Wow, litigation.... that suggests that some of it was deliberately bad advice?!?!? Well, you have me convinced!
And how could it be deliberate? They don't know what the housing market is going to do. Maybe houses keep going up for a few more years. Maybe they flatline. They aren't frickin' Nostradamus.
Well, aren't you just a pack of partially differentiated cells? I'm sure someone (maybe) would be upset if I 'aborted' you.
A fetus lacks the neural capacity to form an opinion...
So do newborns and people with certain neurological disorders. Am I free to go around aborting them?
...let alone lungs with which to speak.
I'm not a baby expert, but I'm pretty sure the lungs develop while in the womb. Unless you think they suddenly burst into existence as the baby is born?
I'm having trouble finding where he said he couldn't afford it. He only said that he owes more than it is worth. As far as either of us know, he is still making the monthly payment with no problem.
...but got smooth talked int it anyway:...
Speculation on your part. Most people don't get 'talked into' buying a home. You go and actively look for one, and shop around until you find the one you like. If he was 'smooth talked' into something as expensive as a house, he is a grade-A moron.
...suckered.
Nope. Just made a bad life decision. Happens all the time to people.
...it should have been obvious to anybody that that state of affairs could not last.
What's that saying about hindsight? Of course it is 'obvious' now. The fact that everyone was buying homes at the inflated prices disproves your statement that it was 'obvious to anybody'.
That's a nice theory, but the new bankruptcy law of 2005 was not specific to mortgage debt. In fact, you can simply walk away from the home and stop paying for it (depending on state laws). No bankruptcy filing is required.
Do you really think they believed their own claims that homes were a good investment and house prices would continue to go up forever?
Given the fact that they continued to make loans on these houses right up until the very end, I'd say yes. They needed a bailout to keep from going under because they had bet so heavily on house prices going up and up.
If it chooses to, it can focus its economy inward and still come out on top.
I'm not sure what that's suppose to mean. Are you saying that they can replacing exporting goods to selling things to their own people? How would they go about forcing their people to buy things? And where would they suddenly get the money to buy them?
if they won't even follow the most basic law we have: the Constitution.
They expect us to obey every dipshit law that they pass on whatever whim they have on that particular day, but God forbid that they have to get a [gasp] warrant to conduct a search or track somebody.
Seeing as the power supply is outside the laptop, I'm not sure what you are talking about when you say "into a new one". Do you mean, would I plug the old power supply into a new laptop? If the power supply is the problem, I wouldn't. I would go buy a new power supply. If the power supply isn't the problem, then yes I would plug it into my new laptop.
You'd really buy a whole new laptop because the power supply was bad? Weird.
Just keep robbing until you get enough money to pay for your health care. That way, you avoid prison. If you do happen to get caught, THEN you go to jail. Either way you get what you want, but at least you have the chance of avoiding prison.
I'm trying to figure out what the difference is between "few developers" and "few developers sinking their teeth into the platform".
...but I think the iPad has a lot more "real" apps...
And that might be true, but why did he not list any reasons, details, examples, or statistics to back up his claim? I can just as easily say, "Oh, those iPad apps, they are such crap!" without any supporting reason.
But neither of those statements give any indication what is wrong with either of those types of apps. Are they buggy? Expensive? Too complex? My problem with his review of the tablet is that it winds up being a bitch-fest about the apps, but then he gives zero details about why the apps are bad.
...Samsung has included about six apps of their own on top of the standard Android package. Subtract them and you're left with a bunch of shoddy applications...
What the hell does that even mean? Why would you 'subtract them'? If they suck, say so. But to just toss out a part of the product and say what's left is bad is just moronic.
There are a bunch of other Android apps, of course -- 65,000 of them or so -- but very few quality ones, and there are very few application developers who are really sinking their teeth into this platform at this to date.
So, there are 65,000 apps, but few developers? Also, he keeps going on and on about apps, but doesn't give a single example of what is wrong with even one of those apps, or what critical apps are missing. Who let this guy on the internet?
Please answer just the one question that I posted. Your evasion of my question is inexcusable. As is the fact that you never say why I am ignorant, you just keep repeating it as though it is some sort of forgone conclusion.
...you can't see anything outside your own narrow worldview...
