You might get the Transmeta letter (if there is one) if:
1. you are listed in the source code for some major open source code
2. you are listed in the source code for the Linux Kernel
3. you are listed as working on the.man files
4. you are listed as working on the howto
5. you have done really cool stuff to help Transmeta
6. you are a Linux demigod
Since it's only S-1, you still have time to get listed. So join up and get cranking!
Note: I have no insider connection, I'm just basing this on the other IPOs. For all I know they'll just stiff you and you'll have to subsist off the free bheer like you're supposed to.
Well, I wouldn't count his stock options before they're exercised. Remember, the figure they usually quote is the closing price for the first day, and then sometimes the closing price for the first week, when they talk about how much he'll be worth.
But he probably won't be able to exercise his options until at least 90 days, and if he has significant holdings, maybe 180 days. They might grant him an initial exercise of say a few thousand shares just so he can finally pay off his student loans and get that new Hybrid VW Beetle with the 90 mpg that he wants.
And even then, if he gets significant holdings, he has to file notice of intent to sell them, so we can track his holdings on Yahoo and figure out when his mortgage comes due.
Well, I'm not just saying that because of what happened with Red Hat. As some of you may know, I and some others pounded on ETrade when they didn't release the shares for the coders promptly, even getting the SEC into the act. And even though my initial $51K that was in E*Trade never got put in (I did get 100 shares, though), I'm not really complaining, even if that was a lot to have sit in cash for weeks.
When we look back at all the Linux stocks, we'll see very few did well - Red Hat (marketing is why, brand is big), VA Research (now VA Linux Systems, mostly the quality rep), and not much more.
Don't be distracted by the huge first day pops - that's the institutionals letting out the air and the hype factor. If you can get IPO shares - great! If you can't - wait at least 90 days to buy them - best times are 90-100 day and 180-210 day when the option lockups expire.
And if they send you an email saying you should get shares, don't take no for an answer. Send in the cash, take your allotment, and ride it for all it's worth. If you get a few hundred shares, consider dropping 25 to 100 of them during the first week to cover your cost, and then keep the rest until you retire. Don't worry about warnings about not selling - that's only if you do IPOs all the time. I've been restricted from IPOs a few times, when I dropped a hot IPO for a good 300 to 600 percent return and never regretted it.
Note: I own MSDW stock (a major chunk of my portfolio, and a great stock) and I'm going for as many TMTA shares as I can get in my large MSDW account. Remember, if you are friends and family, you don't have to jump through the same hoops as everyone else. And if people mess with you, the SEC is your friend.
Now, where I live (New Jersey, USA), we, in fact, have a law requiring notification of released sex offenders to the neighborhoods where these persons live. It's known colloqually as "Megan's Law" and seems very popular.
Shortly after it was first passed, a "vigilante" attacked the house mentioned and beat up the first person he saw. Turns out the released sex offender wasn't even home at the time.
Amusing, in that Megan's law was first passed in Washington State (and is named after a girl in Spokane). And we torched the house of the first registered sex offender when he wasn't home, too.
But, it is different in Canada. They really do respect most of their laws, on the whole. Except for the really stupid ones.
No, they appoint their judges in Canada. They don't EVER have elections. Forget about how most judges are appointed in some US states and then have to run for election.
They don't have any elections, period. And, it's a good thing.
You have to understand - Canada is NOT the same as the US. It's totally different.
i>I disagree. In US society, prostitution is illegal, recreational drug use is illegal, professed public atheism can make you a pariah (you can belong to any religion you want in the US, as long as it is Xtianity), the practice of homosexuality is illegal in many states (and verboten in the military), the use of alcohol is forbidden until the age of 21, the state dictates that you must wear a helmet to ride a motorcycle, there are no nipples allowed in US tabloids (oh, the pain and suffering caused by a perky tit!), and anti-intellectualism is rife (this haven of geekdom aside - and, of course, I know there are other exceptions).
Sigh. You don't understand, it's just as illegal in Canada, but they actually pay attention to their laws. When their Constitution changed, it was amazing how quickly most Canadians quickly conformed to the new laws, not just in practice but in thought.
