A few years back, Toronto-based gold mining company Goldcorp (GG) was in trouble … most analysts assumed that the company’s fifty-year old mine in Red Lake, Ontario, was dying. Without evidence of substantial new gold deposits, Goldcorp was likely to fold. Chief Executive Officer Rob McEwen needed a miracle. Frustrated that his in-house geologists couldn’t reliably estimate the value and location of the gold on his property, McEwen did something unheard of in his industry: He published his geological data on the Web for all to see and challenged the world to do the prospecting. The “Goldcorp Challenge” made a total of $575,000 in prize money available to participants who submitted the best methods and estimates.
I have at least 3 dead yahoo accounts and no motivation to sign up for a new one. Why?
Sure, I could make a note of the date of birth somewhere. By why bother? Well, now that flickr is starting to suck I may have to.
Update [8th Feb]: looks like I spoke a little too soon
Asked by the judge to describe what the figure on the light box was doing, Grossman said, “Colloquially, he was flipping the bird, your honor.”
From The Secret Letter From Iraq
Most Profound Man in Iraq — an unidentified farmer in a fairly remote area who, after being asked by Reconnaissance Marines if he had seen any foreign fighters in the area replied “Yes, you.”
From the WSJ via Paul Kedrosky:
During one series of talks with Microsoft, Facebook executives told their Microsoft peers they couldn’t do an 8 a.m. conference call because the company’s 22-year-old founder and chief executive, Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, wouldn’t be awake, says a person familiar with the talks.