I don't know about your bank, but mine charges me 5 years of interest in service fees for using 1 too many transactions. I'd change banks, but I'm come to the conclusion most banks do that sort of thing. The only one I've had any success with is ING, but here in Canada (at least in Nova Scotia) you still need a regular bank account to transfer money to ING. So I'm stuck... For now.
The Romans had an extra step in their decline; invading armies... I think it would fit in between future generations slowly forget how to be efficient and future generations start having multitudes of children... maybe.
As it is now if someone with, what I consider, average financial skills with an average career works for 45 years, retires at 65 and doesn't die until 100, even if they were in good physical shape, they'd most likely be running low on funds to support themselves. I'm sure someone with better financial skills and the same average career could support themselves longer, but funds will run out and investments will sour eventually.
so I'd like to know, How would you support yourself indefinitely?
I, for one, look forward to being a burden to my family and making them change my diaper.
I'm sure you're probably being sarcastic, but the truth is when that happens most children put their parents in old age homes where the parent has to share a room with one TV and listen to people screaming all night and potentially be abused by the staff, which seems to be coming out more and more these days.
I would definitely love to live longer then 100 years, but consider what would happen if a person could live indefinitely. they'd have to have some pile of savings to support themselves, they'd have to have a pile of people in the supporting generation to support them or they'd have to continue to work as long as you were alive.
As it is now if someone with, what I consider, average financial skills with an average career works for 45 years, retires at 65 and doesn't die until 100, even if they were in good physical shape, they'd most likely be running low on funds to support themselves. I'm sure someone with better financial skills and the same average career could support themselves longer, but funds will run out and investments will sour eventually. I take my Dad as an example, he's works for the Canadian forces for the last 40ish years and is suppose to retire in the next year or so. However with the current market decline most of his retirement savings have been obliterated. Sure he'll survive, but there won't be very many cruises in his future. Another example, My Grandfather recently deceased, worked as a pharmacist until he was 75 at which point he sold his drugstore. He predicted he had enough in savings to support himself until he was in his late 90's. That prediction was drastically reduced when the market crashed.
That's the cycle. The baby boomers retire, the supporting population is to small to sustain them, the world gets flung into chaos for a few decades and/or we learn to deal, the boomers start dying off, there is another period of prosperity because the future generations have learned to be efficient, future generations slowly for get how to be efficient as it's no longer required to support a large aged population, future generations start having multitudes of children, cycle starts over.
I would settle for being put to death at 85 to keep population under control, if it meant my bones, mussels and organs didn't age. One of the worst thing about watching someone get old is to see their self reliance taken away and needing someone to help them into and out of the bath, change their diaper, feed them and put them to bed. THE worst thing is realizing someday it could and probably will happen to you.
It's sad but you start off with needing someone to look after you and that's how it ends, if you live that long.
I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada. We only just last year got a no "hand held device while driving" law. I believe the real point of the law is to nail someone with multiple charges. Like if you injure a pedestrian in a crosswalk you get charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian, entering an occupied crosswalk, using a weapon to causing bodily harm and driving without due care. That being said if you kill the pedestrian you only get a $387 fine for failing to yield to a pedestrian... Anyhow, now they could add operating a hand held device while driving.
I have to partly agree. It's possible that if she was waring some kind of tracking device maybe It would have gone unnoticed and the situation wouldn't have been as bad.
It's hard to say how this technology could be used, my wife and I have talked about getting GPS tracking implants for our kids when we eventually have children (for when they're young). Things happen you go to the beach, the mall, the movies, fairs, etc... and it's a haven for kidnappers one second where you're paying a vendor or you turn your head to talk to someone and whosh!! kid's gone.
I could also see this as a bad thing come the teenage years. I caused some trouble when I was younger, but looking back I see it as a necessary evil for my overall development. If I could track my teenagers and I knew where they were, sure I could go collect them because they aren't were they told me they'd be, but what kind of experiences and lessons could I be ruining because I "over sheltered" them? Some parents might take the stance "If I'm responsible for what my kids do, I have a right to invade their privacy.". I'd have to respond "true enough", but 1) just because you know where your kid is doesn't mean they're not causing trouble and 2) if you teach your kids to make good decisions, rather then making the decisions for them, you can be just as confident they're not up to something to get you in trouble.
