Banks will always loan you more than you can actually afford.
Plus, you can always tell the bank you're planning to rent a room. That won't work if you're clearly in over your head, but if you're on the edge (per their very optimistic model), it will.
Banks are greedy, not stupid, and there is a difference. They will loan to one what one SHOULD be able to afford, but then squander too much on the latest phone, new car, eating out, drinking out, and people "can't afford" mortgages they qualify for based on assuming they weren't undisciplined with their other spending.
I didn't mean to imply mortgages and real estate are not connected but that the causal link to global meltdown was from shady mortgages not real estate directly.
There is that whole "instability of the real estate market causing a global economic crash" thing.
There was no instability of the real estate market that caused a global economic crash. You may be thinking of the whole "unsustainability in the mortgage loan market that caused a global economic crash" thing.
Nah, it'll still be "Whole Paycheck". $7.00 for 4 avacados? Oh, organic avacados.
Has WF changed lately? The times I've been in one it was all the packaged food with "organic" on the boxes and cans. In the actual produce section there was a small "conventionally grown" sign under all but a very small selection.
A five percent yearly increase in prices is supposed to be good for the economy.
You may have misheard that. The Fed targets 2% inflation, not 5. Prices would double every 15 years at 5% which is more than a little unhappy. 2% sees a doubling only every 36 which is a bit more reasonable.
Wouldn't it have been simpler to have had a military governor since 2001 and only now gradually introducing democracy instead of having elections 3 months after the invasion? Japan didn't return to fully self governed until '72 and it seems to have worked out OK for them.
There where signs everywhere that we didn't keep large amounts of money on hand and wouldn't accept large bills to keep this from happening because if they already pumped the gas then you had no choice but to break the large bill.
They have to accept the large bill don't have to provide change on the spot.
... it for anything other than media files. "Move app to SD" in every case moves maybe a few MB of app data to SD and never the muilti-GB app itself. Grrrrrrr
Not only does Carbonite not support Linux but neither Windows Home Server. One gets emails from them demanding that as a business using a server, they are cancelling the account unless it is upgraded to a business level. Trying to explain that WHS is a personal home system get only mindless "Server! Servers are for businesses! You are running a business!". Total morons.
I'm sorry, I'm not paying $30-$50 to watch any single movie. I can get entire seasons of TV shows I love for $20.
The studios are terrified that you might invite some friends over to watch the movie with you and they would rather charge for a crowd than risk someone watching it for less than full ticket price.
On the other hand, it illustrates nicely that even bad patents are prevented from being permanent problems, unlike the eternal monster copyright has become.
the trouble with our society is that a person's worth is based upon their economic value
A common misconception I see all the time. If this were true there would be no social assistance or public services of any kind. But this is not the case because all people have personal worth. It's each person's economic contribution and therefor their economic worth that varies wildly.
The SETI project is entirely one of data analysis, not management of data collection. It's highly unlikely anyone on the SETI project has experience managing such a facility.
So, are you saying some should = some or some should = practically insurmountable ? Since the article is bemoaning some = practically insurmountable and your post appears sarcastic, can we assume that is your preference?
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People leave Canada for two reasons: climate and taxes.
I always thought they left to find better beer.
For each of the proposed US routes, you can already buy round-trip airline tickets for about $120
No, you can't. From the very first one:
https://www.travelocity.com/Fl...
"We've searched more than 400 airlines that we sell, and couldn't find any flights from Cheyenne (CYS) to Pueblo (PUB) on Mon, Oct 23"
Banks will always loan you more than you can actually afford.
Plus, you can always tell the bank you're planning to rent a room. That won't work if you're clearly in over your head, but if you're on the edge (per their very optimistic model), it will.
Banks are greedy, not stupid, and there is a difference. They will loan to one what one SHOULD be able to afford, but then squander too much on the latest phone, new car, eating out, drinking out, and people "can't afford" mortgages they qualify for based on assuming they weren't undisciplined with their other spending.
I didn't mean to imply mortgages and real estate are not connected but that the causal link to global meltdown was from shady mortgages not real estate directly.
However, they can't actually afford a $6K per month mortgage payment
Then something is jacked up if they qualified for it.
There is that whole "instability of the real estate market causing a global economic crash" thing.
There was no instability of the real estate market that caused a global economic crash. You may be thinking of the whole "unsustainability in the mortgage loan market that caused a global economic crash" thing.
for some of us, we're the wrong colour to live anywhere else in the country.
I would not want to find a cross burning on my front lawn one morning.
I would hope that for 2.47M the HOA provides 24/7 security guards to keep out the riffraff.
if the recruiter does not like them...the worker doesnt work.
Since when does a recruiter not like a candidate? The typical recruiter will throw almost anyone at a position in hope of a commission.
1) Universities don't control the cost of textbooks, publishers do
Professors who write the textbooks that are required for their classes have a non trivial part to play in that cost.
Nah, it'll still be "Whole Paycheck". $7.00 for 4 avacados? Oh, organic avacados.
Has WF changed lately? The times I've been in one it was all the packaged food with "organic" on the boxes and cans. In the actual produce section there was a small "conventionally grown" sign under all but a very small selection.
A five percent yearly increase in prices is supposed to be good for the economy.
You may have misheard that. The Fed targets 2% inflation, not 5. Prices would double every 15 years at 5% which is more than a little unhappy. 2% sees a doubling only every 36 which is a bit more reasonable.
only allowed to leave his residence for four hours each week... "has too much freedom while awaiting trial and may skip the country."
That's more than enough time to notice he hasn't come home and still catch him in the TSA line.
Wouldn't it have been simpler to have had a military governor since 2001 and only now gradually introducing democracy instead of having elections 3 months after the invasion? Japan didn't return to fully self governed until '72 and it seems to have worked out OK for them.
There where signs everywhere that we didn't keep large amounts of money on hand and wouldn't accept large bills to keep this from happening because if they already pumped the gas then you had no choice but to break the large bill.
They have to accept the large bill don't have to provide change on the spot.
... it for anything other than media files. "Move app to SD" in every case moves maybe a few MB of app data to SD and never the muilti-GB app itself. Grrrrrrr
Not only does Carbonite not support Linux but neither Windows Home Server. One gets emails from them demanding that as a business using a server, they are cancelling the account unless it is upgraded to a business level. Trying to explain that WHS is a personal home system get only mindless "Server! Servers are for businesses! You are running a business!". Total morons.
The only thing I normally watch that isn't on the antenna is current anime from Japan
Has it stopped being toy advertisements thinly veiled as shows?
My bill from Comcast is $49/mo for internet only. Your assertion varies wildly by location.
I'm sorry, I'm not paying $30-$50 to watch any single movie. I can get entire seasons of TV shows I love for $20.
The studios are terrified that you might invite some friends over to watch the movie with you and they would rather charge for a crowd than risk someone watching it for less than full ticket price.
On the other hand, it illustrates nicely that even bad patents are prevented from being permanent problems, unlike the eternal monster copyright has become.
What, program macros into Excel to make it play Life?
OK, then let's be like Germany, where higher education is FREE.
??? University professors in Germany make 75K+ salaries.
the trouble with our society is that a person's worth is based upon their economic value
A common misconception I see all the time. If this were true there would be no social assistance or public services of any kind. But this is not the case because all people have personal worth. It's each person's economic contribution and therefor their economic worth that varies wildly.
The SETI project is entirely one of data analysis, not management of data collection. It's highly unlikely anyone on the SETI project has experience managing such a facility.
So, are you saying some should = some or some should = practically insurmountable ?
Since the article is bemoaning some = practically insurmountable and your post appears sarcastic, can we assume that is your preference?