So they can call for help if they have problems getting home. Very useful in more rural areas. My local primary school is about 200 meters away, so perhaps not so useful in a large town.
I chose those two because they are the two database products offered by Oracle. The question was, "How comfortable does it feel to know your company database is in the hands of these fine folks", therefore comparing their two products is reasonable.
Well if it was an Oracle database that I was paying a 6-7 figure sum in support fees per year for, very comfortable, provided my company was big enough to be able to afford it.
And there are lots of interesting things you can do with trusts and so on to reduce the market value of an asset. I see people do it a lot with things like discounted gift trusts to reduce inheritance tax, which is essentially a wealth tax you pay on death.
Since you ask, my wealth has increased by about £20,000, which wouldn't even be big enough to be a rounding error on the accounts of some of the richest people around.
Some electric companies supply a second interruptible circuit with cheaper electricity. In a previous house I lived in, I had a stored heat circuit to power electric storage heaters. The heaters were switched on for 7 hours per day at times of the electric company's choosing. It cost about 2p/kWh vs about 7p/kWh for the other circuit. This was about 12 years ago, prices for both circuits will be much higher now.
You pay capital gains on the increased value of your stock. There are two main reasons why stock can go up in value. One is retained profits, on which income tax has been paid. The other is increased expectations of future profits, on which income tax will be paid at the appropriate time.
I'm sure a cheaper, faster, better tablet would do if such a fondleslab actually existed, but I haven't found one yet. I've seen cheaper slabs that are useless, more expensive slabs that are also useless, and the Samsung Galaxy Pad which is the same price and about the same in terms of performance.
In the same way that Microsoft's share of the PC market is zero because they don't make any PCs. There is a far bigger margin in software than hardware, so I don't really see the problem.
If you want a phone that works outside of the US, Canada and a couple of other countries, then yes, GSM is important. Here in the UK, I bought a SIM free phone, and I can use it on any of the carriers that operate here. If I go to another country, I can buy a pay as you go SIM from a local carrier there to avoid expensive roaming fees.
And it is worth noting that European and American options don't refer to the market they are available on, you can get both types on both markets. European options can only be exercised on the expiry date, whereas American options can be exercised at any time.
And what's more, it must increase day-on-day with no cooling phases. I predict that in a few months time, people will be pointing to some snow in the northern hemisphere and saying it is totally conclusive evidence that global warming can't possibly be taking place. We have entered an extreme cooling phase in the past 6 months.
If in my petrol station example, they reduced the price from £1.30 to £1.29, they would make a lot more revenue, but only half the amount of profit from each litre sold. They would need to more than double the number of litres sold to increase profit, and that's not going to happen, so that's why they price it at £1.30.
London - 5 airports. They don't offer exactly the same flights, but for every destination, there is usually a choice of at least two different airports. Of course they will usually operated by different airlines, and you may also have a preference of airline to consider.
It used to be the case in London that all the main airports were run by British Airports Authorities, however they were recently ordered by the Competition Commission to sell some of their airports, so they sold Gatwick. Now under new ownership they are working to improve the airport to take business away from Heathrow. I guess that's what needs to happen in New York and other similar places.
Another thing, in England, there is no such thing as a class action lawsuit. What can happen is that the parties can ask the court to consider a number of cases together because they are very similar and the same legal and factual arguments apply to all of them. This can work in both directions, for example when ACS:Law took loads of people to court for alleged copyright infringement, those cases were all heard together; and if lots of people were suing a company for the same thing, they could be heard together. That decision is made by a judge who is not a party to the contract and is not going to let the contract stop him from administering his court in the most efficient manner. All the separate cases will be listed on the front of the judgement document, and sometimes there will be slight differences in some of them which will be referred to within the judgement.
They price to maximise profit, not to maximise revenue, so if costs go up, then that changes the equation.
Take for example petrol which has gone up in price in the last year from about £1 per litre to about £1.30. They are selling a lot less petrol at £1.30 now than they did at £1 last year, certainly if the amount of traffic on the road outside peak times is anything to go by.
Last year their costs would have been something like 98p per litre including taxes. If they had tried to sell at £1.30 they wouldn't get any business because another company would undercut them to get all the business. Now their costs are probably about £1.28 per litre. If they sold at £1 they would get lots of revenue, but they would make a loss, so nobody wants to do that. That is why the selling price has gone up.
EULAs where you weren't given the opportunity to view the T&C and weren't made aware of its existence before buying the item are not binding. If you go into Currys to buy a Playstation which is advertised as having access to the Play Station Network, then only any T&C on the outside of the box and on signage in the store are binding.
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So they can call for help if they have problems getting home. Very useful in more rural areas. My local primary school is about 200 meters away, so perhaps not so useful in a large town.
I chose those two because they are the two database products offered by Oracle.
The question was, "How comfortable does it feel to know your company database is in the hands of these fine folks", therefore comparing their two products is reasonable.
OWA for Exchange 2010 works much better in Firefox than it does in IE6.