There has to be some kind of cut off point, but every person it's different, some mature faster then others, and ultimately it has to be up to the parent to decided until the kid is at least of legal age. I have four siblings, I think my youngest younger brother, 18 now, could have been driving when he was 13-14 because he is mature and responsible, he makes all the right decisions (there would be no need to track him). My oldest younger brother, 22 now, STILL shouldn't be allowed to drive as he's demonstrated time and time again with speeding tickets, getting pulled over for drunk driving and drugs, and wrecking his friends truck (I'm surprised he's not in jail let alone the COPS don't have a tracking bracelet on him).
I know it's old news now, but "Since before the seizure, Elliott has maintained that a Department of National Defence helicopter contaminated his property leading to a de-classification of his organic herd and a subsequent loss of income which hampered his ability to properly nourish the animals."
You're right that although he claims he lost his classification he doesn't provide any proof and no one to backup his story was mentioned.
You're most likely correct. I admit I've taken the "he's being silly" train of thought like most others. It's easy for us to poke fun at this sort of thing, but seriously he could be right.
On a lighter note, I wonder if radiation is the reason teenagers to day are so messed up. Maybe all the cell phone use is what's screwing up their brains. I wonder where I could get a grant to do the research.
I'm sure that was the "Peak Times" line was some BS feed to her by Aliant to get her off their backs. I don't know enough about how dial-up works so I couldn't contest the claim, and I never actually used her connection so I couldn't even confirm what kind of connection speed she was getting. Last time I saw her she was quite excited because she was suppose to be getting a high speed connection. I don't know how/if this garlic farmer case will effect that, but if things are as bad as she claims I feel sorry for her.
You sir (or madam) are correct; however I hope he's just doing this for publicity. If not there are going to be a lot of People on Earth glowing in the dark in 30 years. There's nothing wrong with voicing an opinion, I still feel for the people living in the area who have no choice but to use dial-up.
I was visiting an aunt in the area and went to look something up for her on her PC. After I told her my plan to Google it she told me I couldn't because it was 1) at a peek time so almost nothing goes through and 2) she was waiting for a call can you can't connect to the internet and use the phone at the same time. I personally feel the progress is more important then what will be happening to this guys garlic in 30 years.
That being said if you were from Nova Scotia you'd know we're very anti-progress here, there's a good chance he'll win his case and East link will just find somewhere else to put their tower.
This guy was against using chemical pesticides back in the 70's when everyone else was using them. I'm originally from the area this guy is from and a lot of farmers went the chemical route because they were told there was nothing wrong with pesticides. This guy stuck to his guns and is one of the few farmers now that doesn't have chemical soil contamination from decades of spraying crops...
On the other hand, he's pretty freaking nuts. Almost as crazy as another farmer in the area that was neglecting his cattle and claimed a national defense helicopter contaminated his land causing him to loose his organic farming status.
I know this is taking place in France, but in North America hasn't the RIAA already prosecuted people without notifying them they were being prosecuted?
I've seen this on several occasions with friends. I have a friend who's waiting for a trial because he hit his wife. People are so quick to jump on the she must be a battered women who couldn't get out of the relationship and the jerk is going to get what's coming to him.
They were married for nearly 10 years, I've been friends with "Bob" for about 6 now and have never seen him get angry. He's the kind of guy that would get T-Boned by someone running a red light and his first instinct would be to make sure the other drive is okay.
I don't even remember when it started but "Jane" would scream like a banshee at Bob for something or other. That much later on escalated into hitting and kicking him, toward the end I was around once when Jane threw a frying pan off the stove at him. I told Bob he needed to get help for either him or her. She was obviously mentally unstable. He just shrugged it off.
I think the main reason men don't speak up about this sort of thing is pride, but I also think that fewer people would take a guy as seriously as women are taken. It becomes a joke when a guy is getting beat up.
I know there are several different OS and each has it's their nuances, but you have to admit most operating systems out there are Windows, a variation of Unix or a variation of Linux. Even Linux itself was based off of Unix.
Oracle is a whole different beast. I use the database, but I've gotten so many mixed answers on what Oracle actually is. I've been told it's an OS that's geared toward database optimization, but I've also been given the impression that is uses/is based off of Solaris, which I think is a variation of Unix. I could be completely wrong, reading the Wikipedia page for Oracle doesn't give many answers. Especially when you get down to the History section that talks about Oracle 11g being released for Linux; I have to assume that 11g is just the database portion of Oracle.
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I don't know about your bank, but mine charges me 5 years of interest in service fees for using 1 too many transactions. I'd change banks, but I'm come to the conclusion most banks do that sort of thing. The only one I've had any success with is ING, but here in Canada (at least in Nova Scotia) you still need a regular bank account to transfer money to ING. So I'm stuck... For now.
