On the other hand, it’s hard to think of anyone less qualified to pass judgment on America than the rating agencies. The people who rated subprime-backed securities are now declaring that they are the judges of fiscal policy? Really?
He certainly had no problem with their ratings when they were rated AAA, why should he now? But then again he's the guy who insists on an 8 - 10 Trillion USD stimulus plan to "save" the economy. God forbid he understands the concept of fiscal responsibility - I wouldn't trust that man's opinions with a nickel.
Also, it resolves the housing crisis, which would be great for helping the economy overall.
Oh really, and how would printing money help? The housing prices were far to high and increasing at an unsustainable pace for it to go on; it was a bubble that had to be burst (as all bubbles do). And no, pet projects trying to keep the prices artificially high (that is, higher than what the market thinks its worth) does NOT help your situation at all. It's just throwing good money after bad.
It's the best solution to our problems, unfortunately. Defaulting rather than devaluing spreads the pain rather unfairly. Devaluing hits all debt holders equally percentage wise.
Also, it resolves the housing crisis, which would be great for helping the economy overall.
That's not quite true. The rich and more educated typically either have far greater access to inflation-prevention measures (i.e. buying gold en mass, forex etc) and/or the know-how to do so. Contrariwise, the very poor and uneducated (which often happen to be blacks and hispanics) are utterly and entirely screwed. Not to mention the inflation will drive up prices of exports, making the US less competitive on the global market. Believe me - inflation is not the way to go. But then again, the assumption that the government will act responsibly (fiscally or otherwise) is probably just wishful thinking...
King's Quest and Space Quest have always been on the list of my favourite game series, the latter of which, as an added bonus, is filled with humour (PG-13 i believe).
Some may tell you that they're too hard, especially the first games of the series (keep in mind that point and click didn't come until KQ5, so everything is typed). While that may be true, my response to that is that it gives you an added chance of bonding with your daughter by working with her (they grow up fast at that age). Some of my best memories of childhood involved my dad and I getting through King's Quest together...
And how many hackers are out there, exactly? Uhm...riiight.
The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established.
This sounds more like the voice-over narration to the introduction of a cyberpunk B-movie than a remotely decently written article...
Because it's easier to risk money on a venture when it's not yours to lose. If it were profitable/possible, wouldn't you assume that private investors would be working on it? Sure, the idea is great, but also very expensive and unlikely to yield anything any time soon.
These stupid companies think they can treat their customers like children and in the process shoot themselves in the foot.
Correction: they didn't treat them like children: Harrington High School did. Still, I'm surprised how they think they can get away with these kinds of things. Could you imagine the charges that would be brought upon them if, say, a 15 yo girl had the laptop on while, say, undressing? It's appalling and seriously makes me wonder what's going on in their heads.
In the mean time, i expect an "oops, my bad" apology in a futile attempt to save face and not get sued out of existence.
...from Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros, Alone in the Dark...
well, ok so these are particularly atrocious examples but with the exception of Prince of Persia (which i quite liked, but mostly due to Jake Gyllenhaal) all other VG based movies have been mediocre at best. Question: have any game-based movie made any money? (really, have they?)
Outlaws are going to become fucking billionaires. They
are going to spend a lot of that money arming their own
private armies. Thousands of innocent people will be
slaughtered and displaced.
This has already happened. As for the 1000s displaced and slaughtered, well, it's been happening since the dawn of time.
The easiest way to stop illicit trade is to remove the huge profits. True for software, true for street drugs, true for pretty much any commodity. Prohibition doesn't work; lack of profit does.
The problem with piracy is not that they make huge profits per se (if they charged $0.50 for a movie, yet the cost to create, produce and distribute a movie were $0.01, would you still be up on arms about their massive profit margin?), but it's that people see it as costing more than they are willing to pay - especially if we're force fed ads/previews that you don't want/can't skip over. Having said that, the fundamental problem is that they are not willing to accept any form of competition from other sources, effectively forcing a monopoly to justify their higher prices. It's much easier to spend money, lobby and villify your enemies as "killing the X industry" than it is to accept it and reduce prices (and profits).
Everyone seems to be coming up with something like this. And I think it's all to encourage you to stay within the owner's ecosystem where they make the rules and skim the profits of everything that comes through.
Naturally. It's much easier and cheaper to add worthless (and costless) crap to your product than it is to actually lower the price.
We gave up any meaningful right when we signed the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, & any remaining freedoms with the PATRIOT Act of 2001, so what say you, puny civilians?
What's really interesting here, is that we're not seeing the usual Big Gov't vs puny civilian story, but rather Big Gov't division A vs. Big Government to such an extent. It's one thing for, say, Bernanke to elaborate some nice rhetoric to the congress in order to explain his printing money "for the good of society". But to amass a small psychological army (no pun intended) to purposefully brainwash the congress? Now that's scary....
