going in that the artist will take profits from touring and the label takes the profits from album sales. Indie artists still have a tough time without a label because advertising costs are high. Getting onto the home page of iTunes or played on MTV isn't cheap, and connections hold as much weight as money does.
I already believed public education was a failure, but this should alert the rest of the world.
IWTBF ... Acronyms have gotten ridiculous
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No normal person knows what IWTBF means. Are people really that lazy that they can't be bothered to either copy and paste or type an extra 20 characters???
I think some viruses are bad enough to warrant the death penalty. Sometimes these things manage to shut down companies, costing millions of dollars. We should just kill these people who write these things.
That being said, I feel that the cure is worse than the disease. As long as I don't get a keystroke recorder stuck on my machine where they can get my bank info, I'd prefer not to have McAfee or Norton corrupting my machine.
I agree with you. If Bill Gates got hit by a bus at 20, we'd never know who he was. There are definitely are some things you just can't overcome.
Anytime you take a risk, it's a possibility that things don't work out. What you can do though is make the best decisions possible in order to minimize that risk.
You are prioritizing your kids over your career then, which is perfectly normal. In my case, I chose not to get married and have kids which afforded me better career opportunities, but then obviously I sacrificed having family for that. So you may in fact have gains that are other than monetary.
There may be people that do 'succeed' through dumb luck, especially given our corrupt political system that rewards failure. I don't think that was the case for Gates though. There is enough infrastructure in the country to succeed through hard work in spite of all of the stupid things our politicians do. Who knows how long that will last though.
I'll tell it to anyone. Progressives don't get it though. It's like talking to a monkey. It always ends with "We'll see what happens" or "It's too complicated". The fact is that they've managed to confuse everyone with propaganda on the simplest of topics.
Since they can't logically argue against the Austrian School of Economics, they just try to discredit it by insulting the school.
The Austrian Economists are the only ones who got all of this right, but the leaders go back to the ones who failed and couldn't care less about what the people who got it right think.
The example you talked about with the drowning and the desert will not affect an economy, and would be considered price gouging anyway. Even if enough people were in that situation, the economy would cease to function.
I don't know what the exact value should be, I was just using 5000 to keep it pithy. It should be a lot lower. I'm looking at the P/E ratios and Dividends. It's amazing to me that someone would pay anything for a stock that has no dividend, and most of them don't. The reason you invest in a company is so the company can generate revenue. If you are never paid a portion of that revenue, why even invest? In general, it's so you can find some other sucker to buy the stock at a higher price. If you're the last sucker though, you're out of luck.
Like you said, value and money are two completely different things. You can read my other post in this thread on Capital vs. Money and where the two come from.
In the world we live in, that's true. But if central banks didn't exist, money would be a true representation of capital.
The 13000 was overinflated. Companies were trading at 40+ times earnings, or even negative earnings. No one who values their labor, or understands economics would actually purchase these companies with the intent to invest. The people who buy these companies are using other peoples money, and their horizon is very short term.
Except that the money being used to purchase stocks doesn't represent real capital. Real capital is a result of time, labor, skill, and resources. Money used on the stock market is a result of the Banks Counterfeiting money.
How does shutting down the Internet benefit the average US citizen in any way? If there were systems that were that critical, they shouldn't even be connected to the internet. This solution to the problem would be like dropping a nuke on a drug raid.
Probably some actual knowledge of the issue, rather than right-wing propaganda. You know, actually knowing what Net Neutrality means, which you obviously don't.
Straw man argument. If you want to debate him, you need to state the definition on Net Neutrality, and then argue why the government isn't corrupt or inept.
and stay there because that's about what it's worth. The only reason it's up above 10,000 is because it's being propped up with funny money. Just a year ago it was at 6800...these are the same companies. Does anyone really believe that all of the companies listed are collectively worth 1.5 times more?
Bill Gates was working nearly 24/7 on software. So when it came time for people to buy his product, he was ready. When IBM chose his OS, it's not like they picked his number off of a raffle ticket.
If you're good, no one is going to fire you for getting mono. I've seen employees that were mediocre and came back after 2 or 3 months of leave.
You have to be smart about the work you do, the company you choose to work for, and the people you surround yourself with.
Any time you are desperate to find work, you will have a tough time at it. No one wants to eat in an empty restaurant. You should consider scaling back on your house if you're having a tough time paying the mortgage. Perhaps having a mortgage is your problem, because if you're willing to move there are always jobs out there.
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going in that the artist will take profits from touring and the label takes the profits from album sales. Indie artists still have a tough time without a label because advertising costs are high. Getting onto the home page of iTunes or played on MTV isn't cheap, and connections hold as much weight as money does.
I already believed public education was a failure, but this should alert the rest of the world.
