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  Fun with statistics
  nunfetishist (16:37 9/8/2010)
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Rob Kendrick Message #114957, posted by nunfetishist at 16:37, 9/8/2010
nunfetishist
Today's phish is trout a la creme.

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https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtNLzfASDbL3dEZLQjVWRmZjY1VPa0prSFlHclUxOUE&hl=en

Note that there are multiple sheets. Corrections and insights are welcome.
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Peter Howkins Message #114960, posted by flibble at 19:42, 9/8/2010, in reply to message #114957
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It should probably be stated that the 'years' in the first sheet are the reporting year, e.g. 2000 is Jan 1999 to Jan 2000. So it appears off by 11 months ...
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Rob Kendrick Message #115803, posted by nunfetishist at 00:54, 4/11/2010, in reply to message #114957
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Today's phish is trout a la creme.

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This spreadsheet has been updated with the most recent accounts, made available today. ROL's profit and loss is positive! OMG! They do seem to have a hugely valued "stock" though. One assumes this is a bunch of pre-burnt CD-Rs of Select. It also looks like it's the largest profit they've ever made. One assumes this is due to spending next to nothing on development, and still stinging customers. Regardless, the over-all trends spell terror.

(The pretty graphs and such probably only work in modern, standards-compliant browsers.)
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Simon Willcocks Message #115804, posted by Stoppers at 08:09, 4/11/2010, in reply to message #115803
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(The pretty graphs and such probably only work in modern, standards-compliant browsers.)
They're very pretty.

About the news group activity; presumably that's general activity on the news groups, not specific to ROL? Otherwise, we were talking about ROL in 1991.

Could you do the same for, say, Acorn and Castle?
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Rob Kendrick Message #115805, posted by nunfetishist at 09:26, 4/11/2010, in reply to message #115804
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Today's phish is trout a la creme.

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About the news group activity; presumably that's general activity on the news groups, not specific to ROL? Otherwise, we were talking about ROL in 1991.
Yes.
Could you do the same for, say, Acorn and Castle?
If you have the data.
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Jason Togneri Message #115806, posted by filecore at 09:46, 4/11/2010, in reply to message #115805

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Am I the only one who laughed at the name "Wilhemina Tertass-smit"?
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Rob Kendrick Message #115807, posted by nunfetishist at 10:38, 4/11/2010, in reply to message #115806
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Am I the only one who laughed at the name "Wilhemina Tertass-smit"?
No smile
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Simon Willcocks Message #115809, posted by Stoppers at 18:50, 4/11/2010, in reply to message #114957
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Does anyone know why Pace only took a 19.9% share in ROL and not a round 20%? I think I was told that some law or (accounting?) regulation or something kicked in at that point.
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Chris Evans Message #115812, posted by CJE at 12:14, 5/11/2010, in reply to message #115809
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The accounts of companies that another company has a Holding of 20% or more in, are required to be included in their own accounts. So a lot simpler if it can be avoided.
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Rob Kendrick Message #115813, posted by nunfetishist at 12:33, 5/11/2010, in reply to message #115812
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The accounts of companies that another company has a Holding of 20% or more in, are required to be included in their own accounts. So a lot simpler if it can be avoided.
One assumes that Castle Technology Ltd. must include ROL's accounts in their own, then? Might be interesting to get hold of that data.
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Chris Evans Message #115814, posted by CJE at 13:27, 5/11/2010, in reply to message #115813
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It might only apply to PLC's. Last time I heard CTL's accounts were late!
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Rob Kendrick Message #115815, posted by nunfetishist at 13:53, 5/11/2010, in reply to message #115814
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It might only apply to PLC's. Last time I heard CTL's accounts were late!
Something ROL appear to be frequently guilty of that, too.
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keith dunlop Message #115816, posted by epistaxsis at 17:45, 5/11/2010, in reply to message #115815
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It might only apply to PLC's. Last time I heard CTL's accounts were late!
Something ROL appear to be frequently guilty of that, too.
Of course CJE's accounts are full and have everything in stock wink

(sorry couldn't resist! smile )
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