QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstar She is a nice normal looking Asian gal.that's condescending to say that she's ok for an Asian woman.

Fact Checker:Billionaires and supermodels:Jim Clark - WikiJames H. Clark (born March 23, 1944) is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications Corporation, myCFO and Healtheon. His research work in computer graphics led to the development of systems for the fast rendering of three-dimensional computer images.**Clark has been married four times and has three children. ... The divorce from his third wife of 15 years, Nancy Rutter, a Forbes journalist, is reported to have cost him $125 million in cash and assets in the settlement. Soon afterwards he began dating Australian model Kristy Hinze, 36 years his junior. Hinze became his fourth wife when they married in the British Virgin Islands on March 22, 2009. She gave birth to a daughter in September 2011.Clark is an enthusiastic yachtsman and the owner of several high-tech sailboats that he has helped to design:Hyperion, 47.5m sloop-rigged sailing yacht with 59m carbon fiber mast. Recently sold.Athena, 90m classic three-masted gaff aluminum schooner.Hanuman, 42.1m J-Class sloop.**So here is a well-educated guy, high tech entreprenuer (net worth said to be about $1.4 billion) and lover of both yachts and a Sports Illustrated/Victoria's Secret model.More power to him.

QuoteOriginally posted by: quantmehQuoteOriginally posted by: trackstar She is a nice normal looking Asian gal.that's condescending to say that she's ok for an Asian woman.Not what I said. Clearly what I meant is she is a nice, normal looking person of Asian descent.Not stunningly beautiful in the world class model sense of the term, but certainly not ugly as you had said.That, in fact, is the offensive comment on this thread. Perhaps you find all Asian women ugly.

QuoteClark has been married four times and has three children. ... The divorce from his third wife of 15 years, Nancy Rutter, a Forbes journalist, is reported to have cost him $125 million in cash and assets in the settlement. Soon afterwards he began dating Australian model Kristy Hinze, 36 years his junior. Hinze became his fourth wife when they married in the British Virgin Islands on March 22, 2009. She gave birth to a daughter in September 2011.QuoteThe girl Clark married is a model, and a beautiful one -- just not a supermodel that i was talking about. Clark is on his forth wife and his forth yacht, is that a coincidence? Reminds me Borat -- 'when i bought my wife 3 years ago she was a good, a strong at plough, good cook. Now that she turned 15 -- not so good, have manly voice, her chest hair started to grow' Let's see how long it goes. As i said, several S-models were married, just not for long.

QuoteOriginally posted by: zerdnaThe girl Clark married is a model, and a beautiful one -- just not a supermodel that i was talking about. Clark is on his forth wife and his forth yacht, is that a coincidence? Reminds me Borat -- 'when i bought my wife 3 years ago she was a good, a strong at plow, good cook. Now that she turned 15 -- not so good, have manly voice, her chest hair started to grow' Let's see how long it goes. As i said, several S-models were married, just not for long.strong at plow - LOL.Fine. What I am thinking about now is niche markets. Men who pursue supermodels are specialists and though that may be time consuming from a needle in the haystack perspective, it is very efficient in reducing unwanted entanglements and not having an inconvenient mess to clean up first, when a woman who does fit the ideal specifications crosses his path.As an example, I am very busy with work and creative projects. I do not have a lot of time or energy to devote to complicated and emotionally taxing situations. So I have a very clear idea of what would be worth my time and effort. I stay away from men that are married, in relationships, or insolvent. Given that a man in question is single and can pay his own bills, my general preferences are well documented here. So then, the deal flow goes like this:No, No , No, No, hmmm, No, No.....HELL YES!Now I would put in some time and effort. But you see, I am not devoting valuable mental resources to a lot of dead ends and relationships that are guaranteed to fail eventually.zerdna, you enjoy the chase a lot, it seems, and so you have devoted much more time to it than I have. That is fine - perhaps that is your life's central art form - maybe you even have a stash of silky lingerie for each conquest. My art forms are made of paint and pastel and photographs and do not include a large collection of men's boxer shorts in my armoire.

