Show me one place in this thread that I've said it was ok, and I will agree that it's ok.
Ummm ok as a "newbie" I shall bow down and remind that you stated in your GP, "Redirecting a URL is not vandalism." So redirecting a DDOS attack from Blue Security to communityhosting.net seems to be consistent with your statement that it is not harmful or wrong - oh so great one, of which I am not worthy to dwell in your cyberspace.
Again, another idiot with zero reading comprehension skills! Yay for the iNtarW3b!
God, I wish you idiots would go back to AOL and leave the people with intelligence alone.
Your disapproval haunts me and leaves me flaccid, I fear I will not be able to perform my carnal duties to your wife. That saddens me because I so dearly wanted to be your friend.
Well, believe it or not, a really terrible name can have a big impact on how great the games are. If they had named it the "Nintendo Donkey Turd," that would have a pretty negative effect on the sales of the console. And game developers really just go where the money is. If they don't expect the Donkey Turd to sell very well, then they don't expect their game to sell very well on that platform. So having a crappy name and having great games aren't completely orthogonal issues.
The name is not that bad but are the game players going to be called, "wii-nies"?
and how much will they lose out on in the future when they realize they have nowhere to drop to while other platforms anounce price drops?
You're right - there is absolutely no way in God's green Earth that Microsoft could lower the price of the XBox 360 below its current cost of $299/$399.
Not to mention the old trick of referring to when a government program receives a smaller raise than the previous year as a "cut". The rate of growth is cut, but it's still a raise. But you can't use logic on a journalist. They joined the profession to be activists, not to think.
A budget increase in a government program can be considered a cut if the program's need increases at a greater rate than the budget increase.
Real world example, I invite a couple of friends to my place for a BBQ. I buy a couple six-packs of beer and we have a good time.
The next week, I invite a dozen friends over and I buy three six-packs of beer. While I did buy more beer, each person received less beer than those who attended the previous week. I didn't buy enough beer to have a good time.
Those kids were just being kids, everyone in that situation would have done the same thing. I would say Raza should have thought how video taping this ridiculous video AND LEAVING IT IN THE SCHOOL TV STUDIO would affect his life. I mean, did he expect no one to see it there?
It sound to me like this kid doesn't know how to handle people taunting him... You know the type, it just makes you want to make fun of the kid more.. I can hear him now, "Oh stop guys, stop, it's not funny, waah." Now, if he went along with it, maybe mimicked himself a few times, I think things would have ended up differently.
So in your opinion the kid was asking for it and deserved the humiliation.
Please tell me you don't play lacrosse for a North Carolina university.
But you bet your ass developers do. As developers start to notice that the percentage of users are declining - who cares if there are more mac users, the percentage of the market share is declining, meaning they can hit more target users by targeting Windows and Linux than by targeting Windows and Mac, or than by even targeting Linux and Mac. 2%?!?! When developers start to jump ship then they have nothing left and the stock market will care. The stock market is not just numbers, it never has been and it never will be. It has always been about emotions. Bull market and bear market, not a 0 market and a 1 market.
It's cute when computer guys talk about business - like a dog eating peanut butter.
* OK, you covered the splits, you didn't cover the other factors.
Let's go over them one by one.
* Another thing you have to look at: Apple really didn't do shit until 18 months ago. Look back at the trend another poster put up over the last 5 years.
Please note that the iPod was introduced in October 2001 so these share price increases are from a pre-iPod era. Apple's share price has increased 234% Microsoft increased 75%
* But look at the trend, Apple is on the down swing. Will they recover? Who knows.
While Apple has lost 16% since the beginning of the year, I don't agree that they are on a down swing. Apple is announcing Q2 results on the 19th - we'll see how the market reacts.
Here's an interesting tidbit (posted on digg but not on/. cause we all know/. is all about teh apple luvins)... Apple has only sold half as many Macs since Jobs has taken the helm.
Please note that the article you are referring to was the basis for this entire thread. Post #15037262 Also the article refers to computer market share not the number of Macs sold. The entire computer market is expanding and while Apple is growing - they are not growing as fast as the rest of the market. But they are selling more Macs now than when Steve Jobs came back to Apple.
* Are they shifting to a consumer electronics company? You bet, but they are losing the little tiny sliver of a market share they had. And how long do you think they can survive on iPods alone?
That tiny sliver of market share is billions and billions of dollars in sales. In the end it doesn't matter, as long as the company keeps growing, the stock market doesn't really care if they are selling computers, iPods or kitty litter.
