Can a business count the value of software towards the total value of the company when filing to go public? Yes. You usually measure assets at book value on your balance sheet (exception being stocks which are at LCM -> lower of cost or market ).
Although one could argue it's an expense because it's a sunk cost, it's still an asset that you are using despite the fact that your license prohibits you from reselling it.
So if you pay $1000 for a product, you amortize it over the life of the product - if you're going to get four years value out of it, you expense it across four years through amortization or depreciation.
Does my religion demand i send my child to hack your head off if you offend my god? Probably not, and neither does Islam.
Consider the ten commandments. If you don't follow them, you will create trouble for yourself within your surroundings. That's the trouble with you Christians. You observe the old testament when you like, and the new when you like.
Do you eat shellfish? That's a sin you know...
It does not matter whether you are a Jew,Christian,Hindu,Atheist,or Agnostic. Do you think these came from man? Yes actually. We have to take Moses word for it that it was the word of God. He disappeared and came back with the Ten Commandments and said it was God's word.
My problem with religion starts when its members begin to impose undue burden on non-members (I am looking at you, scientologists, sectarian fundies, and radical Muslims). Just to point out that it's forbidden for Muslims to go door-to-door pushing their religions - at least with some Sunni that I'm familiar with.
Muslims worship Mo-HAM-HEAD - literally. Typical American ignorance, posted by an AC nonetheless.Muslims worship Allah. Mohammed was a prophet of God, just as they view Jesus as a prophet of God.
Agree or disagree, it's against Islam to push your religion on others. As opposed to Christianity that acts like massive MLM scheme.
What a bunch of insane fascists they are... There's as many muslim fanatics as there are Chrstian fanatics. Or do we forget Waco?
How come when a fanatical group like the Taliban comes out, Christians don't look to Waco and draw parallels?
Me, I'm atheist, but I certainly laugh when I see ignorant BS like the GP posted.
and really does all the most people need from a simple word processor. Until AbiWord or Writer work with proper outlines ( not some pretend outlines like Writer does btw ), they don't do what most people need from a simple word processor. Writing a college paper or technical document you need outlines. Those make your job a lot easier.
FYI - I know this is a little late to answer, but Costco, because it has a membership requirement, you've agreed to their terms. The law's a little more forgiving afaik with Costco than with Best Buy.
don't let Best Buy search, but DO let Costco search you.
That's totally incorrect. Yeah - I realize that it's not currently the case. What I'm saying is that the Court is the final check and balance of the constitutionality of the law, and the fact that the court has to wait for cases to go before it questioning the constitutionality of said laws indicates that the government can introduce laws at will that can go unchecked for years.
That's bad. The President should be hanged IMO for signing laws into law when they are blatantly in violation of the constitution.
Thats because it isn't the Court's job to legislate. No, but it IS the court's job to check the constitutionality of laws. If a law is blatantly unconstitutional, the SCOTUS should strike it down, not wait until a case is brought before it.
In canada, the Supreme Court is the Judicial Branch of Government. In Canada, one role of the SCOC is:
The Supreme Court thus performs a unique function. It can be asked by the Governor-in-Council to hear references considering important questions of law. Such referrals may concern the constitutionality or interpretation of federal or provincial legislation, or the division of powers between federal and provincial levels of government.
As well, normal case appeals can become constitutional matters brought before SCOC as well.
A government cannot be allowed to pass laws unchecked - the Constitution MUST be enforced as it is the supreme law of the land, not the government.
The ACLU challenged this law, and hence brought about this ruling. Hopefully, they will be successful in challenging similar laws in the future. The sad part is though that government can pass a law, knowing full well that it'll take SCOTUS four years before striking it down.
IMO that's a BIG problem. It means essentially that they can pass any unconstitutional law and SCOTUS will take four years before they'll strike it down as unconstitutional. That IMO is really bad.
