Back in the 1980s, Applied Engineering produced an Apple II card called "RamKeeper", IIRC. It was a memory card backed up with a battery, so you had a permanent RAM disk, which standard software could read/write from as if it were a normal device.
restricted shares - you don't have full control over them. Example, in a trust fund, so you can't sell them, or owned by your ex-wife, but you have voting rights over them.
Underwater options - An option is the right (option) to buy stock at a future date for a particular price (the strike price), which is unrelated to the open market (stock exchange) price. The executive has the incentive to make sure the stock price rises, because the difference between the stock price and the strike price is pure profit. If the stock price is below the strike price, the option is worthless.
That's a poor explanation, so let's give an example.... 3 years, ago, AAPL was trading for $80 or so a share. Let's say the baord gives Mr Jobs an option to buy 1 million shares for $80/share, expiring in 10 years. If the price goes up to $100 a share, he could collect $20 million (by buying 1 million shares for $80 and selling them for $100). However, the price dropped to $13 a share, so no amount of reality distortion field would make Mr Jobs pay $80 a share. The option is underwater, and isn't an incentive of any sort.
To go ranting, it wasn't Mr Job's skills that made the stock price go up irrationally, and it wasn't Mr Job's skills that made the stock price drop irrationally, and having to regrant options at a lower price proves that it's bullshit to call it an incentive. It's more like backscratching. but I digress
Dilted Shares - A company doesn't usually have all their shares on the open market. They usually have a backup amount of shares which they own for safe keeping, to use for purchasing other companies, etc. If they release those shares into the market (via a secondary IPO, purchasing another company, or giving them to executives), they increase the total outstanding shares, and thus dilute the value per share (total company value / number of outstanding shares). If it's used to acquire another company, the total company value should increase, so it's not an issue. If it's a freeby for executives, or used to pay for stock options, other investors get shafted.
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AppleWorks is apple branded, though most definitely not along the lines of Keynote.
In order to make it to the desktop, Sun needs (badly) something to replace the CDE, which is almost wasted disk space by today's standards (and IMHO also by yesterday's standards: NeXTStep provided a infinitely more useful desktop than CDE, and that was before the CDE was born in early '90).
Interestingly enough, Sun (along with NeXT and HP, IIRC) did the OpenStep specification, which GNUstep and Cocoa are based on. There were beta OpenStep frameworks for Solaris and HP (as well as WindowsNT).
It never made it past beta, though -- Sun went with Java (which is strongly influenced by Objective C and the OpenStep Foudnation Kit). They had that Java-based browser for a while, so they may have been thinking that Java could provide the foundation or their next generation desktop. Of course, we know java and gui aren't as nice as they could have been.
I know what you mean. I've got elaphantitis couplded with hyperactive spermatogenisis. If I don't get laid at least 4 times a day, I could die! Fortunately, the nurses down at the health center take good care of me.
I looked through this book at barnes & noble a couple weeks ago. I'd recommend skipping it, although it may be useful for some newbies.
Basically, it's a tutorial (build a php/mysql website in 10 steps!). There are plenty of online resources (like devshed) that do tutorials like this all the time. (Note to slashdot editors: devshed spell checks submissions!). If you like to read on the john, this book might be for you. Chances are, you'd be better off to save your money for a mysql or php reference book.
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What if we missed it the first 3 times?!
I hear Kathleen Fent-Malda gets energy from vibrators. I guess CmdrTaco can't satisfy her.
Back in the 1980s, Applied Engineering produced an Apple II card called "RamKeeper", IIRC. It was a memory card backed up with a battery, so you had a permanent RAM disk, which standard software could read/write from as if it were a normal device.
Underwater options - An option is the right (option) to buy stock at a future date for a particular price (the strike price), which is unrelated to the open market (stock exchange) price. The executive has the incentive to make sure the stock price rises, because the difference between the stock price and the strike price is pure profit. If the stock price is below the strike price, the option is worthless.
That's a poor explanation, so let's give an example.... 3 years, ago, AAPL was trading for $80 or so a share. Let's say the baord gives Mr Jobs an option to buy 1 million shares for $80/share, expiring in 10 years. If the price goes up to $100 a share, he could collect $20 million (by buying 1 million shares for $80 and selling them for $100). However, the price dropped to $13 a share, so no amount of reality distortion field would make Mr Jobs pay $80 a share. The option is underwater, and isn't an incentive of any sort.
To go ranting, it wasn't Mr Job's skills that made the stock price go up irrationally, and it wasn't Mr Job's skills that made the stock price drop irrationally, and having to regrant options at a lower price proves that it's bullshit to call it an incentive. It's more like backscratching. but I digress
Dilted Shares - A company doesn't usually have all their shares on the open market. They usually have a backup amount of shares which they own for safe keeping, to use for purchasing other companies, etc. If they release those shares into the market (via a secondary IPO, purchasing another company, or giving them to executives), they increase the total outstanding shares, and thus dilute the value per share (total company value / number of outstanding shares). If it's used to acquire another company, the total company value should increase, so it's not an issue. If it's a freeby for executives, or used to pay for stock options, other investors get shafted.
AppleWorks is apple branded, though most definitely not along the lines of Keynote.
he's probably thinking of the moneyshot contest.
Sure, wedding rings are traditional, but i think a cock ring would be more practical. At least more useful on your wedding night.
yeah, but slashdot could use svg icons and xhtml.
Hey Malda, why didn't you convert your patent encumbered gifs to png?
Interestingly enough, Sun (along with NeXT and HP, IIRC) did the OpenStep specification, which GNUstep and Cocoa are based on. There were beta OpenStep frameworks for Solaris and HP (as well as WindowsNT).
It never made it past beta, though -- Sun went with Java (which is strongly influenced by Objective C and the OpenStep Foudnation Kit). They had that Java-based browser for a while, so they may have been thinking that Java could provide the foundation or their next generation desktop. Of course, we know java and gui aren't as nice as they could have been.
Yeah, I intentionally planted mistakes in my homework, too, just to make sure the teacher/ta was grading it correctly.
I know what you mean. I've got elaphantitis couplded with hyperactive spermatogenisis. If I don't get laid at least 4 times a day, I could die! Fortunately, the nurses down at the health center take good care of me.
I wait until mid morning to go into work.
Cowboy Neal has been on the slim-slow diet for years!
Click a ninja-link, be strangely aroused, get fired from work, and learn a new word!
You are aware, of course, that their bandwidth problems will be exacerbated by your slashdot posting?
yes, but only when a script kiddie exploited your box.
ISO Pascal requires all array accesses do boundary checking (although most compilers let you disable that for performance reasons).
kind of like kathleen fent's pussy.
coke will dissolve nails, bones, etc. But so will orange juice. Unless you hold soda in your mouth for days on end, it's not an issue.
Given the skillz of the Iraqi army, "whack-a-mole" is a better training simulator.
Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!
Basically, it's a tutorial (build a php/mysql website in 10 steps!). There are plenty of online resources (like devshed) that do tutorials like this all the time. (Note to slashdot editors: devshed spell checks submissions!). If you like to read on the john, this book might be for you. Chances are, you'd be better off to save your money for a mysql or php reference book.