Gossip, then, is content, a message about people; rumor is a process. It takes a bit of gossip and reshapes it, modifies it in some way, and passes it along from individual to individual in different ways.
Building prisons to fight crime is like building cemeteries to fight disease.
I am fairly average in my expenses as a person in a technical line/CEO of work.
I think healthy competition is good for business, and really at the end best for end-users. Just think about what Android would have been if it was not for iPhone - a better blackberry?