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How are you coming to the conclusion that those qualifying for free or subsidized tuition are any less qualified to be admitted than others? You seem to be assuming that. Why, I do not know. Let the hungriest, most ambitious and sharpest people gain access to the best educational...

You better put your insurance in place, ladies and gentlemen. The long-feared Yen Carry Trade is now, finally, truly unwinding. Pain, pain, pain... I'm taking my clothes off right now, because 'itz gittin' hot in here.'

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=120376

Hey, what, precisely, is the speed difference between the following two processor chipsets?: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T8100 (2.1GHz 800MHz 3MBL2) versus Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2370 processor (1.6GHz 533MHz 1MBL2) In other words, how much faster, really, is the first...

I applaude this move. We need a meritocracy in the U.S. if we are to compete in a global economy filled with talented, bright and hungry competition, which we lacked for the better part of the post WWII era. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/education/09mit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin M.I.T. Cuts...

Opera and Firefox are both free, open-source, and FAR superior to Explorer. Hopefully, we'll have the same in an OS soon. And then Microsoft can be shorted all the way down to bankruptcy.

What about Ubuntu? Anyone?

Nothing mentioned so far. To say it would be a gift, and there is no such thing as a free lunch, especially when it diminishes others' edge. Think.

day, c'mon. Just admit it: You were way too bullish, and even perma-bulls threw in the towel on Friday. Don't manage to out-Kudlow Kudlow. For even he isn't denying the existence of what was the (former) elephant in the room. We're in recession, mode, Goldie. Best to trade accordingly.

Sonofabitch. I knew I should have popped for a macbook.

You guys keep farking up day's strategy of investing and trading, summarized as follows: Quit sabotaging the markets with your negative mental vibes, you bastards.

Bad, bad, bad...

That's what I've read, too. Windows Vista benchmarks MUCH more slowly than XP, even with the fastest processor and plenty of RAM. Boot up and shut down time suck, too. Thanks for the tip, Nik. I'll call Lenovo tomorrow and see what I can do. I already ordered the system and was planning...

I just ordered a new Thinkpad T61 from Lenovo (yes, I miss IBM, too). Ready for this fun FACT? They wanted to charge me an extra $50 for Windows XP Pro, in lieu of Vista Premium. Now, if that doesn't tell you something, NOTHING will. People ARE AFRAID of Vista, and for good reason...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09digi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know. By RANDALL STROSS Published: March 9, 2008 ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”? Microsoft...

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GET THE HELL OUT!!! Time Stamped: 26:26 03/7/08 Back to '06 Levels and no floor exists.

Crames (I and a select few other call him Crames) can make you a lot of money. Just fade him. Don't take away our ultimate fade! Crames is money, baby!!!

New York isn't immune. Maybe pockets of it are, but just wait until mass layoffs sweep over the financial firms... ...not the type of layoffs you've seen thus far - the kind that slice the brokerage firms and investment banks by 33% to 50%.