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herosrest
02-27-2009, 01:03 AM
http://www.inventright.com/images/purplecow.jpg
Seth Godin writ a book........... :rolleyes:
The premise of the book (and where the title comes from) is this. Suppose you’re driving through the country. It’s beautiful. All of the cows you see perfectly complement the scene. But after you’ve seen cow after cow for twenty miles, you don’t even look at them. But you’d notice a purple cow, wouldn’t you?
Pretty simple. But are you really taking that message to heart? We have to design remarkable products, to create in such a way that our inventions stand out. If you design something that blends in with everything else, it will never sell. So much clutter exists, in both products and services. Why should a consumer choose yours?
So......... lets have your genius idea's, chaps.
Play on.........
herosrest
02-27-2009, 02:19 AM
Looking into the future is uncertain, messy work, but if businesses view the current economic crisis as an opportunity to innovate, we may still be marveling at these breakthroughs decades from now.
It is with great satisfaction and anticipation that l look forward to tomorrows roll out of the NeW WORLD Currency.
Trading and exchange dealing begins at 10:00 GMTV.
Waves of enthusiasm and good will are expected to welcome the new W0RLD currency.
The Dollop (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollop) - Yes..... it's purple. ;)
http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/215106/Dollops.png
People have done what they always, eventually do, gotten lazy, arrogant, self obsessed and self destructive.
Greed DESTROYS - When enough is not enough.
herosrest
02-27-2009, 04:23 AM
http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/215106/Dollop%24.png (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollop)
e-mail for exchange & supply. VERY CHEAp rates. ;)
herosrest
03-11-2009, 12:36 PM
Get on with it then, I'll be a shareholder if you can pull that one off.
I've got an idea, dead easy, I'm amazed no one has thought of it yet, I'll pm you Hero.
Now go back to the Ducimus thread, and listen to the tune I posted for you.Apple will take third-quarter delivery of newly developed 10-inch touchscreens from Taiwan, a source said on Wednesday, amid talk the U.S. firm is developing a touchscreen PC. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52A0RH20090311 (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52A0RH20090311)
August 28, 2008 12:34 PM PDT - Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10028301-37.html) Given Apple' focus on multitouch user interfaces, fair speculation is the company wants something similar with more powerful computers than the iPhone or iPod Touch.
04-23-2008, 09:08 AM - Apple buys PA Semi. (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1443330&postcount=2471) With Dan Dobberpuhl, who was a lead designer for the well-regarded Alpha and StrongARM microprocessors developed by Digital Equipment in the 1990s.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/1865501637_4f56d83fde.jpg
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mireland
03-11-2009, 02:31 PM
I think Hero finally lost the last of his marbles...:rolleyes:
herosrest
03-11-2009, 03:10 PM
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10" screen...... i-pill.
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Late Tuesday, in response to questions from Forbes.com, an Apple spokesman said Apple has agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called P.A. Semi. The company, which is known for its design of sophisticated, low-power chips, could spell a new future for Apple's flagship iPhone, and possibly iPod products as well. The 150-person chip company, P.A. Semi, was founded in 2003 by Dan Dobberpuhl, who was a lead designer for the well-regarded Alpha and StrongARM microprocessors developed by Digital Equipment in the 1990s. "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not comment on our purposes and plans," said Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) spokesman Steve Dowling. He declined to comment on the value of the deal, which a person familiar with the deal suggested was done for $278 million in cash. Apple is due to announce its quarterly earnings Wednesday. The decision to center the iPhone design around a chip that Apple could own marks a significant strategic choice by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, and is aimed at ensuring Apple can continue to differentiate its flagship phone as a raft of competitors flood the market. According to a source affiliated with the chip company, Jobs and Senior Vice President Tony Fadell led the tiny group of executives who spearheaded the acquisition, which included negotiations that took place in Jobs' home. Apple's choice is a blow for chip maker Intel, which has been trying to convince Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple to rely on Intel's chips--particularly its latest low-power line up, called Atom.
Apple has been rightfully proud of the iPhone, and has predicted that it will sell 10 million of the devices by the end of 2008. But that success has had a cost, too: Virtually every mobile-phone maker is scrambling to develop an iPhone-like device. Jobs has long asserted that Apple's greatest strengths lay in its software and in its ability to integrate hardware and software. The result: Machines that combine appealing design with an intuitive user interface, such as the iPhone. But interfaces--as Jobs well knows--can be mirrored, if not copied.
Few in the high-tech world are as wary as Jobs of turning control of core components over to a partner. The PC industry has been his proving ground; over the past three decades, he has watched numerous PC makers that have built their products around Intel's microprocessors wind up in fierce battles for narrower and narrower profit margins. Led by Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini, Intel is developing a line of chips that it believes can become as central to handheld computing devices as its "x86" chips have been to the personal computer industry. Intel has said it aims to create somewhat different lines of Atom processors tailored to different classes of applications, such as consumer devices, low-cost notebook computers and set-top boxes. The first of these designs is slated to begin shipping by the middle of this year; another by year's end. But that doesn't mean Intel wants to create a unique chip for every customer--even for a charismatic customer like Apple. Apple first got to know the designers at P.A. Semi about three years ago, when the computer maker still used PowerPC chips in its Macintosh computers. Dobberpuhl and his team, which includes engineers who had a hand in designing powerful chips, including Intel's Itanium, Advanced Micro Devices' (nyse: AMD - news - people ) Operton and Sun Microsystems' (nasdaq: JAVA - news - people ) UltraSparc. Dobberpuhl was also the lead designer on a DEC chip project called StrongARM, which was ultimately folded into Intel after DEC collapsed. Intel tried to use the design as the basis of chips for the smart-phone industry, but eventually sold that group to Marvell.
