User Comments - pretzellogic

Posted on: Playing the Stock Market

Equity analysts tend to discuss market drivers (there are always three or more drivers, don't ask me why) and catalysts when talking about the stock market, at least in the US.  How do you say:

The drivers behind Cisco's growth are the growth of the internet, the growth of networking within the enterprise, and growth of home networking

The Catalyst that will move this stock is the US's move away from oil as a primary fuel.

Posted on: Pirates under attack!

Humanitad, thanks, I had already done so. Nciku is certainly helpful.

Posted on: Pirates under attack!

humanitad, i'm tired of going back and forth to Google Translate to figure out hanzi, so i'll take you guys' word for it. 

I was going to link to other relevant horizontal mambo/pirate references, but it seems that there are lines that not even pretzellogic will cross....

Posted on: Pirates under attack!

horizontal mambo.  well, that's a start....

Posted on: Pirates under attack!

humanitad, I had no idea.  You learn something new everyday. Well, you're obligated now to tell me what not to step in, right? Should someone tell me that they'd like to engage in fisticuffs with me, what exactly do they mean, wink,wink, nudge, nudge?  Clearly, there are a lot of double entendres that can go many different ways. I don't get out much, and certainly not with 20something cool, hip and trendy types. Enlighten me.

Posted on: The North Has Central Heating

the couple in this lesson likely live in a brand new apartment with high quality windows, and maybe on the top floor. The apartments I lived in in the north were still cold even when central heating was turned on, which wasn't until November 15th.  Thank God for long johns.

Posted on: The Dragonfly Experience

In the grand scheme of things, I think it's interesting that of the people that post, or the people that might be interested in posting, that there seems to be way more interest in the cultural aspects of China than the business aspects of China.

I would have loved a business show that discussed details of the business model and earnings model of Dragonfly or a small business in China.

Posted on: The Dragonfly Experience

yes, niche, as in this case, a market segment.  Dragonfly doesn't position itself to serve everyone in China that wants a massage, just people with enough money to pay for a specific "experience" that goes along with the massage. So it's filling the market niche of people willing to pay for a high end massage "experience".

Posted on: Christmas Surprise

I want fluency in Chinese for christmas.

Posted on: Warm Winter Clothes

languagepowerstruggle, interesting that you suggested that. Unfortunately, the Chinese don't seem to play a lot of No Limit Texas Hold 'em. At least not in Beijing, and not in the street. Strip chess sounds oxymoronic somehow.....