Let's be clear about it. An analyst will say whatever he thinks will be accepted, so they can pretty much juggle with whatever figures and estimations they have, based on pretty much anything.
More importantly though, and this is becoming more and more rare among (especially big) companies: margin went up from 41.7 to 42.8 percent. The margin is already quite impressive, and they're becoming even more profitable.
Other than that, revenue still went up, which is still quite remarkable, seeing as competitors are now becoming more and more active. 'Normal' people now know who Samsung is and what they do, instead of tablet computer = iPad. So... meh... don't believe the analysts, if we believed them, Apple would've died in 1996 (in 1997 they kicked out Gil Amelio and put Jobs as iCEO for the time being).
That argumentation may have worked years ago, but let's see some proof perhaps? It's a bit cheap saying 'IT frowns on IE' and leaving it at that.
If IE share is dropping so dramatically, wouldn't it be coming mostly from corporate PC's no longer using it? (and many people switching from their already less powerful Netbook to an iPad running apps designed by/for the company? it's a growing trend in many of the companies we have as client (as an ERP consultancy firm))
Doesn't the state offer free or payed reschooling for all jobs that seriously lack properly trained personnel? (note: properly trained, most companies don't have problems finding minimum wage workers, they have problems finding employees with the required (and often very specific) skills).
Here the state funds education (for 3 years, with full pay + benefits) for unemployed people who want to become a nurse. It's one of those jobs that's dieing out because it's not 'sexy' enough, but on the rise back because of it. And it's not something you want to get a shortage of... Those programs make a lot of sense, I pushed to hire an long time unemployed person, simply because he took 3 months of such a specific course that was relevant to us, and because he showed so much motivation for it... It pays off in the end, at least tenfold...
- It's just as expensive to school someone than to do follow-up to force them to get a job they don't want. (already just in people you need to do it it comes out cheaper, 1 person can teach 40/day, but only do follow-up for 10/day) - They return the investment in them in a couple of months in taxes alone - You no longer have to pay them unemployment when they do finally get a job - You reduce unemployment because you're founding a state funded school for hard-to-find jobs:) And as soon as it lifts off (years ago) companies, like mine, will dump time and money in those foundations to get the first pick in choosing the new students (eventually, we'll just be training them ourselves)
Basically in Europe all countries allow residents of all other European countries to work in their country. Taxing to be done dependent on where you live, not where you work.
Of course, countries with the highest living standard (Sweden, Norway, etc.) will make it a bit harder to do so, but there's no law stopping them fro making it more difficult. Though European law will make sure they don't malpractice in that area, which wouldn't make any sense imo.
Regardless, the whole working visa etc. (and then in particular limiting it by a fixed number wtf US l2p) is not an issue for Europeans working in Europe.
Go outside Europe, that's another ballgame:) (but just to point out, it's not just Switzerland)
Nobody is going to build a genuine brick structure today, because it would be cost-prohibitive.
Careful with the generalizations. In Belgium and likely many other countries around Europe we build a lot with bricks and stone. Like the saying goes, a Belgian is born with a brick in his stomache.
Not all countries ruthlessly save costs when it comes to building. I bought my first house two years ago, since then I've laminated one floor (because it was a horrible salmon covered tile) and remove all the laminate on another level because there's a beautiful hardwood floor under it in dark brown. Just treat it with a good oil and then ship's varnish over it twice and you're good for 10 years... Hardly like my dog is going to 'ruin' my floor.
I've had hardwood at my parents too, lived there 20 years, they for 30, all the time with at least 2 dogs, sometimes a cat. Just treat your damn floor, it doesn't take a lot of work (at all) and it pays off.
Personally I'd rather spent twice the amount for a house that will last until 2100, with a proper foundation, solid walls and proper floors. If I wanted to live in a glorified cartboard box with plastic coverings, I'd go camping.
It's far too early to already conclude that reqained functionality is minimal or not worth the risk.
The human nerve system could be compared to the central phone systems of a long time ago where you had an operator that would connect you (where your line inserted) to where you wanted to go by just replugging your cable.
