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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

(My cousin sent me this. I edited it for clarity, but it's almost indistunguishable from its original form.)

The answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?":
Michael Jordan makes over $300,000 a game. That equals $10,000 a minute, at an average of 30 minutes per game. With $40 million in endorsements, he 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), he will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30a.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.
He'll make 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 250 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today.
Game over. Nerd wins.

Whoever said life is fair?

If you hate Bill Gates because he's worth more than many developing countries, get a better perspective. To Bill gates, you are a complete stranger, but it works both ways. If he has no interest in you, you should return the favor. If you appreciate and cultivate what you have and who you are, what someone else has does not matter.

--Baloo

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Yes, but we can still hate him for trying to take over the world...

*notices that that fits his sig rather well* Oy, I need to get a new one of those...

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

An interesting concept.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Soon, Bill Gates will have an annual income higher than that of all African countries combined. And he all wastes it on electro-gadgets for his houses and better software that everybody gets shoved down their throats.

Posted by Deep6 on :

Yes, Windows was shoved down my throat(sarcasm). Aint nobody forcing you to use it.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, I don't have my own computer, so, since this one actually belongs to my dad, yes, I am being forced to use Windows...

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Deep: Shut up. Yes, we ARE forced to use windows because nobody bothers to make software that run in anything else. That doesn't mean windows is bad, luckily it is not. Which is probably why nobody makes stuff for other OSs. OK, I should shut up :]

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I don't use Windows, or any other Microsoft products.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

That's right mac.