Kingofpain89 wrote:Another article making Ebay CEO John Donahoe look like the complete idiot he is:

http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3818006

I sure got a kick out of reading all the comments.  

That ebay stock has lost 30% of it's value while Amazon has GAINED 40% takes the comparison past simple statements such as "It's just the economy".. Donawhore and his minions have DESTROYED a vibrant business model in a series of events that will go down in history, taught in future business courses as one of the biggest foul ups ever.

Ebay however can come back. When Donawhore is fired (inevitable; you can screw over your customers forever, but you can't keep screwing over your stockholders) it would behoove the new CEO to adopt a "kindler, gentler" game plan to woo back some of the lost buyers and sellers.

BTW, has anyone else noticed all the policy backtracking Ebay is doing as a result of their failed customer initiatives last year?  Wonder if it has anything to do with the falling profits.

Mike B.

I am in complete agreement there.
They will continue to screw us. We are irrelevant to them. But when the shareholder hold the board of directors to account, arses are gonna sting.

4E kills it for me.
Maybe there's a niche market colectable there for all the die hard 4E collectors after WoTC can the system.

I don't see the problem here....didnt everyone have a list of people they wanted to kill in third grade?

http://www.ohio-share.coxnewsweb.com/Ne ... 02101.html

Kingofpain89 wrote:I don't see the problem here....didnt everyone have a list of people they wanted to kill in third grade?

http://www.ohio-share.coxnewsweb.com/Ne ... 02101.html

Found it in his desk.
Did they analyze the writing to confirm it was his?
Fingerprints?
Somehow I doubt it, they likely assumed it was his.
After all, it was in HIS desk right?
And he has had problems before, so of course...

Most of the people who were on my list have offed themselves. So, my list is basically pointless. The cowards.

Kingofpain89 wrote:Anyone up for a road-trip?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/biz ... 01736.html

"I'll have the Holy Trinity Omelette, Popecakes with syrup, and a side of toast please."  "Sorry sir, we sold our toaster for $30,000 when images of Christ started appearing burnt into every slice."

Guess I'm not devout enough, I saw something altogether different    *runs like the heathen he is*

HermitFromPluto wrote:Just have to post this. Often we reminisce and talk about shows we loved as kids. I had vague memories of a show called Phoenix 5 with a robot that had ordinary light switches. And two bad robots that were just pedestals with flashing faces. I have rarely come across anyone who remembered it.

And thanks to youtube here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv6UL3XuCdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLV5lArr ... re=related

It was an Australian SciFi show made around 1969-71!!!!

That is AWESOME! I've never seen that before (I doubt it aired in the U.S., but I wasn't quite born just yet so I don't know).

Thanks for sharing that.

Mike.

HermitFromPluto wrote:Just have to post this. Often we reminisce and talk about shows we loved as kids. I had vague memories of a show called Phoenix 5 with a robot that had ordinary light switches. And two bad robots that were just pedestals with flashing faces. I have rarely come across anyone who remembered it.

And thanks to youtube here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv6UL3XuCdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLV5lArr ... re=related

It was an Australian SciFi show made around 1969-71!!!!

Some info ...

http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/phx5.htm