Arrogant Googlers tempt the gods

http://valleywag.com/tech/conflicts-of-interest/arrogant-googlers-tempt-the-gods-296731.php

by transburgh • 19 years ago

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pg• 19 years ago

Valleywag just can't quite pull off the high moral tone thing. They should stick to their core competency of mean-spirited gossip.

dood• 19 years ago

I don't think the distinction is quite so clear.

forgotmylastone• 19 years ago

Are we talking about Valleywag or the Catholic Church. It really could apply to either.

portLAN• 19 years ago

When I get rich I'm going to take YC's approach and fund about 40 different girlfriends a year with a little money rather than just one with millions.

The economics have changed. With a recession looming, it will be less expensive than ever before to fund a girlfriend or mistress. They'll just be happy you're one of the few percent not worrying about getting his car repossessed! Sure, in the old days, you had to buy them a big shiny rock and take them jet-setting all over the globe. Now? Why, you can use open-source software and services like MySpace and Facebook to entertain them for free while you're gone with one of your other "investments". You can even hook up webcams all over the apartment to make sure they're not cheating on you while you're out cheating on them! Track them with Loopt and monitor their activities with Twitter.

You'll be sitting pretty while 95% of the people your age are stuck living at home because it's too expensive to move out and all the jobs pay minimum wage. There's never been a better time to win the Darwinian Game of Life while simultaneously investing in porn futures to exploit all the frustrated L^H... almost-winners!

In the near future, everyone alive will have an ancestor who founded a start-up.

cellis• 19 years ago

you should start a blog, in the vein of leveragedsellout.com. Seriously, that was good prose

transburgh2• 19 years ago

"When I get rich I'm going to take YC's approach and fund about 40 different girlfriends a year with a little money rather than just one with millions."

portLAN...I added that comment to my Facebook page, it was just brilliant.

endlessvoid942• 19 years ago

i wish i could shake your hand

jsmcgd• 19 years ago

Hubris is not arrogance and IMO the top googlers are not exhibiting either.

leisuresuit• 19 years ago

that's basically what you get when you hire a husband and wife team.

endlessvoid942• 19 years ago

this amounts to complaining that an enormously successful company is using their money to do something you think is inappropriate. tough shit, it seems to be THEIR money. they can do with it what they want, as long as it is legal.

transburgh2• 19 years ago

or is it shareholder money? Do you want your stock money going to their pet projects?

rms• 19 years ago

Hey transburgh, send me an email, I have a question for you about Gobig.

Arrogant Googlers tempt the gods

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