Not only do they provide a 4.30% APY, but they have IMHO the best security measures on the internet. As well they just recently upgraded their login procedures to be even better.
The other thing you could do is called pyramiding your money. In otherwords you have say 1/4 of your money in a savings account (ING Direct), 1/4 of your money in a 3-6 month CD, 1/4 of your money in a 6-12 month CD, and 1/4 in a 12-24 month CD. When the 3-6 runs out you roll it back into a 3-6 possibly with any extra money you received from your savings account. When the 6-12 runs out you roll in the money (that should expire from the 3-6) into the 6-12. So on and so forth.
It's a great example of how to keep money accessible and take advantage of compounding interest.
"Foremost among them is the insertion of the hyphen into "e-mail." It's a decision -- made for both practical and symbolic reasons -- that has ruffled some feathers around here, and will no doubt ruffle a few out there. But more on that later. First, let's consider the justification for upsetting the ritual tranquility of your morning latté."
Correction for the poster. Unless Wired reversed their decision... they decided to INSERT the hyphen not take it away. Second, Internet should always be capitalized when referencing the Internet. Since it is a proper noun. But then again I'm horrible at English grammer...
I believe it is something every similar to the Ambiant Orb. Only, it's not self contained and the "actions" don't come from a radio source.
I imagine that it's something more like the old Be Box, where it had two rows of LEDs on the side edges of the case to show the processor load on each of the two processors inside.
Thus, this is using a software interface to light a color of the skin of the case to show something like...new mail has arrived. Or a movie has finished rendering. Allowing you to go about your business and notice that something has finished or happened without having to physically go sit at the computer.
Of course there are less undergrads. The market to find a respectable job is almost zilch. I've got a job, but not exactly what I want to do. I've been searching and sending out resumes for the past two years and still haven't been able to break into development work that interests me.
I don't care as much about money as I do enjoying what I do. Maybe this is a sad cry to any teams in the Atlanta, Georgia area looking for a hardworking junior engineer. There just doesn't seem to be any positions out there... or I'm looking in the wrong places.
This is true, but in this case the people have a very large influence on the price because since the last person to receive their shares sets the price.
Since I believe this is a bling auction I don't believe the big investors can tell where the rest of the field lies and snag more shares at a lower price. They will take their risks bidding high and if the rest of the world bids lower then they will be stuck with the amount of shares they would have gotten at a much higher price (less shares) for less.
This whole thing will indeed be interesting. Thanks for your input, I think you have a very valid point.
If people are smart they will realize that Google isn't the one who sets the price. Due to the Dutch auction format it's the investors who set the price.
In Dutch auction you take the highest price and count down the number of shares till you run out. The last person to be issued shares at the lowest price is the one who sets the price for the *entire* auction. Everyone gets their shares at that price. So if you believe that Google is overvaluating their stock then what you need to do is pursaude the majority of those purchasing the stock that it should really be *insert fair market value* for the stock.
Personally I think the stock is worth about half of what Google said, but I am not a professional nor do I claim to be.
It's apparent you know not of which you speak either. You see Apple setup a javascript document that contained the the number of songs sold. The front page of Apple would retrieve this document and decide how to display the numbers.
The now 404 URL was found at http://phobos.apple.com/external_counter.js
If you knew anything about HTTP you would know that it sends the Last-Modified header along with the document. This is the time at which the document was modified.
I automated downloading that URL along with the headers. As it turns out Apple was running a process it seems every five minutes to count the number of songs sold. This process is assumed to have been started on the 04, 09, 14...etc of the hour. It's possible that the SQL they were running to get the numbers started on 00, 05, 10...etc. But four mintues and twenty seconds seems rather long to recieve a count on the number of rows in a database table. However it was performed, that number was then written into this static javascript document. The webserver then serves up the document along with it's modified date-timestamp.
The time I gave was the exact numbers at the exact time as given by Apple's external_counter.js document. It has nothing to do with ebb and flow.
I will gladly accept your apology anytime, however I will not hold my breath.;)
Below you will find the output from the webserver. HTTP/1.0 200 OK Accept-Ranges: bytes Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:20:30 GMT Content-Length: 51 Content-Type: application/x-javascript Cache-Control: no-cache Connection: keep-alive Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Darwin) Pragma: no-cache Last-Modified: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:19:29 GMT ETag: "2c49e0-33-40f21f61" Via: 1.1 netcache05 (NetCache NetApp/5.5R4)
function count(){ var num = 99992422;return num; }
To add something to this comment I forgot to add...
If the rate was approximately 68.5 songs sold per second. According to the rules (not including the no purchase required entries.) a person that purchased a song at the same time as the 1 millionth songs timestamp, including the person that purchased the 1 millionth, has a 1 in 68.5 chance to win.
Since there is not a way for me to calculate the nuber of no purchased required entries I can not give a spot on accurate number.
Ryan Seacrest> Ryan Seacrest here with my friend Kobe Bryant. Hey Kobe, see that not so attractive girl in the hotel over there?
Anonymous Girl> Hi Ryan!
Ryan Seacrest> Let's text her and find out if she's available and wants to get it on!
<text messages and waits for reply>
Ryan Seacrest> And let's fine out what she said? "All your base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." See, isn't texting fun?
Well, the students will find out that there is no way for them to win.
So they befriend an eccentric scientist who fell off a toilet and invented some kind of new capaciter.
They will then play the "Let's find 1.21 GW of electricity." transporting them back to before the teacher deciced to play the stupid game. Make their album available for download and then show everyone that you can make it in the world.
Or, the marketing arm of record labels can go find real jobs instead of just wishing they were as good as the people they represent.
When Pixar started in 1985, Greenberg says, it took 8 hours to render one frame (or 1/24th of a second) of computer animation. Now, it still takes 8 hours....
Now there's progress!
Just more proof that sound bytes can say whatever you want them too.
"From the company that brought you Win98 and WinXP comes Windows Unbreakable!
the right approach to all problems is to use a standard. This common wisdom has no basis in fact or history, and is curtailing innovation and rewarding bad behavior in our industry.
Wasn't this the approach that Microsoft has used? Do we really want a world full of Microsoft non-standard code? Oh wait, we already have that.
I say we revolt! It's never happened in mass to a web site and I would like to see them go back to email. So I call upon everyone who cares and even those who don't to not visit and write the editor at and tell them you won't visit until the change it back. Let's be more than leeches and passive people in a digital society. Let them know that we make technology and set the terms for our creations. Let's not be bound by editors and others!
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Well student loans are usually deferred until you graduate from college. So it makes perfect sense.
ING Direct,
Not only do they provide a 4.30% APY, but they have IMHO the best security measures on the internet. As well they just recently upgraded their login procedures to be even better.
http://www.ingdirect.com/
The other thing you could do is called pyramiding your money. In otherwords you have say 1/4 of your money in a savings account (ING Direct), 1/4 of your money in a 3-6 month CD, 1/4 of your money in a 6-12 month CD, and 1/4 in a 12-24 month CD. When the 3-6 runs out you roll it back into a 3-6 possibly with any extra money you received from your savings account. When the 6-12 runs out you roll in the money (that should expire from the 3-6) into the 6-12. So on and so forth.
It's a great example of how to keep money accessible and take advantage of compounding interest.
Don't be evil
Is greediness the same thing as evilness?
I was disappointed myself as I would have loved to invest in the IPO but Ameritrade said, "No." Personally I think the whole thing is silly. Oh well.
"Foremost among them is the insertion of the hyphen into "e-mail." It's a decision -- made for both practical and symbolic reasons -- that has ruffled some feathers around here, and will no doubt ruffle a few out there. But more on that later. First, let's consider the justification for upsetting the ritual tranquility of your morning latté."
Correction for the poster. Unless Wired reversed their decision... they decided to INSERT the hyphen not take it away. Second, Internet should always be capitalized when referencing the Internet. Since it is a proper noun. But then again I'm horrible at English grammer...
What do I know anyway?
I believe it is something every similar to the Ambiant Orb. Only, it's not self contained and the "actions" don't come from a radio source.
I imagine that it's something more like the old Be Box, where it had two rows of LEDs on the side edges of the case to show the processor load on each of the two processors inside.
Thus, this is using a software interface to light a color of the skin of the case to show something like...new mail has arrived. Or a movie has finished rendering. Allowing you to go about your business and notice that something has finished or happened without having to physically go sit at the computer.
You would just have to glace across the room.
Of course there are less undergrads. The market to find a respectable job is almost zilch. I've got a job, but not exactly what I want to do. I've been searching and sending out resumes for the past two years and still haven't been able to break into development work that interests me.
I don't care as much about money as I do enjoying what I do. Maybe this is a sad cry to any teams in the Atlanta, Georgia area looking for a hardworking junior engineer. There just doesn't seem to be any positions out there... or I'm looking in the wrong places.
- Austere in Atlanta
s/bling/blind/
This is true, but in this case the people have a very large influence on the price because since the last person to receive their shares sets the price.
Since I believe this is a bling auction I don't believe the big investors can tell where the rest of the field lies and snag more shares at a lower price. They will take their risks bidding high and if the rest of the world bids lower then they will be stuck with the amount of shares they would have gotten at a much higher price (less shares) for less.
This whole thing will indeed be interesting. Thanks for your input, I think you have a very valid point.
If people are smart they will realize that Google isn't the one who sets the price. Due to the Dutch auction format it's the investors who set the price.
