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Seen on a website:

We hate spam too and won’t send emails you don’t request.

Everyone hates spam, but it still gets sent, so why should I believe that you won’t send any?

“In preparation for CES, we optimized our network in Las Vegas…. Our network engineers on site continue to take steps to optimize our network as needed for the large number of mobile broadband customers at CES.”

The Washington Post

I can’t begin to comment on how stupid I think this is. Optimizing is the wrong action to take.

For nearly six months, only a small cadre of G.E. and Comcast executives knew about the deal…. and it had not leaked. …several hours after the talks were disclosed to a tiny group of executives at NBC, the blockbuster talks appeared on TheWrap.com….

I’m telling you to be prepared for this to leak…

Way to go NBC. Who are these high-up people you’ve got working for you? People who can’t keep confidential information to themselves shouldn’t keep their jobs either.

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…the track order of certain [mix]tapes is so burned into the memory that, even out of context, it’s impossible to hear the end of one favorite song without immediately recalling what the next one should be.

Obsolete, p.123

True.