Investors, at least the smart ones, are not primarily interested in profits.

They are interested in growth. A company that has zero growth potential and a stable profit paid in dividends can be far less attractive than a company posting losses with massive potential growth potential. Especially when capital gains taxes are a factor as they are in the US.
This is not always the case depending on your circumstances but most often is.

Remember the finance 101 law that states share price increases are always better than dividends because with share increases you can choose to sell some of your shares and get the same effect as dividends should you want it.

Also remember that, theoretically, share price is a combination of current company value with future growth potential and risk factored in. (hence why most stocks are valued far in excess of their book value) Risk is mitigated by investors across their portfolios (unless they are idiots) and in fact they would WANT them to take risks for the potential gains.

So yes, government and company books are nothing like personal accounts.

With government books it is wise to save during booms and spend like crazy during crashes to help smooth the economic cycle and prevent depressions. Completely counter intuitive to personal spending.

I meant a proper overlay not a video feed and overlay.

Very much in the realm of science fiction at the moment.

I don't think they are directly comparable. This is apples and pears. (not oranges as the concepts are somewhat related)

I think there is a place for both - in fact I am not sure why so many people are missing this as it seem blatantly obvious to me. Hell, maybe in the distant future there will be a single device capable of both.
In fact I find arguments that are merely penis measuring competitions between the two to be wholly ridiculous.

Having said that, if you compare the PROMISE of the technology compared to the implementation I would say that it is clear that MS AR is the one severely lacking. Especially when one considers their marketing hype versus the reality. VR is living up to its tech promise - I am ignoring price here as this is irrelevant to my point.

But again, these are two separate technologies that have overlap but in practice have very different application.

Actually I do take it well. In fact people comment on this. I am more than happy to accept when I am wrong. I am an academic at heart which I credit to the 7 years I taught at university.

But taking criticism well does NOT mean accepting some random persons demonstrably incorrect and patronizing assumptions as fact (I even took the time to explain why) and allowing them sit in a cloud of smugness pretending they have all the answers when they clearly do not.

If it bothers you that I used a passionate rebuttal to the original poster then that is your problem to deal with. I was responding to his snide post in kind while not detracting from the main point which I would firmly argue was the correct way to deal with it. It certainly deserved it.

I then responded in kind to your incredibly incorrect premises and snarky, patronizing tone in kind also. While pretending to be "classy" can make the small minded feel superior I am a firm believer that sometimes you just have to whack a fool when he deserves it - be that intellectually or otherwise.

I also turn 40 this year....so wrong yet again buddy.

How wrong can one person be before they just admit defeat?! The mind boggles.

This ridiculousness conversation is over for me now but feel free to have that last word you were pretending you don't care about...

You are correct, what I was saying wasn't stupid at all. In fact it was very intelligent and somewhat amusing.

Psychotic: relating to, denoting, or suffering from a psychosis
Psychosis: a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

Since this was a metaphor and not a diagnosis I stand by my words 100%. I was (correctly) implying that he was detracted from reality and acting irrationally.

It also just so happens I have a degree in psychology among other things.

I NEVER write ANYTHING to score "points". I say what I think. Usually after much thought on the topic but not always because I am human.

I am not sure how much more wrong you could be but I imagine it would take herculean effort to achieve such.

But nice try guy - please play again sometime.

It works both ways both phonetically and metaphorically.

Also I hate pedants.

I apologize. Sometimes I construct comments which require an IQ above 80 to understand...

It works both ways both phonetically and metaphorically.

Not that I want to interrupt the flow of your psychotic and irrational ranting...but...

Were one to be strategically releasing things one would want to release something a little juicy at the beginning to wet the appetite and begin the story you are trying to tell. (i.e. leading to the sacking of corrupt DNC head)

Then fill the middle with the less interesting stuff so it will be reported, continue momentum as possible and create an ongoing story. In marketing it is important to at least double tap the consumer - one impression is too easily forgettable. Remember the media and general public are like a child with ADHD - keeping their attention is difficult and they are easily distracted by shiny, disingenuous, prepackaged speeches.

Once all that is out of the way one might end with a bang in a final awesome explosion of fireworks as the Demo convention closes. Maybe more than one if one had them.

Now I have no evidence that they have any evidence that might lead to this. But likewise you have no evidence that they do not.

So I guess what I am saying is that you are going off half cocked while acting like a cock crowing far too early and likely to end up under the farmer's axe when your irrational ranting is shown to be just that...

What the fuck are you talking about son?

Your comment makes absolutely no sense in the context of what I wrote.

It is demonstrable FACT that the democrats are in the center right of politics globally. Calling them socially liberal is laughable.

And I have noticed that hypocrisy and right wing parties seem to go together like wine and cheese.

The democrats are not a liberal party. They are a center right party at best.

So its no surprise they are hypocrites...

Easy:

Hash made up up user-specific facebook hash token + wifi password has token. Authentication is done via windows to verify the wifi password hash and contacts the facebook open authentication server (as many other servers do already for shared logins) to make sure the person requesting access is who they say they are. For additional security the comms during auth will be secure also.

So to access the system you would need the wifi hash and a valid ("live") FB token. About as safe or safer as many other things currently being used...

Also you don't give away your original password so they cannot "lend" it to a friend or write it down. One could make a case for how this is practically more safe than the current method....

But I am sure there are fastidious people out there who will be up in arms about this regardless...same sort who make password restrictions so difficult everyone just writes their passwords down and keeps them in the top draw.

Speaking as someone from a country that idolises lamb and mint sauce...that sounds more like a desert...

As a non-US person I have noticed that your recipes can contain up to 5x the sugar I would ever think to put in a dish.

I guess this is a desensitisation thing?

The mind really does boggle...

What a complete load of shite.

You are another one like Karma Shock. My response to you is the same...

You just don't get it, do you?

You quite obviously lack the skills, knowledge and mental capacity to hold this conversation with.

I am done with you.