"As a shareholder, doesn't he have the responsibility to do what's best for the company?"
No, and I can prove it. I own some Google stock, now watch this: GOOGLE SUCKS!!! See, nothing happened. Seriously, it is the job of the employees and board of directors to do what's best for the company.
"...can Bill Gates buy up 49% of Red Hat and then deliberatly fuck up the company?"
Once you own more than 5% of a public company, you have to file your "intentions" with the SEC. Owning 49% of a company is far different than Jack Thompson buying a stock certificate from oneshare.com. 49% might get you a number of board seats, depending upon the company. In which case, the other shareholders would sue him for breach of fiduciary duty if he did bad things with the board seats.
If you get really, really, drunk frequently enough, you'll eventually find yourself lying naked in an alley in Tiajuana. You'll learn Spanish fast...oh, believe me you'll learn!
"I think English is one of the best languages (in terms of variety of words) even if it is not the easiest (my vote would be for Norwegian)."
With the way it adopts words from just about any and all languages, I think English will evolve into the "first language of Earth," just as everyone in the Star Wars universe speaks "Basic."
"...that Esperanto should be the only language permitted in international communication,..."
As an aside, one of my friends in Korea tells me that when Koreans and Japanese people get together for a business meeting, they speak English to each other:)
In this case, the modchip actually was used for pirating games, so that's why it would be included in the charges. There are about 2 or 3 stories like this that pop up each year and the editors always seem to omit the fact that software piracy was involved.
It's not a theory, it's a philosophical/religious concept. Which is perfect fine to teach about...in a philosophy or world history or cultures class. Bottom line, there is a group of subversives that want to dissolve the Constitution and the U.S. and put a theocracy into place.
He wasn't "gay" in the sense that you think of today. The concept of a gay identity (in other words another "us vs. them"-ism) is a relatively modern construct that arose during Victorian times, especially during the trial of Oscar Wilde.
She produces his show through Harpo Productions, which is Oprah's production company. For those of you not in the know, Oprah's father is Harpo Marx of The Marx Brothers. She is named after her father, indirectly..."O-p-r-a-h" is "H-a-r-p-o" spelled backwards!
Quanta is highly regarded as one of the better laptop manufacturers and I wish them luck. Quanta manufacturers a number of product lines for Apple and their own line of X86 laptops get good reviews.
Well, here's something to consider...you can go online with XBox Live Arcade and actually buy single player games through the console. Geometry Wars is such a game, and from everything I'm reading, it's supposedly the killer app for XBox 360 thus far (and only costs $5).
I don't know about the current percentage, but I doubt it's going anywhere but straight up and fast when you consider that the current generation of consoles all have online capabilities and the next generation is placing emphasis upon online gaming. That's not to say that every game should have online multiplayer in some way, of course.
I have a decent PC, but it is not decent enough. The ability to play the latest and greatest games that come out every year is an expensive proposition. I'd rather spend $300 -$400 every four years or so for a new console than ride the PC upgrade treadmill and spend thousands.
Ah, I see. I would think that's also the strongest argument for this thing being a hoax upon the audience. All of the contestants could have been pursuing their normal lives or careers and would have been, essentially, tricked into captivity.
"Whenever I received calls I didn't want, I'd spend a few seconds finding out what company ordered the call. Then I'd spend a few minutes calling the company's 800 # until I received a few employees. I figured the waste of my time probably incurred a few bucks loss on the company's books."
It must be nice having all that time on your hands. The rest of us don't. I don't give a rat's ass about "incurring a few bucks loss on the company's books"...that is petty and only serves to waste my time further while having no material effect whatsoever on the perpetrator. I don't want to be bothered in the first place and an $11,000 fine per offense should sting quite well.
Sue for what? And who would sue, you? You don't have grounds to sue for anything. Fraud? Who was defrauded? Do you complain when your favorite team loses a game, even though you weren't playing?
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"As a shareholder, doesn't he have the responsibility to do what's best for the company?"
No, and I can prove it. I own some Google stock, now watch this: GOOGLE SUCKS!!! See, nothing happened. Seriously, it is the job of the employees and board of directors to do what's best for the company.
"...can Bill Gates buy up 49% of Red Hat and then deliberatly fuck up the company?"
