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deleted.Originally posted by Daniel Curtmil Atrei:
Oh so now i m taught new words. Thank you for your formidable input in this matter Zeitgist, now my turn. These words might seem hard and non-monosyllabic, but are complex enough to be able to understand the situation at hand ( sorry if i m too cynical, just love it). Ignorance, propaganda refering to faux news, stupidity, decision. If you mix these words into a whole sentence you can have this output: ignorance and stupidity can lead us to wrong decisions. Go attack everyone who has oil whith false excuses and knowing there is no connection with al qaeda or at least no proof serious enough not to laugh at openly. Oh you might take pictures of Syria and find they have soccer fiels, then they MUST be planning an attack against a soccer field in Europe!!! I'd like you to say Spaniards are cowards in front of me, you probably wouldn't, i'd smash your arguments with impecable retoric. The problem with your saying is taht you act BEFORE you think, like one might write before thinking except taht with Irak there are much graver implications. I do not put in question your honesty and your willingness to make the world better, you look eager to help. I have no problem with those people thinking that invading Irak could make it a better place, and some of my friends did and we never insulted each other, we just think it wouldn t and that is the reason why we didn t support the war, and for the moment it seems we re right.
But on what concerns your statement that spanish people are cowards, you obviously are completely ignorant on this matter, mis informed by faux news caugh caugh haha haha channel. You might have not spent time enought in Spain to have been able to judge Spanish people, yet you stand by your insult. To say what you just said is a complete generalisation which is 1 false, 2 disgusting and as all generalisation, no base to which you can stand. We have lived trhough dictatorship, of terror and governement, and every time we ahve protested, everytime we have moved towards the achievement of our antiterrorist goal: to annihilate terrorism. All the time closer and always (except once really) in the smart way, the least violence possible against innocent people, the least racism as possible. You might not know it, but Pinochet, a criminal from chile who killed I don t know how many people, his own people was put into power by US GOVERNEMENT (not the people) help. And he was arrested by us, Spain and given back to chile who failed to judge him adequatly. People in spain protest openly about terrorism, risking their lives, they go in millions in the streets to say to the world they will fight terrorism they will protest, and you in America, where you reside I suppose, because we go out of Irak which had no connections with al Qaeda, you dare accuse us of inaction? Time to think whether you did the right action. In the mean time, stop spitting on 40 million of spaniards who are against terrorism and on 40 millions of Spaniard who think terrorism is better fought not were it is or rather was inexistant, in Irak. And in the mean time, find better arguments than saying that spanish people are cowards and French are against America such as, should spain leave so early?
Daniel
Originally posted by Richard Hawkes:
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
[qb]So the day come and you ask yourself: what is this that you *really* need?
Apparently Lionel Richie's wife needs $300,000 a month: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=498379[/QB]
Damn, ho!! that's a lot of money. Richies net worth is probably only arround 80mil (this is very generous, IMHO). Don't see how he could be worth more -- he's just a singer.
-Eleison
Originally posted by Edy Yu:
Industry: consulting
Work: J2EE architect
Location: Chicago
Salary: 100,000
Travel: 100%
First of all, the salary is lower than I expected, given the type of work and the caliber of that company. Second, the travel is way too much ...
I am in Ohio right now. Does anybody know how much more expensive to relocate to Chicago?
Thanks in advance ...
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
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The only asymmetry is that in a rising market you can make money without much knowledge, you just won't beat the market.
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--Mark
Originally posted by Matt Cao:
One month is not so bad. I know someone with three years on the bench.
Good Lucks,
MCao
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I don't think anyone said otherwise. I just commented that if you think the market is going down, you can make money by shorting. Tim and I were just debating whether making money on the short side is just as easy as on the long side.
--Mark
Originally posted by Bucky Dent:
"Of course the big problem with attempting to make money even short-selling in a deflating economy is that if the currency itself devalues, your profits are just numbers without real purchasing benefits."
This is not entirely accurate. Deflation means cash is king. .
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
This reason is only a psychological one and objectively isn't accurate. You are not profiting on another persons loss; or rather, you are no more profiting on someone else's loss than with long positions.
Let's suppose there's a stock at $50. If I think it will go up to $60, I'll buy it. The owner could have made $10 but instead took the cash. He sold because either he thought it wouldn't go up, or felt the money in hand was more valuable. (More generally, he felt that his personal ROI was better with a different allocation, perhaps in a savings account, another stock, or even in buying a new dress for his wife.)