The US Constitution does not permit **any** ex post facto laws. Therefore nothing Assange has done to date is actionable under the SHIELD Act.
If Assange is smart, he'll publicly retire from Wikileaks now. Once he's gone, he won't have any links to it that would make it worthwhile to extradite him because a federal judge would just laugh at the DoJ if they actually try to prosecute him under the SHIELD Act for anything he's done so far.
Really? And who's to stop them? The US Gov't has violated the constitution times before; no reason to stop now. Conspiracy theorists, with or without good reason, could cite more sinister possibilities, although I think he's too high profile to just "commit suicide". Just my $0.02.
the Antikythera mechanism? it's been out of use for thousands of years. One could, however, argue that it can be used as a "learning tool", however more in the context of understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the anciet greeks, rather than for astronomical observations, but still...
"The scheme, which aims to reach out to the 9.2 million adults that are not yet online, 4 million of whom are considered socially and economically disadvantaged."
So, wait, geeks and nerds are now getting free computers in the UK!?
Troll me if you want, but, while i do find this appalling, i cant feel sympathetic to people who post up their personal, private information for their "friends" to see and then later become victims. There's no valid reason for people to put it up and just leaves them vulnerable to exploitation (see previous facebook slashdot story), especially if you're not required to post it (and if you were, use fake data). Someone wants your address? let them ask it you for it.They want to call you? let them ask you for your phone number in person. Or by private email. At the very least you'll have control over who gets it and who does not, rather than people you randomly friended over time and have no idea who they are (yes, it happens).
I've kept my profile (almost) empty for over a year now - believe me when i say you won't miss your data not being up there for the world to see...
I've used a similar competing product called SmartWater.
The beauty of things like SmartWater is that its a suspension of fine molecules that can be *uniquely* identified to a particular user (i.e. you get a coded bottle with a unique number and a unique solution). The UV is just there to light up when people go through police stations but the chemical itself is, supposedly, uniquely identifiable.
You mean this smartwater? Wow, i had no idea flavoured vitamin water could do such things! And i thought it was to make you smart...
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On the other hand, it’s hard to think of anyone less qualified to pass judgment on America than the rating agencies. The people who rated subprime-backed securities are now declaring that they are the judges of fiscal policy? Really?
He certainly had no problem with their ratings when they were rated AAA, why should he now? But then again he's the guy who insists on an 8 - 10 Trillion USD stimulus plan to "save" the economy. God forbid he understands the concept of fiscal responsibility - I wouldn't trust that man's opinions with a nickel.
Also, it resolves the housing crisis, which would be great for helping the economy overall.
Oh really, and how would printing money help? The housing prices were far to high and increasing at an unsustainable pace for it to go on; it was a bubble that had to be burst (as all bubbles do). And no, pet projects trying to keep the prices artificially high (that is, higher than what the market thinks its worth) does NOT help your situation at all. It's just throwing good money after bad.
It's the best solution to our problems, unfortunately. Defaulting rather than devaluing spreads the pain rather unfairly. Devaluing hits all debt holders equally percentage wise.
Also, it resolves the housing crisis, which would be great for helping the economy overall.
That's not quite true. The rich and more educated typically either have far greater access to inflation-prevention measures (i.e. buying gold en mass, forex etc) and/or the know-how to do so. Contrariwise, the very poor and uneducated (which often happen to be blacks and hispanics) are utterly and entirely screwed. Not to mention the inflation will drive up prices of exports, making the US less competitive on the global market. Believe me - inflation is not the way to go. But then again, the assumption that the government will act responsibly (fiscally or otherwise) is probably just wishful thinking...
Cant you just exclude the outliers from the analysis?
King's Quest and Space Quest have always been on the list of my favourite game series, the latter of which, as an added bonus, is filled with humour (PG-13 i believe).
Some may tell you that they're too hard, especially the first games of the series (keep in mind that point and click didn't come until KQ5, so everything is typed). While that may be true, my response to that is that it gives you an added chance of bonding with your daughter by working with her (they grow up fast at that age). Some of my best memories of childhood involved my dad and I getting through King's Quest together...
The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established.
This sounds more like the voice-over narration to the introduction of a cyberpunk B-movie than a remotely decently written article...
Because it's easier to risk money on a venture when it's not yours to lose. If it were profitable/possible, wouldn't you assume that private investors would be working on it? Sure, the idea is great, but also very expensive and unlikely to yield anything any time soon.
These stupid companies think they can treat their customers like children and in the process shoot themselves in the foot.
Correction: they didn't treat them like children: Harrington High School did. Still, I'm surprised how they think they can get away with these kinds of things. Could you imagine the charges that would be brought upon them if, say, a 15 yo girl had the laptop on while, say, undressing? It's appalling and seriously makes me wonder what's going on in their heads.
