Sure, he'll pick up. And he may still be chairman; he certainly still owns a significant portion of the company, so he'll always be part of big, big decisions. But you can't run a tech company on just big decisions - the little ones count, day to day execution counts. So having him not be active in the company day to day will definitely be a factor, IMHO.
Well, when you say you feel sorry for them, you're obviously being sarcastic. But I do feel sorry for them.. as sorry as you can feel for an for-profit corporation anyway. Britannica is obviously flailing around trying to maintain some kind of revenue as shown by this lawsuit, but to say they made money on "monopolizing" information is completely unwarranted.
Did you ever read an encyclopedia pre-internet days (I'm guessing you're too young)? An encyclopedia was an enjoying read just like wikipedia is today. Literally EVERYTHING in the world was accessible to a young kid in 200-500 word chunks. Britannica did not monopolize information, they made it available to anyone that could pick up one of their books. That was their mission, and they did a damn fine job of it. Yes, they didn't keep up with technology and couldn't find their niche, and it looks like the company is going to die... but that really is sad - to have a company devoted to learning die off is never a good thing.
The government the 419s have chosen to infect is not nearly as powerful as the one GS has chosen to manipulate; therefore, there will be no bailout of the 419ers
Anybody know how to shield it? I don't want to have an RFID chip in my passport (I just ordered a new one), but I'm not going to risk a balls deep inspection by customs by disabling it. But I wouldn't mind shielding the damn thing most of the time.
To play a bit of Devil's advocate, I don't know if that's 100% true. I wouldn't pay for something like Sun News, or even the New York Times, but periodicals like Wall Street Journal or The Economist, I might be willing to pay for. Specifically, I might be willing to pay for marketwatch.com, as long as it's reasonable. It's by far the best business/market news source.
Plus, it might even be a bonus because if they can monetize it, it'll keep server load managable and keep the trolls off. Trolls don't pay money to view content.
"Granted, this doesn't seem that difficult"
I think you are missing the signifgance of the 200ft claim that others have pointed out.
Quite possibly. In my mind, all you've got to do is make it 30,000 pounds and BOOM! But perhaps it's more complex than that - I dunno, I've never done anything close to building a bomb.
Agreed, but the only reason to lie about such a "game changer" would be if the US knew, (say via supercomputer sims), that this avenue of bunker busting research was a dead-end. It seems unlikely but if it was the case then the "200ft" lie would be a tempting red-herring for other nations BBB's (Bunker Busting Boffins).
Either that or it's running behind schedule, and they want to intimidate our adversaries now. I recall certain members of the military stated that we wouldn't go to the moon in hundreds of years (this was about 6-12 months before we did). Misinformation is just part of military planning and execution.
Just because the military says it's under development, doesn't mean it'll make it by then, or that it's true. Granted, this doesn't seem that difficult, but whenever I see a statement from the military (any military) I automatically question its truthfulness.
pfft, not to mention the fact that folks are trusting their money to this company. I'm sure they wouldn't lose money on bad investments and be perfect holders of this money, right? Nothing bad with money holding corporations has ever happened, especially recently...
First your second, now your fourth... when are you guys going to adopt a constitution over there? - seems like you're losing your "amendments" (analog to USA anyway) one by one...
Good One! The UK doesn't have a constitution. Ha Ha Ha!
Uh, yeah that's why I was asking you when you would CREATE (as in make new, instantiate, or hell, even copy) one. If you don't articulate your rights on a written document, I think it's true that you are more vulnerable to losing them. UK seems to be validating that. So again, perhaps you should CREATE one.
And what happens if they pull a gun on someone? Either the delinquent pulls a gun too and exercises his constitutional rights or the elderly person fires and ends up in jail for murder or manslaughter.
That's not really how it works in the UK is it? (That's what the AC who responded to your post says and that's what you seem to be implying...) Yes, if someone walks into your house into the USA, in many cases you can kill them and defend yourself and folks will almost unanimously say "good thing you had a firearm" (yes, it has happened, and a few cases were elderly defending themselves against younger, stronger criminals).
If someone broke into your house and if you were to defend yourself through whatever means you've got on the other side of the pond over there (knife, I guess?), you would go to jail??? Jesus, I hope not...
