this would be a killer device for me (i use windows, but need to always carry 2 laptops, and work on them as my only computer).
A high res small long life decent specced device would be worth a lot. Hopefully a good thunderbolt dock will be out too (thunderbolt provides enough power to do powered USB and VGA without external source, but they all have it).
Lots of software people there, not all traveling (I ran into a lot from CA there too). It's mostly oil and gas type stuff. The big companies pay as much as NYC without a cost of living differential, and you can get a decent apartment on the public transit (light rail) rout to downtown for less than half of manhatten, and for a 2 bedroom, significantly less than Brooklyn too (1200-1500).
The people I ran into in downtown were almost entirely there temporarily for work (like myself), or from somewhere else, there was essentially no stereotypical southern or texan culture, and it was less douche-ridden than DC, trendy than NYC, or yucky than Philly (my area). The family issue may be problematic as Texas has been dramatically reducing investment in education, but the pay/cost of living ratio should make that not too big of a problem.
I actually think sending a worthless thing into space could be a great comment on the waste of space programs for example (not one i agree with, but a very valid way to express it through artistic expression).
If it's grandstanding for attention, then it's really no more artistic than throwing a tantrum.
By those standards though, most of art throughout history isn't particularly artistic (often times being a substitute for what I snap with my camera when visiting people).
Also, looking at the two together, in recent past gold has been more volatile than S and P.
Overall, S&P goes up, and gold stays steady, but both are fairly volatile in the last 30 years ( S&P going 500 - 1400 gold going 250 - 1400, but gold looking ready to crash hard based on recent history, or slowly devalue on older data (1930s)).
Compare it to things like durable good, other metals of dubious actual worth, and currencies the world over.
Though it pertains to silver, Adam Smith has a long diversion about how using precious metal as a consistent measurement of value is nearly as silly as using wheat or currency.
People can speculate in gold just as much as anything else (betting against the economy and on inflation).
In 2002 gold had lost half of it's dollar value from 1982. In the process it could buy about 1/4 as much per an once. Hardly a safe investment. Having very little real world use, gold has barely more inherent value than bitcoin, I can buy dollars with it, and buy it for dollars. Bitcoin at least can be used to purchase drugs directly.
Only in the last year have the cameras gotten to where I would call them good enough to be point-and-shoot in smart-phones. I'd call that a feature added.
If they can get a good zoom going it'd be worth having too (Nokia worked on that).
Also, battery life, but that's a hard one, light takes a specific amount of energy, and batteries can store a certain amount.
I'm sure there's features yet to be thought of too.
You're lucky there are cabs there. I live in a Philly distant suburb. We called a cab company, after an incomprehensible conversation with the dispatcher we got a cal 45 minutes later from an actual cab. He said, I'm to far away, unless you're going further, I won't come get you.
We ended up waiting 90 more minutes, and driving home.
Hmmm, on point 1, I've read dozens of comments about the largest issue with drugs being that illegality increases cost.
if all grocery stores tripled prices I would reduce my consumption of food, I would definitely spend more of my time hungry, and get some extra calories from the liquor store.
if the illegality does not increase price, then all.the arguments about the prohibition increasing price being a large part of the problem are wrong.
I didn't mean to spark fury, but common sense says increased.price reduces consumption. I've seen addicts with money drink as much as they possibly could, and addicts when poor drink only the minimum needed, so in my observation, the consumption is inelastic argument is false.
again, I am against prohibition, but the legitimate arguments are about damage of the policy, and freedom. Not that the war does nothing at all.
Do you really believe that? it's driven up costs, and as someone that believes in economics it has therefore lowered abuse.
I do think that the war on drugs is a net negative, and should be stopped. I also believe that making obviously false statements is not the way to go about it.
The war on drugs has reduced drug abuse, but increased people abuse (as the criminals running the industry don't really feel the need to lack legally), but has certainly reduced drug abuse by increasing the cost.
Interesting, I swallowed a decent amount (domes and paper clips (or parts of them) of inedible in my late teens/early twenties. Any time I had a swallowing incident with them, my insides would liquify for a day or so.
Good for you, when I travel for work my 2 items of any real value are my clothes and my work product.
I lug a copy of work product with me (on a 2.5 inch hard drive), and leave one at the room.
When I'm away for weeks at a time, I tend to have a few suits, these combined definitely are worth more than my laptop. And I can't exactly lug them around.
the laptop is easily replaceable, and the software install while busy would suck, but is only a few hours.
My local car share (I use it for the hourly rental of a pick-up and sometimes a mini-van, while using my sub-compact as a daily driver) will not let people join with under 5 years experience, more than one accident in 5 years or a DUI in 10.
I don't believe the regularly re-run the license though, and looking at the site now, some of these requirements are relaxed/not mentioned.
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Oh god, I hope they do a retina MacBook pro.
this would be a killer device for me (i use windows, but need to always carry 2 laptops, and work on them as my only computer).
A high res small long life decent specced device would be worth a lot. Hopefully a good thunderbolt dock will be out too (thunderbolt provides enough power to do powered USB and VGA without external source, but they all have it).
Houston.
Lots of software people there, not all traveling (I ran into a lot from CA there too). It's mostly oil and gas type stuff. The big companies pay as much as NYC without a cost of living differential, and you can get a decent apartment on the public transit (light rail) rout to downtown for less than half of manhatten, and for a 2 bedroom, significantly less than Brooklyn too (1200-1500).
The people I ran into in downtown were almost entirely there temporarily for work (like myself), or from somewhere else, there was essentially no stereotypical southern or texan culture, and it was less douche-ridden than DC, trendy than NYC, or yucky than Philly (my area). The family issue may be problematic as Texas has been dramatically reducing investment in education, but the pay/cost of living ratio should make that not too big of a problem.
