Archive for March, 2008
New York News Blog has a quickie history of Bear Stearns
• 1998: Bear Stearns, now under the watchful eye of Jimmy Cayne, is the one investment-bank holdout in the Wall Street–led rescue of collapsed hedge fund Long Term Capital Management. This move (along with Cayne’s comment that they ought to “let them fail,” as recorded [...]
Bruce Schneier nails it in this timeless essay entitled “The Eternal Value of Privacy“
Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.” The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security [...]
No…i’m not indulging in baby talk. Just wanted to let you guys know that DBM is organising a tweetup in Delhi on 16th March (Sunday). Am posting below a message from Twilight Fairy to the DBM group (the “official” one)
When : 16th March’08, 5pm
Where : Costa coffee, L-8, Outer circle, Connaught place, Delhi
What [...]
Via Amazon Current’s Blog, we get to know of the 5 little web apps that everyone could (and as per ACB, should!) use. Read about them here.
Deepak’s on a roll
So in September they said 100 cr (1 billion). Then in Jan they said 160 cr. plus 120 we did in September. Where did the additional 20 cr. suddenly popup from?
Still, that’s 260 cr. Now they’re saying 350 cr. already done – hello? What is this? We are being lied to – [...]
sometimes when i’m bored & don’t want to read other stuff
i read my own old posts
and…laugh!
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sometimes i laugh with them
sometimes at them
and sometimes at myself
(wtf was i thinking when i wrote this s$%t)
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What to do…i’m a bit crazy that way
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