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Power Ball
Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:19:13 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
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>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 12:40:06 PM UTC-6, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> > On 2016-01-12 7:45 AM, wrote:
>>>> > shower curtain. LOL
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I read if you win it now and take the cash option yuu only get 868
>>>> >> million and that's before taxes.
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > Oh gee, wouldn't it be horrible to win only $868 million and get to keep
>>>> > only a half billion. Forget about that 10 car garage with an elevator
>>>> > to hold a dozen Feraris.
>>>>
>>>> or that career as a conceptual artist
>>>>
>>>> actually, with all that money, I think I would buy Usenet and turn it
>>>> into a for-profit business
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>>> You would fail, because 1. Usenet is not for sale and 2. people like the WWW a lot better, generally speaking.
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
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>> ****en John...this guy is sharp
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>> I would hire this guy as COO in a flash
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> You could technically buy enough of Usenet and control it in a way
> that would cripple all the non-paying entities. Usenet would then be
> split up into two subgroups - pay and free and neither would talk to
> each other.
>
> -sw
my first cost-cutting measure would be to fire all the hierarchy
administrators and replace them with robots
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