Dobberpuhl wanted to design an enormously powerful chip, based on the PowerPC architecture, that used little power. When Apple decided to quit using the PowerPC chip in favor of Intel microprocessors, the conversations with P.A. Semi petered out. In February 2007, P.A. Semi debuted a 64-bit dual core microprocessor which the company asserted was 300% more efficient than any comparable chips. It consumes only 5 to 13 watts running at 2 gigahertz. Telecommunications, networking and wireless companies embraced P.A. Semi's work. Meanwhile, Apple found a collection of other chip partners to build the guts of its iPhone. One key: According to technology market research firm iSuppli, South Korean electronics giant Samsung supplies the iPhone's applications processor. Like a number of companies cranking out processors for mobile phones, such as Texas Instruments, Samsung's processor is based on a design licensed from Cambridge, U.K.-based ARM. Apple was among the three companies, also including Acorn Computers and VLSI Technology, that formed ARM in 1990. Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and Broadcom are also fighting for share in the low-power applications processors for smart phones and mobile gizmos based on ARM designs, according to iSuppli analyst Tina Teng, with Texas Instruments leading the pack. These companies are building increasingly sophisticated processors, however, targeted at bigger and more powerful devices. "Companies like Qualcomm are trying to diversify themselves and move away from being a pure wireless company into these ultra mobile PCs, or ultra mobile Internet devices," Teng says. Trevor Yancey, vice president of technology at IC Insights of Scottsdale, Ariz., sees ARM-based designs giving Intel a tough fight as Intel tries to push beyond notebooks and into smaller and smaller devices. "That's going to be a tough battle. If you look at the ARM core--where it has been and where it has come from--the ARM core is very well entrenched in those kinds of applications," Yancey said. "I think the gap between the two is certainly closing, but ARM is still developing at a fast pace."
Although no current Apple products use P.A. Semi chips, Apple executives kept a close eye on the work of the start-up. Talks of acquiring P.A. Semi began only in the past few weeks. Employees have been notified of the deal.It will likely take at least a year before products incorporating P.A. Semi designs are ready. The company's flagship chip is at the heart of heavy-duty computing systems, such as those sold by NEC's (nasdaq: NIPNY - news - people ) storage division. But the design philosophy--hefty processing power and frugal power use--are in concert with Apple's directions. Although Apple plans to continue supporting P.A. Semi's current customers, insiders suggest that Jobs plans to use future P.A. Semi chips exclusively within Apple products. At that point, executives believe the company will have created a unique asset--a powerful microprocessor that sips power lightly and so can support just about any imaginable applications Apple's software gurus can imagine.
http://images.forbes.com/media/assets/forbes_home_logo.gif (http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/23/apple-buys-pasemi-tech-ebiz-cz_eb_0422apple.html)
Because they know.______
What you need to ;)
j.m@talk
03-11-2009, 04:30 PM
"Acre"
This is the real fing :t
herosrest
03-11-2009, 06:22 PM
:rolleyes: You now how it's always the li'l things that just seem to creep in through the cracks.
Ouch! That's gonna hurt. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7937360.stm) Mind you............
everything is settling down very nicely and very shortly the real thing will be the other thing.
You know, the one left out in the garden shed.
_________________________________http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/634358/noavatar92.png (http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/634358/440321096_a8e39d6ef9.jpg)__i-Fund you not! http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/634358/1e89f1378745a2960704d3315a247cef2a05.pnghttp://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/634358/1e89f1378745a2960704d3315a247cef2a05.png
http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/215106/Dollop%24.png (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollop)
e-mail for exchange & supply. VERY CHEAp rates. ;)
Yup - New World Currency, Chaps. The Purple Love Dollop.
Looking into the future is uncertain, messy work, but if business views the current economic crisis as an opportunity to innovate, we may still be marveling at these breakthroughs decades from now.
It is with great satisfaction and anticipation that l look forward to roll out of the NeW WORLD Currency.
Waves of enthusiasm and good will are expected to welcome the new W0RLD currency.
The Dollop (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollop) - Yes..... it's purple. ;)
http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/215106/Dollops.png
:t
Off course what is really required is an electronic currency - call it the VOLT or maybe OHM my god!
Wow........ it's....... Mr. Potato Head and friend.
herosrest
09-30-2009, 05:09 PM
http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/2540/20090818205649/www.edn.com/articles/blog/920000692/20090826/dandob.jpg (http://www.edn.com/blog/920000692/post/1310047931.html?referer=www.design-reuse.com)
What's Dan Dobberpuhl doing?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/3778361783_a284dee581.jpg (http://blog.laptopmag.com/apple-tablet-developments-new-marketing-man-and-possible-january-announcement)
Apple has created at least three separate prototypes of its tablet computer. Let’s call it “iPad.”
Version 1 was designed with a 7” screen, which was judged to be too small. The latest version has a 10.7” screen.
It runs iPhone OS.
There have been reports that it looks like an iPhone. They’re sort of true. It looks like an iPhone 3G.
It will come in two different variations: one with 3G networking capabilities, and one without 3G networking.
Think of the 3G version as a bigscreen iPhone 3GS, and the non-3G version as a bigscreen iPod touch.
Screen resolutions will obviously jump considerably from the iPhone and iPod touch 480x320-pixel displays,
enabling easy reading of full-sized book and magazine pages, plus cropped newspaper pages.
Expect something like 5-6 times the resolution of an iPod touch or iPhone screen (720p or thereabouts) and 7 times the touchable surface area. It is designed to expand the iPhone and iPod touch media concept to its next potential level: as a slate-like replacement for books and magazines, plus all of the media, gaming, app, and web functionality of the iPhone and iPod touch.
It is not meant to compete with netbooks. It’s an iPhone OS media player and light communication device.
Apple is currently planning to announce it on or before January 19, 2010,
and to use an iPhone-like hype buildup period to start selling it in May or June.
It is apparently awaiting a final green light from Steve Jobs;
chances of it appearing in the market are believed to be 80% at this point.
When, eventually, someone gets this right, they will 'own' the world.
One each per person at home, work, school, in the car and a couple of spares because it will be indispensible. 03-11-2009 Apple will take third-quarter delivery of newly developed 10-inch touchscreens from Taiwan, a source said on Wednesday, amid talk the U.S. firm is developing a touchscreen PC. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52A0RH20090311 (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52A0RH20090311)
August 28, 2008 12:34 PM PDT - Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10028301-37.html) Given Apple' focus on multitouch user interfaces, fair speculation is the company wants something similar with more powerful computers than the iPhone or iPod Touch.
