They do get a lot of information from the Government.
Property records.
Court Records, criminal
Court Records, civil [marriage, divorce, etc] They do get a lot of information from the Government.
Property records.
Court Records, criminal
Court Records, civil [marriage, divorce, Probate, etc]
All of this is, and has always been, public information. Remember, there is a difference between privacy and anonymity.
On the flip side, most DMVs will sell you a list of car registrations by name, address, make and model. [I worked at a credit union and we would target members we thought had purchased a new used vehicle and try to get them to refinance at our lower rate.] These are not public records,
All of this is, and has always been, public information. Remember, there is a difference between privacy and anonymity.
On the flip side, most DMVs will sell you a list of car registrations by name, address, make and model. [I worked at a credit union and we would target members we thought had purchased a new used vehicle and try to get them to refinance at our lower rate.] These are not public records,
Plato, in Athens, Greece [Where] in about 340 b.c. was the one who came up with the idea. And had some original thoughts on the issue. One may argue that "Democracy" means something different now [becaue words do change] but you should realize that the distinction is very old.
He ripped the drive apart. He then divided up the parts into 4 bags. Then he tossed them into 4 differnet places on the assumption that different wast companies would take them to different places.
He also talks about opening usb drives and smashing the NAND chips, destoying e-mail on his blackbery, shredding documents, etc.
While not the smartest, he is not the dumbest either.
I wonder if this is generally true or a special case.
Otaku are odd people. My kind of people – but still – not what I would call a representative example.
And from a western perspective – I hear the arguments about fan subs. Do they steal revenue? Do they help indentify shows that should be professionally dubbed and released. Or is it a non issue because the shows would never have been released? Probably a mixture of all 3.
Has anyone ever seen a decent study on this? Have not had the time to read the article.
Throw a seminar every 6 weeks or so. A little coffee, some cookies, a little FUD – which is easy with the current tax code. Hey – in 2 years you are going to need to report every transaction over $200 to the IRS. Changing rules on your car. Etc. By the way, if you keep receipts we will do the heavy lifting.
Draw in new customers, retain old customers. Network with stock brokers, estate lawyers, print shops, etc. Accounting firms is a weird combination of 1. application of knowledge and 2. networking with people. Because you actually have to convince people to pay you money to apply your knowledge.
I have seen big accounting firms do this all the time – bring in a high powered partner to talk about the latest application of FASB 161 – or something like that. On the other hand I see my Uncle, who runs a 1 man IT support business, also use social media to good advantage.
Company accused of insider trading – claims it will take months to recover the e-mail. The tragedy!
Company wants to monitor employee’s conversations to monitor of insider trading [and because the SEC, FINRA says those records must be kept for 7 years.].and is lambasted.
Talk about a double standard.
I know a couple of brokers who would like to use social media to keep in contract with their employers but can’t. Now, I am troubled that because everything that can be recorded these days is. But that is a different story.
The value of a stock is all future cash flows [i.e. dividends] discounted [i.e. interest rate + risk of owing a stock] back to today.
Apple has not paid any dividends because it believes that it can grow future profits and the current cash faster then if the owners were to take there money and invest in something else. That being said, Apple is sitting on a LOT of cash, so I have a hard time believing them – but your mileage may very.
And because Apple is a growing, profitable concern – i.e. the value of the company is growing – it makes sense that the stock is worth something. Once again I am not sure I would agree with the current stock market value – but there are people who do. It’s not a ponzi scheme which requires new investors to support the old.
I am going to guess that it will be a long time / rare event if you ever see a ad in a novel.
A magazine on the other hand.
And yes, I know the argument that people will pay for ad free content – except they don’t. The number of add free magazine is rare [Consumer Report – anything else?] because so few people are willing to shell out the extra dollars that advertisers will.
The profit motive is great. However, have you ever tried to put together a business plan longer then 10 years? Engage in high risk research? [In the sense that very little of it becomes profitable]. Or that your best ideas will be stolen by your competitors? After all, it normally takes 10+ years to go from idea to table top to the factor floor? And big ideas are not patentable.