Too bad you folks don't enjoy the 2nd amendment, like we do in the USA. The elderly can protect themselves here in The States. First your second, now your fourth... when are you guys going to adopt a constitution over there? - seems like you're losing your "amendments" (analog to USA anyway) one by one...
Dude, have you ever READ 1984? Maybe you're a little jaded because lots of things get compared to 1984 (which I could understand)... but this is truly, literally one of the most chilling and, at the time of the writing, outlandish aspects of 1984 British life brought into the real world. Literally.
Yeah, I can see a certain amount of 'OMG!! its 1984zz' exhaustion, but this is not hyperbole when compared to the book. It's scary.
1.4 Billion over 20 years sounds a little high, but about in the neighborhood one might expect for such a deal. If you've ever read an amortization schedule on your mortgage, you pay much more in interest over 30 years than you do in principal. But remember those dollars are worth much less 20 years from now, so it's not quite as bad as it looks. Again, still not good, but perhaps preferable to the other more destructive actions we'd have to take otherwise.
Apparently, they cannot sign a lease they are bound to, because the courts would interpret this as debt, and therefore unconstitutional. So they need to be able to walk away from the lease at any point in time.
Odd conditions to have on a "lease", so I imagine that may be why they are paying a premium...
People who demand that we allow unrestricted access by illegals are probably the root cause of all our economic problems.
And how many of "those" people are there? I'd be surprised if it's greater than zero. I think those that choose to oversimplify and not think critically about issues are to blame for the less than logical decisions coming out of our government and society as a whole.
That's your opinion based on the fact I've articulated. I was correcting AC's facts on the way things are without expressing opinions on the way things should be.
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Sure, he'll pick up. And he may still be chairman; he certainly still owns a significant portion of the company, so he'll always be part of big, big decisions. But you can't run a tech company on just big decisions - the little ones count, day to day execution counts. So having him not be active in the company day to day will definitely be a factor, IMHO.
Yes, but when threatened with survival or making correct decisions, they always had Bill. Not anymore...
Sounds like an interesting study, but '95? Wikipedia was started in '01
Dude... read the rest of my post, please...
Well, when you say you feel sorry for them, you're obviously being sarcastic. But I do feel sorry for them.. as sorry as you can feel for an for-profit corporation anyway. Britannica is obviously flailing around trying to maintain some kind of revenue as shown by this lawsuit, but to say they made money on "monopolizing" information is completely unwarranted.
Did you ever read an encyclopedia pre-internet days (I'm guessing you're too young)? An encyclopedia was an enjoying read just like wikipedia is today. Literally EVERYTHING in the world was accessible to a young kid in 200-500 word chunks. Britannica did not monopolize information, they made it available to anyone that could pick up one of their books. That was their mission, and they did a damn fine job of it. Yes, they didn't keep up with technology and couldn't find their niche, and it looks like the company is going to die... but that really is sad - to have a company devoted to learning die off is never a good thing.
BTW: getoffmylawn!
The government the 419s have chosen to infect is not nearly as powerful as the one GS has chosen to manipulate; therefore, there will be no bailout of the 419ers
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Anybody know how to shield it? I don't want to have an RFID chip in my passport (I just ordered a new one), but I'm not going to risk a balls deep inspection by customs by disabling it. But I wouldn't mind shielding the damn thing most of the time.
Actually, my first thought is this
Er, just to be 100% clear, marketwatch.com is the best ONLINE business/market news source, and it's owned by news corp
To play a bit of Devil's advocate, I don't know if that's 100% true. I wouldn't pay for something like Sun News, or even the New York Times, but periodicals like Wall Street Journal or The Economist, I might be willing to pay for. Specifically, I might be willing to pay for marketwatch.com, as long as it's reasonable. It's by far the best business/market news source.
Plus, it might even be a bonus because if they can monetize it, it'll keep server load managable and keep the trolls off. Trolls don't pay money to view content.
Actually, scientists have observed that once you split the dollar and/or Euro in a supercollider, it's composed of a multitude of Chinese Yuan
"Granted, this doesn't seem that difficult" I think you are missing the signifgance of the 200ft claim that others have pointed out.
