Ramblings for 2008-04-28

Slashdot | IBM's Inexpensive Notes/Domino Push Against MS Half of London found love on tube-UK-World-The Times of India Boeing to outsource US fighter jet components to India- Airlines / Aviation-Transportation-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times Ploy to get the Super-hornet contract from India What I Learned Today - Common vs. Preferred. Stock, that is.. 1959-Cadillac-Cyclone-Concept-lawn-1600x1200.jpg This Is Unfortunate LOL Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : The vanishing personal site Good observation Skies not so bright for China pilots - Los Angeles Times Tim Harford — Article — Cash for answers "In 1737, John Harrison, a self-taught clockmaker from Yorkshire, stunned London's scientific establishment by presenting an idiosyncratic solution to the most important and notorious technological problem of the 18th century. He was hoping to win a the Goldman Mortgage Chief Sparks to Leave After 19 Years "Dan Sparks, who runs Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s mortgage division, is leaving after a successful bet on the declining value of subprime home-loans helped the company produce record earnings last year." Hot Chicks with Douchebags: This Guy HCwDB Warplanes: F-16s Too Good For Aces "Thus there are no more aces (those who have shot down five or more aircraft) on active duty in the United States, or anywhere else. That's been a trend for decades, and in a few more decades, there will be no more living aces at all." Attrition: B-2 Flies Again SpendMatters: Boeing: When Your Suppliers Fail You, Buy Them! "What's the lesson here? For one, when suppliers fail you in the middle of a giant, multi-billion dollar project, it's essential to take all actions necessary to shore up control of the situation -- even if that means stepping in and getting creative on t Toshiba making *another* bad storage bet | Storage Bits | ZDNet.com "Fresh off the HD-DVD fiasco, Toshiba execs are stepping up to pursue another expensive flop: notebook SSDs. Memo to Toshiba: people won't pay huge SSD premiums unless it's worth it. That won't happen in the next 3 years. Here's why." Attrition: A Few More Good Women "The U.S. Marine Corps is about six percent female, and the marines want more BAMs (broad ass marines)" Nude Vacations: No Shoes, No Shirt, No Worries - New York Times "WHEN Larry Massa says he likes to travel light, he means it. No need for a jacket and tie at dinner, a pristine set of tennis whites when he hits the court, or even a bathrobe to wear when heading from his hotel room to the pool or the spa." Submarines: The Chinese Underground "The base has underground docking facilities for nuclear and diesel-electric subs, created by tunneling into coastal hills." GM increases exec salaries to "normal" levels - Autoblog "Well boys, it looks like we can stop shopping at Walmart" LOL. I WONDER WHY WAGONER IS STILL THERE Mig downs drone | Military Tech - Mark Rutherford looks at how the military merges with the digital age - CNET Blogs I'm Going To Scale My Foot Up Your Ass - Ted Dziuba First features... then scaling Nearly infinite "Organizations that can help us manage the infinite are facing a huge (can I say it? nearly infinite) opportunity." Another Hindu Meal on SQ Pretending that you care "No, you can't always hire exceptional people for these jobs. No, you can't always invest enough time to train them sufficiently. But yes, you can make, "pretending you care," a barely acceptable alternative." Brand Update : Ceat "The saddest part is that Ceat has done away with the famous mascot ( Rhino) and the golden tagline " Born Tough"." Got Supplements? Good advice Harbhajan Assaults Sreesanth? Cry-baby Grains of Wheat "The Abbess was one of those persons who have allowed their lives to be gnawed away because they have fallen in love with an idea several centuries before its appointed appearance in the history of civilization..." IT boom spawns fake ?experience? providers - livemint Derivatives losses keep adding up - livemint