Comments on: Start…to save the world. http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/ Melting down disparate elements to form a new reality. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: justin http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 justin Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:09:12 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/#comment-1432 also, and adam would have to confirm this, but (gross profit) profit is what is made before you subtract operating expenses. At least that is what I learned at NSCC.lol Sales (revenue) - the cost of goods sold (cost of producing or aquiring product or services to be sold)= profit Profit - operating expenses (marketing,administative expenses ect)=operating income then you have taxes and intrest expenses on borrowed money (if there is any in this case) when you take that out you get the net income my point is that profit does not equal net income. I doubt they offer too many business classes up there but that is what I learned down here. Either way they make a lot of money but profit is before the operating expences not after. also, and adam would have to confirm this, but (gross profit) profit is what is made before you subtract operating expenses. At least that is what I learned at NSCC.lol

Sales (revenue) - the cost of goods sold (cost of producing or aquiring product or services to be sold)= profit

Profit - operating expenses (marketing,administative expenses ect)=operating income
then you have taxes and intrest expenses on borrowed money (if there is any in this case) when you take that out you get the net income

my point is that profit does not equal net income. I doubt they offer too many business classes up there but that is what I learned down here. Either way they make a lot of money but profit is before the operating expences not after.

]]> By: justin http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 justin Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:57:54 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/#comment-1431 92 million out of a 26 billion seems about right for expenses. Newmans own is set up like a charitable foundation, microsoft is not. Why should a business, a public owned business, give profits to charity when their owner already gives more then most countries do. This is also what the gates have donated I wouldn't be surprised if microsoft, as a company, donates money. take a look to see if microsoft created the ipod. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=36099539665548298&q=microsoft+ipod 92 million out of a 26 billion seems about right for expenses. Newmans own is set up like a charitable foundation, microsoft is not. Why should a business, a public owned business, give profits to charity when their owner already gives more then most countries do. This is also what the gates have donated I wouldn’t be surprised if microsoft, as a company, donates money.

take a look to see if microsoft created the ipod.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=36099539665548298&q=microsoft+ipod

]]> By: Kyle http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Kyle Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:16:49 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/#comment-1430 I don't know about that, Justin. I mean, it looks like they spend $92 million on program and administrative expenses, so not all the money goes to charity. But that's beside the point, which is that the Microsoft Corporation makes over $1 billion in profit every month. And if Microsoft were to copy Newman's Own and donate that to various charities, good things may happen. Which brings me to Wyatt. The chance that they'd donate to stupid-ass shit is why I suggested a worldwide vote. Of course, the danger there is that we'd end up donating a billion dollars to Brangelina's new baby, but hey, even those born with golden genes are gonna have some suffering too, right? I don’t know about that, Justin. I mean, it looks like they spend $92 million on program and administrative expenses, so not all the money goes to charity.

But that’s beside the point, which is that the Microsoft Corporation makes over $1 billion in profit every month. And if Microsoft were to copy Newman’s Own and donate that to various charities, good things may happen.

Which brings me to Wyatt. The chance that they’d donate to stupid-ass shit is why I suggested a worldwide vote. Of course, the danger there is that we’d end up donating a billion dollars to Brangelina’s new baby, but hey, even those born with golden genes are gonna have some suffering too, right?

]]> By: justin http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 justin Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:41:15 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/#comment-1429 Kyle the gates foundation is a charitable foundation meaning that its net worth is pretty much all for charity. That is something like 26 billion dollars, all for charity. Kyle the gates foundation is a charitable foundation meaning that its net worth is pretty much all for charity. That is something like 26 billion dollars, all for charity.

]]> By: Wyatt http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Wyatt Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:38:18 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/06/19/startto-save-the-world/#comment-1427 I've also read somewhere (can't cite the source at the moment, so take this with a grain of salt) that Gates has been a huge funding supplier for the Discovery Institute, which is the bankroll behind the "Intelligent Design" hoopla. In which case, the MS "better future" might look like some strange amalgamation of medieval metaphysics and techno-progress. Maybe they could write glitchy software for that old <i>deus ex machina</i> thing. I’ve also read somewhere (can’t cite the source at the moment, so take this with a grain of salt) that Gates has been a huge funding supplier for the Discovery Institute, which is the bankroll behind the “Intelligent Design” hoopla. In which case, the MS “better future” might look like some strange amalgamation of medieval metaphysics and techno-progress. Maybe they could write glitchy software for that old deus ex machina thing.

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