OPEC has been surprisingly stable compared to historic cartels, largely due to the Saudi dominance and willingness to bear the brunt when the inevitable cheating occurred.
They're playing a different game now, though: that shale isn't going away, and the price of producing it is a ceiling on the cartel price.
*All* cartels eventually end by cheating; some just get there faster than others . . .
(And the *real* key to the Debars cartel was somehow convincing people that the least desirable gemstone, the plain white wine, was the most desirable and only thing to put in an engagement ring . . . before that, diamonds were *less* valuable than rubies, sapphires, etc. . ..)
EMACS is indeed the only software that ever caused me physical injury.
After a multi-day editing binge on a CKIE keyboard I went to the campus medical center. Muscle strain on my left pinky from rotate/stretch/curl of my large hands to hit control...
Now, I would never tamper with University property but a couple of days later days later, there was a little piece of plastic next to my keyboard , and the shift-lock no longer toggled allowing me to remap the control key to where God meant it tone. . .
>I don't want to accept those cookies, I want to say >"this site can set cookies, this site can fuck off"... that >has been a standard feature of Firefox for at least a >decade.
It's not that new . . . it long predates the firefox name and mozilla foundation.
I think it was in Netscape 3 . . . I don't remember if it's older than that.
>Funny how only the governor's wife gets invited into such investment opportunities.
Actually, no, it wasn't that limited.
Her broker, in another case and as part of his plea deal for a felony conviction, explained how bribers were laundered at the time in Arkansas.
At the time (now changed), a futures order in that market only indicated the brokerage, not the client. When Joe wanted to bribe Kevin, they each opened an account with Lenny. Lenny would put in two offsetting orders (a buy and a sell). At the end of the day, the transaction that lost would go in Joe's account, and the profitable one into Kevins (unlike the stock market, this was a zero sum game, and the gain and loss would be identical amounts).
I recall a time 10 or 15 years ago when I actually had to use ed . . . I vaguely want today that the debian I was using had dynamically linked vi, or some such, and it just wasn't available that early in the boot sequence. Or maybe/usr or/bin hadn't mounted; it's been a while.
What I really remember from it was the shock of needing to use ed for the first time in decades, and relief that I could pull it off . . .
My first mac (a 1984 128k) still works, my Macintosh Portable would work if I had the capacitors redone, my Mac Classic still works, and my Powerbook 180 (1994) would probably still work if it hadn't used those wretched IBM hard drives with the 99.9% failure rate (that is, if I reassembled, it would probably power up and boot off a floppy now).
My 2008 or so macbook died of pulling a spent staple to the magnetic port, shorting the fuse, and my SE/30 was fatally damaged by early chipmerchant memory modules that were a touch to big and broke the sockets.
I think the rest are still running . . . including a 2010 powerbook for my second daughter, a pair of 2011 macbook airs for the twins, a 2013 (?) air for my eldest , this new macbook my 15" retina pro . . .
And it only took that long with apple if you took it to a shop.
By the early 90s, maybe earlier, you called apple (Monday), they overnighted you a prepaid box, you overnighted to Armonk (Tuesday), which usually got it back in that night's outgoing overnight(Wednesday, for Thursday arrival).
I compare Harbor Freight to the rental price; they tend to be similar. So if it's something that might be useful for a second job somewhere down the line, I buy from them, otherwise I rent. I have no delusion it will be usable a third time.
Oh,and if it's something that could kill me if defective, forget it . . . like a jack stand.
similarly, I bought a bluehawk (?) 22" chainsaw--I have two trees to come down in my back yard, but in separate years (one is shading the fruit trees that will replace it). Cost about the same as renting twice from home depot, and it's there in the garage for some job down the future.
Jupiter is just claiming that after harassing all ofthdeose asteroids, and keeping the from reaching better orbits . . . no-one wants to talk about this, but this "gas ceiling" is a real problem.
Except for trackers, such as double-click, I've never blocked an ad for being an ad. I don't even use a list on adblock.
I *do* block anything that blinks, wanders around, animates, or makes noise, including the purported content, such as rollbars of "content" for the local paper.
