Basically all First world nations have the same high cost. Even if it differs, that is only slight, you are on the same range, you also have similar education, skills, laws and infrastructure.
Low cost countries are cheaper, up to 1000 times cheaper.
In between are countries that aren't on either scale, and they aren't very interesting for investment. If it isn't much cheaper, why go through all that trouble?
As you sit there with your imported computer, you complain about those who purchase offshore products. Funny isn't it. Oh wait, it isn't funny, because now it is happening to you.
How will the US gov pay the difference between $50/mo and $5k a month? Where will this money come from? Wouldn't every company threaten to move their jobs offshore to get this money?
Equalization. This will continue until they have the same costs.
If their currency is allowed to float freely, it will rise if they have a large net export. The cost of buying their goods will increase, and make them less competative.
Right now it is cheaper to buy and transport the goods. Eventually the cost to buy will be such that it is cheaper to make locally than buy and transport, then the jobs come back.
Passwords can use a one way function. Take the source string, do a bunch of 'stuff' to it, stuff that isn't easy to undo. You can throw out some data too.
You end up with a new string, but since you threw out some information, you end up unable to reverse it.
Even if you know the end result, and the formula, you can't guess the password. You'd have to brute force it. With slow computers, this was a very good obstacle. Now we use fancier algorithms, and it is still okay.
I'm not a math guy, go read crypto books if you want the 'real' explanation
I'm just pointing out that terrorism doesn't just happen from foreign terrorists. THis won't stop it.
If you're worried about deaths, stop the 30,000 a year due to drunk drivers.
Some people argue that terrorism is scarier and has a larger effect, and I'd agree with that. But we should try to stop ALL terrorist attacks, not just a fraction of them.
IIRC They were travelling under valid documentation.
Knowing who is on the plane or in the country would not have prevented September 11. They didn't know who was going to hijack a plane.
The scary part is focusing on foreigners isn't going to solve the problems. They end up harassing innocent people, and causing lots of bad will, but doesn't make it safer for anyone.
I can think of a few recent issues that really shocked & upset the US. 9/11 Columbine Unabomber Oklahoma city The Sniper
Hmm, looks like picking on foreigners might not be the most effective way to decrease terrorism.
Investing Undiversified, job and savings at the same place, unless it is the government, bad idea. In a company that you didn't read the financials for.
Bad investment, bad asset allocation strategy. Wasn't failure expected?
I keep hearing about how evil and misleading Enron was, but I have a few questions. Did they actually go harrass threaten and lie to take money from people? Or did they just take advantage of people who didn't bother to read the financials?
Part of not reading was buying after realizing that the financial paperwork was such a convoluted mess that nobody could understand what is going on.
If SCO is correct, and Linux is infringing you can't run it anyway.
I wouldn't sign it anyway. The licence agreement clearly states that you have to tell them where you are using the software covered under that agreement.
You are using Linux under a separate agreement.
The SCO Unix agreement doesn't state you must disclose usage of other products, and I would refuse to permit them to ammend it in such a way.
So you think google will continue to get 50% increase year after year. That would be truely amazing.
Also even at such a growth rate in 2 years it would take 2 years just to match the payout from an 5 year A rated corporate bond (at about 3.6%) And for a risky stock, it should offer a much higher return then that.
Lets compare to yahoo http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=YHOO&annual
Has about 1 billion in annual revenue and this hasn't grown significantly over the past 2 years.
I don't think such growth is sustainable over the long term.
Another thing is that the Price is just what people are willing to pay for it. It doesn't tell you how the underlying business will perform.
I don't think the price is justified today, or even with the aggressive assuption of 50% compound growth, the price won't be justified for many years, and won't even outperform the compound return of a corporate bond for a few years.
Uhh what makes google worth $12 billion dollars? Unless they have hundreds of millions in profit, you're better off buying a bond. I don't get why it makes sense to buy google.
What have ESR and Perens actually done with respect to the SCO case? Did they go to court and present evidence, or are they just talking?
I think that talking and explaining your opinion is a worthwhile activity, either on what a product should be named, or legal matters.