No normal person knows what IWTBF means. Are people really that lazy that they can't be bothered to either copy and paste or type an extra 20 characters???
But then they could ride these walkways to the gym.
XNA Game Studio is Free. VPL, Free. DirectX, Free. What are they talking about?
I wonder if those deformed in Vietnam were too picky. Why would anyone need a normal face?
Congratulations to those who got it working!
I think some viruses are bad enough to warrant the death penalty. Sometimes these things manage to shut down companies, costing millions of dollars. We should just kill these people who write these things.
That being said, I feel that the cure is worse than the disease. As long as I don't get a keystroke recorder stuck on my machine where they can get my bank info, I'd prefer not to have McAfee or Norton corrupting my machine.
I didn't say it would go there. I said SHOULD. Plus there are rules about shorting that allow your broker to bounce you out if it goes up.
I agree with you. If Bill Gates got hit by a bus at 20, we'd never know who he was. There are definitely are some things you just can't overcome. Anytime you take a risk, it's a possibility that things don't work out. What you can do though is make the best decisions possible in order to minimize that risk.
You are prioritizing your kids over your career then, which is perfectly normal. In my case, I chose not to get married and have kids which afforded me better career opportunities, but then obviously I sacrificed having family for that. So you may in fact have gains that are other than monetary.
There may be people that do 'succeed' through dumb luck, especially given our corrupt political system that rewards failure. I don't think that was the case for Gates though. There is enough infrastructure in the country to succeed through hard work in spite of all of the stupid things our politicians do. Who knows how long that will last though.
I'll tell it to anyone. Progressives don't get it though. It's like talking to a monkey. It always ends with "We'll see what happens" or "It's too complicated". The fact is that they've managed to confuse everyone with propaganda on the simplest of topics.
Since they can't logically argue against the Austrian School of Economics, they just try to discredit it by insulting the school.
The Austrian Economists are the only ones who got all of this right, but the leaders go back to the ones who failed and couldn't care less about what the people who got it right think.
The example you talked about with the drowning and the desert will not affect an economy, and would be considered price gouging anyway. Even if enough people were in that situation, the economy would cease to function.
You are correct(on the latter point), I have about a 2 second attention span.
I don't know what the exact value should be, I was just using 5000 to keep it pithy. It should be a lot lower. I'm looking at the P/E ratios and Dividends. It's amazing to me that someone would pay anything for a stock that has no dividend, and most of them don't. The reason you invest in a company is so the company can generate revenue. If you are never paid a portion of that revenue, why even invest? In general, it's so you can find some other sucker to buy the stock at a higher price. If you're the last sucker though, you're out of luck.
Like you said, value and money are two completely different things. You can read my other post in this thread on Capital vs. Money and where the two come from.
In the world we live in, that's true. But if central banks didn't exist, money would be a true representation of capital.
The 13000 was overinflated. Companies were trading at 40+ times earnings, or even negative earnings. No one who values their labor, or understands economics would actually purchase these companies with the intent to invest. The people who buy these companies are using other peoples money, and their horizon is very short term.
They are overinflated by funny money being counterfeited by the Federal Reserve and Banks that use fractional reserve lending.
Then they should have referenced it, I'm not going to read every post on Slashdot.
Except that the money being used to purchase stocks doesn't represent real capital. Real capital is a result of time, labor, skill, and resources. Money used on the stock market is a result of the Banks Counterfeiting money.
How does shutting down the Internet benefit the average US citizen in any way? If there were systems that were that critical, they shouldn't even be connected to the internet. This solution to the problem would be like dropping a nuke on a drug raid.
Just because it's been done before, doesn't necessarily make it a good idea.
Probably some actual knowledge of the issue, rather than right-wing propaganda. You know, actually knowing what Net Neutrality means, which you obviously don't.
Straw man argument. If you want to debate him, you need to state the definition on Net Neutrality, and then argue why the government isn't corrupt or inept.
and stay there because that's about what it's worth. The only reason it's up above 10,000 is because it's being propped up with funny money. Just a year ago it was at 6800...these are the same companies. Does anyone really believe that all of the companies listed are collectively worth 1.5 times more?
Bill Gates was working nearly 24/7 on software. So when it came time for people to buy his product, he was ready. When IBM chose his OS, it's not like they picked his number off of a raffle ticket.
If you're good, no one is going to fire you for getting mono. I've seen employees that were mediocre and came back after 2 or 3 months of leave.
You have to be smart about the work you do, the company you choose to work for, and the people you surround yourself with.
Any time you are desperate to find work, you will have a tough time at it. No one wants to eat in an empty restaurant. You should consider scaling back on your house if you're having a tough time paying the mortgage. Perhaps having a mortgage is your problem, because if you're willing to move there are always jobs out there.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
They do pay about 2%, but I agree it should be more than double that given that the payout is only about 25%.