I don't think he was talking about lack of whistleblowers in general...but whistleblowers from within the Murdoch organization.

BTW...this just in "Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.">> ^radx:

How ironic that Olbermann is complaining, indirectly, about a lack of whistleblowers.
The entire Murdoch/NotW scandal is based almost solely on the relentless work of the Guardian's Nick Davies, who kept digging and digging until they couldn't bury it anymore. The very same Nick Davies who brought the Guardian and Julian Assange together, the same Nick Davies who is very outspoken with regards to the mistreatment of, allegedly, the most prominent whistleblower of our days -- Bradley Manning.

>> ^Ryjkyj:

Why is everyone suddenly referring to this kid as Casey? I don't even know most of your first names you sentimental schmucks.


If it helps, I'm Vercingetorix.

>> ^Ryjkyj:

Why is everyone suddenly referring to this kid as Casey? I don't even know most of your first names you sentimental schmucks.


Should we stick to calling him "the fat kid"?

Why is everyone suddenly referring to this kid as Casey? I don't even know most of your first names you sentimental schmucks.

>> ^BoneRemake:

>> ^thegrimsleeper:
Stephen Fry

" Stephen or Steven (pronounced /ˈstiːvən/) is a masculine first name, derived from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, garland", "
I could care less how he/you spell it, I spell it how I spell it as well, Sixty percent of the time Wikipedia is right 100 percent.


Do you actually mean you could care less? Really? Or do you actually mean you couldn't care less?

I have no idea where this 'could care less' thing has come from but it's really bugging me.

One of those is his name, the other is not.
>> ^BoneRemake:

>> ^thegrimsleeper:
Stephen Fry

" Stephen or Steven (pronounced /ˈstiːvən/) is a masculine first name, derived from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, garland", "
I could care less how he/you spell it, I spell it how I spell it as well, Sixty percent of the time Wikipedia is right 100 percent.

Come on, now. We don't need another Westy spelling everything wrong for the hell of it. >> ^BoneRemake:

>> ^thegrimsleeper:
Stephen Fry

" Stephen or Steven (pronounced /ˈstiːvən/) is a masculine first name, derived from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, garland", "
I could care less how he/you spell it, I spell it how I spell it as well, Sixty percent of the time Wikipedia is right 100 percent.

>> ^thegrimsleeper:

Stephen Fry


" Stephen or Steven (pronounced /ˈstiːvən/) is a masculine first name, derived from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, garland", "

I could care less how he/you spell it, I spell it how I spell it as well, Sixty percent of the time Wikipedia is right 100 percent.

>> ^Retroboy:

oh noes kid danger someone sue!
I remember tobogganing down a hill and hitting a tree stump while riding in a crouching position. Damned near snapped my legs. Best fun ever.
Insert anti-all-things-must-have-rounded-corners-and-be-totally-safe antirant here.


Childhood scars, Proof that parents of the past truly believed in Darwin.
One broken left arm, nose, 7 fingers, scar under left eye from dog. Scar across bridge of nose to under right eye from glass. Mass amount of various other things. I was on a first name bases with all the Docs and Nurses at the ER. Citys parks department tried to destroy where we were and got chased out and their equipment destroyed. We were in an area where not only did people not go but was a major effort to get there. After their first attempt police were called. We showed them were we where and what was going on. They thought it was bad ass also then told us how to keep out the parks department and not get caught or in trouble.

>> ^bareboards2:

Maybe because I left off the first names? That's why the dupe wasn't caught? I'll be more specific in the future.
In your honor, I edited my tags to include "anal discharge."
Your sense of humor lives on!


A dubious honor indeed!

Maybe because I left off the first names? That's why the dupe wasn't caught? I'll be more specific in the future.

In your honor, I edited my tags to include "anal discharge."

Your sense of humor lives on!

-Name and first name? -Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz ... Brzęczyszczykiewicz ... Grzegorz ... Brzęczyszczykiewicz
-SHUT UP!

-Hans, write that on the typewriter immediately.

-Name and first name? -Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz
-Huh??
...
-Place of birth? -Chrząszczyżewoszyce powiat Łękołody

I don't have an education in IT, and neither am I extremely knowledgeable in programming and actual administrating, and yet I think I can relate, at least somewhat - I've dabbled in some types of languages and databases, and am on first-name terms with hardware and software in general, and as a result I have just wound up as an "IT Project Implementation Lead" in a nationalized bank (don't assume I'm loaded though - my monthly salary is 3 figures in USD). I like what I currently do and I like working in general, in part because every day is full of validation, since I've discovered that the majority of people, especially those in middle-management, are a terrible mix of incredibly lazy, incompetent and ineffective (i.e. I chose the second answer in the poll), so it's rather easy to stand out for your work-ethics. Anyway, thought you (and other IT folks) might enjoy this one, if you haven't heard it already:


A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"

The man below says: "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."

"You must work in Information Technology" says the balloonist.

"I do" replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."

The man below says "You must work in business."

"I do" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."

In reply to this comment by xxovercastxx:
I'm temporarily unemployed as I moved from NY to MO last month, but I went ahead and chose #2 since I'll be working again in a few weeks.

I've been in IT and Network Administration for 14 years now. I enjoy it so long as things are moving forward. The downside to IT is that you're almost always in a power struggle of sorts. The users hate the system and blame you for everything that goes wrong but they also fight you on everything you try to do to improve things. Management is also an issue as they rarely have any understanding of the decisions that IT faces, but they also tend to ignore the input you give them. The end result is that someone makes a decision with no knowledge of the situation and then you spend all your time putting out fires.

The one significant regret I have in my line of work is the lack of creativity. I like doing design, drawing, painting, photography, etc and there's almost no place for any of those skills in IT. I really always wanted to be a game designer, but could never find the road to take me there.

Dror?
Ripple?
... couple awesome first names in this video.

So THAT'S how you pronounce his first name. I always read it as "senk"