My understanding is that the fiber optic is only necessary for the entanglement. Once entangled the fiber is not required.
The one time use is a problem, but I think the entanglement remains even after resolution of the state so maybe changing state again will cause the other particle to change. This I've never seen stated anywhere only hinted at.
My understanding is that the last mile problem is all to do with the cost of laying wire not the cost of the wire itself. Also, if everybody has gigabit connections the cable provider is going to have to invest in some very serious switching and upstream connections. In short fixing the last mile will probably only expose problems up stream.
I keep wondering about god playing dice and quantum entanglement. Currently, the labs are stuck at a few miles. But if they can up the range and speed would this not be a better solution. A cable of infinite length that is also secure that you can give to any ISP. ISP would be an open market and speeds would go up as costs went down. No need for cable/wireless so zero installation costs.
So is QE going to happen or is it just my poor grasp of the subject matter?
Gold and silver were what used to underwrite a nations wealth, they are still a good a gauge as any to see how a currency is doing. Fiat currencies have no underlying value, governments just print more money until they go bust. The issue is I do not trust my government to be fiscally responsible, history proves they cannot be trusted.
I must admit I'm a big Ron Paul supporter. Libertarian/Constitutional bent. To call him an idiot says more about you than him. The FRB/IRS are unconstitutional it matters not if they are doing good or bad. The question Ron Paul is raising and being vilified for in the press is that of whether the constitution still applies as a legal document. If it still applies we need to obey it and if it doesn't then we need to repeal it.
Personally, I think the constitution died a long time ago. I think that most Americans are to stupid/ignorant to realize what they lost. I think the US is fading just as all empires fade not from outside attack but from corruption within. In short the US people have justly earned their current situation. But, I feel a return to the constitution would undo a lot of the decline and maybe revitalize the US.
The problem is not that we cannot understand you is that you in no way have given any facts, rather you have been waving hands and picking fault, introducing side arguments and adding insulting snide comments. At every turn you have belittled any attempt to answer your points and ignored the main thrust.
Which papers would you recommend I read to understand the situation of China holding so much US debt and how if this debt is released it would cripple China? Please not Economics 101 but rather papers dealing specifically with the matter.
I think we both agree that a rapid deflation of US currency cripples the US but how badly does it affect China?
we were talking about kick starting a local economy which in time will grow to replace the US income. Again I ask you to investigate the east European and southern American economies, where they were and now. I think you will find I _HAVE_ answered the question, but of course feel free to continue the emu impression.
The US is currently a debtor nation, it owes much more than it receives. To pay a foreign country you do not pay in your own currency but in the currency of the creditor. So, you have to buy currency at the market rate. If you have a weakening currency your debts increase in size. You have to use more of your money to pay off your debts. On the whole this works fine and currencies move up and down against each other as the market dictates.
Now what happens if your currency is always weak, you always have to pay more to cover your debt. If your currency weakens to much it can no longer buy enough foreign currency to cover your debts. If you cannot cover your debts nobody will trust your credit and will seek not to take on anymore exposure to your currency i.e. no more credit. If you have low value currency and no credit what can you do? How you going to buy oil?
As a side exercise why don't you check how the dollar has done against gold/silver in the last 25 years? Want to calculate just how much the dollar has been de-valued? I wonder what you could have bought with that spending power if your currency had not de-valued so much?
Rather I stepped ahead and showed you what happens when China releases it's US credit. How it directly affects the US when it's currency is debased, it's not the fact that one country will attack you but rather the market will not come to your aid.
Face it the US dollar is currently hitting record lows. The US debt is astronomical and growing. It may very well be the case that it doesn't take a China to put the US down. The markets will do it just as effectively. But still keep repeating your mantra that everything is rosy and there is no way that China can influence the US dollar or policy.
I rather suspect you haven't thought about this matter in any great depth. If you live paycheck to paycheck then sticking your head in the ground is the only option left to you.
from the pockets of the current Chinese workforce who wish to buy products but can't because they are being shipped abroad
from pockets of the new workers whose jobs are created as a result of demand
from loans and credit previously unavailable as all money was invested abroad
Where did the money come from to rebuild Russia, Eastern Europe and South Americas economies? I'm not promoting some radical idea here but rather a proven path to kick start an internal economy. In short let the markets do their work and remove government controls.