Just to point out that HMV is grossly overpriced compared to other places like Future Shop or A&B Sound.
The CRIA should give their heads a shake. Don't kid yourselves, the members of CRIA are probably similar to the members of the RIAA, and are equally an evil lobby group.
C'mon CRIA, it's because music today is crap! This decade has had nothing noteworthy save the indie pop stuff that's come out. Other than that it's the American Idol decade:(
Most people that I know drink what their dad drank, and what his dad drank Most people I know drink Stella Artois because it's the in thing to drink. Or they drink Brahma because of the cool bottles ( I personally don't care for Brahma myself ).
Me, I like Hoegaarden White Ale, although I suspect that's going to change as they're moving factories.
Beer isn't a hereditary thing, and I find it quite fascinating that you guys are only influenced by what your dads drank. Have you no taste buds?
o you know anyone who actually bought something through a banner ad, either directly or through subliminal suggestion? I can't speak for banner ads, per se, but in general, advertising DOES work on me when there's an offer. Should GM put banner ads all over that say there's a Friends and Family sale going on, and I am in the market for a new vehicle, then I might consider a GM where I wouldn't have before. Offer driven advertisements work.
Really cool ads probably work too. Take beer in Canada. I'll bet Molson Canadian saw a hugh uptick in their sales with the I am Canadian campaign.
They really plan to hold true. Be glad they took them on. It has helped more that it hurt the OS battles. Besides, Novell has conflicting interests. They have SuSE on the one hand - a Linux distro, and OTOH they hold the rights to Unix.
Can't they technically port Unix code to Linux now?
eBay is an auction. Not a sale. That doesn't make a difference. The questions is whether or not it's a contract.
There's five things that make a contract:
Offer
Acceptance
Consideration
Intention
Capacity
Whether this occurs at an online auction, a B&M auction, or at a department store doesn't really matter. What matters is those five points.
At a B&M sales, judges have decided that the offer is when the consumer takes the merchandise to the counter, and the acceptance is when the cashier rings it in. The consideration is the goods that you brought, and your intention to contract is clear when you bring that merchandise. As long as your not an invalid capacity is there.
In an auction is clearly obvious. You offer $100,000 for a plane. The auctioneer stated that the highest winning bid will be accepted. They do this at the time they set up the auction (they COULD have set a reserve - a reserve would state that they will consider lower prices but are not bound contractually). I agree with the judge in this case - tough shit for the guy trying to weasel out of his contract - he should have looked into the value of his plane more before auctioning it on ebay.
Are those "big changes" similar to Segway's "Big Changes"? Depends on their price point. Make the car like $8,000 and it'll be a huge hit. Look at the Vespas that are finally starting to be popular here.
If you price it comparable to a Yaris, then your damned. A Yaris gets 42MPG. It's damned cheap to drive and you don't run the risk of looking for a charging station where you stand around waiting for 8 hours to charge.
So why would I go to a theater and pay $10 for a ticket when I can download the movie
Because the theater offers value-add. They provide a huge screen with awesome sound, vivid clarity, and a good experience. A cam of the movie - well just doesn't IMO cut it. Even watching it at home - while I like my 51" TV, it still doesn't compare to the big screen.
There's still some challenges though to overcome - I'm hoping the Solid State drives will solve them, but presently I see most laptops have 5400rpm drives and a few higher end ones have 7200rpm drives, but none I've seen have a 10,000 rpm 2.5" drive ( do they even make them? ). That means for video editing it'll suck no matter what.
, is why Java is where it is and Python, Ruby or Perl aren't there in it's place. The other three are moving in direction of Java with VM's. Ruby 2.0 is going to run against a VM, and Perl 6 AFAIK is moving to that too. Not 100% on Python, but pretty sure it's moving to run in a VM also.
The compiling of java apps makes it perform quite a bit better - Ruby doesn't perform as well as Java, and isn't supposed to. It's got a different purpose, and things that are syntactically nasty in Java are so damned sweet in Ruby.