Yes, Microsoft tried and failed to do that. Google are in trouble with their Android implementation of Java at the moment.
Well if it was an Oracle database that I was paying a 6-7 figure sum in support fees per year for, very comfortable, provided my company was big enough to be able to afford it.
A MySQL database, not comfortable at all.
And there are lots of interesting things you can do with trusts and so on to reduce the market value of an asset. I see people do it a lot with things like discounted gift trusts to reduce inheritance tax, which is essentially a wealth tax you pay on death.
Since you ask, my wealth has increased by about £20,000, which wouldn't even be big enough to be a rounding error on the accounts of some of the richest people around.
How do you value wealth? A lot of it is very subjective.
Because the camera staff will get in the habit of pressing the false alarm button every time it goes off without really checking first.
And that alarm will go off every time someone walks past the machine, or debris is blown onto it.
Some electric companies supply a second interruptible circuit with cheaper electricity. In a previous house I lived in, I had a stored heat circuit to power electric storage heaters. The heaters were switched on for 7 hours per day at times of the electric company's choosing. It cost about 2p/kWh vs about 7p/kWh for the other circuit. This was about 12 years ago, prices for both circuits will be much higher now.
You pay capital gains on the increased value of your stock. There are two main reasons why stock can go up in value. One is retained profits, on which income tax has been paid. The other is increased expectations of future profits, on which income tax will be paid at the appropriate time.
Which one?
Samsung - Same price
Blackberry Playbook - Same price and it doesn't do email
LG - More expensive
Some crappy Chinese thing with a resistive screen
I'm sure a cheaper, faster, better tablet would do if such a fondleslab actually existed, but I haven't found one yet.
I've seen cheaper slabs that are useless, more expensive slabs that are also useless, and the Samsung Galaxy Pad which is the same price and about the same in terms of performance.
And you should read the post before getting out the flamethrower.
"The selling point (not just with RIM but with any smartphone/sync combination)"
In the same way that Microsoft's share of the PC market is zero because they don't make any PCs. There is a far bigger margin in software than hardware, so I don't really see the problem.
If you want a phone that works outside of the US, Canada and a couple of other countries, then yes, GSM is important. Here in the UK, I bought a SIM free phone, and I can use it on any of the carriers that operate here. If I go to another country, I can buy a pay as you go SIM from a local carrier there to avoid expensive roaming fees.
And it is worth noting that European and American options don't refer to the market they are available on, you can get both types on both markets. European options can only be exercised on the expiry date, whereas American options can be exercised at any time.
And what's more, it must increase day-on-day with no cooling phases. I predict that in a few months time, people will be pointing to some snow in the northern hemisphere and saying it is totally conclusive evidence that global warming can't possibly be taking place. We have entered an extreme cooling phase in the past 6 months.
No it isn't. The Vatican is a separate country located in the middle of Rome.
If in my petrol station example, they reduced the price from £1.30 to £1.29, they would make a lot more revenue, but only half the amount of profit from each litre sold. They would need to more than double the number of litres sold to increase profit, and that's not going to happen, so that's why they price it at £1.30.
London - 5 airports. They don't offer exactly the same flights, but for every destination, there is usually a choice of at least two different airports. Of course they will usually operated by different airlines, and you may also have a preference of airline to consider.
It used to be the case in London that all the main airports were run by British Airports Authorities, however they were recently ordered by the Competition Commission to sell some of their airports, so they sold Gatwick. Now under new ownership they are working to improve the airport to take business away from Heathrow. I guess that's what needs to happen in New York and other similar places.
Another thing, in England, there is no such thing as a class action lawsuit. What can happen is that the parties can ask the court to consider a number of cases together because they are very similar and the same legal and factual arguments apply to all of them. This can work in both directions, for example when ACS:Law took loads of people to court for alleged copyright infringement, those cases were all heard together; and if lots of people were suing a company for the same thing, they could be heard together. That decision is made by a judge who is not a party to the contract and is not going to let the contract stop him from administering his court in the most efficient manner. All the separate cases will be listed on the front of the judgement document, and sometimes there will be slight differences in some of them which will be referred to within the judgement.
They price to maximise profit, not to maximise revenue, so if costs go up, then that changes the equation.
Take for example petrol which has gone up in price in the last year from about £1 per litre to about £1.30. They are selling a lot less petrol at £1.30 now than they did at £1 last year, certainly if the amount of traffic on the road outside peak times is anything to go by.
Last year their costs would have been something like 98p per litre including taxes. If they had tried to sell at £1.30 they wouldn't get any business because another company would undercut them to get all the business. Now their costs are probably about £1.28 per litre. If they sold at £1 they would get lots of revenue, but they would make a loss, so nobody wants to do that. That is why the selling price has gone up.
EULAs where you weren't given the opportunity to view the T&C and weren't made aware of its existence before buying the item are not binding. If you go into Currys to buy a Playstation which is advertised as having access to the Play Station Network, then only any T&C on the outside of the box and on signage in the store are binding.