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    Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?

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    Image of Thangka Thangka
    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    Guy also has one of the largest private yachts in the world.

    Shit like this raises Socialist hackles on my back. #larryellison
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    11/08/09

    @Thangka: Who do you think got paid the $10 million it took to make that mast, or the whole yacht? That money pays a lot of wages down the line.

    It's kind of like the current rant against private jet ownership. That kind of money is made to be spent, and it goes back into the pockets of a lot of people working for a living in the form of salary. #larryellison
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    11/08/09

    @pdok: The egregious disparity of wealth is what raises my "socialist hackles." Of course there's a trail of money left in his wake (hah, pun fun). #larryellison
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    11/09/09

    @pdok: No, the problem with private jet ownership is that it is essentially subsidized by regular fliers, commercial airlines, tax allowances, and dodgy accounting, etc. such that private jet fliers do not bear the true costs of their usage. That, and trickle down economic theories simply do not work.

    But, I don't begrudge Ellison his $10M yacht masts. Hell, he's one of the fun billionaires, and I'd keep him around just for the lulz. It's those *boring* billionaires, the ones who are snorting gold dust and crack cocaine off of an 18-year old's ass, then wiping their nose off on another 18-year old's ass, and not telling me about it. They fail to amuse me one bit. Who needs 'em? #larryellison
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    11/09/09

    @ludwigk: My comment wasn't about the economics of jet ownership, but about the "rant" against it. There are many hands in the till, obviously, which is true of sports teams, brothels, or your choice of money-making ventures.

    My perception is that people react to the indulgence of the rich with a mixture of disgust and envy, preventing an objective look at what their money does in the economy.

    I'm not going to debate economics (I'd lose), however it's fair to say that with the government's perpetual orgy of spending, any trickling down is probably coming from an orifice best unnamed. #larryellison
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    Image of fastm3driver fastm3driver
    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    And from a engineering perspective: If the mast broke, why would you want to put another one of the same type back on the boat? #larryellison
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    Image of bobofish bobofish
    11/08/09

    @fastm3driver: Super high performan.ce stuff breaks all the time. Stuff like that is not usually built for durability, but pure performance.

    We're not talking about your run of the mill bamboo or wood mast lovingly goldplated by virgins. Rather, it's going to be a hand built composite mast where every single inch of it is designed for optimal performance.

    A formula 1 car can cost a good 15 million. The handbuilt engine, about $8mill worth, is good for maximum two races and then needs to be scrapped. Ferrari could build it to last 15 races, but then it wouldn't get the revs and power that they need to win a race.

    Often performance and durability are on opposite ends of a design scale. For a racing team on the ground or in the water, it's an art to figure out where the balance between the two is for any given application. #larryellison
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    Image of fastm3driver fastm3driver
    11/08/09

    @bobofish: If a part breaks in F1 they improve on it before making another one. Do you think they designed the mast to last one run?
    I get your point though. I'm a M.E., a F1 fan and I grew up in Newport RI. :) #larryellison
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    11/09/09

    @bobofish: I can squint really hard and accept your argument with regard to F1 cars, where performance = speed and power, but how is this germane to the America's Cup? What sort of race is this? #larryellison
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    Image of bobofish bobofish
    11/09/09

    @ludwigk: If I squint really hard, I can see Wikipedia from my house.

    There you will find exactly what kind of a race it is.

    Just because a race is one on one does not mean it's any less of a race.

    Going back to the F1 analogy, a lot of people would gladly eat their livers to have seen Ayrton Senna vs. Schumacher head to head, or even more recently Alonso and Schumacher one on one with nobody else on the track.

    Come to think of it, the F1 analogy to America's Cup isn't bad. Both are as much fundraising and organisational efforts as they are actual racing. Maybe that's fair or maybe not, but it is what it is and people are obsessed about both sports. #larryellison
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    11/09/09

    @bobofish: Nope. Wikipedia did NOT contain the substantive information about the race sufficient to establish that performance would be a much higher priority than durability. #larryellison
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    Yeah, that's real fine expensive gear you brought out here, Mr. Ellison. 'Course I don't know what that bastard shark's gonna do with it, might eat it I suppose. Seen one eat a rockin' chair one time. #larryellison
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    Yeah, Ellison's spot-on when he said that it was a "minor setback." Those professional racers have pit crews loaded with replacement parts at every single port of call they make, every leg of every race. A broken mast will kill their chances of winning a leg, but those two reserves are waiting quietly for the Oracle boat to pull into harbor.