I am all for corporations exploiting the profit motive, but you want the right tool for the right job. And basic research, with it positive externalities which are not captured by the bottom line, is something that government is good at.
Now, all we need to do is talk about post docs who hoard research so they can be first to publish. The profit motive is not the only issue.
Then we should invest in basic R&D to make the future happen - not is subsidizing current purchases of marginal technology.
BTW - wind turbines are just at the cusp of being truely economicly feasible - they are getting that good that they can compete without any major subsidies.
You can have the car charge during off peak hours. i.e. at night. This would add little strain to the infrastructure. Electricity also tends to be cheaper then. [Once again, off peak hours]. You just need to make it easy for the consumer so the plug it in when they come home put it does not start charging until 2 a.m.
I think that Siemens even research using car batteries as a distributive back up power source. Now that would require some upgrades to our gird.
You are right that it does provided an incentive for the Green Parity to work hard – but it also provides a incentive for Center Left to make a tactical shift towards green. And it is easier for the Center Left to offer a water down version of green ideas then it is for a hard core fringe [and yes, I am counting 20% as a fringe movement for my example] built on idealism to woe the pragmatic middle.
Look at the US 2008/2010 election. In 2008 the Republicans got 42%. In 2010 they got 52% of the popular votes or 56% number of actual seats. Because of the recent partisan discipline [sigh] this has given them a lock. The prize is so seductive for being first – even by a single vote – that the parties naturally gravitate to the center.
As for McGrew – Let me grant you that the Tea Party is hard right [They would disagree]. The Wobblies were hard left and were incorporated by the center left democrats. Being hard right under Taff was to be for tariffs and isolationism. Being Hard right under Eisenhower 20 years later was to be against tariffs and for globalism.
First past the post means struggling with Idealism and pragmatisms – which pragmatism and central politics taking weight. Take a look at Britten and see how the LibDems are doing as a 3rd Party.
So, my point is this. In America it is more effective to shift the center then be a 3rd party.
While I agree with you on principle, I am afraid to say you position does not hold logically.
Since America has a first past the post system with candidates tied to a physical locality. The system favors bland central politics over the passionate radical fringe.
Take the following example. You have 3 candidates, a central left, a central right and a hard green. For arguments sake assume that the “green” movement is neither left nor right. Both “Central” candidates are polling at 40% and the green is at 20%. The left central candidate adopts a “light” green policy. She picks up 2% of the green votes and loses 1% of the left voters. She wins while throwing only the barest of bones to the Green Movement.
3 party movements can go for years with sold numbers that would put them in parliament in a proportional system but in America they are forever shut out of power – unless they can get their ideas into the main stream. Look at the Abolitionism Movement, the Wobbiles, Green, etc. All of these radical movements have been incorporated in the center. We can see this with the Tea Parties today.
Intelligence, wisdom and good policies is different then leadership.
I am a Republican and I feel that I need to make a point.
Obama’s resume was thin when it came to leadership. “Community Organizer” was about it. Being a legislator is one thing and being smart is another. Being able to lead a large and complex organization – that is something different. Smart and wise people often have failed in leadership duties.
Personally, I have been impressed with Obama’s leadership. I don’t like his policies but I will give credit that he has executed them at a high level.
Palin has a thicker resume then Obama but I have been less impressed. She has been effective in rallying the troops and preaching to the choir but I am not seeing the pragmatic abilities to reach beyond her core group of supporters.
But such a thing exist – at least in the USA. There does exist breakpoints where you have to report transfers. The Government treats independent instate residences more favorably then out of state dependent children. Want to avoid estate tax by giving out funds before you pass on? Maybe you will need to pay taxes.
In the lab they have gotten microbes to produce crude oil – oil that could go into a standard refinery for gasoline, jet fuel. Etc. Of course scaling from the bench top to a industrial process.
Ethanol fails because it is hydrophilic and can not be transported with our current pipelines.
Go back 20 years when we had market makers. They would make 12.5 cents on every trade. It was a de facto monopoly.
HFT have replaced the formal market makers. They, on average, make a small fraction of a penny on every trade. They make money on huge volumes. The spreads have dropped and liquidity has increased.
