Re: OT: Merchant bankers (Was: [gentoo-user] Any big gotcha's when update from several (5) mnths

[Mick]

On Saturday 17 Sep 2011 09:00:37 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2011 4:54 AM, "David W Noon" <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:49:03 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
> >
> > [gentoo-user] Any big gotcha's when update from several (5) mnths:
> > > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:02:27 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > > The world of trading is 99% boredom, 1% terror...
> > >
> > > Tell that to UBS...
> >
> > Don't go there!  I used to work for UBS, about 11 years ago.  I (and
> > many others) was laid off when they lost a fortune on the dot-com
> > bubble.  Then they were bankers to Enron.  Then they were bankers to
> > Worldcom. [See a pattern here?] Then they bought sub-prime mortgage
> > portfolios -- as hedge instruments.  Now they've been shafted by one of
> > their traders.
> >
> > Of course, all of the directors are business geniuses, as all senior
> > City folk are.
>
> So, the moral of the story is: don't trust a banker. Unless he's
> well-versed in Gentoo :-)

Since we're soooo [OT] I might as well ask Mark:

How close are we to 1930's like depression given the state of European banks 
exposure to a Greek default (and how might this drag down the US with CDSs 
across the pond and what not)?

PS. Yes, any bank(s)ters who don't use Gentoo are inherently suspicious 
entities ...
-- 
Regards,
Mick