And why is it that you want them to fail so badly, I mean I have played the XBox and I think it is a great game console. And if they keep making games like Halo, I will be happy.
Writers can have bad episodes and even a bad year, and it doesnt mean that they are finished. Two bad years of programing are being made up because this year is substantially better than the previous two years.
And I REFUSE to believe that DOS/Win3.1/Win32 was absolutely the best, most marketable product during that period...okay, it may have been the best, but was it "97% of the market" best? I just don't believe so--I mean look how quickly Linux has stormed the scene.
Sorry, but Linux is not anywhere close to being as good for the average dumb computer user as windows. People will always like it because of its simplicity, which is its weakness for those who "get" technology.
(since the price of the share is basically the net present value of the the stream of expected dividends)
Actually there are three ways to determine the basic value of the price of a stock. You can do a net present value of the stream of dividends, but you can also do the net present value of the earnings stream. Furthermore, you can take the present earnings and come up with a multiplier (which is usually a discount rate plus a premium to buy the stock) to find out what price you would pay for the stock. Some people also use the value of the present assets as the value of the stock.
A company never has to give out dividends, but they usually do whenever a dollar reinvested in the company does not exceed the value of a dollar paid out to shareholders.
And yes, stock buyback programs benefit shareholders by increasing per share earnings.
I was just wondering how much new evidence on the issue of the existence of God actually comes up. You dont really read in the news that God bought a shirt at the mall today to help prove that he exists.
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And why is it that you want them to fail so badly, I mean I have played the XBox and I think it is a great game console. And if they keep making games like Halo, I will be happy.
And once again, the abundance of random knowledge is shown at /.
I stand corrected.
I think it is more a problem of the entire tech/geek community not to be able to have conversations without resorting to childish namecalling.
slashdot also said "Apple drops Mac OS 9." Have you ever heard of another OS 9, did you need the Mac in front of that?
It has not jumped the shark.
Writers can have bad episodes and even a bad year, and it doesnt mean that they are finished. Two bad years of programing are being made up because this year is substantially better than the previous two years.
And I REFUSE to believe that DOS/Win3.1/Win32 was absolutely the best, most marketable product during that period...okay, it may have been the best, but was it "97% of the market" best? I just don't believe so--I mean look how quickly Linux has stormed the scene.
Sorry, but Linux is not anywhere close to being as good for the average dumb computer user as windows. People will always like it because of its simplicity, which is its weakness for those who "get" technology.
(since the price of the share is basically the net present value of the the stream of expected dividends)
Actually there are three ways to determine the basic value of the price of a stock. You can do a net present value of the stream of dividends, but you can also do the net present value of the earnings stream. Furthermore, you can take the present earnings and come up with a multiplier (which is usually a discount rate plus a premium to buy the stock) to find out what price you would pay for the stock. Some people also use the value of the present assets as the value of the stock.
A company never has to give out dividends, but they usually do whenever a dollar reinvested in the company does not exceed the value of a dollar paid out to shareholders.
And yes, stock buyback programs benefit shareholders by increasing per share earnings.
Or do they give us the "holy text" with the middle first, followed by the beginning?
"If new evidence turns up"
I was just wondering how much new evidence on the issue of the existence of God actually comes up. You dont really read in the news that God bought a shirt at the mall today to help prove that he exists.