In Dutch auction you take the highest price and count down the number of shares till you run out. The last person to be issued shares at the lowest price is the one who sets the price for the *entire* auction. Everyone gets their shares at that price. So if you believe that Google is overvaluating their stock then what you need to do is pursaude the majority of those purchasing the stock that it should really be *insert fair market value* for the stock.
Personally I think the stock is worth about half of what Google said, but I am not a professional nor do I claim to be.
It's apparent you know not of which you speak either. You see Apple setup a javascript document that contained the the number of songs sold. The front page of Apple would retrieve this document and decide how to display the numbers.
;)
The now 404 URL was found at http://phobos.apple.com/external_counter.js
If you knew anything about HTTP you would know that it sends the Last-Modified header along with the document. This is the time at which the document was modified.
I automated downloading that URL along with the headers. As it turns out Apple was running a process it seems every five minutes to count the number of songs sold. This process is assumed to have been started on the 04, 09, 14...etc of the hour. It's possible that the SQL they were running to get the numbers started on 00, 05, 10...etc. But four mintues and twenty seconds seems rather long to recieve a count on the number of rows in a database table. However it was performed, that number was then written into this static javascript document. The webserver then serves up the document along with it's modified date-timestamp.
The time I gave was the exact numbers at the exact time as given by Apple's external_counter.js document. It has nothing to do with ebb and flow.
I will gladly accept your apology anytime, however I will not hold my breath.
Below you will find the output from the webserver.
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:20:30 GMT
Content-Length: 51
Content-Type: application/x-javascript
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: keep-alive
Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Darwin)
Pragma: no-cache
Last-Modified: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:19:29 GMT
ETag: "2c49e0-33-40f21f61"
Via: 1.1 netcache05 (NetCache NetApp/5.5R4)
function count(){ var num = 99992422;return num; }
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:25:35 GMT
Content-Length: 52
Content-Type: application/x-javascript
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: keep-alive
Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Darwin)
Pragma: no-cache
Last-Modified: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:24:53 GMT
ETag: "2c49e0-34-40f220a5"
Via: 1.1 netcache02 (NetCache NetApp/5.5R4)
function count(){ var num = 100014607;return num; }
To add something to this comment I forgot to add...
If the rate was approximately 68.5 songs sold per second. According to the rules (not including the no purchase required entries.) a person that purchased a song at the same time as the 1 millionth songs timestamp, including the person that purchased the 1 millionth, has a 1 in 68.5 chance to win.
Since there is not a way for me to calculate the nuber of no purchased required entries I can not give a spot on accurate number.
According to some automated logs I've been keeping of the contest the winning person won between Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:19:29 GMT and 05:24:53 GMT.
The number of songs sold at the first time was 99992422.
The number of songs sold at the second time was 100014607.
Apple sold a total of 22185 songs in that five minute 24 second period. For those wondering that's roughly 68.5 songs per second.
Congrats to whoever it was.
And I thought I was just trying to be funny...oh well.
<Note to self>Don't try so hard</Note to self>
Ryan Seacrest> Ryan Seacrest here with my friend Kobe Bryant. Hey Kobe, see that not so attractive girl in the hotel over there?
Anonymous Girl> Hi Ryan!
Ryan Seacrest> Let's text her and find out if she's available and wants to get it on!
<text messages and waits for reply>
Ryan Seacrest> And let's fine out what she said? "All your base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time." See, isn't texting fun?
It seems that Apple's taught the world to "iTune".
Giving everyone iTunes is the choice of the next generation.
I can't decide which cola provider they should have gone with. Oh well, as long as Brittney isn't singing with an iPod I think I can deal.
Well, the students will find out that there is no way for them to win.
So they befriend an eccentric scientist who fell off a toilet and invented some kind of new capaciter.
They will then play the "Let's find 1.21 GW of electricity." transporting them back to before the teacher deciced to play the stupid game. Make their album available for download and then show everyone that you can make it in the world.
Or, the marketing arm of record labels can go find real jobs instead of just wishing they were as good as the people they represent.
Hmm, I'm not bitter.
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Now there's progress!
Just more proof that sound bytes can say whatever you want them too.
"From the company that brought you Win98 and WinXP comes Windows Unbreakable!
I figured that George W. would have gone for the "Old Fart" methane method.
Wasn't this the approach that Microsoft has used? Do we really want a world full of Microsoft non-standard code? Oh wait, we already have that.
So that's why we have the need for standards!
I say we revolt! It's never happened in mass to a web site and I would like to see them go back to email. So I call upon everyone who cares and even those who don't to not visit and write the editor at and tell them you won't visit until the change it back. Let's be more than leeches and passive people in a digital society. Let them know that we make technology and set the terms for our creations. Let's not be bound by editors and others!
:-)
Boycott Wired News!