The numbers quoted are what some analyst thinks that someone might theoretically pay.
There's nothing theoretical about it. They raised a bit over $500M in return for a bit over 20% of the company. 500M / 0.2 = $2.5B.
Like all companies, they are worth what someone is willing to pay.
You say that because using those marks is out of fashion, and so anyone using them looks out of date and out of touch.
*Everyone* is subject to fashion, even Slashdotters who live in the basement. It might be a different subset of fashion, but deep down it's the same thing.
The new MacBook's are less functional than the 2013 Macbook Airs.
They're not a replacement. The Airs got updated as well. They're a different product for different uses. Being less functional than a different product is not important. The new Macbook is not something I would buy, nor would it be suited for most Slashdotters. But that's not the point.
My house, on the other hand, I pay taxes for owning.
You're really just renting it from the government. Don't pay the rent and they'll kick you out, just like any renter. Except you paid a huge fee to be able to rent it. And when you're done with it you can't just leave, you have to find somebody else willing to pay a huge fee to take over the rent.
have used Macs since they existed, and I never once saw the Sad Mac
Boy I sure did. And it is a sad moment. I also once knocked the back end of the CRT while adding RAM to a "toaster" Mac, and the hissing sound of air rushing into it was a *really* saddening sound.
And that is the only measure of, as you put it, "wasting" one's life? I've never written any program that didn't teach me something, and I've been doing it since 1981.
The easiest solution is to have one time worldwide.
Does that really make it easier? Seems like it just exchanges one problem for another. You might know what "time" it is everywhere, but you don't know when they're working, sleeping, etc.
"What time is it in China? Oh right, 3pm, same as us. Wait, when do they sleep? Can I call there now?"
"What, we're having dinner at 2am? And tomorrow we travel to India for an afternoon meeting. When will that be? 9:30? WTF?"
Minor? They have to report all their income and pay US taxes on any amount above the exclusion (currently a bit over $90K, only applies to normal income). They also have to pay taxes on capital gains with no exclusions. They have to report every bank account they own, every year. This is a separate filing. The penalty for not reporting is $10,000 per account per year. Many U.S. ex-pats don't even know about this requirement.
To any US Ex-pats reading this, get on this. You're setting yourself up for trouble if they want to put the squeeze on you. It's called an FBAR, part of the Banking Secrecy Act. Link.
Gotta be a troll. But if not, go through the mechanics of the Monty Hall problem. Take, for example, three playing cards - a king and two deuces. You be Monty and have your friend try to get the king, and have him always switch. It should soon be apparent to you that he is effectively getting *both* of the the ones he didn't choose originally.
Of course if you become suddenly rich in your 20's there's a pretty good chance you won't handle it well. I know personally I wouldn't have. I'd have done all kinds of stupid, blown through most of it, lost all my real friends, etc.
On the other hand, I'd have liked to have found that out the hard way...
All of those would matter if you were trying to figure out *why* it evolved the way it did. That's not what they're doing, so none of that matters. It's the difference between the fact of evolution and the theory that explains it.
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If I don't respond to replies it's not that I'm ignoring them, it's because for some reason Slashdot doesn't permit it. I also can't change my sig, thus this tacked-on text.
The problem, even with a spinal cord cut intentionally and carefully, is that the surgeon has no way to know what connections in the head go to what connections in the body.
It sounds like he's simply hoping it all sorts itself out somehow. Or maybe that the brain could eventually remap everything. Seems unlikely. Especially within two years.
Soulskill, thank you for letting us know, and for the effort.
Some problems I am having:
I can't get to my account settings. Right now I get a pop-up of article category choices.
I can post to a story that I posted to yesterday. This has actually been true for some time. I get a "you can't post to this page" message. Perhaps it is due to some issue with the ISP's invisible proxy? This means I can't ever follow-up when I get a reply.
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Hmmm. How would something like that get written?
Boy is that wrong. It's extremely valuable and important.
There's nothing theoretical about it. They raised a bit over $500M in return for a bit over 20% of the company. 500M / 0.2 = $2.5B.
Like all companies, they are worth what someone is willing to pay.
I'm pretty sure the only emails Google doesn't read are the ones addressed to it.
Thread winner.
You say that because using those marks is out of fashion, and so anyone using them looks out of date and out of touch.
*Everyone* is subject to fashion, even Slashdotters who live in the basement. It might be a different subset of fashion, but deep down it's the same thing.
They're not a replacement. The Airs got updated as well. They're a different product for different uses. Being less functional than a different product is not important. The new Macbook is not something I would buy, nor would it be suited for most Slashdotters. But that's not the point.
Om Malik is a first-rate tech writer/reporter. Though I'm sure he'll land somewhere.
You're really just renting it from the government. Don't pay the rent and they'll kick you out, just like any renter. Except you paid a huge fee to be able to rent it. And when you're done with it you can't just leave, you have to find somebody else willing to pay a huge fee to take over the rent.
Boy I sure did. And it is a sad moment. I also once knocked the back end of the CRT while adding RAM to a "toaster" Mac, and the hissing sound of air rushing into it was a *really* saddening sound.
And that is the only measure of, as you put it, "wasting" one's life? I've never written any program that didn't teach me something, and I've been doing it since 1981.
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Well obviously we'd need flying houses as well. That goes without saying.
I'm surprised no one ever thought of this. What are they thinking?? I mean, it seems so obvious.
Does that really make it easier? Seems like it just exchanges one problem for another. You might know what "time" it is everywhere, but you don't know when they're working, sleeping, etc.
"What time is it in China? Oh right, 3pm, same as us. Wait, when do they sleep? Can I call there now?"
"What, we're having dinner at 2am? And tomorrow we travel to India for an afternoon meeting. When will that be? 9:30? WTF?"
Minor? They have to report all their income and pay US taxes on any amount above the exclusion (currently a bit over $90K, only applies to normal income). They also have to pay taxes on capital gains with no exclusions. They have to report every bank account they own, every year. This is a separate filing. The penalty for not reporting is $10,000 per account per year. Many U.S. ex-pats don't even know about this requirement.
To any US Ex-pats reading this, get on this. You're setting yourself up for trouble if they want to put the squeeze on you. It's called an FBAR, part of the Banking Secrecy Act. Link.
Gotta be a troll. But if not, go through the mechanics of the Monty Hall problem. Take, for example, three playing cards - a king and two deuces. You be Monty and have your friend try to get the king, and have him always switch. It should soon be apparent to you that he is effectively getting *both* of the the ones he didn't choose originally.
On the other hand, I'd have liked to have found that out the hard way...
Wow, spell-check with a level of indirection....nice.
To be fair, about 20% of an in-office staff also tends to be completely unproductive.
Why in particular would it play U2? It ought to play whatever you were last listening to. It's not going to choose U2 (or anything else) on its own.
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If I don't respond to replies it's not that I'm ignoring them, it's because for some reason Slashdot doesn't permit it. I also can't change my sig, thus this tacked-on text.
Oh, is that what that means? Damn. I had always assumed they were simply out of stock. I don't know what I was thinking.
It sounds like he's simply hoping it all sorts itself out somehow. Or maybe that the brain could eventually remap everything. Seems unlikely. Especially within two years.
Some problems I am having: