Re: Why Compact Cars Identical?

2002-08-12 Thread Joel Simon Grus
Having just bought a new car, I disagree that compact cars look identical. The Honda Civic I settled on clearly looks like a Honda Civic, and the Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra I didn't buy each had its own unmistakeable look. Even the new Toyota Corollas and Mazda Proteges I've seen on the

Re: Webcast radio stations

2002-08-09 Thread Joel Simon Grus
With broadband's use and availability increasing, especially within office environments, why haven't we seen significant web-radio stations that broadcast solely over the Internet? Well, there were a number of very popular web-radio stations, but the Copyright Office has imposed

Re: options for employees

2002-07-14 Thread Joel Simon Grus
OK, so after everything I wrote yesterday, I saw this article this morning: http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=RXNPH5PSAYMYKCRBAE0CFFAKEEATGIWD?type=businessnewsStoryID=1198165 Coca-Cola said it would expense all future stock option grants based on the fair value at the date

Re: options for employees

2002-07-13 Thread Joel Simon Grus
1a) In the market, the owner of a stock can write a call option on stock he owns, meaning a buyer pays the stock owner a market price for the option. The option buyer is paying for the rights to the future gains from the stocks, the stock owner giving up rights to the gains. Well, you can

drink prices

2002-02-02 Thread Joel Simon Grus
Last night I went to a bar, and the woman in front of me ordered a large, fancy drink. It was poured, and the bartender said $13.00, at which point the woman objected. Sorry, said the bartender, once it's poured, there's nothing I can do. Many bars seem to have no price lists, and people

Re: Spam: Legal, economic or technical problem? (fwd)

2002-01-28 Thread Joel Simon Grus
I sent this yesterday, but it never seems to have hit the list. Subject: Re: Spam: Legal, economic or technical problem? available. Any thoughts on whether spam can be reduced via some sort of economic or technical mechanism? There are already a lot of ways to do this. Most email programs