Super, I can't wait to start lighting up... again.
The Romans had an extra step in their decline; invading armies... I think it would fit in between future generations slowly forget how to be efficient and future generations start having multitudes of children... maybe.
As it is now if someone with, what I consider, average financial skills with an average career works for 45 years, retires at 65 and doesn't die until 100, even if they were in good physical shape, they'd most likely be running low on funds to support themselves. I'm sure someone with better financial skills and the same average career could support themselves longer, but funds will run out and investments will sour eventually.
so I'd like to know, How would you support yourself indefinitely?
Yeah, I could settle for that
I, for one, look forward to being a burden to my family and making them change my diaper.
I'm sure you're probably being sarcastic, but the truth is when that happens most children put their parents in old age homes where the parent has to share a room with one TV and listen to people screaming all night and potentially be abused by the staff, which seems to be coming out more and more these days.
(And don't even bring up Logan's Run.
Drat foiled again.
You're right.
I would definitely love to live longer then 100 years, but consider what would happen if a person could live indefinitely. they'd have to have some pile of savings to support themselves, they'd have to have a pile of people in the supporting generation to support them or they'd have to continue to work as long as you were alive.
As it is now if someone with, what I consider, average financial skills with an average career works for 45 years, retires at 65 and doesn't die until 100, even if they were in good physical shape, they'd most likely be running low on funds to support themselves. I'm sure someone with better financial skills and the same average career could support themselves longer, but funds will run out and investments will sour eventually. I take my Dad as an example, he's works for the Canadian forces for the last 40ish years and is suppose to retire in the next year or so. However with the current market decline most of his retirement savings have been obliterated. Sure he'll survive, but there won't be very many cruises in his future. Another example, My Grandfather recently deceased, worked as a pharmacist until he was 75 at which point he sold his drugstore. He predicted he had enough in savings to support himself until he was in his late 90's. That prediction was drastically reduced when the market crashed.
That's the cycle. The baby boomers retire, the supporting population is to small to sustain them, the world gets flung into chaos for a few decades and/or we learn to deal, the boomers start dying off, there is another period of prosperity because the future generations have learned to be efficient, future generations slowly for get how to be efficient as it's no longer required to support a large aged population, future generations start having multitudes of children, cycle starts over.
I would settle for being put to death at 85 to keep population under control, if it meant my bones, mussels and organs didn't age. One of the worst thing about watching someone get old is to see their self reliance taken away and needing someone to help them into and out of the bath, change their diaper, feed them and put them to bed. THE worst thing is realizing someday it could and probably will happen to you.
It's sad but you start off with needing someone to look after you and that's how it ends, if you live that long.
I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada. We only just last year got a no "hand held device while driving" law. I believe the real point of the law is to nail someone with multiple charges. Like if you injure a pedestrian in a crosswalk you get charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian, entering an occupied crosswalk, using a weapon to causing bodily harm and driving without due care. That being said if you kill the pedestrian you only get a $387 fine for failing to yield to a pedestrian... Anyhow, now they could add operating a hand held device while driving.
I have to partly agree. It's possible that if she was waring some kind of tracking device maybe It would have gone unnoticed and the situation wouldn't have been as bad.
It's hard to say how this technology could be used, my wife and I have talked about getting GPS tracking implants for our kids when we eventually have children (for when they're young). Things happen you go to the beach, the mall, the movies, fairs, etc... and it's a haven for kidnappers one second where you're paying a vendor or you turn your head to talk to someone and whosh!! kid's gone.
I could also see this as a bad thing come the teenage years. I caused some trouble when I was younger, but looking back I see it as a necessary evil for my overall development. If I could track my teenagers and I knew where they were, sure I could go collect them because they aren't were they told me they'd be, but what kind of experiences and lessons could I be ruining because I "over sheltered" them? Some parents might take the stance "If I'm responsible for what my kids do, I have a right to invade their privacy.". I'd have to respond "true enough", but 1) just because you know where your kid is doesn't mean they're not causing trouble and 2) if you teach your kids to make good decisions, rather then making the decisions for them, you can be just as confident they're not up to something to get you in trouble.
There has to be some kind of cut off point, but every person it's different, some mature faster then others, and ultimately it has to be up to the parent to decided until the kid is at least of legal age. I have four siblings, I think my youngest younger brother, 18 now, could have been driving when he was 13-14 because he is mature and responsible, he makes all the right decisions (there would be no need to track him). My oldest younger brother, 22 now, STILL shouldn't be allowed to drive as he's demonstrated time and time again with speeding tickets, getting pulled over for drunk driving and drugs, and wrecking his friends truck (I'm surprised he's not in jail let alone the COPS don't have a tracking bracelet on him).
