Month: July 2002

Dr. Bachelor

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Dr. Robert Epstein theorizes that two people, given a certain level compatibility and physical attraction, can learn to love each other. And, he’s put himself into the experiment:

What does he know that we don’t? Epstein, the editor in chief of Psychology Today, recently published an editorial in the magazine searching for a woman who would be willing to fall in love with him. The two would read up on love, meet with counselors, learn to fall in love with each other and write a book about the process. If all goes according to plan, by the end of it he'll have a steady girlfriend and a book deal. He swears it’s in the interest of science. [...]

(link from Media Bistro)

QOTD – Stronstrup

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“I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone”

— Bjarne Stronstrup (originator of C++ programming language)

Classic Stronstrup :).

Remaining U.S. CEOs Make a Break For It

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From SatireWire, Remaining U.S. CEOs Make a Break For It:

[...]The pursuers said they have had some success, however, by preying on a common executive weakness. “Last night we caught about 24 of them by disguising one of our female officers as a CNBC anchor,” said U.S. Border Patrol spokesperson Janet Lewis. “It was like moths to a flame.” Robert Mueller

Also, teams of agents have been using high-powered listening devices to scan the plains for telltale sounds of the CEOnistas. “Most of the time we just hear leaves rustling or cattle flicking their tails," said Lewis, "but occasionally we'll pick up someone saying, ‘I was totally out of the loop on that.’” [...]

Heh.