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The people over $100,000 a year seem to be making a lot in the other category. But the base pay seems around $85,000 to $100,000 for most... http://www.sacbee.com/statepay/?agency=…

I wouldn't trade jobs with a CHP officer either but I do have to wonder about the skill level. I'm sure it's harder than I think but the job still boils down to parking on the side…

I don’t think it’s a concern of most startups but it’s definitely one of most VCs. I think most VCs were either active as VCs or working in the industry back in the late 90s when M…

It's pretty far ahead right now but I think this trend is going to start to reverse pretty soon. The combination of Apple loosening their restrictions, technology like Appcelerator…

I'm not sure that's entirely true. If you think the Simpsons has become formulaic (which it had in some of those middle seasons) this might be enough to convince you they're taking…

The episode in question finished 3rd (of 4) in the 18-49 demo and 4th (of 4) in Total Viewers so I'd say they could use some attention. I think a lot of people gave up on the Simps…

I honestly think that should be the headline of the post since I find that a lot more interesting. I've had the feeling for some time that the early adopter market is shifting from…

I don't think it's hidden at all. He says in the Drugs section... "The problem is that our drugs, on the whole, cost about 50% more. For name brand pharmaceuticals, we pay about 77…

It's an interesting read and worth bookmarking if you can't get through right now (the page was going in and out as I read it). It's kind of depressing though in that his point boi…

The great thing about blogging is anyone can write and even if they don't write well they can probably convey the idea they're trying to get across. So it's a lowest common denomin…

This is a little off topic but I was a little taken aback at the elitist attitude regarding University graduates. Look at these quotes: "Rather shocked that someone who had, in fac…

It's beyond thin. Every VC environment has loud personalities and personal conflict between various groups. Whether it's the Valley or Chicago you're going to have these types of s…

I don't think this makes the point that 500k/yr isn't rich but it does make the point that people's expenses will grow to fit their income. I've known several people in this pay br…

The irony is this author never once questions why American degrees aren’t paying off. If I was a professor at a University and I acknowledged the fact that degrees aren’t paying of…

Because they share a currency with most of the rest of Europe and defaulting on their debt would cause the value of that currency to tank. Which could very well tear apart the Euro…

I disagree. Nothing was going to create immediate improvement in Greece so they were going to be in this mess no matter what they did. No one is going to invest in Greece right now…

I'm sorry but this is shoddy journalism. The article leads with "unemployment has hit an unbelievable 70 percent in some places" but waits 16 more paragraphs before saying the nati…

The Court that gave us Wickard v. Filburn was also the court that provided a precedent for Guantanamo Bay ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_parte_Quirin ). Stone (the Chief Justice…

I'd emphasize the brevity point. I find messages from my phone are more like text messages than full-on e-mails and some could interpret that brevity for rudeness. Plus a brief mes…

The graph is skewed but to be fair Peer-to-Peer saw an upswing from 1999-2001 when the original Napster introduced the technology to the masses. Then declined for a while between N…

This article basically uses the graph as a jumping off point to make the same old 'apps will take over the world' argument we've been hearing since the iPhone opened its SDK (it se…

I also don't agree with the Tea Party sentiment but felt this article reflected badly on the author and not the Tea Partiers (I think that's the plural?). The argument itself is a …

I don't see how you can draw this conclusion. He basically says there's nothing Government can do no matter who you elect. That makes him an alarmist (and maybe a little crazy) but…