Posts by bwik

Fantastic, I am glad they finally fixed Java's security flaws in the Mac OS X implementation, monthly for the last ten or twelve years.

Quote: Originally Posted by astrubhar There is an extremely simple and obvious solution: Pay them more. It's embarrassing that the only reason they can make enough is by working tons of overtime. It would decrease Apple's profits...

The thing I worry about is ignoramus liberal arts majors who oppose profit might actually sacrifice Apple to their god. In their minds, companies that make a profit should be stopped. Only unprofitable companies should be allowed. ...

A buyback at $600 a share for AAPL would be totally asinine. The buyback, if ever, should have occurred 4-5 years ago. The power of it would have been multiplied. To do it now is pathetic.

Something you learn in behavioral economics is that when prices go up to an expensive level, people are slow to sell, and eager to buy. They believe that prices tend to increase, so why wouldn't you buy a lot? After all, the most...

This is a very new Chinese trend in which "rule of law" is being used as an extraction device to take money from non-Chinese interests, and put that money in the hands of Chinese interests. To a Chinese government official,...

Quote: Originally Posted by rednival Wait...what? Wage rates for these people go up and you imply they intended harm? I am so confused... I believe the belief isn't that we should not employ low wage people but that we should pay...

This is ridiculous and deeply ignorant / hypocritical by the NPR/NYT types. They must not know who knits their sweaters. More to the point, they blatantly want to disemploy/kill poor people so that more affluent people can be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fake_William_Shatner Asus or anyone else is free to assemble at another plant. . How are they free to... other than they are in China and basiclally slavery, theft etc is legal there...

The design is Apple property. Obviously Apple didn't get so rich by letting people build Apple designed products and sell it under other brand names.