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Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Aug-29-2007 00:34:

The world's richest man...

...is no longer Bill Gates. It's somebody called Carlos Slim Hel�:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim_Hel%C3%BA

Posted by Domesticated on Aug-29-2007 00:39:

...'sif not a drug lord.

Posted by Spacey Orange on Aug-29-2007 00:40:

****** hogs all the sweet mexican pie.

Posted by jfk-pilot on Aug-29-2007 00:41:

meh he only surpassed gates by a billion, not that big of deal.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Aug-29-2007 00:50:

Yeah, I toss around billions of dollars all the time.

Posted by Krypton on Aug-29-2007 01:07:

I've had a nice look at Carlos Slim. A huge portion of his assets are in Mexican telecommunications of which his company basically dominates the Mexican market. With the huge returns coming out of developing markets like Mexico, his share of stock has given him billions in capital gains. Stocks really do make billionaires.

Posted by Rose on Aug-29-2007 02:02:

Estimated $59 billion? wow.

Posted by Igaryok on Aug-29-2007 03:14:

quote:
Originally posted by jfk-pilot
meh he only surpassed gates by a billion, not that big of deal.

This guy is a major piece of shit. As a matter of fact he criticized Gates and Buffet for giving to charity, by saying that whatever you make you should keep for yourself. So i'm sure if Gates had the same mentality he'd be worth around $100 billion right now.

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-29-2007 03:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Igaryok
This guy is a major piece of shit. As a matter of fact he criticized Gates and Buffet for giving to charity, by saying that whatever you make you should keep for yourself. So i'm sure if Gates had the same mentality he'd be worth around $100 billion right now.
what a prick. bill and melinda do alot of good work with non profits, not to mention they have one of their own. both of them and the ex president do a good job of raising awarness for aids, poverty etc.

Posted by shaw on Aug-29-2007 03:18:

thread requires additional Tron.

Posted by jfk-pilot on Aug-29-2007 03:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Igaryok
This guy is a major piece of shit. As a matter of fact he criticized Gates and Buffet for giving to charity, by saying that whatever you make you should keep for yourself. So i'm sure if Gates had the same mentality he'd be worth around $100 billion right now.

yea seems to just be another money hungry prick, that couldn't careless about anyone else.

Posted by Domesticated on Aug-29-2007 03:31:

quote:
Originally posted by jfk-pilot
yea seems to just be another money hungry prick, that could careless about anyone else.

Don't you mean "couldn't care less"?

Posted by jfk-pilot on Aug-29-2007 03:32:

haha.. woops fixed. thanks

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-29-2007 03:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Beat Blog
Don't you mean "couldn't care less"?
i think could is correct here.

no

i guess if he could care less..... wait, nm

Posted by jfk-pilot on Aug-29-2007 03:36:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
i think could is correct here.

no

i guess if he could care less..... wait, nm

meh doesn't matter, this guy is still a douchebag

Posted by nchs09 on Aug-29-2007 03:37:

quote:
Originally posted by jfk-pilot
meh doesn't matter, this guy is still a douchebag
i think you were right before, and you are right with this post as well.

Posted by Domesticated on Aug-29-2007 03:39:

I wasn't trying to be a smart arse.

To say "he could care less" doesn't make sense, whereas "he could not care less" contracted to "couldn't" does make sense.

Posted by jfk-pilot on Aug-29-2007 03:54:

quote:
An art collector, Slim houses his Rodin sculptures in Mexico City's Museo Soumaya, the museum he funded and named after his late wife. His Grupo Carso is reportedly a combination of his first name and his late wife's.

at least the guy cares a little about his late wife.

source

question: Why Does Forbes still rank him third while the other sources rank him #1?

Posted by Krypton on Aug-29-2007 04:05:

quote:
Originally posted by jfk-pilot
at least the guy cares a little about his late wife.

source

question: Why Does Forbes still rank him third while the other sources rank him #1?

That Forbes list was published months ago, when he had just taken over #2.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Aug-29-2007 04:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Beat Blog
I wasn't trying to be a smart arse.

To say "he could care less" doesn't make sense, whereas "he could not care less" contracted to "couldn't" does make sense.

It's a commonly used saying. Who cares whether it makes sense or not.

Posted by Domesticated on Aug-29-2007 04:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
It's a commonly used saying. Who cares whether it makes sense or not.

Huh?

Who says "could care less"? I've never heard anyone say that.

Posted by infinity HiGH on Aug-29-2007 04:23:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Yeah, I toss around billions of dollars all the time.

i lost a billion dollars running after the bus earlier today.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Aug-29-2007 04:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Beat Blog
Huh?

Who says "could care less"? I've never heard anyone say that.

Oh, well, since you haven't heard of it...

Posted by jupiterone on Aug-29-2007 04:28:

Is he going to take all that money to the grave with him?

Posted by Domesticated on Aug-29-2007 04:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
It's a commonly used saying. Who cares whether it makes sense or not.

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Oh, well, since you haven't heard of it...

Well, common means "widespread" and "generally used", which the term "could care less" isn't, hence why I haven't heard it.

How the hell would you know anyway? You live in Finland, it's not like you're sitting around in some bastion of English-speaking culture and literature.

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