CarlTheAwesome

I think pointing out problems directly and efficiently will eventually make someone a total asshole, and that's what I think Steve Jobs really did. However, some people(especially those blink-eyed Steve Jobs enthusiastics) just mistook the whole point. They thought it's being a total asshole making him efficient and successful, and by being a total asshole will eventually lead to him/her being an awesome leader of big cooperation. These people really have to learn some principles of logic before they start to learn anything from Steve Jobs. Pardon my poor English.

Maybe that news was published 400ms or even a little bit earlier. Such little difference human beings cannot notice. Those who trade early were those who utilized A.I. systems to watch and analyze the report and trade accordingly, 400ms is long enough for big expensive machines to accomplish that task. To add even more conspiracy into the story, you can imagine someone was paid to publish the report just about 400ms earlier than supposed to by those who use computers to trade, and not very many people will notice, or just like post said feds don't even think this matters.

You're right. I'm not really into Taoism, I heard the talking of "about living peacefully and healthily and as long as possible" from a friend, who has been to meditation leading by a famous Daoshi in my area, and also heard real Taoism monks don't practice martial arts at all except Taichi if you count it as a martial art or kungfu.

It's morally wrong to trick someone biological and psychological in order for them to play games in order to generate income for a game company. But I think there's a way to balance between making users like the game thus generate income for the company and making users biologically and psychologically rely on the game.

I was addicted to DOTA just like Tom and wasted 1 whole year on it, and almost dropped out of school(thanks to loose quality control in China's higher education system, but I'm not sure it's a good thing).

I got out -- and I'm the first one out -- my little DOTA addicted circle who did it.

What got me out is programming, I learned PHP/Java/Python/Javascript/Android etc... since I quited playing DOTA all day.

I still play DOTA, but very controllable and sometimes didn't play it in months.

I'm Chinese, I never heard of monks of Taoism. Those people believe in Taoism philosophy deeply, call themselves Dao Shi. And only some of Dao Shi train Taichi(a slow sport to help find inner peace), not "Wudang Kung Fu".

I'm just stating as far as I know. Maybe there're truly monks who practice "Wudang Kung Fu" and Taoism. But as far as I know, Taoism is about living peacefully and healthily and as long as possible, not about defeating your enemy.