Quotestash of silky lingerie for each conquest. How did u know? At some point i was thinking of creating like a herbarium kind of album with dried lace panties instead of dried leaves, with corresponding stories and deep observation on the nature of womenkind. Unfortunately, all these naturalistic studies go out of the window when you move in with someone. Otherwise, i could be telling these thought provoking stories to my grandchild between booze and cigars, or whatever you smoke with grandchildren.

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstar Perhaps you find all Asian women ugly.i didn't even mention her race, because it doesn't matter in this case. i've no idea why you brought her race to the conversation. think about it.

QuoteOriginally posted by: zerdnaQuotestash of silky lingerie for each conquest. How did u know? At some point i was thinking of creating like a herbarium kind of album with dried lace panties instead of dried leaves, with corresponding stories and deep observation on the nature of womenkind. Unfortunately, all these naturalistic studies go out of the window when you move in with someone. Otherwise, i could be telling these thought provoking stories to my grandchild between booze and cigars, or whatever you smoke with grandchildren.Because you mentioned it here one time, in exactly those terms. You should still write it up, secretly. You can encrypt it and hide it on your PC - your current lady will not find it if you place it in a file folder saying "Taxes" or "Windowz 2010" or some similarly boring topic.

QuoteOriginally posted by: quantmehQuoteOriginally posted by: trackstar Perhaps you find all Asian women ugly.i didn't even mention her race, because it doesn't matter in this case. i've no idea why you brought her race to the conversation. think about it.You were the one that brought race into it in a contentious way. Just read back to your own post. QuoteOriginally posted by: quantmehQuoteOriginally posted by: trackstar She is a nice normal looking Asian gal.that's condescending to say that she's ok for an Asian woman.

Back on topic for just a moment:NASDAQ's Facebook Problem - WSJ May 20"The Nasdaq Stock Market said on Sunday it bungled Facebook Inc.'s FB +0.61%initial public offering, acknowledging that technology problems affected trading in millions of shares. The trading glitches, coupled with underwhelming investor appetite for Facebook shares on Friday, fueled doubts about Wall Street's ability to handle hot IPOs."This was not our finest hour," said Nasdaq OMX Group Chief Executive Robert Greifeld. The main problem, he said, was a malfunction in the trading-system's design for processing order cancellations. Extensive testing Nasdaq had performed ahead of the deal failed to unearth the problem, he said. Nasdaq delayed the start of trading in Facebook by 30 minutes on Friday as it raced to fix the glitch. More than 200 million shares changed hands in the first hour of trading, and more than 570 million during a day that traders say was marked by unease and confusion. The deal's underwriters worked to keep the stock from slipping below its $38 offering price. Shares closed just 23 cents higher - far short of the kind of first-day pop that signals a healthy offering.Friday's technical problems left investors large and small with orders processed improperly, if at all. Some say they lost money and want compensation from Nasdaq. Eric Noll, Nasdaq's executive vice president for transaction services, said the company is "rebuilding the entire book" to determine which investors should be compensated due to Nasdaq's system errors. Nasdaq's plan to repay investors would require approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, exchange executives said."***They say that the IPO system will be redesigned.This would have been an excellent time for a Neutrino-based trading desk. Heads you win, tails, NASDAQ covers your losses.

QuoteHeads you win, tails, NASDAQ covers your losses. I thought it was heads you win, tails your orders get cancelled.

Look out below!FB is down 2.7% to $37.20 in pre-market trading. Perhaps if the underwriters buy the rest of the outstanding shares, they can prop it back up..... .....QuotePre-Market: 36.55 1.68 (4.40%) 8:53AM EDT - Nasdaq Real Time Price

QuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaLook out below!FB is down 2.7% to $37.20 in pre-market trading. Perhaps if the underwriters buy the rest of the outstanding shares, they can prop it back up.....I'm going to invest in the FB(t0) - FB(t) spread. I have no idea where the value is coming from from, but it's skyrocketing!Indeed!