04-23-2008, 09:08 AM - Apple buys PA Semi. (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1443330&postcount=2471) With Dan Dobberpuhl, who was a lead designer for the well-regarded Alpha and StrongARM microprocessors developed by Digital Equipment in the 1990s.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/1865501637_4f56d83fde.jpg
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herosrest
09-30-2009, 05:17 PM
one day, the screen will be the computer. ;) http://www.displayblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/flexible_oled.jpg (http://sanjaykram.blogspot.com/2007/10/organic-semiconductors-small-molecules.html)
Now that's, micro computing.
herosrest
09-30-2009, 08:26 PM
:tLooking into the future is uncertain, messy work, but if business views the current economic crisis as an opportunity to innovate,
we may still be marveling at these breakthroughs decades from now.
It is with great satisfaction and anticipation that l look forward to roll out of the NeW WORLD Currency.
Waves of enthusiasm and good will are expected to welcome the new W0RLD currency.
The Dollop - Yes..... it's purple.http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/215106/Dollop%24.png (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dollop)
e-mail for exchange & supply. VERY CHEAp rates. ;)Off course what is really required is an electronic currency - call it the VOLT or maybe OHM my god!
http://www.superyachttimes.com/articles/Image/Companies/CRN-Yachts/2009-09-Clarena2/Clarena2-01-big.jpg
Purrfect for those yachting weekends in International waters,
yup, i'll take two. Any color but white. So...... blaséThis from an eternal optomist! :rolleyes: It 'can' always get worse and always will.
Going down with the ship is so 20th Century. N'est ce pas?
29 Sep 2009 (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Credit-quality-of-US-loans-worsens/articleshow/5066544.cms)
Hedge funds make a come back (http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Money/Story/STIStory_439380.html) - GENEVA - WEALTHY clients believe the worst of the crisis is probably over and have started to come back to higher-risk assets such as hedge funds, a top banker at JP Morgan Private Bank said on Wednesday.
Now - here is a piece of GENIus, for all you Fat bonus'd up twats. Give all that lovely jubbly - those trillions you are eagre to risk - give them to the government. Yup, the whole lot. Saves all that tax dodging and, erm.... sharp practice. Then take your bonds or guilts or what ever, earning a tiddler of income AND use them to borrow and gamble with this time - the governments will have an insurance policy to dig you out of the next hole Hedge Funds bury you in, your initial investment is safe, working away boringly in the national interest. Your initial investment is still sitting safer than gold bars in the national treasury. That, is taking the PI55 - not this amateur robbing peter for paul that these idiot offshore twats get up to in their Ferrari's and Lear Jets at your and everyones expense and ponzi.
You might even earn yourselves a knighthood. But business people are so..... tawdry. Don't you think?
Of course life is never the full bowl of cherries but cheap interest rates would make life very sweet if they apply all round and Capital is repaid instead of worthless inflated paper. Do it right!
This is precisely what is being instituted to repair the crazy banking and lending that has gone on. It is more sophisticated, but not really. Banking is a supremely simple and mundane concept. Those who run it though face supreme temptation in the affairs of their own reward and influence. There are little clubs of insanely paid top dogs who run little self serving clubs. That's the way it is and it works reasonably well, until things get as ridiculous as they are now. There was a huge problem that pulled the rug out from under finance and some serious sorting out of behaviour is required. Risk, greed, call it what you like, things had gotten a little bit rotten on a very broad scale - and no one is at this time entitled to pats or slaps on the back. A couple of right handers to the nose perhaps but little else. Certainly not a rise or bonus.
Vast sums of wealth have been destroyed and people hurt. It was an illusion in many, many ways. Explosive growth occured which was unsustainable because of high interest rates inflating value. Fixing the problem made a big mess and lots of pain. Economies are shrinking and it isn't over yet. A good dose of growth is called for but what is happening is an injection of inflation as substitute. It cannot be done quickly enough to halt, let alone turn things around. There is an equilibrium arriving at the moment and money is being made. There is nothing to do with the profits, it isn't generating growth. Government is pumping money into banks to help them recover to the place they were when things collapsed but the economies now are 20-30% smaller.
Some real, explosive capital creating growth is required. A major shot in the arm and kick up the backside. Double your money, everyone wins, government coffers are recharged to invest in infrastructure, Finance can get on with its wealth creation farce and largesse. If, interest rates are kept low, squeezed down until tears are running, Capital can be 'created' all around, in huge dollops, very quickly. And that is what is needed. A massive shot of adrenalin. Capital creation will fuel its own adventure but 10 years of pain and general misery (because of stupidly high destructive interest rates) will not be a part of that adventure. That scenario must be regulated by seriously aggressive enforcers - no more trusting mr. rich guy for a while to come. Low interest rates and painful smiles, until the realisation sinks in that capital repayments are worth far more than interest repayments. Again, they double your money and that of the borrower.
It is a very subtle and rewarding piece of genius. Cake now, Champagne tomorrow. Holidays on Venus will take a while longer.
herosrest
10-10-2009, 07:53 AM
Of course there is a flaw running through the entire concept. No one could be trusted to keep the original sum invested with Government. First tier Banks and their very handsomely paid senior officers can be so trusted however.
That is actually what banking is about and why these people are entitled huge reward, when they get it right.
So........... what should such a scheme be called?
Well, how about the Special Deserve. :D:D:D:D:D
Get back on your logs!
herosrest
10-10-2009, 09:27 AM
These (http://www.thebigfella.com.au/Refdes%204%20Panel%20Front%20&%20Return.jpg) are frameless screens. <<< >>> These (http://www.hardwaresphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/amd-radeon-5800-gpu-power-six-hd-monitor-500x325.jpg) are not!
'Towards the third and fourth month of this year hedge funds started to offer the returns they were supposed to offer,' Godard said. -- REUTERS Here we go again - Stupids's got some money burning a hole! (http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Money/Story/STIStory_439380.html)
10% earnings per share - 13% RoE. Get some NOW! (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202789&highlight=13%25) - Regardless of stature, credentials, polite knowledgable smile and hosting fit for royalty, doubling an investment in 3-4 years is a PONZI scheme, even when underwritten Nationally. You will not get Capital back in times of trouble because it is actually vapourware, it doesn't exist anymore because it was never actually invested in anything except bonus's for smiling twats who are taking you to the cleaners.
Do it properly, double down, risk and Cuckoo free! GEORGE knows how!
Nations have bent over backwards, after pulling their heads out of the sand, to pull wealthy idiots out of a hole they dug themselves into. Now, grow up and and take the PI55 properly.
RISK FREE. ;)
herosrest
10-10-2009, 10:08 AM
Not too many people can answer this question.
