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Departmental Quotes of the Day

December 18th, 2007

Slightly less amusing than owning banking stocks

From the Screw FASB And Their Damn Year End Closings Department:

  • Quickbooks for Mac users were caught in an update debacle, with Intuit’s latest patch eating files. Intuit’s initial response: “…our recommendation for now is to turn off your computer and do not use it further.”

    • From the Every Dog Has Their Day Department:

  • “Losers average losers” - Paul Tudor Jones; “Losers average losers, unless both ‘losers’ are Goldman Sachs” - anonymous

    • From the Sallie Mae’s Collateral Is Worthless Department:

  • “To err is Human, but it requires an MBA to really fuc* up.” - Barry Ritholtz

    • From the I’ll Take That Muni At LIBOR + 16 Department:

  • “It is really a situation where states have been making promises that they have to pay for tomorrow and not putting the money aside today.” - Susan Urahn, managing director at Pew Center on the States.

    • and…

    From the Microsoft Ain’t Dead Yet Department:

  • “While you are waiting for it, users are still saying ‘I’ll just send you the Excel file’. While you are waiting for it, 94% of the country is getting shit done.” - one very reasonable software engineer

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