weissadam commented on Mother's Cookies Goes Out Of Business, Kills Off Circus Animals

"According to news releases: $50mm assets, $500mm liabilities. HOW? it's not about the economy."

weissadam commented on Googleplex cafes staffed by illegal workers

"what happens when: a) you have the dumbshit idea to start a "silicon valley gossip blog" b) you know nothing about tech culture c) you hire some annoying weenies from the east coast who are even more clueless d) they rapidly come to realize, that the south bay area is, quite possibly, the most boring place on earth e) they fail to dig up anything interesting to post you get bullshit stories like this one. nobody cares."

weissadam commented on Circuit City Orders All Stores To Destroy Issue Of Mad Magazine Parodying "Sucker City"

"er, update."

weissadam commented on Circuit City Orders All Stores To Destroy Issue Of Mad Magazine Parodying "Sucker City"

"Aww..."

weissadam commented on Circuit City Orders All Stores To Destroy Issue Of Mad Magazine Parodying "Sucker City"

"Viral marketing on the part of Mad Magazine. Ok, so the flyer itself, not that funny. Making up a fake takedown notice, having the thing go viral (Digg + Consumerist) duping everyone, hilarious! The irony that the Consumerist fell for it...."

weissadam commented on Microsoft And The $1,632 Copy Of Vista

"Never, ever, ever use a debit card as a credit card! This looks to me like a classic case of unsettled debit card transactions... As a holdover from the days of paper and telephone/voice CC authorization, credit card transactions pass through two stages."

weissadam commented on SF meter maids ticket stolen car 29 times

"This happened to me in 1999."

weissadam commented on Bill Gates visits his therapist

"This would be really great if it were, you know, actually funny or relevant."

weissadam commented on Facebook employees know what profiles you look at

"What legitimate reason could they possibly have for keeping a log of which users visit which profiles? I suspect there's probably a weak explanation of "security" which is a thin veil over "it's fun to intrude upon our users' privacy." The fact that they keep the data in the first place speaks volumes about their motives..."