Radiation Over 1000 Millisieverts Found In Shaft Outside No. 2 Turbine Building
Now, is this supposed to scare the crap out of me? Is this supposed to make me think about 'bugging the f'ck out of Japan?
I think TEPCO is surely trying to send Japan back to the 1700s.
God help us all.
Is this how things are in China? NYTimes. Time for a change. Serious change.
Key excerpt
The impact sent Ms. Chen flying and broke the other woman’s leg. The 22-year-old driver, who was intoxicated, tried to speed away. Security guards intercepted him, but he was undeterred. He warned them, “My father is Li Gang!”
Not good PR for China. This is one battle that they will lose. (NY Times)
Why are the politicians so afraid of one person? Are we at the tipping point?
New American English; origin: Washington DC, entered public lexicon in July 2010. to breitbart someone, to screw over someone royally, to treat someone with so much contempt that Jesus Christ is shaking his head, to set up a false statement and then, attack the person; to breitbart, to believe yourself to be God; opposites: to treat someone with respect, to be a true Christian.
Political theory: people who adhere to the Breitbart Doctrine believe helping others regardless of their religious beliefs and the colour of their skin as un-Christianlike; Breitbart followers and disciples love screaming at true Christians
Economic theory: steal from the poor and give to the rich.
Remedy to cure oneself of Breitbartitis: read the Bible; give to charity; read books; travel to other countries and meet people; attend religious services in order to understand other religions especially if the person suffering from Breitbartitis has never attended church.
In the blue corner, Google. Weighing 100 kilograms. In the red corner, China coming in at 10M kilograms. The future of (democracy) in China is at stake. China is expected to come out swinging and Google with its much smaller size and rabbit-like speed is expected to dance circles around China. That is until China sits down and squashes Google like a bug. Ouch!
In 50 years, historians will gather to talk about how a small David stood up against Goliath. Let's hope history repeats itself.
Should the US state worker get fired for using her office computer for forwarding the following photograph? Is the worker a racist? Or just senile? I don't know and I don't really care.
IMHO, racism is alive and will never die. Not in my lifetime. Not in my son's lifetime. Not in his son's lifetime. Racism is here to stay so, we had better learn to live with it.
Note: When people act stupidly, hit them upside the head with a hockey stick. Might teach them some manners. And if they don't learn, hit them again.
Just when I was excited about ordering Airborne from Drugstore.com and having it shipped to Japan, the website blocked my order. From complete excitement to utter disappointment. What gives? Is Airborne some type of controlled substance that can't be shipped to Japan? Is it on some list of dangerous goods? I cannot believe it. I know have to look for some other substitute product.
Hey Drugstore.com: can you help me out here?
Heading to tonight's business networking event in Tokyo. I passed on the word about the event to a few of my colleagues. Hopefully the gathering will be both productive and enjoyable. I'll get a chance to see some of my former colleagues and possibly meet up with some future ones as well.
I'll snap a few fotos of tonight and post them here and elsewhere. If you are in Tokyo tonight, drop on by.
Looks like the Chinese government is working with online companies to secure more information about web users. Not very good for democracy and privacy. Should investors be worried about their money in start-up companies?
[Disclosure: I have no investments in China.]
(NY Times)
Been thinking about this one for awhile now: how far behind/ahead is JPN with respect to the Internet/Mobile Internet compared with the rest of the world?
Lots of great companies here in Japan. I am sure there are many young start-ups out there trying to break into the 'bigs' but, need some nice private funding to get them to the next level. Will the DPJ (whom I believe will form the next government) step up and help? Or will the DPJ continue to live in the past (the glory years of Japan's global economic power? Or will the DPJ look towards high-tech and new industries to propel JPN back to double-digit growth years?
There is no denying that Japan is doing well in the mobile Internet space. But, I would like to see much more from the players in this space. Creation of knowledge. Storage. Retrieval. Dissemination. Refinement. Acceptance. Recycling.
The next generation of Intenet users will use computers and mobile devices in a way much different than how we use them today. Knowledge is the key.
Ecommerce will change greatly. Will the future youth spend as much money as we do yearly on the consumption of goods? Or will they spend money on the acquisition of knowledge?
I for one plan on getting my son in front of a computer very soon.
Yet another high-performing colleague has announced (in private) that he is leaving our company. No matter how many times I get informed of a colleague's impending departure, I am saddened and upset. Saddened that a trusted colleague is leaving and upset that the company chooses not to do more to keep him around.
