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Topic: Bit (money)


  
  Bit (money) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The bit is a unit of money worth 1/8 of a Spanish dollar (peso).
Because there was no one-bit coin, a dime (10c) was sometimes called a short bit and 15c a long bit.
From 1905 to 1917, the Danish West Indies used stamps denominated in bits and francs with 100 bits to the franc; the lowest value was five bits.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bit_(money)   (291 words)

  
 Bit (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bit (money) is 1/8 of a dollar: two bits is a quarter, i.e, 25 cents.
A drill bit is fitted to a rotary drill and is used to drill holes.
Bits are also a specific kind of remote-controlled space weapon from the Universal Century timeline of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime metaseries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bit_(disambiguation)   (282 words)

  
 bit-tech.net | First you get the Money...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
People did it to improve their digital heroes, there was no real-world gain and the purpose was purely to have a good character by either being tougher or gaining a faster route to content they couldn't or wouldn't plough through low levels for.
Items and money were geared around how much the players were prepared to pay and how much time people were prepared to invest in something which essentially didn't exist; basically people needed to still care about the game.
Money is the ultimate equaliser, it makes people do things they generally wouldn't be interested in doing (would any of us would choose to work for a living).
www.bit-tech.net /column/51   (1051 words)

  
 Money - Wikiquote
Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal wlth one another must deal by trade and give value for value.
Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears or of the looters, who take it from you by force.
Money is created when banks lend it into existence When a bank provides you with a $100,000 mortgage, it creates only the principal, which you spend and which then circulates in the economy.
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Money   (4580 words)

  
 Why Money? A Sermon on 2 Corinthians 8 and 9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A second use of money: in addition to providing for necessities, God tells us that one of the uses of money is that we might enjoy it.
I had the money, and I could have bought the present myself -- I would be happy for his desire to give me something, but I don't have any more resources at the end of the game than I had at the beginning.
In context, Jesus could not possibly be talking about money; had he promised the rich young ruler that giving up all that he had today would have been a good investment, the rich young ruler might well have stayed to follow Jesus.
tcpiii.tripod.com /money2.htm   (5373 words)

  
 Shelling Out -- The Origins of Money
American Indians had been using money for millenia, and quite useful money it turned out to be for the newly arrived Europeans -- despite the prejudice among some that only metal with the faces of their political leaders stamped on it constituted real money.
Money for this purpose can work either as a medium of exchange or simply as a standard of value -- as long as the number of money prices themselves do not grow too large to memorize or change too often.
With money Alice could gather for Bob during the ripening of the blueberries this month, and Bob hunt for Alice during the migration of the mammoth herds six months later, without either having to keep track of who owed who, or trust the other's memory or honesty.
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 Money Management
The following is a bit of wisdom from my octogenarian uncle who is both a very spiritual man and a very successful man. He has managed his own money very well and helps others do the same as part of his ministry for God.
("Money" is a proxy for material possessions.) I am firmly convinced that success in this vital activity of life is rooted in one's attitude toward wealth, its accumulation, and its use in every day life.
Therefore, I find that the first step in successful money management is a journey of the heart to acquire the necessary attitude.
www.sourcelight.net /money_management.htm   (849 words)

  
 GigaOM : » BitTorrent, seeded, now waits for VC funds
In less than a year, Bit Torrent has gone from being an illegal file sharing network to being the network that is being used to distribute legal content.
The Bit Torrent search engine, and soon a torrent directory service will bring the company one step closer to becoming an even more legitimate part of the broadband world.
We are developing bit torrent plugins for our podcasting software to enable podcasters to put their media out there via torrents.
gigaom.com /2005/08/11/bittorrent-seeded-now-waits-for-vc-funds   (2302 words)

  
 Industrial Distribution - Cut to The Bit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The carbide portion of a rotary hammer bit is called the cutter, or small piece (or pieces) of carbide braised to the bit's head to create the tip.
Solid bits are the most common carbide bit in the U.S. Though they range from 5/32 to 1½ in.
Core bits extend solid bits beyond their largest capacities, evident in the fact that a solid bit serves as a pilot bit for the accessory.
www.manufacturing.net /ind/article/CA6318506.html?nid=2787   (1348 words)

  
 How to obtain the 128-bit encryption feature for Money
Money requires a high level of data encryption when it connects to a server.
Money determines your current security specifications when you run the Setup program and makes any upgrades that you must have at that time.
When you install Money 5.0 on a computer that has this 40-bit version of the Schannel.dll file, Money does not install its version of the Schannel.dll file because the version of this file on the system is a later version.
support.microsoft.com /kb/175409/en-us   (778 words)