You see, when you live where it gets a tad nippy, conformity and rule of law is kind of critical. And you like government because you have to depend on someone insisting on getting supplies through that pass when it gets snowed over.
And hence, it still makes sense to outlaw violent video games in Canada. I should point out, Albertans aren't really Canadian, they're Texan wannabees, so you should ignore them on the subject. They'd leave if the Yanks were silly enough to take them.
Everyone knows that this was just a hoax: the real working title is Return to Burning Man: Jar Jar Must Fry.
Naturally, George is keeping that title under wraps, because it would give away one of the subplots, in which Jar Jar is burned inside a large wicker man built in a temporary city located in a desert.
All the secrets will be revealed at the Alter of the Mystical Frog of the Playa, but only during the ceremonies held at A.R.F.
If you're not Of The Frog, it's just not your day...
Look, some of us have real work to do. Yeah, in a perfect world, everything would be Open Source, and Matrox would release a graphic driver that wasn't binary-only.
But it ain't a perfect world, you don't get a choice in the Win world, so deal with it.
I'd much rather get the same level of code and quality code at that, than get no code.
If you really wish there was an Open Source graphics driver for Matrox, start your own project now, instead of complaining. Crank out some code of your own - how do you think we got DVD?
The world is harsh sometimes, but I'd rather have some code as a wrapper than none at all.
Dual and quad head video! I've been waiting for Matrox to have this, it was my last reason for still having that stinking Win machine at home (oh, ok, and to play The Sims, but that's different).
Now I can use all my nice 19 inch monitors and do my web stuff in a realistic environment!
OK, now I now all the libertarians are going to get upset over British Columbia calling a CD game a "motion picture" and labelling it, but...
Look, in the US society supports individual rights over those of societal rights. So long as noone bugs us too much, you can do pretty much what you want, sue whomever you want, and that's just the way it is.
In Canada, however, societal rights are regarded as more important than individual rights. This extends even to sports - it's not as much about the individual as it is about the team. All of Canada's heroes (and I mean ALL of them) tend to be modest about their own personal acheivements, say how it was a team effort, and (amazing, this) believe it.
So, the concept that the law can decide to shut down the sale of games that may cause teen violence is totally legit in a Canadian context, whereas in the US it's an alien concept. This doesn't mean there aren't regional variations - B.C. is less Blue than Ontario, Quebec is more open to this (so long as you speak French), and hey Newfoundland is just glad you paid attention to them, since they are the most wired province.
So, forget about all the posts you'll read today by Yanks about individual liberties and censorship - it's Canada and you're just going to have to deal with the fact that they have different values than Americans and even a slightly different legal system. Did you know they appoint their judges and cops? Not elect them (Yanks elect sherrifs and judges), appoint them.
Here endeth the lesson.
(yeah, so I lived half my life in Canada and half in the States, so?)
Yes, you're right. They've started to suss that StarOffice is threatening their golden cow, MS Office, and so they're trying to stop the bleedoff of customers.
All I can say is, whatever they release, it won't be Open Source, it will just run on Linux. The two are not the same. You can easily develop apps, and even publish part of the API, while keeping the internals closed source.
And they will keep it closed source. Sure, they might open source some printer drivers or some minor thing, but the crown jewels will still be kept deep within the caverns of the beast, guarded by the Kerboros(TM,MSFT) dog, off limits to all who do not praise Bill G to the highest.
Well, I personally find DSL is a heck of a lot faster in practice. I suppose if I went online during the day, it might be a different story, but I do that from work, where we have a T1.
On the other hand, @Home is a heck of a lot cheaper. If you're just doing mail and surfing, it's probably way better considering the cost and availability - most people can get @Home, but only some can get DSL. Something like 90% for cable modem and 25% for DSL availability.
I mean, SimCity 3000 is great, and I'm sure I'll buy a copy, but I really want The Sims.
Especially since I was the person who cracked the dual byte encoding used for SimCity originally, when everyone else was just looking for the money cheat. They owe me.
Yeah, but you're using Cox @Home. My brother works for them, he's the manager for @Home installs in Santa Barbara. They have very different terms of service, plus they overbuild their networks.
Up here in Seattle we have AT&T @Home, which is really the old TCI. They underbuild their network, and they have more restrictive terms.
