Not to be jaded but the DoJ is ultimately an extension of the President. The primary motivation here is political. The President has seen that this move is incredibly unpopular and has remained so for an extended period of time so he's told the Attorney General to move to block it, or at least be seen to do so. This gets him great press and lets him tout that he fights for the masses not just the Rich ("like the Republicans" at least implied).
I completely support blocking the merger but I don't for one second trust the base motivations of those involved.
Also for those of you talking about the 5,000 jobs AT&T has promised to return to the US you might want to look into how many jobs they off shored first. AT&T is starting to realize that off shoring is no longer as economically feasible as it once was and creates significant discontent with the customers, this was likely coming regardless of the merger's success. That would also be why many corporate support centers are still in the US and the consumer support has primarily been off shored. If AT&T wants to make a splash they can promise to move ALL off shored jobs back to the US.
It will use almost ANY plant matter. Farming waste such as corn stalks or grass clippings and fallen leaves from your lawn for example. Pretty much any place that can grow seasonal plants such as grasses can now be a source for fuel.
I have no idea how often but it isn't unheard of (ex: RIAA vs Jamie Thomas) and this is just the next step in the appeals process. If understand correctly it will ultimately make it easier for them to appeal to a higher court should this court reaffirm the previous ruling.
This is only really a viable solution while labor is cheap. As soon as labor gets more expensive so do costs. It won't take much to make it cheaper to hire part time minimum wage help to solve the same problems...
The only one of those that I have found legitimately useful is the Picasa Web Albums and not being able to comment on it would have absolutely no impact on my use of it.
I know. I don't expect Apple to slide all the way back to complete irrelevance again but I do expect them to begin the long slow slide to mediocrity. I expect this of almost all the major players out there. Most of the major companies have reached their peaks or will reach them shortly and will slide back in to the pack. Microsoft and Sony have already slid back, Nintendo is rapidly following, and Google and Apple will probably follow within a few years. I can't wait for the next disruptive company to come along and shake things up. Google changed the internet, Apple changed the way we use technology, what will the next big revolution be?
You apparently haven't used U.S. Military equipment. It's not a sticker, it's usually stamped or engraved in. Some of our directional explosives have "This Side Toward Enemy" or "Not a Step" as part of the casting.
Because one gets them protection now. The other/MAY/ get them protection in a few years or a decade, maybe, if the other guys don't spend just as much or more to lobby against them...
While this has merit and I think it was used to bump up the price that Google paid I don't think that a patent license agreement was what Google was looking for. While getting the hardware aspect of Motorola was probably secondary to acquiring the patent portfolio I think these two companies are a very good fit, at least on paper.
Google does software and generally does it pretty well. Google's forays into hardware have been weak at best and have shown there is no real aptitude there.
Motorola produces very good hardware but they are very weak on the software side because until recently they didn't need to be very strong.
The combination of Google's strong software team and Motorola's strong hardware team effectively compliments strengths of each other. Even if Google leaves Android "open", which I expect they will, it will start being better optimized for Motorola hardware because that is what will be the hardware it gets tested on first...
By the way you are completely wrong in your statement of two years of revenue. They had $29.3 billion in revenue in 2010. It ends up being about $3 billion less than their net income from 2009 and 2010. Google is a growth company, reinvesting their profits to expand the company is what they do.
It was overly complex for some people because there were 3 things going on at once and one broad theme you had to follow (what is reality and how do you tell?). For all of the dreams in a dream you just had to keep track of who was awake. I think they did a pretty good job of making it as simple as possible.
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GODZILLA!
Somedays the moderators just don't like you I guess.
Not a damn thing >. I read it as today's are around 100ppm and some how repeatedly ignored the "more" after it... even when copying...
Actually in this case I am a moron. Complete and total reading fail.
In Soviet Russia rockets launch you!
It is good to see they at least have an idea for what has caused the issue.
"Pre-industrial CO2 was around 280PPM. Today's are around 100ppm more."
Would you care to fix those numbers? I'm assuming you're not a moron and it's a typo since the rest of your post was at least mostly coherent.
And yet when taken with the rest of the comments here it didn't seem that out of place, and honestly made more sense than many.
