Yeah, but the only reason that the stock market isn't a zero-sum game is because there is new money coming into the system all the time, which after the randomization effect, works out to about a 10% gain for everyone involved.
Where did this new money come from? Some of it came by way of previous investors by way of the paychecks of us working stiffs. But, by in large the cash has come from the profit and sales (and write-offs) of older industrial and natural assets. As the number of coal mines and steel plants that can be liquidated tends towards nil, the amount of money coming into the system will slow, and the overall rate of return will go down. (Which makes it harder to make something out of nothing on the Internet.) One solution to all of this is to raid the social security trust fund and dump some of that money into the markets, but a better one would be to invent some new industries that actually produce material wealth, or find some more natural resources to exploit.
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Well, my guess is that dropping the Mustang is mainly a response to Intel's strategy shifts in the server market.
Traditionally, you could get a cheap Intel 2-way SMP board like the BX or (bleh) 820, which was great for the server and 'workstation' OEMs like Compaq and IBM, as well as better mb shops like Asus. But no longer - now one has to get a 840/Rambus model. And worse, the Pentium 4 will be introduced with no SMP support, which implies that they will be forcing all SMP users to buy (emasculated) Xeons (for big $$$).
The net effect is that Intel is jacking the prices on SMP systems. (Consipriacy theory - perhaps this is to make the Itanium look more affordable.) So, AMD has a huge market opportunity here to take the 'low-end' SMP market away from Intel with the 760MP and standard cheap Athlons. Now, they just need to win some OEM bids for "departmental servers" and "workstations", and if they are technically successful, they'll be in much tighter with the big OEMs (who don't totally trust them yet.)
Plus, there's a bunch of production logistics with producing a high-margin, low-volume Xeon-like chip. Furthermore, you pretty much have to have a top-tier server OEM to move those systems, which AMD doesn't have right now.
No, in San Francisco nobody wants the annoying noise of a rock band. People prefer "70s Nostagia Dance Night" and slumming $18 chicken salad in the Mission.
A) Moneyed residents are complaining about 10-year old nightclubs right next to their brand new condos.
B) Moneyed residents make contributions to politicians.
C) Politicians try to shut down nightclubs.
Solution: Have a Moneyed Resident buy a nightclub and start making political contributions. Hacking or The System. You choose.
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Yeah, but the only reason that the stock market isn't a zero-sum game is because there is new money coming into the system all the time, which after the randomization effect, works out to about a 10% gain for everyone involved.
Where did this new money come from? Some of it came by way of previous investors by way of the paychecks of us working stiffs. But, by in large the cash has come from the profit and sales (and write-offs) of older industrial and natural assets. As the number of coal mines and steel plants that can be liquidated tends towards nil, the amount of money coming into the system will slow, and the overall rate of return will go down. (Which makes it harder to make something out of nothing on the Internet.) One solution to all of this is to raid the social security trust fund and dump some of that money into the markets, but a better one would be to invent some new industries that actually produce material wealth, or find some more natural resources to exploit.
Well, my guess is that dropping the Mustang is mainly a response to Intel's strategy shifts in the server market.
Traditionally, you could get a cheap Intel 2-way SMP board like the BX or (bleh) 820, which was great for the server and 'workstation' OEMs like Compaq and IBM, as well as better mb shops like Asus. But no longer - now one has to get a 840/Rambus model. And worse, the Pentium 4 will be introduced with no SMP support, which implies that they will be forcing all SMP users to buy (emasculated) Xeons (for big $$$).
The net effect is that Intel is jacking the prices on SMP systems. (Consipriacy theory - perhaps this is to make the Itanium look more affordable.) So, AMD has a huge market opportunity here to take the 'low-end' SMP market away from Intel with the 760MP and standard cheap Athlons. Now, they just need to win some OEM bids for "departmental servers" and "workstations", and if they are technically successful, they'll be in much tighter with the big OEMs (who don't totally trust them yet.)
Plus, there's a bunch of production logistics with producing a high-margin, low-volume Xeon-like chip. Furthermore, you pretty much have to have a top-tier server OEM to move those systems, which AMD doesn't have right now.
No, in San Francisco nobody wants the annoying noise of a rock band. People prefer "70s Nostagia Dance Night" and slumming $18 chicken salad in the Mission.
Now, where's my fucking earthquake?
A) Moneyed residents are complaining about 10-year old nightclubs right next to their brand new condos.
B) Moneyed residents make contributions to politicians.
C) Politicians try to shut down nightclubs.
Solution: Have a Moneyed Resident buy a nightclub and start making political contributions. Hacking or The System. You choose.
That troll was a little too obvious, sipsy. Go back to asking dumb questions that could be answered in 30 seconds on yahoo.