For all those who say Jobs wasn't the innovator, just the marketing Svengali, Woz sat in front of some HP execs with his early Apple PC and they looked at him like he shit on their desk. Woz wanted to give the things away to his geek buddies. Instead, he's worth hundreds of millions.
Jump ahead to PARC and their GUI. Same thing, Xerox had no vision.
Jump ahead to Apple in the mid-90's. Jony Ive sat at his desk, largely ignored. Jobs returned to Apple and immediately recognized Ive as a design genius and promoted and utilized him.
"Apple is widely-held stock, and its owners include pension funds and individual stockholders like myself.
Nice weasley phrasing there. Yes, "normal" people do hold some stock. But guess what proportion of the value of stocks is concentrated in what proportion of society.""
70% of Americans own stock directly or through some retirement fund.
I don't understand people who bitch about their jobs and being "wage slaves," then hate on those who find a way to make money outside of a paycheck
That is quite literally the most stupid argument I've ever heard. I guess you can't understand people who criticize bank robbers, either?
Your reply is totally incomprehensible. So, lawfully investing in a publicly held and regulated company is analogous to a bank robber? I think you need to re-read what you wrote out loud so you can literally hear the stupidest argument ever. Now, go back to being a wage slave and grumbling about greedy corporations. Apple is up $15 today, and I have to go count my ill-gotten gains.
The smartphone and tablet markets were essentially non-existent until iOS came along. Whatever success Android devices ultimately enjoy will be because Apple created both markets - and Android followed.
Go ask Nokia (smartphones) and Ballmer (tablets) what the market for those devices wee before iOS showed up.
Android fanboys should get on their knees and thanks Jobs that he made the mass production of those devices possible.
Of course, given the recent shit the supreme court took on consumer rights with regards to restriction of class action suits, you can bet that noncompetes will be deemed valid nationwide as soon as it get challenged all the way up the chain.
This is nonsense. There is no federal law dealing with this issue, and absent that (or constitutional conflict), SCOTUS wouldn't take the case, let alone strike down California's employment law.
Why not? I went into mathematics because I was interested in the field not because I thought there was something wrong with it.
Straw man. I argued climate science, not math. Obviously (apparently not for you), this does not apply all disciplines. Not everyone chooses a career to save the world. But certain careers draw such minded people. People become social workers to help people, but become hedge fund managers to get rich. Obviously those two fields draw different types of people with different politics and worldviews.
So yeah, it is illogical to say that people don't become social workers because of some liberal predisposition because other people become hedge fund managers.
Do you go into climate science as a field if you think everything with the climate is hunky dory?
It's like saying most sociologists agree that the government should spend more on social programs.
In many areas of West Los Angeles, I simply will not park and do business in the city and be victimized by this predatory tax, and many I know feel this way. How can you possibly enjoy a meal or shopping when you are worried about a ticket? It's fool's gold, as it discourages commerce in your city. Beverly Hills, OTOH, gives two free hours parking and has large parking structures to encourage people to come and shop and eat.
And amusing to see him trying to scuttle what is likely the sole thing Government Motors is doing that is profitable. Throw in the UAW getting a big fat handout and CAFE standards, and Bailout 2.0 can't be far away.
Oh well, at least they might stop tracking me in my new Corvette...
over taxes and regulation. According to this blog (LOL, only "business relocation coaches" have secure employment in CA) companies leaving CA has increased 5-fold since 2009, an average of 5.4 per week! And Chief Executive magazine has again ranked California last of 50 states to have a business. 14 states have tasked their economic development agencies with luring away California companies tired of high taxes, profuse regulations, and an extortionate legal system.
So let's not just make this about Amazon. Everyone is fleeing CA. In fact, WA is not even safe. With the NLRB's overreaching against Boeing, their next move might be to China.
""I wonder how this will reopen the debate about the role of computer systems in the trading and the safeguards that are supposed to protect against these risks. But if microseconds mean millions in trading... who has time for checks?""
