Randall Arnold's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/97722/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/149710-just-how-mobile-does-intel-plan-to-be?source=feed#comment-595170 595170 tabulacrypticum.wordpr.../]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:03:39 -0400 tabulacrypticum.wordpr.../]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/142461-cheap-phones-will-emerge-as-big-business-in-developing-regions?source=feed#comment-540659 540659 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:04:23 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/134499-dow-10-000-and-more-irrational-exuberance?source=feed#comment-485590 485590 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:13:26 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/131596-is-dendreon-a-360-stock-or-is-that-too-low?source=feed#comment-475513 475513
Anyway, I'm VERY up on this one so sitting pretty. Shorts and trolls can eat my... shorts.]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:03:09 -0400
Anyway, I'm VERY up on this one so sitting pretty. Shorts and trolls can eat my... shorts.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/132716-should-ceos-sit-on-other-companies-boards?source=feed#comment-475493 475493 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:50:24 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/119160-buy-american-stimulus-provision-three-ways-to-capitalize?source=feed#comment-381685 381685
www.entechsolar.com/]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:59:33 -0500
www.entechsolar.com/]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119123-cramer-s-mad-money-10-reasons-the-economy-is-not-so-bad-2-6-09?source=feed#comment-381671 381671
And MMarrkk, you might do well to read up on subjects before spouting off. Atypical (above) is on target. And it's funny that you support a company's "right" to deny healthcare to employees while simultaneously decrying the possibility of the federal government getting into the business. So... what's your solution to healthcare? That should be an entertaining read.]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:38:25 -0500
And MMarrkk, you might do well to read up on subjects before spouting off. Atypical (above) is on target. And it's funny that you support a company's "right" to deny healthcare to employees while simultaneously decrying the possibility of the federal government getting into the business. So... what's your solution to healthcare? That should be an entertaining read.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/115290-what-can-we-learn-from-the-1930s?source=feed#comment-361105 361105 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:29:20 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/115290-what-can-we-learn-from-the-1930s?source=feed#comment-360728 360728
Again: the increase in minimum wage had nothing to do with this disaster, and really won't affect it, either.]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:15:48 -0500
Again: the increase in minimum wage had nothing to do with this disaster, and really won't affect it, either.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/115290-what-can-we-learn-from-the-1930s?source=feed#comment-360719 360719
However, I hate to break it to Republicans, but the answer to all of this really is regulation. You call it "accountability" but have this quaint notion that such a system can come about solely by virtue of honor. History tells us this is naive. They do teach history to Keynesians, right?

How regulation became a dirty word I do not know, but if it is an evil it is a necessary one. Regulation, ie ensured accountability, throttles the excesses that cause disruption the system cannot tolerate. Necessary disruptions (such as technological advance) are special causes that must be managed as well, else they destroy the status quo a bit TOO fast.

Anyway, interesting article to be sure!

Disclaimer: I do not belong to any political party mentioned.]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:11:33 -0500
However, I hate to break it to Republicans, but the answer to all of this really is regulation. You call it "accountability" but have this quaint notion that such a system can come about solely by virtue of honor. History tells us this is naive. They do teach history to Keynesians, right?

How regulation became a dirty word I do not know, but if it is an evil it is a necessary one. Regulation, ie ensured accountability, throttles the excesses that cause disruption the system cannot tolerate. Necessary disruptions (such as technological advance) are special causes that must be managed as well, else they destroy the status quo a bit TOO fast.

Anyway, interesting article to be sure!

Disclaimer: I do not belong to any political party mentioned.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/106744-apple-s-greatest-idea-yet?source=feed#comment-312089 312089
On Nov 19 10:23 AM Jon T wrote:

> Dividends Anonymous,
>
> Flash memory is falling like a stone - and
> who in the world is benefiting from that than Apple??
]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:52:56 -0500
On Nov 19 10:23 AM Jon T wrote:

> Dividends Anonymous,
>
> Flash memory is falling like a stone - and
> who in the world is benefiting from that than Apple??
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/107239-ballmer-on-yahoo-we-ve-moved-on?source=feed#comment-312085 312085 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:47:43 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/102972-mark-cuban-yahoo-in-slump-because-yang-is-too-nice?source=feed#comment-294694 294694 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:59:26 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/99299-food-retailers-countering-commodity-increases?source=feed#comment-278570 278570 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:14:45 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/99291-what-just-happened?source=feed#comment-278569 278569 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:11:04 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/99291-what-just-happened?source=feed#comment-278568 278568
I have a better idea: blame the greedy bastards who created this big ugly Ponzi scheme along with the corrupt government regulators and lawmakers who allowed such a monster to flourish.

I don't think "the media" is overstating any of this. If anything, they've been mostly underreporting the dangers for years.]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:10:17 -0400
I have a better idea: blame the greedy bastards who created this big ugly Ponzi scheme along with the corrupt government regulators and lawmakers who allowed such a monster to flourish.