In the mean time, i expect an "oops, my bad" apology in a futile attempt to save face and not get sued out of existence.
...from Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros, Alone in the Dark... well, ok so these are particularly atrocious examples but with the exception of Prince of Persia (which i quite liked, but mostly due to Jake Gyllenhaal) all other VG based movies have been mediocre at best. Question: have any game-based movie made any money? (really, have they?)
Outlaws are going to become fucking billionaires. They are going to spend a lot of that money arming their own private armies. Thousands of innocent people will be slaughtered and displaced.
This has already happened. As for the 1000s displaced and slaughtered, well, it's been happening since the dawn of time.
It seems the wireless router item was removed from the site. Guess it's not such a sign, after all....
underwater?
I can see two ways this could go. One, plentiful geothermal power wherever you can dig a big enough hole.
Two, artificial volcanos.
Either one is pretty cool.
Yes...until environmentalists protest on grounds that they will cause further man-made induced global warming.
The easiest way to stop illicit trade is to remove the huge profits. True for software, true for street drugs, true for pretty much any commodity. Prohibition doesn't work; lack of profit does.
The problem with piracy is not that they make huge profits per se (if they charged $0.50 for a movie, yet the cost to create, produce and distribute a movie were $0.01, would you still be up on arms about their massive profit margin?), but it's that people see it as costing more than they are willing to pay - especially if we're force fed ads/previews that you don't want/can't skip over. Having said that, the fundamental problem is that they are not willing to accept any form of competition from other sources, effectively forcing a monopoly to justify their higher prices. It's much easier to spend money, lobby and villify your enemies as "killing the X industry" than it is to accept it and reduce prices (and profits).
Everyone seems to be coming up with something like this. And I think it's all to encourage you to stay within the owner's ecosystem where they make the rules and skim the profits of everything that comes through.
Naturally. It's much easier and cheaper to add worthless (and costless) crap to your product than it is to actually lower the price.
it was a hypothetical example :-)
We gave up any meaningful right when we signed the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, & any remaining freedoms with the PATRIOT Act of 2001, so what say you, puny civilians?
What's really interesting here, is that we're not seeing the usual Big Gov't vs puny civilian story, but rather Big Gov't division A vs. Big Government to such an extent. It's one thing for, say, Bernanke to elaborate some nice rhetoric to the congress in order to explain his printing money "for the good of society". But to amass a small psychological army (no pun intended) to purposefully brainwash the congress? Now that's scary....
The US Constitution does not permit **any** ex post facto laws. Therefore nothing Assange has done to date is actionable under the SHIELD Act.
If Assange is smart, he'll publicly retire from Wikileaks now. Once he's gone, he won't have any links to it that would make it worthwhile to extradite him because a federal judge would just laugh at the DoJ if they actually try to prosecute him under the SHIELD Act for anything he's done so far.
Really? And who's to stop them? The US Gov't has violated the constitution times before; no reason to stop now. Conspiracy theorists, with or without good reason, could cite more sinister possibilities, although I think he's too high profile to just "commit suicide". Just my $0.02.
the Antikythera mechanism? it's been out of use for thousands of years. One could, however, argue that it can be used as a "learning tool", however more in the context of understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the anciet greeks, rather than for astronomical observations, but still...
"The scheme, which aims to reach out to the 9.2 million adults that are not yet online, 4 million of whom are considered socially and economically disadvantaged."
So, wait, geeks and nerds are now getting free computers in the UK!?
Troll me if you want, but, while i do find this appalling, i cant feel sympathetic to people who post up their personal, private information for their "friends" to see and then later become victims. There's no valid reason for people to put it up and just leaves them vulnerable to exploitation (see previous facebook slashdot story), especially if you're not required to post it (and if you were, use fake data). Someone wants your address? let them ask it you for it.They want to call you? let them ask you for your phone number in person. Or by private email. At the very least you'll have control over who gets it and who does not, rather than people you randomly friended over time and have no idea who they are (yes, it happens).
I've kept my profile (almost) empty for over a year now - believe me when i say you won't miss your data not being up there for the world to see...
Who gets to define "intelligence?"
The (liberal), scientists, of course.
Actually, it looks like this is just a crazy old lady with a blog.
Wait, so June is not a guy!?
great, just give them what they want - free publicity
I've used a similar competing product called SmartWater.
The beauty of things like SmartWater is that its a suspension of fine molecules that can be *uniquely* identified to a particular user (i.e. you get a coded bottle with a unique number and a unique solution). The UV is just there to light up when people go through police stations but the chemical itself is, supposedly, uniquely identifiable.
You mean this smartwater? Wow, i had no idea flavoured vitamin water could do such things! And i thought it was to make you smart...