If someone has an opinion on what something should be called they can have it and promote it al they want. If it was so unimportant, why are there groups of people fighting against it? Maybe there are armies of people who do care, and we're just not two of them.
RMS is all talk and no walk RMS has done a lot for free software. He has written significant amounts of it.
He doesn't want Linux called GNU/Linux, he wants a GNU system with the Linux kernel called GNU/Linux.
Think of this like buying a GM vehicle (system) with a Honda engine(kernel). You wouldn't call it a Honda, Likely either a GM, or GM/Honda vehicle.
The SCO mess is a temporary trivial harrassment, not really a serious problem. They have no proven claims, and unless they actually document one, they will probaly collapse under IBMs countersuit.
"Enjoy your job, make lots of money, work within the law. Choose any two. "
I chose all three. Pick a career you like. Work within the law, this can be done.
Spend less money then you make, and you will have lots of money. This sounds self evident, but if you live below your means, you can easily obtain a significant amount of money to enjoy in large chunks (vacations, big screen TV etc.)
My definition of damage is any impairment to proper use.
I should not have to spend ANY energy fixing my stuff due to actions of others.
As an extreme example. A terrorist can blow up a building and kill a few people, but we can just rebuild and make a few new people. I don't think anyone would argue that such easily repaired damage is insignificant.
The physical music medium is something owned by someone else
No, I own the physical medium. I bought it, I did not license it. If I take it from a store without paying, they claim it is theft, not a license violation.
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Wouldn't it be nice to work in a field where nobody can say you're wrong?
If you're advanced enough in any field this can be so.
As long as your code works a bit, it isn't wrong, just not robust, or sub optimal.
I agree, time to market is key.
I like python, it is easy to write, and keep it somewhat clean.
I wasn't meaning specifically skilled labour.
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Actually the more skilled the safer, the least skilled moves first.
Average wages in China are less than $100/month.
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/china/0204
Not quite 1000x, but it was one of the first google hits.
There are other countries too.
Basically all First world nations have the same high cost. Even if it differs, that is only slight, you are on the same range, you also have similar education, skills, laws and infrastructure.
Low cost countries are cheaper, up to 1000 times cheaper.
In between are countries that aren't on either scale, and they aren't very interesting for investment. If it isn't much cheaper, why go through all that trouble?
As you sit there with your imported computer, you complain about those who purchase offshore products.
Funny isn't it.
Oh wait, it isn't funny, because now it is happening to you.
Many other goods are produced offshore.
Levis has no US production.
You support companies who outsource their products to low cost countries.
Nobody complains when they get a deal on the product.
How will the US gov pay the difference between $50/mo and $5k a month?
Where will this money come from? Wouldn't every company threaten to move their jobs offshore to get this money?
Equalization.
This will continue until they have the same costs.
If their currency is allowed to float freely, it will rise if they have a large net export.
The cost of buying their goods will increase, and make them less competative.
Right now it is cheaper to buy and transport the goods. Eventually the cost to buy will be such that it is cheaper to make locally than buy and transport, then the jobs come back.
Hostage negotiation is getting people to listen and talk when they are feeling hostile towards you.
Quite a useful skill if you have it.
He did access 90 other computers without authorization from the users.
That clearly fits the definition of most regulations I've heard of.
Thank that wonderful "Make an example" policy.
Passwords can use a one way function.
Take the source string, do a bunch of 'stuff' to it, stuff that isn't easy to undo.
You can throw out some data too.
You end up with a new string, but since you threw out some information, you end up unable to reverse it.
Even if you know the end result, and the formula, you can't guess the password. You'd have to brute force it.
With slow computers, this was a very good obstacle. Now we use fancier algorithms, and it is still okay.
I'm not a math guy, go read crypto books if you want the 'real' explanation
I'm just pointing out that terrorism doesn't just happen from foreign terrorists. THis won't stop it.
If you're worried about deaths, stop the 30,000 a year due to drunk drivers.
Some people argue that terrorism is scarier and has a larger effect, and I'd agree with that. But we should try to stop ALL terrorist attacks, not just a fraction of them.
IIRC They were travelling under valid documentation.