The human or animal body does much the same. It will check what the connections are, and over time optimise them or redirect them if their function has changed.
This was proven a long time ago on some type of animal, I forgot which but it was some mammal (sadly, references are missing too), where they swapped the connections of the legs in the nerve system. It only took the dogs a couple of days to naturally adapt and they would no longer notice the difference. The same goes for the eyes btw, the connections in our brain are reversed, it's assumed that very early one babies see everything upside down (like you do in a camera, it's the same effect of lenses causing it (a lens swaps the image)) but the brain just compensates, redirects and you no longer notice it.
If for some medical reason, it swaps (and it has occured), the brain will take a couple of days to compensate and then adjust to the 'new normal'.
Hopefully for the person who underwent the surgery, he'll see an improvement soon...
Isn't it 10 characters per realm, there being three realms: EU, US and APJ?
That would bring it to 30 characters (though you have to switch your realm in Battle.NET account management).
Has anyone tried this? (I'm only assuming this because with the login servers down, you can just switch to US or APJ and play there (while EU is down during primetime)).
No idea what the situation is in the Unites States, but if you want to be a psychiatrist, in most countries, you'll need your medical degree (the one where you put Dr. before your name) and then a specialization in psychiatry or neurology.
If of course you meant you wanted to work as a psychologist, therapist, etc. that shouldn't be a problem.
Degrees and likewise have little impact for most jobs, except to act as a foot-in-the-door mechanism or a minimum requirement to get you into the job interview. This you can avoid by being a bit more assertive, going to HR, or bypassing HR, and fixing it like that. For jobs that require a medical degree however, that generally (like I said, don't know the US situation) doesn't apply. (with reason, you don't want someone prescribing you any kind of drugs without them having done a complete and thorough study of them...)
Again the assumption that you need a keyboard to 'create'. I've created tons of hours of music, never used a keyboard...
Like you had to say goodbye to your old typewriter when there was this new kid on the block who said you had to use a computer now because it was hip. And all the people who were used to the 'old way' went into the future, kicking and screaming.
Hi. I want this car, but I want those tires on it, not the standard ones. Most (if not all car dealers that have half a brain) will offer you a deal for the tires, either replacing them for free (if it's cheaper) or trying to sell you a package that includes those tires (more likely) or at the very least offer to put on the other tires for the difference in price (not very likely, I'd just go elsewhere and get them for free...).
The analogy doesn't really work for tires. Now if you were to say you want a BMW, but a Chevrolet engine in it, and then sue BMW for not being able to provide you with a Chevy engine...
My last job, I would regularly crack 65 and even had a couple months where I was averaging 80 hours a week. People who've never worked 80 hours really can't grasp it. I never thought 80 would be much until I did it. that's 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. You literally get up, get dressed, drive to work, work, drive home, eat dinner, get ready for bed, and sleep. That's it.
Really? Interesting. I've worked 80hrs+ in a week a couple of times in the past, but for me when I entered my hours I usually saw it was more 3-4 18 hr days and then overall slacking. Ah... good times...
Well noted. Did you get all that from the numerous statements out there from Apple that they don't give the tiniest bit about business, and would rather focus on the big market, the average joes?
Why go for a market that is harder to work with, easier to annoy, demands discounts, etc. When you could just as well sell everything, at original price, whenever you want, however you want?
It's not just an (unpaid) hour and a half of your life that you get back.
It's an hour and a half of your life back, every workday.
And it'll be 45 minutes twice when you want it, not just at the end of the day, attached to it: the first months all days will feel like you're sleeping in, you'll have time for that proper breakfast again, you'll be able to plan different activities in the evening since a) you have more time in the evening and b) don't have to get up as early in the morning, if you have any, it'll be time your kids aren't sleeping, etc.
Even if it was just the commute it would be worth considering if you ask me.
So consider the time you're gaining and don't forget you're not just loyal to your current job, you're also on a friendly basis. They know you, and considering that, will probably understand and either accept or compensate (maybe flexible hours? overwork more properly payed in days off, etc.).
