Doesn't striping increase the latency? In other words, your burst transfer speeds (like copying large files) will compare favorably to an SSD, but don't the other tasks that require reading lots of smaller files (like booting) still perform slowly? I only have a 2 drive stripe, and it's quick on some tasks, but doesn't compare to any of my laptops with a first gen SSD.
I'm kind of miffed that a state with the second largest population, located centrally within the south, with 3 of the 10 largest cities in the US and deep ties to NASA (Texas) didn't get one of the 4 shuttles. Then again, we kind of did get Columbia...
Doubt it. They can choose to support or not support whatever they want. They just can't actively use their current monopoly position to harm competition in another market (operating systems). If they put in some special instructions that actively sabotage the Linux kernel from running, that would be one thing. From what it sounds like though, they are merely not providing drivers/source code for Linux for some of the CPU features for this platform. Of course since a lot of geeks will try to get Linux running on a toaster for the lulz, I expect this to only be a short-term hindrance.
...rather than simply a layout revision. While I like my rPi currently, I'd love to have more RAM, a faster processor, and a better graphics chip. Of course doing so would probably cause the price to blow past the current $35. Maybe they can add a revision "C" to their lineup?
Did it not occur to you that perhaps this is what the larger firms want? By setting up this confusing system in such a manner, it makes it nearly impossible for smaller companies to innovate. That ensures they do not have to face nearly as much disruptive technology as they otherwise would, and their revenue streams remain secure.
You can by a SIM from www.straighttalksim.com for $15, and then a 30 day plan that includes unlimited talk, text and data for $45. I currently use one in my iPhone; if your phone doesn't allow you to change your APN settings manually you'll have to jump through a single hoop (download a new carrier profile from some website) in order to get the data to work.
But then, when you buy stock in a company with no real product and it tanks to about 50% it's IPO value, you can only blame yourself and your silly Bay of Pigs attitude towards business.
Normally I'd agree with you, but after the SOPA/PIPA debacle the Internet community is mobilized and on alert for crap like this. Although it would be interesting to see the Cat Signal be turned on...
If NBC is a broadcast network, why do you need a cable subscription to watch online anyway? I mean other than the obvious that NBC is now owned by a cable company...
Sorry, to clarify my no-brainer remark, at $5 per share Facebook would be a company that is expected to decline in size. They've got growth in them (nowhere near enough to justify their valuation, but they have growth). Even if they are at stable growth, $5 is underpriced and I'd buy it up in a hurry (or find out why the market is discounting them so severely).
What valuation method did you use? At $5 a share, it'd be the sort of no-brainer decision I'd throw money at in a hurry. Admittedly there are a nearly infinite number of ways to value a company, but one of the easiest and most popular (though not necessarily best) is the P/E market multiple method. You take the market cap of each of a company's peers, and divide it by each company's earnings to get a P/E ratio. For stable companies with low growth prospects, you're looking at about 13-14 as your multiple. Other companies sometimes have higher multiples if they are expected to grow quickly (this prices in their expected growth). If we assume based on their 2011 numbers they had $1 billion in revenue (I only see for the last six months, but I'll extrapolate and be a bit generous and say they had $1 billion in revenue), the company should be valued closer to worth $20 billion dollars if you think there is some growth potential similar to what Google expects (they have an 18.5 P/E). At $20 billion, that would make the value of a share of Facebook about $9.50. If you think they can grow only at the rate of the economy (comperable to your average S&P 500 stock), the company is only worth around $14 billion and the stock should be priced at closer to $7 per share.
Sorry, but I just think Facebook was WAY overpriced when it went public. Can't blame Zuck for that, he made a ton of money... it's all the suckers who invested in a $20 billion dollar company like it was a $100 billion dollar company.
I looked at Pfizer's numbers. Couldn't get a detailed breakdown of all of the stuff on the income statement (was too lazy to look for their SEC filings), but it looks like their largest single expense is depreciation (probably amortization of their drug patent portfolio), followed by selling, general and administrative (should include marketing and advertising), which for 2011 was marginally higher than their R&D expenses.
I'm not sure your 50% number is accurate, although my sample size is admittedly small...
The popular vote and the Electoral College both went to Bush in 2004. I believe you are thinking of 2000, when Gore won the popular vote and Bush won the Electoral College.
Intel makes some pretty reliable drives. I've had a 320 series (120GB) for a year and it's been perfect. Furthermore, if you have anything on any drive you're afraid to lose, always make a backup... all geeks know this.
That's a key problem at every large company though... resisting change because it might threaten a core product. That's why most of the "true" innovating comes from smaller firms without a legacy to protect.
Athlon 64 > Pentium 4. AMD has made a clearly better product at least once. Currently I'd say a C60 > Atom, but that's a matter of opinion as the Atom has a smaller power draw to make it compelling depending upon your needs.
Doesn't necessary have to have revenue of a certain amount (probably net profit in the neighborhood of 50-100 million annually would value it at a billion), but it does have to be worth that money to Facebook to justify the purchase price. Perhaps Facebook was afraid that Instagram was quickly becoming the go-to social network for sharing photos. Taking them out of the equation would have been worth it.
Of course since we're asking these questions about valuation, I have reason to believe we at least learned SOMETHING from the last tech bubble.
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Doesn't striping increase the latency? In other words, your burst transfer speeds (like copying large files) will compare favorably to an SSD, but don't the other tasks that require reading lots of smaller files (like booting) still perform slowly? I only have a 2 drive stripe, and it's quick on some tasks, but doesn't compare to any of my laptops with a first gen SSD.
