I was going post a comment with that quote as the context.
I'm wondering what exactly they mean though. My children went through high school and went through or are going through college using Microsoft products -- but it's Word mainly and some Excel.
I wonder how they could have failed to 'access [the] "kids,"' except perhaps by deliberately ignoring them.
I develop for Unix/Linux and most of the recent college grads I encounter certainly don't know Unix/Linux! So what do they use in college then? One can only wonder.
"The only shares I own"... are of my own company? That's the worst possible situation if your company...
You seem to have chosen to ignore one key word; I wrote "The only shares I own directly..."
I have a fairly diverse portfolio thanks, consisting of stock mutual funds, money market funds, bank CDs, and cash. My ESPP shares are a small -- very small -- percentage of my total investments.
And my company is a Fortune 500 company. While it's not unheard of, it's pretty unlikey it's going to run aground, especially with $11B in cash. As you alluded, the same may not be true of other companies.
So, while your advice is okay in the general sense, I'd put it in about the same general category as "buy low, sell high.";-)
The only shares I own directly are in my ESPP. My company has about 2B shares outstanding and I currently own about 4000. My company also has about $11B in cash last I heard.
If they cared about shareholders they'd be using that cash to pay dividends, or buying shares back -- more agressively than they claim to be -- to raise the share price.
I guess it's snarky day here on/. and ad hominem attacks are part of the culture anyway.
In that vein, altruism and $1.78 gets me a coffee at Starbucks.
The carbon footprint of me continuing to drive my existing car -- no, it's not a Chevy Suburban -- is much lower than me replacing it with a Prius out of some misguided altruism.
I don't want to run a network drop to my laundry room.
Is it going to add more than $10 to the cost of the dryer? If yes, and unless it's going to save me more than $10 in the first year; again, don't bother.
Local radio and opportunities for niche programming are disappearing.
Dr. Demento was syndicated, not local. He is definately niche.
He wasn't always syndicated.
I used to listen to his (four hour) show on KMET 94.7 in Los Angeles in the 70s. Went to see one of his live shows broadcast from Los Angeles Pierce College once too.
I'm not rich enough to burn $100 bills to light my cigars; I'm not rich enough to throw away a $400 iPod Touch. (Yeah, yeah, sell it on Craig's List and just buy an iPhone.)
But before you even do that you have to buy an Android phone -- which isn't free, or even inexpensive.
I already own an iPod Touch and a MB Air.
What I want is an inexpensive basic phone that I can use to tether my existing devices.
Some days I just want to carry my phone, other days I want to carry my phone and my iPod, and some other days I'm willing to carry my laptop. (And there are days I don't want to carry any of them.)
You can get this kind of information from ever major manufacturer, even on bikes that they haven't sold for years.
Well, it would appear that this "manufacturer" can't actually supply the information.
I could spend hours tracking down the bearing specs, or getting someone to pull the bushings (they're press fit) and measure the bearings. Probably take 10 minutes to find the bearings on the web, a week to order them, then get them pressed in. I'd lose all that time riding. The bearings are pretty small, so I'd wager they'd be trashed again in a few weeks.
But if REI is willing to take the lazy way out and just give me a refund, why should I argue? And I get to try something else that might work better for me. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
The center pivot bushings have -- or had -- ball bearings in them. Totally destroyed. I'd say they were way under spec'ed. Actually I'm not sure why they ever had ball bearings to begin with. I suspect solid brass or bronze would have worked just fine and held up a lot better. I could get a set machined I suppose, but if REI will give me full refund for their inability to get $50 worth of replacement parts, who am I to argue.
And that's not the only thing that failed. The SRAM rear hub grenaded too, but I had a Mavic wheel/hub/rim that seems bulletproof. I'll have to swap the busted SRAM wheel back on before I return it.
If they want the Cell processor they can always buy IBM BladeCenter servers. You can run Linux on those too.
The IBM iron will cost more, but I'd wager getting Sony to sell them PS/3s that will run Linux will also cost more -- a lot more.
I'd guess that originally they figured they could stretch their budget $$ by using PS/3s, and no doubt they did. But that was then and this is now.
Heck, I can't even get parts for my 1&1/2 year old mountain bike. Fortunately I bought it at REI and they'll let me return it for a full refund and then I can buy a new bike. REI FTW.
Offhand I'd say your attempt to twist my example of why "finders keepers" doesn't work in the Real World into a failed analogy of the Apple/iPhone4G situation is itself an epic failure.
I'm sure you'll tell us all how your really feel about Apple though.;-)
If Apple is gonna keep losing their 4G iPhones, I seriously think law enforcement needs to stop helping them. Apple is careless and that's the price they pay.
Kindergarden playground rules don't apply in the Real World. IANAL, but I do know that from a legal standpoint I can "store" my property anywhere I want and it doesn't cease being mine just because you can pick it up and carry it off.
Oh look, I found your Porsche parked on the street. I'll just take it home with me. Finders keepers. I don't think so.
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I was going post a comment with that quote as the context.
I'm wondering what exactly they mean though. My children went through high school and went through or are going through college using Microsoft products -- but it's Word mainly and some Excel.
I wonder how they could have failed to 'access [the] "kids,"' except perhaps by deliberately ignoring them.
I develop for Unix/Linux and most of the recent college grads I encounter certainly don't know Unix/Linux! So what do they use in college then? One can only wonder.
"The only shares I own" ... are of my own company? That's the worst possible situation if your company...
You seem to have chosen to ignore one key word; I wrote "The only shares I own directly..."
I have a fairly diverse portfolio thanks, consisting of stock mutual funds, money market funds, bank CDs, and cash. My ESPP shares are a small -- very small -- percentage of my total investments.