Bury your head all you want the US is dependent on China not the other way around. Only after the US sorts out it's debt problem will it be able to set it's own policies.
If nobody wants the US currency how is it going to buy it's imports? If OPEC changes to Euro rather dollar centric how does the US buy Euros to buy Oil? The oil will be a double hammer for the US economy.
China will not crash the dollar if it is going to destroy them. The question becomes how much of a loss would they be willing to take to put the US down and out. As I've said before I doubt china is interested at the moment, but If the US threatens them or they feel threatened by US actions?
The Chinese stop selling to the US and have excess capacity. They start making goods that the Chinese want. The Chinese having been somewhat restricted start to get access to goods previously out of reach. So they buy, create demand, create jobs, create disposable income.
Take a look at S. America and E. Europe didn't take long for them to settle down once they sorted out the market.
China will not care if it decides to bankrupt the US, it's goal will be to make the currency worthless. The cost to China will not be a limiting factor. Everybody else wants value so they will abandon the worthless currency for a better one.
As I've said before I do not think this is what China will do, they may threaten to for other concessions but for China to ruin the US financially would take an act of stupidity on the part of the US to provoke them. The Chinese are getting everything they want at present, why would they upset the apple cart?
I may very well be wrong in the attitude of the Chinese and the magnitude of their holdings. But I most certainly am not wrong about what happens to a country whose currency becomes worthless. The US is financially in dire straights and it would not take much for a run on the dollar, the consequences of which I have outlined before. The Chinese or OPEC very much control how the US will fare, the US has little or no control as to the outcome.
Personally, I'm a dual citizen with a fair amount of convert able silver/gold tucked away. What options do you have?
Because it's not just China we have to worry about if they dump their holdings. You think any other country is going to want dollars if they're low value. OPEC will have to shift from accepting dollars to another currency. The US will then have to buy this other currency to buy oil. If you think the above is just a trifling problem that is going to be offset by the increase in exports you are seriously deluded.
It's not at all clear how dependent China is on the US or indeed the West. The hope is that they are very dependent.
If the US dollar goes down the tubes it's game over. The depression of the 30s would be as a minor blip. We're talking no more Fed and the individual states would be fighting each other rather than worrying about democracy in Taiwan. The US as it now is would no longer exist. Have you checked how the dollar is doing lately?
I think that China will continue to use Taiwan as a nice bargaining chip. Keeps the US on the hop with regards to other matters.
This sub popping up undetected is probably the Chinese military sending a message to it's own leaders rather than the US. I would love to know just what is going to happen to the boats captain. A very nice parade in Beijing perhaps, lot's of supporting speeches and then promoted to some desk job in central China, far,far from the sea and any real power. Simple message don't piss of Uncle Sam when he's giving us everything we want!
All China has to do is release it's US funds to the open market. Pop goes the US financial system, no money no Navy, Army, Air Force or USMC. China grabs Taiwan before the US recovers.
The only thing that the US can hope for is that the US economy is worth more to China than Taiwan.
So MIT is spending/making how much on this boondoggle?
If you want to get about a city get a four stroke motocross bike or scooter, cheap, light, economical. I ride a large sports bike but that's preference and the fact I have a freeway commute. A push bike is good alternative if you like the exercise.
All the electric cars/bikes currently coming out of the startups/labs are crap. Neither fish nor fowl. Basically elitist thinking on how working people should commute. The average US city dweller is ready for small economical car, they're not going to ride in some plastic POS that looks like a child's plaything. Here's a simple reason the commute car is the same car they use at the weekend for much longer trips.
So if you're brother is a murdering SOB and somebody kills him you are going to rush to defend his honor and slay the vile creature that killed him. Or your uncle that takes too keen an interest in little boys and a parent plants him you going to rush in again. I think not. Most people killed are killed by people they know and for reasons that are all to obvious, it ain't like in the movies.
