I had a good experience using Domain Console. Simple, straightforward, and useful for basic hosting services. I used it for MirPool.com, a little contest where users guessed where Mir was going to fall.
Of course it has its own perspective, but the Economist does a consistently excellent job of presenting the various points of view on a particular subject. For instance, when talking about the WTO protestors in Seattle, rather than casually dismissing them out of hand as 60's-era wannabes, the magazine explored their concerns and the reasons for their popularity amongst a certain portion of the public.
Nothing written by human hands can ever be truly objective, so the best you can hope for is a magazine that honestly states its editorial standpoint, and gives thoughtful consideration to alternate viewpoints.
And on top of that, there's usually a great deal of wit and humor in each issue. The Economist rocks.
The point here is to laugh at some of the more amusing corpses littered about the.Com landscape after some sensibility finally returned to the financial markets, and people actually expected companies to earn profits. The late 90's will always be remembered for this speculative mania, which turned out to have very few long-term survivors.
The jury's still out on Amazon, in my book. They still bleed cash like a gusher, and until they actually turn a few quarters of positive results, I'd still bet on an eventual collapse.
So how is that any different from other groups of researchers who do this sort of work??? It's not like bunches of hippies are doing this in their garages and giving the results away...
At least when a university sells a patent, it can go towards further developing research centers, student financial aid, or recruiting genetically-engineered athletes.
Like I've posted elsewere, look here, and you'll see that the IP goes to Oxford, which will publish the results to the scientific community. UD's involvement seems to be related to building the application and handling the ongoing computing process.
Head over to the UD website, and you'll see that the results of this research WILL be published and made available to the wider scientific community. The original poster has grossly misrepresented the situation, it appears.
You might want to do some checking before posting stories like this. Here's an excerpt from the United Devices website:
Are you going to sell the results to large pharmaceutical companies?--No. The results of this study are the intellectual property of the University of Oxford and the National Foundation for Cancer Research, who will make the scientific findings of this project available to the greater scientific community.
Are the results going to be made public?--Yes. Prof. Graham Richards' research group, the project coordinators, will publish the results. This group originally designed the project and is currently orchestrating the study. Scientific interpretation of the results from this study will take some time. Results and scientific findings will be published in the usual manner through a peer-reviewed process.
When are you going to publish the results of the Project?--It is hard to tell what will be published with the research still underway, but a mixture of technical and results papers are envisaged over the next 2-3 years.
It would appear that the results of this research are intended to be released to the scientific community at large, rather than ransomed off. It would appear the UD's role in this endeavor was to develop the application and coordinate the data and computation - for which they deserve to be compensated. So what's the problem???
The misrepresentation is the important issue here - the rest is a boilerplate screed against the open market. If they simply stated up front in a FAQ that they're not reimbursing users because it wouldn't be worthwhile to cut checks on a monthly basis that amount to $1.78, people would respect that, and make their own informed decision.
As for the "delete every file on your drive" BS, do you think they'd be around for more than 10 minutes if that happened? It's not like they've got a monopolized grip on the PC desktop or something...
When I got cable-modem service installed, the first time I accessed my new email address there were already 10 spams in there. This was an address that had only been created a few days prior by the ISP's customer support staff. A nice intro to the new service!
That's what blew up the bubble that's now bursting
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You're absolutely correct - when it comes to stock trading, the short-term trader couldn't care less about dividends. He's just looking for the "greater fool" to come along and pay a higher price. For investors who actually look at buying stocks as buying into the ownership of a company, dividends are important.
Think about it - without the prospect of receiving a dividend (sharing in the company's profits), what is the financial justification for buying a particular stock??? There is none, other than the hope that someone else will come along and buy it from you at a higher price. And why should they pay a higher price? Because they think that there's an even greater fool out there.
One of the biggest problems with our current tax structure is that your typical stock trader would pay less in capital gains taxes than they would on dividends received, so there's a tax incentive to steer away from dividend-paying companies. That trend takes away one of the fundamental means by which stocks can be evaluated.
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Thanks for the plug! We're up to over 130 guesses so far, some of which are pretty disturbing (Wisconsin?). I think there are some folks out there who are hoping, not just guessing!
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Rather than when, you could try Where. At MirPool.com, you can take a stab at where pieces will hit, by longitude and latitude.
You right - the courts here have basically made up a non-compete clause where one never existed. The only justification I could see would be to what extent there was indeed evidence that they were going to use confidential DoubleClick information in their new position.
If this became more widespread, however, it would basically give employers way too much power to restrict the mobility of their workforce.
I don't believe that's the case. The word "media" is plural. It's also one of the most misused words in the language!
Come on, don't mod this thread as Offtopic - what's so bad about a discussion around the proper use of English?
The likely scenario is that it doesn't appear that they would even get what they'd like for an offering price (the $10 per share in your example).
Especially in the heady days of years gone by, the initial buyers in an IPO were a select few (patrons of the underwriting brokerage, political bigwigs, etc.). You could very much make the argument that a company's principal owners get screwed when the $10 IPO goes to $50 right away - they could have given up less ownership to raise the same amount of capital. That's the job of a responsible underwriter to ensure that doesn't happen.
The only market conditions that have changed are that suddenly, profits actually matter (gasp)! What next, will shareholders actually expect dividends on those profits? When that happens, all hell will really let loose...