Personally, I'm getting sick and tired of the increased restrictions, so I may cancel my AT&T @ Home and just use my DSL connections.
[I own shares in both Cox and AT&T - caveat emptor]
Sorry, but retail FTF politics is way more fun. As someone deeply involved in politics, there's just something about the human contact that makes you listen to the political choices.
Basically, an attractive person of the opposite (or appropriate for you) gender just makes you that much more willing to volunteer, attend parties, donate money, and listen to silly things.
The analysts are paid to write reports showing the growth and projected growth of various industry segments. These reports are commisioned by companies in the industries in question. They are then sold to other companies in the same industry.
Yes, and IDC has a really bad track record here. You can look at their early Windows/OS2 reports or the first reports on how many people would upgrade from Win95 to Win98 and Win2K (hint, the numbers are so small, it's affecting MSFT stock prices).
Also note the stat they use, sales ($). Think about it, it's not support dollars, or training dollars, or CPU cycles, or SPEC, or anything relevant. It's cash dollars paid by the sheep who are fleeced.
Naturally, MSFT wins on that one. Even with a shrinking market share, because they're jacking up the price and using their monopoly power to enforce it.
Yeah, but they already have a voice-recognition cell phone watch... so you just need to wear two watches and let the skin current provide the data transfer circuit.
What do you mean reboot your watch? This is a Linux watch... you must be thinking of MSFT's new project, the WinWatch (TM,R,S,T,U,V). Keeps perfect time until you have to reboot, but you have to do that once a day, and then you look like you have fleas while you shake your hand vigorously.
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OK, reality check time.
.man files
You might get the Transmeta letter (if there is one) if:
1. you are listed in the source code for some major open source code
2. you are listed in the source code for the Linux Kernel
3. you are listed as working on the
4. you are listed as working on the howto
5. you have done really cool stuff to help Transmeta
6. you are a Linux demigod
Since it's only S-1, you still have time to get listed. So join up and get cranking!
Note: I have no insider connection, I'm just basing this on the other IPOs. For all I know they'll just stiff you and you'll have to subsist off the free bheer like you're supposed to.
Well, I wouldn't count his stock options before they're exercised. Remember, the figure they usually quote is the closing price for the first day, and then sometimes the closing price for the first week, when they talk about how much he'll be worth.
But he probably won't be able to exercise his options until at least 90 days, and if he has significant holdings, maybe 180 days. They might grant him an initial exercise of say a few thousand shares just so he can finally pay off his student loans and get that new Hybrid VW Beetle with the 90 mpg that he wants.
And even then, if he gets significant holdings, he has to file notice of intent to sell them, so we can track his holdings on Yahoo and figure out when his mortgage comes due.
Well, I'm not just saying that because of what happened with Red Hat. As some of you may know, I and some others pounded on ETrade when they didn't release the shares for the coders promptly, even getting the SEC into the act. And even though my initial $51K that was in E*Trade never got put in (I did get 100 shares, though), I'm not really complaining, even if that was a lot to have sit in cash for weeks.
When we look back at all the Linux stocks, we'll see very few did well - Red Hat (marketing is why, brand is big), VA Research (now VA Linux Systems, mostly the quality rep), and not much more.
Don't be distracted by the huge first day pops - that's the institutionals letting out the air and the hype factor. If you can get IPO shares - great! If you can't - wait at least 90 days to buy them - best times are 90-100 day and 180-210 day when the option lockups expire.
And if they send you an email saying you should get shares, don't take no for an answer. Send in the cash, take your allotment, and ride it for all it's worth. If you get a few hundred shares, consider dropping 25 to 100 of them during the first week to cover your cost, and then keep the rest until you retire. Don't worry about warnings about not selling - that's only if you do IPOs all the time. I've been restricted from IPOs a few times, when I dropped a hot IPO for a good 300 to 600 percent return and never regretted it.
Note: I own MSDW stock (a major chunk of my portfolio, and a great stock) and I'm going for as many TMTA shares as I can get in my large MSDW account. Remember, if you are friends and family, you don't have to jump through the same hoops as everyone else. And if people mess with you, the SEC is your friend.
