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He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Top Ten Signs Pittsburgh's High-Tech Industry Might be in Trouble:
1. Number of studies researching the state of the region's high-tech economy
drops to single digits.
2. Black Box Corporation acquires only half of the cabling companies in
Europe this month.
3. Two weeks pass without any articles about retaining young people in
Pittsburgh. Regional advocacy bodies shift attention to retaining old people.
4. The Pittsburgh Technology Council, formerly the Pittsburgh High Tech
Council, renames itself the Pittsburgh Council.
5. Summa Technologies programmers leave Pittsburgh to work in offshore
development firms in India. (Joke contributed by Summa Tech)
6. Downtown analyst group Parker/Hunter rates itself a "sell."
7. Bush retracts statement that Pittsburgh should be called, "Knowledge Town."
Claims he didn't realize he was in Pittsburgh.
8. Enron buys the naming rights to the FreeMarkets building (very improbable!).
9. High-tech employee retention plans begin centering upon rewarding star
performers with 'Eat n' Park' gift certificates.
10. TEQ Magazine drops costly six-color publication, announces partnership with
the Pennysaver.
11. Only one person shows up at Geek Night (boy was I embarrassed).
12. Richard Florida packs his bags for a creative city.
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