And before we crucify MS, every single public company does it. Investors and analysts don't like crazy up and down profits. They like the earnings line chart to climb up like a ramp if possible, and since that is what they like, companies will try to give it to them.
The real bad guys here are probably the auditors, since they are supposed to find stuff like this and make sure it doesn't happen. People in the know are aware that audited financial statements are just bullshit backed up by a promise that means just about nothing. There is still good info in there, you just need to really read between the lines and pay attention to what the company does not have on the balance sheet.
Actually, the line is, "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die."
Of course, you are taking the line completely out of context. And the fact that you can compare Eminem to one of the greatest modern musical performers is just a joke. What next, Eminem and John Lennon?
That's because the driver's license is not a citizenship ID. That's what passports are for. Why do the police need to know what citizenship you possess? You either broke the law or you didn't. That isn't going to change if you are from another country.
Exactly! I don't expect all the readers of Slashdot to agree, but the editors seem to have pretty much the same ideas. I'm know I'm not the only one to point this out, but the fact that they keep posting Star Wars stories right after condemnations of the entertainment industry is kind of like listening to Jimmy Swaggart preach on the evils of prostitution, no?
Yep, good idea. However, here is what will happen.
Slashbots will all proclaim their hate for Disney, and will refuse to buy Disney products, right up until Miramax or Touchstone or Hollywood Pictures releases a film they want to see. Then, they will flock to the theater in droves.
How else do you explain the fact that a quarter of the stories on Slashdot are condemnations of the entertainment industry, and another quarter of the stories are slobbering writeups about Sci-fi movies or the X-files?
When you borrow on a credit card, playing the compound interest game is part of the deal. It's a bad deal for you, but you should have known that going in. Sadly, not a lot of people do.
Getting the credit card company to reduce your rates is a great idea, but bringing in a credit counseling service is not always the best idea, for the reason I gave above. I was merely replying to someone who said that credit counseling does not show up on your credit report. In many cases, it does, depending on what they do for you.
Actually, I work in the mortgage business, and I can tell you that underwriters look at credit counseling the same way that they look at bankruptcy. After all, you didn't pay the full amount back, right?
The biggest thing is going to be your behavior after the bankruptcy. If you get a second chance, don't fuck it up the way you did the first time. Multiple BK's are very very very bad, as far as getting a home loan goes.
Don't invite them in, ever. This is like the police department in your town mailing out letters, and you inviting them into your house to have a casual look around and "explain" the law to you. You're just asking for trouble here.
BSA or cops, they are both a pain in the ass. Don't invite them over.
Back in the early 90's, I was living in Edmonton. I had a cousin there going to the University of Alberta, and he didn't have a car. Biked the entire winter, with the exception of two weeks. When it got to below -30C, he found out that the grease in his bottom bracket froze, and he couldn't turn the pedals.
So yes, you can ride a bicycle on ice, if you have the right equipment.
The residents won't benefit from less traffic and smog when all those tourists no longer need to drive, taxi, or bus from casino to casino.
You don't think that the residents of Las Vegas already know what a traffic hassle Las Vegas Blvd and the rest of the strip is? They go around it anyways.
none of the maids, dealers, cashiers, plumbers, sysadmins, network engineers, programmers, waiters, entertainers, cooks, shopkeepers, bookkeepers, bookies, ticket takers, ushers, security guards, hairdressers, bankers, rental car agents, travel agents, or whomever that work in the casinos, restaurants, shops, stores, banks, or any of the businesses near the monorail are going to be using the monorail.
Look at the route, smart guy. The monorail doesn't actually go to where any of these people live. So, unless the people cleaning the convention center live at the MGM Grand or the Bellagio, this isn't going to be much use for them, is it?
I think that people will use at home whatever they have on their desk at work. That's why you see so many wintel machines being sold in the home market. If linux ever makes it onto desktops at work, I think you'll see a much larger move toward it for home desktops.
Sounds just like the BSA. "Tipped" off by an email...people who do shit like that deserve buckets of spam and power outages for the rest of their lives. Didn't people get told when they were young that no one like a tattletale?
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While Mallett acknowledges that sending a person through time may require more energy than physicists today know how to harness, he sees it merely as "an engineering problem."
Oh, just an engineering problem. That's great. Maybe after Mallett perfects time travel, he can get to work on cold fusion and a perpetual motion machine.
By the way, that reminds me of the Simpsons where Lisa builds a perpetual motion machine, and shows Homer. Homer gets mad and yells, "Lisa, in this house we obey the Laws of Thermodynamics!!"
I guess this guy doesn't have a Homer to yell at him.
Your kid was 21 fucking years old! If that's not old enough for him to be responsible for his actions, you should have had him in a home. I'm sorry for your loss, but you are making yourself look like an ass by suing Sony.
