Who said Geithner was a hero? I would've laughed him out of the US for saying the dollar was 'strong.' The dollar hasn't been strong since Clinton, thanks to good ol' "W" ramping up our debt and destroying faith in the US government's ability to repay our debt.
As for the Chinese, they had a large hand in destroying the USD's position. They had an artificial peg against the USD for YEARS that undervalued the USD-Yuan exchange rate by ~40%. So for every USD they got, they earned 40% more yuan then they should have, and this excess did a number on our trade balance (which devalued the USD as well) and fueled the growth of the Chinese economy for the past 15 years.
As for the Gold Standard, see we why we dropped Bretton Woods. I rest my case.
p.s. I do not support the government bailing these fools out all the mistakes they have made. I support regulation with actual enforcement. We never should have propped up failing companies because that is not capitalism.
Sorry, but the gold standard DID work in a viable international banking market, until it was dumped in 1987. You are simply wrong, and history proves it.
Yes we did have a Gold Standard, it was created during the meetings at Bretton Woods, and we dumped it because it didn't work for beans in the real world. The USD was horribly over-valued during this era. The pegging a value to a currency has never worked for international policy in the long-run, but only as a short-run fix.
If it was just the US and one other country, it may have actually held up. But when you factor in the everybody else into the system, Gold falls apart. It's as simple as that.
No, I am very aware of the fluctuation of pricing of precious metals. But I'm also aware that cash *never* gains value, it only loses purchasing power.
That may be the case in a standard model, but with the floating rate currency exchange system cash can indeed gain value. Since the value of currency is relative to demand for a country's exports or stability, we can actually gain if another leading country were to falter. (e.g. If Japan suddenly stopped producing automobiles, or China stopped producing steel U.S. Product demand would increase and the value of the USD would increase)
Now this model is stable in the long-run only if the governments keep their grubby little hands out of it. Sadly we've had the 'weak dollar policy' nuts in office for far too long (Looking at you Bernanke) and they have caused deflated the dollar's value to try and fix the trade imbalance. That sir is why your precious metals have increased so much in value. If the FED actually had less market interaction your metals would still be worth about ~$300/troy ounce for gold instead of the horrible inflated prices of $900~1000.
Ron Paul's precious Gold Standard would never work in an International Market. If we were isolationists it might work. Demand fluctuations in the International Market would never be factored in with a Gold Standards unless the Central Banks revised the exchange rates hourly, which defeats the purpose of the Gold Standard.
The Gold Standard was good back in the 1800~1930s but it's old and out dated as hell. Welcome to the digital age.
I've noticed that most people are getting smarter, understand technology, privacy, business, free enterprise, propoganda, and are becoming less reliant on help desks, friends, church groups, retailers, and especially the government for help.
Just stick with it, I'm sure it will get better! How bad can it really be, they are just lawyers?
That's definitely not the case here in Michigan, there's still a ton of stupid people in mixed into the general public.
I thought Palin used to be the Mayor of Wasila, AK. If so all these monstrosities coming from this small town in the deep North make quite a bit of sense...
It's not that they are just dumb, they are also lazy. Those that actually want to learn the software and technology will thrive in this adaptable environment, but those that are more obsessed with sports or their own popularity will flounder and fail under the amount of choices available to them.
Avg. life expectancy increase in study: 2.72 years
Days in a year: 365.25
Total Days gain in study: 993.48
% Factor that air pollution had: 15%
Total days x Factor of air pollution:
993.28 x 15% = 149 days
So less air pollution increases life expectancy by less than half a year. Whooptie Freakin' Doo. Lower traffic = less air pollution + less chance of getting hit by a motor vehicle. I wonder which has a greater impact...
While TV may have had a role in shaping recent graduates' mindsets, the Universities have done more than their share as well.
In my business program, it was stressed that you should go on international assignments as it shows commitment to your company and often leads to greater career growth in the long-run. The schools themselves never indicate whether it is senior or entry-level employees who get to participate in these opportunities, thus students make inferences that it's the low-man on the totem pole that has to go to BFE for awhile.
If anything, the willingness to go abroad and take initiative should be appreciated, not viewed as narcissistic. Otherwise, contact nearby Universities and explain the situation so the perceived problem can be repaired at the source.
I'm calling bullshit on those statistics. Not only is it from the Washington Post, it has volunteer bias (it was a poll); and while many people might claim to be "devote X," most do nothing in regards to their religion outside of their hour mass on Sunday (or other holy day) and the half-hearted attempts at religious holidays.
Now if you're making the point that the American media has effectively sheltered the American public from the truth, you are absolutely 100% correct. I would trust an International news agency over a domestic one any day, except for those located in the Police State more commonly known as the UK.