    You want to see some catastrophic yacht racing damage? Check out some of the footage of this year's Volvo Ocean Race. Nothin' like replacing an exploded rudder, in the middle of a freezing ocean, getting dunked in the drink!

    [www.volvooceanrace.org] #larryellison
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    I can hear the sound of that snapping mast in my soul. Gorgeous craft. #larryellison
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    Image of ridgecity ridgecity
    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    What materials does that mast have to use to cost $10,000,000?

    I think these guys are getting ripped-offs... #larryellison
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    Image of Darksider1972 Darksider1972
    11/08/09

    @ridgecity: Considering how huge that thing is and it's made of completely Carbon Fiber, Price sounds about right.. #larryellison
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    For a lot less than $10 million I would build a boat made out of strippers and cocaine, powered by the Pope's piss and shaped like nunchucks. #larryellison
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    Image of Mazzle Mazzle
    11/08/09

    @njdevil: Chuck Norris called, he wants his blueprints back #larryellison
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/08/09

    In reply to Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
    Ten dollars for a mast? Completely unreasonable! #larryellison
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    Image of Jack Loftus Jack Loftus
    11/08/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: No kidding. Unfortunately, it's $10 million, and I'm an idiot :-) #larryellison
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    11/08/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: I bought some $10 mast the other day. The guy had some in the back of a white van and was telling me it was a killer deal. I now have five and no idea what to do with them. I guess if the going rate on them is $10 million, I could sell a few of them. #larryellison
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/01/09

    In reply to Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
    i can't tell what is on the screen, but i am willing to bet 50 litas that:


    1. they probably come in pairs.
    B. it made the kid hungry.

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    06/01/09

    In reply to Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
    Early Facebook junkies. Tsk tsk. How sad...
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    Image of Monty Monty
    06/01/09

    In reply to Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
    The other babies were like "screw that, Dad - I am not moving from this spot until I see a MacBook Air dangling at that finish line."
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    06/01/09

    In reply to Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
    My Dearest John,


    That "janky" Dell laptop is one of the best examples of performance and value on the market.

    Fuck thou and thine overpriced computers.


    Good day to you,

    EDWard VON HandleBrock, III Jr

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    06/01/09

    @EDWard VON HandleBrock, III Jr: I here-by declare that "fuck thou" is our saying of the day and must be used a dozen times by each commenter. Here's hoping your genius word-smith work is enough to spare you the guillotine, good sir.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/01/09

    In reply to Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
    Despite Kajus Aukščionis being a gelding, he still won, much like the famous Seabiscuit in the 1930's
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    06/01/09

    In reply to Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
    First of all, it's nice to know that John's absence from the site today was due to him covering this important race.


    Second, the laptop is not the source of the baby's speed. It was all of those aerodynamic accents over Baby Kajus' name. They're like spoilers.

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    06/01/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: They even polished his scalp to reduce air friction.
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    06/01/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: note to self. Ponies! is the kid with all the stickers on his '93 civic.
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    06/01/09

    @grumble grumble_Nick: I had a 92 Civic and all I had on it was an NYU window sticker and a bumper sticker that read "Vader Is My Copilot".


    And I had a Darth Vader action figure on the dashboard instead of a dashboard Jesus.

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    06/01/09

    @grumble grumble_Nick: You sure it's not a '90 mustang?
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    06/01/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: You know, most of us are just joking when we say we are geeks.
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    06/01/09

    In reply to Lithuanian Baby Racing Champion Mired In Performance-Enhancing Laptop Scandal
    i'm still trying to figure out the demon child on the left with the backwards facing hand and no legs in sight
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    06/01/09

    @Ali Khan: It's the closer chick holding a stuffed animal and the arm belongs to the girl behind her.
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    06/01/09

    @Ali Khan: ... And that is why machines started attacking humans.
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    06/01/09

    @Justinpaulson: That mom is pretty hot. What? She is.
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