What is the name of St. George's mount? :rolleyes:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/133517501_483d8df37f.jpg
herosrest
10-10-2009, 10:39 AM
02-16-2009, 08:03 AM
It is a li'l too late to be resetting asset class flags - dont you think!
:rolleyes: aaaaah............... software default settings............... :eek: RTFM. ok or ko? Surprise.. surprise! (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1467134&postcount=47)
Time to chill.............. Click i poo.......... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKidLh1Ryq4)
'Perfect Storm' in a tea cup. Wooo profits by the SHED load........ Batter & see. :rolleyes: 'ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go!
herosrest
10-10-2009, 02:49 PM
Auditor to demand 100 British MPs repay expenses after scandal (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26190929-26040,00.html)
The Times has learnt that up to 100 MPs will be asked to repay expenses or to prove the claims were legitimate. Around a dozen are thought to be facing demands to hand back significant sums in some cases "tens of thousands of pounds -- while scores of others will be asked to prove that their claims were legitimate". Investigators working for Thomas Legg, a former civil servant appointed by the Commons to audit MPs' expenses, are understood to have focused on big mortgage claims, as well as extravagant charges for household services. Sir Thomas is also said to have widened his net to include MPs who allegedly exploited loopholes to make claims that are in breach of the spirit if not the letter of the fees system.
It is unfortunate that this matter will not simply resolve but hopes of avoiding embarassments is simple human nature. Since we are offered the spectacle now of further public floggings and the distractions from important mattrs it causes, perhaps a general with hunt in the matter of expenses and tax avoidance can be brought forth, the problems of petty pecuniary advantage and business lifestyle is rife. Perhaps an examination of media and press excesses is a worthwhile undertaking. Holier than thou, our beloved media, surely not?
The problem extends far, far, beyond paliament and should be examined thoroughly. Perks, expenses, travel, bonus, write offs, write downs, tax assessments, company tax liability avoidance - the whip should be cracked. Those found wanting can be shipped to the colonies and good riddance.
herosrest
10-10-2009, 05:33 PM
Capitalising on recapitalisation…http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:OJ23uwT1WkrQmM:http://disney-desktop-wallpaper.com/walt-disney-world/mickey-mouse.jpg (http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2009/10/07/76216/capitalising-on-recapitalisation/)
Under new regulation (the strengthened Basel II, for instance) many banks will need to raise new capital. So far, so standard — but SocGen also thinks the capital raising will coincide with much higher bank profits, thereby reducing the risk that coupons won’t be paid. (Never listen to bankers)
On the hybrid bond, or subordinated debt, front, SocGen thinks there will still be a market for these equity-like instruments, since the amended EU Capital Requirements Directive still allows for them to make up 15 per cent of banks’ Tier 1 capital. Booo......... Right,...... ok and where exactly is Basil.
No......... it's not Basil, now is it. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3QixehcgY6AZ8M:http://www.tvsa.co.za/blogimages/bbcentertainment_fawlty_towers.jpg (http://www.banknetindia.com/banking/90713.htm)
Right, i'll sort this little lot of gnomes out. Swiss are they?
No, no, no... Dutch. Double Dutch. Double Dutch.
AH so! :confused: Accountants.
Right! Time for a session on... Capital Gains. Go away......... :(
herosrest
10-11-2009, 10:14 AM
Basel / Basle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel) Switzerland's second-largest urban area is as an industrial centre bordering Germany and France. The city has the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation (1460). Switzerland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland) is a self governing, unaligned nation of Central Europe.
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Committee_on_Banking_Supervision) is an institution created by the central bank Governors of the Group of Ten nations . It was created in 1974 and meets regularly four times a year. The Committee usually meets at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, where its 12 member permanent Secretariat is located. formulates broad supervisory standards and guidelines and recommends statements of best practice in banking supervision (see bank regulation or Basel II Accord, for example) in the expectation that member authorities and other nations' authorities will take steps to implement them through their own national systems, whether in statutory form or otherwise. Therefore, when it gets screwed up as has happened recently, no one can blame these people, although they should actually be lined up against walls and hung by the ankles for 13 months. The BCBS is not a classical multilateral organization. It has no founding treaty, and it does not issue binding regulation. Rather, its main function is to act as an informal forum to find policy solutions and to promulgate standards. Chairman of the Committee is Nout Wellink, President of the Netherlands Bank. The IMF is collaborating with the Committee to improve bank regulation. It is possible hence to realise why and how the financial world these days if full of Double Dutch. See note #1
The Bank for International Settlements (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_for_International_Settlements) (BIS) is an international organization of central banks which "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks." [1] It is not accountable to any national government. The BIS carries out its work through subcommittees, the secretariats it hosts, and through its annual General Meeting of all members. It also provides banking services, but only to central banks, or to international organizations like itself. Based in Basel, Switzerland, the BIS was established by the Hague agreements of 1930.
Bank regulation - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking_regulation) The capital requirement sets a framework on how banks must handle their capital in relation to their assets. Internationally, the Bank for International Settlements' Basel Committee on Banking Supervision influences each country's capital requirements. In 1988, the Committee decided to introduce a capital measurement system commonly referred to as the Basel Capital Accords. The latest capital adequacy framework is commonly k regulation. The objectives of bank regulation, and the emphasis, varies between jurisdiction. The most common objectives are:
Prudential -- to reduce the level of risk bank creditors are exposed to (i.e. to protect depositors), Systemic risk reduction -- to reduce the risk of disruption resulting from adverse trading conditions for banks causing multiple or major bank failures, Avoid misuse of banks -- to reduce the risk of banks being used for criminal purposes, e.g. laundering the proceeds of crime, to protect banking confidentiality (why???), Credit allocation -- to direct credit to favored sectors
The World Economic Forum (WEF) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum) was founded in 1971 by Klaus M. Schwab, a business professor in Switzerland. See note #2 The Forum is funded by its 1000 member companies. The typical member company is a global enterprise with more than five billion dollars in turnover, although the latter can vary by industry and region. In addition, these enterprises rank among the top companies within their industry and/or country and play a leading role in shaping the future of their industry and/or region. The Forum is headquartered in Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland. In 2006 the Forum opened regional offices in Beijing, China and New York, USA. It is impartial and not-for-profit and is not tied to any political, partisan or national interests. It has observer status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Government. - click - (http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/page2/) Here is Klaus and a days work in pictures. Enjoy. Professor Schwab (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua1F6tB0SUY) - is entering the history books having stated that 'the current situation was a perfect example of where banks could take the lead and devise a system of self-regulation,................' He is going to integrate us. I really can't wait - what joy he promises.