And my company is a Fortune 500 company. While it's not unheard of, it's pretty unlikey it's going to run aground, especially with $11B in cash. As you alluded, the same may not be true of other companies.
So, while your advice is okay in the general sense, I'd put it in about the same general category as "buy low, sell high." ;-)
You jest!
The only shares I own directly are in my ESPP. My company has about 2B shares outstanding and I currently own about 4000. My company also has about $11B in cash last I heard.
If they cared about shareholders they'd be using that cash to pay dividends, or buying shares back -- more agressively than they claim to be -- to raise the share price.
YMMV.
I was under the impression that it was the government's job to protect our rights.
If that were the case, no one would have ever thought we needed a Constitution. Or a Bill or Rights.
Government provides services: defense, build roads, educate, explore space, etc.
We in this case means Americans, i.e. U.S. Citizens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter
There's a lot more than three seconds---
I guess it's snarky day here on /. and ad hominem attacks are part of the culture anyway.
In that vein, altruism and $1.78 gets me a coffee at Starbucks.
The carbon footprint of me continuing to drive my existing car -- no, it's not a Chevy Suburban -- is much lower than me replacing it with a Prius out of some misguided altruism.
I don't want to run a network drop to my laundry room.
Is it going to add more than $10 to the cost of the dryer? If yes, and unless it's going to save me more than $10 in the first year; again, don't bother.
Dr. Demento was syndicated, not local. He is definately niche.
He wasn't always syndicated.
I used to listen to his (four hour) show on KMET 94.7 in Los Angeles in the 70s. Went to see one of his live shows broadcast from Los Angeles Pierce College once too.
Dang I'm old.
adjective
(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal
adjective
flagrantly wicked or impious
Ever since it was used in Raiders of the Lost Ark it seems.
So, did Yahoo have a wicked or criminal scam, or was was it something less. Maybe just a scam?
Personally I'd consider the distance to the, oh, let's say M31, as vast. Or even the distance to the other side of our own galaxy.
The distance to Mars is, all things being relative, right around the corner.
not as I do.
Encrypted should be the default for every web site IMNSHO.
because you can't see the fscking speedo otherwise.
Cuz there's an app for everything.
You left off labor costs in California in general and the Bay Area in particular.
Wait for the announcement that they're moving production somewhere else with lower labor costs.
Old enough not to have Bluetooth. ;-)
I.e. it's a First Gen iPod Touch.
I'm not rich enough to burn $100 bills to light my cigars; I'm not rich enough to throw away a $400 iPod Touch. (Yeah, yeah, sell it on Craig's List and just buy an iPhone.)
That's interesting.
When I asked the T-Mobile rep last time they were here at my place of employment they told me they had nothing like that.
What does it tether with? The iPod Touch does not have Bluetooth, so I'd need 802.11 in order to work with both my iPod and my laptop.
But before you even do that you have to buy an Android phone -- which isn't free, or even inexpensive.
I already own an iPod Touch and a MB Air.
What I want is an inexpensive basic phone that I can use to tether my existing devices.
Some days I just want to carry my phone, other days I want to carry my phone and my iPod, and some other days I'm willing to carry my laptop. (And there are days I don't want to carry any of them.)
You can get this kind of information from ever major manufacturer, even on bikes that they haven't sold for years.
Well, it would appear that this "manufacturer" can't actually supply the information.
I could spend hours tracking down the bearing specs, or getting someone to pull the bushings (they're press fit) and measure the bearings. Probably take 10 minutes to find the bearings on the web, a week to order them, then get them pressed in. I'd lose all that time riding. The bearings are pretty small, so I'd wager they'd be trashed again in a few weeks.
But if REI is willing to take the lazy way out and just give me a refund, why should I argue? And I get to try something else that might work better for me. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Yes, it's a Novara.
They can't get the rear suspension bushings.
The center pivot bushings have -- or had -- ball bearings in them. Totally destroyed. I'd say they were way under spec'ed. Actually I'm not sure why they ever had ball bearings to begin with. I suspect solid brass or bronze would have worked just fine and held up a lot better. I could get a set machined I suppose, but if REI will give me full refund for their inability to get $50 worth of replacement parts, who am I to argue.
And that's not the only thing that failed. The SRAM rear hub grenaded too, but I had a Mavic wheel/hub/rim that seems bulletproof. I'll have to swap the busted SRAM wheel back on before I return it.
If they want the Cell processor they can always buy IBM BladeCenter servers. You can run Linux on those too.
The IBM iron will cost more, but I'd wager getting Sony to sell them PS/3s that will run Linux will also cost more -- a lot more.
I'd guess that originally they figured they could stretch their budget $$ by using PS/3s, and no doubt they did. But that was then and this is now.
Heck, I can't even get parts for my 1&1/2 year old mountain bike. Fortunately I bought it at REI and they'll let me return it for a full refund and then I can buy a new bike. REI FTW.
Offhand I'd say your attempt to twist my example of why "finders keepers" doesn't work in the Real World into a failed analogy of the Apple/iPhone4G situation is itself an epic failure.
I'm sure you'll tell us all how your really feel about Apple though. ;-)
Also, why can't I ever find a prototype of some highly-anticipated tech candy left unattended in a bar somewhere?
Probably for the same reason I can't pick the stocks that are going to zoom from $80 to $250 in six months.
What ever happened to finders keepers??
If Apple is gonna keep losing their 4G iPhones, I seriously think law enforcement needs to stop helping them. Apple is careless and that's the price they pay.
Kindergarden playground rules don't apply in the Real World. IANAL, but I do know that from a legal standpoint I can "store" my property anywhere I want and it doesn't cease being mine just because you can pick it up and carry it off.
Oh look, I found your Porsche parked on the street. I'll just take it home with me. Finders keepers. I don't think so.