>>>You would rather have the entire financial sector melt down? You thought the recession was unpleasant?
It's going to meltdown anyway. All TARP (and similar bailouts by the ECB) did was postpone the inevitable. We're going to have another recession very soon, first starting in Greece, then Europe, and spreading to us. The root cause of banks being massively overleveraged 50-to-1 never went away, and it will come back to bite us. In fact it's now worse than 2008.
The wiser course IS a meltdown, as happened in the 1921-22 depression, so that all the bad debt/poorly-performing companies are wiped-out, and followed by a rapid recovery. It's just like ripping-off a bandaid, or jumping in a pool. A sharp, painful moment but it goes-away quickly.
The alternative is to end-up like Japan, where they experienced a sharp crash 2 decades ago, and still haven't recovered.
>>>TARP was proposed by George W. Bush or more precisely, his Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson. The "bribes" (politely known as riders) came as much from the White House as from Democrats. >>> That doesn't sound accurate... not from looking at the Congressional record. TARP 1 *failed* to pass in the Congress because even though Democrats overwhelmingly supported it, the Republicans rejected it.
They had to dump that bill and create a new one (call it TARP 2) which included earmarks added by Democrats in order to convince their republican colleagues to join the Democrat side. It worked. The Democrats overwhelmingly supported the corporate welfare & bailouts (which is opposite of how their party normally act), while the Republicans rejected it the first time.
>>>buy and use some actual hardware so you have half a clue what you're talking about.
Well neither my Wii or X360 are online. My niece' wii is not online. My nephews' Xbox is not online. My 2 friends with Wiis are not online. My 3rd friend with PS3 is not online.
Yes. I was being tongue-in-cheek. I know my P4 isn't as fast..... I know that every time I try to play an HD-quality movie, and it runs at quarter speed. The CPU is fast in cycles but slow in calculations.
>>>masterpiece of design like Windows 7 and making it a pain in the butt to use.
I'm planning to buy a second Win7 machine, so if the first goes bad I am not forced into upgrading to Windows Vista..... er, I mean 8. (And no I can't use GNUlinux or Mac, as I need Windows for working at home.)
So $20 for a flash-based SD cartridge versus 25 cents for a Bluray distribution. Hmmm. I think they'll stick with the cheaper discs. Even Nintendo eventually gave-up on cartridges, even though it weakened their copy protection.
>>>70-75% of all consoles have always on internet.
Did you pull this from someplace dark and smelly? I have yet to see any console that was connected to the internet. Please back-up your numbers with some source.
If you're going to do that, you may as well just go back to cartridges. Let's see... the N64's biggest cartridge was Resident Evil 2 at 64 megabytes. The new PS4 will have 50,000 megabyte carts.;-) Of course the reason cartridges were phased-out is because assembling hardware is more-costly to build than a flat disc of reflective foil. So you idea is a nonstarter.
>>>$99 bucks is a hell of a lot of money, when you consider that many desktop PCs sell for $700 and less
You guys kinda shot yourself in the foot. You bought your PCs, mailed back your copies of Windows Vista or 7 (because you run linux), and asked places like amazon.com to refund the Microsoft "tax" or license fee. About $70.
Microsoft, being well aware of what was going on, found a way to block those refunds by tying their license fee to the hardware. Now it doesn't matter if you return Windows to amazon..... you still have the hardware and still have to pay the Microsoft "tax" to use it.
>>>I think it's time to consider a new distro, if this is how Red Hat/Fedora want to work
But the other distros won't work. Did you not RTFS? Also I don't recall Red Hat ever saying their were "free as in liberty" software. It's always been a non-free system.
>>>I find it kinda funny that you think James Hansen (who do you think the J Hansen is, there?) is an authority to be believed when he finds negative forcings, but a total eugenic crackpot who is paid off by the EcoMafia when he finds positive forcings. >>> I find it funny you used a strawman argument. The grandparent poster never said J. Hansen is a crackpot who wants to euthanize humans.
People seem to forget that TARP 1 was passed by Democrats (but rejected by Republicans). It failed.
It took a TARP 2 (and some Democrat bribes) to get enough republicans to side with the Democrats. In other words: The Democrats are the ones who really enjoy handing-out bailouts/corporate welfare ("stimulus").
>>>Using poorly thought out laws to limit what corporations can do is destroying freedom. >>>I honestly could not formulate that statement in a way that I feel no republicans would agree with.
I'm Republican and disagree with that part. You sir are guilty of stereotyping (groups all people into a single group as if all individuals think alike). As a matter of fact I hate corporations.
Ron Paul in debate: "Perhaps we should apply the Golden Rule to foreign policy, and not harm other human beings." NC Repubs: "booooooo!" So much for their Christian faith.
Using the estimate that sea level will rise by 1 meter (about 1 yard or 3.3 feet) means most of eastern NC could not be developed. Plus it's doubtful it will actually rise that much in one century.
