imjustatechguy

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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Corruption in India? Color me not surprised. India is a lot worse that China is in terms of economic development and its growth trajectory. Those that say that both India and China are rising powers are wrong as India will be left behind
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I don't think anyone can predict more than 20-30 years into the future with any real degree of accuracy. So yeah, I agree that X might very well be possible (or in widespread usage) in 50 or 100 years, where X is basically anything that see
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Did Apple consciously move down from the highly specialized Pro market to the larger Consumer market because it has a larger total number of users? If this is the case, then yes the highest end users will be disappointed but hundreds of tho
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
We got to the moon because of massively political support at the highest levels because it was viewed as a strategic necessity. Climbing mountains doesn't seem that comparable to going to the moon. Scientists need funding in order to act if
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Sort of neat, but doesn't look very useful. I have to admit, I was expecting a 3D globe view that displayed geographically the intermediate nodes and end point. It would have also been cool if it showed when it hopped onto the major trunks.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I'd expect that the layoffs would be centered around the old OS. Anyone involved in the new OS is likely to be safe. Or at least that sounds like a logical approach. I'd expect the layoffs to be around 5% maybe at most 10%, but really thi
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
The problem with WP was the way it was used in Gaza: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/israeli-army...
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Very true. Most people don't know but the most controversial weapons that Israel has used in recent years, such as the cluster bombs dropped in Southern Lebanon [1] and the white phosphorous used in the Gaza Strip [2][3] were both made by t
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I got my numbers from the bottom of this page which shows that US Aid to Israel is increasing through til 2013: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/foreig... I got my population number of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Depending on definition Europe can have more than 700 million people and it often includes Turkey and Russia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Europe But I would think that they are referring to European Union nations??? http
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
That is why people who try to bring into the US large amounts of cash through border control have it confiscated if they don't declare it. http://www.ehow.com/about_5445167_laws-bringing-cash-america...
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Annual US Aid to Israel is $382.97 per Israeli and going up.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Traceability in the real world banking institutions has its advantages. As a business owner I've once had a mistaken transactions that resulted in erroneous withdrawal of +10,000 from business bank account. A phone call to the bank and a
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I think my social circle is less active and less dramatic than yours. I guess that means that I am boring and my friends are also relatively boring. I guess different social circles are different and it probably varies by age group as well
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
It doesn't include the hundreds of millions which have been cashed out -- there numbers would look even worse if they included those numbers.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I'd agree exceot for #8, everyone is actually talking about it for once and generally in agreement. It is sort of surreal.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I don't understand why it would stress you out. Can you explain?
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
It appears that you are strongly implying that I am part of a conspiracy. Can you outline in more detail this conspiracy that you believe I am involved in?
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
You mean before people started to look into him more closely? I also was very impressed with Groupon before they released their numbers and the amount of shares sold by insiders prior to IPO. More information led me to change my mind. My h
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I think that people are aware of the distinction, but they feel that Groupon, while it might have been a "go big" hope, it is distinctly leaning towards the "go home" while at the same time it is trying to IPO. This means that some now int
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
He seems like a smart man, but I also think that his cashing out of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stock pre-IPO doesn't have a good explanation unless he has reservations about Groupon's long-term viability. Groupon's numbers ar
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I think that investors should be informed about Groupon and its founders. It is especially important if there are issues with Groupon and its founders. I was actually quite impressed with Groupon initially until I saw its numbers and that
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
The founders have already found a business model that has generated them in excess of $500M. Thus Groupon for them has already been successful.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Being part of Google changes things as (1) Google can finance a money losing operation for quite some time and (2) Google offers integration into its huge ecosystem, especially its existing robust advertising network. Thus Google brought a
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
You are correct. I should have used a more general word.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
Other hot companies are clearly NOT Ponzi schemes, such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Zynga. Everything is not a Ponzi scheme, but some things are.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
There are at least two types of investments. 1. Sometimes one invests in a company because it has a sound business model and you know that it will have long term value. 2. Other times you invest because the company is hot and rising and you
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I strongly believed that LinkedIn was overvalued, but I didn't think it was a basket case. LinkedIn has loyal users, and it is moderately profitable. It just has to figure out how to best monetize them. LinkedIn has some potential if it ca
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
I didn't mean to imply tech IPO -- I did intent to refer to any IPO. Warren Buffet doesn't invest in IPOs as far as I've read. It makes sense because these are very hyped events that are designed to be the opposite of boring or overlooked.
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by imjustatechguy 15y ago
This is a gross misuse of Warren Buffet's famous quote to say the least. I would highly recommend reading about Warren Buffet's investment strategy -- he never talks about buying into the latest high tech IPO. Investing in hot IPOs (or ev

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