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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (749258)	10/24/2013 6:40:12 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572295

>So ... keep the current VP of CGI around because bank execs weren't fired? No. If I were the CEO of CGI, well, first off, hopefully we'd suck a lot less. Second, I'd like to think I'd have the foresight not to hire someone like her, but I'm not the CEO and I'm talking about the way things really work, not the way you think they work or the way I would like them to work. Because I agree with you. >I'm not in finance, thank God, but in the tech world stuff like this would not pass muster. Unless you happen to be the CEO of HP, AMD, or Oracle apparently ... You sure it works that way at huge tech corporations? HP, AMD, and Oracle are probably closer to the rule than the exception, or at least they're more common than you think. You don't think Intel execs would close ranks for even a few weeks around someone that was entrenched and well-connected and said something stupid? I feel like you're giving them too much credit. I mean, we worship Apple, but Jobs took weeks and months to fire two of the guys responsible for Apple Maps, and when Jobs was screwing up in his mid-career, it wasn't overnight that he was let go. -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (749258)	10/24/2013 8:54:11 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1572295

Intel CEO promises sub-$100 tablets this holiday season By Sean Hollister on September 10, 2013 12:44 pm Email theverge.com ( We're waiting Ten..) Intel's new CEO Bryan Krzanich thinks that cheap tablets are the way forward, and they're going to be even cheaper than he's hinted before. Today at the 2013 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, he told the audience that Intel tablets will be available "at price points below $100" this holiday season. Krzanich had previously said that touch screen laptop prices could drop below $200, and that tablets could dip below $150 when they go on sale this holiday, but under $100 we're beginning to talk about impulse-buy territory, where consumers can get a capable tablet for the price of an e-reader. Krzanich didn't say how capable those sub-$100 tablets might be or what their quality might be like — even at $379, we've seen Intel-powered tablets that were stinkers— but perhaps it could help cement Intel's position in the market, finally. He also didn't specify whether they would run Windows or Android. Intel can support both operating systems with its latest Atom silicon.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (749258)	10/24/2013 10:40:38 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1572295

Even The Daily Show Was Shocked by This Racist GOP Leader's Responses The Daily Show's "field reporters" have dealt with a fair amount of hilariously oblivious responses from interviewees over the years, but on last night's show, correspondent Aasif Mandvi appeared to have been caught off-guard by just how hilariously oblivious his interviewee was. Speaking with Buncombe County Republican precinct chair Don Yelton on the subject of North Carolina's controversial voter ID law, Mandvi attempted to prompt a reaction by declaring "the law is not racist, and you're not racist." Expecting Yelton to fire back with an unequivocal "no," Mandvi was instead treated to several long seconds of introspection, followed by, "well, I've been called a bigot before." Then, as they say, things got weird. Yelton attempted to explain away the charges of racism — always a good idea — by: 1. Insisting that one of his best friends is black; 2. claiming that the photo of Obama dressed as a witch doctor that he shared on his Facebook page was making fun of his "white half"; recalling how, when he was young, black people were called "negras"; and bemoaning the fact that black people can use the word "nigger" but he can't. "You know that we can hear you, right?" asks a visibly nonplussed Mandvi. But Yelton wasn't done yet: In a stunning acknowledgement of the law's true intention, the GOP leader admitted its main purpose was not to prevent alleged voter fraud, but "to kick Democrats in the butt." Speaking later with the Mountain Xpress, Yelton seemed aware that his interview might make him seem racist. "The questions were such that the answers can be played with. I expect them to play with my answers for racism," he told the paper. Update 5:05 p.m.: Don Yelton has resigned his post as precinct chairman effective immediately. Buncombe GOP Chairman Henry Mitchell called Yelton's comments on The Daily Show "offensive, uniformed and unacceptable of any member within the Republican Party," and called on him to step down. The state's GOP leadership issued a similar call for his resignation, which he reportedly tendered this afternoon. video at link gawker.com