IANAL, but this little bit of law is standard in the US and been for a long time. Heck, I even think it standard under common law - so not just the US and not just recently.
It's not that Dell is doing worse in it's core market - it is that everybody is catching up.
Wal-Mart is a low margin growth company. Wall Street is o.k. with that.
BHP is about as unsexy a commodity company one can get. [It does iron ore - not even still as Fuzy metioned.]. And Wal-Street loves them.
The issue is not Dell does unsexy commodity boxes very well. Heck - let even say they are number 1. . The issue is that HP el. al. is catching up fast with Dell. It is no longer the lone whale. It now has to figh other whales. This type of competition tends to be brutal to profits.
Dell tried to esscape into a space with less competion and fatter margins - and they failed.
Do you know why Kevin Cronin thinks it is bad? I just want to take this down to the next level of detail.
I have seen arguments that high fequance trading tends to create volatility? [This assumes that the stock market in a nonlinear system with multiple equilibrium prices - and that the HF trading causes the prices to rapid move/overshoot the equliberium price. [I think this is a good assumption but other people disagree]]
So, from my perspective, I think the good outweights the bad. What is the downside? [Or is the increased volatility sufficent for you?]
I would disagree. These high frequency trades add liquidity and depth to the market.
I work for a investment company that offers plain vanilla products [Mutual Funds, Life Insurance, etc.] to average people.
20 years ago when we traded shares the bid/ask spread was between 12.5 to.25 cents. Now it is routinely lower then a penny.
When we bought or sold we knew we were going to affect the market – and not in our favor.
In short, our trading costs [both direct and indirect] have fallen by over 80% because the market is so much more efficient and deeper then when it was. These savings get passed to our investors. This is true for the industry as a whole.
Slashdot Mirror
They do get a lot of information from the Government.
Property records.
Court Records, criminal
Court Records, civil [marriage, divorce, etc]
They do get a lot of information from the Government.
Property records.
Court Records, criminal
Court Records, civil [marriage, divorce, Probate, etc]
All of this is, and has always been, public information. Remember, there is a difference between privacy and anonymity.
On the flip side, most DMVs will sell you a list of car registrations by name, address, make and model. [I worked at a credit union and we would target members we thought had purchased a new used vehicle and try to get them to refinance at our lower rate.] These are not public records,
All of this is, and has always been, public information. Remember, there is a difference between privacy and anonymity.
On the flip side, most DMVs will sell you a list of car registrations by name, address, make and model. [I worked at a credit union and we would target members we thought had purchased a new used vehicle and try to get them to refinance at our lower rate.] These are not public records,
Plato, in Athens, Greece [Where] in about 340 b.c. was the one who came up with the idea. And had some original thoughts on the issue. One may argue that "Democracy" means something different now [becaue words do change] but you should realize that the distinction is very old.
He ripped the drive apart. He then divided up the parts into 4 bags. Then he tossed them into 4 differnet places on the assumption that different wast companies would take them to different places.
He also talks about opening usb drives and smashing the NAND chips, destoying e-mail on his blackbery, shredding documents, etc.
While not the smartest, he is not the dumbest either.
What about a bed that eats bed bugs?
Maybe then we would not have to put quarters in for the magic fingers.
I wonder if this is generally true or a special case.
Otaku are odd people. My kind of people – but still – not what I would call a representative example.
And from a western perspective – I hear the arguments about fan subs. Do they steal revenue? Do they help indentify shows that should be professionally dubbed and released. Or is it a non issue because the shows would never have been released? Probably a mixture of all 3.
Has anyone ever seen a decent study on this? Have not had the time to read the article.
Are you big or small?
Throw a seminar every 6 weeks or so. A little coffee, some cookies, a little FUD – which is easy with the current tax code. Hey – in 2 years you are going to need to report every transaction over $200 to the IRS. Changing rules on your car. Etc. By the way, if you keep receipts we will do the heavy lifting.
Draw in new customers, retain old customers. Network with stock brokers, estate lawyers, print shops, etc. Accounting firms is a weird combination of 1. application of knowledge and 2. networking with people. Because you actually have to convince people to pay you money to apply your knowledge.
