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From: C J Campbell on 2 Jun 2010 10:09 On 2010-05-31 19:02:08 -0700, Me <user(a)domain.invalid> said: > On 1/06/2010 12:48 p.m., Rich wrote: >> Me<user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in news:hu19do$v4o$1(a)news.albasani.net: >> >>> On 1/06/2010 1:33 a.m., RichA wrote: >>>> Why are the workers offing themselves? >>>> >>> Just worth noting, especially if people who don't own Apple products >>> make sanctimonious claims: >>> >>> "Among other things, Foxconn produces the Mac mini, the iPod, the iPad, >>> and the iPhone for Apple Inc.; Intel-branded motherboards for Intel >>> Corp.; various orders for American computer manufacturers Dell and >>> Hewlett-Packard; motherboards for UK computer manufacturer Zoostorm; >> the >>> PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 for Sony; the Wii for Nintendo; the >> Xbox >>> 360 for Microsoft, cell phones for Motorola, the Amazon Kindle, and >>> Cisco equipment." >>> >>> Also worth noting that with>400,000 employees, and the background >> level >>> for suicide in China of 12-15 per 100,000 per annum, 10 suicides over a >>> 5 month period is not indicative of anything statistically significant >>> at all. >>>> >>> It's a great headline story though - especially when there's a link to >>> Apple - the largest (capital value - not revenue) tech company in the >>> world. >>> >> >> Yeah, I remember worthless, paper companies in the 1990's worth more in >> the stock market than GE because had high-tech names and that impressed >> morons. F--- Apple. >> > You can't seriously compare Apple, with revenue of ~$40 billion, income > (EBIT) of $11 billion, and profit of ~$8 billion with tech-bubble > startups of the late '90s? Rich has severe mental issues and he probably should be in therapy. Perhaps it is time for a group intervention of some kind. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor
From: George Kerby on 2 Jun 2010 10:11 On 6/1/10 9:03 PM, in article 2010060119030099097-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-01 18:39:41 -0700, Rich <none(a)nowhere.com> said: > >> Me <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote in news:hu2646$8u3$1(a)news.albasani.net: >> >>> On 1/06/2010 4:48 p.m., John McWilliams wrote: >>>> Me wrote: >>>>> On 1/06/2010 12:48 p.m., Rich wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Yeah, I remember worthless, paper companies in the 1990's worth >>>>>> more in the stock market than GE because had high-tech names and >>>>>> that impressed morons. F--- Apple. >>>>>> >>>>> You can't seriously compare Apple, with revenue of ~$40 billion, >>>>> income (EBIT) of $11 billion, and profit of ~$8 billion with >>>>> tech-bubble startups of the late '90s? >>>> >>>> Rich can use his hatred of Apple, compact cameras, plastic and people >>>> unlike him ethnically to make any "comparison" you can think of. >>>> >>>> Maybe he shorted the stock at $40.... >>>> >>> He might just be an unhappy malcontent needing Prozac... >>> Oh wait, Prozac only "works" (self-reported) in about 70% of cases. >>> What he /really/ needs is a new iPhone: >>> http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/05/30/iphone_college_students/in >>> dex.html "72 percent said that their iPhone made them happier." >>> Better than Prozac. >>> >> >> 72% have IQ's under 95... > > ...and you know that little fact, how? > Rich is the self-appointed spokesperson for the double-digiters.
From: Peter on 2 Jun 2010 10:15 "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message news:PpCdnX5mia8P-JvRnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Savageduck wrote: > <snip> >> Given that you are not going to find 72% of any test population scoring >> below 95. > > One exception: the population of my killfile for this group. I have yet to meet a member of Mensa who had any intelligence. -- Peter
From: Allen on 2 Jun 2010 12:53 Peter wrote: > "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message > news:PpCdnX5mia8P-JvRnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> Savageduck wrote: >> <snip> >>> Given that you are not going to find 72% of any test population >>> scoring below 95. >> >> One exception: the population of my killfile for this group. > > > I have yet to meet a member of Mensa who had any intelligence. > I've known many people (including myself) who qualified for Mensa, but only one who was actually a member. She proves your statement. Allen
From: John McWilliams on 2 Jun 2010 17:32
Allen wrote: > Peter wrote: >> "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message >> news:PpCdnX5mia8P-JvRnZ2dnUVZ_rydnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >>> Savageduck wrote: >>> <snip> >>>> Given that you are not going to find 72% of any test population >>>> scoring below 95. >>> >>> One exception: the population of my killfile for this group. >> >> >> I have yet to meet a member of Mensa who had any intelligence. >> > I've known many people (including myself) who qualified for Mensa, but > only one who was actually a member. She proves your statement. Now, now, we who exceed the so-called Mensa standard by a hundred points or more ("Uber-Mensaists") are never to mention our IQ's to anyone but therapists and lawyers, or perhaps priests if they fall under confidentiality laws. -- john mcwilliams |