Posts by ascii

Supreme Court Justice Kagan called the Patent Office "patent happy," on Monday and she was right.

Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram  That's not a very persuasive argument. If the stock was selling at $700 (as it was), do you think anyone would seriously begrudge these salaries? Indeed, in that scenario,...

Quote: Originally Posted by zoffdino  Stock tanked nearly 40% and none of them blinked an eye. In an ideal world the stock price would reflect the fundamentals of a company, and to the extent it does you can pin...

Will the combined entity be called Dash?

Quote: Originally Posted by Andysol  What's the best college to major in CEO? Why was that degree not offered when I spoke to my high school counselor? I think you want a Stanford or Harvard MBA.

There are blokes making $85m/year? Man I really need to get my act together :)

I will be surprised if it has a fingerprint scanner. The S is usually for speed. The iPhone 5S will look the same as the 5 but have improved performance.

Technology has come a long way since 2004-08, they should be able to do something way better now.

Quote: Originally Posted by vvswarup    While I agree that it's not a good idea for Apple to use its main competitor to make chips, it's not entirely true that Samsung can just cut off supply whenever they...

I don't really think it's appropriate to have your main competitor making your chips for you. You don't want them having the power to cut off supply, and you also don't want them seeing the next gen designs. Apple is doing the right...