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    Is It Better To Be a Jock or a Nerd?

    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.
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    i wanna be rich.. i'd be happy to have a fraction of what they have (and I don't mean the .00000001 fraction)..

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    I'd never really looked at it that way. You learn something every day
    "Not one day that we are here on this earth has been promised to us, so make the most of every day as if it was your last, and every breath ,as if it were the same"

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    Quote Originally Posted by bugjuice
    i wanna be rich.. i'd be happy to have a fraction of what they have (and I don't mean the .00000001 fraction)..
    Best way to get a lot of money behind you...stand in front of a bank...

    Money....
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    I can dunk a basketball and write clean code.
    Dunking a basketball is WAY cooler.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    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...
    Motorbike Camping for the win!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolf
    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!!!
    Not even with yours!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    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 ?
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
    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...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolf
    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?
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
    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!
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