So it's up to you really. What advice do we need to give really, you're obviously taking the time to consider the consequences which means you care enough to. Whatever you decide, it'll be the right thing.
The 'technical' people work for customers either in the home office or on site at the customer. We enter each hour we work into the hour registration system, which is then used to see if we work enough, or too much, and to prepare invoices to the customer.
When we help Sales with their work, we get a reduction of our target amount of hours we need to be able to be invoiced to a customer (usually 93% of a fulltime). So it works out for us if we spend time doing Sales, we don't 'have' to do as much IT work. Of course we can do both and push our billable hours way up which is good for our end-year evaluation.
Also, we have a yearly evaluation form that's filled out by and for us. It contains a special area where you can write down everything you did for sales, etc. and it will be taken into account for your possible promotion, payraise, sacking, whatever:)
This is not true in the US? In most countries there's a difference between:
- Credit cards, work on credit. Draw cash, it'll always be (a ridiculously high) fee - Bank cards, draw directly from your account, possibly with credit, but payed direct. And they usually don't have fees. At least in our little governementless country called Belgium and the rest of Western Europe
"And FCC engineer T.A.M. Craven was absolutely certain back in 1961 that there was 'no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television, or radio service inside the United States."
And in a sense, he's completely right. It hasn't really improved:)
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Let's be clear about it. An analyst will say whatever he thinks will be accepted, so they can pretty much juggle with whatever figures and estimations they have, based on pretty much anything.
More importantly though, and this is becoming more and more rare among (especially big) companies: margin went up from 41.7 to 42.8 percent. The margin is already quite impressive, and they're becoming even more profitable.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/07/24Apple-Reports-Third-Quarter-Results.html
Other than that, revenue still went up, which is still quite remarkable, seeing as competitors are now becoming more and more active. 'Normal' people now know who Samsung is and what they do, instead of tablet computer = iPad. So ... meh ... don't believe the analysts, if we believed them, Apple would've died in 1996 (in 1997 they kicked out Gil Amelio and put Jobs as iCEO for the time being).
Finally I'll be able to sell my stoch of Samsung Galaxy 7.7 tablets as well as other equally outdated tablets!
That argumentation may have worked years ago, but let's see some proof perhaps? It's a bit cheap saying 'IT frowns on IE' and leaving it at that.
If IE share is dropping so dramatically, wouldn't it be coming mostly from corporate PC's no longer using it? (and many people switching from their already less powerful Netbook to an iPad running apps designed by/for the company? it's a growing trend in many of the companies we have as client (as an ERP consultancy firm))
Doesn't the state offer free or payed reschooling for all jobs that seriously lack properly trained personnel? (note: properly trained, most companies don't have problems finding minimum wage workers, they have problems finding employees with the required (and often very specific) skills).
Here the state funds education (for 3 years, with full pay + benefits) for unemployed people who want to become a nurse. It's one of those jobs that's dieing out because it's not 'sexy' enough, but on the rise back because of it. And it's not something you want to get a shortage of ... Those programs make a lot of sense, I pushed to hire an long time unemployed person, simply because he took 3 months of such a specific course that was relevant to us, and because he showed so much motivation for it ... It pays off in the end, at least tenfold ...
- It's just as expensive to school someone than to do follow-up to force them to get a job they don't want. (already just in people you need to do it it comes out cheaper, 1 person can teach 40/day, but only do follow-up for 10/day) :) And as soon as it lifts off (years ago) companies, like mine, will dump time and money in those foundations to get the first pick in choosing the new students (eventually, we'll just be training them ourselves)
- They return the investment in them in a couple of months in taxes alone
- You no longer have to pay them unemployment when they do finally get a job
- You reduce unemployment because you're founding a state funded school for hard-to-find jobs
Basically in Europe all countries allow residents of all other European countries to work in their country. Taxing to be done dependent on where you live, not where you work.