If it's static, I keep it; if it's dynamic, it goes.
> CP/M was often customized for different brands of computers,
No.
CP/M had no standard format for 5.25" disks. That wasn't an "often" customized; you made your format, and used CP/M to get binary compatibility.
Some late entrants such as Kaypro were capable of reading many formats, and sometimes a machine could be programmed to read other formats, but it wasn't that CP/M got customized to a format, but adapted to use what the machine had.
hawk, who was there
p.s. CP/M had byte 3, which could redirect IO; it had four two bit fields to map logical devices to physical, making it easy to send, for example the screen output to the printer. There was no equivalent in CP/M 86 or QDOS, err, MSDOS.
Actually, that scene is what led to modern special effects from ILM.
If you check, you'll see that one "Carrie Fisher" was admitted at that time to the emergency room for plasma burns, not heat reflection. As a consequence, the Screen Actor's Guild insisted that no more live blasters be used, even if the stuntman was capable of missing.
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History isn' the only thing. Stories alone could be problematic . . .
Suppose it read an unabridged Grimm? (not the disney stuff).
50 Shades of Smut?
I have no mouth and I must scream? (or, for that matter, wide swaths of dystopian literature)
For that matter, the Adventurs of Don Quixote itself could lead to "odd" behavior . . .
hawk
I believe that the preferred spelling is "Kardashabimbo" . . .
hawk
It happened over time . . .
hawk
OPEC has been surprisingly stable compared to historic cartels, largely due to the Saudi dominance and willingness to bear the brunt when the inevitable cheating occurred.
They're playing a different game now, though: that shale isn't going away, and the price of producing it is a ceiling on the cartel price.
*All* cartels eventually end by cheating; some just get there faster than others . . .
(And the *real* key to the Debars cartel was somehow convincing people that the least desirable gemstone, the plain white wine, was the most desirable and only thing to put in an engagement ring . . . before that, diamonds were *less* valuable than rubies, sapphires, etc. . . .)
hawk
But you see, it isn't even "oversupply."
Rather, it's "decreasing but not eliminating the artificial supply constraint."
Even today's prices are higher than they would be without the cartel.
That said, the world changed with the Saudi policy of letting prices go below our production cost.
Oh, dear, they'll sell us their oil for less than it costs to produce our own. I'm terrified.
And don't throw me in the briar patch, either . . .
hawk
You must be new around here . . :)
hawk
EMACS is indeed the only software that ever caused me physical injury.
After a multi-day editing binge on a CKIE keyboard I went to the campus medical center. Muscle strain on my left pinky from rotate/stretch/curl of my large hands to hit control ...
Now, I would never tamper with University property but a couple of days later days later, there was a little piece of plastic next to my keyboard , and the shift-lock no longer toggled allowing me to remap the control key to where God meant it tone. . .
hawk
>I don't want to accept those cookies, I want to say ... that
>"this site can set cookies, this site can fuck off"
>has been a standard feature of Firefox for at least a
>decade.
It's not that new . . . it long predates the firefox name and mozilla foundation.
I think it was in Netscape 3 . . . I don't remember if it's older than that.
hawk
Speaking as an Economics professor . . . there is also strong evidence that such trading and program trading reduce price volatility as well
hawk
I think that most day traders *do* make a little bit.
The catch is that the wins are small, and the losses catastrophic (like any other gambling "system")
hawk
>Funny how only the governor's wife gets invited into such investment opportunities.
Actually, no, it wasn't that limited.
Her broker, in another case and as part of his plea deal for a felony conviction, explained how bribers were laundered at the time in Arkansas.
At the time (now changed), a futures order in that market only indicated the brokerage, not the client. When Joe wanted to bribe Kevin, they each opened an account with Lenny. Lenny would put in two offsetting orders (a buy and a sell). At the end of the day, the transaction that lost would go in Joe's account, and the profitable one into Kevins (unlike the stock market, this was a zero sum game, and the gain and loss would be identical amounts).
hawk
They were reportedly very good at following the white line down the middle of the road . . . :)
hawk
Nevada requires that None of the Above appear for all statewide offices--and this includes presidential electors.
hawk
>Spelling isn't that hard. It reflects really poorly on this site when the editors can't spell.
