Yeah, apple had a wildly successful ride during boom times. Exactly what I predicted when I bought their stock 15 years back. But I've sold now. Because while price isn't the only variable in their success, it is one.
I'd predict this to occur when there are less than ten million people in the country who can afford to spare $500 for something they don't really need. We're on our way there.
Apple sells upscale products at a premium to a market that is being eviscerated by a massive economic downturn. I would expect them to take a serious hit.
Society exists to prevent the poor from having to murder the rich to get a fair distribution of resources. If government doesn't do that job, the poor will.
Our society was noticeably better off when the marginal tax rate was higher.
Maybe people think that because the evidence (in the US, at least) shows it to be true. Being wealthy is 90% birthright in the USA (that is nearly all the rich were born that way, social mobility into the upper class is very, very low).
Seems like it would be fairer. Why should the bottom dwellers who are hardly deriving any of the benefit of Apple's distribution network have to pay the same percentage as a wildly successful app that tops all the searches?
Liquid water is the foundation of a lot of interesting chemistry, and also a good temperature regulator. Life getting by without it would likely have to endure much more significant temperature swings.
All of the above work in the USA too. My bank tried to charge me a fee for an overdraft on my checking which was 'linked' to a savings account. I said: sorry, when I signed up for that, the guy who sold me on it seemed to be saying such a situation would be covered by an automatic transfer. I'll be taking my money to another bank. What do you know, overdraft fee erased.
You really just have to know when you have all the leverage in a situation. If you're a credit card user who uses it for convenience rather than credit, or dealing with your bank in any way, or dealing with a tv provider you don't really need you have complete walk-away power, and that is an enormous advantage in negotiations.
I have the same feeling on the non-sports side. I have a package that includes something like two dozen sports channels, none of which I have ever watched. I'm leaving Comcast until they can give me the 5 channels I care about at a decent price.
That makes for a very different interpretation if true. I took the message as everything went fine, obsessive control freaks should let go and let people achieve whatever they can.
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No, they don't, as far as I know. Name one high end consumer product IBM sells?
Yeah, apple had a wildly successful ride during boom times. Exactly what I predicted when I bought their stock 15 years back. But I've sold now. Because while price isn't the only variable in their success, it is one.
I'm concerned for their ipad, mac, ipod and iphone sales. All of those are grossly overpriced compared to their competitors.
I'd predict this to occur when there are less than ten million people in the country who can afford to spare $500 for something they don't really need. We're on our way there.
Nice. Thanks for coming on by the internet. Sorry you can't stay.
Apple sells upscale products at a premium to a market that is being eviscerated by a massive economic downturn. I would expect them to take a serious hit.
I'm afraid you're confusing reality for some kind of Randian fantasy land. Generations are more independent now, not less so.
Society exists to prevent the poor from having to murder the rich to get a fair distribution of resources. If government doesn't do that job, the poor will.
Our society was noticeably better off when the marginal tax rate was higher.
Maybe people think that because the evidence (in the US, at least) shows it to be true. Being wealthy is 90% birthright in the USA (that is nearly all the rich were born that way, social mobility into the upper class is very, very low).
I'm pretty sure I saw someone using it for pseudo-gps navigation once.
Seems like it would be fairer. Why should the bottom dwellers who are hardly deriving any of the benefit of Apple's distribution network have to pay the same percentage as a wildly successful app that tops all the searches?
Seems like it would be reasonable to charge more successful apps more for distribution.
So you haven't heard of Esq. or professors?
Well, as a median, it implies that it goes both up and down from there.
And
http://www1.salary.com/Physician-Family-Practice-salary.html
Suggests the median might be a bit lower, and that curve looks pretty bell (not sure if that's by definition at the source, or by actual sampling).
Liquid water is the foundation of a lot of interesting chemistry, and also a good temperature regulator. Life getting by without it would likely have to endure much more significant temperature swings.
Because over 75% of people are surprised to learn that their monogamous sex partner made a different life choice.
All of the above work in the USA too. My bank tried to charge me a fee for an overdraft on my checking which was 'linked' to a savings account. I said: sorry, when I signed up for that, the guy who sold me on it seemed to be saying such a situation would be covered by an automatic transfer. I'll be taking my money to another bank. What do you know, overdraft fee erased.
You really just have to know when you have all the leverage in a situation. If you're a credit card user who uses it for convenience rather than credit, or dealing with your bank in any way, or dealing with a tv provider you don't really need you have complete walk-away power, and that is an enormous advantage in negotiations.
I have the same feeling on the non-sports side. I have a package that includes something like two dozen sports channels, none of which I have ever watched. I'm leaving Comcast until they can give me the 5 channels I care about at a decent price.
That was a brilliant troll. You fished like 8 responses!
Define reliable?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44656667#.ToIs9s2OcRp
http://www.nyclu.org/publications/palm-card-demonstrating-new-york-city-2009
Here's what made the front page of msnbc:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44656667#.ToIqis2OcRo
That makes for a very different interpretation if true. I took the message as everything went fine, obsessive control freaks should let go and let people achieve whatever they can.
I was taking MW:
serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective