Unfortunately, these "going private" deals usually end with an IPO 2-3 years later. Same old compay with extra debt! The refinancing will make no difference to Dell, since "providing useful products and services at a profit" is what management should be concentrating on.
1) Use other people's money to buy up company 2) Pay self fees for being the Buyout fixer (Profit $$$) 3) Wait 2-3 years 4) Perform IPO 5) Pay self fees for being the IPO fixer (Profit $$$) 6) Sell new shares (Profit $$$)
(OK, the copyright changes in the US are quite predictable: Just look when Mickey Mouse copyright would end, then the copyright period will be extended)?
Actually, "Steamboat Willie" and "Plane Crazy" are what is copyrighted. Mickey Mouse is trademarked. And "Steamboat Willie" was inspired by "Steamboat Bill Jr." which was named after the Arthur Collins song, "Steamboat Bill".
2 out of 3 companies I worked for had a whitelisted set of tools you were allowed to install. It never contained either a the full set of tools you needed to do your work, nor the newest versions. So you were completly left in the dark if you were allowed to accept this auto-update or not.
This is the setup for employees who do not handle files from the outside world and only need internal networks.
The third company went along the lines of: We've hired expert developers, they all grew up with PC, have their own machines at home - who if not them should be trusted to know what tools they need and to discern usefull tools from BonzoBuddies.
This is the setup for employees who regularly work with outside files.
[Quote] I live in Florida - 20 years ago we tried to setup a logical redistricting system and were run out of town. The Republicans and Democrats would prefer to abuse each other every census. Any changes might allow for a thrid party and that will unite them against the people they represent everytime. [/Quote]
I live in Florida as well. Our "Redistricting" 20 years ago was done by 3 Federal Judges.
Florida law requires districts to be Contiguous and Compact. Well, the districts were contiguous, even if only a few feet wide in some places. They were definitely not compact. And this was done by supposedly independent and fair minded (Federal) judges. That redistricting plan was the ugliest in the history of Florida.
Remember, politics is not about what is best, politics is about the least objectionable alternative.
Most jobs are found through personal networking. Online applications are a "going through the motions" task to demonstrate the company hired the "Best Qualified Applicant"--the person they already wanted to give the job to. This is also true for resume collectors.
It is a far better use of your time to talk with the people who would become your future co-workers.
Additional Rule of Thumb: The company/agency will be as careful with your application data as it will be with your employee data.
Actually, the "Peppered Moth" research was a hoax. The moths don't actually alight on tree trunks, they prefer the underside of leaves. The moths you saw were dead, and they were glued onto the tree.
You give examples of intra-species evolution. This is a well known phenomenon easily shown in selective breeding.
Showing how a species evolves into a wholly different species capable of breeding among themselves but being unable to breed with the former species would be a remarkable proof.
America passes a law. Years later, Canada passes a similar yet different law. Canada hopes to have a "better" law, based on America's experience with its earlier law.
Is this why America was supposed to have State and National governments? So that one State could learn from the mistakes of another State? So that law could be crafted for the benefit of all (or most)?
What if it is easier (for the customer and local Post Office) to use foreign characters in the address label? If you are adding free form text fields, you might want to be prepared for Unicode support of various languages.
If there is a law involved, it would be the one stating that airlines and pilots can choose to not allow any passenger or cargo they don't want to carry.
It just sounds more impressive saying "It's the law" than "It's policy".
"Users of financial statements...expressed to the FASB their concerns that (the current handling of stock options) results in financial statements that do not faithfully represent the economic transactions affecting the issuer, namely, the receipt and consumption of employee services in exchange for equity instruments.
"Investors" say the old method does not accurately show the cost of employee pay and benfits.
Financial statements that do not faithfully represent those economic transactions can distort the issuer's reported financial condition and results of operations, which can lead to the inappropriate allocation of resources in the capital markets."
Inaccurate financial statements are bad.
Investors may put money into cruddy companies.
In the movie there's a problem with a new upgrade that creates a backdoor. Robots are getting hacked and creating a mess. The police are worried that their robots will get hacked if they boot them. The sysadmin comes back from vacation and informs the police that he never really installed the upgrade. Doesn't trust fresh patches...
An entire movie on the dangers of patching. A tale of warning?
They refer to it as an IED because it sounds less threatening than "bomb". Which would you prefer to overhear: I found a bomb in this man's suitcase. or I found an IED in this woman's purse.
I propose an alternate explanation. Mr. Turner is primarily concerned with competing media outlets that promote views from the right. Hint: Clear Channel Networks and Fox/Newscorp. These outlets are large conglomerates. Mr. Turner can thus direct his ire towards these "media congolmerates" without seeming overtly partisan. I am not saying that his comments are untrue--just extremely self serving.
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The second is ncal output.
Unfortunately, these "going private" deals usually end with an IPO 2-3 years later. Same old compay with extra debt! The refinancing will make no difference to Dell, since "providing useful products and services at a profit" is what management should be concentrating on.
1) Use other people's money to buy up company
2) Pay self fees for being the Buyout fixer (Profit $$$)
3) Wait 2-3 years
4) Perform IPO
5) Pay self fees for being the IPO fixer (Profit $$$)
6) Sell new shares (Profit $$$)
Apparently compiling speed is less important when using powerful CPUs and cross compiling for slower architectures.
