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Wow. Life Imitates FOIB

Wow. Is this Senator Hollings a secret FOIB member? Or maybe the split that I was advocating is just plain common sense. Being a socialist, I took it further by nationalizing the local loop / wholesale side of the business. But within reasonable confines this guy has...

AOL tests Instant Messaging with Lotus..

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/cn/20010814/tc/aol_gets_ready_to_chat_with_ib m_s_lotus_1.html Tuesday August 14 08:00 PM EDT AOL gets ready to chat with IBM’s Lotus By Jim Hu CNET News.com AOL Time Warner announced an agreement Tuesday with IBM’s Lotus...

Wow..

Here’s a great strategy: Come up with an idea for a company that sells $1 bills for $0.80, raise a $209 Million from VCs, take the company public, sell your stock for a huge profit, resign from the company, watch the company die, and then buy the whole thing...

Consumer Research…

Hope this is interesting… I’ve spent a considerable amount of time working on our pricing strategies and have conducted a lot of research. I won’t bore you with the details but needless to say I’ve just spent hours reading very boring very dry...

Telematics

As Onstar has demonstrated, the major near-term opportunity in wireless services is services while on the road. It uses cellular phones but the technology is obscured as the car has become the delivery platform for the services. Until six months ago, Onstar was...

Perseid Meteor Shower – AUG 12

I remember how pissed off I was last year for missing this. Best strategy: Drive NORTH, away from City Lights, and park yourself in a field somewhere where you can kick back and watch the action. I’ve counted hundreds per hour in past years.. -Ian....

Everybody’s Favorite Shit Disturber

Joe Nacchio is a great guy. Once quoted as saying he had “more bandwidth than God” he’s always good for a line or two. This article is no exception. >>> “When the economy turns into a 1929 depression, we’ll probably miss our...

ITEMUS on FuckedCompany..

Hooray! Canada’s fucked too! A Canadian VC whom we all know and love makes a big showing! Go Canada! Amid all of the whining and Back Bacon jokes in the FuckedCompany forums, I dug up this little gem: > So this Canadian guy’s car breaks down and he knocks...