I know it's old news now, but "Since before the seizure, Elliott has maintained that a Department of National Defence helicopter contaminated his property leading to a de-classification of his organic herd and a subsequent loss of income which hampered his ability to properly nourish the animals."
You're right that although he claims he lost his classification he doesn't provide any proof and no one to backup his story was mentioned.
YOU FIEND!!!! Oh the humanity!
You're most likely correct. I admit I've taken the "he's being silly" train of thought like most others. It's easy for us to poke fun at this sort of thing, but seriously he could be right.
On a lighter note, I wonder if radiation is the reason teenagers to day are so messed up. Maybe all the cell phone use is what's screwing up their brains. I wonder where I could get a grant to do the research.
I'm sure that was the "Peak Times" line was some BS feed to her by Aliant to get her off their backs. I don't know enough about how dial-up works so I couldn't contest the claim, and I never actually used her connection so I couldn't even confirm what kind of connection speed she was getting. Last time I saw her she was quite excited because she was suppose to be getting a high speed connection. I don't know how/if this garlic farmer case will effect that, but if things are as bad as she claims I feel sorry for her.
You sir (or madam) are correct; however I hope he's just doing this for publicity. If not there are going to be a lot of People on Earth glowing in the dark in 30 years. There's nothing wrong with voicing an opinion, I still feel for the people living in the area who have no choice but to use dial-up.
I was visiting an aunt in the area and went to look something up for her on her PC. After I told her my plan to Google it she told me I couldn't because it was 1) at a peek time so almost nothing goes through and 2) she was waiting for a call can you can't connect to the internet and use the phone at the same time. I personally feel the progress is more important then what will be happening to this guys garlic in 30 years.
That being said if you were from Nova Scotia you'd know we're very anti-progress here, there's a good chance he'll win his case and East link will just find somewhere else to put their tower.
Oh nice, I hadn't even considered how much local plus national coverage he's getting for this.
This guy was against using chemical pesticides back in the 70's when everyone else was using them. I'm originally from the area this guy is from and a lot of farmers went the chemical route because they were told there was nothing wrong with pesticides. This guy stuck to his guns and is one of the few farmers now that doesn't have chemical soil contamination from decades of spraying crops...
On the other hand, he's pretty freaking nuts. Almost as crazy as another farmer in the area that was neglecting his cattle and claimed a national defense helicopter contaminated his land causing him to loose his organic farming status.
I know this is taking place in France, but in North America hasn't the RIAA already prosecuted people without notifying them they were being prosecuted?
I've seen this on several occasions with friends. I have a friend who's waiting for a trial because he hit his wife. People are so quick to jump on the she must be a battered women who couldn't get out of the relationship and the jerk is going to get what's coming to him.
They were married for nearly 10 years, I've been friends with "Bob" for about 6 now and have never seen him get angry. He's the kind of guy that would get T-Boned by someone running a red light and his first instinct would be to make sure the other drive is okay.
I don't even remember when it started but "Jane" would scream like a banshee at Bob for something or other. That much later on escalated into hitting and kicking him, toward the end I was around once when Jane threw a frying pan off the stove at him. I told Bob he needed to get help for either him or her. She was obviously mentally unstable. He just shrugged it off.
I think the main reason men don't speak up about this sort of thing is pride, but I also think that fewer people would take a guy as seriously as women are taken. It becomes a joke when a guy is getting beat up.
You rock. That's got to be the best description I've herd so far. Short and to the point.
Thanks, that was an awesome response.
I'd mod you up, but I don't have any points.
Maybe for the laymen user.
I know there are several different OS and each has it's their nuances, but you have to admit most operating systems out there are Windows, a variation of Unix or a variation of Linux. Even Linux itself was based off of Unix.
Oracle is a whole different beast. I use the database, but I've gotten so many mixed answers on what Oracle actually is. I've been told it's an OS that's geared toward database optimization, but I've also been given the impression that is uses/is based off of Solaris, which I think is a variation of Unix. I could be completely wrong, reading the Wikipedia page for Oracle doesn't give many answers. Especially when you get down to the History section that talks about Oracle 11g being released for Linux; I have to assume that 11g is just the database portion of Oracle.
I would mod you up as informative if I could. Good response.