  
 Does havin' money, make ya feel jus' a bit better? - Off Topic Central
Money allows us to focus on the one kind of work we like best, and trade with other people for the things we need.
In the Bible, Jesus actually said that the "love of money is the root of all sorts of evil".
It amazes me that people seem to think that if there was no money they wouldn't have to work, and all their problems would be solved.
www.otcentral.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5593   (1914 words)

  
 Money   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
And in many cases money is primarily a unit of account, with exchange of trade goods and other barter being the principal means of exchange.
The “Bit” and Pfenning are minted locally with the “Bit” being made of copper or bronze and the Pfenning being a combination of silver and copper.
The minting of the silver Mark is restricted to the cities of the Mark League, and the passing of a false mark is a crime in most of Europa.
www.terra-viejo.net /Guide/Money.htm   (352 words)

  
 Money
The best option for keeping your money someplace safe is to place it in a numbered bank account where no one’s likely to be able to get at it.
Filtering your money from a secure bank account into an offshore holding company, then into a local holding company, then onto your credstick as a “bonus for exceptional work” or an “incentive” is then one of the most secure methods for getting your cred laundered properly.
Global Money Consultants has a page on the Austrian “Sparbuch” that suggests another novel way for shadowrunners to be paid, and the site is full of other wonderfully useful information.
www.amurgsval.org /shadowrun/money.html   (3363 words)

  
 X-bit labs Community :: View topic - Michael Jackson guilty or another money grab by the parents?
Or travel to other countries "on vacation" and arrange to be with children (have them brought to him blindfolded and returned to brothel owners in the same fashion etc.)...
I could be wrong of course, and he may be guilty of the crimes, but I think deep down this is a money grab myself....
He hasn't had a hit in ages and spends money like it's water, so it wouldn't surprise me if he was close to broke.
www.xbitlabs.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=2304   (1941 words)

  
 Bit by Bit
The point is all of this is time lost and thus is costing you and you’re your business money on top of anything the vendor may charge.
Bit by Bit can help give you that time and money back by simply getting you back to your business faster.
At Bit by Bit we have the skills and resources necessary to assist with any of your technology platforms.
www.bitbybittech.net   (313 words)

  
 RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode When You Try to Microwave Them
We could have left it at that, but we have also paid attention to the European Union and the 'rfid' tracking devices placed in their money, and the blatant bragging of Walmart and many corporations of using 'rfid' electronics on every marketable item by the year 2005.
We've had E mails saying they do, they don't, 'you're all kooks' etc etc. What is confirmed is the public policy to embed US and European money with high tech tracking devices as part of the hulking surveillance society.
Our clothes are being tagged, our money, where ever we go we are caught on CCTV numerous times a day, cameras are going up in the streets, the schools, in bathrooms.
www.prisonplanet.com /022904rfidtagsexplode.html   (966 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Little bit of Bourbon at Davis
Not far down the hall, others were gathered around a student who was singing and pounding out a tune on the piano while another played the violin.
The most action was in the commons area where a live jazz band played and some students took to the dance floor, swinging their partners to classic jazz.
Students are encouraged to do a job or two around the house to earn the money to donate.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,610152888,00.html   (663 words)

  
 THE MYSTERY READER reviews: Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
You’d think, just once, he’d produce something that doesn’t quite work, falls a little below par, is a bit clunky in places.
Okay, it’s getting a little surreal - “How did he suddenly get to be forty?” Steve Carella wonders about himself, which would make him minus-five years old when the series began - but it’s still just as lean, efficient, gripping and smart as it’s always been.
Money, Money, Money features some seemingly unconnected murders, some apparently counterfeit money, and a publishing company that is inexplicably spending a fortune promoting a line of deeply uninteresting books.
www.themysteryreader.com /mcbain-money.html   (486 words)

  
 Money I/O   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This board allows the controller to determine when change is inserted and control various aspects of the Coke machine, such as spitting out nickels and putting the machine into a state where a beverage can be released.
The purchase pulse bit should be pulsed high and low to put the machine into a state where the next "button push" will release a beverage.
A quarter being inserted is indicated by both the dime and nickel bits being high.
www.cs.caltech.edu /~bret/coke/hardware/money.html   (414 words)

  
 MSN Money - Worried about the market? Be ready to act fast
The bulls are likely to whoop it up a bit longer with the easy money boys at the Fed, but lower prices lie ahead.
Fortunately, however, it hasn't cost me any money as I have avoided tangling with the stock for about a year now.
MSN Money's editorial goal is to provide a forum for personal finance and investment ideas.
moneycentral.msn.com /content/P139883.asp   (1079 words)

