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In this article, Paul comments on how great it is for VCs to be jerks. I left a comment, it didn't make the cut. Dunno, maybe he didn't like my grammar. I'll just say this: I've noticed a very strong correlation between cluelessness and arrogance. That was really the gist of my comment, you see.
Ya gotta like zipcar. They rent you a car by the hour, a Japanese subcompact like a Mazda 3 or a Scion, they pay for gas and even throw in some satellite radio. It's a good package, though I'm not sure how they're making a buck.
Ok, one exception: satellite radio. It sucks, strangely enough. The wife and I flip the dial around among half a dozen or so channels that have music we like - Fred, Ethel, Lucy, Flight 26 - and get lots of tunes with no annoying DJs. After about 20 minutes of this, we realize something's missing. The music's flat, sorta boring. And it hits us: we miss the DJ. Not the annoying talk, but the sense that there's someone with a personality who's picking these tracks for a reason. Satellite radio sounds like it was put together by robots. Hey zipcar, if you want to make me happy, give me a jack to plug in my ipod. I'm done with broadcast.