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Trophy hunting subsidized as a way to preserve wildlife.

14-Jul-15 9:44

See if you can get a copy for Chris - I hear he's in need of something for his iMac! Poke tongue | ;-P

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Cornelius Henning14-Jul-15 9:28

Cornelius Henning

14-Jul-15 9:28

I quote:

The World Bank has allocated $700 000 to bolster trophy hunting of elephants and lions in Mozambique as a way to preserve wildlife.

Huh? OMG | :OMG:

http://www.news24.com/Green/News/World-Bank-funds-sport-hunting-to-preserve-wildlife-20150714[^]

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Re: Trophy hunting subsidized as a way to preserve wildlife.

Richard Andrew x6414-Jul-15 9:40

Richard Andrew x64

14-Jul-15 9:40

Cornelius Henning wrote:
Huh?

It makes sense if you think about it. The locals will be motivated to guard the animal populations if they can make money by allowing trophy hunting.

The model has been successful elsewhere.

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Re: Trophy hunting subsidized as a way to preserve wildlife.

Maximilien14-Jul-15 9:44

Maximilien

14-Jul-15 9:44

Better that than uncontrolled poaching of big games.

I'd rather be phishing!

Re: Trophy hunting subsidized as a way to preserve wildlife.

Eddy Vluggen14-Jul-15 9:48

Re: Trophy hunting subsidized as a way to preserve wildlife.

14-Jul-15 9:48

Money can still buy everything, it seems.

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W∴ Balboos, GHB15-Jul-15 2:21

W∴ Balboos, GHB

15-Jul-15 2:21

Wellllllll . . . consider the World Bank's track record for bolstering government economies.

This is obviously a form of genocide against the Elephants and Lions.

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Plenty of Cash

Kent Sharkey14-Jul-15 7:13

Kent Sharkey

14-Jul-15 7:13

Legend has it that Plenty of Fish (no linkie, I'm sure you can find it if you don't already have an account) was started by the developer as an exercise in learning ASP.NET. He (pretty much personally) grew that into a very highly scaled and profitable business[^] over the last twelve years (USD6,000,000/year in Google ads). Now he's selling it to Match[^] (.com) for USD575Million. OMG | :OMG:

Maybe Chris needs to set up dates for the hamsters (or sheep?) or something.

TTFN - Kent

Eddy Vluggen14-Jul-15 7:22

14-Jul-15 7:22

Kent Sharkey wrote:
for USD575Million

..in cash?

Now that would be news Smile | :)

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OriginalGriff14-Jul-15 7:39

OriginalGriff

14-Jul-15 7:39

Eddy Vluggen wrote:
..in cash?

Now that would be news

It's only just enough to buy you a world cup event!

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Eddy Vluggen14-Jul-15 7:46

14-Jul-15 7:46

Selling something for a specific value does not equal to holding that amount in cash.

And yes, sounds like a lot, but prices are rather distorted. I'd also be pointing out that the architecture allows for scalability - which is worth a lot, but that does not make the complete company scalable.

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User 842014-Jul-15 8:20

14-Jul-15 8:20

Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Selling something for a specific value does not equal to holding that amount in cash.

In this case it sure looks like it does.

Quote from article:
The Match Group, the global operator of digital dating products such as Match, Tinder, OkCupid and Meetic, and a subsidiary of IAC announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase PlentyOfFish for US $575 million in cash.

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Eddy Vluggen14-Jul-15 8:44

14-Jul-15 8:44

Whaha, cool Laugh | :laugh:

..and wise.

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User 842014-Jul-15 8:49

14-Jul-15 8:49

Eddy Vluggen wrote:
...and wise.

Yep, time for Markus Frind to buy an estate on a tropical island and live off the interest. Cool | :cool:

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter14-Jul-15 8:49

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

14-Jul-15 8:49

"in cash" means that the prize will not be payed in goods, like options...but cash does not mean that the buyer will show with a shoe-box filled with bank notes - it will be done on the wire...

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User 842014-Jul-15 8:51

14-Jul-15 8:51

Of course, but I think Eddy was commenting that many deals like this are for stock or stock options that end up being worth a bit less than advertised.

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Eddy Vluggen14-Jul-15 9:35

14-Jul-15 9:35

Mostly, yes, with an optional part of credit in your local currency. If someone says "cash", I expect real "cash" Smile | :)

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Eddy Vluggen14-Jul-15 9:31

14-Jul-15 9:31

Ah, so virtual money is called 'cash' these days too?

I got some Warcraft-cash that I'd like to trade for that car Smile | :)

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New programming analogy

B. Clay Shannon14-Jul-15 5:30

B. Clay Shannon

14-Jul-15 5:30

As there is "nothing new under the sun," perhaps this is not really new, after all, but it struck me that programming is a lot like choreography, as coders must previsualize and plan the precise movements of multiple "dancers" so that they cooperate in space and time and, especially, do not collide with one another.

A case (or at least a six-pack) in point is the choreography that must take place between the server-side code (such as C#) and the client-side code (such as jQuery) in an ASP.NET or Sharepoint (or other type?) of app.

Unfortunately, while aspiring to a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers-type of partnership, I often end up with what looks and sounds more like a mosh pit populated by drug-addled psychos.

Gary R. Wheeler14-Jul-15 6:29

Gary R. Wheeler

14-Jul-15 6:29

Maybe the hokey-pokey really is what it's all about.

Software Zen: delete this;

B. Clay Shannon14-Jul-15 6:34

B. Clay Shannon

14-Jul-15 6:34

los*; Good response!

* los == "laughing out silently" - after all, I am at work.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz14-Jul-15 12:43

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

14-Jul-15 12:43

So, Shannon, just why do you want to B Clay?

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charlieg14-Jul-15 12:56

charlieg

14-Jul-15 12:56

No, no, no. At first the dance starts. Then the lead pulls a bonehead move, and the second whacks him. All downhill from there Smile | :)

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patbob15-Jul-15 8:31

patbob

15-Jul-15 8:31

So.. does this mean you subscribe to the Three Stooge Choreography school of software design? Smile | :)

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