Re: [FRIAM] Growth (was Re: so what would be wrong with sayingwhatyou think?)

2006-10-30 Thread Robert Holmes
On 10/29/06, Phil Henshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert, Where the implication that things beginning from scratch have to display implied derivatives of the same sign comes from is a corollary of theconservation laws.  Consider these 3 attributes of a company: revenue R, cost C, profit P. My s

Re: [FRIAM] Growth (was Re: so what would be wrong with sayingwhatyou think?)

2006-10-29 Thread Phil Henshaw
Robert, Just curious, I was very delighted to get your question, and thought I gave a meaty answer, but it apparently didn't connect. Rereading your question, though, maybe it seemed I was off on a tangent, since I didn't directly answer what you actually asked. Let me try again, and let me kn

Re: [FRIAM] Growth (was Re: so what would be wrong with sayingwhatyou think?)

2006-10-15 Thread Phil Henshaw
Robert, > On 10/15/06, Phil Henshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> It's very hard to tell when or if anything begins or ends, >> because if so >> it's at times and in ways that are too small to observe. Another way >> to say that is that beginning and ending always seem to violate their >>