Think Tools AG was a Swiss IT company that characterized the dot com bubble in Europe. The company was founded by the philosopher Albrecht von Müller as a consultancy company in 1993. The company developed tools for supporting corporate problem solving. Klaus Martin Schwab is a Swiss economist and businessman, best known as the president and founder of the World Economic Forum (DAVOS). Schwab participated in the controversial Swiss IT company Think Tools AG as its vice chairman of the advisory board and as a shareholder through World Communications Development. He resigned from the vice chairman post after the first controversies about the company emerged.
"Are you looking for support in tool based reasoning to improve your decision making by using a powerful 'visual reasoning methodology'?Are you searching for ThinkTools Software? Mind Games... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Tools_AG) These people play mind games. What exactly is Doctor Scwabs doctorate in, Finance? Economics? Engineering? Politics? ....... answers on a self licking postage stamp to the moon, please. Geniuses (http://www.parmenides-foundation.org/) with a superiority complex and software??? Very, very, expensive software!
You all know Klaus - Right. He was Top Dawg at DaVoS. ;)
http://jodyrlanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/boo-boo.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_Boo_(Yogi_Bear))He will integrate US! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schwab)
Note 1. - China has increased its holding of gold by three-quarters to 1,054 tonnes since 2003, .
- Click - (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1486182&postcount=287) China is now in the process of aquiring the entire 403 tonnes about to be put on sale by the International Monetary Fund.
EXSPECT SOME SERIOUS FIREWORKS:rolleyes: IN THIS MARKET.
China's purchases will be significantly discounted for no good reason and gold is gold, a profit, a profit! How can geniuses be so DUMB!
World Economic Forum Partnering against Corruption Initiative (PACI) (http://www.baselgovernance.org/gov/project-details/article/world-economic-forum-partnering-against-corruption-initiative-paci/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=293&cHash=ede90a8cc5)
Talk about taking the PI55!
- UBS - (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1467877&postcount=13)
- UB2 - (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1467885&postcount=14)
- UB - DOO - (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1468274&postcount=38)
LETS SPICE IT UP (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1468482&postcount=44)
- AND - contemplate Stability theory. (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1486707&postcount=21)
Which is currently under review at '3 Stable Mews'.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yaczxAC8840/R9DdDuYxNII/AAAAAAAACTI/gh_Udc3bV1Q/s1600/The%2BAvengers%2BTara%2BKing.jpg
Don't mention FASBi57......... shhhhhhh.... no one will realise what we did.
herosrest
10-11-2009, 10:55 AM
There are a thousand reasons not to do this, they all start at the rear rear end of a dog and finish up back there a li'l lower down, covered in me55.
Invest your lucre, via a proper bank and ask them to invest it with the government. It will earn interest. Your 'savings' are growing. Your 'savings' are an 'asset'. With your asset you can borrow money. The interest from your savings pays for your loan. Hey presto, you have doubled your money. The savings are as good as gold. Your borrowed money, makes you twice as rich and as long as you have a modicum of sense, really clever experienced financial experts will find countless ways to relieve you of it. That's ok though, you can't endanger the financial system 'cos the government can dig you out of the hole you get into with dodgy Hedge Funds because they have your savings, still earning interest as an insurance policy. They have also been able to use your investment with them to do the things governments do.
This is a very simple leverage of funds. It is what business and banking is all about and really not a lot else. Difficult stuff, isn't it. Of course not, until the financial people get started sticking fingers up your bum. The things which are going on at the moment in global/National Finance are a disgrace of stupidity beyond any belief let alone logic. Stupid rules, by stupid people for the sake of stupidity.
It really is as simple as outlined above, that easy and simple. Trust your governments with your money. They have proven yey again at all our expense that they can actually be trusted and can do a good job. Your first leverage is an insurance policy.
herosrest
10-11-2009, 11:16 AM
Would you believe that............. taxes, tax rates would fall through the floor. Well, they would. :rolleyes:
Would you believe that interest rates stay low. Well they would.
That means............... no inflation. That means your earnings are 'worth' saving. :rolleyes:
The first leverage - the only one that matters.:rolleyes:
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herosrest
10-11-2009, 11:36 AM
Of course, not everything in the cupboard came off the top shelf, did it....... titter.
So............. an amnesty, lifelong, guaranteed for perhaps 180 days might help sway minds.
No questions asked, no raised eyebrows, no records. :cool: Bank it! You know you want to. ;)
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One li'l thing to bear in mind.
But that is life, everywhere!
Bank of Alpha Centuri is Galactically regulated and Ferengi! (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203267&highlight=ferengi) free.
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herosrest
10-11-2009, 02:10 PM
The Thrift Bug. (http://www.fleetstreetinvest.co.uk/daily-reckoning/bill-bonner-essays/boom-bust-economy-capitalism-99771.html) “U.S. consumers are cutting back, and where they are not cutting back, they are scaling down. This new cycle is all about “getting small” and it is deflationary.
revenue shortages (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091009/pl_nm/us_usa_state_budgets) - "It's crazy. It's really just unbelievable," said Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, and called the states' revenue situations "close to unprecedented." Most states had been pessimistic in forecasting their tax revenues for the 2010 fiscal year, Pattison said. So far, collections have fallen below even those low targets. Lower tax revenues could lead to higher taxes or another sharp reduction in services if receipts do not show signs of improvement before year-end, as every state but Vermont is required by law to balance their budgets
Below is the reason why even the richest are toughing down. I don't criticise those driving derivatives but an open global debate is a must have issue. This is because the Traders and their Trading have taken over. It is all happening the way it is, because of the Cheese 'SPREAD'. Yup, they take your cheese :D
The business itself, the trades, is spread betting - one day someone 'Will' lose the planet! There is a pro lobby beyond those insane enough to make the trades, because banks are making $100+Bn pa profit. They won't stop or cut it back. Should they or does the bonus and profit justify the risk? Everyone, recently has learnt quite a bit about risk and here it is, unbridled. The Real Reason the Big Boys Don't Want Credit Default Swaps to Be Regulated (http://www.zerohedge.com/article/real-reason-big-boys-dont-want-credit-default-swaps-be-regulated) Beyond the CDS and derivatives matter is a ROOT of the matter. What, precisely, in modern days, constitutes professionalism. I can't see it in banking, anywhere. Insanity is very difficult to spot these days, it is so very well dressed.
