Every nation deserves it’s government

LIFEHACKER.COM has been cheapfuck’s lifehacker’s favorite website for a while. The blog is telling people how to do things cheaply and sometimes simply explains to students how some things in life work, starting from opening of can of soup up to the opening the bank account. It’s all nice and well, but the recent explanation has completley shocked me:

These people are unbelievable!!! How to fucking vote?! Six easy steps?! You don’t even have to read the entire article – just skip to those fucking steps?! No fucking wonder the country is ruled by an utter twat and the next presidential campaign is between a guy nobody likes and the guy everybody hates.

Lateral thinking VS Lateral thinking quizzes

I like lateral thinking quizes like the next guy, that’s why I am, once in a while, looking for them online. Unfortunatley, there seems to be only one or two sets to be avaliable online, so whatever site you go, majority of the quizzes you already know. If this would have been not enough, some of the quizzes are plain radiculous. Check this out:

The Great Wall of China

An American who has never been to another country sees the Great Wall of China with his own eyes. He’s standing on solid ground. How is this possible?

The Answer: He’s an astronaut on the Moon.

My Answer: Come on! As far as I know, the only guy on the moon was Armstrong. But I believe he has been outside of the US. At least say something, like a child of the American ambassador in China, before he and his family went back home or something.

How to Age Quickly?

The day before yesterday, Jenny was 17 years old. Next year, she’ll be 20 years old. How is this possible?

The Answer: Today is January 1st, her 18th birthday was on December 31st. This year she’ll be 19; 20 next.

My Answer: She might be 20 next year, but not in a years time, so this is a small snug, on which the quiz is profiteering. Basically the whole question is based upon incoherent expression of the idea, just like Chewbaka defence.

Here is a classic one:

Death in a Field

A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field. How did he die?

The Answer: The man had jumped from a plane but his parachute had failed to open

My Answer: Does anybody know, what the packed parachute looks like? It does not look like a package in any way. Beside, the “package” will not be next to him, but on him. WTF?

And it goes on and on

The coolest / cheesiest name ever…

Now – the name of the director of floor operations at UBS is

Art Cashin!

Wow! What a name for the job the guy has… I am absolutley speachless.

Here is the link to his LinkedIn profile, which does not say much, except that he has ONE connection. Must be to the devil himself…

Financial Crisis Caused by Politicians, Not Markets

There is a new blog I have discovered for myself. Well, the blog itself is not new, but it is a blog of a guy, who’s book I have enjoyed reading. Took me some time to google him and – surprise! – the guy is actually a very serious chap at the University of Glasgow… Despite the fact that I know him from his book on negotiations (which has helped me a great deal back when I was reading it) – “Everything Is Negotiable”, he is an economist and an avid fan of Adam Smith (just like yours truly). Having red too much crap online on Adam’s views on economics from people who hardly can remember the title of “Wealth Of Nations”, let alone the actual content, it was a refreshing reading, where Gavin (Gaving Kennedy is my guy’s name, by the way) shits down on anyone who dares to say anything bad about his (and my) hero.

His blog can be found on Adam Smith’s Lost Legacy, and as a sample, I’ll just do a lazy copy/paste maneuvre from his recent typical post:

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Tomorrow is another day

Stupid party yesterday with the lamest celebrities. My dog is more famous than those Destiny’s Child rejects. My cat is more important, than that Duchess, that has lost her Duchessness for screwing with the ski instructor and getting divorced by the actual Duke. The only real celebrity did not show up, and, as it seems, she wasn’t even been scheduled to come – just a lame video greeting… badly edited.

The Champagne was utter crap, by the way.

On the positive side, however, here is a funny thing – on the charity auction, some crappy penthouse was sold at the fucking market price to the moron, who sold me the land some time ago!!! Now, what is the point of bidding, if you can get for the same price something, you can actually choose? This is what they call the “winner’s curse” and this is why I don’t like to partisipate in auctions.

Today wan’t too bad. Everyone has been waiting for this day to evaluate the market and nothing has happened… Obviosly… why would anything happen?

First of all, no one is allowed to trade on the actuall floor. Secondly every one is scared shitless, so they run around and try to sell their assets, rather than getting involved in whatever is happening around them.

Anyways, tomorrow is another day and we shall see – loads of meetings tomorrow.