From one of Dave's responses in the comments:<p><i>Next time you think a 54-year-old is washed up, remember what you just said.<p>Not only that we have a lot more money than you and we know a lot more too.
:-)</i><p>I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that smiley meant he was being ironic, but it was still too funny to <i>not</i> point out.<p>Based on the fact that he can still get so offended by something like this, unlike edw519 in this HN thread (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1052618" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1052618</a>), it seems Dave hasn't reached his full cognitive maturity as of yet (not to mention that elsewhere in the comments Dave admits that he is unable to enact change or persuade others on any meaningful level). Given this, I'm willing to bet there are at least a few people reading his blog that are younger, have more money, and have more knowledge than him.