You're right on all counts about Bill Clinton not being responsible for the economic good times of the 1990's. Alan Greenspan would seem to deserve more of the credit.
Likewise, I don't give much credit to the other great communicator of the last 2 decades for the years of apparent prosperity while he was supposedly At The Helm - Ronald Reagan. I knew then, too, that Paul Volker had more to do with what was happening than any other single individual.
As someone who will retire about 15 years from now, I can tell you what bothers me most:
That no politician is looking to pay down our five trillion dollar debt. It's much more expedient to promise either more spending (Dems) or more tax cuts (Reps). When crisis time hits as our bloating entitlement spending increases, I expect some good old fashioned inflation will help to whittle down the weight of those fiscal burdens. Without COLA, though, I won't be a happy camper.
That teachers get paid crap and most of our kids get educated more by TV's than by people and books combined. So, these kids are going to be the ones paying big social security taxes on what they make working at a McJob?
Please, look at our policies and programs and decide what people 30, 50 and 100 years from now will decide was good and worthwhile.
Space exploration, fundamental science and better education are such programs. I hope they do get more money, but I won't hold my breath.
The quality of some of the so-called "music" that is out there would probably benefit enormously if some of the bits were changed:)
The singular advantage of most modern songs, however, remains that they are so repetititititous that compression algorithms can really chop them down to a compact size - no larger than small wad of bubble gum, in fact.
Yes, and, more importantly, whether the Crusoe can be properly and effectively marketed to the market to which it is being addressed.
Granted, most users cannot type so fast as to bring down the sampling of their UART, but, in the distorted world of marketing, it is dollars spent and Megahurz. Crusoe has its work cut out for it. Its only hope for success lies in getting heavy hitter marketers, such as as Sony, etc. to come up to the plate for them on this front.
It's a good concept and will succeed if this marketing hurdle is overcome. Otherwise, it will join other companies with superior technical solutions that have not properly marketed them in the face of heavy competitors.
P.S. If you still doubt the importance of a proper marketing organization and its effectiveness, then I remind you of the 2 major political parties and their respective set of candidates to run the most powerful nation in the history of the world. The defense rests.
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You're right on all counts about Bill Clinton not being responsible for the economic good times of the 1990's. Alan Greenspan would seem to deserve more of the credit.
Likewise, I don't give much credit to the other great communicator of the last 2 decades for the years of apparent prosperity while he was supposedly At The Helm - Ronald Reagan. I knew then, too, that Paul Volker had more to do with what was happening than any other single individual.
As someone who will retire about 15 years from now, I can tell you what bothers me most:
Please, look at our policies and programs and decide what people 30, 50 and 100 years from now will decide was good and worthwhile.
Space exploration, fundamental science and better education are such programs. I hope they do get more money, but I won't hold my breath.
The quality of some of the so-called "music" that is out there would probably benefit enormously if some of the bits were changed:)
The singular advantage of most modern songs, however, remains that they are so repetititititous that compression algorithms can really chop them down to a compact size - no larger than small wad of bubble gum, in fact.
Yes, and, more importantly, whether the Crusoe can be properly and effectively marketed to the market to which it is being addressed.
Granted, most users cannot type so fast as to bring down the sampling of their UART, but, in the distorted world of marketing, it is dollars spent and Megahurz. Crusoe has its work cut out for it. Its only hope for success lies in getting heavy hitter marketers, such as as Sony, etc. to come up to the plate for them on this front.
It's a good concept and will succeed if this marketing hurdle is overcome. Otherwise, it will join other companies with superior technical solutions that have not properly marketed them in the face of heavy competitors.
P.S. If you still doubt the importance of a proper marketing organization and its effectiveness, then I remind you of the 2 major political parties and their respective set of candidates to run the most powerful nation in the history of the world. The defense rests.