In a second case, let's consider someone buying stock off me. I think it's going to down. I want to sell it. Clearly I think there are better investment opportunities, and we'll assume for the sake of simplicity that I keep it in financial instruments (which is what most people do most of the time). What I am effectively saying by selling the stock is that there is more money to be made elsewhere and this is not a wise investment. The buying disagrees and is betting otherwise. Also note that the reason I'm selling could be personal, to alter my portfolio, perhaps to rebalance it, or change my risk exposure.
Now let's suppose there's another stock at $50. I sell it short to a guy at $49. We have the same information. He buys it for the same reason the man in the first example bought it, he thinks it will appreciate. He knows that it may not. He also knows that I don't think it will. If it appreciates, he's made money off me. It could go either way. Perhaps I am placing a fair bet. Likewise, perhaps I am doing it to alter my risk exposure, such as if I were hedging. Maybe I spotted an arbitrage opportunity.
The point I'm trying to make is that in each case, it may not really be a zero sum game. That happens to be the simplest way of looking at it.
Tim, I'm not saying you're being simple. Most people without training/experience probably do see it that way. I'm just saying that's not the only way to see it.
--Mark
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
Hi folks,
quoteriginally posted by Eleison Zeitgeist:
If there is an "implosion of economy" for the US, it will take everyone else down. I don't see it. I.e., no matter where you put your money, it will be screwed....
Try shorting. :-)
--Mark
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I am not sure what ingformation you think I was wrong about. You have expressed a bunch of opinions as if they were facts and then accused me of being wrong:
So if an election isn't going to give the results you want then the election can't be held? Is this what democracy is all about?
As to the comments about Diem, this was as I said. The South Vietnamese president was a repressive and cruel dictator. JFK supported a coup to overthrow Diem. Diem and some of his family were executed during the coup. Ironically, JFK was murdered less than one month later.
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There are many good books about the history of Vietnam. I would suggest that if you are interested in this period that you visit your local library and not rely on the Wikepedia.
, why did you leave out important facts? It's not like you have an agenda or somethings??? RIght :-)Originally posted by Aarti Shah:
Hello,
I have not posted here before though have been a JavaRanch vistor for quite some time now. I would like to get some advice on a couple of different job offers that I am looking at.
I have experience in both C++ and Java. One of the offers is from a large, stable company that specializes in instrumentation software. This company is very respected and is a leader in their field. The work will be C++ based working on their product team. The other offer is from a state govt agency and involves Java, JSPs, WebLogic etc. I am having trouble deciding which one to go for. I have always worked in private sector and have no experience in working at a govt agency. However at this stage of my life (I am married and have a toddler), I am looking for a less demanding job and hence I am attracted to the state govt job. But does working for govt agencies reduce your chances of returning back to private sector or harm your career in other ways ? Also any advice regarding the choice of technologies - C++ (at the large co) vs Java (at state agency) ? I would really appreciate any advice that I could get from all of you folks !
Thanks,
Aarti
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
But the U.S. was not against China or Russia, it was against communism.
You are not reading the post-WWII situation correctly. There was exactly
one communist country in the world in 1945. The US helped France retake Indochina but this had nothing to do with Ho Chi Minh being a communist. We did it to get France to join NATO.
As to the elections that were promised, the US refused to hold any type of election to determine the future course of Vietnam. I might remind you that when it appeared that the south might wish to join the north, the US supported the murder of the President of South Vietnam and the takeover by a military junta.
You are correct that the French fell back into South Vietnam after their disasterous miliatry defeat. But the point remains the same... what gave the right to the French (or the USA) to declare that South Vietnam is now a country when it never existed before? This was not the case where the UN declared two countries be created or where a treaty established two separate countries. This was an arbitrary decision by an invading power.
Originally posted by Natalie Kopple:
Here is America's job future for the next 10 years:
*** waiters and waitresses;
*** janitors and cleaners;
*** food preparation;
*** nursing aides, orderlies and attendants;
*** cashiers
*** customer service representatives;
*** retail salespersons;
*** registered nurses;
*** general and operational managers;
*** postsecondary teachers.
Originally posted by Paul McKenna:
Mark,
Sorry to ask you such a rookie question, but since you are the genius around here.. what do you mean when you say "implosion of economy"?? Does it signal a depression?