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Date:      Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:08:11 +0100
From:      Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes
Message-ID:  <20041025140811.GA1911@eborcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041022140435.T44103@xeon.unixathome.org>
References:  <200410221618.i9MGIGfh017734@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041022175953.GA53879@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20041022140435.T44103@xeon.unixathome.org>

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On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 02:07:09PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 04:18:16PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote..
> > > phk         2004-10-22 16:18:16 UTC
> > >
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     games/fortune/datfiles fortunes
> > >   Log:
> > >   I'm surprised this one was not here yet.
> > >
> > >   To save you all a trip to CVSWEB:
> > >
> > >   Experts have correctly predicted nine out of the last five recessions.
> > >                  -- Paul Samuelson,  Nobel laureate in economics.
> >
> > Trusting economists is like trusting Microsoft to write bugfree software
> 
> I could not find a reference to the quote in Google, but I did find:
> 
>   [20] "The market has anticipated 12 of the last 9 recessions"
> 
> http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_02/cortes012402.html

Try:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+stock+market+has+predicted+nine+out+of+the+last+five+recessions%22

Tom



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