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A Look Back At Ten Dot-Com Flops
climbing_monkey writes "CNET.com has posted what, in their opinion, are the top 10 dot-com flops." From the article: "The most astounding thing about the dot-com boom was the obscene amount of money that was spent. Zealous venture capitalists fell over themselves to invest millions in Internet start-ups; dot-coms blew millions on spectacular marketing campaigns; new college graduates became instant millionaires (albeit on paper) and rushed out to spend it; and companies with unproven business models executed massive IPOs with sky-high stock prices. Of course, we all know what eventually happened to this world. Few of these companies actually made enough money to recoup that cash, and when their investors fled to the hills, these start-ups died dramatic deaths. These are the celebrity victims of the new-economy bust."
That's pretty gay. There are a shitload of records stores (and conventions) where you can pick up tons of old vinyl in good condition. Why would you limit your collection to what the estate-sale-having crowd offers? Do you not have any musical tastes of your own? You can't take 5 minutes to finger through a crate and pick the records you will actually like? Your little "I want the mystery prize" mentality is gay, sir.