Gambling is insane and ruins enterprise. It takes over. There is no win.
herosrest
10-11-2009, 02:33 PM
Continuing on from above, pro's etc. gambling, risk....... here's an article worth a read. click (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/10/stiglitz-deflation-is-definitely-threat.html)
Worth a skim, a view and opinion, some knowledge. What is interesting though is outside the box. US stops spending as General Wealth, that well known military figure toughs down spending with the thrift bug and everywhere there is less and less. This is what greed and gambling do, there is no humanity to it. I know its power, l was a victim. You cannot stop this thing short of dragging those hooked on it out onto the lawn and kneecapping them. It isn't about the money, it is an illness.
America cuts back, stops spending, it's finished. Kiss investment goodbye and it will happen overnight. Bam. The lights went out.
herosrest
10-11-2009, 05:47 PM
Not too many people can answer this question.
What is the name of St. George's mount? :rolleyes:
St. George's mount?..... The Bonk of England. ;) http://www.sysopt.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonk)
herosrest
10-11-2009, 07:05 PM
http://files.myopera.com/herosrest/albums/901109/BoB%20Card.jpg
Banking on Britain
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:KL4EHKGDwVpNeM:http://blogs.freshminds.co.uk/talent/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/r184160_6834693.jpg
- click - Surprise - click - (http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.203-7219.aspx)
RFID swipe would take 6 months to do..... :rolleyes: We are revolting!
RockNRoll
10-12-2009, 12:24 AM
lol... nobody wants to reply to his posts... so he does... :r:D
Seriously though... iPad... sounds sort of like a New Englander (specifically Massachusetts) saying "iPod". :D
Does the impressive advance in number crunching brought on by GPU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit)'s in financial analysis mean that we can actually 'see' our money. :p Split-second deals pose risk for market (http://www.moneemarket.com/news.htm?news=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews% 2Furl%3Ffd%3DR%26amp%3Bsa%3DT%26amp%3Burl%3Dhttp%2 53A%252F%252Fbusiness.timesonline.co.uk%252Ftol%25 2Fbusiness%252Findustry_sectors%252Fbanking_and_fi nance%252Farticle6870270.ece%26amp%3Busg%3DAFQjCNH 0cLOEJ5DAP8_M_-NqvtYgaJXVxA) High-frequency trading (HFT), the split-second stock trading strategy that has exploded in popularity this year, could pose a risk to the market, according to a poll of industry participants. HFT, whereby shares can be bought or sold within a 2,000th of a second, has mushroomed during the past 18 months as traders seek to exploit improvements in technology. However, with high-frequency traders believed to account for more than half the activity on the New York Stock Exchange, there is concern that financial watchdogs have not properly assessed the effect that the strategy may have. An interactive poll of more than 100 high-frequency traders carried out last week on behalf of Thomson Reuters, the trading systems and financial data provider, found that 63 per cent of respondents believed that high-frequency trading could “potentially pose a risk to the market”. Twenty-seven per cent of those questioned said that HFT would “probably” pose a risk to the market, while 10 per cent went so far as to say that it would eventually be the cause of a market crash......
Algorithmic Trading - Market making and high frequency trading - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_trading#Market_making_and_high_frequen cy_trading)
RISK" You ALREADY KNOW RISK, the price of reward! - Financial GPU'ing (http://www.lcars.org.uk/Adges%20Welcome.htm)Bloomberg Runs Bond Pricing on GPUs (http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/it-infrastructure/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220200055) - Bloomberg has converted their bond pricing infrastructure and applications to utilize the power of GPUs. Every night, Bloomberg calculates 1.3 million hard-to-price asset-backed securities. These calculations, single-factor Stochastic models, were originally run on a Linux cluster. One of the core software architects suggested using GPUs to solve scalability issues. The core Stochastic models exhibited in their applications lend themselves well to parallel computing on GPUs. To compute everything within an eight-hour window, meant scaling 800 cores to 8,000 cores, about 1,000 servers. Rather than running on 1,000 traditional server nodes, a GPU cluster shrank to 48 server/gpu pairs achieving an 800% performance increase. What took sixteen hours is done in two. Power and cooling cost savings by migrating to a more consolidated architecture are considerable. BING BONG. "Will Dr. Heize please go to reception.
Your girlfriend is waiting.." Kaufman Praises SEC Proposed Ban On Flash Orders, But Seeks Broad Review (http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/regulatory-compliance/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=02VUXWDISWEOPQE1GHRSK H4ATMY32JVN?articleID=220200078)
In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE) praised the SEC for its proposal to ban flash orders and for agreeing to undertake a broad review of high-tech trading practices. Kaufman is concerned that the SEC has approved a number of innovations such as dark pools, high frequency trading and collocation, in a piecemeal manner. Specifically, he cited the rise of high frequency trading — a phenomenon, which has been building for many years but allows buy and sell orders to trade in milliseconds. He also singled out the emergence of dark pools. Some trading firms' computer servers enjoy the advantage of onsite location at an exchange, a practice known as co-location." When exchanges began to allow traders to place their computers on-site for direct market access, the SEC did not require approval.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VyTCyizqrHs/SsO-UcEi65I/AAAAAAAAFGM/z45gdSUcc0k/s400/Fermigpu.jpg (http://www.hpcwire.com/features/NVIDIA-Takes-GPU-Computing-to-the-Next-Level-62800147.html)
A new architecture, codenamed "Fermi," incorporates a number of new features aimed at technical computing, including support for Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory and greatly enhanced double precision (DP) floating point performance. Those additions remove the two major limitations of current GPU architectures for the high performance computing realm, and position the new GPU as a true general-purpose floating point accelerator. Sumit Gupta, senior product manager for NVIDIA's Tesla GPU Computing Group, characterized the new architecture as "a dramatic step function for GPU computing." According to him, Fermi will be the basis of all NVIDIA's GPU offerings (Tesla, GeForce, Quadro, etc.) going forward, although the first products will not hit the streets until sometime next year.[RIGHT]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Z2UtV2yZTNJreM:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gBQkok8T5Ko/SlblDKL40tI/AAAAAAAAGbo/I7lsNSVaoTw/s400/Tesla_Postage.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla) http://www-news.uchicago.edu/fermi/stamp.thumb.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi)http://www.bitcity.it/immagini/news/tecnologie-tesla-e-cuda-per-la-ricerca-in-profondi-1.jpg (http://www.hpcwire.com/features/NVIDIA-Takes-GPU-Computing-to-the-Next-Level-62800147.html)
...BNP Paribas, a French banking firm, is using a Tesla S1070 to compute equity pricing on the derivatives the company tracks. According to Stéphane Tyc, head of the company's Corporate and Investment Banking Division in the GECD Quantitative Research group, they were able to achieve the same performance as 500 CPU cores with just half a Tesla board (two GPUs). Better yet, the platform delivered a 100-fold increase in computations per watt compared to a CPU-only system. "We were actually surprised to get numbers of that magnitude," said Tyc. As of March, BNP Paribas had not deployed the system for live trading, but there are already plans in place to port more software...