Um yeah, really informative. Hey guess what? Microsoft has had FOUT STOCK SPLITS since 1997. Therefore your "analysis" is worthless. If you would like to learn what that means look at this chart comparing AAPL and MSFT: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=my&s=MSFT&l=off&z= m&q=l&c=AAPL [yahoo.com]
Which would you rather invest in? Hint, AAPL is the red line and MSFT is the blue line (the one with 600,000% growth at the peak). Those little triangles are stock splits. Se the real numbers are 200,000% growth for MSFT and about 200% growth for AAPL.
* July 1st, 1997 is the historical low for AAPL. I guess that's not the case for MSFT. This for sure makes growth for AAPL looks much better.
* I know AAPL has spilt at least once, or twice during this period (can someone verfiy?). So the adjusted prices on March 30 2006 should be $125.5 or $251.
Please note that I used the term adjusted share price. The $3.30 share price includes any adjustments for stock splits. The actual stock price on that day was $13.19.
The article in the parent to my post refers to how the market share for Apple has decreased since he took over in the Summer of 1997. I decided to do a comparison of stock prices between Apple and Microsoft starting when Steve returned to Apple. I used July 1st as an arbitrary date but as I look at it again, you are correct the Apple was nearly at an all-time low during that week. But isn't that the time when companies make changes and hire a new CEO?
you have to look at splits and other factors. That really means absolutely nothing.
I listed the adjusted stock price of $3.30 in my comparison. The actual stock price on the close of July 1st, 1997 was $13.19. So my comparison is correct.
Siliconvalley.com points out that it's a mixed picture for Apple under Jobs...
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/bus iness/columnists/mike_langberg/14191452.htm?source =rss&channel=siliconvalley_mike_langberg
Building a pricier windows box may not be the answer.
July 1st, 1997:
Apple's adjusted share price was $3.30
Microsoft: $13.64
March 30th, 2006:
Apple's adjusted share price is $62.75
Microsoft's is $27.23
Apple's share price has increased 1,801.5%,
Microsoft's increased 99.6%
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Seattle is the gamiest city? How about taking a shower! Try some deodorant!
Just no damn way.
but so does scum.
In Soviet Russia, stale jokes post you.
Real world example, I invite a couple of friends to my place for a BBQ. I buy a couple six-packs of beer and we have a good time.
The next week, I invite a dozen friends over and I buy three six-packs of beer. While I did buy more beer, each person received less beer than those who attended the previous week. I didn't buy enough beer to have a good time.
Moral: get a keg.
Please tell me you don't play lacrosse for a North Carolina university.
Ok - let's throw out the last five years.
July 1st, 1997
Apple's adjusted stock price: $3.30
Microsoft's adjusted stock price: $13.64
March 30th, 2001
Apple's adjusted stock price: $11.03
Microsoft's adjusted stock price: $23.87
Please note that the iPod was introduced in October 2001 so these share price increases are from a pre-iPod era.
While Apple has lost 16% since the beginning of the year, I don't agree that they are on a down swing. Apple is announcing Q2 results on the 19th - we'll see how the market reacts.Please note that the article you are referring to was the basis for this entire thread. Post #15037262 Also the article refers to computer market share not the number of Macs sold. The entire computer market is expanding and while Apple is growing - they are not growing as fast as the rest of the market. But they are selling more Macs now than when Steve Jobs came back to Apple. That tiny sliver of market share is billions and billions of dollars in sales. In the end it doesn't matter, as long as the company keeps growing, the stock market doesn't really care if they are selling computers, iPods or kitty litter.Apple's share price has increased 234%
Microsoft increased 75%
Eight plus years laster on March 30th, 2006, Joe Investor has $19,015.15 of Apple stock and $1,996.33 of Microsoft stock.
My conclusions are absolutely correct. If you had invested in Apple in 1997, you'd have enough money to fix your Wang.
Apple vs. Microsoft
This is the basic chart for the past five years. Apple is the red and Microsoft is the blue. Which would you rather invest in since 2001?
I won't disagree that Microsoft is a killer stock from 1986 through 2000 but since then it has been a shoe-sticking turd.
The article in the parent to my post refers to how the market share for Apple has decreased since he took over in the Summer of 1997. I decided to do a comparison of stock prices between Apple and Microsoft starting when Steve returned to Apple. I used July 1st as an arbitrary date but as I look at it again, you are correct the Apple was nearly at an all-time low during that week. But isn't that the time when companies make changes and hire a new CEO?
Apple's adjusted share price was $3.30
Microsoft: $13.64
March 30th, 2006:
Apple's adjusted share price is $62.75
Microsoft's is $27.23
Apple's share price has increased 1,801.5%,
Microsoft's increased 99.6%
Apple's adjusted share price was $3.30
Microsoft: $13.64
March 30th, 2006:
Apple's adjusted share price is $62.75
Microsoft's is $27.23
Apple's share price has increased 1,801.5%
What percentage of the population "loves" Microsoft or Dell?Microsoft's increased 99.6%
Feeling smug?