This sounds like part of the closing summation from the culprit's defense attorney. Blame the computer? HFT had nothing to do with this. A man caused this withhis deliberate actions, not an algorithm.
HFT has increased liquidity and lowered transaction costs for the retail investor. And how would a delay help? As soon as trading resumed, it would be speed of light machines v.s my fat fingers.
And he calls you foolish. Who goes into climate science if they think there is no climate change? Nobody? Stop being obtuse. The field itself is an example of institutional bias.
Does a person go into a climate science career if is he is not already very convinced climate change exists? That's like going into Astronomy despite believing there are no planets or stars in space.
AT&T buys TM, gobbles up their bandwidth, and competes better with Verizon, while offering customers like me more bars, instead of having to use Skype to call on my phone via wifi - in my own bedroom.
Should we just wait for T-Mobile to die, then have some bankruptcy auction for the bandwidth? How is that more efficient for markets than just doing it now? Creative destruction, my friend.
Perhaps you didn't hear that Jobs was fired from Apple in 1985, then Apple failed in his absence, then Jobs came back and orchestrated the greatest comeback in corporate history, and made stockholders like myself a fortune.
Apple also bought NeXT from Jobs for millions, and it became the Mac OS.
Oh, and this thing he bought called "Pixar" for $5M? He turned it into the most successful movie studio in history, and sold it for like $6 billion.
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How many you got?
Xerox was paid millions in Apple stock for sharing their IP with Apple. But wait, I thought you open-sourcers didn't believe you could "steal" ideas?
For all those who say Jobs wasn't the innovator, just the marketing Svengali, Woz sat in front of some HP execs with his early Apple PC and they looked at him like he shit on their desk. Woz wanted to give the things away to his geek buddies. Instead, he's worth hundreds of millions.
Jump ahead to PARC and their GUI. Same thing, Xerox had no vision.
Jump ahead to Apple in the mid-90's. Jony Ive sat at his desk, largely ignored. Jobs returned to Apple and immediately recognized Ive as a design genius and promoted and utilized him.
"Apple is widely-held stock, and its owners include pension funds and individual stockholders like myself.
Nice weasley phrasing there. Yes, "normal" people do hold some stock. But guess what proportion of the value of stocks is concentrated in what proportion of society.""
70% of Americans own stock directly or through some retirement fund.
I don't understand people who bitch about their jobs and being "wage slaves," then hate on those who find a way to make money outside of a paycheck
That is quite literally the most stupid argument I've ever heard. I guess you can't understand people who criticize bank robbers, either?
Your reply is totally incomprehensible. So, lawfully investing in a publicly held and regulated company is analogous to a bank robber? I think you need to re-read what you wrote out loud so you can literally hear the stupidest argument ever. Now, go back to being a wage slave and grumbling about greedy corporations. Apple is up $15 today, and I have to go count my ill-gotten gains.
The smartphone and tablet markets were essentially non-existent until iOS came along. Whatever success Android devices ultimately enjoy will be because Apple created both markets - and Android followed.
Go ask Nokia (smartphones) and Ballmer (tablets) what the market for those devices wee before iOS showed up.
Android fanboys should get on their knees and thanks Jobs that he made the mass production of those devices possible.
Of course, given the recent shit the supreme court took on consumer rights with regards to restriction of class action suits, you can bet that noncompetes will be deemed valid nationwide as soon as it get challenged all the way up the chain.
This is nonsense. There is no federal law dealing with this issue, and absent that (or constitutional conflict), SCOTUS wouldn't take the case, let alone strike down California's employment law.
Why not? I went into mathematics because I was interested in the field not because I thought there was something wrong with it.
Straw man. I argued climate science, not math. Obviously (apparently not for you), this does not apply all disciplines. Not everyone chooses a career to save the world. But certain careers draw such minded people. People become social workers to help people, but become hedge fund managers to get rich. Obviously those two fields draw different types of people with different politics and worldviews.
