So, they sell tons of goods to US that pay them in dollar. What are they supposed to be doing with all that cash? Change it to yuan, that would be bad for the currency? Buy government bonds, at such a rate, no way! Buy gas to Russia, that's not done in dollar anymore. What's left? Investing all that money in the US maybe, that's still better than leaving idle on a reserve account. Yeah, why not.
It worked pretty well as long as wealth was redistributed among people that produced it, supporting the paradigm of the "mass market". It lasted until reality came back knocking, remembering us we live in a world with scarce resources. Since then, it's back to the old "only the strong survive" paradigm, a competition for the biggest part of the pie. Unfortunately that doesn't change the fact the pie keeps on shrinking.
I don't quite understand why a legislation on Net Neutrality would "lead to increased prices, decreased availability, and decreased access".
Right now, the market is solely in the hands of big corporations whose sole purpose is to maximize profit by: - charging at the highest rate - investing the less possible
In theory that works well for the customers in an opened market with enough competitors. But that's not what we are experiencing here.
I like the analogy of roads, infrastructure, and cars, content. Try to imagine what it would be if these were build by the private sector without any kind of regulation.
That article doesn't contradict what I said: "most of the oil from the Middle East goes to Europe, Japan, and Asia".
Go back to school, Japan is in Asia.
You see, despite the holier-than-thou attitude of Europeans, the West is in this together: Western economies need each other and they need oil (and despite bogus per-capita calculations, European economies use energy at about the same rate as the US economy). A threat to European oil supplies is a threat to the US economy.
Currently, indeed, 50% of the Iraqi oil exports go to the US, and US (and UK) companies profit handsomely from it. Given how expensive the Iraq war was, I have no problem with that, and I hope it will continue until the US has been significantly compensated for the expenses of this war.
I think Americans would be overjoyed if Europe would take care of its own backyard. Until that happens, this is the way it has to go down.
Either you didn't read the article, or you totally missed the point: "The four giant firms located in the US and the UK have been keen to get back into Iraq, from which they were excluded with the nationalization of 1972. During the final years of the Saddam era, they envied companies from France, Russia, China, and elsewhere, who had obtained major contracts. But UN sanctions (kept in place by the US and the UK) kept those contracts inoperable. Since the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, much has changed. In the new setting, with Washington running the show, "friendly" companies expect to gain most of the lucrative oil deals that will be worth hundreds of billions of dollars in profits in the coming decades."
Definitively, only conspiracy theorists could believe it was already known and the pretext for the invasion. Personally, I have always supported the war for freedom the U.S. is ready to sacrifice so much for in Afghanistan. The same when it was for saving the world from weapons of mass destruction by having to invade Iraq. Only conspiracy theorists could come up with the option that it was only a way to put oil resources between American hands. Crazy.
If you are looking for private and secured messaging, group-chat and file transfer alternatives, there are several available, being P2P or centralized. Just to name a few.
Last call for alcohol. Last call for your freedom of speech. Drink up. Happy hour is now enforced by law. Don't forget our house special, it's called a Trickie Dickie Screwdriver. It's got one part Jack Daniels, two parts purple Kool-Aid, and a jigger of formaldehyde from the jar with Hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom. Happy trails to you. Happy trails to you.
I am Emperor Ronald Reagan Born again with fascist cravings Still, you made me president
Human rights will soon go 'way I am now your Shah today Now I command all of you Now you're going to pray in school I'll make sure they're Christian too
California Uber alles Uber alles California
Ku Klux Klan will control you Still you think it's natural Nigger knockin' for the master race Still you wear the happy face
You closed your eyes, can't happen here Alexander Haig is near Vietnam won't come back you say Join the army or you will pay
California Uber alles Uber alles California
Yeah, that's it. Just relax. Have another drink, few more pretzels, little more MSG. Turn on those Dallas Cowboys on your TV. Lock your doors. Close your mind. It's time for the two-minute warning.
Welcome to 1984 Are you ready for the third world war?!? You too will meet the secret police They'll draft you and they'll jail your niece
You'll go quitely to boot camp They'll shoot you dead, make you a man Don't you worry, it's for a cause Feeding global corporations' claws
Die on our brand new poison gas El Salvador or Afghanistan Making money for President Reagan And all the friends of President Reagan
I think you'll find that the people (companies) who are most successful are the ones that are nicest to work for, and treat their staff with dignity and respect and as individuals
At least they should. I have a piercing in the lip, tattoo on the right arm, I dress like I want, and they still trust me, with good reasons: our company is really successful, and I'm part of that achievement after all. They know it and respect me for that. They only expect from me to be professional in what I do, not in how I look. Of course I don't have contacts with customers, but it's the way it should be IMHO.
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So, they sell tons of goods to US that pay them in dollar. What are they supposed to be doing with all that cash? Change it to yuan, that would be bad for the currency? Buy government bonds, at such a rate, no way! Buy gas to Russia, that's not done in dollar anymore. What's left? Investing all that money in the US maybe, that's still better than leaving idle on a reserve account. Yeah, why not.
That will work well, for some more time, until all roboticists are in turn replaced by robots.
The real question remains: how is the wealth produced by the robots going to be redistributed?
It worked pretty well as long as wealth was redistributed among people that produced it, supporting the paradigm of the "mass market". It lasted until reality came back knocking, remembering us we live in a world with scarce resources. Since then, it's back to the old "only the strong survive" paradigm, a competition for the biggest part of the pie. Unfortunately that doesn't change the fact the pie keeps on shrinking.