You must be new around here . . .
hawk
I recall a time 10 or 15 years ago when I actually had to use ed . . . I vaguely want today that the debian I was using had dynamically linked vi, or some such, and it just wasn't available that early in the boot sequence. Or maybe /usr or /bin hadn't mounted; it's been a while.
What I really remember from it was the shock of needing to use ed for the first time in decades, and relief that I could pull it off . . .
hawk
It's like the classic answer to the price of a Rolls-Royce:
if you have to ask, you can't afford it.
hawk
My first mac (a 1984 128k) still works, my Macintosh Portable would work if I had the capacitors redone, my Mac Classic still works, and my Powerbook 180 (1994) would probably still work if it hadn't used those wretched IBM hard drives with the 99.9% failure rate (that is, if I reassembled, it would probably power up and boot off a floppy now).
My 2008 or so macbook died of pulling a spent staple to the magnetic port, shorting the fuse, and my SE/30 was fatally damaged by early chipmerchant memory modules that were a touch to big and broke the sockets.
I think the rest are still running . . . including a 2010 powerbook for my second daughter, a pair of 2011 macbook airs for the twins, a 2013 (?) air for my eldest , this new macbook my 15" retina pro . . .
hawk
And it only took that long with apple if you took it to a shop.
By the early 90s, maybe earlier, you called apple (Monday), they overnighted you a prepaid box, you overnighted to Armonk (Tuesday), which usually got it back in that night's outgoing overnight(Wednesday, for Thursday arrival).
Far faster than a dealer . . .
hawk
I compare Harbor Freight to the rental price; they tend to be similar. So if it's something that might be useful for a second job somewhere down the line, I buy from them, otherwise I rent. I have no delusion it will be usable a third time.
Oh,and if it's something that could kill me if defective, forget it . . . like a jack stand.
similarly, I bought a bluehawk (?) 22" chainsaw--I have two trees to come down in my back yard, but in separate years (one is shading the fruit trees that will replace it). Cost about the same as renting twice from home depot, and it's there in the garage for some job down the future.
hawk
Jupiter is just claiming that after harassing all ofthdeose asteroids, and keeping the from reaching better orbits . . . no-one wants to talk about this, but this "gas ceiling" is a real problem.
hawk
Except for trackers, such as double-click, I've never blocked an ad for being an ad. I don't even use a list on adblock.
I *do* block anything that blinks, wanders around, animates, or makes noise, including the purported content, such as rollbars of "content" for the local paper.
If it's static, I keep it; if it's dynamic, it goes.
It just makes it hard to read . . .
hawk
It wasn't even the time.
They just flat-out didn't have the special effects budget to land the ship every week; the transporter was concocted to solve that.
by the spinoffs, it was simply a plot crutch.
hawk
> CP/M was often customized for different brands of computers,
No.
CP/M had no standard format for 5.25" disks. That wasn't an "often" customized; you made your format, and used CP/M to get binary compatibility.
Some late entrants such as Kaypro were capable of reading many formats, and sometimes a machine could be programmed to read other formats, but it wasn't that CP/M got customized to a format, but adapted to use what the machine had.
hawk, who was there
p.s. CP/M had byte 3, which could redirect IO; it had four two bit fields to map logical devices to physical, making it easy to send, for example the screen output to the printer. There was no equivalent in CP/M 86 or QDOS, err, MSDOS.
I let my wife's iPad 2 update its OS yesterday.
Without asking, it added a security code.
Unless I can find whatever it defaulted to,we'll have to wipe it . .
hawk
Actually, that scene is what led to modern special effects from ILM.
If you check, you'll see that one "Carrie Fisher" was admitted at that time to the emergency room for plasma burns, not heat reflection. As a consequence, the Screen Actor's Guild insisted that no more live blasters be used, even if the stuntman was capable of missing.
hawk