In this day and age, high-tech growth companies must do whatever is in their powers to retain employees. Each year in the high-tech world is equivalent to seven years of learning. So, after 2.5 years with our company, another one is leaving with more than 14+years of earned knowledge. Sad. If high-tech companies continue to let employees leave without even putting up a fight, they will find out the hard way that 'creative destruction' works fast and furious.
What will China look like in 2025?
Will the country lead the world with its No. 1 economy? Will it become the sole remaining superpower?
In my opinion, the anwer is no to both questions. I really don't think China wants anything to do with becoming a true global leader both militarily and economically. That is, until it is truly ready. My guess, China will set itself on the path to be a global superpower in 100 years. It is in no real hurry to get there just yet.
China still has a long way to go before it can challenge the US for global supremacy. The US is still, by far, the only country that can project itself onto the global stage and make things happen.
Mind you the past eight years prior to Obama becoming US president were hard for the US. Let's hope that the Obama administration can keep the US in the front and as the sole superpower for the next 10-20 years. If the US needs to get stronger, it had better start asking its own citizens to begin making lots of sacrifices. Such as the willingness to pay higher taxes. Understanding that military service is no longer an option but mandatory for all citizens regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation. All must serve.
As the world continues to face huge hardships in economic growth, many companies are looking toward China as the 'promised land' for future global demand. My simple question to all capitalists is this: how much risk are you willing to bear?
The Chinese government can, at anytime, seize your assets and call it even. Why would the CCP do this? Why not? Who is going to stop them? Think about how China was closed off the West for so long. And think again about how China could do it again? Perhaps, the 5-year plan for the government is to suck in as much capital and natural resources over the next five years and then, BOOM. The great wall goes back up and all foreigners are locked out again.
I, for one, would not be willing to risk one dollar of capital in China. There are so many growth opportunities in the world and I would rather put capital to work elsewhere. In my opinion, China will be ready in about 25 years.
I hate to pop the bubble of fantasy thinking but I it is time for Western capitalists to wake up and understand what is truly happening in Asia.
Why does the WSJ report such 'unnewsworthing items' anymore? Who cares whether some smuck rips off some poor sap who wanted to reap huge annual returns of 20-30% per year? I really don't care anymore. There are so many stories of 'trusted advisors/fund managers' going to the dark side and 'commiting outright fraud'. Really - who the fxxk cares anymore? Shouldn't the WSJ report on something else?
Get Danny Pang off the stage. His 15-minutes of 'fame/infamy' is over. Get off the stage. Next!
I don't think foreign PC makers can convince the Chinese government from reversing their controversial policy of demanding the installation of some (tracking/web filtering/monitoring) software on all PCs shipped to/into China from 1 July. The only way the Chinese government would ever drop such a high barrier to PC makers is when they perfect a 'human tracking/camera embedded in the eye' software/hardware for each of the 1.3 billion people in the country.
China wants to track and follow everyone in the country. Once this technology is perfected, the government need not care what people do with their PCs: the government will actually see what they are doing through the government-installed camera in every citizen's left eye/right eye.
I am quite sure some company based in Silicon Valley, Austin Texas, Boston Mass, or Waterloo Ont is working on the design specs right now.
Just think when you go in for an eye exam, some government-backed doctor will place a few eye drops in both eyes with nano-size bots in the liquid. Once inside, the bots will embed themselves right at the back of the eye and voila - we have a live connection.
Instead of the West screaming about installing stupid software onto PCs, the West should think of ways of preventing the tracking of humans by the Chinese government. How about tin foil hats or something like that?
The only question I have for Jonathan is 'how lean do you want the animal to be?'
With more headcount reductions, you are begging for the rest of the staff to bail out and run for the hills.
I honestly believe the investors in FB should make Mark et al shut down any profile which spreads hatred and lies: see CNET.
Facebook needs to learn a valuable lesson of how quickly the world (and its core membership base) can become hostile to them. I, for one, will stay away from FB until Mark changes his company's policies.
Lucky me. I picked up the December 2008 edition at Costco. There are going to be some very good articles in the magazine.
a) Reinventing Henry,
b) Collapse,
c) Ray's Way.
The Good (Ray Ozzie), the Bad (Henry Blodget), and the Ugly (Crashing the Internet). And the very Strange (Brock Pierce).
I had the pleasure of meeting Brock more than 3 years ago when he was making his way through Tokyo. Hopefully, one day I will get a chance to meet Henry.
Gee, can I get rid of this spammer once and for all?