herosrest
10-12-2009, 09:04 PM
http://www.onemint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/black-swan.jpg Gross (http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/janet-tavakoli-on-fraud-derivatives-and-bankruptcy.html)http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8Z7Md3UJJkhvqM:http://www.totallymoney.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/money-box2.jpg Net (http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/09/bill-gross-sell-equities-and-buy-treasuries.html)
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3F9H_TfU1K952M:http://www.astropix.com/IMAGES/B_WINTER/GEMINI.JPG (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1486650&postcount=20) http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3F9H_TfU1K952M:http://www.astropix.com/IMAGES/B_WINTER/GEMINI.JPG
(http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1486657&postcount=21)
An UpFront Insurance(First Leverage) works - Quite painlessly.
It is Bi-polar, a subset, it fixes everything. It is scrupulous and caters for all.
Finance, the way it was meant to be.
Because - people are people! & do what they do.
News Flash - The world economy shrank by 30% in one business cycle that is not yet complete.
That is like 30% of everything, everywhere since people invented money.
Gone, in 2-3 years - ho hum!... it will be all right though, one day.
What vapourised was inflation. It isn't coming back for a good long while, whatever way you try to turn it back on.
The Thrift Bug. (http://www.fleetstreetinvest.co.uk/daily-reckoning/bill-bonner-essays/boom-bust-economy-capitalism-99771.html) “U.S. consumers are cutting back, and where they are not cutting back, they are scaling down. This new cycle is all about “getting small” and it is deflationary.
revenue shortages (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091009/pl_nm/us_usa_state_budgets) - "It's crazy. It's really just unbelievable," said Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, and called the states' revenue situations "close to unprecedented." Most states had been pessimistic in forecasting their tax revenues for the 2010 fiscal year, Pattison said. So far, collections have fallen below even those low targets. Lower tax revenues could lead to higher taxes or another sharp reduction in services if receipts do not show signs of improvement before year-end, as every state but Vermont is required by law to balance their budgets
Below is the reason why even the richest are toughing down. I don't criticise those driving derivatives but an open global debate is a must have issue. This is because the Traders and their Trading have taken over. It is all happening the way it is, because of the Cheese 'SPREAD'. Yup, they take your cheese :D
The business itself, the trades, is spread betting - one day someone 'Will' lose the planet! There is a pro lobby beyond those insane enough to make the trades, because banks are making $100+Bn pa profit. They won't stop or cut it back. Should they or does the bonus and profit justify the risk? Everyone, recently has learnt quite a bit about risk and here it is, unbridled. The Real Reason the Big Boys Don't Want Credit Default Swaps to Be Regulated (http://www.zerohedge.com/article/real-reason-big-boys-dont-want-credit-default-swaps-be-regulated) Beyond the CDS and derivatives matter is a ROOT of the matter. What, precisely, in modern days, constitutes professionalism. I can't see it in banking, anywhere. Insanity is very difficult to spot these days, it is so very well dressed.
Gambling is insane and ruins enterprise. It takes over. There is no win.Continuing on from above, pro's etc. gambling, risk....... here's an article worth a read. click (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/10/stiglitz-deflation-is-definitely-threat.html)
Worth a skim, a view and opinion, some knowledge. What is interesting though is outside the box. US stops spending as General Wealth, that well known military figure toughs down spending with the thrift bug and everywhere there is less and less. This is what greed and gambling do, there is no humanity to it. I know its power, l was a victim. You cannot stop this thing short of dragging those hooked on it out onto the lawn and kneecapping them. It isn't about the money, it is an illness.
America cuts back, stops spending, it's finished. Kiss investment goodbye and it will happen overnight. Bam. The lights went out. Of course there is a flaw running through the entire concept. No one could be trusted to keep the original sum invested with Government. First tier Banks and their very handsomely paid senior officers can be so trusted however. (for a fee)
That is actually what banking is about and why these people are entitled huge reward, when they get it right.
So........... what should such a scheme be called?
Well, how about the Special Deserve.
Get back on your logs!
herosrest
10-12-2009, 09:33 PM
Click the twins above..
RockNRoll
10-12-2009, 10:10 PM
Sometimes I wonder if I would actually understand the logic behind your seemingly completely random posts if I actually read them... :D
and lol @ iPood:D
herosrest
10-13-2009, 10:42 AM
You would - they are 'THINK LINKS', different views, different thoughts - because "every one is"
Very clever people, rise above and beyond - usually, the beyond part of the equation relates to 'REALITY' :D
THEY FOX THE WORLD WITH ILLOGIC and arrogance.
I have remarketed my best selling product COMMON SENSE as web free, funded by advertising.
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The point of it all
Our masters are actually our servants.
They will never tell you that & the beat goes on!
You don't have to be a genius to be stupid but these days it really does help.
Trade down to trade up,
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herosrest
10-13-2009, 11:15 AM
Sometimes I wonder if I would actually understand the logic behind your seemingly completely random posts if I actually read them...
and lol @ iPood :DYou would - they are 'THINK LINKS', different views, different thoughts - because "every one is"
Very clever people, rise above and beyond - usually, the beyond part of the equation relates to 'REALITY'
THEY FOX THE WORLD WITH ILLOGIC and arrogance.
