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  1. Re:yet another solar tech not available to the pub on Solar Panel Breaks "Third of a Sun" Efficiency Barrier · · Score: 1

    Nominal GDP 1960: 526B, Now: 15770B. Growth: 30x.
    DJIA 1/1/1960: 680, Today: 13067. Growth: 19x.
    58% difference in growth rates is not roughly the same. But either way, it is statistically insignificant as one sample.

    Yes, a negative change in GDP growth rate could cause a lower stock market. However, that would be a correlation with a *change* in GDP growth rate, not the GDP growth rate itself.

  2. Re:yet another solar tech not available to the pub on Solar Panel Breaks "Third of a Sun" Efficiency Barrier · · Score: 1

    Let's turn this around then. Do you have data to back up your claim that "stock market growth roughly matches GDP growth in the country"?

  3. Re:yet another solar tech not available to the pub on Solar Panel Breaks "Third of a Sun" Efficiency Barrier · · Score: 1

    It certainly isn't. http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2009/08/the_growth_illusion

  4. Re:yet another solar tech not available to the pub on Solar Panel Breaks "Third of a Sun" Efficiency Barrier · · Score: 1

    Stock markets are actually not correlated to GDP growth at all. A few example studies:

    http://www.virtus.com/vsitemanager/upload/docs/6141_gdpwhitepaper.pdf
    http://us.bnymellonam.com/core/library/documents/knowledge/AlphaTrends/Stock_Markets_vs_GDP.pdf

    The idea is the expected GDP growth is already baked into prices.

  5. Supine Workstation on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On Stand-Up Desks? · · Score: 1

    Wake me up when someone offers a desk I can use while lying down with back flat on the floor.

    Then I'll most likely fall back asleep...

  6. Voice or Data or Text Only, whichever you want on AT&T Expects Data-Only Phone Plans Within 2 Years · · Score: 1

    Ting already offers data only, voice only, text only, or any combination thereof. Use as much or as little as you want. Add family members or employees for $6. Quite a future.

  7. Repository with the latest AMP versions on Newb-Friendly Linux Flavor For LAMP Server? · · Score: 1

    The best distro for LAMP would be one with a repository that keeps up with the latest stable Apache, MySQL & PHP. So instead of getting whatever versions happened to be current at the time of the distro release, you could actually regularly apply AMP bug fixes and security patches.

    Unfortunately I don't know of such a repository for any distro. Maybe someone else does?