I never thought it would happen. Jerry did the right thing - unfortunately many will say that it should have happened when Microsoft was on the prowl. Oh well, we shouldn't cry over spilled milk. I, for one, hope that the next person to run the company can help restore the luster of years gone by. And then, I might dump some money down on the counter and buy some shares.
I wonder who will run the company next?
Sue Decker? Dan R? Tim K? Steve Jobs (after AAPL buys the company)? No matter who it is, let's hope they can save the company and beat the crap out of GOOG.
I was an avid fan of ebay.com for roughly 2+ years. I spent a fair amount of money on collectibles (toys I had once owned when I was much young but had lost along the way to adulthood). I liked what Pierre and Meg had built. What I started to hate was the ill-will held by some sellers. Here's why. When seller's withhold or give negative feedback/ratings because I had the audacity to ask a few questions make me pissed off.
As an international buyer (from Japan), I thought it was my right to ask questions about the seller's policies on shipping overseas. But, since I asked one or two questions, some sellers did not take too kindly. Thus, the poor feedback. And to those bumpkins, all I can say is 'F*CK Y&U'.
I can understand why the new CEO, John D, wanted to throw away such a stupid system. Buyers should not be judged or evaluated on how well they shop. What kind of a stupide capitalist world do we live in? eBay is going to have some rough times ahead, but, I for one, am glad that eBay has taken a tough stand.
Perhaps after John D and his new management team can make the trading platform much better and more vibrant will I return to resume my collecting. And I might head back for a future eBay Live! event.
So, a simple message to John D: Kick out the stupid sellers and change the way you run the business before it is too late.
Okay. It hasn't happened just yet. But, it might. I wonder how many Yahooers will end up leaving the company before MS closes the deal. And will Jerry and David take the best of the best at Yahoo and set up their own shop across the street?
Let's hope the number of jobs cut are less than 5% of their global workforce. I would hate to be in Jerry's shoes this week and next. Wall Street wants him to make some serious head count reductions in order to show them he's in charge. The staff in Sunnyvale are probably eager to cut some fat - but not too much. I mean who really wants to be 'left standing' after major job cuts, right? Think about it: who in the heck wants to work for an employer who could give a rat's butt to its employee. Am I right?
Jerry should cut or sell off any divisions that are not deemed to be the core business areas. And what divisions might those be? Hot Jobs? Get rid of it. Personals? Be gone. Oh no.
Jerry may need to take a look at joining forces with another Internet company very soon. I hope the company can survive another 10 years.
With Meg out of the way, how long will it take before the new guy 'attempts to change' the core of eBay and dramatically alter its DNA? A week? Month? A QTR? My bet is on one quarter. One earnings release. Here is what I believe CEO-elect Donahoe will do by the end of the year.
1.) Hire his old firm of Bain & Co. to prepare Skype to be shopped to new owners. (Any takers? Murdoch? Yang?)
2.) Shake hands with Jerry Yang and merge the two companies: eBay gets its hands on Yahoo's search technology. Yahoo gets access to eBay's merchants and sellers to sell advertisers. eBay takes over Yahoo Auctions worldwide. (Gotta make a deal with Inoue.)
3.) Bring Jordan back onside.
4.) Ask Pierre to step down as Chairman.
5.) Complete a company acquisition in the price range of $10B by the end of 2008. (Announcement will come in Q4 but, the deal will not be completed until Q2 2009.)
I can't access the NY Times web site. Perhaps, some GOPer has hacked the site. Oh well - such is the cost of free speech.
Gee. The boys and girls down in Sunnyvale snuck in the latest changes to their home page. I like the new design a lot. I especially like how I do not have to scroll down a heck of a lot to see the bottom of the page. How I hate scrolling and scrolling and scrolling to see what is at the bottom of the page. Keeping it simple is much better.
(Full disclosure: I own shares in YHOO.)
Finally, it is over. The fight between RIM and NTP has been resolved. Unfortunately, we don't habe Blackberry in Japan so I don't and can't understand what all the fuss was about. But, I learned from some of my business associates, they consider the Blackberry device their 'lifeline' to the world.
I wonder when Microsoft will launch their own device to challenge RIM's market dominance. Perhaps, that is the time when Japan will get in on the action.
Do you remember this little gem?
Google does not censor results for any search term. The order and content of our results are completely automated; we do not manipulate our search results by hand. We believe strongly in allowing the democracy of the web to determine the inclusion and ranking of sites in our search results.