Once you own more than 5% of a public company, you have to file your "intentions" with the SEC. Owning 49% of a company is far different than Jack Thompson buying a stock certificate from oneshare.com. 49% might get you a number of board seats, depending upon the company. In which case, the other shareholders would sue him for breach of fiduciary duty if he did bad things with the board seats.
If you get really, really, drunk frequently enough, you'll eventually find yourself lying naked in an alley in Tiajuana. You'll learn Spanish fast...oh, believe me you'll learn!
"especially considering that it can be argued that they didn't do anything wrong at all."
I won't be losing any sleep over some idiots pirating 70 games at a time per console.
I like that onion on your belt!
"I think English is one of the best languages (in terms of variety of words) even if it is not the easiest (my vote would be for Norwegian)."
With the way it adopts words from just about any and all languages, I think English will evolve into the "first language of Earth," just as everyone in the Star Wars universe speaks "Basic."
"...that Esperanto should be the only language permitted in international communication,..."
:)
As an aside, one of my friends in Korea tells me that when Koreans and Japanese people get together for a business meeting, they speak English to each other
In this case, the modchip actually was used for pirating games, so that's why it would be included in the charges. There are about 2 or 3 stories like this that pop up each year and the editors always seem to omit the fact that software piracy was involved.
Cool, Ric Romero posts on Slashdot!
"They didn't need to kill **** and the ******, but what the hell..it was still good...."
Snape and Dumbledorf? Yeah, I didn't see that coming, either.
It's not a theory, it's a philosophical/religious concept. Which is perfect fine to teach about...in a philosophy or world history or cultures class. Bottom line, there is a group of subversives that want to dissolve the Constitution and the U.S. and put a theocracy into place.
He wasn't "gay" in the sense that you think of today. The concept of a gay identity (in other words another "us vs. them"-ism) is a relatively modern construct that arose during Victorian times, especially during the trial of Oscar Wilde.
She produces his show through Harpo Productions, which is Oprah's production company. For those of you not in the know, Oprah's father is Harpo Marx of The Marx Brothers. She is named after her father, indirectly..."O-p-r-a-h" is "H-a-r-p-o" spelled backwards!
No, I don't. However, I have researched them quite a bit in shopping around for a new laptop.
Quanta is highly regarded as one of the better laptop manufacturers and I wish them luck. Quanta manufacturers a number of product lines for Apple and their own line of X86 laptops get good reviews.
What's that old saying about international politics? There are no sides, only interests.
Well, here's something to consider...you can go online with XBox Live Arcade and actually buy single player games through the console. Geometry Wars is such a game, and from everything I'm reading, it's supposedly the killer app for XBox 360 thus far (and only costs $5).
I don't know about the current percentage, but I doubt it's going anywhere but straight up and fast when you consider that the current generation of consoles all have online capabilities and the next generation is placing emphasis upon online gaming. That's not to say that every game should have online multiplayer in some way, of course.
I have a decent PC, but it is not decent enough. The ability to play the latest and greatest games that come out every year is an expensive proposition. I'd rather spend $300 -$400 every four years or so for a new console than ride the PC upgrade treadmill and spend thousands.
I prefer to think that all the hot chicks were just too stupid when they were younger to realize what I catch I'd be :)
Awesome! That usually costs extra.
Ah, I see. I would think that's also the strongest argument for this thing being a hoax upon the audience. All of the contestants could have been pursuing their normal lives or careers and would have been, essentially, tricked into captivity.
"Whenever I received calls I didn't want, I'd spend a few seconds finding out what company ordered the call. Then I'd spend a few minutes calling the company's 800 # until I received a few employees. I figured the waste of my time probably incurred a few bucks loss on the company's books."
It must be nice having all that time on your hands. The rest of us don't. I don't give a rat's ass about "incurring a few bucks loss on the company's books"...that is petty and only serves to waste my time further while having no material effect whatsoever on the perpetrator. I don't want to be bothered in the first place and an $11,000 fine per offense should sting quite well.
He did...and we lost.
Sue for what? And who would sue, you? You don't have grounds to sue for anything. Fraud? Who was defrauded? Do you complain when your favorite team loses a game, even though you weren't playing?
"And, allegedly, a jab at the Pontiac 6000, but beats me why that would be."
My first car was a 1987 6000 STE...trust me, they knew what they were talking about in that movie.
THANK YOU! God, it looks like the guy in that commercial is waiting for a slice of pizza to become un-stuck from the ceiling so that he can eat it.