I have seen big accounting firms do this all the time – bring in a high powered partner to talk about the latest application of FASB 161 – or something like that. On the other hand I see my Uncle, who runs a 1 man IT support business, also use social media to good advantage.
I love the split personality of Slashdot.
Company accused of insider trading – claims it will take months to recover the e-mail. The tragedy!
Company wants to monitor employee’s conversations to monitor of insider trading [and because the SEC, FINRA says those records must be kept for 7 years.].and is lambasted.
Talk about a double standard.
I know a couple of brokers who would like to use social media to keep in contract with their employers but can’t. Now, I am troubled that because everything that can be recorded these days is. But that is a different story.
The value of a stock is all future cash flows [i.e. dividends] discounted [i.e. interest rate + risk of owing a stock] back to today.
Apple has not paid any dividends because it believes that it can grow future profits and the current cash faster then if the owners were to take there money and invest in something else. That being said, Apple is sitting on a LOT of cash, so I have a hard time believing them – but your mileage may very.
And because Apple is a growing, profitable concern – i.e. the value of the company is growing – it makes sense that the stock is worth something. Once again I am not sure I would agree with the current stock market value – but there are people who do. It’s not a ponzi scheme which requires new investors to support the old.
I am going to guess that it will be a long time / rare event if you ever see a ad in a novel.
A magazine on the other hand.
And yes, I know the argument that people will pay for ad free content – except they don’t. The number of add free magazine is rare [Consumer Report – anything else?] because so few people are willing to shell out the extra dollars that advertisers will.
The profit motive is great. However, have you ever tried to put together a business plan longer then 10 years? Engage in high risk research? [In the sense that very little of it becomes profitable]. Or that your best ideas will be stolen by your competitors? After all, it normally takes 10+ years to go from idea to table top to the factor floor? And big ideas are not patentable.
I am all for corporations exploiting the profit motive, but you want the right tool for the right job. And basic research, with it positive externalities which are not captured by the bottom line, is something that government is good at.
Now, all we need to do is talk about post docs who hoard research so they can be first to publish. The profit motive is not the only issue.
Then we should invest in basic R&D to make the future happen - not is subsidizing current purchases of marginal technology.
BTW - wind turbines are just at the cusp of being truely economicly feasible - they are getting that good that they can compete without any major subsidies.
If it’s done right there would not be any strain.
You can have the car charge during off peak hours. i.e. at night. This would add little strain to the infrastructure. Electricity also tends to be cheaper then. [Once again, off peak hours]. You just need to make it easy for the consumer so the plug it in when they come home put it does not start charging until 2 a.m.
I think that Siemens even research using car batteries as a distributive back up power source. Now that would require some upgrades to our gird.
The Social Security Trust fund has a balance of 2.5 Trillion dollars. [i.e. debt that the federal goverment ows]
That bieng said, the Federal Goverment does not count that 2.5tn as part of the 14tn debt owed.... Have to love national accounting.
You are right that it does provided an incentive for the Green Parity to work hard – but it also provides a incentive for Center Left to make a tactical shift towards green. And it is easier for the Center Left to offer a water down version of green ideas then it is for a hard core fringe [and yes, I am counting 20% as a fringe movement for my example] built on idealism to woe the pragmatic middle.
Look at the US 2008/2010 election. In 2008 the Republicans got 42%. In 2010 they got 52% of the popular votes or 56% number of actual seats. Because of the recent partisan discipline [sigh] this has given them a lock. The prize is so seductive for being first – even by a single vote – that the parties naturally gravitate to the center.
As for McGrew – Let me grant you that the Tea Party is hard right [They would disagree]. The Wobblies were hard left and were incorporated by the center left democrats. Being hard right under Taff was to be for tariffs and isolationism. Being Hard right under Eisenhower 20 years later was to be against tariffs and for globalism.
First past the post means struggling with Idealism and pragmatisms – which pragmatism and central politics taking weight. Take a look at Britten and see how the LibDems are doing as a 3rd Party.
So, my point is this. In America it is more effective to shift the center then be a 3rd party.
While I agree with you on principle, I am afraid to say you position does not hold logically.
