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Don't hold back. Tell us what you think - Redrum - 07-16-2014

When electrons are virtually free, this is what you get.  Nice logo, though.  I wonder if the Stanford Bookstore has them in stock.

http://valleywag.gawker.com/*****-stanford-1606053638?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow 


And just when you want to pants the author... - Redrum - 07-16-2014

in front of the world,  we find out someone already did.  Turns out the magic word "tech"  was the same as "sic 'em!!" to the author of the "F*** Stanford" piece. 

http://pando.com/2013/12/26/look-whos-gawking-inside-nick-dentons-phony-hypocritical-class-war-against-tech-workers/

Scroll down to the paragraph reading : "All of it which makes it twice as disgusting to see a putrid, but highly visible subset of the technology press trying to co-opt the sincere anger of Bay Area workers and spin it into disingenuous, smug faux-classbaiting horseshit, for pageviews and cash bonuses..." and go on from there to get a background on author Biddle.

Re: Don't hold back. Tell us what you think - Rally - 07-16-2014

(07-16-2014, 12:54 PM)Redrum link Wrote:When electrons are virtually free, this is what you get.  Nice logo, though.  I wonder if the Stanford Bookstore has them in stock.

http://valleywag.gawker.com/copulate-stanford-1606053638?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow 

Didn't get in, I guess.

Re: Don't hold back. Tell us what you think - Nan3cy - 07-16-2014

I saw the name "Biddle" and got the vapors, thinking this was a descendant of Paul Biddle, still angry at Paul's failure to get rich off his Qui Tam suit against Stanford in the 1990s.

Re: And just when you want to pants the author... - Spiny_Norman - 07-16-2014

(07-16-2014, 01:09 PM)Redrum link Wrote:in front of the world,  we find out someone already did.  Turns out the magic word "tech"  was the same as "sic 'em!!" to the author of the "F*** Stanford" piece. 

http://pando.com/2013/12/26/look-whos-gawking-inside-nick-dentons-phony-hypocritical-class-war-against-tech-workers/

Scroll down to the paragraph reading : "All of it which makes it twice as disgusting to see a putrid, but highly visible subset of the technology press trying to co-opt the sincere anger of Bay Area workers and spin it into disingenuous, smug faux-classbaiting horseshit, for pageviews and cash bonuses..." and go on from there to get a background on author Biddle.

Folks might also find this of interest.

Quote:Biddle gained entry to the prestigious Johns Hopkins university with no help whatsoever from his own father, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist — and Johns Hopkins lecturer — Wayne Biddle. In case the nepotism wasn’t obnoxious enough for his classmates, Biddle promptly joined the Delta Phi fraternity at which, Wikipedia tells us…

    “Controversy exists to a perceived exclusivity in the selection criteria. It is generally regarded that wealth is a factor as almost all members are from affluent backgrounds.”

One of Biddle’s former classmates put it in simpler terms: Delta Phi is a club you could only join if you have rich parents.


Re: Don't hold back. Tell us what you think - Bruce Wang - 07-16-2014

Lions do not concern themselves with the opinions of sheep.

Re: Don't hold back. Tell us what you think - 82 Card - 07-16-2014

(07-16-2014, 03:34 PM)ferrari link Wrote:[quote author=82 Card link=topic=10206.msg92477#msg92477 date=1405549294]
[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10206.msg92466#msg92466 date=1405541418]
[quote author=Redrum link=topic=10206.msg92464#msg92464 date=1405540498]
When electrons are virtually free, this is what you get.  Nice logo, though.  I wonder if the Stanford Bookstore has them in stock.

http://valleywag.gawker.com/copulate-stanford-1606053638?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow 
Didn't get in, I guess.
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Apparently an unemployed preppy Penn philosophy major who grew up around Philadelphia and lives in Brooklyn. No known connection to Silicon Valley. Sources for this statement:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/sam-biddle-on-valleywag-tech-world.html The reference to Williamsburg is a neighborhood in Brooklyn.

http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=1208008 The "Inter-Ac League" is a private school athletic league in Philadelphia area.
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Not all assholes are hypocrits but all hypocrits are assholes
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I messed up. I had assumed that the Sam Biddle at Penn was the same person, based on a coincidence of graduation dates. The Pando article indicates that the the Gawker Guy is actually Johns Hopkins. I should have realized that Biddles are a dime a dozen in Philadelphia.

Re: Don't hold back. Tell us what you think - Rally - 07-16-2014

(07-16-2014, 04:50 PM)82 Card link Wrote:[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10206.msg92479#msg92479 date=1405550093]
[quote author=82 Card link=topic=10206.msg92477#msg92477 date=1405549294]
[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10206.msg92466#msg92466 date=1405541418]
[quote author=Redrum link=topic=10206.msg92464#msg92464 date=1405540498]
When electrons are virtually free, this is what you get.  Nice logo, though.  I wonder if the Stanford Bookstore has them in stock.

http://valleywag.gawker.com/copulate-stanford-1606053638?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow 
Didn't get in, I guess.
[/quote]

Apparently an unemployed preppy Penn philosophy major who grew up around Philadelphia and lives in Brooklyn. No known connection to Silicon Valley. Sources for this statement:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/sam-biddle-on-valleywag-tech-world.html The reference to Williamsburg is a neighborhood in Brooklyn.

http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=1208008 The "Inter-Ac League" is a private school athletic league in Philadelphia area.
[/quote]

Not all assholes are hypocrits but all hypocrits are assholes
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I messed up. I had assumed that the Sam Biddle at Penn was the same person, based on a coincidence of graduation dates. The Pando article indicates that the the Gawker Guy is actually Johns Hopkins. I should have realized that Biddles are a dime a dozen in Philadelphia.
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It did seem odd that this particular Biddie :) should have such a distinguished, if 4th tier, football background.

Re: Don't hold back. Tell us what you think - CowboyIndian - 07-16-2014

How about this one?
[Image: Sydney-Biddle-Barrows.jpg]

Covering for Cowboy Indian... - Redrum - 07-17-2014

who must be passed out in some northern Nevada bar.

hypocrites...not hypocrits. 

You're welcome.

Re: Covering for Cowboy Indian... - Rally - 07-17-2014

(07-17-2014, 07:09 AM)Redrum link Wrote:who must be passed out in some northern Nevada bar.

hypocrites...not hypocrits. 

You're welcome.

It would be hipocrytical of me note to thank you.