Can you give examples of good Exchange replacements? Lack of such is one of the most frequently cited reasons for MS's continued dominance in the enterprise, because while there are trivial replacements for Windows, IE, Office and Outlook, replacing Exchange has been a show-stopper for a lot of places.
IT? Hardly. SOX deals with accounting. Only IT jobs that were possibly created out of this would be more Computer Forensics professionals to help track data, and those are likely only to be used at the large firms like PWC.
Enrollment in TN universities recently plummeted as many students became unable to pay the exponentially increasing tuition. University Administrators cited the "TN SENATE BILL NO. 3974" as the primary driver of tuition increases.
Nashville was over-run with celebration hosted by the RIAA who clashed with former-student protestors. Sadly, no RIAA employees were injured, maimed, or killed.
I have been running the x64 Alpha of 3.1 since its release on 8/17, with no issues what-so-ever. Sure, some of the plugins don't work, but you really start to notice how often you don't really use them...
As for the "confusion" you mentioned, they're different versions of the same program. So there will always be conflict if you try to launch it twice.
http://www.mozilla-x86-64.com/ has also been using "Minefield" as the name for their x64 variant of Firefox since at least v2 (when I first started using it).
You don't just make up a number and add it onto your balance sheet.
And THAT is why I failed my economics class. My teacher never did appreciate my 'creativity'. I would simply explain that I wanted to be a CEO someday.
Economics does not use Balance Sheets, that would be your Accounting course. Perhaps that is why you failed?
Something new won't sell. People wont adopt revolutionary products as easily as they will adopt incremental upgrades with a known and trusted brand. So calling it "Uber-fiber hyper gylde" won't sell as well as "Ethernet v10".
People will deal with confusion. They deal with it all the time. Its the only way they know to deal with the walrus.
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Doesn't have to be heavy, or even a solid shroud. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage Basic physics, it'll block Electro-Magnetic signals.
Who said Geithner was a hero? I would've laughed him out of the US for saying the dollar was 'strong.' The dollar hasn't been strong since Clinton, thanks to good ol' "W" ramping up our debt and destroying faith in the US government's ability to repay our debt.
As for the Chinese, they had a large hand in destroying the USD's position. They had an artificial peg against the USD for YEARS that undervalued the USD-Yuan exchange rate by ~40%. So for every USD they got, they earned 40% more yuan then they should have, and this excess did a number on our trade balance (which devalued the USD as well) and fueled the growth of the Chinese economy for the past 15 years.
As for the Gold Standard, see we why we dropped Bretton Woods. I rest my case.
p.s. I do not support the government bailing these fools out all the mistakes they have made. I support regulation with actual enforcement. We never should have propped up failing companies because that is not capitalism.
Sorry, but the gold standard DID work in a viable international banking market, until it was dumped in 1987. You are simply wrong, and history proves it.
Yes we did have a Gold Standard, it was created during the meetings at Bretton Woods, and we dumped it because it didn't work for beans in the real world. The USD was horribly over-valued during this era. The pegging a value to a currency has never worked for international policy in the long-run, but only as a short-run fix.
If it was just the US and one other country, it may have actually held up. But when you factor in the everybody else into the system, Gold falls apart. It's as simple as that.
No, I am very aware of the fluctuation of pricing of precious metals. But I'm also aware that cash *never* gains value, it only loses purchasing power.
That may be the case in a standard model, but with the floating rate currency exchange system cash can indeed gain value. Since the value of currency is relative to demand for a country's exports or stability, we can actually gain if another leading country were to falter. (e.g. If Japan suddenly stopped producing automobiles, or China stopped producing steel U.S. Product demand would increase and the value of the USD would increase)
Now this model is stable in the long-run only if the governments keep their grubby little hands out of it. Sadly we've had the 'weak dollar policy' nuts in office for far too long (Looking at you Bernanke) and they have caused deflated the dollar's value to try and fix the trade imbalance. That sir is why your precious metals have increased so much in value. If the FED actually had less market interaction your metals would still be worth about ~$300/troy ounce for gold instead of the horrible inflated prices of $900~1000.
Ron Paul's precious Gold Standard would never work in an International Market. If we were isolationists it might work. Demand fluctuations in the International Market would never be factored in with a Gold Standards unless the Central Banks revised the exchange rates hourly, which defeats the purpose of the Gold Standard.
The Gold Standard was good back in the 1800~1930s but it's old and out dated as hell. Welcome to the digital age.
I've noticed that most people are getting smarter, understand technology, privacy, business, free enterprise, propoganda, and are becoming less reliant on help desks, friends, church groups, retailers, and especially the government for help.
Just stick with it, I'm sure it will get better! How bad can it really be, they are just lawyers?
