Article
Final paragraph:
It’s worth pointing out that the acquisition appears to center on Cake’s team and technology rather than its user base — rather than absorbing Cake’s users into E*Trade, the notice above states that user data will be deleted and destroyed, with premium users getting reimbursements.
It almost seams like a joke. But a social site and abandon the community that uses it. How antisocial!!! I guess that explains why E*Trade felt it necessary to buy not build.
Maybe they did not care at all about Cake and just wanted the developers?
Please help me understand the decision to buy a community and dismantle it.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
UWC will Gregory Mankiw work less?
Article
I am confused as to why he would overlook the income effect and only discuss the substitution effect of higher rates. If he wants to provide his children with college educations and down payment for homes, then until these are covered with relative certainty, wouldn't the higher taxes possibly motivate him to work more?
He obviously know this. So what are his incentive for writing an article that he knows misses an obvious part of the analysis?
UWC does Gregory Mankiw write articles that appeal to idealogical readers despite him knowing the holes in his logic?
I guess, if he is paid enough...so he can work less.
I am confused as to why he would overlook the income effect and only discuss the substitution effect of higher rates. If he wants to provide his children with college educations and down payment for homes, then until these are covered with relative certainty, wouldn't the higher taxes possibly motivate him to work more?
He obviously know this. So what are his incentive for writing an article that he knows misses an obvious part of the analysis?
UWC does Gregory Mankiw write articles that appeal to idealogical readers despite him knowing the holes in his logic?
I guess, if he is paid enough...so he can work less.
Monday, October 4, 2010
UWC do should a company have their customer relations number go to an a?utomated message
Answer: The company doesn't give a sh** about customer relations like United Airlines.
In addition, I had to call lost and found.
If not a premier member, then essentially hung up and you could not even leave a message.
If a premier member of some sort you go the honor of leaving a message, but they only would respond to it (in ten days) if they found your item, so there is no way of knowing whether the actually got the message.
Moral of the story, don't leave anything on United plains.
In addition, I had to call lost and found.
If not a premier member, then essentially hung up and you could not even leave a message.
If a premier member of some sort you go the honor of leaving a message, but they only would respond to it (in ten days) if they found your item, so there is no way of knowing whether the actually got the message.
Moral of the story, don't leave anything on United plains.
UWC does this articles theory support support for intervention into the lifestyles of mothers to be?
Op-Ed Columnist - At Risk From the Womb - NYTimes.com
It brings to mind "To bad we can't outlaw bad parenting." But of course we do to a point, but how far should we take it? Should smoking, drinking, drug using mothers go to jail? should junk food eating mothers? Should we guarantee a minimum lifestyle to reduce stress? Unlike in my younger more idealistic and ideological years I do not think that a slippery slope necessarily means don't try the slide. The political process performs myriad balancing acts. But this new evidence could be used to restrict the freedom of mothers to a shocking extent if the health of the fetus is perceived an preeminent. What is the minimal legal standard of care for a fetus? I have personally felt disgusted and had my night ruined when a friend of a girlfriend was "partying" while pregnant. Not sure where I fall on this one because my preference for freedom for the mother clashes with my desire to not handicap the child. Yes, I am pro-choice, which is another potential inconsistency. OK to kill, just don't hurt it. Strange implication. I guess, in my mind, that the unborn don't have rights but their future selves do.
What to do with Yahoo!?
Nobody even wants to be associated with them.
Story
This next to what is the fair value of Facebook are likely the two most frequently asked questions in Silicon Valley. Here my crack at it.
The one think I like about Yahoo! is their finance site. I cannot think of the last time I visited for any other reason. Oh yeah, when I was considering going through the hassle of moving my domains when they raised the prices of already purchased domains from $10 to $35 dollars.
Aside from a large email user based and non-tech savvy traffic, what does Yahoo! have? A little of everything.
Yahoo! is internet novices. Apple is easy to use pretty technology. Both have a similar world view of controlling the user experience by guiding users through a walled garden of content. Apple should buy Yahoo!!!
