Yet the press, over-reacting as usual, have scared people out of the sun and created a sunscreen industry overnight by failing to actually read the studies that were done. I couldn't agree more. It's gotten so bad that most women's cosmetics contain sunscreen. My mother for years thought she had osteoporosis. She went to a halfway decent doctor and found out it was just vitamin D deficiency.
Her doctor wrote her a prescription for weekly sessions to a tanning salon, and she has been better ever since.
It makes me wonder why women have higher instances of osteoporosis. Vitamin D maybe? Most doctors don't test for it.
Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I do have some issues with your plan:
1) The loan would have to be larger than the companies assets (in a well run company anyway).
2)The private equity firm would have controlling interest in the company.
3)With the Equity swap comes a risk swap. The company would be in constant danger of defaulting on that kind of debt. If the company goes bankrupt, the loan gets paid before the stock. Basically, they are SOL one way or the other.
I think in most circumstances, it's still a corporate death sentence. Any financier would have to be high to back it. Either way, the investors in said company are out their investment.
And who would pay the salaries and benefits of the workers (i.e. programmers, human resources, janitors, etc.) at this company? What you state borders on absurdity. Corporate taxes are taken after expenses are paid. All of those salaries you mention are expenses and therefore, not subject to taxation. It's all disclosed in an income statement. Wikipedia doesn't do a very good job of explaining it. Off the top of my head:
revenue-expenses-interest+interest-depreciation-taxes=Net income
Following that equation, you will see that taxes are taken out last. They are basically a percentage of the profit, not the income. By taking 100% taxes from the company, they will be able to pay everyone they owe money to, except share holders. It will encourage share holders to take responsibility for what they invest in, for fear of losing their investment.
I am personally all for fines. A standard dollar amount won't do it. It should be a "special tax." If a corporation is found guilty of wrongdoing it should pay higher taxes for x number of years. If a corporation is found guilty of mass murder, it should pay a 100% tax for the rest of the life of the company. Basically, a corporate death sentence.
You didn't finish reading what I wrote.
If anything gets released at all, it will be a rehash of products they already make. Government oversight tends to make things fall behind schedule. I mean WAY behind schedule. Why do general contractors charge so much money? Because they know how to fight through the bureaucracy an get everything approved by the building inspector. Microsoft will have a huge learning curve, especially since the rules for oversight seem vague.
I'm not saying we won't see anything from Microsoft, but you can expect the development of Windows 7 to be twice as long and the product to be half as good as Vista.
This makes Microsoft into a massive sitting duck. No development creates opportunities for competitors to improve and surpass. It happens with every industry, it doesn't matter if it makes cars or software. Slowing or stopping development is what kills businesses. If that is what the DoJ is planning to do, this will do it.
I'm not saying "Down with MS!" I am merely stating the facts. The only thing I said that was critical to MS was:
Insert Windows Vista joke here.
In other news, the Russians have designed, built and flown, the first manned mission to Mars in an astonishing 3 days. The leader of the mission says, "We hope to be there by happy hour!"
They claim it will still be readable and are the only type of backup media that survived both 9/11 and Katrina. I don't know about Katrina, but Blue Cross and Blue Shield saved their data by sending it to a data center on Staten Island. Not that this information helps or anything.
I watched a video of my parents wedding a few weeks ago. I was surprised that it still worked. It was on VHS and 20+ years old. (second marriage, I'm older)
I believe the general consensus is that no form of media will last much longer than 20 years. However, digital media does not experience generational loss (you can make perfect copies). Therefore you can just make a new copy every 10 years or so and it will last forever.
Jonathan Marangos at Imperial College London, UK, says the super-short flashes could let researchers image the movement of electrons around large atoms. So, you take a picture of it. Now you know where it is. But how fast is it going?
I will add that the line-item veto was intended to remedy this problem. However, it was ruled by the supreme court that it gives too much power to the executive branch (the President could make the bill say whatever he wanted by vetoing the right lines).
I'm sure there are many people that don't know how laws are made in the United States. Don't watch School House Rock, they have it all wrong. The more accurate version is Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington.
Finally, during a session in Congress, the janitor and Lisa, with Homer's drunken diversion, place the Air Traffic Bill under a bill giving orphans American flags.
Wait, are you just arguing about what the device is called? Call it what you will, apparently Wikipedia calls both devices a hybrid coil. The point is, you need to isolate the speaker or it will act like a microphone.