I'm kind of miffed that a state with the second largest population, located centrally within the south, with 3 of the 10 largest cities in the US and deep ties to NASA (Texas) didn't get one of the 4 shuttles. Then again, we kind of did get Columbia...
Doubt it. They can choose to support or not support whatever they want. They just can't actively use their current monopoly position to harm competition in another market (operating systems). If they put in some special instructions that actively sabotage the Linux kernel from running, that would be one thing. From what it sounds like though, they are merely not providing drivers/source code for Linux for some of the CPU features for this platform. Of course since a lot of geeks will try to get Linux running on a toaster for the lulz, I expect this to only be a short-term hindrance.
...rather than simply a layout revision. While I like my rPi currently, I'd love to have more RAM, a faster processor, and a better graphics chip. Of course doing so would probably cause the price to blow past the current $35. Maybe they can add a revision "C" to their lineup?
I want to use AT&T's LTE network, I just don't want to deal with AT&T (or pay their ridiculous markup).
I guess I don't really understand physics well enough. I thought at the quantum level space was all knobbly and twitchy.
I thought from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff.
Did it not occur to you that perhaps this is what the larger firms want? By setting up this confusing system in such a manner, it makes it nearly impossible for smaller companies to innovate. That ensures they do not have to face nearly as much disruptive technology as they otherwise would, and their revenue streams remain secure.
You can by a SIM from www.straighttalksim.com for $15, and then a 30 day plan that includes unlimited talk, text and data for $45. I currently use one in my iPhone; if your phone doesn't allow you to change your APN settings manually you'll have to jump through a single hoop (download a new carrier profile from some website) in order to get the data to work.
I just spent a week in rural Illinois and heard exactly the same thing. I don't think getting rid of the south will solve all your problems.
But does he know his up from his down?
But then, when you buy stock in a company with no real product and it tanks to about 50% it's IPO value, you can only blame yourself and your silly Bay of Pigs attitude towards business.
Facebook has a product. It's you.
Normally I'd agree with you, but after the SOPA/PIPA debacle the Internet community is mobilized and on alert for crap like this. Although it would be interesting to see the Cat Signal be turned on...
If NBC is a broadcast network, why do you need a cable subscription to watch online anyway? I mean other than the obvious that NBC is now owned by a cable company...
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Sorry, to clarify my no-brainer remark, at $5 per share Facebook would be a company that is expected to decline in size. They've got growth in them (nowhere near enough to justify their valuation, but they have growth). Even if they are at stable growth, $5 is underpriced and I'd buy it up in a hurry (or find out why the market is discounting them so severely).
What valuation method did you use? At $5 a share, it'd be the sort of no-brainer decision I'd throw money at in a hurry. Admittedly there are a nearly infinite number of ways to value a company, but one of the easiest and most popular (though not necessarily best) is the P/E market multiple method. You take the market cap of each of a company's peers, and divide it by each company's earnings to get a P/E ratio. For stable companies with low growth prospects, you're looking at about 13-14 as your multiple. Other companies sometimes have higher multiples if they are expected to grow quickly (this prices in their expected growth). If we assume based on their 2011 numbers they had $1 billion in revenue (I only see for the last six months, but I'll extrapolate and be a bit generous and say they had $1 billion in revenue), the company should be valued closer to worth $20 billion dollars if you think there is some growth potential similar to what Google expects (they have an 18.5 P/E). At $20 billion, that would make the value of a share of Facebook about $9.50. If you think they can grow only at the rate of the economy (comperable to your average S&P 500 stock), the company is only worth around $14 billion and the stock should be priced at closer to $7 per share. Sorry, but I just think Facebook was WAY overpriced when it went public. Can't blame Zuck for that, he made a ton of money... it's all the suckers who invested in a $20 billion dollar company like it was a $100 billion dollar company.
Please tell me what mythical disease this is that causes pain but can be cured with a pill?
Pregnancy.
I looked at Pfizer's numbers. Couldn't get a detailed breakdown of all of the stuff on the income statement (was too lazy to look for their SEC filings), but it looks like their largest single expense is depreciation (probably amortization of their drug patent portfolio), followed by selling, general and administrative (should include marketing and advertising), which for 2011 was marginally higher than their R&D expenses. I'm not sure your 50% number is accurate, although my sample size is admittedly small...
I assume you aren't talking about literal fallout, considering bombs such as Tsar Bomba have been tested...
The popular vote and the Electoral College both went to Bush in 2004. I believe you are thinking of 2000, when Gore won the popular vote and Bush won the Electoral College.
Intel makes some pretty reliable drives. I've had a 320 series (120GB) for a year and it's been perfect. Furthermore, if you have anything on any drive you're afraid to lose, always make a backup... all geeks know this.
The Itanic hasn't sunk just yet.
That's a key problem at every large company though... resisting change because it might threaten a core product. That's why most of the "true" innovating comes from smaller firms without a legacy to protect.
Athlon 64 > Pentium 4. AMD has made a clearly better product at least once. Currently I'd say a C60 > Atom, but that's a matter of opinion as the Atom has a smaller power draw to make it compelling depending upon your needs.
Doesn't necessary have to have revenue of a certain amount (probably net profit in the neighborhood of 50-100 million annually would value it at a billion), but it does have to be worth that money to Facebook to justify the purchase price. Perhaps Facebook was afraid that Instagram was quickly becoming the go-to social network for sharing photos. Taking them out of the equation would have been worth it. Of course since we're asking these questions about valuation, I have reason to believe we at least learned SOMETHING from the last tech bubble.