WWII is the *only* case where war helped the economy.
Christ, the economy was so bad then, dieing in a foxhole in france was a good way to put food on the table for your family back home.
WWII is an exception.
The Korean war hurt the economy.
The VIetnam war hurt the economy.
The Gulf war hurt the economy.
Therefore, I can conclude that teh "war helps the economy" talking point is false, except when we have 20% unemployment, and undergo a MASSIVE mobilization and conversion to a command economy.
please show me statistics that demonstrate economic growth as a result of fighting a war.
you will find that there is only one case of a war helping the economy, and that is WWII, and incidentally, immediately after the war we had another depression, during eisenhower.
i think that we may be arguing the same point here...
as for only getting... a near 9% gross margin on a $11 cost cd selling for $12 - I would go out on a limb and say that the store would actually lose money on that transaction once all other costs are factored in.
really? i think that you are going to have to expand on that.
THere was a court fight over this exact practice, where the RIAA banned large distributers from selling below cost, and was overturned by the courts in the last year.
seriously, check out the Circuit City flyer this week - I guarantee that there will be 10-15 new release CD's on sale for about $12 - loss leaders to get you in the store.
best buy, and circuit city generally have great deals on CD's - they use them as "loss leaders" to get you into the store, selling the CD's often belown price.
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its a sad statement that you need to work two jobs.
and if you are thinking that the current job market problems are due to people not looking, you are seriously deluded.
as for WWIII - i hope not, but fear you may be correct.
WWII is the *only* case where war helped the economy.
Christ, the economy was so bad then, dieing in a foxhole in france was a good way to put food on the table for your family back home.
WWII is an exception.
The Korean war hurt the economy.
The VIetnam war hurt the economy.
The Gulf war hurt the economy.
Therefore, I can conclude that teh "war helps the economy" talking point is false, except when we have 20% unemployment, and undergo a MASSIVE mobilization and conversion to a command economy.
Fortran and Cobol are application languages, like VB.
C/C++ are system languages.
huge difference.
you arent about to write a video driver in VB, Cobol or Fortran. Nor C#, Java or Delphi.
C/C++ are not going anywhere anytime soon.
please show me statistics that demonstrate economic growth as a result of fighting a war.
you will find that there is only one case of a war helping the economy, and that is WWII, and incidentally, immediately after the war we had another depression, during eisenhower.
every other war hurt the economy.
you are espousing a fallacy.
VB is the Cobol of the 21st century.
C/C++ aint going anywhere.
war is not good for the economy.
total republican control is not good for the economy.
be prepared to bend over and take it up the ass.
but they arent banned by law from carrying JUGS, they choose not to.
huge difference
who cares? theres more of us righties anyway.
i dont know why joysticks were made to be left hand friendly at all.
i never really understood the reason to move the joystick from the predominantly strong hand in most people, to the weak hand...
I always thought that it required far greater dexterity to manipulate a joystick than to mash buttons...
frankly, i think its why my arcade and console game plaing has dwindled.
yay!!! joystick on the right, button on the left!!!
do you have any idea how hard it was to go from that configuration to the nintendo-led joystick on the left, buttons on the right?
bring back the joystick on the right!!! Screw with the nintendo generation!
this is exactly what i was saying...
... a near 9% gross margin on a $11 cost cd selling for $12 - I would go out on a limb and say that the store would actually lose money on that transaction once all other costs are factored in.
i think that we may be arguing the same point here...
as for only getting
thank you very much for the link, btw...
really? i think that you are going to have to expand on that.
THere was a court fight over this exact practice, where the RIAA banned large distributers from selling below cost, and was overturned by the courts in the last year.
seriously, check out the Circuit City flyer this week - I guarantee that there will be 10-15 new release CD's on sale for about $12 - loss leaders to get you in the store.
i'll look for relevant articles, though...
could ya show me how to do that on a windows machine with "signed drivers".
thanks!
best buy, and circuit city generally have great deals on CD's - they use them as "loss leaders" to get you into the store, selling the CD's often belown price.
really... it would be interesting what happened before anything happened... before the world was created :-)
all i'm saying is that polish people are nice and shiny with a lemony fresh scent.
regardless, coins have never shot out of mario/luigi/PrincessHo when they got hit, they either shrunk, or died.
its a bad metaphor, regardless.
(hi, my name is ender and i'm an old video game geek)
thats sonic, numbnuts - owned by sega.
much more accurate if he jumped in the air, ate a mushroom and some flowers and started throwing fireballs at them through his nose.
i'd be much more interested in a switch campaign written by Gollum.
dude - if american stupidity is going to kill itself, we're taking the world down with us.
GOOOOOOO DUBYA!!!
yeh, who the hell could stand up to those red-coats anyway!
or how could a ragtag group of frenchies stand up to their imperial govt...
so outgunned, out classed.
or how could a backwards jungle country make a superpower run away with its tail between its legs?
or a remote asian country make another superpower run with ITS tail between its legs.
yeh, i totally understand your point - david has never beat goliath.
as a left-wing nut -
i agree. 2nd amendment is the LAST defense, and used only in case the 1st amendment falls.
sorry, could you point me to the "responsibilities" section of the US Constitution?
funny, i thought that they were inalienable rights.
dont bother - you're most likely talking to a FReeper, and truthfully, the are going to be the stasi this time around.
its already here.
you havent been paying attention to china then.
china has stabilized their command-economy and is now moving into capitalist mode. (note i *never* said "communist")
and their national companies are bigger, meaner, more effecient, *and* more corrupt than our multi-nationals.
if they unleash that, we should all learn mandarin.