I read your post. It didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. I was referring to the speaker acting as a microphone. Take apart an old phone and switch the speaker and the microphone and place a call. It will still work fine because the duplex coil determines which one is the speaker and which one is the microphone, not the nature of the devices. Without this isolation, assuming you are simply hooking a speaker up in parallel to the pair of copper wires, you will be able to hear the conversation, but the people you are listening to will be able to hear you.
If someone is dumb enough to leave the microphone connected on an intercept phone, they deserve to get caught. You raise a good point. Using a plain speaker is risky, because it can potentially double as a microphone. Telephones have a duplex coil which prevents this from happening.
In the 70's, our technology was not sufficient for reprocessing. It is arguably that we might have the ability to develop the tech now. I'm confused, what about La Hague?
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It makes me wonder why women have higher instances of osteoporosis. Vitamin D maybe? Most doctors don't test for it.
Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I do have some issues with your plan:
1) The loan would have to be larger than the companies assets (in a well run company anyway).
2)The private equity firm would have controlling interest in the company.
3)With the Equity swap comes a risk swap. The company would be in constant danger of defaulting on that kind of debt. If the company goes bankrupt, the loan gets paid before the stock. Basically, they are SOL one way or the other.
I think in most circumstances, it's still a corporate death sentence. Any financier would have to be high to back it. Either way, the investors in said company are out their investment.
the winning bidder wants to have it sent to his brother in Nigeria.
revenue-expenses-interest+interest-depreciation-taxes=Net income
Following that equation, you will see that taxes are taken out last. They are basically a percentage of the profit, not the income. By taking 100% taxes from the company, they will be able to pay everyone they owe money to, except share holders. It will encourage share holders to take responsibility for what they invest in, for fear of losing their investment.
I am personally all for fines. A standard dollar amount won't do it. It should be a "special tax." If a corporation is found guilty of wrongdoing it should pay higher taxes for x number of years. If a corporation is found guilty of mass murder, it should pay a 100% tax for the rest of the life of the company. Basically, a corporate death sentence.
I'm not saying we won't see anything from Microsoft, but you can expect the development of Windows 7 to be twice as long and the product to be half as good as Vista.
This makes Microsoft into a massive sitting duck. No development creates opportunities for competitors to improve and surpass. It happens with every industry, it doesn't matter if it makes cars or software. Slowing or stopping development is what kills businesses. If that is what the DoJ is planning to do, this will do it.
I'm not saying "Down with MS!" I am merely stating the facts. The only thing I said that was critical to MS was: Insert Windows Vista joke here.
With this much oversight, any development will slow to a crawl. If anything gets released at all, it will be a rehash of products they already make.
Insert Windows Vista joke here.
In other news, the Russians have designed, built and flown, the first manned mission to Mars in an astonishing 3 days. The leader of the mission says, "We hope to be there by happy hour!"
Ok, USAToday says it was in Albany.
I watched a video of my parents wedding a few weeks ago. I was surprised that it still worked. It was on VHS and 20+ years old. (second marriage, I'm older)
I believe the general consensus is that no form of media will last much longer than 20 years. However, digital media does not experience generational loss (you can make perfect copies). Therefore you can just make a new copy every 10 years or so and it will last forever.
Does anybody else see the problem here?
I will add that the line-item veto was intended to remedy this problem. However, it was ruled by the supreme court that it gives too much power to the executive branch (the President could make the bill say whatever he wanted by vetoing the right lines).
Wait, are you just arguing about what the device is called? Call it what you will, apparently Wikipedia calls both devices a hybrid coil. The point is, you need to isolate the speaker or it will act like a microphone.
I read your post. It didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. I was referring to the speaker acting as a microphone. Take apart an old phone and switch the speaker and the microphone and place a call. It will still work fine because the duplex coil determines which one is the speaker and which one is the microphone, not the nature of the devices. Without this isolation, assuming you are simply hooking a speaker up in parallel to the pair of copper wires, you will be able to hear the conversation, but the people you are listening to will be able to hear you.
Why only phone conversations, when a laser microphone can listen in on all conversations. They are also easy to build.
Why would I want to wiretap myself?
The most intelligent thing I've read/heard all day.
In theory, couldn't you use a current loop probe? You wouldn't even have to connect any wires. Just the right signal processing and you're done.
Disclaimer: I'm not an EE