Since America has a first past the post system with candidates tied to a physical locality. The system favors bland central politics over the passionate radical fringe.
Take the following example. You have 3 candidates, a central left, a central right and a hard green. For arguments sake assume that the “green” movement is neither left nor right. Both “Central” candidates are polling at 40% and the green is at 20%. The left central candidate adopts a “light” green policy. She picks up 2% of the green votes and loses 1% of the left voters. She wins while throwing only the barest of bones to the Green Movement.
3 party movements can go for years with sold numbers that would put them in parliament in a proportional system but in America they are forever shut out of power – unless they can get their ideas into the main stream. Look at the Abolitionism Movement, the Wobbiles, Green, etc. All of these radical movements have been incorporated in the center. We can see this with the Tea Parties today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow's_impossibility_theorem
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http://xkcd.com/566/
Intelligence, wisdom and good policies is different then leadership.
I am a Republican and I feel that I need to make a point.
Obama’s resume was thin when it came to leadership. “Community Organizer” was about it. Being a legislator is one thing and being smart is another. Being able to lead a large and complex organization – that is something different. Smart and wise people often have failed in leadership duties.
Personally, I have been impressed with Obama’s leadership. I don’t like his policies but I will give credit that he has executed them at a high level.
Palin has a thicker resume then Obama but I have been less impressed. She has been effective in rallying the troops and preaching to the choir but I am not seeing the pragmatic abilities to reach beyond her core group of supporters.
But such a thing exist – at least in the USA. There does exist breakpoints where you have to report transfers. The Government treats independent instate residences more favorably then out of state dependent children. Want to avoid estate tax by giving out funds before you pass on? Maybe you will need to pay taxes.
In the lab they have gotten microbes to produce crude oil – oil that could go into a standard refinery for gasoline, jet fuel. Etc. Of course scaling from the bench top to a industrial process.
Ethanol fails because it is hydrophilic and can not be transported with our current pipelines.
And then stand back with my best James T. Kirk smile......
Go back 20 years when we had market makers. They would make 12.5 cents on every trade. It was a de facto monopoly.
HFT have replaced the formal market makers. They, on average, make a small fraction of a penny on every trade. They make money on huge volumes. The spreads have dropped and liquidity has increased.
So
Increased Liquidity - Fact
Decreased Spreads – Fact
Increased daily volatility? - Probably
IANAL, but this little bit of law is standard in the US and been for a long time. Heck, I even think it standard under common law - so not just the US and not just recently.
I would even put a finer point on this.
It's not that Dell is doing worse in it's core market - it is that everybody is catching up.
Wal-Mart is a low margin growth company. Wall Street is o.k. with that.
BHP is about as unsexy a commodity company one can get. [It does iron ore - not even still as Fuzy metioned.]. And Wal-Street loves them.
The issue is not Dell does unsexy commodity boxes very well. Heck - let even say they are number 1.
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The issue is that HP el. al. is catching up fast with Dell. It is no longer the lone whale. It now has to figh other whales. This type of competition tends to be brutal to profits.
Dell tried to esscape into a space with less competion and fatter margins - and they failed.
Do you know why Kevin Cronin thinks it is bad? I just want to take this down to the next level of detail.
I have seen arguments that high fequance trading tends to create volatility? [This assumes that the stock market in a nonlinear system with multiple equilibrium prices - and that the HF trading causes the prices to rapid move/overshoot the equliberium price. [I think this is a good assumption but other people disagree]]
So, from my perspective, I think the good outweights the bad. What is the downside? [Or is the increased volatility sufficent for you?]
I would disagree. These high frequency trades add liquidity and depth to the market.
I work for a investment company that offers plain vanilla products [Mutual Funds, Life Insurance, etc.] to average people.
20 years ago when we traded shares the bid/ask spread was between 12.5 to .25 cents. Now it is routinely lower then a penny.
When we bought or sold we knew we were going to affect the market – and not in our favor.
In short, our trading costs [both direct and indirect] have fallen by over 80% because the market is so much more efficient and deeper then when it was. These savings get passed to our investors. This is true for the industry as a whole.