Now, where I live (New Jersey, USA), we, in fact, have a law requiring notification of released sex offenders to the neighborhoods where these persons live. It's known colloqually as "Megan's Law" and seems very popular.
Shortly after it was first passed, a "vigilante" attacked the house mentioned and beat up the first person he saw. Turns out the released sex offender wasn't even home at the time.
Amusing, in that Megan's law was first passed in Washington State (and is named after a girl in Spokane). And we torched the house of the first registered sex offender when he wasn't home, too.
But, it is different in Canada. They really do respect most of their laws, on the whole. Except for the really stupid ones.
No, they appoint their judges in Canada. They don't EVER have elections. Forget about how most judges are appointed in some US states and then have to run for election.
They don't have any elections, period. And, it's a good thing.
You have to understand - Canada is NOT the same as the US. It's totally different.
i>I disagree. In US society, prostitution is illegal, recreational drug use is illegal, professed public atheism can make you a pariah (you can belong to any religion you want in the US, as long as it is Xtianity), the practice of homosexuality is illegal in many states (and verboten in the military), the use of alcohol is forbidden until the age of 21, the state dictates that you must wear a helmet to ride a motorcycle, there are no nipples allowed in US tabloids (oh, the pain and suffering caused by a perky tit!), and anti-intellectualism is rife (this haven of geekdom aside - and, of course, I know there are other exceptions).
Sigh. You don't understand, it's just as illegal in Canada, but they actually pay attention to their laws. When their Constitution changed, it was amazing how quickly most Canadians quickly conformed to the new laws, not just in practice but in thought.
You see, when you live where it gets a tad nippy, conformity and rule of law is kind of critical. And you like government because you have to depend on someone insisting on getting supplies through that pass when it gets snowed over.
And hence, it still makes sense to outlaw violent video games in Canada. I should point out, Albertans aren't really Canadian, they're Texan wannabees, so you should ignore them on the subject. They'd leave if the Yanks were silly enough to take them.
Everyone knows that this was just a hoax: the real working title is Return to Burning Man: Jar Jar Must Fry.
...
Naturally, George is keeping that title under wraps, because it would give away one of the subplots, in which Jar Jar is burned inside a large wicker man built in a temporary city located in a desert.
All the secrets will be revealed at the Alter of the Mystical Frog of the Playa, but only during the ceremonies held at A.R.F.
If you're not Of The Frog, it's just not your day
If you follow any of the Hollywood rags, you'll see most films go through about 4 or 5 working titles before they even get to the cutting room floor.
Look, some of us have real work to do. Yeah, in a perfect world, everything would be Open Source, and Matrox would release a graphic driver that wasn't binary-only.
But it ain't a perfect world, you don't get a choice in the Win world, so deal with it.
I'd much rather get the same level of code and quality code at that, than get no code.
If you really wish there was an Open Source graphics driver for Matrox, start your own project now, instead of complaining. Crank out some code of your own - how do you think we got DVD?
The world is harsh sometimes, but I'd rather have some code as a wrapper than none at all.
Dual and quad head video! I've been waiting for Matrox to have this, it was my last reason for still having that stinking Win machine at home (oh, ok, and to play The Sims, but that's different).
Now I can use all my nice 19 inch monitors and do my web stuff in a realistic environment!
OK, now I now all the libertarians are going to get upset over British Columbia calling a CD game a "motion picture" and labelling it, but ...
Look, in the US society supports individual rights over those of societal rights. So long as noone bugs us too much, you can do pretty much what you want, sue whomever you want, and that's just the way it is.
In Canada, however, societal rights are regarded as more important than individual rights. This extends even to sports - it's not as much about the individual as it is about the team. All of Canada's heroes (and I mean ALL of them) tend to be modest about their own personal acheivements, say how it was a team effort, and (amazing, this) believe it.
So, the concept that the law can decide to shut down the sale of games that may cause teen violence is totally legit in a Canadian context, whereas in the US it's an alien concept. This doesn't mean there aren't regional variations - B.C. is less Blue than Ontario, Quebec is more open to this (so long as you speak French), and hey Newfoundland is just glad you paid attention to them, since they are the most wired province.