In the US you get 12 people who couldn't get off jury duty and who the councils for the prosecution and defense couldn't find a reason to dismiss. I wish jury service was a true random selection, but it ain't, the deck is stacked and all you can hope for is that your lawyer was better than the other and the deck is stacked in your favor. Then check the color of your skin, you bank balance and how photogenic you are, all these have more sway than being innocent in deciding your sentence. And you would rather submit to this circus than make decisions for yourself?
Government is taking more because they can, pure and simple. If it feared reprisals then it would not behave as it is. It is not scared of it's citizens and it's citizens are the only thing that give it power. The government is not fearful of anything but strong citizens.
I care not for your trust, in fact better you do not trust me. I will not impose on you if you do not impose on me. If you have problems and seek my help then ask, but do not expect it to be given and you will not be dis-appointed. I will choose how I live and hopefully I will choose how I die. But, if you impose upon me do not expect a peaceful life, I will make you pay dearly for any imposition. Freedom is not based upon trust, but rather the strength of the individual. It would seem freedom has to high a price for you to accept.
As for the downfall of the US. I hope this does not happen, I fear it will signal a return to the dark ages. The US can still become a nation of free men but the price is getting rather expensive.
The early government had every reason to fear the populace, the founding fathers went so far as to establish the electoral college to avoid tyranny by the majority via the ballot box. GW stepped down to avoid the idea of the US being ruled by an emperor, also he was tired of politics and plagued by doubts.
I've just finished it. Alan Kay said it was worth a read, so I picked it up.
My ideas were percolating long before I picked the book up. I'd dismissed 1984 but not animal farm and had read huxley so I was pretty ready to read it.
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My understanding is that the fiber optic is only necessary for the entanglement. Once entangled the fiber is not required.
The one time use is a problem, but I think the entanglement remains even after resolution of the state so maybe changing state again will cause the other particle to change. This I've never seen stated anywhere only hinted at.
My understanding is that the last mile problem is all to do with the cost of laying wire not the cost of the wire itself. Also, if everybody has gigabit connections the cable provider is going to have to invest in some very serious switching and upstream connections. In short fixing the last mile will probably only expose problems up stream.
I keep wondering about god playing dice and quantum entanglement. Currently, the labs are stuck at a few miles. But if they can up the range and speed would this not be a better solution. A cable of infinite length that is also secure that you can give to any ISP. ISP would be an open market and speeds would go up as costs went down. No need for cable/wireless so zero installation costs.
So is QE going to happen or is it just my poor grasp of the subject matter?
OR
buy the mother in law a surprise vacation.
Would seem every time a company resorts to suing customers it's in dire straights.
Remember it,
:-)
I still use mine, great piece of kit
Adieu,
just added you to my foe list. Failure to supply any meaningful input in anyway. Doubtful I'll see any of your posts again.
Gold and silver were what used to underwrite a nations wealth, they are still a good a gauge as any to see how a currency is doing. Fiat currencies have no underlying value, governments just print more money until they go bust. The issue is I do not trust my government to be fiscally responsible, history proves they cannot be trusted.
I must admit I'm a big Ron Paul supporter. Libertarian/Constitutional bent. To call him an idiot says more about you than him. The FRB/IRS are unconstitutional it matters not if they are doing good or bad. The question Ron Paul is raising and being vilified for in the press is that of whether the constitution still applies as a legal document. If it still applies we need to obey it and if it doesn't then we need to repeal it.
Personally, I think the constitution died a long time ago. I think that most Americans are to stupid/ignorant to realize what they lost. I think the US is fading just as all empires fade not from outside attack but from corruption within. In short the US people have justly earned their current situation. But, I feel a return to the constitution would undo a lot of the decline and maybe revitalize the US.
The problem is not that we cannot understand you is that you in no way have given any facts, rather you have been waving hands and picking fault, introducing side arguments and adding insulting snide comments. At every turn you have belittled any attempt to answer your points and ignored the main thrust.
