2008-09-21, 08:58 | Link #2041 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
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2008-09-21, 09:58 | Link #2042 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Why do people give more attention to the ones that lost? they don't. You just gave a very ambigous and wierd example.
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2008-09-21, 11:08 | Link #2043 |
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Not even sure it was an example, just a random anecdote which made no sense. It's quite the opposite, people recognize and admire those who are successful. Read Winners and Losers by Sydney J. Harris. A few comparisons selected from the book:
-When a Winner makes a mistake he says "I was wrong," when a Loser makes a mistake he says "It wasn't my fault." -A Winner learns from his mistakes. A Loser learns not to make mistakes by not trying anything different. -A Loser believes in Fate. A Winner believes that we make our fate by what we do or fail to do. -A Winner stops talking when he has made his point. A Loser goes on until he has blunted his point. -A Winner in the end gives more than he takes. A Loser dies clinging to the illusion that winning means taking more than you give. There. |
2008-09-22, 06:50 | Link #2044 |
Anime Snark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 41
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Or really... just ask, who won the bronze in the recent Olympics?
Losers get remembered more than winners? Only if it was of such magnificent fail that the mind astounds from the sheer audacity of it. A winner of fail, so to speak. Cheers.
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2008-09-22, 08:08 | Link #2045 | |
Gregory House
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The fact that you don't understand how much it means for a sportsman to even be able to sit atop a podium in the Olympic games says much about your understanding of sports in general. I hope you never get the chance to celebrate a bronze medal.
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2008-09-22, 10:47 | Link #2047 | |
Anime Snark
Join Date: May 2006
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Cheers.
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2008-09-22, 11:06 | Link #2048 |
Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: http://www.exciting-tits.com/
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But then, Italian football squad still traveling in 1st class after being defeated off the tourney while their gold winner (I forgot which event - never interested in Olympic) travelled home in business class
Totally OT, but I just have to poke in
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2008-09-23, 11:10 | Link #2050 |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 36
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How do you call those structures you have in a garden, usually a big garden like one that belongs to a noble or something, it would be like a stage platform where they would sit and it has a roof over the op but no walls just pillars around it to keep the roof up, think drinking tea in an oversized English old century garden... I forgot what those thinsg are called
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2008-09-23, 11:33 | Link #2052 |
Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: http://www.exciting-tits.com/
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For some reason, gazebo made me lol.. due to a certain joke
but yes.. gazebo is what you looking for
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2008-09-23, 17:45 | Link #2054 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
Age: 44
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Can anyone tell me how the stock market works? A company put like X shares for sale. Other ppl buy it. Who get's the money? Having share % gives u what? Is buying cheap and selling high the only way to get money?
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2008-09-23, 18:04 | Link #2055 | |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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Shareholders don't make their money off of the payouts, in general. Instead, they buy stock in the company and then wait. When the company is performing well, the market speculation drives the prices of the stock higher - that is, there's a greater demand/interest in the company. People can then sell the stock that they own and make a profit. On the other hand, owning stock in a company that fails, or selling stock at a lower price than you bought it for, will result in a monetary loss.
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2008-09-24, 00:42 | Link #2056 | |||
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Subsequently, shareholders trade the shares they own on the stock market, same as how you might trade collector cards between your friends. In these cases, whatever money made or lost from the trade goes to the shareholder, not the company. Quote:
But all shareholders will get a copy of the company's annual report, which publishes figures on the company's performance, including its balance sheet, profit & loss statement and cash-flow statement. Such information gives you a better ability to judge how well (or not) the company is doing and what it intends to do in the future. And lastly, all shareholders will usually get dividends from owning shares in a company. Dividends are essentially a part of the company's operating profit, shared among its "owners". |
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2008-09-24, 07:07 | Link #2058 | |
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