Rich or powerful?
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I was just looking at the richest people in the world, Bill Gates at #1. But then I noticed Bill Gates rates "only" 6th on the most powerful people in the world. The numbers 1 to 5 on that list are Poetin, Merkel, Obama, the pope, and Xi Jinping. None of them really very rich people. So where would you rather be, #1 on the list of richest people or #1 on the list of most powerful people? Notice that "none" is not an option :) Stress comes with both money and power, but I'm not world changer, so I'd take the money. The only reason I'd like to be on the powerful list is so I can do my evil laugh and people would actually be afraid :D
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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I was just looking at the richest people in the world, Bill Gates at #1. But then I noticed Bill Gates rates "only" 6th on the most powerful people in the world. The numbers 1 to 5 on that list are Poetin, Merkel, Obama, the pope, and Xi Jinping. None of them really very rich people. So where would you rather be, #1 on the list of richest people or #1 on the list of most powerful people? Notice that "none" is not an option :) Stress comes with both money and power, but I'm not world changer, so I'd take the money. The only reason I'd like to be on the powerful list is so I can do my evil laugh and people would actually be afraid :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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I was just looking at the richest people in the world, Bill Gates at #1. But then I noticed Bill Gates rates "only" 6th on the most powerful people in the world. The numbers 1 to 5 on that list are Poetin, Merkel, Obama, the pope, and Xi Jinping. None of them really very rich people. So where would you rather be, #1 on the list of richest people or #1 on the list of most powerful people? Notice that "none" is not an option :) Stress comes with both money and power, but I'm not world changer, so I'd take the money. The only reason I'd like to be on the powerful list is so I can do my evil laugh and people would actually be afraid :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Power means responsibility for many people and atomar weapons, so being rich should be easier. :-O
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I was just looking at the richest people in the world, Bill Gates at #1. But then I noticed Bill Gates rates "only" 6th on the most powerful people in the world. The numbers 1 to 5 on that list are Poetin, Merkel, Obama, the pope, and Xi Jinping. None of them really very rich people. So where would you rather be, #1 on the list of richest people or #1 on the list of most powerful people? Notice that "none" is not an option :) Stress comes with both money and power, but I'm not world changer, so I'd take the money. The only reason I'd like to be on the powerful list is so I can do my evil laugh and people would actually be afraid :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Money can buy power. Power usually wastes money on trying to maintain itself, until there's neither left (the US economy is a good example.) So, I'd go for money, but I wouldn't use it to buy power! Marc
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Rich. I'd buy an island for me and my wife and get sufficient monkey butlers. And line the beach with 100 watt plexi stacks with a Les Paul to ward off would be pirates.
Ron Anders wrote:
monkey butlers
Are we talking actual monkeys? That would be awesome! :D
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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I'll go for item 2: Happy
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
If the question is rich or powerful then item 2 is actually powerful :^) Unless you're a programmer and start at 0 :D
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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I think that the parameters of powerful in that listing need adjusting. In a recent documentary shown here Obama, for example, complains bitterly about being President of the United States and in reality able to do nothing about the things that concern him most. The Pope has no real power at all (for many of the same reasons and a lot of others unique to being a religious leader).
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
You should complain to Forbes about it. If the pope says something many people will blindly follow, that's what power is about, right? So who is powerful according to you?
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Ron Anders wrote:
monkey butlers
Are we talking actual monkeys? That would be awesome! :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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You should complain to Forbes about it. If the pope says something many people will blindly follow, that's what power is about, right? So who is powerful according to you?
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Sander Rossel wrote:
If the pope says something many people will blindly follow
That would be a wildly inaccurate representation both now and at any time in the Church's history. In any case, the Pope clearly is not free to say, do or command anything he wants. It is apparent that the present one would wish to be far more reforming than he is currently allowed to be, for example. Real power lies in getting what you want, when you want it, without let or hindrance of any kind. It is almost impossible to achieve without extreme wealth.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Sander Rossel wrote:
If the pope says something many people will blindly follow
That would be a wildly inaccurate representation both now and at any time in the Church's history. In any case, the Pope clearly is not free to say, do or command anything he wants. It is apparent that the present one would wish to be far more reforming than he is currently allowed to be, for example. Real power lies in getting what you want, when you want it, without let or hindrance of any kind. It is almost impossible to achieve without extreme wealth.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
I see your point, fair enough. However if Bill Gates wanted to do something with his massive wealth and Obama disagrees Obama could make whatever Bill was planning illegal (or at least try to). It happened before that law makers prevented individuals or companies from doing things they did not agree to. So what about Kim Jong-un? As far as I know he can do anything he wants as long as it stays in North Korea (and even a little outside).