If the slogan was "Intel Yoga", then Intel might have a point. What would you find acceptable next? Maybe JetBlue suing anyone who dares to use the world "blue" in their business name? That's half of their name, right? Who cares if it happens to be a common word in the English language.
I was one of the people who brought that up earlier. Now, we all know that there is porn on the internet. We know that porn makes money on the internet because they have adapted a business model, instead of trying to slam legislation through to protect their old ways of doing business.
If you're talking about this bill to someone, (the more conservative and worried about kids, the better), mention that there is a ton of porn on the internet (common knowledge, even soccer moms know that), and that this bill will help porn producers ensure that their profits are protected.
I know it's not the truth, but neither is the bullshit that comes out of Herr Franz Hollings mouth.
On the other hand, some might say stories like this are a damn good reason not to subscribe. I read the National Enquirer in the line at the supermarket, but I don't buy it.
I can't speak for Linux, but as far as Windows goes, I actually like Mozilla 0.99 better than Opera 6. I've been using it for about a week, and it handles a lot of things that Opera has trouble with better. Just my two cents...the biggest reason to use either browser is the fact that you can kill popups.
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The real bad guys here are probably the auditors, since they are supposed to find stuff like this and make sure it doesn't happen. People in the know are aware that audited financial statements are just bullshit backed up by a promise that means just about nothing. There is still good info in there, you just need to really read between the lines and pay attention to what the company does not have on the balance sheet.
Of course, you are taking the line completely out of context. And the fact that you can compare Eminem to one of the greatest modern musical performers is just a joke. What next, Eminem and John Lennon?
You do know the difference between a CPA and an accountant, right? It's kind of like the difference between a landscaper and an engineer.
Slashbots will all proclaim their hate for Disney, and will refuse to buy Disney products, right up until Miramax or Touchstone or Hollywood Pictures releases a film they want to see. Then, they will flock to the theater in droves.
How else do you explain the fact that a quarter of the stories on Slashdot are condemnations of the entertainment industry, and another quarter of the stories are slobbering writeups about Sci-fi movies or the X-files?
Getting the credit card company to reduce your rates is a great idea, but bringing in a credit counseling service is not always the best idea, for the reason I gave above. I was merely replying to someone who said that credit counseling does not show up on your credit report. In many cases, it does, depending on what they do for you.
The biggest thing is going to be your behavior after the bankruptcy. If you get a second chance, don't fuck it up the way you did the first time. Multiple BK's are very very very bad, as far as getting a home loan goes.
BSA or cops, they are both a pain in the ass. Don't invite them over.
So yes, you can ride a bicycle on ice, if you have the right equipment.
You don't think that the residents of Las Vegas already know what a traffic hassle Las Vegas Blvd and the rest of the strip is? They go around it anyways.
none of the maids, dealers, cashiers, plumbers, sysadmins, network engineers, programmers, waiters, entertainers, cooks, shopkeepers, bookkeepers, bookies, ticket takers, ushers, security guards, hairdressers, bankers, rental car agents, travel agents, or whomever that work in the casinos, restaurants, shops, stores, banks, or any of the businesses near the monorail are going to be using the monorail.
Look at the route, smart guy. The monorail doesn't actually go to where any of these people live. So, unless the people cleaning the convention center live at the MGM Grand or the Bellagio, this isn't going to be much use for them, is it?
I think that people will use at home whatever they have on their desk at work. That's why you see so many wintel machines being sold in the home market. If linux ever makes it onto desktops at work, I think you'll see a much larger move toward it for home desktops.
Sounds just like the BSA. "Tipped" off by an email...people who do shit like that deserve buckets of spam and power outages for the rest of their lives. Didn't people get told when they were young that no one like a tattletale?
Oh, just an engineering problem. That's great. Maybe after Mallett perfects time travel, he can get to work on cold fusion and a perpetual motion machine.
By the way, that reminds me of the Simpsons where Lisa builds a perpetual motion machine, and shows Homer. Homer gets mad and yells, "Lisa, in this house we obey the Laws of Thermodynamics!!"
I guess this guy doesn't have a Homer to yell at him.
Your kid was 21 fucking years old! If that's not old enough for him to be responsible for his actions, you should have had him in a home. I'm sorry for your loss, but you are making yourself look like an ass by suing Sony.
If the slogan was "Intel Yoga", then Intel might have a point. What would you find acceptable next? Maybe JetBlue suing anyone who dares to use the world "blue" in their business name? That's half of their name, right? Who cares if it happens to be a common word in the English language.
If you're talking about this bill to someone, (the more conservative and worried about kids, the better), mention that there is a ton of porn on the internet (common knowledge, even soccer moms know that), and that this bill will help porn producers ensure that their profits are protected.
I know it's not the truth, but neither is the bullshit that comes out of Herr Franz Hollings mouth.