Of course, countries with the highest living standard (Sweden, Norway, etc.) will make it a bit harder to do so, but there's no law stopping them fro making it more difficult. Though European law will make sure they don't malpractice in that area, which wouldn't make any sense imo.
Regardless, the whole working visa etc. (and then in particular limiting it by a fixed number wtf US l2p) is not an issue for Europeans working in Europe.
Go outside Europe, that's another ballgame :) (but just to point out, it's not just Switzerland)
Like Calvins (and Hobbes') dad, you'll go into the future kicking and screaming :)
Nobody is going to build a genuine brick structure today, because it would be cost-prohibitive.
Careful with the generalizations. In Belgium and likely many other countries around Europe we build a lot with bricks and stone. Like the saying goes, a Belgian is born with a brick in his stomache.
Not all countries ruthlessly save costs when it comes to building. I bought my first house two years ago, since then I've laminated one floor (because it was a horrible salmon covered tile) and remove all the laminate on another level because there's a beautiful hardwood floor under it in dark brown. Just treat it with a good oil and then ship's varnish over it twice and you're good for 10 years ... Hardly like my dog is going to 'ruin' my floor.
I've had hardwood at my parents too, lived there 20 years, they for 30, all the time with at least 2 dogs, sometimes a cat. Just treat your damn floor, it doesn't take a lot of work (at all) and it pays off.
Personally I'd rather spent twice the amount for a house that will last until 2100, with a proper foundation, solid walls and proper floors. If I wanted to live in a glorified cartboard box with plastic coverings, I'd go camping.
It's far too early to already conclude that reqained functionality is minimal or not worth the risk.
The human nerve system could be compared to the central phone systems of a long time ago where you had an operator that would connect you (where your line inserted) to where you wanted to go by just replugging your cable.
The human or animal body does much the same. It will check what the connections are, and over time optimise them or redirect them if their function has changed.
This was proven a long time ago on some type of animal, I forgot which but it was some mammal (sadly, references are missing too), where they swapped the connections of the legs in the nerve system. It only took the dogs a couple of days to naturally adapt and they would no longer notice the difference. The same goes for the eyes btw, the connections in our brain are reversed, it's assumed that very early one babies see everything upside down (like you do in a camera, it's the same effect of lenses causing it (a lens swaps the image)) but the brain just compensates, redirects and you no longer notice it.
If for some medical reason, it swaps (and it has occured), the brain will take a couple of days to compensate and then adjust to the 'new normal'.
Hopefully for the person who underwent the surgery, he'll see an improvement soon ...
I will repeat that again - On launch day, nobody in the US can play the game because of the DRM.
Correction: you can't play in the US realm. You can in the Asian and European.
Isn't it 10 characters per realm, there being three realms: EU, US and APJ?
That would bring it to 30 characters (though you have to switch your realm in Battle.NET account management).
Has anyone tried this? (I'm only assuming this because with the login servers down, you can just switch to US or APJ and play there (while EU is down during primetime)).
FJ.
No idea what the situation is in the Unites States, but if you want to be a psychiatrist, in most countries, you'll need your medical degree (the one where you put Dr. before your name) and then a specialization in psychiatry or neurology.
If of course you meant you wanted to work as a psychologist, therapist, etc. that shouldn't be a problem.
Degrees and likewise have little impact for most jobs, except to act as a foot-in-the-door mechanism or a minimum requirement to get you into the job interview. This you can avoid by being a bit more assertive, going to HR, or bypassing HR, and fixing it like that. For jobs that require a medical degree however, that generally (like I said, don't know the US situation) doesn't apply. (with reason, you don't want someone prescribing you any kind of drugs without them having done a complete and thorough study of them ...)
Again the assumption that you need a keyboard to 'create'. I've created tons of hours of music, never used a keyboard ...
Like you had to say goodbye to your old typewriter when there was this new kid on the block who said you had to use a computer now because it was hip. And all the people who were used to the 'old way' went into the future, kicking and screaming.
We'll see that all over again now ...
Would you rather we put them on the chopin block?