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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I see your point, fair enough. However if Bill Gates wanted to do something with his massive wealth and Obama disagrees Obama could make whatever Bill was planning illegal (or at least try to). It happened before that law makers prevented individuals or companies from doing things they did not agree to. So what about Kim Jong-un? As far as I know he can do anything he wants as long as it stays in North Korea (and even a little outside).
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
The belief that making things illegal stops them from happening has a long and noble tradition of being utterly false! It does nothing but provide a means of punishing people after the fact, if you catch them and can prove to the satisfaction of a jury that they done it. No law ever prevents crime - indeed it mostly increases it simply by criminalising more acts!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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If the question is rich or powerful then item 2 is actually powerful :^) Unless you're a programmer and start at 0 :D
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Sander Rossel wrote:
Unless you're a programmer and start at 0
I'm afraid that the only possible reply to this is: "Well, Duh!"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I was just looking at the richest people in the world, Bill Gates at #1. But then I noticed Bill Gates rates "only" 6th on the most powerful people in the world. The numbers 1 to 5 on that list are Poetin, Merkel, Obama, the pope, and Xi Jinping. None of them really very rich people. So where would you rather be, #1 on the list of richest people or #1 on the list of most powerful people? Notice that "none" is not an option :) Stress comes with both money and power, but I'm not world changer, so I'd take the money. The only reason I'd like to be on the powerful list is so I can do my evil laugh and people would actually be afraid :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Meh, what would I do with more money? OTOH, I don't want power either, at least not in the overt sense. Id' rather be the guy behind the scenes. Kind of like Dick Cheney, only without the evil.
Of what earthly use is power, if you don't abuse it? :evil grin:
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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I see your point, fair enough. However if Bill Gates wanted to do something with his massive wealth and Obama disagrees Obama could make whatever Bill was planning illegal (or at least try to). It happened before that law makers prevented individuals or companies from doing things they did not agree to. So what about Kim Jong-un? As far as I know he can do anything he wants as long as it stays in North Korea (and even a little outside).
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Obama does NOT have the power to make anything illegal. That is exclusively the power of the Judicial branch. He has some influence on that realm via nominating individuals for the Supreme and District courts, but those all have to be approved by the Senate, and the President has no direct influence on any judicial decisions made. There are checks and balances in every branch, and at all levels of the governments specifically to prevent any one individual from having too much power, including the President.
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I was just looking at the richest people in the world, Bill Gates at #1. But then I noticed Bill Gates rates "only" 6th on the most powerful people in the world. The numbers 1 to 5 on that list are Poetin, Merkel, Obama, the pope, and Xi Jinping. None of them really very rich people. So where would you rather be, #1 on the list of richest people or #1 on the list of most powerful people? Notice that "none" is not an option :) Stress comes with both money and power, but I'm not world changer, so I'd take the money. The only reason I'd like to be on the powerful list is so I can do my evil laugh and people would actually be afraid :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Rich and unknown. The power I have here on CP is already a considerable responsibility.
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Obama does NOT have the power to make anything illegal. That is exclusively the power of the Judicial branch. He has some influence on that realm via nominating individuals for the Supreme and District courts, but those all have to be approved by the Senate, and the President has no direct influence on any judicial decisions made. There are checks and balances in every branch, and at all levels of the governments specifically to prevent any one individual from having too much power, including the President.
jRaskell1 wrote:
Obama does NOT have the power to make anything illegal. That is exclusively the power of the Judicial branch.
Not directly, no (and it's actually the legislative branch; judicial only enforces laws (or overturns them if found unconstitutional.)) However the president has an enormous amount of "pull" with congress, and assuming the bill he wants passed isn't terribly insane (like say, legally mandating sex with chickens,) then it's going to be put up to vote. Contrast this with an ordinary citizen's ability to get one of those old shrivs to put a bill up for vote, and I'd say the president has at least 100 times greater chance of getting a bill voted into law. That sounds pretty powerful to me.
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I was just looking at the richest people in the world, Bill Gates at #1. But then I noticed Bill Gates rates "only" 6th on the most powerful people in the world. The numbers 1 to 5 on that list are Poetin, Merkel, Obama, the pope, and Xi Jinping. None of them really very rich people. So where would you rather be, #1 on the list of richest people or #1 on the list of most powerful people? Notice that "none" is not an option :) Stress comes with both money and power, but I'm not world changer, so I'd take the money. The only reason I'd like to be on the powerful list is so I can do my evil laugh and people would actually be afraid :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