No but they have Rainbows and Unicorns and last I checked they were valid power sources for wishes and dreams.
Not to be jaded but the DoJ is ultimately an extension of the President. The primary motivation here is political. The President has seen that this move is incredibly unpopular and has remained so for an extended period of time so he's told the Attorney General to move to block it, or at least be seen to do so. This gets him great press and lets him tout that he fights for the masses not just the Rich ("like the Republicans" at least implied).
I completely support blocking the merger but I don't for one second trust the base motivations of those involved.
Also for those of you talking about the 5,000 jobs AT&T has promised to return to the US you might want to look into how many jobs they off shored first. AT&T is starting to realize that off shoring is no longer as economically feasible as it once was and creates significant discontent with the customers, this was likely coming regardless of the merger's success. That would also be why many corporate support centers are still in the US and the consumer support has primarily been off shored. If AT&T wants to make a splash they can promise to move ALL off shored jobs back to the US.
It will use almost ANY plant matter. Farming waste such as corn stalks or grass clippings and fallen leaves from your lawn for example. Pretty much any place that can grow seasonal plants such as grasses can now be a source for fuel.
I have no idea how often but it isn't unheard of (ex: RIAA vs Jamie Thomas) and this is just the next step in the appeals process. If understand correctly it will ultimately make it easier for them to appeal to a higher court should this court reaffirm the previous ruling.
It's because the editor is just some random lamer...
This is only really a viable solution while labor is cheap. As soon as labor gets more expensive so do costs. It won't take much to make it cheaper to hire part time minimum wage help to solve the same problems...
You forgot the part about climate change making the Moon fall out of the sky...
The only one of those that I have found legitimately useful is the Picasa Web Albums and not being able to comment on it would have absolutely no impact on my use of it.
Sometimes you need a reminder. I'm glad to see it is looking to be a very useful computer. Maybe someday they'll be giving these away in cereal boxes.
I know. I don't expect Apple to slide all the way back to complete irrelevance again but I do expect them to begin the long slow slide to mediocrity. I expect this of almost all the major players out there. Most of the major companies have reached their peaks or will reach them shortly and will slide back in to the pack. Microsoft and Sony have already slid back, Nintendo is rapidly following, and Google and Apple will probably follow within a few years. I can't wait for the next disruptive company to come along and shake things up. Google changed the internet, Apple changed the way we use technology, what will the next big revolution be?
And look at what happened to Apple last time!
Will your 10 kilo probe have enough power and ability to obtain meaningful information and then send the information back?
They did/do but it isn't part of the actual claymore but part of the packaging iirc.
You apparently haven't used U.S. Military equipment. It's not a sticker, it's usually stamped or engraved in. Some of our directional explosives have "This Side Toward Enemy" or "Not a Step" as part of the casting.
Because one gets them protection now. The other /MAY/ get them protection in a few years or a decade, maybe, if the other guys don't spend just as much or more to lobby against them...
While this has merit and I think it was used to bump up the price that Google paid I don't think that a patent license agreement was what Google was looking for. While getting the hardware aspect of Motorola was probably secondary to acquiring the patent portfolio I think these two companies are a very good fit, at least on paper.
Google does software and generally does it pretty well. Google's forays into hardware have been weak at best and have shown there is no real aptitude there.
Motorola produces very good hardware but they are very weak on the software side because until recently they didn't need to be very strong.
The combination of Google's strong software team and Motorola's strong hardware team effectively compliments strengths of each other. Even if Google leaves Android "open", which I expect they will, it will start being better optimized for Motorola hardware because that is what will be the hardware it gets tested on first...
By the way you are completely wrong in your statement of two years of revenue. They had $29.3 billion in revenue in 2010. It ends up being about $3 billion less than their net income from 2009 and 2010. Google is a growth company, reinvesting their profits to expand the company is what they do.
So that explains why when I let the smoke out of electronics they don't work anymore!
It was overly complex for some people because there were 3 things going on at once and one broad theme you had to follow (what is reality and how do you tell?). For all of the dreams in a dream you just had to keep track of who was awake. I think they did a pretty good job of making it as simple as possible.