Broback's Blog

Apparently you sell a lot more Touchpads at $99 than at $499. Gee, I guess individual downward-sloping demand curves aggregate into a similarly sloping curve after all. So weird. Someone notify Steve Keen.

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Details here. One major reason IMHO that many Americans get all tingly over the Gipper is not generally discussed. Those on the left certainly won’t bring it up. It has nothing to do with the skyrocketing employment or the plummeting inflation numbers he presided over. It has to do with our survival. Youngsters (and old […]

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I was surprised to see that some companies are actually trying to create proprietary standards that compete/override the ubiquitous — and open QR (Quick Response) code. And as far as Google searches indicate, they aren’t doing very well. This report details the “seven dwarfs” that seem to be getting very little traction. These codes I’d […]

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This time from the Economist: On a related note, this little blast from the past.

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The quote below was published on July 1 on ZDNet. The TouchPad was killed on August 18. I guess “a long time” means seven weeks. I feel very bad for the HP product manager who was led to believe the upper brass was committed to his team’s success. (emphasis mine). I think a lot of […]

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Couldn’t resist.

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The Wall Street Journal reports on a study that validates what all good redistributionists know about social injustice: “Mean People Earn More.” More proof that the spoils go to the non-deserve-ing. The researchers examined “agreeableness” using self-reported survey data and found that men who measured below average on agreeableness earned about 18% more—or $9,772 more […]

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Update: Love Carpe Diem Blog. You can catch Perry’s retake on this 2 days after I posted it. Remember, you heard it here first. : ) Latest odds here:

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Of that infinite list of things that drive me nuts, many fall under the heading of “please, please, I beg you — just answer this simple question!!” While I understand that everyone’s brains are wired differently, why is it so hard for many (most?) people experienced with an issue to give even the most basic […]

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Just can’t resist. I read this from Krugman and now I can’t get the “Brave Sir Robin” tune out of my head. Update: Sigh, nothing original here. An old meme. So much for my cleverness.

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