October 2009
20 posts
“The era when central banks could target inflation and assume that what was...”
– Martin Wolf, How mistaken ideas helped to bring the economy down
“Although we hope that successive data revisions get us closer the the...”
– Willem Buiter: Another quarter of negative GDP growth in the UK: situation hopeless but not serious
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 →
“Ein Kinogenre, das im Wesentlichen um den gewaltsamen Austausch von...”
– Vampirfilm “Durst”: Schlachtfeld der Liebe
“Microsoft’s Sidekick outage shows that sadly, in fact, it’s true:...”
– We learn by failing | Rafe’s Radar - CNET News
“Hours after the pop singer’s first posthumous single “This Is...”
– Reuters
Wishlist: Cocoa Design Patterns →
“Nobel Prize-winning theories were behind the biggest market meltdowns since the...”
– Christopher Swann, Dynamite the Nobel prize in economics
Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine →
Q: Is Iran a threat?
A: Oh yes. Even as we speak Iran is potentially starting the beginnings of a very possibly quite almost-real hypothetically nuclear weapons program!
Q: Oh no! How many nuclear weapons does Iran already have?
A: Counting warheads, ICBMs, mid- and long-range missiles, ABMs, tactical nukes, bunker-busters and submarine-based weaponry, the full nuclear arsenal of Iran at this moment is very rapidly just beginning to quite possibly approach a number just short of one!
http: //fafblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/q-our-threatiest-threat.html
The economy is so bad that...
* I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
* I ordered a burger at McDonalds and the kid behind the counter asked, “Can you afford fries with that?”
* CEO’s are now playing miniature golf.
* If the bank returns your check marked “Insufficient Funds,” you call them and ask if they meant you or them.
* Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.
* Parents in Beverly Hills...
“Darn, I think I have to buy a Kindle now.”
“Die Logik der Entscheidungen des Nobelpreis-Komitees lässt sich mit der eines...”
– Thomas Brussig in der SZ zum Literatur-Nobelpreis
“I write, read, and negotiate extremely complex, lengthy financial contracts...”
– The Epicurean Dealmaker
“After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.”
– Italian proverb
