Picoftheweek

Picoftheweek
Waaaaaaaay too many to count...

My Statement

"Let me emphatically say that I am not anti-Facebook (Fleecebook), anti-smart phone, anti-Microsoft, anti-Apple, anti-Google or anti-Internet. I do believe, though, that the consumer is being ripped off of his privacy, identity and purchase history. We are being herded into a Facebook corner where what we "Like" and where we go physically and on the net will be scrutinized and sold numerous times to actually corrode and erode our culture while tempting us only with convenience, high tech and flashing video screens. The unsuspecting consumers need to be aware..." - Gary Lapman

Quote of Note

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”-W.C. Fields

"For the strength of the Wolf is in the Pack, and the strength of the Pack is in the Wolf." - Rudyard Kipling
"Common sense is not so common. " -Voltaire

“Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, but only character endures.” - Matthew McConaughey
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him"

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" - Jerry Seinfeld

"Fleecebook is free, you (and your identity) is the product!" - Gary Lapman

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

"'Smart' phones are only smart for the cell phone providers!" - Gary Lapman

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

"Technology creates the illusion of companionship without the intimacy of friendship." - unknown

"No worry, there's an app for that..." - Gary Lapman

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Social Bubble ?

Those of us that are thinking clearly believe that there will be a Social Bubble. I remember when there were so many dot coms that appeared overnight, and they all had ideas (some unique) that they were able to sell to investors.  There is nobody that believes that Facebook, Twitter or Google (for example) is REALLY worth what they claim.  We used to say how unfathomable that it was to NOT have a product and yet attract so much venture capital.  It is all based on the fact that these "social" companies can "steal" your personal information and sell it to other companies that want to sell you something- something that is tailored for you (based on what facts they steal).  
Even when you put apps on your smart phone, your selections and button-clicks are gathered and sold.  Why do you think they they call it a "smart" phone. If the dot com bubble is anything to go by, most of those who invest in the social bubble will lose their shirts.  How will the burst of the Social Bubble affect the economy?  Particularly in the jobs sector?

Apparently NATO is going to take over the efforts in Libya and they may go for "NO-FLY-PLUS".  I'm not sure what that means specifically, but it may include going in to get Gadhafi.

American Idol was amazing last evening.  Only a few of the performances REALLY stood out as un-improvable.  Even the others were not bad, just less great.  My prediction for tonight is that Thia or Haley will be leaving the Top 11.  This show has improved in so many major ways.  The network believes that they have a cash-cow, so they are not taking any chances with this one.






A guy is sitting with his wife at the table and says, "I love you."

The wife replied, "Is that you or the beer talking."

The guy replies, "I was talking to the beer."



Divorce vs. Murder...
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide."

The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?"

The lady replied, "I need it to poison my husband."

The pharmacist's eyes got big and he explained, "Lord have mercy! I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband, that's against the law? I'll lose my license! They'll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!"

The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife.

The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "You didn't tell me you had a prescription."  
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