I have remarketed my best selling product COMMON SENSE as web free, funded by advertising.
FREELY AVAILABLE HERE
The point of it all
Our masters are actually our servants.
They will never tell you that & the beat goes on!
You don't have to be a genius to be stupid but these days it really does help.
Trade down to trade up,
Style at the tip of your finger!
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/images/333_thumb.jpg (http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/stats.cfm) http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/images/706_thumb.jpg (http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/blog/) http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/nav_images/new_vc_logo.png (http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=349&index=349&domain=)"Functional visualizations are more than innovative statistical analyses and computational algorithms. They must make sense to the user and require a visual language system that uses colour, shape, line, hierarchy and composition to communicate clearly and appropriately, much like the alphabetic and character-based languages used worldwide between humans."
herosrest
10-19-2009, 02:08 PM
He's Purple and........... a Hero! :rolleyes:
Gnomes are real!
Believed to be simple yard decorations, Garden Gnomes once roamed the Earth as its greatest protectors.
Long ago a curse was placed upon them, petrifying them until the day they were needed to protect the Earth once more.
In 1956 the world was in peril and one lonely gnome answered the call.http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Gnome/Gnome_cover_wrap_final_med.jpg (http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Gnome.html)
herosrest
10-19-2009, 02:31 PM
Rob'in da 'hood..........
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/22/article-1186570-048CF943000005DC-729_306x423.jpg (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1186570/Sneak-peek-The-Sheriff-Nottinghams-men-ravage-village-Ridley-Scotts-new-Robin-Hood-movie.html)
The premise of the book (and where the title comes from) is this. Suppose you’re driving through the country. It’s beautiful. All of the cows you see perfectly complement the scene. But after you’ve seen cow after cow for twenty miles, you don’t even look at them. But you’d notice a purple cow, wouldn’t you?
Pretty simple. But are you really taking that message to heart? We have to design remarkable products, to create in such a way that our inventions stand out. If you design something that blends in with everything else, it will never sell. So much clutter exists, in both products and services. Why should a consumer choose yours?
So......... lets have your genius idea's, chaps.
Play on.........http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/images/2008/fitch-ratings-downgrades-bond-insurers.jpg (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Good+Bank-Bad+Bank%22+For+Insurance+Companies:+Is+MBIA+Just+ CIGNA...-a0195289356)
Yup... IT's purple - GIVE US THE DATA! (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203016)
Apple will take third-quarter delivery of newly developed 10-inch touchscreens from Taiwan, a source said on Wednesday, amid talk the U.S. firm is developing a touchscreen PC. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52A0RH20090311 (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52A0RH20090311)
August 28, 2008 12:34 PM PDT - Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10028301-37.html) Given Apple' focus on multitouch user interfaces, fair speculation is the company wants something similar with more powerful computers than the iPhone or iPod Touch.
04-23-2008, 09:08 AM - Apple buys PA Semi. (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1443330&postcount=2471) With Dan Dobberpuhl, who was a lead designer for the well-regarded Alpha and StrongARM microprocessors developed by Digital Equipment in the 1990s.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/1865501637_4f56d83fde.jpg
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herosrest
11-03-2009, 10:48 AM
There may be a novel way to generate growth and it benefits, possibly, significant employment and develop new markets of demand. The idea is perhaps esoteric and whimsical. There is economic potential within every nation on earth, some of the advanced nations partnering the smaller, less well developed states in an investment to build and develop modern infrastructure and society could hold significant benefits. It is completely daft to any rationale of business practice, incumbent mindsets - yet - there is a ton of potential to be unleashed in the third world, how such profit sharing partnerships could be achieved and profitably maintained would, most certainly be worthy of the mother of all bonuses.
Earl Judson Isaac (7 August 1921 – 12 December 1983), along with friend Bill Fair, set up the company Fair Isaac in a small studio apartment on Lincoln Ave. in San Rafael, California in the year 1956. He was born in Buffalo, NY and died in 1983 in Novato, California. He graduated from Annapolis with a mathematics degree, and was stationed on the USS Missouri while in the Navy. After being discharged from the Navy and before founding Fair, Isaac and Company, he worked at SRI (then known as Stanford Research Institute), along with Bill Fair, during SRI's beginning years. While working at SRI, he was the first person to 'crash' a computer, a behemoth at SRI known as ENIAC, by feeding it a complex mathematical problem it could not solve (he had successfully solved the problem manually). This event supported his view that computers would/will never be able to completely replace a human being. He was also of the opinion that a computer is only as smart as the person programming it. That said, he had experimented with artificial intelligence as early as 1950.
CLICK (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=808983) Coding for digital computers is a process of translating from one language to another. A problem to be computed might be expressed in algebraic notation of several types or in one of several forms of logical symbolism. This notation or symbolism must be translated into the machine language. In many problems, particularly those involving iterative processing of many variables, the translation is reasonably direct and can be written out and checked with little difficulty. Some problems, however, require a great many instructions dealing with few variables and arranged in complex alternative paths. In these cases the translation process becomes formidable and the most extensive checking often fails to eliminate clerical errors.
FICO™, founded in 1956 as Fair Isaac by engineer Bill Fair and mathematician Earl Isaac, provides consulting services and enterprise decision management systems. They developed the FICO scores, a measure of credit risk, which are the most used credit scores in the world. FICO scores are available through all of the major consumer reporting agencies in the United States and Canada: Equifax; Experian; TransUnion; and PRBC.
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Steve R Jones
11-08-2009, 11:39 AM
You poor sick twisted guy. Are you having fun yet?
herosrest
11-08-2009, 03:32 PM
I'm the sanest guy on the planet, one of the brightest too. The fun is about to begun........ :t
Click pic..
If l was interested in Moët
I'd own England by now!
herosrest
11-08-2009, 03:49 PM
U's guys need to get up on this issue - - click - (http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/82111/wall-sts-unlikely-saviours-community-banks/)
IT is crucial, well crucial and everyones the bad guy - everyones the good guy
All beating each others brains out because a bunch of morons
with too much money and life's a beach
don't understand how things work and don't work
but they shout loud and people listen??? .
herosrest
11-08-2009, 06:35 PM
I'm the sanest guy on the planet, one of the brightest too. The fun is about to begun........ :t