I've already posted to this effect in this thread just a moment ago... but in the interest of spreading information, please allow me to be redundant. Federal funding for this research was disallowed in 1995. Wisconsinites paid for this, not all Americans.
Do you pay taxes in Wisconsin? I live in Madison, and I'm proud that the first human embryonic stem cell line was derived here in 1998. In 1995, the Dickey Amendment prohibited the use of federally appropriated funds for use in research in which human embryos are created or destroyed. Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that Wisconsinites footed the bill for this. Perhaps license fees could be reduced or waived for organizations which operate in Wisconsin. Madison has a growing biotech district.
They're also very rich men. Perhaps they actually believe that every download is a lost sale because they can afford to buy every single piece of music which they like. Is it possible that they're totally out of touch with the idea that many of us had to budget our CD purchases? It's been said before, and I'll say it again: They need to start selling ten times as much music for one tenth of the price. Unfortunately, some people don't like to change.
"This means it is under a legal obligation to make business decisions that maximize the value of the stock to its shareholders."
A couple of people have already retorted this statement, but I'd just like to mention that I hear this pretty often. As long as this is a popularly held view, we'll have an awful lot of ends-justify-the-means syndrome.
I wonder about how many business students snicker during their ethics classes and how many simply have their ethics broken by the pressure of the greed of thousands.
Without even analyzing the strategy here...
Does anyone here know anything about just how often American companies, or any foreign companies, are able to acquire Japanese ones? I'm inclined to think that it's quite rare. Not only that, but given the Nintendo history which some posters have enlightened us about in this thread, it seems like Nintendo would be on the difficult side of the Japanese spectrum, let alone the overall.
Speaking of the OpenGL drivers, how about nVidia? I'm not suggesting that anyone at either company has thought about this, but if we're imagining mergers which could help Apple out with gaming, that's what comes to mind for me.
Take this with a grain of salt, but I've always heard that Steve Jobs himself isn't particularly fond of games. That may be a factor. Perhaps someone should spin their usefulness to him as productivity-increasing stress relievers.
I bet somebody would have a fair chance of turning him on to Spore or something like that.
I think that Apple ought to produce a new line of really high quality educational games and offer them to schools at absolute bargain prices... if well-produced, they'd be good for the kids... and it's never too early to start building brand loyalties.
Unfortunately, the reality is that encrypting everything is probably considered grounds for reasonable suspicion -- or at least it will be until everyone starts doing it en masse.
You know how it is with the "if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?" crowd.
Google needed something positive for people to talk about in order to help their stock recover recent losses. So far, their stock is up 3.26% for the day. Expect them to bring other services out of beta whenever they need a little bit of positive news.
Yes. The contrast leaves much to be desired. Other than that, the technology looks very promising. Hopefully they can improve the contrast soon. The E-Ink website, www.eink.com, claims a contrast ratio of 8:1 for their high resolution displays. There are also a number of other products and potential uses showcased there.
-Kuvagh
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I've already posted to this effect in this thread just a moment ago... but in the interest of spreading information, please allow me to be redundant. Federal funding for this research was disallowed in 1995. Wisconsinites paid for this, not all Americans.
Do you pay taxes in Wisconsin? I live in Madison, and I'm proud that the first human embryonic stem cell line was derived here in 1998. In 1995, the Dickey Amendment prohibited the use of federally appropriated funds for use in research in which human embryos are created or destroyed. Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that Wisconsinites footed the bill for this. Perhaps license fees could be reduced or waived for organizations which operate in Wisconsin. Madison has a growing biotech district.
They're also very rich men. Perhaps they actually believe that every download is a lost sale because they can afford to buy every single piece of music which they like. Is it possible that they're totally out of touch with the idea that many of us had to budget our CD purchases? It's been said before, and I'll say it again: They need to start selling ten times as much music for one tenth of the price. Unfortunately, some people don't like to change.
"This means it is under a legal obligation to make business decisions that maximize the value of the stock to its shareholders." A couple of people have already retorted this statement, but I'd just like to mention that I hear this pretty often. As long as this is a popularly held view, we'll have an awful lot of ends-justify-the-means syndrome. I wonder about how many business students snicker during their ethics classes and how many simply have their ethics broken by the pressure of the greed of thousands.
How easy is it for an individual American investor to become involved in the Tokyo exchange?
Without even analyzing the strategy here... Does anyone here know anything about just how often American companies, or any foreign companies, are able to acquire Japanese ones? I'm inclined to think that it's quite rare. Not only that, but given the Nintendo history which some posters have enlightened us about in this thread, it seems like Nintendo would be on the difficult side of the Japanese spectrum, let alone the overall.
Speaking of the OpenGL drivers, how about nVidia? I'm not suggesting that anyone at either company has thought about this, but if we're imagining mergers which could help Apple out with gaming, that's what comes to mind for me.
Take this with a grain of salt, but I've always heard that Steve Jobs himself isn't particularly fond of games. That may be a factor. Perhaps someone should spin their usefulness to him as productivity-increasing stress relievers. I bet somebody would have a fair chance of turning him on to Spore or something like that. I think that Apple ought to produce a new line of really high quality educational games and offer them to schools at absolute bargain prices... if well-produced, they'd be good for the kids... and it's never too early to start building brand loyalties.
Unfortunately, the reality is that encrypting everything is probably considered grounds for reasonable suspicion -- or at least it will be until everyone starts doing it en masse. You know how it is with the "if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?" crowd.
"I for one," you say? Someone who really does welcome our overlords!
No.
Google needed something positive for people to talk about in order to help their stock recover recent losses. So far, their stock is up 3.26% for the day. Expect them to bring other services out of beta whenever they need a little bit of positive news.
So the top 25% of graduates from two year programs are more literate than "more than half" of those from four year programs. Interesting.
Yes. The contrast leaves much to be desired. Other than that, the technology looks very promising. Hopefully they can improve the contrast soon. The E-Ink website, www.eink.com, claims a contrast ratio of 8:1 for their high resolution displays. There are also a number of other products and potential uses showcased there.
-Kuvagh