Scores on problem 1:
Mike: didn't answer question, but sincere -- 5/20
bigtoe: didn't answer question, insulting, but clever -- 5/20
Problem 2:
Company A has gone bankrupt due to a series of strategic blunders, and the SEC is charging them with fraud, but its hard-core loyalists are still holding on to their shares, hoping against hope.
Lately they've been fixated on news about Company B, which is involved in a project similar to the one that bankrupted Company A. Any indication that Company B is having trouble sees them posting gleeful comments on Internet message boards, taunting innocent short sellers, etc. They seem to be wishing for Company B to fail just as completely as Company A. Why?
a) Misery loves company.
b) They feel that Company B was part of the world-wide conspiracy to make it seem that Company A's technology was a failure, when in fact it was "perfect" and just needed a little more time and patience, not to mention cash. So it would serve them right.
c) They're ornery by nature.
d) Anything to distract themselves from the fact that Company A's shares are not exactly taking off, despite its claims of imminent production of "all kinds of valuable stuff."
e) All of the above. |