I don't think "the media" is overstating any of this. If anything, they've been mostly underreporting the dangers for years.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/99149-yahoo-vs-tech-stocks-sad-snapshot?source=feed#comment-277865 277865 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:10:45 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/98700-aol-yahoo-merger-details-emerge-deal-could-happen-this-month?source=feed#comment-277858 277858
YHOO to under $10 before end of 2008.]]> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:02:07 -0400
YHOO to under $10 before end of 2008.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/99120-research-in-motion-vulnerable-to-a-takeover-bid?source=feed#comment-277539 277539
Despite Nokia's amount of available cash, though, I would still see them as the most likely in your list.]]> Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:01:11 -0400
Despite Nokia's amount of available cash, though, I would still see them as the most likely in your list.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/93846-peek-is-to-t-mobile-what-kindle-is-to-sprint?source=feed#comment-245930 245930 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:19:37 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/93881-time-to-rethink-our-view-of-private-health-insurers?source=feed#comment-245929 245929
Whisper: your solution is often touted by grandstanding politicians, which is enough to make me skeptical (only slightly tongue-in-cheek). Seriously, it sounds great in theory but won't work for the rank-and-file. Look at today's DOW drop-- stocks across the board were eviscerated. And that's just one bad day in a long steady decline. Plus, the average consumer really has no clue how to invest. Also, savings accounts are a joke-- paying about 3% if you're lucky compared to the real inflation rate of 10% or more (remember, the figures the government use for CPI leave out energy costs, housing, and conveniently, health care). Bottom line: no savings in savings. Just an illusion.

The real solution is to go back to a not-for-profit model across the board. Yes, there were inefficiencies, but they sure the heck beat the monstrosity we've allowed to grow over the past decades. Give me a church-owned-and-run hospital full of cranky old nuns over the nightmare that for-profit hospitals have become...]]> Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:13:22 -0400
Whisper: your solution is often touted by grandstanding politicians, which is enough to make me skeptical (only slightly tongue-in-cheek). Seriously, it sounds great in theory but won't work for the rank-and-file. Look at today's DOW drop-- stocks across the board were eviscerated. And that's just one bad day in a long steady decline. Plus, the average consumer really has no clue how to invest. Also, savings accounts are a joke-- paying about 3% if you're lucky compared to the real inflation rate of 10% or more (remember, the figures the government use for CPI leave out energy costs, housing, and conveniently, health care). Bottom line: no savings in savings. Just an illusion.

The real solution is to go back to a not-for-profit model across the board. Yes, there were inefficiencies, but they sure the heck beat the monstrosity we've allowed to grow over the past decades. Give me a church-owned-and-run hospital full of cranky old nuns over the nightmare that for-profit hospitals have become...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/93980-wells-fargo-sham-revealed?source=feed#comment-245920 245920 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:55:56 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/92491-a-renewed-interest-in-nanotechnology?source=feed#comment-238622 238622 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:26:32 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/92504-what-did-buffett-buy-american-express-or-wells-fargo?source=feed#comment-238619 238619
It's gonna take more than that to convince skeptics.]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:24:30 -0400
It's gonna take more than that to convince skeptics.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/92157-nokia-gets-no-respect-against-apple-rim?source=feed#comment-236434 236434
Nokia has the devices; it's execution that has faltered, and that is not impossible to fix.]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:26:13 -0400
Nokia has the devices; it's execution that has faltered, and that is not impossible to fix.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/84253-the-disastrous-future-of-the-u-s?source=feed#comment-235846 235846
So your counterargument turns out to be a straw man. If you were able to stick to the true problem, ie, the melt rate and collapsing glaciers, and then approach the subject objectively, you'd recognize the impending danger.

And sivere, you are falling for the same pseudoscientific propaganda as Thomas F. It is impossible for man not to at least *contribute* toward global warming given the changes we have wrought over the centuries, especially the last 3. When you replace natural mechanisms involved in the regulation of climate (such as massive forest tracts) with highways and urbanized areas on the massive scale that we do, you impact climate. To disregard our deep and wide impact is disingenuous... but I realize it makes many people feel more comfortable about their short-term thinking and net-wasteful lifestyles.]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:17:40 -0400
So your counterargument turns out to be a straw man. If you were able to stick to the true problem, ie, the melt rate and collapsing glaciers, and then approach the subject objectively, you'd recognize the impending danger.

And sivere, you are falling for the same pseudoscientific propaganda as Thomas F. It is impossible for man not to at least *contribute* toward global warming given the changes we have wrought over the centuries, especially the last 3. When you replace natural mechanisms involved in the regulation of climate (such as massive forest tracts) with highways and urbanized areas on the massive scale that we do, you impact climate. To disregard our deep and wide impact is disingenuous... but I realize it makes many people feel more comfortable about their short-term thinking and net-wasteful lifestyles.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/91661-analyzing-verizon-s-fios-bet?source=feed#comment-234859 234859
And those who continue to believe that the world can go 100% wireless are ignorant. Wireless cannot provide the same speed, reliability and security that FiOS can. Obviously the future will still be a mix of wired and wireless... the only question is what that ratio will be.]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:50 -0400
And those who continue to believe that the world can go 100% wireless are ignorant. Wireless cannot provide the same speed, reliability and security that FiOS can. Obviously the future will still be a mix of wired and wireless... the only question is what that ratio will be.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/91720-do-you-smell-the-gold-bottom?source=feed#comment-234837 234837 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:45:29 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/88833-time-to-buy-elan?source=feed#comment-222683 222683 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:22:23 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/85209-microsoft-yahoo-is-neither-good-nor-bad-just-ugly?source=feed#comment-206879 206879 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:13:57 -0400