Exactly. That's what a car dealer is for.
Hi. I want this car, but I want those tires on it, not the standard ones. Most (if not all car dealers that have half a brain) will offer you a deal for the tires, either replacing them for free (if it's cheaper) or trying to sell you a package that includes those tires (more likely) or at the very least offer to put on the other tires for the difference in price (not very likely, I'd just go elsewhere and get them for free ...).
The analogy doesn't really work for tires. Now if you were to say you want a BMW, but a Chevrolet engine in it, and then sue BMW for not being able to provide you with a Chevy engine ...
Watch out! Didn't you see the dept?!
My last job, I would regularly crack 65 and even had a couple months where I was averaging 80 hours a week. People who've never worked 80 hours really can't grasp it. I never thought 80 would be much until I did it. that's 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. You literally get up, get dressed, drive to work, work, drive home, eat dinner, get ready for bed, and sleep. That's it.
Really? Interesting. I've worked 80hrs+ in a week a couple of times in the past, but for me when I entered my hours I usually saw it was more 3-4 18 hr days and then overall slacking. Ah ... good times ...
surrounded by a bunch of fakes who either express their ignorance directly or try and hide it by making a ridiculous hostile comments
Brilliant ending to that ridiculously hostile post.
Well noted. Did you get all that from the numerous statements out there from Apple that they don't give the tiniest bit about business, and would rather focus on the big market, the average joes?
Why go for a market that is harder to work with, easier to annoy, demands discounts, etc. When you could just as well sell everything, at original price, whenever you want, however you want?
It's not just an (unpaid) hour and a half of your life that you get back.
It's an hour and a half of your life back, every workday.
And it'll be 45 minutes twice when you want it, not just at the end of the day, attached to it: the first months all days will feel like you're sleeping in, you'll have time for that proper breakfast again, you'll be able to plan different activities in the evening since a) you have more time in the evening and b) don't have to get up as early in the morning, if you have any, it'll be time your kids aren't sleeping, etc.
Even if it was just the commute it would be worth considering if you ask me.
So consider the time you're gaining and don't forget you're not just loyal to your current job, you're also on a friendly basis. They know you, and considering that, will probably understand and either accept or compensate (maybe flexible hours? overwork more properly payed in days off, etc.).
So it's up to you really. What advice do we need to give really, you're obviously taking the time to consider the consequences which means you care enough to. Whatever you decide, it'll be the right thing.
Nobody said anything about shipping them to their employees either.
TEA PARTY: Yes, but NOT the things we benefit off of.
Making that into a Tea Party-only sentiment is a little dishonest.
Making that into a politician-only sentiment is a little dishonest too.
"Every cell phone is directly associated with a credit card."
Really? Let's see some facts and figures here. My iPhone isn't ... you can have your appstore/itunesstore account perfectly happy without CC info.
That's the way it works for us.
The 'technical' people work for customers either in the home office or on site at the customer. We enter each hour we work into the hour registration system, which is then used to see if we work enough, or too much, and to prepare invoices to the customer.
When we help Sales with their work, we get a reduction of our target amount of hours we need to be able to be invoiced to a customer (usually 93% of a fulltime). So it works out for us if we spend time doing Sales, we don't 'have' to do as much IT work. Of course we can do both and push our billable hours way up which is good for our end-year evaluation.
Also, we have a yearly evaluation form that's filled out by and for us. It contains a special area where you can write down everything you did for sales, etc. and it will be taken into account for your possible promotion, payraise, sacking, whatever :)
This is not true in the US? In most countries there's a difference between:
- Credit cards, work on credit. Draw cash, it'll always be (a ridiculously high) fee
- Bank cards, draw directly from your account, possibly with credit, but payed direct. And they usually don't have fees. At least in our little governementless country called Belgium and the rest of Western Europe
"And FCC engineer T.A.M. Craven was absolutely certain back in 1961 that there was 'no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television, or radio service inside the United States."
And in a sense, he's completely right. It hasn't really improved :)