>>>How about distributing via SD card full of ISO files or something similar
If you're going to do that, you may as well just go back to cartridges. Let's see... the N64's biggest cartridge was Resident Evil 2 at 64 megabytes. The new PS4 will have 50,000 megabyte carts.;-)
>>>That they will support physical media doesn't mean they will play used games.
On the day that happens, such that I can no longer sell my used discs to other people, I will stop buying any games priced higher then $10. Unless it's a top title like Final Fantasy or Xenosaga*, then I'll pay the $20 greatest hits price. Why? Because I have a game collection extending from the present all the way to 1977. I can live without the new stuff, since I have tons of other games to keep me busy..... just as I rarely buy new TV shows/movies but mostly just watch the old stuff for free (antenna).
* *Was this game/story ever finished, or did they just cancel it midstream?
(1) My 750k internet would take 7 days to download a 50 gigabyte Bluray-sized game. (2) Easier to just buy the disc from amazon and have it shipped to me. (3) Plus when I get bored with the game I can sell the disc and recoup my money. Example: I played Final Fantasy 12, thought it was kinda boring, and sold it for $55. Recovered my money.
>>>when the Supreme Court ruling came down staying the recounts.
Since you're reading wikipedia, you might want to read the part where the Supreme Court gave Gore permission to petition the Florida Court to continue the recount. Mr. Gore *chose* not to. He chose to accept defeat.
>>>intelligent officials (like Supreme Court Justices)..... decide if something needs a fresh interpretation for a specific time and place.
Wrong. The proper method is not to "twist the meaning" of the Constitutional Law through the "unelected oligarchs" to borrow a phrase from Jefferson. The proper method is to amend the constitution to *change* the law and update it.
Clearly you never understood the Libertarian Party philosophy you clam you were a part of. They are not the anarchist party..... they are the party of minimal government (just enough to protect us & our rights from those corporations you fear so much). I would certainly never advocate getting rid of the U.S. or State governments, or join a party that did. OH and you're wrong the corporation only cares about shareholders. A company must also care about serving the customer..... else it would end-up like Montgomerys Wards or Circuit Shitty (bankrupt).
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>>>You would rather have the entire financial sector melt down? You thought the recession was unpleasant?
It's going to meltdown anyway. All TARP (and similar bailouts by the ECB) did was postpone the inevitable. We're going to have another recession very soon, first starting in Greece, then Europe, and spreading to us. The root cause of banks being massively overleveraged 50-to-1 never went away, and it will come back to bite us. In fact it's now worse than 2008.
The wiser course IS a meltdown, as happened in the 1921-22 depression, so that all the bad debt/poorly-performing companies are wiped-out, and followed by a rapid recovery. It's just like ripping-off a bandaid, or jumping in a pool. A sharp, painful moment but it goes-away quickly.
The alternative is to end-up like Japan, where they experienced a sharp crash 2 decades ago, and still haven't recovered.
>>>TARP was proposed by George W. Bush or more precisely, his Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson. The "bribes" (politely known as riders) came as much from the White House as from Democrats.
>>>
That doesn't sound accurate... not from looking at the Congressional record. TARP 1 *failed* to pass in the Congress because even though Democrats overwhelmingly supported it, the Republicans rejected it.
They had to dump that bill and create a new one (call it TARP 2) which included earmarks added by Democrats in order to convince their republican colleagues to join the Democrat side. It worked. The Democrats overwhelmingly supported the corporate welfare & bailouts (which is opposite of how their party normally act), while the Republicans rejected it the first time.
>>>buy and use some actual hardware so you have half a clue what you're talking about.
Well neither my Wii or X360 are online.
My niece' wii is not online.
My nephews' Xbox is not online.
My 2 friends with Wiis are not online.
My 3rd friend with PS3 is not online.
Yes.
I was being tongue-in-cheek.
I know my P4 isn't as fast..... I know that every time I try to play an HD-quality movie, and it runs at quarter speed. The CPU is fast in cycles but slow in calculations.
>>>masterpiece of design like Windows 7 and making it a pain in the butt to use.
I'm planning to buy a second Win7 machine, so if the first goes bad I am not forced into upgrading to Windows Vista..... er, I mean 8. (And no I can't use GNUlinux or Mac, as I need Windows for working at home.)
Not too impressive. My 10-year-old Pentium 4 is almost as fast (3.2 GHz).
>>>Get with the program, fagg3et
Nice typo.
Just opened my bill and saw a $1 surcharge added for enhanced911. My state's trying to make-up losses. Now I know why.
So $20 for a flash-based SD cartridge versus 25 cents for a Bluray distribution. Hmmm. I think they'll stick with the cheaper discs. Even Nintendo eventually gave-up on cartridges, even though it weakened their copy protection.
>>>70-75% of all consoles have always on internet.
Did you pull this from someplace dark and smelly? I have yet to see any console that was connected to the internet. Please back-up your numbers with some source.
