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benjamin frost wrote: » I 'get' what you're saying. And you're wrong. Utterly wrong. It was a strength of Steve Jobs that he always kept the focus on Apple's business. Do you think there weren't countless times that he felt strongly about cur…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » Show me all of the CEOs who have done the same as Cook has done here. Of course he is taking a political stance. My point is that this stance detracts from Apple and Apple's products...unless this particular stance has been…
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macky the macky wrote: » It's the reverse of "freedom of association" because the person being discriminated against is being denied association. What it really is is an attempt to discriminate under the cover of religion. Christians have used tha…
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pembroke wrote: » You can invite who you want and stop whoever you want coming to your house or rented accommodation, but open a business with a licence to trade and any claimed-right to restrict who buys from you is non-existent, or it should b…
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aaronj wrote: » Yeah, because that's the way it's worked so far, right? "We the people" do or want something, and Comcast or ATT or TW just cave, and say, "Oh, OK! If you want it, you can have it at the same price!" And you do realize that …
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But how is this any different from any other disruptive technology?
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slurpy wrote: » I'm not one for guns, am for sane gun control, but I would be completely onboard with people shooting these down. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
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anantksundaram wrote: » Man, I've got to exercise some more self-discipline, and stop reading these drip, drip, drip leaks of the book's content.... if this keeps up, the book will just sit on my shelf unread (like the Isaacson one does). :\ Ge…
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carlosviscarra wrote: » The man, the legend, the loss to humanity. Imagine where Steve would have taken this planet and our country had he not left us so soon.! RIP Steve Jobs. You are missed. +1. Every time I read a story like this, it's bi…
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palegolas wrote: » When it doesn't need the iPhone anymore, when it communicates directly to iCloud, it'll be great. Give it 5-7 years. I think it's the most well designed smart watch so far. The dependancy of the iPhone is a downer though. I d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RadarTheKat Do you have any idea what you're saying? First, Apple and EVERY OTHER COMPANY on earth is in business to make a profit. It's Apple's outsize profits that allow them to make significant changes to the …
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solipsismy wrote: » Quite awhile. There are many steps that need to be put in place before all that can happen. We'll first see these things measured as very gentle warnings to you, not as absolute fact. You'll need many years of success with that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram A clarification (but one that strengthens your point): Apple's current PE is not 20.6x, it is 17.9x. It's forward PE is 14.4x. It's forward PE ex-cash is 11x. You're right, I was using the closing…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich I'm a fan of taking a look at what is really happening in the world and ignoring the noise that typically dominates. I'm a big fan of Robert Prechter and the Elliott Wave theory, however he's been pr…
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anantksundaram wrote: » Frankly, no one seems to care much about this, except you who seem to bring it up every opportunity you get. You repeatedly ignore the point that MSFT's PE ratio was ridiculous then, and it was in the midst what is now well…
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anantksundaram wrote: » Unlikely, if they keep repurchasing shares at the recent rate.... Accelerated share repurchase would tend to cause the price to rise, would it not?
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Quote: Originally Posted by cws GM and Ford have been making cars for more than a hundred years, as have many other companies. It is, frankly, quite silly to think that Apple could just jump into such a competitive and complex business and a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cws Man I hope this is not true. Worse than making TVs. They know nothing about this industry and the margins are bad. Sort of like they were saying about rumours that Apple was working on a phone in 2006?
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Quote: Originally Posted by tmay Strawman arguments. Lame. You are a denier: "What if humans aren't even causing global warming" is settled science. We are. When asked, “do you agree or disagree that climate change is mostly the result of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry Disagree. The data interpretation is made by the climatologists, and precedes the political response. You cannot hold science responsible for political decisions arising from its findings. Scientists are…