And no, Java is not a pig, it performs quite well thanks, quite surpassing the other three you cite.
But what this has to do with big iron, I don't know.
I'm actually betting there is no net positive energy coming from this machine either - I quite understand the laws of thermodynamics too, all I'm saying is I have an open mind. Laws are disproven all the time.
I'm not thinking the same as creationists ( and am quite offended at the thought of being compared to those pseudo-scientists too btw ). I just have an open mind and am willing to hear what others come back with after examining the device. I am skeptical but not dismissive. I'm in the "I highly doubt it" camp myself.
Only on Slashdot would someone other than the MPAA/RIAA compare illegally downloading something that would cost twenty dollars to molesting children. And only in Washington State would someone pay a bigger price in jail time than molesting children. You can face up to five years in jail for taking your own personal money and placing a bet. Nice.
I'm sure that comment came up when we redrew the solar system to have the sun at the center instead of the earth or when we tried to pitch the concept of the earth being round instead of flat.
Let's see what the scientists come back with before dismissing it as a hoax hmmm kay? It's important to be critical, but one needs to consider that laws are only laws until they are disproven.
"Unless you're an active suspect that is specifically being watched, there's no reason to watch you."
What about laws like the one where US citizens can't travel to Cuba. IMO being tracked bakes laws like that enforceable. What if they know the address of a pot dealer, and you guy buy some pot? There's all kinds of uses for this technology in law enforcement.
If you look deep into the law books, we can all be thrown in jail for something.
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Although one could argue it's an expense because it's a sunk cost, it's still an asset that you are using despite the fact that your license prohibits you from reselling it.
So if you pay $1000 for a product, you amortize it over the life of the product - if you're going to get four years value out of it, you expense it across four years through amortization or depreciation.
Do you eat shellfish? That's a sin you know... It does not matter whether you are a Jew,Christian,Hindu,Atheist,or Agnostic. Do you think these came from man? Yes actually. We have to take Moses word for it that it was the word of God. He disappeared and came back with the Ten Commandments and said it was God's word.
Give me a fucking break.
Agree or disagree, it's against Islam to push your religion on others. As opposed to Christianity that acts like massive MLM scheme. What a bunch of insane fascists they are... There's as many muslim fanatics as there are Chrstian fanatics. Or do we forget Waco?
How come when a fanatical group like the Taliban comes out, Christians don't look to Waco and draw parallels?
Me, I'm atheist, but I certainly laugh when I see ignorant BS like the GP posted.
Dude I just took a look at the demo and almost peed my pants from laughter.
Most of it just opens up a new browser window.
It's a novel idea, but a toy. Much IMO like Linspire...
Many people use MythTV as a PVR and media center. MythTV has hooks into Zap2it's xml listings. Kind of a nice package.
FYI - I know this is a little late to answer, but Costco, because it has a membership requirement, you've agreed to their terms. The law's a little more forgiving afaik with Costco than with Best Buy.
don't let Best Buy search, but DO let Costco search you.
That's bad. The President should be hanged IMO for signing laws into law when they are blatantly in violation of the constitution.
In canada, the Supreme Court is the Judicial Branch of Government. In Canada, one role of the SCOC is:
The Supreme Court thus performs a unique function. It can be asked by the Governor-in-Council to hear references considering important questions of law. Such referrals may concern the constitutionality or interpretation of federal or provincial legislation, or the division of powers between federal and provincial levels of government.
As well, normal case appeals can become constitutional matters brought before SCOC as well.
A government cannot be allowed to pass laws unchecked - the Constitution MUST be enforced as it is the supreme law of the land, not the government.
IMO that's a BIG problem. It means essentially that they can pass any unconstitutional law and SCOTUS will take four years before they'll strike it down as unconstitutional. That IMO is really bad.
Just to point out that HMV is grossly overpriced compared to other places like Future Shop or A&B Sound.