That's definitely not the case here in Michigan, there's still a ton of stupid people in mixed into the general public.
I thought Palin used to be the Mayor of Wasila, AK. If so all these monstrosities coming from this small town in the deep North make quite a bit of sense...
Not that I like M$FT, but they did have a 2:1 stock split in 2003 that would help decrease their stock price. More shares = lower value per share.
Screw lithium, cesium is MUCH better :D
Are kids dumber now that they ever were?
It's not that they are just dumb, they are also lazy. Those that actually want to learn the software and technology will thrive in this adaptable environment, but those that are more obsessed with sports or their own popularity will flounder and fail under the amount of choices available to them.
Negative. That's part of Step 1.
Step 1: Collect Underpants (panty raids)
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
Unless... it's stealthy Viking ninjas going back for a second raid?
Avg. life expectancy increase in study: 2.72 years
Days in a year: 365.25
Total Days gain in study: 993.48
% Factor that air pollution had: 15%
Total days x Factor of air pollution:
993.28 x 15% = 149 days
So less air pollution increases life expectancy by less than half a year. Whooptie Freakin' Doo. Lower traffic = less air pollution + less chance of getting hit by a motor vehicle. I wonder which has a greater impact...
Um, this is Utah.
Yeah, silly AC thought the constituents of Utah were people.
While TV may have had a role in shaping recent graduates' mindsets, the Universities have done more than their share as well.
In my business program, it was stressed that you should go on international assignments as it shows commitment to your company and often leads to greater career growth in the long-run. The schools themselves never indicate whether it is senior or entry-level employees who get to participate in these opportunities, thus students make inferences that it's the low-man on the totem pole that has to go to BFE for awhile.
If anything, the willingness to go abroad and take initiative should be appreciated, not viewed as narcissistic. Otherwise, contact nearby Universities and explain the situation so the perceived problem can be repaired at the source.
Common Law - law can be changed by gov't or in a courtroom where a judge makes a precedent.
Civil Law - Laws are written in code books and can be only changed by Gov't.
We see statistics coming out of America like 92% of Americans believe in a God. This speaks volumes.
I'm calling bullshit on those statistics. Not only is it from the Washington Post, it has volunteer bias (it was a poll); and while many people might claim to be "devote X," most do nothing in regards to their religion outside of their hour mass on Sunday (or other holy day) and the half-hearted attempts at religious holidays.
Now if you're making the point that the American media has effectively sheltered the American public from the truth, you are absolutely 100% correct. I would trust an International news agency over a domestic one any day, except for those located in the Police State more commonly known as the UK.
> It must have been the "half the Internet" that I don't use.
The non-pr0n half.
Such a place exists? 0.o
Can you give examples of good Exchange replacements? Lack of such is one of the most frequently cited reasons for MS's continued dominance in the enterprise, because while there are trivial replacements for Windows, IE, Office and Outlook, replacing Exchange has been a show-stopper for a lot of places.
This one was mentioned on /. a couple months ago:
http://www.zarafa.com/
IT? Hardly. SOX deals with accounting. Only IT jobs that were possibly created out of this would be more Computer Forensics professionals to help track data, and those are likely only to be used at the large firms like PWC.
"...Advertisements quickly become even more completely based around naked female flesh..." And how is that a bad thing again?
They might not be model material. *shudder*
Geek Squad and Circuit City PC-Technician?
Enrollment in TN universities recently plummeted as many students became unable to pay the exponentially increasing tuition. University Administrators cited the "TN SENATE BILL NO. 3974" as the primary driver of tuition increases.
Nashville was over-run with celebration hosted by the RIAA who clashed with former-student protestors. Sadly, no RIAA employees were injured, maimed, or killed.
</queue future '09 reel>
I have been running the x64 Alpha of 3.1 since its release on 8/17, with no issues what-so-ever. Sure, some of the plugins don't work, but you really start to notice how often you don't really use them... As for the "confusion" you mentioned, they're different versions of the same program. So there will always be conflict if you try to launch it twice.
http://www.mozilla-x86-64.com/ has also been using "Minefield" as the name for their x64 variant of Firefox since at least v2 (when I first started using it).
You don't just make up a number and add it onto your balance sheet.
And THAT is why I failed my economics class. My teacher never did appreciate my 'creativity'. I would simply explain that I wanted to be a CEO someday.
Economics does not use Balance Sheets, that would be your Accounting course. Perhaps that is why you failed?
Something new won't sell. People wont adopt revolutionary products as easily as they will adopt incremental upgrades with a known and trusted brand. So calling it "Uber-fiber hyper gylde" won't sell as well as "Ethernet v10". People will deal with confusion. They deal with it all the time. Its the only way they know to deal with the walrus.
Yup, Brand recognition is a bitch.