Which papers would you recommend I read to understand the situation of China holding so much US debt and how if this debt is released it would cripple China? Please not Economics 101 but rather papers dealing specifically with the matter.
I think we both agree that a rapid deflation of US currency cripples the US but how badly does it affect China?
Ummm,
we were talking about kick starting a local economy which in time will grow to replace the US income. Again I ask you to investigate the east European and southern American economies, where they were and now. I think you will find I _HAVE_ answered the question, but of course feel free to continue the emu impression.
The US is currently a debtor nation, it owes much more than it receives. To pay a foreign country you do not pay in your own currency but in the currency of the creditor. So, you have to buy currency at the market rate. If you have a weakening currency your debts increase in size. You have to use more of your money to pay off your debts. On the whole this works fine and currencies move up and down against each other as the market dictates.
Now what happens if your currency is always weak, you always have to pay more to cover your debt. If your currency weakens to much it can no longer buy enough foreign currency to cover your debts. If you cannot cover your debts nobody will trust your credit and will seek not to take on anymore exposure to your currency i.e. no more credit. If you have low value currency and no credit what can you do? How you going to buy oil?
As a side exercise why don't you check how the dollar has done against gold/silver in the last 25 years? Want to calculate just how much the dollar has been de-valued? I wonder what you could have bought with that spending power if your currency had not de-valued so much?
Rather I stepped ahead and showed you what happens when China releases it's US credit. How it directly affects the US when it's currency is debased, it's not the fact that one country will attack you but rather the market will not come to your aid.
Face it the US dollar is currently hitting record lows. The US debt is astronomical and growing. It may very well be the case that it doesn't take a China to put the US down. The markets will do it just as effectively. But still keep repeating your mantra that everything is rosy and there is no way that China can influence the US dollar or policy.
I rather suspect you haven't thought about this matter in any great depth. If you live paycheck to paycheck then sticking your head in the ground is the only option left to you.
I wonder where the money comes from,
from the pockets of the current Chinese workforce who wish to buy products but can't because they are being shipped abroad
from pockets of the new workers whose jobs are created as a result of demand
from loans and credit previously unavailable as all money was invested abroad
Where did the money come from to rebuild Russia, Eastern Europe and South Americas economies? I'm not promoting some radical idea here but rather a proven path to kick start an internal economy. In short let the markets do their work and remove government controls.
Bury your head all you want the US is dependent on China not the other way around. Only after the US sorts out it's debt problem will it be able to set it's own policies.
If nobody wants the US currency how is it going to buy it's imports? If OPEC changes to Euro rather dollar centric how does the US buy Euros to buy Oil? The oil will be a double hammer for the US economy.
China will not crash the dollar if it is going to destroy them. The question becomes how much of a loss would they be willing to take to put the US down and out. As I've said before I doubt china is interested at the moment, but If the US threatens them or they feel threatened by US actions?
Let's see
The Chinese stop selling to the US and have excess capacity. They start making goods that the Chinese want. The Chinese having been somewhat restricted start to get access to goods previously out of reach. So they buy, create demand, create jobs, create disposable income.
Take a look at S. America and E. Europe didn't take long for them to settle down once they sorted out the market.
China will not care if it decides to bankrupt the US, it's goal will be to make the currency worthless. The cost to China will not be a limiting factor. Everybody else wants value so they will abandon the worthless currency for a better one.
As I've said before I do not think this is what China will do, they may threaten to for other concessions but for China to ruin the US financially would take an act of stupidity on the part of the US to provoke them. The Chinese are getting everything they want at present, why would they upset the apple cart?
I may very well be wrong in the attitude of the Chinese and the magnitude of their holdings. But I most certainly am not wrong about what happens to a country whose currency becomes worthless. The US is financially in dire straights and it would not take much for a run on the dollar, the consequences of which I have outlined before. The Chinese or OPEC very much control how the US will fare, the US has little or no control as to the outcome.
Personally, I'm a dual citizen with a fair amount of convert able silver/gold tucked away. What options do you have?
