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Union-Tribune Slashing Wages and Benefits, Warning of More Staff Reductions
I was being a little tongue in cheek. Johnny likely did graduate. However, he still couldn't get hired. He claims that he "changed his mind". I have my doubts. ================== JF with police academy whopper #2. I never said I "changed my mind". Nice try JF. I did the summer academy Between my 2nd and 3rd year of college (how many times do I need to state that for it to sink in JF??). I graduated college and was hired as a teacher within 2 months of graduation. I was making MORE money, in a better job, surrounded by more intelligent co worlers and making a bigger difference in the community than any PD job could ever offer. Nice try JF, but your trolling lies are way too easy to shoot down.— January 22, 2009 11:19 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Gates did not conceive of the idea that made him a multi-billionaire. Gates paid a software developer $60,000 for the rights to a software program he renamed MS-DOS. ================================= Actually, Gates bought the MS-DOS operating system from Seattle Computer Products-at that time the OS was named QDOS- which stood for quick and dirty operating system. QDOS itself was a direct rip off of another company's OS-Gary Kildall's advanced operating system (for the time) which was named CP/M. IBM had an appointment with Kildall's company Digital Research to try to license CP/M for IBM's new computer the "PC", and the day IBM came to Pacific Grove to meet-Kildall blew them off and went to fly his airplane. IBM then flew to Washington and met Bill Gates who bought QDOS. I think the $60K figure is also what I heard. Of course Apple sued Microsoft for billions when MS came out with "windows" because Apple said they stole the concept from the Apple Macintosh OS (which they did) which was the first computer to use a graphical user interface-AKA the GUI (gooey), which allowed a point and click/mouse operation. And MS did rip off Apples OS. What Steve Jobs and Apple WON'T tell you is that Jobs ripped off the GUI from Xerox, which they developed at PARC (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center). Xerox's head of research, in the most boneheaded business move of the century, gave Jobs a guided tour of PARC and showed him all of Xerox's R&D-including the GUI they had developed. I forgot who this clown was, but one of his subordinates questioned whether it was a "good idea" to give Apples Steve Jobs a guided tour of their R&D....LOL. MS never developed a single thing on their own-they just basically ripped off other people's innovations. Apple is the one who brought the first true windows type operating system to the market-and they too ripped it off from another. Very snakey industry.— January 21, 2009 9:04 p.m.
Union-Tribune Slashing Wages and Benefits, Warning of More Staff Reductions
Johnny, in your adventure with Pamela Anderson, did you convince yourself that you were the first man who had been there? ================================ I can't remember, I woke up.— January 21, 2009 6:21 p.m.
Union-Tribune Slashing Wages and Benefits, Warning of More Staff Reductions
Only with his mother. Wait. That was Oedipus. Thank God I got that GED. ============================= No, you're getting these people mixed up with me and Pamela Anderson.......only it was mouth to..... errrrrr......chest.......OK, just kidding!— January 21, 2009 3:04 p.m.
Nine sinking San Diego County cities
Hey, looks like those gold plated multi milllion dollar Cadillac pensions paid to out GED educated cops and FF's really can't be paid with monopoly money. Who would have guessed.— January 21, 2009 12:10 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
I can't believe this thread hit 500+ posts.....OK, my work here is finished (on this thread). Peace out.— January 21, 2009 12:05 p.m.
Union-Tribune Slashing Wages and Benefits, Warning of More Staff Reductions
People respect the sacrifices we make and support us. =============================== People should respect ALL professions and occupations. All jobs have value to society, from Doctor down to Ditch Digger. I for one respect all people who put in an HONEST days work for an HONEST days pay. I think we part company on the honest days pay part JF.— January 20, 2009 9:31 p.m.
Union-Tribune Slashing Wages and Benefits, Warning of More Staff Reductions
Johnny is obviously hung up on little pieces of paper called sheepskins by many. He feels that the more of them you have, the more you should make. To a point that's true. ============== JF-if you want to get paid like a doctor or a hedge fund manager go to medical school or Harvard Business School, but don't make your bogus claims that a GED educated FF is worth $200K per year.......— January 20, 2009 9:28 p.m.
Brandes Investment Partners Still Underperforming Sharply, Losing Clients
Brandes is under the gun and is lucky to still have an investment firm. I feel sorry for the guy- but it is not just him, although he is losing more than others. No one wants to see someone go down in flames.— January 20, 2009 9:26 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Sorry guys, Xray isn't me. I have my GED, so I would not have screwed up the who's/whose bit. Perhaps Xray is striving to learn the art of trolling from Johnny. =============================== I can see myself making that typo.......— January 20, 2009 8:51 p.m.