So, forget about all the posts you'll read today by Yanks about individual liberties and censorship - it's Canada and you're just going to have to deal with the fact that they have different values than Americans and even a slightly different legal system. Did you know they appoint their judges and cops? Not elect them (Yanks elect sherrifs and judges), appoint them.
Here endeth the lesson.
(yeah, so I lived half my life in Canada and half in the States, so?)
Yes, you're right. They've started to suss that StarOffice is threatening their golden cow, MS Office, and so they're trying to stop the bleedoff of customers.
All I can say is, whatever they release, it won't be Open Source, it will just run on Linux. The two are not the same. You can easily develop apps, and even publish part of the API, while keeping the internals closed source.
And they will keep it closed source. Sure, they might open source some printer drivers or some minor thing, but the crown jewels will still be kept deep within the caverns of the beast, guarded by the Kerboros(TM,MSFT) dog, off limits to all who do not praise Bill G to the highest.
Well, I personally find DSL is a heck of a lot faster in practice. I suppose if I went online during the day, it might be a different story, but I do that from work, where we have a T1.
On the other hand, @Home is a heck of a lot cheaper. If you're just doing mail and surfing, it's probably way better considering the cost and availability - most people can get @Home, but only some can get DSL. Something like 90% for cable modem and 25% for DSL availability.
I mean, SimCity 3000 is great, and I'm sure I'll buy a copy, but I really want The Sims.
Especially since I was the person who cracked the dual byte encoding used for SimCity originally, when everyone else was just looking for the money cheat. They owe me.
Yeah, but you're using Cox @Home. My brother works for them, he's the manager for @Home installs in Santa Barbara. They have very different terms of service, plus they overbuild their networks.
Up here in Seattle we have AT&T @Home, which is really the old TCI. They underbuild their network, and they have more restrictive terms.
Personally, I'm getting sick and tired of the increased restrictions, so I may cancel my AT&T @ Home and just use my DSL connections.
[I own shares in both Cox and AT&T - caveat emptor]
Sorry, but retail FTF politics is way more fun. As someone deeply involved in politics, there's just something about the human contact that makes you listen to the political choices.
Basically, an attractive person of the opposite (or appropriate for you) gender just makes you that much more willing to volunteer, attend parties, donate money, and listen to silly things.
The analysts are paid to write reports showing the growth and projected growth of various industry segments. These reports are commisioned by companies in the industries in question. They are then sold to other companies in the same industry.
Yes, and IDC has a really bad track record here. You can look at their early Windows/OS2 reports or the first reports on how many people would upgrade from Win95 to Win98 and Win2K (hint, the numbers are so small, it's affecting MSFT stock prices).
Also note the stat they use, sales ($). Think about it, it's not support dollars, or training dollars, or CPU cycles, or SPEC, or anything relevant. It's cash dollars paid by the sheep who are fleeced.
Naturally, MSFT wins on that one. Even with a shrinking market share, because they're jacking up the price and using their monopoly power to enforce it.
And, in case you wondered, I own MSFT shares.
They'll scoot by on their Razors, bump into you, let the body current make the connection, and hack your watch so you miss your bus.
Hey, you should have used an original password and shouldn't have been in root - whaddya expect?
Yeah, but they already have a voice-recognition cell phone watch ... so you just need to wear two watches and let the skin current provide the data transfer circuit.
Since she has her own version of a Palm Vx, maybe she'll do her own IBM Linux Watch.
...
Costs a little more, but the solar-powered and jewelled wristband just adds that elegent touch to any DefCon
if you get the BSD version, does it have a little devil on the faceplate, with a pitchfork for the hour hand and the tail for the second hand?
But they're real secure!
So, if you lose your watch in some bushes, do your friends ask you:
"Got Root?"
Brings new meaning to the phrase "Handshake" ...
What do you mean reboot your watch? This is a Linux watch ... you must be thinking of MSFT's new project, the WinWatch (TM,R,S,T,U,V). Keeps perfect time until you have to reboot, but you have to do that once a day, and then you look like you have fleas while you shake your hand vigorously.
But it's in color!
how exactly do you enter data/commands into the watch?
Well, IBM seems to be pushing speech recognition a lot, so maybe you talk to it.
Fetch, Strappy, Fetch!
No! Bad Watch! Unmount that CD now!