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