Invisible wrote:
> No matter how many times we carefully explain to him that these numbers 
> are meaningless, he *insists* on trying to extract meaning from them...

I remember seeing a joke video where the financial accounting system was 
called Maiasse or something.  "I just pull numbers out of Maiasse!"

> How did somebody so stupid get to be at the top? Is it just because he 
> was there when the "company" was 3 students in their dad's guarage?

Yes.

> In other words, pick a date out of thin air, and hope they can somehow 
> pull it off. 

"How about February 17th?"
    "If you already had a date, why are you asking me?"
"Well, um..."
    "How did you pick February 17th?"
"It's the customer's birthday."

I kid you not.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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   Check your feather pillows for holes
    before putting them in the washing machine.

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