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Ramius
23rd July 2005, 21:22
Is It Better To Be a Jock or a Nerd?

Michael Jordan having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, makes
$178,100 a day, working or not.

If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of
sugarplums dance in his head.

If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550
while he's there.

If he decides to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it.

He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage.

He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends.

If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a
whole 12 hours.

If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would
have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second.

He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be
reimbursed $33,390 for that round.

Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax
deferred account (401k), his contributions will hit the federal cap of
$9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st.

If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you'd be living
comfortably at $65,000 a year.

He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics,
and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon.

While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy
Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600.

This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents
for all of their terms combined. Amazing isn't it? However...

If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 450 years, he'll still have
less than Bill Gates has today.

Game over. Nerd wins.

bugjuice
23rd July 2005, 21:39
i wanna be rich.. i'd be happy to have a fraction of what they have (and I don't mean the .00000001 fraction).. :weep:

Storm
23rd July 2005, 21:43
I'd never really looked at it that way. You learn something every day

Ramius
23rd July 2005, 21:43
i wanna be rich.. i'd be happy to have a fraction of what they have (and I don't mean the .00000001 fraction).. :weep:

Best way to get a lot of money behind you...stand in front of a bank...

Money....

Big Dave
23rd July 2005, 21:47
I can dunk a basketball and write clean code.
Dunking a basketball is WAY cooler.

Wolf
25th July 2005, 13:39
I can dunk a basketball and write clean code.
Dunking a basketball is WAY cooler.
I can write clean code, IMO way cooler than dunking a basketball...

duckman
25th July 2005, 13:42
I can write clean code, IMO way cooler than dunking a basketball...
I can slam code and write on a Basketball !! I'M WAY COOLER!!! :rofl:

Ixion
25th July 2005, 13:50
I can dunk a basketball and write clean code.
Dunking a basketball is WAY cooler.


I can clean (old road) code, once I find the kerosene. And I can eat dunkin' donuts. Do this count ?

Wolf
25th July 2005, 14:20
I can clean (old road) code, once I find the kerosene. And I can eat dunkin' donuts. Do this count ?
Yep u r a l33t h4x0r.

Tho' for true tech cred you should eat pizza...

Ixion
25th July 2005, 14:23
Yep u r a l33t h4x0r.

Tho' for true tech cred you should eat pizza...

Alas, I do eat pizza but not EXCLUSIVELY (which is you meant, of course)

But I DO drink only Mountain Dew and V . Does that redeem me?

Wolf
25th July 2005, 14:33
Alas, I do eat pizza but not EXCLUSIVELY (which is you meant, of course)

But I DO drink only Mountain Dew and V . Does that redeem me?
Occasionally or "I gave blood and the patient woke up in the OR and resisted all further attempts at sedation"/"wired" enough to pick up FM radio?

Ramius
25th July 2005, 14:33
Alas, I do eat pizza but not EXCLUSIVELY (which is you meant, of course)

But I DO drink only Mountain Dew and V . Does that redeem me?

Mmmmmmm Pizza....Mmmmm Mountain Spew. Both in combination are great!