Apples stock is riding high. Yahoo! would again be able to keep and hire talent. Jobs would improve Yahoo's user experience. The PR would be incredible. Yapple, Aphoo! Naw. Just Apple. Yahoo! can deliver the cheapest traffic on the internet and Jobs is more likely than anyone to succeed at a massive turnaround of attitudes. Yahoo! will regain pride.
For full disclosure, I do not care much for Apple and think Yahoo sucks walrus balls. I don't like to follow directions let alone be told what to or not to view or what programs to use by the maker of my phone. When I was mugged and my iPhone was stolen my relief was unambiguous.
Story
This next to what is the fair value of Facebook are likely the two most frequently asked questions in Silicon Valley. Here my crack at it.
The one think I like about Yahoo! is their finance site. I cannot think of the last time I visited for any other reason. Oh yeah, when I was considering going through the hassle of moving my domains when they raised the prices of already purchased domains from $10 to $35 dollars.
Aside from a large email user based and non-tech savvy traffic, what does Yahoo! have? A little of everything.
Yahoo! is internet novices. Apple is easy to use pretty technology. Both have a similar world view of controlling the user experience by guiding users through a walled garden of content. Apple should buy Yahoo!!!
Apples stock is riding high. Yahoo! would again be able to keep and hire talent. Jobs would improve Yahoo's user experience. The PR would be incredible. Yapple, Aphoo! Naw. Just Apple. Yahoo! can deliver the cheapest traffic on the internet and Jobs is more likely than anyone to succeed at a massive turnaround of attitudes. Yahoo! will regain pride.
For full disclosure, I do not care much for Apple and think Yahoo sucks walrus balls. I don't like to follow directions let alone be told what to or not to view or what programs to use by the maker of my phone. When I was mugged and my iPhone was stolen my relief was unambiguous.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Answer: An ignorant customer is our best customer
Question: What is the unwritten slogan of religious leaders?
This article is funny.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html
Is summary, the non religious know more about religions than the religious.
For what other entire product categories do the users know less about them than the non-users?
Trans fat?
What qualifies as knowledge? Does ideology and misinformation count as information?
Tyler Cowen made a very useful point to our class that there is a significant difference between acquiring knowledge of economics versus political ideology. I think that only knowlege consistent with scientific/objective type evidence should count. If applied, then many new age medicines and therapies: homeopathy, stone massages, maize covers cloth (yes, I just saw Grownups, pretty funny) all qualify as preying on the ignorant.
Thoughts?
This article is funny.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html
Is summary, the non religious know more about religions than the religious.
For what other entire product categories do the users know less about them than the non-users?
Trans fat?
What qualifies as knowledge? Does ideology and misinformation count as information?
Tyler Cowen made a very useful point to our class that there is a significant difference between acquiring knowledge of economics versus political ideology. I think that only knowlege consistent with scientific/objective type evidence should count. If applied, then many new age medicines and therapies: homeopathy, stone massages, maize covers cloth (yes, I just saw Grownups, pretty funny) all qualify as preying on the ignorant.
Thoughts?
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
UWC is parody and effective method of discrediting?
I like these people's objective and they make me laugh.
Will they have an impact? If so, how?
Motivating those that already agree with them or changing peoples minds?
I think motivating is more likely.
The opportunity to parody European labor leaders is almost too easy given that their current slogans are "Anti-Austerity".
We want: More money for less work and you have to pay for it. As usual, the unionized and government workers are better off then average working in the countries adding to the irony.
Have you ever notices how rarely the wages of protesting union workers are quoted in the mainstream press?
Here is one wage quote and more detail on Spain (even better).
Will they have an impact? If so, how?
Motivating those that already agree with them or changing peoples minds?
I think motivating is more likely.
The opportunity to parody European labor leaders is almost too easy given that their current slogans are "Anti-Austerity".
We want: More money for less work and you have to pay for it. As usual, the unionized and government workers are better off then average working in the countries adding to the irony.
Have you ever notices how rarely the wages of protesting union workers are quoted in the mainstream press?
Here is one wage quote and more detail on Spain (even better).
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