If I were an employee at GOOG, how would I feel right about now? As a Chinese-Canadian, I am unhappy that a US publicly-traded company would do so much to hurt the people within China. A sad day for mankind and yet, another great day for capitalism. GOOG shareholders can be happy that their investment dollars will yield higher returns in the many years to come. That is until the people of China overthrow the government and boot GOOG out for 'doing evil'.
A final note to Brin, Page and Schmidt: Please rethink your business strategy. For the sake of mankind. Am I disappointed. Yes.
Read NY Times.
In less than 48 hours, Steve Jobs is going to make one of his biggest announcements of Apple's short history: Apple products running on Intel chips. I don't think he will bring out the much expected next generation PowerBook. I doubt Steve will give it the name of PowerBook G5. I hope he and the marketing team come up with some cool new name. The product most likely introduced will be a desktop priced in the range of $750-$1200. I expect the new PB will come out by the end of the year.
With Terry Semel's presentation at CES this week, you had better get ready for a big bump in YHOO on Nasdaq. I purchased shares in YHOO back a few years ago. With each year under Semel's leadership, Yahoo has returned from the dead. And I am a happier investor for it. I
This whole TV on the internet push is going to help drive YHOO to $75.00 by the end of the year. As the company continues increasing its market cap, everyone should expect the company to be a wee bit more aggressive in its M&A activities. I do not want to speculate on what types of companies Terry, Susan, Dan and Jerry are looking at buying in 2006, but I do have my suspicions.
The basic question everyone is asking themselves in Silicon Valley and NYC is this: Who will be the winner - Yahoo or Google? Well, since I own YHOO and not GOOG, I am biased here. YHOO is going to win. I believe YHOO has a stronger management team. They are seasoned Hollywood entertainment executives. That is not to say GOOG could not hire a few LA boys and girls to join their team in Mountain View. With the lure of nice stock options and great cafeteria grub to chow down on, I'm sure a few Hollywood types would love to join GOOG. YHOO has a few years head start and I expect them to maintain the competitive edge.
My prediction for the near future: YHOO's market cap will exceed that of GOOG.
Gee. I'm sure the gang up in Redmond, WA have got loads of cash to throw at AOL. Google may be one of the hottest stocks today but, it does not have a cash stash like Bill Gates et. al.
Microsoft may become a major competitor in online commerce next year. Perhaps, it is time to buy some shares.
CNN Money: Microsoft wants AOL
I was surprised to see that Semel and the Gang are going after a chunk of AOL Web Properties. If Yahoo emerges as the winner over the combo of Google and Comcast, does Jonathan Miller still keep his job? Or does Dan R. take over AOL? If not, why not?
As a shareholder in both companies, I would like to see YHOO emerge as the winner in any auction bidding process. I believe AOL fits better within YHOO. Why? I don't know. It's too hard to put my opinion into words.
But with GOOG's huge cash reserves, they can drop a full $5B onto DIck Parsons' lap and not blink an eye. If Yahoo puts in a bid, they should offer a stock swap and cash to Parsons et. al.
The gang at Googleplex must be stopped before they take over the entire Internet. They are fast becoming the new Microsoft of the 21st Century.
I just had to take a photo of Bambi Francisco. I mean 'how often does one get to see a famous person in public?' I didn't have the guts to walk up to her and ask for her autograph. Shucks. I should have done it. But, Bambi was trying to get her segment right on the first go and so, I backed off and walked away without saying 'Hey there!' to her. If you have never seen Bambi at work, check her out at CBS MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com. She is definitely an Internet Guru in my books and I do listen to what she has to say about the industry.
Watch the news story about Jason Bernal, an alleged eBay Scammer, who ripped off eBay buyers to the tune of thousands of dollars. Click on the link and then, watch the video (hit camera icon) and see this (IMHO) "B-U" criminal'. Wouldn't it be nice if he had to spend a couple of years in a maximum security prison getting acquainted with some 'larger gentlemen'!! I'm sure Jason would fit right in (or vice versa) should he be convicted of the crimes with which he is charged.
Keywords (please place the adjective "ALLEGED" in front of each keyword phrase): eBay Scammer, Jason Bernal, eBay Loser, eBay Screw Up, Jason the Stealer, Jason the 'eBay Scammer', Jason going to prison, Jason putting to screws to eBay, Jason stealing from Meg Whitman, Jason stealing money from people, Jason 'the Knife', Jason 'Icepick' Bernal, Jason 'I need money to live like a pimp' Bernal, Jason 'Please send me money for plastic surgery' Bernal, Jason 'I love my mommy so much I want to buy her a jet airplane' Bernal, Jason 'I love how easy it is to steal money from people' Bernal.
