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Comment: Re:The important question is (Score 1) 325


You couldn't be more wrong.










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Comment: Re:I've got a better idea (Score 1) 307

by Bodero (#45192857) Attached to: How To FIx Healthcare.gov: Go Open-Source!




Comment: Re:1000 lb gorilla (Score 1) 187

by Bodero (#44467529) Attached to: Geeks.com Online Shop Has Closed

Wall Street still keeps their stock price up because of rising revenues so Amazon can borrow money with impunity to make up for these losses. This allows them to keep dropping prices even when they are losing money. A small company cannot do this.

Sure they can, though likely they will do it through private equity, not Wall Street. The problem is that few small companies know how to dramatically increase their revenue by creating new industries like cloud computing, and reselling sunk costs like external fulfillment.

It isn't hard to raise revenues when you don't have to care about profitability or cash flow when setting your prices.

Do you really think Amazon doesn't care about profitability or cash flow? Do you believe their business model is, "Fuck it, sell it at a loss, Wall Street will bail us out?"

Comment: Shelf life (Score 4, Informative) 528

by Bodero (#44093619) Attached to: The Glorious Return of the Twinkie

with rumored shelf life on the order of the time span to cool a white dwarf to room temperature

From the AP:




Comment: Re:2nd Amendment Question (Score 1) 551

by Bodero (#43742455) Attached to: A Computer-based Smart Rifle With Incredible Accuracy, Now On Sale

Where do you draw the line between what is and isn't a firearm?

Does the 2nd Amendment allow (in your mind at least) a citizen to have a rocket launcher or a laser gun?

A good question and one that comes up often. The United States Supreme Court has actually clarified the answer to your question in Heller v. DC (2008):


Basically, if a firearm is in common use and not unusual, it shall be protected, but no, the "rocket launcher" would be considered unusual.
