Brin, Almighty
July 20, 2007 at 8:38 am
Good Lord! Or, at least Good Google!
Today’s inspiring Scripture, er quote, comes in the Washington Post:
Because Google does not offer earnings guidance, analysts have traditionally underestimated its performance. Sergey Brin, co-founder and president of technology, said it was analysts who were off target this quarter, not Google.
“If the weatherman predicts rain and it ends up being sunny, it’s not that God was wrong,” he said.
Ah, divinely inspired pithy press quotes. Best gospel since John Lennon said of the Beatles: “We’re more popular than Jesus now.”
willis said,
July 20, 2007 @ 8:57 am
And so John is gone, but Jesus is still with us. Bigger is not necessarily better.
Mister Snitch! said,
July 20, 2007 @ 9:20 am
Let’s hope John is WITH Jesus now. Although I guess the relationship must have been a little awkward at first.
clazy said,
July 20, 2007 @ 9:23 am
I’m not going to bother digging into this story, but his analogy holds if the only “target” in question is the analysts’ expectations. On the other hand, if Google had offered earnings projections at the beginning of the quarter, and missed them–well obviously they were off target, and Brin’s analogy doesn’t work.
Morgan said,
July 20, 2007 @ 9:45 am
Google does not offer earnings estimates– that’s the point of the story. Still, the ‘hit’ on their stock was that they normally surpass analysts’ estimates, and that this time they missed them.
BTW John’s a tool– Imagine has literally the most clueless lyrics that I hear on a regular basis. I wish there was a video showing the repercussions of each of his stupid wishes.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
Yeah, that’s the ticket. We’ve had plenty of societies with no possessions, no need to wonder if I can imagine it. People ’shared’ the world for about 30 years and died like any other animal.
I do love seeing people just lolling their head around ecstatically soaking the song up, it’s a lot like a Che shirt in helping quickly identify morons.
Jim O'Sullivan said,
July 20, 2007 @ 9:52 am
Who’s that guy with John and Paul?
Jim O'Sullivan said,
July 20, 2007 @ 9:57 am
I meant, who are those guys with Sergey Brin?
clazy said,
July 20, 2007 @ 10:33 am
Ha! I feel a bit like a tool myself, Morgan. To think I used to do so well on test of reading comprehension…. I blame the Internet.
ossian said,
July 20, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
Morgan: Go to youtube.com and call up Lenin’s (sp?) Imagine. There is a version which delights my curmudgeonly heart and should do the same for yours. I’ll bet it’s exactly what you’ve been seeking.
Jack Friedman said,
July 20, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
Morgan, you nailed it regarding both Imagine and Che T-shirts! Each is a badge of cluelessness!
Dave said,
July 23, 2007 @ 6:04 pm
Gee Morgan, dig a little deeper will ya? Imagine is a song that should make you think a little, not dwell on the naivety of such a utopia. No countries, no religions, no greed = no wars. Imagine instead of tribal patriotism (I’m American, I’m Russian, etc), why not live as though we’re all Earthlings? We certainly could feed, shelter and give health care to everyone in the world if we didn’t spend so so so so much on the military and wars, especially ones based on lies. Of course it won’t happen, that’s why he says in the song, “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.” He didn’t write a new Constitution, it’s a song. Poetry. Art. The only thing moronic about it is your interpretation. You completely missed the point.