:(
The CRIA should give their heads a shake. Don't kid yourselves, the members of CRIA are probably similar to the members of the RIAA, and are equally an evil lobby group.
C'mon CRIA, it's because music today is crap! This decade has had nothing noteworthy save the indie pop stuff that's come out. Other than that it's the American Idol decade
Me, I like Hoegaarden White Ale, although I suspect that's going to change as they're moving factories.
Beer isn't a hereditary thing, and I find it quite fascinating that you guys are only influenced by what your dads drank. Have you no taste buds?
Really cool ads probably work too. Take beer in Canada. I'll bet Molson Canadian saw a hugh uptick in their sales with the I am Canadian campaign.
Can't they technically port Unix code to Linux now?
There's five things that make a contract:
Whether this occurs at an online auction, a B&M auction, or at a department store doesn't really matter. What matters is those five points.
At a B&M sales, judges have decided that the offer is when the consumer takes the merchandise to the counter, and the acceptance is when the cashier rings it in. The consideration is the goods that you brought, and your intention to contract is clear when you bring that merchandise. As long as your not an invalid capacity is there.
In an auction is clearly obvious. You offer $100,000 for a plane. The auctioneer stated that the highest winning bid will be accepted. They do this at the time they set up the auction (they COULD have set a reserve - a reserve would state that they will consider lower prices but are not bound contractually). I agree with the judge in this case - tough shit for the guy trying to weasel out of his contract - he should have looked into the value of his plane more before auctioning it on ebay.
If you price it comparable to a Yaris, then your damned. A Yaris gets 42MPG. It's damned cheap to drive and you don't run the risk of looking for a charging station where you stand around waiting for 8 hours to charge.
So why would I go to a theater and pay $10 for a ticket when I can download the movie
Because the theater offers value-add. They provide a huge screen with awesome sound, vivid clarity, and a good experience. A cam of the movie - well just doesn't IMO cut it. Even watching it at home - while I like my 51" TV, it still doesn't compare to the big screen.
If you care, there's a cool mod for XP that'll stretch the bar across both displays called ultramon
There's still some challenges though to overcome - I'm hoping the Solid State drives will solve them, but presently I see most laptops have 5400rpm drives and a few higher end ones have 7200rpm drives, but none I've seen have a 10,000 rpm 2.5" drive ( do they even make them? ). That means for video editing it'll suck no matter what.
The compiling of java apps makes it perform quite a bit better - Ruby doesn't perform as well as Java, and isn't supposed to. It's got a different purpose, and things that are syntactically nasty in Java are so damned sweet in Ruby.
And no, Java is not a pig, it performs quite well thanks, quite surpassing the other three you cite.
But what this has to do with big iron, I don't know.
I'm actually betting there is no net positive energy coming from this machine either - I quite understand the laws of thermodynamics too, all I'm saying is I have an open mind. Laws are disproven all the time.
I'm not thinking the same as creationists ( and am quite offended at the thought of being compared to those pseudo-scientists too btw ). I just have an open mind and am willing to hear what others come back with after examining the device. I am skeptical but not dismissive. I'm in the "I highly doubt it" camp myself.
This thing is a massive hoax.
Yes laws of thermodynamics blah blah...
I'm sure that comment came up when we redrew the solar system to have the sun at the center instead of the earth or when we tried to pitch the concept of the earth being round instead of flat.
Let's see what the scientists come back with before dismissing it as a hoax hmmm kay? It's important to be critical, but one needs to consider that laws are only laws until they are disproven.
"Unless you're an active suspect that is specifically being watched, there's no reason to watch you."
What about laws like the one where US citizens can't travel to Cuba. IMO being tracked bakes laws like that enforceable. What if they know the address of a pot dealer, and you guy buy some pot? There's all kinds of uses for this technology in law enforcement.
If you look deep into the law books, we can all be thrown in jail for something.