Let alone the court of the free market. Idiotic laws like this would pretty much halt any new computer manufacturing plans in Texas, and give the present manufacturers plenty of incentive to move out.
I can't see this becoming law - companies that large should have more than enough politicians on their payroll (oops, did I say that?). Of course, the digital industry has often lagged its Old Economy predecessors in the political arena.
That's a great point about NPR - perhaps Slate should use that kind of spin. "Free us and yourselves from the hassle of ads, by contributing..."
The real dangle would be if they could offer removing ads (or certain sizes of ads) from the site entirely, if certain fundraising goals are met through subscription. If $x is raised, the banners go. If $xx is raised, the big CNET-style ads go, etc.
Let's look at this from the optimistic side of things: most people thought that the age of VC's tossing mega-$$$ after every crazy scheme with a.com in it were over...
In the abortion debate, Roe v. Wade used privacy rights derived from the Bill of Rights as a legal foundation from which freedom of choice could be defended. What specific portions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights do you see as focal points for constructing a legal framework that protects individual privacy in the years ahead?
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I had a good experience using Domain Console. Simple, straightforward, and useful for basic hosting services. I used it for MirPool.com, a little contest where users guessed where Mir was going to fall.
Nothing written by human hands can ever be truly objective, so the best you can hope for is a magazine that honestly states its editorial standpoint, and gives thoughtful consideration to alternate viewpoints.
And on top of that, there's usually a great deal of wit and humor in each issue. The Economist rocks.
The jury's still out on Amazon, in my book. They still bleed cash like a gusher, and until they actually turn a few quarters of positive results, I'd still bet on an eventual collapse.
At least when a university sells a patent, it can go towards further developing research centers, student financial aid, or recruiting genetically-engineered athletes.
Like I've posted elsewere, look here, and you'll see that the IP goes to Oxford, which will publish the results to the scientific community. UD's involvement seems to be related to building the application and handling the ongoing computing process.
Head over to the UD website, and you'll see that the results of this research WILL be published and made available to the wider scientific community. The original poster has grossly misrepresented the situation, it appears.
It would appear that the results of this research are intended to be released to the scientific community at large, rather than ransomed off. It would appear the UD's role in this endeavor was to develop the application and coordinate the data and computation - for which they deserve to be compensated. So what's the problem???
As for the "delete every file on your drive" BS, do you think they'd be around for more than 10 minutes if that happened? It's not like they've got a monopolized grip on the PC desktop or something...
When I got cable-modem service installed, the first time I accessed my new email address there were already 10 spams in there. This was an address that had only been created a few days prior by the ISP's customer support staff. A nice intro to the new service!
A Blimpy Burger woulda done the trick.
Think about it - without the prospect of receiving a dividend (sharing in the company's profits), what is the financial justification for buying a particular stock??? There is none, other than the hope that someone else will come along and buy it from you at a higher price. And why should they pay a higher price? Because they think that there's an even greater fool out there.
One of the biggest problems with our current tax structure is that your typical stock trader would pay less in capital gains taxes than they would on dividends received, so there's a tax incentive to steer away from dividend-paying companies. That trend takes away one of the fundamental means by which stocks can be evaluated.
Thanks for the plug! We're up to over 130 guesses so far, some of which are pretty disturbing (Wisconsin?). I think there are some folks out there who are hoping, not just guessing!
Rather than when, you could try Where. At MirPool.com, you can take a stab at where pieces will hit, by longitude and latitude.
The site in my sig allows you (along with over 100 others, so far) the chance to pick where you think pieces will hit. Give it a shot!
If this became more widespread, however, it would basically give employers way too much power to restrict the mobility of their workforce.
I don't believe that's the case. The word "media" is plural. It's also one of the most misused words in the language! Come on, don't mod this thread as Offtopic - what's so bad about a discussion around the proper use of English?
Especially in the heady days of years gone by, the initial buyers in an IPO were a select few (patrons of the underwriting brokerage, political bigwigs, etc.). You could very much make the argument that a company's principal owners get screwed when the $10 IPO goes to $50 right away - they could have given up less ownership to raise the same amount of capital. That's the job of a responsible underwriter to ensure that doesn't happen.
The only market conditions that have changed are that suddenly, profits actually matter (gasp)! What next, will shareholders actually expect dividends on those profits? When that happens, all hell will really let loose...
It's "exercise", not excercise!
Wouldn't that amount to spreading a malicious virus?
I can't see this becoming law - companies that large should have more than enough politicians on their payroll (oops, did I say that?). Of course, the digital industry has often lagged its Old Economy predecessors in the political arena.
The real dangle would be if they could offer removing ads (or certain sizes of ads) from the site entirely, if certain fundraising goals are met through subscription. If $x is raised, the banners go. If $xx is raised, the big CNET-style ads go, etc.
Are you kidding? That show got lousy ratings last summer - and besides, Cassandra should have won.
The market must be ready for a rally!!!
1) The week before the airing, there were a few water-cooler conversations about the upcoming movie.
2) After it aired, nary a peep was heard.
If it was indeed a flop, it was a silent, unmourned one.
In the abortion debate, Roe v. Wade used privacy rights derived from the Bill of Rights as a legal foundation from which freedom of choice could be defended. What specific portions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights do you see as focal points for constructing a legal framework that protects individual privacy in the years ahead?