Crap Throwing Monkey

I know what you mean. We average a software developer a week lost to chafing...

That was a brilliant line by him...he establishes, right off the bat, that not only is his article's going to be sh--, and he's fully aware of it.

And to avoid accidents in the hallways, please wear your orange high-visibility safety vest while walking. Who do you work for? I'm shorting their stock...

Find companies with low long-term debt, enough liquidity to pay their current debts, reasonable margins, and steadily increasing revenue. (E.g. Google, Nucor Steel, Borders Group, Industrial Services of America) Make sure their stock price isn't outlandishly high with respect to revenue and earnings. (E.g. not Google). Buy the rest. Diversify to ensure that, if one company's run by scumbags like Lay and Skilling, you won't lose everything. Every month, review your holdings to make sure nothing in the fundamentals has changed. That's NOT hard.

It was widely reported...but I've never actually seen the original documentation on Enron's 401(k) program that said so. I've also never seen anything that expressly forbids doing it. Sure, it's highly unusual, and it SHOULD be illegal...but according to everything I've ever seen (pre-Enron, since then, I have no exposure to 401(k)s outside managing mine and my wife's), it's perfectly permissible.

A pity...

Actually, he's this guy.

Images I did not need...

So? I did. It's easy. Admittedly, I am a genius...but it's easy nonetheless. Part of the problem is - no offense, Chef - that the financial industry pretty much has to sell people the idea that money management is difficult if they want to stay in business. If people sincerely started to realize how truly easy money management is, Chef Jim would have to go back to cooking...

Actually, Enron's 401k plan required (somehow) people to invest not only the employer match but their own contributions into Enron stock. That's one of the reasons senior management was able to liquidate their holdings at a high price: they were basically requiring the employees to prop up the stock. Even so...a 401k contribution isn't required, either. It's usually a good idea, even without an employer match...but not when your employer requires you to invest in them.

I still marvel that ANYONE put their money anywhere NEAR these guys' trust after they said in their annual report, point blank: "We can't tell you how we make money, we'd be giving away a trade secret." Yes, these guys are crooks - hell, that one statement pretty much proves it. And it's perfectly just that they'll rot in jail for the rest of their lives. But no one who was dumb enough to put ANY money in Enron should be blaming their hardship on these two.

At least finknottle's trying to make sense. Conservatives take action on global warming? Conservative's don't even accept the existence of global warming.

Uhhhh...no, it's not. As I said, the nature of the beast dictates how you address it. It's not finger-pointing, it actually MATTERS whether or not it's a man-made or entirely natural event.

6'3". He's no Chara.

I think it's more of a BF-like intelligence. Like a tasty retatta. Or a harmonious cowbell.

Come on. It's Joe.

It's got a sort of beautiful ugliness to it, really...

This thread's still alive? Mike Williams' career is still alive?

Damn it, Tallinder's out...

Ah...now it's the "I'm not perfect, but neither are you!" defense. That one's always so effective...

Ludicrous. The distinction between global warming being a natural vs. man-made event is very important, as it tells you not just how you can address it, but whether or not you actually can address it.

Did you just admit you're overly negative at times, while simultaneously bitching that Darin pointed out you're overly negative at times?

Used to be, at least. Now, I have a hard time finding highlights between poker games...

I refuse to believe it without independent confirmation. Simply because I categorically refuse to admit this bit of information into my cognitive gestalt...

Does chocolate float? I forget...