The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

Freaking out cats with them is a plus.

Yeah, luckily my ceilings are vaulted so I have enough room to fight the controls and do the Apocalypse Now thing with the cat.

My upstairs ceiling could have been vaulted, but the dipshit who built the house decided to have an attic-- which I can't even access.

[katmai]

What should I buy a Nexus 7 or an RC Helicopter?

I never found those Rc helicopters to be that fun. You spend too much time fighting the controls before crashing them into a staircase.

4 of the 5 of us on the Coast Guard Film crew  had them and would have aerial dogfights in the house.

[Ed Anger]

You spend too much time fighting the controls before crashing them into a staircase.

Are you angry with the staircase because your cripplitude makes you condemned to live out your life on the ground floor? You still have memories of the upper floor, happy memories, and sadness has turned to frustration has turned to hate.

[CountDeMoney]

Stocks Finish Near Session Highs After Brief Plunge on 'Bogus' AP Tweet; Dow Soars 150

Stocks ended a volatile day with strong gains Tuesday after taking a sharp nosedive in midday trading, following a false Twitter post of two explosions in the White House.

Stocks took a steep plunge following a false AP tweet that indicated that the White House had been the victim of an explosion and that President Obama had been injured. The AP confirmed its Twitter account was hacked and the spokesman said the tweet was "bogus." The Twitter account was suspended shortly after the fake tweet.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney held a press conference shortly following AP's Twitter post, saying "the President is fine."

"That goes to show you how algorithms read headlines and create these automatic orders – you don't even have time to react as a human being," said Kenny Polcari of O'Neill Securities. "I'd imagine the SEC's going to look into how this happened. It's not about banning computers, but it's about protection and securing our markets."



Almost immediately following the tweet, the Dow Jones Industrial Average took a quick 143-point dive, before recovering most of its losses within minutes. The three-minute plunge triggered by the tweet briefly wiped out $136.5 billion of the S&P 500 index's value, according to Reuters data. The Dow finished up 152.29 points, or 1.05 percent, to end at 14,719.46.

Oh no, the Dow's not predicated on confidence or anything.  Yeah, I'm full of shit when I say that.  Heaven forbid anybody question the infallibility of Wall Street.

What a way to run a national economy railroad.

[Admiral Yi]

  <--You.

[CountDeMoney]

Save it for the Security Traders Association Xmas party, Romnyi.

[Admiral Yi]

You need to decide if you're trying to make a serious point or if you're being satirical.

[MadImmortalMan]

MIM: What would you do if I were killed in some crowd bombing like the one in Boston?

Mrs MIM: You wouldn't be caught dead in a crowd.




Maybe there is an evolutionary advantage to being an introvert after all.

[MadImmortalMan]

Stocks Finish Near Session Highs After Brief Plunge on 'Bogus' AP Tweet; Dow Soars 150

Stocks ended a volatile day with strong gains Tuesday after taking a sharp nosedive in midday trading, following a false Twitter post of two explosions in the White House.

Stocks took a steep plunge following a false AP tweet that indicated that the White House had been the victim of an explosion and that President Obama had been injured. The AP confirmed its Twitter account was hacked and the spokesman said the tweet was "bogus." The Twitter account was suspended shortly after the fake tweet.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney held a press conference shortly following AP's Twitter post, saying "the President is fine."

"That goes to show you how algorithms read headlines and create these automatic orders – you don't even have time to react as a human being," said Kenny Polcari of O'Neill Securities. "I'd imagine the SEC's going to look into how this happened. It's not about banning computers, but it's about protection and securing our markets."



Almost immediately following the tweet, the Dow Jones Industrial Average took a quick 143-point dive, before recovering most of its losses within minutes. The three-minute plunge triggered by the tweet briefly wiped out $136.5 billion of the S&P 500 index's value, according to Reuters data. The Dow finished up 152.29 points, or 1.05 percent, to end at 14,719.46.

Oh no, the Dow's not predicated on confidence or anything.  Yeah, I'm full of shit when I say that.  Heaven forbid anybody question the infallibility of Wall Street.

What a way to run a national economy railroad.

I told you guys the market trades off of Twitter.

[Admiral Yi]

Did you make any money from that cataclysmic 1% drop in the market Mim?

[HVC]

I see a great investment strategy in that chart

[MadImmortalMan]

Did you make any money from that cataclysmic 1% drop in the market Mim?

Nope. I hope the dude who hijacked AP did though. Assuming that's what HVC is thinking. 

[Neil]

Looks like the Koch brothers are aiming to fix that: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/business/media/koch-brothers-making-play-for-tribunes-newspapers.html

I posted on that ages ago.  That's a lot of editorial boards to be in charge of in time for 2016.

Fortunately they'll be in charge of newspaper editorial boards, so everything should be alright.  After all, who reads newspapers in the 21st century?

[CountDeMoney]

You need to decide if you're trying to make a serious point or if you're being satirical.

The system is broken, and it needs to be fixed.  Preferably with high-grade munitions.  In crock pots.

[Admiral Yi]

Anything's better than you posting more nonsense.