Knowing who is on the plane or in the country would not have prevented September 11. They didn't know who was going to hijack a plane.
The scary part is focusing on foreigners isn't going to solve the problems. They end up harassing innocent people, and causing lots of bad will, but doesn't make it safer for anyone.
I can think of a few recent issues that really shocked & upset the US.
9/11
Columbine
Unabomber
Oklahoma city
The Sniper
Hmm, looks like picking on foreigners might not be the most effective way to decrease terrorism.
Investing
Undiversified, job and savings at the same place, unless it is the government, bad idea.
In a company that you didn't read the financials for.
Bad investment, bad asset allocation strategy.
Wasn't failure expected?
I keep hearing about how evil and misleading Enron was, but I have a few questions.
Did they actually go harrass threaten and lie to take money from people?
Or did they just take advantage of people who didn't bother to read the financials?
Part of not reading was buying after realizing that the financial paperwork was such a convoluted mess that nobody could understand what is going on.
If SCO is correct, and Linux is infringing you can't run it anyway.
I wouldn't sign it anyway.
The licence agreement clearly states that you have to tell them where you are using the software covered under that agreement.
You are using Linux under a separate agreement.
The SCO Unix agreement doesn't state you must disclose usage of other products, and I would refuse to permit them to ammend it in such a way.
So you think google will continue to get 50% increase year after year. That would be truely amazing.
Also even at such a growth rate in 2 years it would take 2 years just to match the payout from an 5 year A rated corporate bond (at about 3.6%) And for a risky stock, it should offer a much higher return then that.
Lets compare to yahoo http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=YHOO&annual
Has about 1 billion in annual revenue and this hasn't grown significantly over the past 2 years.
I don't think such growth is sustainable over the long term.
Another thing is that the Price is just what people are willing to pay for it. It doesn't tell you how the underlying business will perform.
I don't think the price is justified today, or even with the aggressive assuption of 50% compound growth, the price won't be justified for many years, and won't even outperform the compound return of a corporate bond for a few years.
Considering a market cap of $12 billion
Net income $200 million = 1.7%
Net income $300 million = 2.5%
Not exceptional, there are companies with long histories with dividends above this.
You might get a better return from bonds.
Do you have a URL to their filings?
Will it hold up? Is it real or paper profits?
Uhh what makes google worth $12 billion dollars?
Unless they have hundreds of millions in profit, you're better off buying a bond.
I don't get why it makes sense to buy google.
What have ESR and Perens actually done with respect to the SCO case?
Did they go to court and present evidence, or are they just talking?
I think that talking and explaining your opinion is a worthwhile activity, either on what a product should be named, or legal matters.
If someone has an opinion on what something should be called they can have it and promote it al they want.
If it was so unimportant, why are there groups of people fighting against it? Maybe there are armies of people who do care, and we're just not two of them.
RMS is all talk and no walk
RMS has done a lot for free software.
He has written significant amounts of it.
He doesn't want Linux called GNU/Linux, he wants a GNU system with the Linux kernel called GNU/Linux.
Think of this like buying a GM vehicle (system) with a Honda engine(kernel). You wouldn't call it a Honda, Likely either a GM, or GM/Honda vehicle.
The SCO mess is a temporary trivial harrassment, not really a serious problem. They have no proven claims, and unless they actually document one, they will probaly collapse under IBMs countersuit.
"Enjoy your job, make lots of money, work within the law. Choose any two. "
I chose all three.
Pick a career you like.
Work within the law, this can be done.
Spend less money then you make, and you will have lots of money. This sounds self evident, but if you live below your means, you can easily obtain a significant amount of money to enjoy in large chunks (vacations, big screen TV etc.)
My definition of damage is any impairment to proper use.
I should not have to spend ANY energy fixing my stuff due to actions of others.
As an extreme example.
A terrorist can blow up a building and kill a few people, but we can just rebuild and make a few new people. I don't think anyone would argue that such easily repaired damage is insignificant.
The physical music medium is something owned by someone else
No, I own the physical medium.
I bought it, I did not license it.
If I take it from a store without paying, they claim it is theft, not a license violation.