john s. gordon

Running the Numbers: The Roller Coaster That Is Apple

lot of emotion in the above.
i have been an apple user since 1982.
have 3 macs in the house @ the moment.
people who do heavy duty graphics have gotta have their macs.
stock was a market performer from 1985 to end of 2004, since then has outperformed. will they be able to keep it up? remains to be seen. priced today same as december 2007. no dividend.
> jack

Will Oil Be the Last Asset Standing?

'oil @ 70 makes users look @ alt energy sources'.
the energy source we have been ignoring since 1981 is high-quality syncrude from illinois/west kentucky high-volatile bituminous coal using 2-stage hydroliquefaction as practiced @ wilsonville AL during 1980-85.
estimated cost to produce in a fully integrated commercial plant was 38.00 / bbl.
it takes 10 yrs to get an industry started & we've already wasted 28 yrs.
> jack

The Mac vs. PC Debate Was Never Clearer

porsche - used to make a low cost product, the 914.
most shoppers wanted more seats & more room to carry stuff.
an enthusiast's car.
still see quite a few of them running in vintage races.
in 1956 you could buy a 356 speedster for 2995, plus they charged extra for the heater which was built into the car, you couldn't get one without it.
them were the days.
> jack

The Mac vs. PC Debate Was Never Clearer

have been an apple user since 1982. have 4 macs in the house now, plus one toshiba notebook (travels to conferences).
when visiting duke power headquarters in N.C. some yrs ago i was pleased to see their whole corporate system was macs networked together. there are a few other corps doing likewise.
typically the federal government agencies are all ibm compatibles (required to be purchased through the gsa approved list) and they force their contractors to use pc's also.
one problem mac users have always had is that the software writers tend to write only pc versions "since 96% of the market is pc". fortunately the virus & worm writers tend to not write versions to infest my mac. i miss my wordperfect text processor which was available for OS9.1 but they don't have one for OSX. wordperfect is much less clunky & has more features than bill gates' product.
> jack

Why Inflation Worries Are Overblown

in regard to inflation,
'don't fix the roof today, it's not raining'
> jack

Don't Count American Manufacturing Out Just Yet

would love to see the outsourced jobs come home.
> jack

Alternative Energy Storage: Cheap Will Beat Cool

those of us who do heavy duty graphics have gotta have macs (have 4 in the house @ the moment).

my old G3 tower (OS9.1) ran both msword & wordperfect as well as a buncha other stuff. it caanot run safari or firefox.

since no wordperfect utility is available for OSX i am stuck with some wordperfect files that can't be accessed. this is one type of obsolescence, software makers only cater to ibm compatibles.
> jack

Annihilate Rating Agencies - Fast Money Recap (10/22/08)

the rating agencies certainly blew it big time, the pungent aroma of payola permeates the air.
> jack