So yeah, it is illogical to say that people don't become social workers because of some liberal predisposition because other people become hedge fund managers.
Do you go into climate science as a field if you think everything with the climate is hunky dory?
It's like saying most sociologists agree that the government should spend more on social programs.
I never knew the guy personally, but my condolences to the Slashdot community. He was to young to die.
In many areas of West Los Angeles, I simply will not park and do business in the city and be victimized by this predatory tax, and many I know feel this way. How can you possibly enjoy a meal or shopping when you are worried about a ticket? It's fool's gold, as it discourages commerce in your city. Beverly Hills, OTOH, gives two free hours parking and has large parking structures to encourage people to come and shop and eat.
Parts of Westwood have been called a "ghost town" due to its business-unfriendly climate. There's even a Facebook page dedicated to the parking oppressiveness in Westwood - which hits UCLA students the worst.
If you want less of something, tax it. And that includes parking in your city.
a camera.
And amusing to see him trying to scuttle what is likely the sole thing Government Motors is doing that is profitable. Throw in the UAW getting a big fat handout and CAFE standards, and Bailout 2.0 can't be far away.
Oh well, at least they might stop tracking me in my new Corvette...
the over-regulation of the left that causes approval of things like stem-cell treatments, etc, to take forever.
over taxes and regulation. According to this blog (LOL, only "business relocation coaches" have secure employment in CA) companies leaving CA has increased 5-fold since 2009, an average of 5.4 per week! And Chief Executive magazine has again ranked California last of 50 states to have a business. 14 states have tasked their economic development agencies with luring away California companies tired of high taxes, profuse regulations, and an extortionate legal system. So let's not just make this about Amazon. Everyone is fleeing CA. In fact, WA is not even safe. With the NLRB's overreaching against Boeing, their next move might be to China.
"Developers!" when he said it?
Sorry, someone had to risk the OT karma hit.
""I wonder how this will reopen the debate about the role of computer systems in the trading and the safeguards that are supposed to protect against these risks. But if microseconds mean millions in trading ... who has time for checks?""
This sounds like part of the closing summation from the culprit's defense attorney. Blame the computer? HFT had nothing to do with this. A man caused this withhis deliberate actions, not an algorithm.
HFT has increased liquidity and lowered transaction costs for the retail investor. And how would a delay help? As soon as trading resumed, it would be speed of light machines v.s my fat fingers.
And he calls you foolish. Who goes into climate science if they think there is no climate change? Nobody? Stop being obtuse. The field itself is an example of institutional bias.
Would have been nice to explain WTH Metro is in the summary, or provide an inline link to it.
Does a person go into a climate science career if is he is not already very convinced climate change exists? That's like going into Astronomy despite believing there are no planets or stars in space.
AT&T buys TM, gobbles up their bandwidth, and competes better with Verizon, while offering customers like me more bars, instead of having to use Skype to call on my phone via wifi - in my own bedroom.
Should we just wait for T-Mobile to die, then have some bankruptcy auction for the bandwidth? How is that more efficient for markets than just doing it now? Creative destruction, my friend.
All fines do is hurt the stockholders, not the executives responsible for the fuckup.
Too bad Peter Schiff didn't win that Senate seat, because then you'd see some real change.
Apple went up 6000% from the time he became CEO again until his first medical absence. Dumbest. Bunny. Ever.
Perhaps you didn't hear that Jobs was fired from Apple in 1985, then Apple failed in his absence, then Jobs came back and orchestrated the greatest comeback in corporate history, and made stockholders like myself a fortune.
Apple also bought NeXT from Jobs for millions, and it became the Mac OS.
Oh, and this thing he bought called "Pixar" for $5M? He turned it into the most successful movie studio in history, and sold it for like $6 billion.
Epic history fail.
. The movie [imdb.com] showed that lots of people held his hand and Myspace [wikipedia.org] paved the way years before Facebook showed up.
Well if it was in a movie, it must be true.
But he lived, so he's not a winner I guess