>>>a flash stick 2x the size of the base game
If you're going to do that, you may as well just go back to cartridges. Let's see... the N64's biggest cartridge was Resident Evil 2 at 64 megabytes. The new PS4 will have 50,000 megabyte carts. ;-) Of course the reason cartridges were phased-out is because assembling hardware is more-costly to build than a flat disc of reflective foil. So you idea is a nonstarter.
>>>$99 bucks is a hell of a lot of money, when you consider that many desktop PCs sell for $700 and less
You guys kinda shot yourself in the foot. You bought your PCs, mailed back your copies of Windows Vista or 7 (because you run linux), and asked places like amazon.com to refund the Microsoft "tax" or license fee. About $70.
Microsoft, being well aware of what was going on, found a way to block those refunds by tying their license fee to the hardware. Now it doesn't matter if you return Windows to amazon..... you still have the hardware and still have to pay the Microsoft "tax" to use it.
>>>I think it's time to consider a new distro, if this is how Red Hat/Fedora want to work
But the other distros won't work.
Did you not RTFS?
Also I don't recall Red Hat ever saying their were "free as in liberty" software. It's always been a non-free system.
>>>>>1 meter (about 1 yard or 3.3 feet)
>>
>>Especially when it forced 1 yard to equal 3.3 feet.
What part of ABOUT 1 yard or 3.3 feet did you not understand? I suggest you learn to read before you move out of mom&pop's basement.
>>>I find it kinda funny that you think James Hansen (who do you think the J Hansen is, there?) is an authority to be believed when he finds negative forcings, but a total eugenic crackpot who is paid off by the EcoMafia when he finds positive forcings.
>>>
I find it funny you used a strawman argument. The grandparent poster never said J. Hansen is a crackpot who wants to euthanize humans.
>>>e.g. bailouts,
People seem to forget that TARP 1 was passed by Democrats (but rejected by Republicans). It failed.
It took a TARP 2 (and some Democrat bribes) to get enough republicans to side with the Democrats. In other words: The Democrats are the ones who really enjoy handing-out bailouts/corporate welfare ("stimulus").
>>>Using poorly thought out laws to limit what corporations can do is destroying freedom.
>>>I honestly could not formulate that statement in a way that I feel no republicans would agree with.
I'm Republican and disagree with that part. You sir are guilty of stereotyping (groups all people into a single group as if all individuals think alike). As a matter of fact I hate corporations.
Pretty much.
Ron Paul in debate: "Perhaps we should apply the Golden Rule to foreign policy, and not harm other human beings."
NC Repubs: "booooooo!"
So much for their Christian faith.
Using the estimate that sea level will rise by 1 meter (about 1 yard or 3.3 feet) means most of eastern NC could not be developed. Plus it's doubtful it will actually rise that much in one century.
>>>How about distributing via SD card full of ISO files or something similar
If you're going to do that, you may as well just go back to cartridges. Let's see... the N64's biggest cartridge was Resident Evil 2 at 64 megabytes. The new PS4 will have 50,000 megabyte carts. ;-)
>>>That they will support physical media doesn't mean they will play used games.
On the day that happens, such that I can no longer sell my used discs to other people, I will stop buying any games priced higher then $10. Unless it's a top title like Final Fantasy or Xenosaga*, then I'll pay the $20 greatest hits price. Why? Because I have a game collection extending from the present all the way to 1977. I can live without the new stuff, since I have tons of other games to keep me busy..... just as I rarely buy new TV shows/movies but mostly just watch the old stuff for free (antenna).
*
*Was this game/story ever finished, or did they just cancel it midstream?
(1) My 750k internet would take 7 days to download a 50 gigabyte Bluray-sized game. (2) Easier to just buy the disc from amazon and have it shipped to me. (3) Plus when I get bored with the game I can sell the disc and recoup my money. Example: I played Final Fantasy 12, thought it was kinda boring, and sold it for $55. Recovered my money.
>>>when the Supreme Court ruling came down staying the recounts.
Since you're reading wikipedia, you might want to read the part where the Supreme Court gave Gore permission to petition the Florida Court to continue the recount. Mr. Gore *chose* not to. He chose to accept defeat.
>>>intelligent officials (like Supreme Court Justices)..... decide if something needs a fresh interpretation for a specific time and place.
Wrong. The proper method is not to "twist the meaning" of the Constitutional Law through the "unelected oligarchs" to borrow a phrase from Jefferson. The proper method is to amend the constitution to *change* the law and update it.
Clearly you never understood the Libertarian Party philosophy you clam you were a part of. They are not the anarchist party..... they are the party of minimal government (just enough to protect us & our rights from those corporations you fear so much). I would certainly never advocate getting rid of the U.S. or State governments, or join a party that did. OH and you're wrong the corporation only cares about shareholders. A company must also care about serving the customer..... else it would end-up like Montgomerys Wards or Circuit Shitty (bankrupt).