Try moving to (and working in) Manhattan and see how well driving works out for you there.
Well, if you think Manhattan isn't a narrow view of the world compared to the rest of the US...
Of course it makes more sense, living in most places in America, to own a car rather than take the bus...and car driving the most sensible choice.
Then why was did you call me a moron for choosing to drive my car vs. taking the bus? You seem to now say that I was right for doing it. You are sending mixed signals here.
namely the fact that the roads are mostly free (you pay for it in other ways, rather than directly through a road-use tax, tolls, or similar).
Um, you just yelled at me for claiming that roads are built for free (which I never said). Now you say they are? Also, I do pay road-use taxes (yearly car tax, gas taxes), and I paid a toll for crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Most of that toll actually went to supporting the bus system, so not only was I not getting a free ride, others were getting a free ride off of me. Which I mentioned before, but it appears that you are no longer reading anything I write.
just because America has done a ridiculously bad job at implementing public transit doesn't mean it's always bad.
...which I never said. Once again you are getting angry about things I never said.
So your time is worthless?
No, which is why I stopped riding the bus to work. It was wasting over an hour a day. Like I told you before. Twice. And you even quoted the sentence where I said that. Are you even reading anything I write?
You could just build your own for much less than buying a new, warrantied car.
It's amazing how Americans have so little understanding of basic economics.
I agree, and your statement above regarding building my own car for less illustrates how little you understand about economies of scale. Or do you think it's a coincidence that the only companies that build affordable cars are huge? I also find it hilarious that you equate fixing a care with building one from scratch.
Get back to me when you get a little more consistent with your statements, and when you start reading what I actually post.
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Well, since I never claimed that there was another period where housing grew this fast, you can go ahead and wait as long as you like.
I only said that bad predictions in a particular investment is not automatically lying.
Wow, litigation.... that suggests that some of it was deliberately bad advice?!?!? Well, you have me convinced!
And how could it be deliberate? They don't know what the housing market is going to do. Maybe houses keep going up for a few more years. Maybe they flatline. They aren't frickin' Nostradamus.
A fetus lacks the neural capacity to form an opinion...
So do newborns and people with certain neurological disorders. Am I free to go around aborting them?
...let alone lungs with which to speak.
I'm not a baby expert, but I'm pretty sure the lungs develop while in the womb. Unless you think they suddenly burst into existence as the baby is born?
GPPP clearly didn't need his house...
Um, most people like having a place to live.
...and could not afford it...
I'm having trouble finding where he said he couldn't afford it. He only said that he owes more than it is worth. As far as either of us know, he is still making the monthly payment with no problem.
...but got smooth talked int it anyway:...
Speculation on your part. Most people don't get 'talked into' buying a home. You go and actively look for one, and shop around until you find the one you like. If he was 'smooth talked' into something as expensive as a house, he is a grade-A moron.
...suckered.
Nope. Just made a bad life decision. Happens all the time to people.
Dont like abortions? Dont get one.
Interesting. How exactly does the baby voice it's opinion on the upcoming abortion?
...renters were still at risk too.
What? How is a renter at risk of losing their money when the housing market crashed?
None of your examples have anything to do with what we are talking about.
...it should have been obvious to anybody that that state of affairs could not last.
What's that saying about hindsight? Of course it is 'obvious' now. The fact that everyone was buying homes at the inflated prices disproves your statement that it was 'obvious to anybody'.
No, it was a lie.
No, it was bad investment advice. Obviously.
That's a nice theory, but the new bankruptcy law of 2005 was not specific to mortgage debt. In fact, you can simply walk away from the home and stop paying for it (depending on state laws). No bankruptcy filing is required.
Do you really think they believed their own claims that homes were a good investment and house prices would continue to go up forever?
Given the fact that they continued to make loans on these houses right up until the very end, I'd say yes. They needed a bailout to keep from going under because they had bet so heavily on house prices going up and up.
No, a lie is knowingly telling something that is not true. People thought that homes were a good investment. They were wrong, not deceitful.
How is that being 'suckered'?
...those of us that got suckered in with a mortgage...
How exactly were you 'suckered'?
If it chooses to, it can focus its economy inward and still come out on top.
