Archive for July, 2006
John Wright Gotts – The Self-Made Man.
Although he can scare the crap out of me, my boss is one of the few people I know who probably deserves to be called a self-made man. I never met a guy with as many ideas – it shows in this article I think.
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He does have some weird ideas sometimes though. Kill Wikipedia? LOL.
The Central Banks
I’m about to start a series of articles called “Capitalism’s Rootkit”. Before starting, I thought I’d take a look and I found a very interesting article about Central Banks. I never knew there was a difference between a “National Bank” and a “Central Bank, although I guess such economic minutia is of little interest to the common man (such as myself)
Weird thing about the Bank of Canada.
So I was surfing the website of the Bank of Canada. I spent about an hour and a half going through various things about financial policy for an article I want to write, but I could not find a single article about how money is created. (I don’t mean how it is minted – I mean how it is created). You’d think the Central Bank of Canada would talk about it, since it is their main job and all. :/
“Better Safe Than Sorry”
What an awful saying. Whenever people say that I cringe. What does that mean anyway?
You know I might get into an accident since I have a fast car. Better get that Hyundai Accent, better safe than sorry.
You know, I might hurt my feet wearing these fancy shoes because they don’t have padding. Better take those Nike Airs to the business meeting – better safe than sorry.
You know, my son is going to school with a lot of other children. Some of their parents might be poor and he might get bullied. I’d better take him out and home school him. Better safe than sorry.
You know, these surround sound speakers are a bit loud, they might damage my hearing. I’d better replace them with some smaller stereo speakers. Better safe than sorry.
You know, I heard the neighbour’s wife cry. Sure, she might just be having an arguement, but I’m sure having the police barge, while hugely embarassing, will make sure she is “safe”. After all, better safe than sorry.
There is “safe” and there’s paranoia.
Man Defrauds Google – and Posts How
So it looks like Google’s Adsense (same as the one on this page) is defeatable, after all.
Incredible sounding story. If this is the case, then this might be the beginning of the end for the current internet marketting boom.