Cox Crow
Asking the Stupid Questions Since 1971
Monday, November 25, 2002Checking the Numbers
I wonder, do investors do any math based on the numbers given in financial statements, or do they only depend on the executive summary and analysts' reports?4:01:45 PM # Google It!
Charitable Contributions, or Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Luke Frankl has taken up the gauntlet thrown down by Larry Lessig: "How many people have given to EFF more money than they have given to their local telecom to give them shitty DSL service?" [via Boing Boing]
In this season of giving and gratitude, this is an interesting way to balance your books. When we give, it is often from what is left over, what we can spare from what remains. Spare change for the Little Orphan Animals. Instead, tally your expenditures, and for each class, give an equivalent amount in funds, goods, or services.
9:35:14 AM # Google It!
As we find that the options for unfettered expression of free speech are further and further constrained -- protest-free zones, pre-emptive arrests, prior restraint -- wireless networks emerge as one of the Weapons of Mass Dissemination in the arsenal of democracy.
[80211b News]