  
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Still, it all fell a bit flat, and was not very memorable as a whole.
It's too bad "The Great Money Caper's" general cleverness fled it when it came time for the ending, which was one of those off-the-wall, "we couldn't think of a way to end this" endings.
Gene Poole answers: The very sad part is the fact that they made tonight's ending as a direct joke to those of you who tear each episode apart bit by bit and find nothing redeeming about the show, and yet you miss the point and see it as another flaw in the show.
www.snpp.com /episodes/CABF03   (5649 words)

  
 GigaOM : » Bit Torrent raises $8.75 million
Finally there is confirmation of what I had earlier reported - BitTorrent, according to regulatory filing dated September 12, has raised $8.75 million in a Series A funding round led by DCM-Doll Capital Management.
But it could be used by detractors that keep trying to say Bit Torrent is an evil file sharing tool, when really it’s just a protocol, and attacking it is as useful as attacking email.
That would be like putting money into HTTP or SSH.
gigaom.com /2005/09/23/bit-torrent-raises-875-million   (544 words)

  
 AFGHANISTAN: BASIC NEEDS AND A BIT OF LUXURY THANKS TO DRUG MONEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
That buzz is a familiar accompaniament until dusk when the electricity is restored but does little to disturb daily life as many Kabulis have enough money to generate electricity for their own needs.
The same profit ratio is also earned by the middle man and the effect goes down the whole chain wherever the money passes and that’s how a natural substitute has taken root all over Afghanistan,” he added.
Afghanistan is estimated to produce 87 percent of the world's supply of opium (4,519 tonnes this season, down two percent from 2004), with nearly half of the country's 4.5 billion dollar-economy coming from opium cultivation and trafficking.
www.adnki.com /index_2Level.php?cat=Trends&loid=8.0.212605348&par=0   (742 words)

  
 Expresso | IndyStar.com
For some people, notably the aged, it's a cost they are willing to pay in order to save money; their time, after all, is no longer as valuable as it was when they were 30 or 40.
By far the majority of the people made their money off of the land; to imply otherwise is very misleading.
The reality is that it was probably more of a 50/50, with some Americans as farmers (which really means they didn't make money off their land as much as they made money by farming it, which requires more than just land) while others were artisans, craftsmen, lawyers, laborers (including free Blacks) and the like.
blogs.indystar.com /expresso/archives/2005/10/on_the_editoria_1.html   (3782 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The entropy in bits # of a random variable over a finite alphabet is defined # to be the sum of -p(i)*log2(p(i)) over the alphabet where # p(i) is the probability that the random variable takes # on the value i.
They need # 11 leap days in 30 years to stay in # sync with the lunar year which is a # bit longer than the 29.5 days of the # average month.
But beware: for # transmission over modems, a # few extra bits are used so # there are actually 10 bits per # byte.
www.calcula.org /calcula/units.dat   (8236 words)

  
 Why we must keep the dream alive - English Amiga Board
You can spend money on developers other then M$ (many of which are the same developers you supported on the amiga) for your apps and OS.
I guess your just to hung up on commodore (even though you develope on the satan machine like a good little money grubbing developer) to see that there is no difference in WHO ended up owning the market, because to get where we are todat SOMEBODY would have had to own it.
Bill gates is too busy counting the money made from people who cant stand his product or his guts but still make a living for him and themselves developing for M$.
eab.abime.net /showthread.php?t=9870   (5637 words)

  
 Your Money: Is investing a lump sum or bit by bit a better strategy? (printable version)
For many people, the only way to invest is a bit at a time, typically through a 401(k) plan.
But if you do invest a bit at a time, your investment returns could be considerably different from what you see the funds advertise.
At the end of the period, you had put $12,000 of your own money into the fund.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=95300   (539 words)

  
 For love and a little bit of money - Business - Business - smh.com.au
This exercise is called loss-leading and is a way of getting customers into their shops who will also buy a trolley full of products at full margin.
Sure, this sounds like a lot of money but in the overall scheme of things it isn't.
And the reason Minchin has been able to take the mantle of Scrooge this year is because the investment banking community and all those other advisers like accountants, lawyers and public relations consultants are prepared to take kudos for fees.
www.smh.com.au /news/business/for-love-and-a-little-bit-of-money/2005/11/24/1132703313964.html   (868 words)

  
 GameSurge - The Mailbag - Our viewers talk back.
That's because there's people getting money on their work.
So, if game developers are getting poorer, it's harder to make a good game, and also the price has to go up cause developers need money to survive.
This results in a quality decrease in games and also the final user will be affected by the higher prices.
www.gamesurge.com /features/mailbag/index.shtml   (529 words)

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