I'm not sure what that's suppose to mean. Are you saying that they can replacing exporting goods to selling things to their own people? How would they go about forcing their people to buy things? And where would they suddenly get the money to buy them?
if a gagging order, injunction or U.S. National Security Letter permits it.
Basically, no one will ever be informed.
if they won't even follow the most basic law we have: the Constitution.
They expect us to obey every dipshit law that they pass on whatever whim they have on that particular day, but God forbid that they have to get a [gasp] warrant to conduct a search or track somebody.
Is there anything more hypothetical than a /.er's future kids?
Seeing as the power supply is outside the laptop, I'm not sure what you are talking about when you say "into a new one". Do you mean, would I plug the old power supply into a new laptop? If the power supply is the problem, I wouldn't. I would go buy a new power supply. If the power supply isn't the problem, then yes I would plug it into my new laptop.
You'd really buy a whole new laptop because the power supply was bad? Weird.
And how much would the power supply cost for one's first laptop?
How they hell would I know? Whatever the vendor wants to charge.
Would a family resort to taking turns with one power supply?
Previous laptop, as in being replaced due to age or problems. If you are buying a second laptop, then you would need a second power supply.
I think the idea is that you would be able to use the power supply from your previous laptop.
Just keep robbing until you get enough money to pay for your health care. That way, you avoid prison. If you do happen to get caught, THEN you go to jail. Either way you get what you want, but at least you have the chance of avoiding prison.
...but I think the iPad has a lot more "real" apps...
And that might be true, but why did he not list any reasons, details, examples, or statistics to back up his claim? I can just as easily say, "Oh, those iPad apps, they are such crap!" without any supporting reason.
But neither of those statements give any indication what is wrong with either of those types of apps. Are they buggy? Expensive? Too complex? My problem with his review of the tablet is that it winds up being a bitch-fest about the apps, but then he gives zero details about why the apps are bad.
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...Samsung has included about six apps of their own on top of the standard Android package. Subtract them and you're left with a bunch of shoddy applications...
What the hell does that even mean? Why would you 'subtract them'? If they suck, say so. But to just toss out a part of the product and say what's left is bad is just moronic.
There are a bunch of other Android apps, of course -- 65,000 of them or so -- but very few quality ones, and there are very few application developers who are really sinking their teeth into this platform at this to date.
So, there are 65,000 apps, but few developers? Also, he keeps going on and on about apps, but doesn't give a single example of what is wrong with even one of those apps, or what critical apps are missing. Who let this guy on the internet?
Please answer just the one question that I posted. Your evasion of my question is inexcusable. As is the fact that you never say why I am ignorant, you just keep repeating it as though it is some sort of forgone conclusion.
...you can't see anything outside your own narrow worldview...
Try moving to (and working in) Manhattan and see how well driving works out for you there.
Well, if you think Manhattan isn't a narrow view of the world compared to the rest of the US...
Of course it makes more sense, living in most places in America, to own a car rather than take the bus...and car driving the most sensible choice.
Then why was did you call me a moron for choosing to drive my car vs. taking the bus? You seem to now say that I was right for doing it. You are sending mixed signals here.
namely the fact that the roads are mostly free (you pay for it in other ways, rather than directly through a road-use tax, tolls, or similar).
Um, you just yelled at me for claiming that roads are built for free (which I never said). Now you say they are? Also, I do pay road-use taxes (yearly car tax, gas taxes), and I paid a toll for crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Most of that toll actually went to supporting the bus system, so not only was I not getting a free ride, others were getting a free ride off of me. Which I mentioned before, but it appears that you are no longer reading anything I write.
just because America has done a ridiculously bad job at implementing public transit doesn't mean it's always bad.
...which I never said. Once again you are getting angry about things I never said.
So your time is worthless?
No, which is why I stopped riding the bus to work. It was wasting over an hour a day. Like I told you before. Twice. And you even quoted the sentence where I said that. Are you even reading anything I write?
You could just build your own for much less than buying a new, warrantied car.
It's amazing how Americans have so little understanding of basic economics.
I agree, and your statement above regarding building my own car for less illustrates how little you understand about economies of scale. Or do you think it's a coincidence that the only companies that build affordable cars are huge? I also find it hilarious that you equate fixing a care with building one from scratch.
Get back to me when you get a little more consistent with your statements, and when you start reading what I actually post.