It's baaaaaaack! My version of Quick Hits is simply what I think about certain issues. Quick Hits gives me a chance to talk about my team, my life, or anything else on my mind. If you aren't prepared for that, leave now! Without further ado, here we go!
Sarah Palin: Apparently, using Yahoo! email for official business is frowned upon. Of course, one would hope (assume) that our governmental officials are smart enough to use safe passwords (not passwords like Wasilla, her old high school, or pet names like Palin did). The real question, which is worse: Palin’s use of nongovernmental email for business or the fact that hacker hacked into her account and no one seems to care (except perhaps Fox News)?
Bill Gates: Poor Bill, for a few months this year he was only the second richest person in the world. The good news for ‘ol Bill is that he is, once again, at the top of the list. Perhaps more impressive (albeit for completely different reasons), Sheldon Adelson (a casino tycoon) lost 13 billion dollars over the last year. That’s a loss of over 1.5 million dollars per hour…or a bit more than $25,000 an hour. That’s right, Adelson lost more money in 2-3 hours than most teachers make in an entire year.
Windows: Speaking of Gates, Microsoft has already dropped Jerry Seinfeld in its Windows advertising spots. (Apparently Seinfeld wasn’t quite washed up enough, rumor has it Harry Chaplin isn’t booked currently.) In other news, “I’m a tasty pizza.” (If you don’t watch TV, sorry ‘bout that reference.)
Cincinnati Reds: Finally, it’s official. My Reds will finish the 2008 MLB Season with a sub-.500 record. It’s not surprising; in fact, given the lineup choices Dusty has been making all season it’s slightly shocking that they broke the .400 mark. Even more pathetic, the Reds aren’t even the worst team in baseball…despite playing Corey Patterson constantly.
Sources:
http://www.crn.com/security/210602587
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212172942.shtml
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080918/en_afp/ussocietyeconomyrichmediaforbes_080918163906 http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210602432
http://newsminerextra.com/2006/election/images/candidates/full/mug_spalin.jpg
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/09/seinfeld-and-gates.jpg
1st, Palin is a &*(*)&) Mkay. shows the smarts right there. i'm sorry her mail got hacked but she is in the spotlight now in a big way~ DOH it's a no brainer someone would at least try!!
ReplyDelete2nd - not sure why they dumped jerry, i thought those commercials were funny.
Nice job.
ReplyDeleteFREDS, look i finally spelled her name right LMAO!
ReplyDeleteCK: Haha, good work! I agree that someone would try to hack her email, and it's a bit surprising (and scary) that she didn't have the foresight to think to change her password to something that isn't readily available on Wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteLester: Thanks, I appreciate the visit!
Welcome Back Professor.
ReplyDeleteGood take on the Palin incident.
FYI: The Reds are +4 since the Dunn trade.