I think motivation has a lot to do with this.
I actually think sending a worthless thing into space could be a great comment on the waste of space programs for example (not one i agree with, but a very valid way to express it through artistic expression).
If it's grandstanding for attention, then it's really no more artistic than throwing a tantrum.
By those standards though, most of art throughout history isn't particularly artistic (often times being a substitute for what I snap with my camera when visiting people).
Also, not going to RTFA...
Thanks,
My reading of the cartoon is that the modern art is valid artistic expression though, seemingly contrary to your suggestion, thus the confusion.
I can't tell where the satire and seriousness of your post is.
The onion cartoons are parodies of cartoons, you can tell because art grants are not budget crippling.
It's not too far off though
http://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-price/
Most dramatic drop is black friday era, about 350 -> 75
with gold
http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/images/charts/Gold/Gold_inflation_chart.htm
Highest to lowest is about 1800 -> 400.
Also, looking at the two together, in recent past gold has been more volatile than S and P.
Overall, S&P goes up, and gold stays steady, but both are fairly volatile in the last 30 years ( S&P going 500 - 1400 gold going 250 - 1400, but gold looking ready to crash hard based on recent history, or slowly devalue on older data (1930s)).
Gold is way overvalued right now.
Compare it to things like durable good, other metals of dubious actual worth, and currencies the world over.
Though it pertains to silver, Adam Smith has a long diversion about how using precious metal as a consistent measurement of value is nearly as silly as using wheat or currency.
People can speculate in gold just as much as anything else (betting against the economy and on inflation).
http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/images/charts/Gold/Gold_inflation_chart.htm
In 2002 gold had lost half of it's dollar value from 1982. In the process it could buy about 1/4 as much per an once. Hardly a safe investment. Having very little real world use, gold has barely more inherent value than bitcoin, I can buy dollars with it, and buy it for dollars. Bitcoin at least can be used to purchase drugs directly.
Only in the last year have the cameras gotten to where I would call them good enough to be point-and-shoot in smart-phones. I'd call that a feature added.
If they can get a good zoom going it'd be worth having too (Nokia worked on that).
Also, battery life, but that's a hard one, light takes a specific amount of energy, and batteries can store a certain amount.
I'm sure there's features yet to be thought of too.
No, the FDA relies on the honesty of the submitter.
So if they get a thing saying thourgholy reviewed blah blah, they approve it.
They don't run studies either.
Is it that much faster for 3mb to 20 gb files?
I'm pretty sure when the VP moves up, a new VP comes about.
I would assume by appointment (with confirmation).
I am basing this off of Gerald Ford being appointed after Agnew resigned (and the reading of the 25th amendment).
Fun fact, Gerald Ford the only president that was never on the winning side of a presidential election.
Great, so now we need extra lawyers for all these things that are currently a fairly well understood and consistent contract between 2 people.
That'll help for sure.
I'm pretty sure Samsung ripped off KDE for the settings icon.
Most don't use them to their detriment.
Sellers benefit greatly from reduced exposure if they have a client base too.
Escorts work the same way in general, work up a client base that supports life, and then stop advertising.
Once established risk drops significantly.
You're lucky there are cabs there. I live in a Philly distant suburb. We called a cab company, after an incomprehensible conversation with the dispatcher we got a cal 45 minutes later from an actual cab. He said, I'm to far away, unless you're going further, I won't come get you.
We ended up waiting 90 more minutes, and driving home.
Hmmm, on point 1, I've read dozens of comments about the largest issue with drugs being that illegality increases cost.
if all grocery stores tripled prices I would reduce my consumption of food, I would definitely spend more of my time hungry, and get some extra calories from the liquor store.
if the illegality does not increase price, then all.the arguments about the prohibition increasing price being a large part of the problem are wrong.
I didn't mean to spark fury, but common sense says increased.price reduces consumption. I've seen addicts with money drink as much as they possibly could, and addicts when poor drink only the minimum needed, so in my observation, the consumption is inelastic argument is false.
again, I am against prohibition, but the legitimate arguments are about damage of the policy, and freedom. Not that the war does nothing at all.
It's done nothing to reduce drug abuse.
Do you really believe that? it's driven up costs, and as someone that believes in economics it has therefore lowered abuse.
I do think that the war on drugs is a net negative, and should be stopped. I also believe that making obviously false statements is not the way to go about it.
The war on drugs has reduced drug abuse, but increased people abuse (as the criminals running the industry don't really feel the need to lack legally), but has certainly reduced drug abuse by increasing the cost.
Have you tried to install an xp era game on linux?
much easier to pirate the windows version and use wine.
Interesting, I swallowed a decent amount (domes and paper clips (or parts of them) of inedible in my late teens/early twenties. Any time I had a swallowing incident with them, my insides would liquify for a day or so.
...slap stick...
Actually, it sounds like a scene from an updated three stooges.
man with massive cock takes a hot shell down his pants because of it. Also sticks ensue, people want to see the evidence (i.e. pics of his huge cock).
Weren't the Taliban called freedom fighters when we funded them?
obviously not in Iraq though.
Good for you, when I travel for work my 2 items of any real value are my clothes and my work product.
I lug a copy of work product with me (on a 2.5 inch hard drive), and leave one at the room.
When I'm away for weeks at a time, I tend to have a few suits, these combined definitely are worth more than my laptop. And I can't exactly lug them around.
the laptop is easily replaceable, and the software install while busy would suck, but is only a few hours.
My local car share (I use it for the hourly rental of a pick-up and sometimes a mini-van, while using my sub-compact as a daily driver) will not let people join with under 5 years experience, more than one accident in 5 years or a DUI in 10.
I don't believe the regularly re-run the license though, and looking at the site now, some of these requirements are relaxed/not mentioned.