2. on sep 17 (the day after 9/11), the dow opened down 3.2% from sep 10th's close. 3. there was no such day.

reliable internet access to the US is not everywhere these days. he did say he would trade US equities right? try connecting to and downloading data from random servers in various european and asian countries then get back to me.

the last time i went on an extended travel was from sep 26, 2008 to oct 5, 2008. yeah, _THAT_ week. the f*cking hotel had the worst wireless internet ever. and this was a decent hotel in a large metro area in the USA not some villa in the spanish countryside. i have the money to travel...

a few atoms releasing 4 trillion degrees C of heat over a brief time is very little energy. that's why you don't feel it. the sun has trillions to the trillionth-power more mass, so that's why you feel it. what's so hard to believe about this? [b] err umm, scientists don't use regular...

i know free-loading pricks like this, including a relative. a lot of college-educated folks won't work a job that's "beneath" them, which is why i think unemployment benefits should be limited to 4 months. when you force their backs against the wall, they'll find a job. they're able to hang...

some chicks are brainwashed by the commercialism of valentines day. they view the amount of money you spend as an indicator of how much you love her. i've tried both approaches for v-day: (1) spend a lot of time but not necessarily a lot of money to do something meaningful for her...

i just explained to you why when someone makes money it means someone else loses money. i provided a real-life example that was repeated thousands of times during the dot com, and yet you think it's BS? i give up. someone else explain to this guy the process of wealth distribution.

no, they did not make ALL their money before the collapse. they made some before and some after the collapse. consider an early employee who is granted stock options at $2 before IPO. the stock climbs to its 2000 peak of $35, then descends to $10. all the while, the employee is selling...

or middle-income retirees who depend on their 401k

well let's look at the dot com bubble. a lot of people lost money when the market crashed in 2000, but who made money? founders of tech companies, workers for tech companies, investors and venture capitalists. how do you think people like marc cuban and jerry yang became enormously wealthy...

most people prefer a steady economic ride over the recent roller coasters because they don't have the discipline to save during the good times nor the savvy and vision to exploit the boom. times are bleak now for many people, but there are plenty of people who are doing very well. after all...

what makes you think i won't like it if we have a great depression? we just had a near-great depression and i'm loving it. everything is cheap these days: cars, homes, watches, travel, women... and i'd like it if banks stopped lending money because that'd make stuff even CHEAPER. how...

which do you prefer: 1. an uneventful economy with consistent 6.5% unemployment and consistent, modest GDP growth of 3%, or: 2. the boom-bust cycles we've been seeing where unemployment bounces between 3% and 10%, and where GDP bounces between -2% and 6%. myself, i like these boom-bust...