Here in England (you know, home of the English language) "Red tape" is a very common term for excessive bureaucratic processes that one sometimes has to go through. I've never heard the term "Red ink" being used to describe this.
Then you haven't seen many option packages. The strike price can be anything to which the parties agree. A friend's start up was bought by Sun in the pre-crash days. He could purchase a certain amount of Sun shares at $1/share every month. This was when Sun was at around $100.
He only had to hold them for 6 months as well.
Too bad he took such a bath when the bubble popped. He was fabulously wealthy on paper.
Anyway, your stock option compensation will be very different from people higher up the food chain.
Just to clarify, Jobs gets both stock options and stock grants. Stock grants are the shares outright. Options are the ability to purchase shares at a certain price, usually much much lower than current market value.
Basically, you're right. Jobs compensation package is huge. Whether or not he is overpaid, tho', is certainly debatable. Given the complete turn around in Apple's fortunes under his stewardship, I'd say no, and I doubt you'd find many shareholders who thought he was overpaid.
Jobs is one of the few remaining rockstar executives. He's irreplaceable to Apple at this point. (On the other hand, if the board took a firmer stand, and limited his compensation just a little, I doubt he'd leave Apple. It's not like they have to pay a premium to keep him there.)
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Does your dad tell you to bend over and spread your countertop when he visits?
You mean the Colorado River? I hadn't thought of that.
You tip the guy bagging your groceries?
Which would be what, exactly?
Frikkin' sharks with blue lasers!
Those examples certainly add up, but even taken together, they've got nothing on the rootkit fiasco.
Here in England (you know, home of the English language) "Red tape" is a very common term for excessive bureaucratic processes that one sometimes has to go through. I've never heard the term "Red ink" being used to describe this.
Refer to Wikipedia for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tape
And you claim to be a native English speaker? Well, I guess even England has ignorant and uneducated people.
Red ink refers to the accounting practice of recording finacial losses in red ink.
Please see this article for an example of use of the term in English financial journalism.
On the other hand, this alarm is laughably easy to defeat by merely removing the battery from the laptop after disconnecting the AC adapter.
Whether you're a laptop thief or merely an annoyed cow-orker, this alarm won't really stop you.
why do we all have a "rabid hate" for Sony?
DRM rootkits.
Where have you been?
My apologies. The idiotor saw fit to merely present an excerpt of the story, so the unhappy turn of phrase wasn't CN's.
Idiots! Get your idioms straight. Are the slashdot idiotors native English speakers?
Results might not equal truth, but concealing or suppressing results certainly amounts to untruth, i.e., lying by omission.
Then you haven't seen many option packages. The strike price can be anything to which the parties agree. A friend's start up was bought by Sun in the pre-crash days. He could purchase a certain amount of Sun shares at $1/share every month. This was when Sun was at around $100.
He only had to hold them for 6 months as well.
Too bad he took such a bath when the bubble popped. He was fabulously wealthy on paper.
Anyway, your stock option compensation will be very different from people higher up the food chain.
At 11 tonight, we're all going to break out of our jars and make a run for it. Pass it onto the next brain.
We're replacing the gourmet coffee of these computer users with ground up cat feces. Let's see if they notice.
Geek1: Can I have a second cup?
Geek2: Yes, me too!
There you have it, folks. Ground up cat feces. Good to the last drop!
That's $12,000 towards the bottom line they gave up while prettifying the interface. I think I smell a shareholder lawsuit!
This could lead to an increase in Global Smarming!
Just to clarify, Jobs gets both stock options and stock grants. Stock grants are the shares outright. Options are the ability to purchase shares at a certain price, usually much much lower than current market value.
Basically, you're right. Jobs compensation package is huge. Whether or not he is overpaid, tho', is certainly debatable. Given the complete turn around in Apple's fortunes under his stewardship, I'd say no, and I doubt you'd find many shareholders who thought he was overpaid.
Jobs is one of the few remaining rockstar executives. He's irreplaceable to Apple at this point. (On the other hand, if the board took a firmer stand, and limited his compensation just a little, I doubt he'd leave Apple. It's not like they have to pay a premium to keep him there.)
I don't know if you've seen this, or if it's even a viable option for you, but check it out:
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You must not live in a parallel universe.
What, you don't already have a robot for going outside? Are you stuck in the 20th Century or what?
I predict that by 2100, we'll all have "evolved" into something resembling Jabba the Hut. We'll still use anime avatars, tho', out of nostalgia.
He doesn't just run linux, he hand compiles it on a home made steam driven computer, the parts for which he made in his backyard foundry.
Just you wait! When the robot cars unionize, they'll demand mandatory 10 minute breaks.
I, for one, welcome our robot car proletariat.
You're forgetting about the ?????.
Let's review:
1) Learn to parallel park
2) ?????
3) Profit!!