Exactly. Why should a humantities major learn mathematics? Proclus: [it] must be considered desirable in itself, though not with reference to the needs of daily life... [it] is a propaedeutic, clearing the eye of the soul and taking away the impediments which the senses place in the way of the knowledge of universals. Why should a math/CS major learn humantities? Same reason. It is ropaedeutic.
and brokerage fees. the residual theory doesn't neccessarily apply to individual investors, like myself since paying anywhere from $15-60 on brokerage fees can become a significant pct of the total investment.
Residual theory suggests that dividend policy is irrelevant as investors are indifferent between dividends and capital gains. It is the assets of the firm that generate the stream of income - how that stream is distributed (dividends or capital gains) is irrelevant.
Don't you think that's rather Machiavellian of the Chinese? They bind their Yuen to our dollar through buying our debt, and prevent us from requiring an adjustment because that could throw them into a severe financial crisis.
Or is there another reason the Chinese buy US govt and private debt?
Not only that, but China maintains the Yuen at an artificially low rate agaist the dollar. The Yuen is currently undervalued against the dollar by around 30%.
Note how in the last few years the rate has remain essentially unchanged. If the Yuen were valued correctly, it would be less advantageous for American manufacturing to go to China - the exchange rate would not be nearly as rewarding.
The Chinese government is using this method, rather unfairly, to bolster their economy at the expense of their own. Lest you say this is the free market, get used to it, this method of maintaining the Yuen at a low rate violates free market principles.
Read the article. Case in point was Iraq trading cards. He sent out 15 million emails, received 40,000 purchases. That's 1:375. Better than I would have thought. That's also $5.06 profit per transaction, which means he grossed $202,400, and I'll bet his net take wasn't much lower than the gross (what's the overhead for a spammer? Virtually nil, I would imagine.)
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And yet he is borrowing his way out of the deficit
How else can he do it? Individuals can economize, but politicians exist to spend money. At least he doesn't appear to be increasing state spending.
Would you really want to hire employees who would be motivated by "free beer?"
But isn't the question, Wouldn't you want to work somewhere that was giving free beer?
well, there is the free beer ...
damn it we mixed the colors again.
Well Expressed. thanks.
A form which describes beauty, grace, and the flow of life
Why can't schools teach Euclid as humanities? (It's a rhetorical question. Very few school are capable of thought.)
IBM: 802 lb gorilla. You: Little monkey going around shouting "promissory estoppel, promissory estoppel"
but teaches the student how to learn
... [it] is a propaedeutic, clearing the eye of the soul and taking away the impediments which the senses place in the way of the knowledge of universals.
Exactly. Why should a humantities major learn mathematics? Proclus: [it] must be considered desirable in itself, though not with reference to the needs of daily life
Why should a math/CS major learn humantities? Same reason. It is ropaedeutic.
if the userid didn't say kfg the sarcasm would have gone by undetected ...
I actually live right off the Seward highway
... that's the most beautiful place in the world (when it's not raining)
lucky bastard
I was in Russia on vacation this year, and read slashdot whilst in Irkusk (city in Siberia near Lake Baikal).
Kathmandu, Nepal at an internet cafe. I wouldn't consider it terribly strange or remote though.
in Dutch Harbor, a southernmost island on the alaskan aleutian chain (unalaska) on a rather slow dial-up.
tax effects not withstanding
and brokerage fees. the residual theory doesn't neccessarily apply to individual investors, like myself since paying anywhere from $15-60 on brokerage fees can become a significant pct of the total investment.
Residual theory suggests that dividend policy is irrelevant as investors are indifferent between dividends and capital gains.
It is the assets of the firm that generate the stream of income - how that stream is distributed (dividends or capital gains) is irrelevant.
Higher Dividend -> Lower Profit Retained -> Lower Capital Investment -> Lower Profit -> Lower Divident Growth
Low Dividend -> Higher Profit -> Higher Capital Investment -> Higher Profit -> HIgher Dividend Growth
If you wish to generate capital, sell shares.
d'oh ... I thought minesweeper metrics were widely accepted in the industry.
I can get 6 hours on my T40 at max performance, and if I alter the power profile to save power, I can get between 7-8. No kidding.
What is this big flat thing coming toward me? ground ... I think I'll call it ground. I wonder if it will like me ...
but that could easily describe the difference between two corporations in the US ...
and where exactly did you get the idea that software firms in India are 'sweatshops'?
Isn't it rather humid in most parts of India?
Happy she is
Works for her, does it?
agreed. I had this done with a laptop sent to a hotel I was at in Hong Kong. The package usually needs to say and the hotel address.
it's just for the benefit of a few white mice anyway ...
yea, but now it's trickling down internationally and not domestically. So yes, trickle down is working, but is this how we want it to work?
Apparently Bush thinks so. His idea is that in the long term this will be good for the US.
King Kong is a just a fifty year old screenplay
Lord of the Rings is a fifty year old book.
Don't you think that's rather Machiavellian of the Chinese? They bind their Yuen to our dollar through buying our debt, and prevent us from requiring an adjustment because that could throw them into a severe financial crisis.
Or is there another reason the Chinese buy US govt and private debt?
Not only that, but China maintains the Yuen at an artificially low rate agaist the dollar.
The Yuen is currently undervalued against the dollar by around 30%.
Note how in the last few years the rate has remain essentially unchanged. If the Yuen were valued correctly, it would be less advantageous for American manufacturing to go to China - the exchange rate would not be nearly as rewarding.
The Chinese government is using this method, rather unfairly, to bolster their economy at the expense of their own. Lest you say this is the free market, get used to it, this method of maintaining the Yuen at a low rate violates free market principles.
Read the article. Case in point was Iraq trading cards. He sent out 15 million emails, received 40,000 purchases. That's 1:375. Better than I would have thought. That's also $5.06 profit per transaction, which means he grossed $202,400, and I'll bet his net take wasn't much lower than the gross (what's the overhead for a spammer? Virtually nil, I would imagine.)
well said.