Because it's not just China we have to worry about if they dump their holdings. You think any other country is going to want dollars if they're low value. OPEC will have to shift from accepting dollars to another currency. The US will then have to buy this other currency to buy oil. If you think the above is just a trifling problem that is going to be offset by the increase in exports you are seriously deluded.
It's not at all clear how dependent China is on the US or indeed the West. The hope is that they are very dependent.
If the US dollar goes down the tubes it's game over. The depression of the 30s would be as a minor blip. We're talking no more Fed and the individual states would be fighting each other rather than worrying about democracy in Taiwan. The US as it now is would no longer exist. Have you checked how the dollar is doing lately?
I think that China will continue to use Taiwan as a nice bargaining chip. Keeps the US on the hop with regards to other matters.
This sub popping up undetected is probably the Chinese military sending a message to it's own leaders rather than the US. I would love to know just what is going to happen to the boats captain. A very nice parade in Beijing perhaps, lot's of supporting speeches and then promoted to some desk job in central China, far,far from the sea and any real power. Simple message don't piss of Uncle Sam when he's giving us everything we want!
Bollocks.
All China has to do is release it's US funds to the open market. Pop goes the US financial system, no money no Navy, Army, Air Force or USMC. China grabs Taiwan before the US recovers.
The only thing that the US can hope for is that the US economy is worth more to China than Taiwan.
11th Nov
Armistice
Remembrance
You do understand what day this?
Forget that passive stuff. I've investing in the company that makes shoulder fired side winders.
"Damn teenagers, I'll fix their wagon!"
So MIT is spending/making how much on this boondoggle?
If you want to get about a city get a four stroke motocross bike or scooter, cheap, light, economical. I ride a large sports bike but that's preference and the fact I have a freeway commute. A push bike is good alternative if you like the exercise.
All the electric cars/bikes currently coming out of the startups/labs are crap. Neither fish nor fowl. Basically elitist thinking on how working people should commute. The average US city dweller is ready for small economical car, they're not going to ride in some plastic POS that looks like a child's plaything. Here's a simple reason the commute car is the same car they use at the weekend for much longer trips.
So if you're brother is a murdering SOB and somebody kills him you are going to rush to defend his honor and slay the vile creature that killed him. Or your uncle that takes too keen an interest in little boys and a parent plants him you going to rush in again. I think not. Most people killed are killed by people they know and for reasons that are all to obvious, it ain't like in the movies.
In the US you get 12 people who couldn't get off jury duty and who the councils for the prosecution and defense couldn't find a reason to dismiss. I wish jury service was a true random selection, but it ain't, the deck is stacked and all you can hope for is that your lawyer was better than the other and the deck is stacked in your favor. Then check the color of your skin, you bank balance and how photogenic you are, all these have more sway than being innocent in deciding your sentence. And you would rather submit to this circus than make decisions for yourself?
Government is taking more because they can, pure and simple. If it feared reprisals then it would not behave as it is. It is not scared of it's citizens and it's citizens are the only thing that give it power. The government is not fearful of anything but strong citizens.
I care not for your trust, in fact better you do not trust me. I will not impose on you if you do not impose on me. If you have problems and seek my help then ask, but do not expect it to be given and you will not be dis-appointed. I will choose how I live and hopefully I will choose how I die. But, if you impose upon me do not expect a peaceful life, I will make you pay dearly for any imposition. Freedom is not based upon trust, but rather the strength of the individual. It would seem freedom has to high a price for you to accept.
As for the downfall of the US. I hope this does not happen, I fear it will signal a return to the dark ages. The US can still become a nation of free men but the price is getting rather expensive.
The early government had every reason to fear the populace, the founding fathers went so far as to establish the electoral college to avoid tyranny by the majority via the ballot box. GW stepped down to avoid the idea of the US being ruled by an emperor, also he was tired of politics and plagued by doubts.
I've just finished it. Alan Kay said it was worth a read, so I picked it up.
:-)
My ideas were percolating long before I picked the book up. I'd dismissed 1984 but not animal farm and had read huxley so I was pretty ready to read it.
So guilty as charged