It is a sham. The choice of leaders is a pretence. All of them are backed by the same groups and are obligated to those groups, not the electorate. Take a look at the enacted policies and you will be completely unable to tell the parties apart.
It is the driver behind the wheel which makes it dangerous.
And here's the problem with robotic drivers... They are all identical. Every one on a particular model will be byte for byte identical. Which means a fault in one is a fault in all.
Humans on the other hand are all different. Just because one causes an accident under certain circumstance doesn't mean another would.
Um... *Money* becomes more valuable. *Things*, become relatively less valuable. Stocks, shares, property are *things*, not money.
If you save *money* in a deflationary environment it becomes more valuable over time. If you invest in *things* in a deflationary environment they become less valuable over time.
Over those 40 years, you saved $1 million worth of value, but only get lets say $200,000 worth of benefit from it. You have been robbed[1] of $800,000 worth of value. This is the nature of saving in an inflationary environment. It is stupid to do so.
I'm surprised that guillotines aren't being built in America yet. Maybe in a decade, when the top 400 own more than the bottom 290,000,000 and people start to wake up to the Ponzi scheme.
Real inflation is hitting what? 8% per year. Anything I save is made worthless very quickly. It is handed over to the bankers. On the other hand, if I take out as much debt as is possible and then I get to pay it back in devalued currency.
Farming is hugely energy intensive, you think it's just the sun?
Fertilisers, machinery use large amounts of oil and gas. Never mind the amount of water that is required.
The reason Malthus was wrong, is cheap energy. It has allowed us to expand our agriculture in line with exponentially growing population. Well, oil peaked in 2005. Which means less energy in the future. It's possible that means fewer people.
Nuclear has the promise to provide large amounts of cheap energy, i.e. large energy return on energy invested, but...
It's something I see with faculty at my university a lot - because they are smart in one specific area, they seem to think that makes them experts on all topics, no matter how diverse from their actual area of expertise.
What? really? Never seen that for example, here.
It's a general failing of specialists, because they are good at one thing, they think they're good at everything.
I think for living memory, many decades, is more likely.
The greens are going to be playing those videos on a continuous loop every time the word "nuclear" is used. It's pretty much irrelevant how safe the current designs are.
The global nuclear industry is effectively dead as of now.
Slashdot Mirror
Facebook and twitter.
Instead of the Zune, you'll have the 'The Microsoft Nokia (tm)' smartphone.
Lets see.. How likely is it that Nokia name will be reduced to a model of phone?
http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NYSE:NOK
oops:
Nokia Debt Rating Lowered One Step by Moodyâ(TM)s
HTC Passes Nokia in Market Cap
Fuck this is depressing. I was really hoping for a Meego box. Oh well.
What a totally awesome system that was... Multi tasking and multi user. Window *still* can't get it right 20 years later.
That's not to say the whole system is all a sham
It is a sham. The choice of leaders is a pretence. All of them are backed by the same groups and are obligated to those groups, not the electorate. Take a look at the enacted policies and you will be completely unable to tell the parties apart.
It is the driver behind the wheel which makes it dangerous.
And here's the problem with robotic drivers... They are all identical. Every one on a particular model will be byte for byte identical. Which means a fault in one is a fault in all.
Humans on the other hand are all different. Just because one causes an accident under certain circumstance doesn't mean another would.
Set up an internal market using a fake currency which is converted into real money when paid to employees and external suppliers.
You think you can switch from developing on Symbian -> Windows Phone at the drop of a hat? Or from Windows Phone -> Android?
It all takes time. Time which Android is using to become the defacto, open standard.
2011 is basically going to be the year of Android *everywhere*, and after that... Frankly, too late, The Network Effect is in place.
Um... *Money* becomes more valuable. *Things*, become relatively less valuable. Stocks, shares, property are *things*, not money.
If you save *money* in a deflationary environment it becomes more valuable over time. If you invest in *things* in a deflationary environment they become less valuable over time.
The problem is.
Over those 40 years, you saved $1 million worth of value, but only get lets say $200,000 worth of benefit from it. You have been robbed[1] of $800,000 worth of value. This is the nature of saving in an inflationary environment. It is stupid to do so.
[1] By the state and by the bankers.
I'll keep spending it for you.
You really need to find out what money is before you get totally robbed.
http://www.shadowstats.com/
You may find it beneficial to your financial health.
I'm surprised that guillotines aren't being built in America yet. Maybe in a decade, when the top 400 own more than the bottom 290,000,000 and people start to wake up to the Ponzi scheme.
Deflation helps savers. Inflation helps borrowers.
You noticed all the "SALE 50%" signs go up in 2008/9? Deflation. Money increases in value.
Not wages. Commodities, stocks and shares.
With the Fed pumping out trillions, it's a one way bet at the moment.
As long as the crooks in the finance industry know they can get away with it, they will.
They created the Federal Reserve specifically so that they could get away with it. It's purpose is to prop up failed banks.
Saving? Are you insane?
Real inflation is hitting what? 8% per year. Anything I save is made worthless very quickly. It is handed over to the bankers. On the other hand, if I take out as much debt as is possible and then I get to pay it back in devalued currency.
The food we eat is oil.
Farming is hugely energy intensive, you think it's just the sun?
Fertilisers, machinery use large amounts of oil and gas. Never mind the amount of water that is required.
The reason Malthus was wrong, is cheap energy. It has allowed us to expand our agriculture in line with exponentially growing population. Well, oil peaked in 2005. Which means less energy in the future. It's possible that means fewer people.
Nuclear has the promise to provide large amounts of cheap energy, i.e. large energy return on energy invested, but...
It's something I see with faculty at my university a lot - because they are smart in one specific area, they seem to think that makes them experts on all topics, no matter how diverse from their actual area of expertise.
What? really? Never seen that for example, here.
It's a general failing of specialists, because they are good at one thing, they think they're good at everything.
MS just doesn't have a rep.
MS does have a rep. My mother in law curses Windows when she uses it. I'm sure she's going to be delighted with it on a mobile phone.
Banks don't have money in their vaults. They have loan agreements in their vaults.
I take it that you are too young to pay the electricity bill... Basement? Cooler down there?
Almost.
Their bonuses were a little smaller last year.
It's the way it used to be. And lets face it. That's what life insurance is.
I think for living memory, many decades, is more likely.
The greens are going to be playing those videos on a continuous loop every time the word "nuclear" is used. It's pretty much irrelevant how safe the current designs are.
The global nuclear industry is effectively dead as of now.
If you go over to ZeroHedge and act like a gun/conspiracy nut.