(OK, the copyright changes in the US are quite predictable: Just look when Mickey Mouse copyright would end, then the copyright period will be extended)?
Actually, "Steamboat Willie" and "Plane Crazy" are what is copyrighted. Mickey Mouse is trademarked.
And "Steamboat Willie" was inspired by "Steamboat Bill Jr." which was named after the Arthur Collins song, "Steamboat Bill".
You need both methods.
2 out of 3 companies I worked for had a whitelisted set of tools you were allowed to install. It never contained either a the full set of tools you needed to do your work, nor the newest versions. So you were completly left in the dark if you were allowed to accept this auto-update or not.
This is the setup for employees who do not handle files from the outside world and only need internal networks.
The third company went along the lines of: We've hired expert developers, they all grew up with PC, have their own machines at home - who if not them should be trusted to know what tools they need and to discern usefull tools from BonzoBuddies.
This is the setup for employees who regularly work with outside files.
"Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
It's just another job so that TSOs can get away from checkpoint and baggage duties. It also provides another path for promotion.
[Quote]
I live in Florida - 20 years ago we tried to setup a logical redistricting system and were run out of town. The Republicans and Democrats would prefer to abuse each other every census. Any changes might allow for a thrid party and that will unite them against the people they represent everytime.
[/Quote]
I live in Florida as well. Our "Redistricting" 20 years ago was done by 3 Federal Judges.
Florida law requires districts to be Contiguous and Compact. Well, the districts were contiguous, even if only a few feet wide in some places. They were definitely not compact. And this was done by supposedly independent and fair minded (Federal) judges. That redistricting plan was the ugliest in the history of Florida.
Remember, politics is not about what is best, politics is about the least objectionable alternative.
Most jobs are found through personal networking. Online applications are a "going through the motions" task to demonstrate the company hired the "Best Qualified Applicant"--the person they already wanted to give the job to. This is also true for resume collectors.
It is a far better use of your time to talk with the people who would become your future co-workers.
Additional Rule of Thumb: The company/agency will be as careful with your application data as it will be with your employee data.
Farmers do not use astrolabes. They care about seasons and weather.
Lunar position is important to Sailors for predicting the tides.
Hint: The device was found on a boat.
The researchers should really look into if this device was helpful for determining longitude.
THAT would be an incredible revelation.
Actually, the "Peppered Moth" research was a hoax. The moths don't actually alight on tree trunks, they prefer the underside of leaves. The moths you saw were dead, and they were glued onto the tree.
You give examples of intra-species evolution. This is a well known phenomenon easily shown in selective breeding.
Showing how a species evolves into a wholly different species capable of breeding among themselves but being unable to breed with the former species would be a remarkable proof.
We have two Latin words that explain the concept just fine.
Liberty: freedom (free as is speech).
Gratis: without charge or payment (free as in beer).
I'm assuming translation for non-japanese speaking programmers.
Try a straight kana -> romaji conversion of the programs first. Next, replace variables with english equivalents.
Same thing with the data, but more (possibly much more) difficult.
Toolkit. Hmmm. Well, something that allows both English and Japanese input (like MS IME stuff). Do you need a dictionary, like edict?
America passes a law. Years later, Canada passes a similar yet different law. Canada hopes to have a "better" law, based on America's experience with its earlier law.
Is this why America was supposed to have State and National governments? So that one State could learn from the mistakes of another State? So that law could be crafted for the benefit of all (or most)?
What if it is easier (for the customer and local Post Office) to use foreign characters in the address label? If you are adding free form text fields, you might want to be prepared for Unicode support of various languages.
If there is a law involved, it would be the one stating that airlines and pilots can choose to not allow any passenger or cargo they don't want to carry.
It just sounds more impressive saying "It's the law" than "It's policy".
"Users of financial statements...expressed to the FASB their concerns that (the current handling of stock options) results in financial statements that do not faithfully represent the economic transactions affecting the issuer, namely, the receipt and consumption of employee services in exchange for equity instruments.
"Investors" say the old method does not accurately show the cost of employee pay and benfits.
Financial statements that do not faithfully represent those economic transactions can distort the issuer's reported financial condition and results of operations, which can lead to the inappropriate allocation of resources in the capital markets."
Inaccurate financial statements are bad. Investors may put money into cruddy companies.
In the movie there's a problem with a new upgrade that creates a backdoor. Robots are getting hacked and creating a mess. The police are worried that their robots will get hacked if they boot them. The sysadmin comes back from vacation and informs the police that he never really installed the upgrade.
Doesn't trust fresh patches...
An entire movie on the dangers of patching. A tale of warning?
Have you tried BitComet ?
They refer to it as an IED because it sounds less threatening than "bomb".
Which would you prefer to overhear:
I found a bomb in this man's suitcase.
or
I found an IED in this woman's purse.
I propose an alternate explanation. Mr. Turner is primarily concerned with competing media outlets that promote views from the right.
Hint: Clear Channel Networks and Fox/Newscorp.
These outlets are large conglomerates. Mr. Turner can thus direct his ire towards these "media congolmerates" without seeming overtly partisan. I am not saying that his comments are untrue--just extremely self serving.
All that work for nothing...
Oh well, I still got paid.