Quite possibly. In my mind, all you've got to do is make it 30,000 pounds and BOOM! But perhaps it's more complex than that - I dunno, I've never done anything close to building a bomb.
Agreed, but the only reason to lie about such a "game changer" would be if the US knew, (say via supercomputer sims), that this avenue of bunker busting research was a dead-end. It seems unlikely but if it was the case then the "200ft" lie would be a tempting red-herring for other nations BBB's (Bunker Busting Boffins).
Either that or it's running behind schedule, and they want to intimidate our adversaries now. I recall certain members of the military stated that we wouldn't go to the moon in hundreds of years (this was about 6-12 months before we did). Misinformation is just part of military planning and execution.
Just because the military says it's under development, doesn't mean it'll make it by then, or that it's true. Granted, this doesn't seem that difficult, but whenever I see a statement from the military (any military) I automatically question its truthfulness.
pfft, not to mention the fact that folks are trusting their money to this company. I'm sure they wouldn't lose money on bad investments and be perfect holders of this money, right? Nothing bad with money holding corporations has ever happened, especially recently...
First your second, now your fourth... when are you guys going to adopt a constitution over there? - seems like you're losing your "amendments" (analog to USA anyway) one by one...
Good One! The UK doesn't have a constitution. Ha Ha Ha!
Uh, yeah that's why I was asking you when you would CREATE (as in make new, instantiate, or hell, even copy) one. If you don't articulate your rights on a written document, I think it's true that you are more vulnerable to losing them. UK seems to be validating that. So again, perhaps you should CREATE one.
And what happens if they pull a gun on someone? Either the delinquent pulls a gun too and exercises his constitutional rights or the elderly person fires and ends up in jail for murder or manslaughter.
That's not really how it works in the UK is it? (That's what the AC who responded to your post says and that's what you seem to be implying...) Yes, if someone walks into your house into the USA, in many cases you can kill them and defend yourself and folks will almost unanimously say "good thing you had a firearm" (yes, it has happened, and a few cases were elderly defending themselves against younger, stronger criminals).
If someone broke into your house and if you were to defend yourself through whatever means you've got on the other side of the pond over there (knife, I guess?), you would go to jail??? Jesus, I hope not...
Too bad you folks don't enjoy the 2nd amendment, like we do in the USA. The elderly can protect themselves here in The States. First your second, now your fourth... when are you guys going to adopt a constitution over there? - seems like you're losing your "amendments" (analog to USA anyway) one by one...
Dude, have you ever READ 1984? Maybe you're a little jaded because lots of things get compared to 1984 (which I could understand)... but this is truly, literally one of the most chilling and, at the time of the writing, outlandish aspects of 1984 British life brought into the real world. Literally.
Yeah, I can see a certain amount of 'OMG!! its 1984zz' exhaustion, but this is not hyperbole when compared to the book. It's scary.
1.4 Billion over 20 years sounds a little high, but about in the neighborhood one might expect for such a deal. If you've ever read an amortization schedule on your mortgage, you pay much more in interest over 30 years than you do in principal. But remember those dollars are worth much less 20 years from now, so it's not quite as bad as it looks. Again, still not good, but perhaps preferable to the other more destructive actions we'd have to take otherwise.
Apparently, they cannot sign a lease they are bound to, because the courts would interpret this as debt, and therefore unconstitutional. So they need to be able to walk away from the lease at any point in time.
Odd conditions to have on a "lease", so I imagine that may be why they are paying a premium...
May I be the first to ever say... fuck you wheelchair zombie!!
People who demand that we allow unrestricted access by illegals are probably the root cause of all our economic problems.
And how many of "those" people are there? I'd be surprised if it's greater than zero. I think those that choose to oversimplify and not think critically about issues are to blame for the less than logical decisions coming out of our government and society as a whole.
That's your opinion based on the fact I've articulated. I was correcting AC's facts on the way things are without expressing opinions on the way things should be.
Same here. Found it kind of interesting, but the further I went, the slower my machine got. Shame too, I was close to finishing the level!
Hmm, that explains their search results too!
Facts, figures and data returned by a search engine are not eligible for copyright protection, you can see that from a plain reading of the law.
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