[Final comments: Again, everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.... that is unless you are a filthy two-bit scammer. So, let's wait until a judge or a jury of his peers decide that he is GUILTY AS SIN!]
Guilty Baby! Burn baby burn. Do they burn people at the stake for being convicted scammers on eBay??? (Read about Arrest Warrant)
By the way, WTF is all the business about not responding to the reporter's questions? Are you a chicken or some other type of farm animal? Do you have to hide behind the door like a little baby? Stand up and "take it like a man"! Or did you have an appointment with your buddy? You know that buddy you love so much??
[My monthly internet rant]
Kakaku.com had to shut down its web site operations due to hackers who gained access to their site. Not a good thing. The company's share price has taken a shot in the head and the company is up against the ropes (do you like my boxing ring analogy?). I read about the problem and did not think too much about it - that is until I realized that once the internet crashes, I might be out of a job. Yikes! Either the government has got to stop hackers from destroying the Net or else, companies will need to take matters into their own hands. (Do you think Yahoo or MS or even eBay would hire hitmen to "take care" of their problems? Would it ever get that far?)
Excerpt from News Article (Nikkei Net News)
A computer attack on Kakaku.com Inc. Japan's largest price-comparison Website, is turning out to be the most damaging of its kind ever suffered in Japan, requiring at least a week to recover from.
The incident reveals a potential weakness in Japan's 3 trillion-yen e-commerce sector.
On May 11, Kakaku.com discovered that someone had gained unauthorized access to its server and modified a program to begin sending out a Trojan Horse-style program, which self-replicates and re-sends itself to e-mail addresses found in the address books of infected computers.
This is the message the company has posted on their website. Sorry, it is only available in Japanese. (If you pay me a gazillion bucks, I'll gladly translate it for you!)
| 【重要なお知らせ7】 当社運営サイトを閲覧されたユーザーの方々へのセキュリティ対策のご報告 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
株式会社カカクコム サイトの一時閉鎖を報告させて頂きました。 改ざんにより、悪意の第三者が当社サイトを媒介としてウイルスソフトを無差別に送りつけ、 当社サイトを閲覧されたお客様がウィルスファイルを取込んでしまった可能性があります。 日頃当社サイトをご支持頂いている方々には、大変なご迷惑をおかけすることとなりました 事を重ねて心よりお詫び申し上げます。 ここでは、関連するウイルスの情報やその対処法、各セキュリティソフトメーカーの 対応状況などをご案内致します。 ■ ウイルス関連情報 ■ 現在各セキュリティソフトメーカーの情報によって判明しているウイルスの概要です。 ※参考情報 本ウイルスは、オンラインゲームの「リネージュ」をご利用時に、そのキー入力やアプリケーションメモリを記録して発信するとの情報がございます。詳しくは、シマンテックやマカフィーの各ページをご参照ください。 ウイルスの種類：トロイの木馬型 影響を受けると思われるシステム：Windows 95/98/Me/XP/2000/NT 破壊活動の有無：無 特徴：下記の各セキュリティソフトメーカーのページをご参照ください。 以下の情報に従いまして、早急に各アンチウイルスソフトの最新定義ファイルにアップデートのうえ、ウイルスの検疫および駆除をしていただきますようお願いいたします。 ■ 代表的なセキュリティソフトメーカーによるウイルス情報 ■ （2005/5/17 15:30更新）
※体験版をご利用いただく場合には、現在ご利用のウイルス対策ソフトをアンインストールする必要がございます。 各ソフトメーカーによってウイルスの名称は異なりますが、同様に検出が行えます。 検出されたウイルスの駆除方法につきましては、各メーカーの説明ページをご覧ください。 なお、下記のツールを使用することで自動駆除が行えます。あわせてご利用ください。
その他セキュリティソフト各社にも対応を確認中であり、判明次第ご報告させて頂きます。 なお念のため、OSやブラウザのバージョンは常に最新のものにアップデートしておいてください。 本件に関する調査内容などに関しましては今後も随時ご報告申し上げます。 ＜本件に関するお問合せ先＞ 株式会社カカクコムお問合せ窓口 MAIL：[email protected] なお【価格.com外為】に関しましては、株式会社外為どっとコム 提供のサービスとなりますので 従来通りのお取引が可能でございます。ご契約時にご案内させていただいております専用画面よりご利用いただきますようお願い致します。 これまでのお知らせの履歴はこちらをご覧ください。 |
Who the hell is trying to hack into my computer? The owner of the following IP address should cease and desist immediately (or else I am going to contact my triad cousins and have you eliminated): 60.46.175.121.
