Here come's the torrent of anecdotal evidence of people doing just fine without it.... but a modern man without those skills is a tourist in his own life. Richard Branson.
Until the M3 figures were pulled by the Fed, the dollar was inflating at around 8-10% per year. It's speculated that has increased since to around 15%. The Pound is inflating at around 15% per year and the Euro by about 12%.
This doesn't just go for Theo. Many geeks have a superiority complex that causes them to be acerbic, arrogant, and dismissive in technical discussions. Actually caused by strong feelings of insecurity. The secure don't need to attack to try to constantly prove their superiority.
One unplugged from the network, with no applications.
If you want to do anything in this world, there is risk and generally, the greater the risk the greater any reward. So while he may well be correct, he's totally missed the point of well, everything. Leave him to stew in his paranoid fantasy world. I'm sure the NSA, CIA or whoever will be happy to use his skills.
and communism seems to be on the decline. So it is kind of hard to disprove that the red-scare tactics didn't work. They won on August 15th 1971. America was bankrupted by the Vietnam war.
The Saudis saved your arse and defeated the communists.
The 2l Diesel Skoda Octavia beloved by cabbies will do 60mpg and 0-60 in 9.6 seconds. Has room to carry 5 (yeah, I know that's only 2 Americans) and space for luggage in the boot.
The only problem being that all the used ones on the market have done 250,000 miles.
Doctors also have a field of work complex enough that such a monopoly is deeply necessary. Lawyers need to be run by the government, since the government is their field of study. Hmmm. Debatable... Doctors maybe, though many are little better than witch doctors. Lawyers? I don't bloody think so. Let the market decide.
There are plenty of certifications! MCSE, CCNA, Linux+... heck None of them are government mandated and therefore don't restrict supply... You've heard of supply and demand?
Look at the generation that experienced the great depression (my grandparents). Those people were much more fiscally responsible than my parents generation (the baby boomers). You see a similar thing in Japan or Germany, on account of major portions of those countries being nearly completely leveled after WWII and nearly an entire generation of young men never came home again. I would contend that it had nothing to do with the wars, which have been going on for centuries. Instead it is to do with inflation[1]. Prior to 1971 almost all currencies were backed by gold and for most of the time saving made sense. There would be occasional devaluations as loans caused the money supply to expand but in general, you could save money and it would retain it's value for years.
Since 1971 inflation has accelerated because there is no backing to money, more and more is simply borrowed into existence. In essence the people born round 1971 and later and those who were young around 1971 have grown up under an entirely different monetary system. One where saving money makes no sense.
[1] Though wars usually cause huge amounts of inflation (Vietnam).
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Which is why you should always use the name of someone you dislike... Or your boss's.
Really... just... stop...
And there's no need to capitalise it.
Fully automated armoured infantry.
HTH
You'll see the wages of plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, joiners increasing.
Until the M3 figures were pulled by the Fed, the dollar was inflating at around 8-10% per year. It's speculated that has increased since to around 15%. The Pound is inflating at around 15% per year and the Euro by about 12%.
http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/stats/md/html/index.en.html
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/m4/current/
The CPI and RPI figures are there to keep the ignorant and stupid (That's you... Pick one) happy.
Currencies are becoming rapidly worthless, I recommend you avoid them.
Indeed, he seems to have completely missed the point of Linux. Guess he just doesn't understand at all.
So... Who's with me!!!
This is why net neutrality is a non issue. The carriers can't help themselves fucking off their customer base.
FFS, it was a joke.
Go buy a sense of humour. See if you can't come up with a real slashdot login while you're at it.
One unplugged from the network, with no applications.
If you want to do anything in this world, there is risk and generally, the greater the risk the greater any reward. So while he may well be correct, he's totally missed the point of well, everything. Leave him to stew in his paranoid fantasy world. I'm sure the NSA, CIA or whoever will be happy to use his skills.
The Saudis saved your arse and defeated the communists.
You just found one of the illuminati.... You'd better run.
The 2l Diesel Skoda Octavia beloved by cabbies will do 60mpg and 0-60 in 9.6 seconds. Has room to carry 5 (yeah, I know that's only 2 Americans) and space for luggage in the boot.
The only problem being that all the used ones on the market have done 250,000 miles.
All use Jet A1... Or near as damn it.
Except motorcycles, and they developed one which would run on it for that reason.
You just won't buy the fuckers.
How much energy does it take to produce the hydrogen?
Hydrogen is not an energy source, it's an energy storage system, and not a very good one.
For lawyers and doctors, supply is limited by government. That's why they're highly paid.
So... You only get the tat, not the quality gear. A few years ago that wouldn't have been the case.
What's bigger, the Storm effect... or the Slashdot effect ...
Since 1971 inflation has accelerated because there is no backing to money, more and more is simply borrowed into existence. In essence the people born round 1971 and later and those who were young around 1971 have grown up under an entirely different monetary system. One where saving money makes no sense.
[1] Though wars usually cause huge amounts of inflation (Vietnam).
Doctors and Lawyers have a government mandated monopoly. You want to be paid the same? Lobby for official certification, or similar.