The Off Topic Topic

[Neil]

The Sea Shepard scumbag got himself arrested.

For what?

Attempted murder and arson.

[Jaron]

I like my Scottish colleague, but he seems to say "aye?" an awful lot.

My Mexican colleague does it too. You're right - it stops being cute after the fifth time or so.

[sbr]

I like my Scottish colleague, but he seems to say "aye?" an awful lot.

My Mexican colleague does it too. You're right - it stops being cute after the fifth time or so.

Aye.

[11B4V]

I like my Scottish colleague, but he seems to say "aye?" an awful lot.

My Mexican colleague does it too. You're right - it stops being cute after the fifth time or so.

I thought they would say "Si" or how ever its' spelled.

[alfred russel]

Yi, in 2008 I put some money in Intrade, mostly betting against Ron Paul becoming the nominee.

Oh God, people bet money on that?

I could have been a fucking millionaire.  Do you know how much money they'll front you in student loans?  Christ.

I posted blow by blow accounts as I was betting against Paul. It is your fault for not reading my posts with sufficient attention.

I was excited because those numbers get reported in some national publications, and I thought I sent enough money to take Ron Paul down--but I apparently underestimated the willingness of Paulites to throw money away on a gambling site.

[Ideologue]

In 2008 I was busy.

But yeah.  That's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Maybe I should put some money on Obama, even though that's far less of a sure thing.  Although I'm reasonably confident in a my side victory, if Obama wins, I need no money, because confidence will be restored and the economy will recover and flourish; whereas if Romney wins, I'll need every penny of savings to survive in the post-apocalyptic wasteland that will immediately ensue. : (   Although perhaps money itself will no longer have value in the event of a Romney victory, so there would be no net loss.

I'd directly bet Yi, but he's not dumb.

[Jaron]

WTF were you doing in '08.

[Ideologue]

WTF do you think?

[Eddie Teach]

WTF were you doing in '08.

Being trained to read legal documents.

[alfred russel]

But yeah.  That's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

If you mean to take money from Paulites, sure. But a 6% return isn't so great--savings accounts were giving about that not too long ago.

If I had to put money on the presidential election, I'd lean toward putting it on Romney. I think Obama will win, but Romney is trading at ~35% and is leading in some polls. We also have the ongoing europocalypse to drag us down.

[DGuller]

But yeah.  That's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

If you mean to take money from Paulites, sure. But a 6% return isn't so great--savings accounts were giving about that not too long ago.

If I had to put money on the presidential election, I'd lean toward putting it on Romney. I think Obama will win, but Romney is trading at ~35% and is leading in some polls. We also have the ongoing europocalypse to drag us down.

  I definitely think that Romney is a good intermediate term bet.  Not from the point of view that he's underpriced, but from the point of view that the market will get more irrational in a couple of months.  I would put my money on Romney now, and pull out shortly after the convention.

[derspiess]

I'm thinking about learning Russian.  Doesn't seem like a terribly difficult language to learn if I can memorize the damned alphabet.

[Barrister]

I'm thinking about learning Russian.  Doesn't seem like a terribly difficult language to learn if I can memorize the damned alphabet.

The alphabet's not so hard.  In my attempt to learn Ukrainian the alphabet was the least of the problems.

[Syt]

I spent most of today checking a (Cyrillic) Bulgarian contract vs. its alledged English translation. I have a number of bullet points to discuss with my manager tomorrow.

Hebrew contracts are worse, though - with Bulgarian I can at least read what it says (understanding is a different matter).

[DGuller]

I'm thinking about learning Russian.  Doesn't seem like a terribly difficult language to learn if I can memorize the damned alphabet.

I think you're in for quite a surprise.