What does a computer user do when their system crashes and tech support is only offered via the internet?
Over the past 48 hours, Trend Micro has been covered in the media. On Saturday morning, the company released a 'bad' anti-virus software patch. XP SP2 users were immediately affected. The CPU was put into 100% overdrive and systems began to crash. One of my computers at home went down badly. I opened up my PowerBook G4 and went to Trend Micro's home page to see 'what the heck was up' - only to laugh when the company could only communicate with its users via the internet.
I thought that Trend Micros should have held a press conference and asked the media to pass on 'help solutions' to users. In addition, the company should have taken out ads in all the local newspapers with phone numbers and solutions. Oh well - perhaps one day HBS will include this in one of their case studies next year - or - make that this year.
I will wait one or two more days to fix my XP machine. Then, I will buy some new anti-virus software and dump Trend Micro.
Excellent interview with Dr. Rice in South Korea. You can catch her interview via Daum (Korean Internet Portal). I am very impressed with Dr. Rice's convictions and ability to present the views of the USA and her own.
Draft Dr. Rice for US President in 2008. She would make a wonderful POTUS.
(Daum: Interview with Dr. Rice)
I'm impressed. Meg finally let the crew at eBay do their own thing. If the new service, "Kijiji" is a sign of things to come form the gang down in San Jose, I think I had better buy up some eBay shares. (Link: Kijiji site) I hope eBay is using their investment in Craigslist (link) to learn more about the wonderful, wacky world of online classified web sites.
Way to go, Meg! I'm very impressed. I sure hope you are funding some type of 'skunkworks' programme within those four ways in San Jose.
Dear "The Triumvirate":
Do no evil? What about it now guys? I sure love your company but, for the life of me, I do not understand why you dismissed Mark Jen for blogging about your company. For Chrissakes, everyone in the world knows what happens inside your company. From news articles, magazines articles, interviews, etc. I did not learn anything new from Mark's blog. Not one thing. So, why the dismissal?
Don't get me wrong - I love using your search engine. I love using Gmail. I am a fan of your company. I'm sure I'll start using Keyhole one day. Heck, I even used Blogger before it was given away to the masses for free.
Here's a hypo for you (call it one of your trick questions from your day-long interviews): A Google employee is having a severe personal crisis and seeks mental health services via a pyschologist/psychiatrist. At his/her session, the patient talks about the company. Does this constitute 'grounds for dismissal'? If not, why not? Now, let's say the mental health practitioner writes a book about his/her many years of practice and talks about 'what goes on inside Google' - would your company go on a 'Witch hunt' to find the 'Loose Lips Googler'? If not, why not?
C'mon guys! Let's get real - write up a set of regs for your employees and let them blog. Gee, what the hell did you buy Blogger for anyway?
(Gelf Magazine: Interview with Fired Google Blogger)
Apparently, in a SEC filing made by eBay today, the company has offered a job to Scott Thompson. Thompson, if approved by the eBay Board, will be SVP, CTO of PayPal. What is interesting about the filing is the section detailing Thompson's employment as "at-will". In this case, either Thompson or eBay may terminate the employment without advance notice.
Looks like this employment clause is the wave of the future. Can you imagine if elected officials were employed 'at-will'? Wouldn't it be great to remove a 'stupid, crooked, evil, immoral, pathetic or just-ugly' politician without any advance notice? Now, that would be directed democracy at its finest! No more stupid 'representative democracy' of by the rich, by the powerful, against the poor and desolute, and only a democracy of the people, for the people and by the people. Wouldn't that be sometime to dream about???
Getting back to Thompson and eBay. Good luck to Scott and I hope that Meg will keep you on your toes! Gee, is this a signal to buy eBay or sell eBay?
I read on Joi's blog that there seems to be some pesky little spam monster trolling through the net space attacking people who use MSN IM. Yikes! I'm sure glad I stopped using MSN IM long time ago. I was told not to use it at work so I just stopped turning it on over a year ago. Can't say I miss using it.
Anyway, I thought the problems with spam with past us. Whatever happened to the new laws being enacted? Or are there any laws against 'spamming'??
specialist: mergers & acquisitions, global business development
Recent Comments