apsec112

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2521.
by apsec112 17y ago
Egyptians and Native Americans certainly had happy times, but I don't think anyone then or now would trade that life for ours. If you lived more than a few hundred years ago, your life would be, in all probability: - If you are male, your m
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by apsec112 17y ago
Yes. If they don't, who should? The parents? Many parents are completely useless (or worse); should we just write off their children?
2523.
by apsec112 17y ago
True; however, he's talking about the generation before the boomers, not the boomers themselves.
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by apsec112 17y ago
- I agree that a depression is likely, but that doesn't change any of the things I pointed out. - None of the stuff you mention is specific enough to constitute a prediction. If Bloomberg had won in 2008, would you be talking about how this
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by apsec112 17y ago
This, quite frankly, is just poorly written and poorly researched. Just within the first few paragraphs: "They are usually math experts and they say math can predict the future so, if that’s true, why didn’t they see this coming?" Most of t
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by apsec112 18y ago
"Otherwise $100k 1oo years ago would purchase a lot more wealth, you just wouldn't have access to modern technology." Try living on $100K in 1900 (non-inflation-adjusted!), vs. $100K today. By the standards of the time, you'd be filthy rich
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by apsec112 18y ago
Money can't be created (except for the Feds printing it, which is explicitly factored out), but wealth can; they are not the same thing. $100K today and $100K a hundred years ago are the same amount of money, but the $100K today will get yo
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by apsec112 18y ago
Why is it that any article about any female in computing, regardless of who they're working for or what they're working on, will always mention at some point the high male:female ratio in most technical fields? What is it about this top
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by apsec112 18y ago
"this seems patently false to me, you hang out with the people who energize and care about you whether you are 16 or 25..." The sample of such people is MUCH smaller in high school than it is in the real world (easily five orders of magnitu
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by apsec112 18y ago
This is, to be perfectly blunt, utter nonsense of the highest degree. - You can't make something interesting when your time is controlled minute-by-minute. If you were stuck in India for the next four years, you could find some way to mak
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by apsec112 18y ago
Here's how the system works for US Federal income tax: The tax structure is divided into brackets. As of now (2009), the brackets are 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, and 35%. Each bracket has a cap, except for the top one; the caps range from $8,0
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by apsec112 18y ago
It's a nice idea, but please remove the background image, it makes my eyes bleed. Your main website at http://www.cornify.com/ has a much better design.
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by apsec112 18y ago
These things (video games, word processors, sequels) were available , but they weren't common . You can go out and buy a tank today if you want ( http://www.tanksforsale.co.uk/ ), but tanks aren't something the average American would own.
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by apsec112 18y ago
For the poor man's version, just check Alexa: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/justin.tv
2535.
by apsec112 18y ago
I'd buy them for, say, five cents each. Bottles are useful.
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by apsec112 18y ago
I said that the acquisition loses money, not the company itself. In your example, the acquisition loses $100K, even though the company still makes $900K.
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by apsec112 18y ago
"The survey found that 82% of respondents believed the major deal they had been involved in had been a success. However, this was a subjective estimation of their success in achieving the deal objectives (see figure 2, on page 8), and less
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by apsec112 18y ago
These are important things for our society, but they were all done by retail bankers and brokers, not by investment bankers, hedge funds, PE firms, etc. Investment banks and PE firms actually help destroy value (most M&A deals los
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by apsec112 18y ago
This is silly. $200K/year minus $50K/year for loan payments ($34K/year + tax) is $150K/year. The median household income in the US is $50K/year (2007). $150K is 94th percentile; these people are not only not scraping by, but are doing b
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by apsec112 18y ago
Even if you are a mercenary type, and you're motivated entirely by money, how can you do better than starting a startup? Getting a job making $200K/year is hard ; most entry-level investment bankers are smart and work ninety hours a week