{"id":30814,"date":"2015-05-21T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T14:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=30814"},"modified":"2015-05-21T10:12:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T14:12:18","slug":"dont-do-stupid-four-specs-with-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=30814","title":{"rendered":"Don’t do stupid. Four specs, with appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A young lady lawyer walked into my office yesterday with a half-inch gash on her forehead. She had tripped on an airport moving walkway. She had flown from Singapore to New York. A long flight. She was tired.<\/p>\n

Be wary of stairs and moving sidewalks. Hold onto stairway handrails.<\/p>\n

Be wary of bathrooms.<\/p>\n

Be wary of unfamiliar places.<\/p>\n

Sorry to sound like a cracked record.<\/p>\n

Chinese Solar Maker Plunges, Losing Nearly $19 Billion in 24 Minutes.<\/strong> R<\/span><\/span>ead all about it. Click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Your airbag can kill you. <\/strong>My friend, the car expert, emails me:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There are 11 brands of car that have Takata air bags. If I had a car of any one of these brands, I would:<\/p>\n

1. Go to the Government website that allows me to enter my VIN number.<\/p>\n

2. If the VIN of my car is on the recall list, I would immediately disable its air bag system.<\/p>\n

3. The simplest way to do this is to pull any and all fuses related to the air bag system. If I couldn’t myself figure out which one(s) these are, I would get someone who knows to help me.<\/p>\n

4. Pulling the fuses will trigger a fault light in the car’s instrument panel, that will go out when the system is fixed under the recall. Put the fuses in for your annual inspection.<\/p>\n

The risk of accident or death from operation of the faulty air bag system exceeds the risk of same from being in an accident without the air bag.<\/p>\n

In short, wear your seat belts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t buy from Abes of Maine.<\/strong> <\/span>I mentioned them yesterday in my list of online camera retailers. I shouldn’t have.<\/p>\n

Money is the Achilles Heel of startups. <\/strong>Recently I’ve seen some startups with brilliant ideas. All underestimate their capital needs. Which is probably OK. I did, too. Enthusiasm is sometimes a substitute for money.
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The Italian car pooler.<\/strong> <\/span>Silly, but funny video. Click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bad dentist jokes<\/strong><\/span> (for your young grandchildren)<\/p>\n

+ What does the dentist of the year get? A: A little plaque<\/p>\n

+\u00a0 What did the dentist see at the North Pole? A: A molar bear<\/p>\n

+ What did the dentist say to the golfer? A: “You have a hole in one. “<\/p>\n

+ What was the dentist doing in Panama? A: Looking for the Root Canal<\/p>\n

+ Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused a Novocain injection during root canal treatment? A: He wanted to transcend dental medication!<\/p>\n

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\nHarry Newton whose dear friend in Australia has an Apple watch and loves it. He writes:<\/p>\n

Mine is brilliant and I really have no complaints at all. I haven\u2019t seen the battery below 40%, and all the apps work well. I don\u2019t know why people complain about the charger, as it is lightweight (basically only a wire), and easy to use because of the magnet. I hope that Apple ultimately introduce this type of charging system for their phone. Unlike tsome writers,\u00a0 I have little difficulty interfacing with the app selection. The watch face itself, a face that I have self-selected, is the nicest looking and clearest watch face I have ever used. I particularly like the little taps on my wrist for emails, sms\u2019s, and calendar reminders. I have also successfully made and received calls from the watch itself (albeit the sound is understandably somewhat distorted given the small size of the watch).<\/p>\n

I bought some XOM (Exxon Mobil). It seems to be coming back. And it yields 3.36%. The market seems to be treading water. RTNB and HOTR are cheap specs. FEYE and CYBR are more expensive specs.<\/p>\n