We desperately need more cooperation if we want to survive..
Microsoft, the company for which the future is what everybody else is doing for more than 30 years.
I just got the results from the latest survey, they say it's actually 103.7%.
I don't quite understand why a legislation on Net Neutrality would "lead to increased prices, decreased availability, and decreased access".
Right now, the market is solely in the hands of big corporations whose sole purpose is to maximize profit by:
- charging at the highest rate
- investing the less possible
In theory that works well for the customers in an opened market with enough competitors. But that's not what we are experiencing here.
I like the analogy of roads, infrastructure, and cars, content. Try to imagine what it would be if these were build by the private sector without any kind of regulation.
I totally disagree, she is not too old, but I can't tell from here if they are fake or not.
That article doesn't contradict what I said: "most of the oil from the Middle East goes to Europe, Japan, and Asia".
Go back to school, Japan is in Asia.
You see, despite the holier-than-thou attitude of Europeans, the West is in this together: Western economies need each other and they need oil (and despite bogus per-capita calculations, European economies use energy at about the same rate as the US economy). A threat to European oil supplies is a threat to the US economy.
Currently, indeed, 50% of the Iraqi oil exports go to the US, and US (and UK) companies profit handsomely from it. Given how expensive the Iraq war was, I have no problem with that, and I hope it will continue until the US has been significantly compensated for the expenses of this war.
I think Americans would be overjoyed if Europe would take care of its own backyard. Until that happens, this is the way it has to go down.
Either you didn't read the article, or you totally missed the point:
"The four giant firms located in the US and the UK have been keen to get back into Iraq, from which they were excluded with the nationalization of 1972. During the final years of the Saddam era, they envied companies from France, Russia, China, and elsewhere, who had obtained major contracts. But UN sanctions (kept in place by the US and the UK) kept those contracts inoperable. Since the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, much has changed. In the new setting, with Washington running the show, "friendly" companies expect to gain most of the lucrative oil deals that will be worth hundreds of billions of dollars in profits in the coming decades."
Only conspiracy theorists could come up with the option that it was only a way to put oil resources between American hands. Crazy.
Yeah, in particular since most of the oil from the Middle East goes to Europe, Japan, and Asia.
Please, stick to the facts.
The first Google search result for "oil extraction Iraq" gives: Oil in Iraq
Thanks
Definitively, only conspiracy theorists could believe it was already known and the pretext for the invasion. Personally, I have always supported the war for freedom the U.S. is ready to sacrifice so much for in Afghanistan. The same when it was for saving the world from weapons of mass destruction by having to invade Iraq. Only conspiracy theorists could come up with the option that it was only a way to put oil resources between American hands. Crazy.
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That leaves me voiceless.
. . . all your beowulf clusters are belong to CowboyNeal.
.. Slashdot doesn't, not even in the 100 most significant moments. I don't get it.
No no comment.
... Microsoft's acknowledgment of Ubuntu being a threat.
And then use hddtemp to ease monitoring your drives.
Sun's Linux distribution is not Linux anymore?
Supported browsers
* Mozilla 1.0 or better
* Netscape 6 or better
* Konqueror 3 or better
* Opera 6 or better
* MS Internet Explorer 5 or better
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Jabber
Dead Kennedys - "We've Got A Bigger Problem Now"
Last call for alcohol.
Last call for your freedom of speech.
Drink up. Happy hour is now enforced by law.
Don't forget our house special, it's called a Trickie Dickie Screwdriver.
It's got one part Jack Daniels, two parts purple Kool-Aid,
and a jigger of formaldehyde
from the jar with Hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom.
Happy trails to you. Happy trails to you.
I am Emperor Ronald Reagan
Born again with fascist cravings
Still, you made me president
Human rights will soon go 'way
I am now your Shah today
Now I command all of you
Now you're going to pray in school
I'll make sure they're Christian too
California Uber alles
Uber alles California
Ku Klux Klan will control you
Still you think it's natural
Nigger knockin' for the master race
Still you wear the happy face
You closed your eyes, can't happen here
Alexander Haig is near
Vietnam won't come back you say
Join the army or you will pay
California Uber alles
Uber alles California
Yeah, that's it. Just relax.
Have another drink, few more pretzels, little more MSG.
Turn on those Dallas Cowboys on your TV.
Lock your doors. Close your mind.
It's time for the two-minute warning.
Welcome to 1984
Are you ready for the third world war?!?
You too will meet the secret police
They'll draft you and they'll jail your niece
You'll go quitely to boot camp
They'll shoot you dead, make you a man
Don't you worry, it's for a cause
Feeding global corporations' claws
Die on our brand new poison gas
El Salvador or Afghanistan
Making money for President Reagan
And all the friends of President Reagan
California Uber alles
Uber alles California
God, I want one of those now.
Which one do you want? The one with the 2 round stuff or the one with the, euh, 2 rounf stuff.
Actually it's nothing new. Do you remember golgotha? That game doesn't even have a website anymore.
I think you'll find that the people (companies) who are most successful are the ones that are nicest to work for, and treat their staff with dignity and respect and as individuals
At least they should. I have a piercing in the lip, tattoo on the right arm, I dress like I want, and they still trust me, with good reasons: our company is really successful, and I'm part of that achievement after all. They know it and respect me for that. They only expect from me to be professional in what I do, not in how I look. Of course I don't have contacts with customers, but it's the way it should be IMHO.
All your troops are belong to us.