Really makes me wonder wtf is up with some banks and their incompetence.
Too. Big. To Fail.
There simply are no consequences anymore. Fines? OK we'll jack the fees. Losing money? Borrow it at 0% interest from the fed. Going bankrupt? Doesn't matter, the shareholders get wiped out and Uncle Sam will bail us out. Yeah we'll get fired, but we already have our multi-million dollar bonuses. We'll just work for another bank...
I don't understand how this could happen to a bank with credit card data.
Didn't you read the summary? It's Citigroup. The guys who keep calling me to offer me a credit card despite me having repeatedly told them not to call me anymore and to remove me from their call list. Somehow they think calling me again will make me change my mind and give them business. I guess it's easy to do what you want when the federal government is willing to bail you out.
Then please make sure all terminal patients are not separated from this "inalienable" right and give them more life. Unless you're a moron, you would assume that "inalienable" refers to a second party coming between you and your right, not you yourself.
Oh don't worry about that. A couple weeks' worth of spin with a paid for news agency, and it will be turned into "There's no law that says government can't tell people when they can or can't die". Appropriate examples of heroic soldiers dying for their governments and nefarious criminals being executed by their governments can also be cited.
The real question is: citing wikipedia does not confer intelligence, much less expertise on a subject, and leads to circular reasoning about pointless trivia. Does wikipedia and the internet's ability to confer immediate access to (not necessarily correct) information actually make people dumber?
Because DDoS isn't "hacking" and has nothing to do with "security" - except perhaps the security of the zombie boxes they are using. Anyone with a botnet can DDoS - it proves nothing. Breaking into Sony, or the US Senate, for example, is extremely lulzy and their IT managers should die of embarrassment on their way to the unemployment lines. But DDoS? If anything it's an ISP issue. CCP is still secure.
They didn't "pwn" anything. They just DDoSed EVE, and the admins took the servers and forums offline which is pretty standard when you're being DDoSed. Not quite the same thing as breaking in and stealing all the password/credit card info... but they're acting as if they are the real shit.
Of course. That way they can feel good about themselves and "outsource" any problems related with nuclear power. Of course they forget that radioactive clouds really don't care much about national borders but hey, more wealth for the French in the meantime.
Oh I know - I lived through the 1970's. I remember the price of a corvette before and after.
You are forgetting, however, that inflation is now calculated differently. I don't really care what those numbers say anymore because they are now completely fictitious since the 1990's. Living outside the US I can see what's happening to the exchange rates - the US dollar used to be strong, a "safe haven". Not anymore. But hey why should I care, I'm sitting on a fair chunk of gold and silver (the real thing, not "certificates"), and a few hundred hectares of arable farmland. You go ahead and trust your paper and your "official" government figures.
Speculators do not make the price of the product they speculate in. They TAKE the price. When the price moves in their favor, they make money. When the price moves against them, they lose money. If you want to know what is moving the price of oil, consider the fact that China is a country with about 5 times the population of the US, with an economy that is growing at over 10% per year. China just last year has REPLACED the US as Germany's biggest customer. Yeah, most Chinese are still dirt poor, but the Chinese middle and upper classes are growing. When you have 1.4 billion people with just 1% of the population being rich, that's still 14 million extremely wealthy individuals - around the population of New York City. Even if you say that the "middle class" that can afford cars and TV's and pharmaceuticals and anything created by our oil based technology is 10% of the population, that's 140 million well off Chinese - half the population of the US.
Don't even get me started on countries like India, Indonesia, Brazil and Nigeria. Have a look at those populations and economic growth figures too. They all need oil more than ever before and are growing much more than the anemic 2% shown by the US.
Speculators have nothing to do with it. But I invite you to short crude oil if you think the price is about to "collapse".
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Thank you, Captain Obvious. That was the entire reason for my post.
Really makes me wonder wtf is up with some banks and their incompetence.
Too. Big. To Fail. There simply are no consequences anymore. Fines? OK we'll jack the fees. Losing money? Borrow it at 0% interest from the fed. Going bankrupt? Doesn't matter, the shareholders get wiped out and Uncle Sam will bail us out. Yeah we'll get fired, but we already have our multi-million dollar bonuses. We'll just work for another bank...
I don't understand how this could happen to a bank with credit card data.
Didn't you read the summary? It's Citigroup. The guys who keep calling me to offer me a credit card despite me having repeatedly told them not to call me anymore and to remove me from their call list. Somehow they think calling me again will make me change my mind and give them business. I guess it's easy to do what you want when the federal government is willing to bail you out.
Nahh, the French will just build more nuclear power plants. Damn and blast those French, yet again!
You're right, let's not burn it. Let's let it decompose to methane gas instead.
Move to Afghanistan and live in a nursery school.
Then please make sure all terminal patients are not separated from this "inalienable" right and give them more life. Unless you're a moron, you would assume that "inalienable" refers to a second party coming between you and your right, not you yourself.
Oh don't worry about that. A couple weeks' worth of spin with a paid for news agency, and it will be turned into "There's no law that says government can't tell people when they can or can't die". Appropriate examples of heroic soldiers dying for their governments and nefarious criminals being executed by their governments can also be cited.
Well shit that sucks.
Well there's a good chance he might forget the whole idea...
That's why he took the pamphlet home...
The real question is: citing wikipedia does not confer intelligence, much less expertise on a subject, and leads to circular reasoning about pointless trivia. Does wikipedia and the internet's ability to confer immediate access to (not necessarily correct) information actually make people dumber?
Because DDoS isn't "hacking" and has nothing to do with "security" - except perhaps the security of the zombie boxes they are using. Anyone with a botnet can DDoS - it proves nothing. Breaking into Sony, or the US Senate, for example, is extremely lulzy and their IT managers should die of embarrassment on their way to the unemployment lines. But DDoS? If anything it's an ISP issue. CCP is still secure.
They didn't "pwn" anything. They just DDoSed EVE, and the admins took the servers and forums offline which is pretty standard when you're being DDoSed. Not quite the same thing as breaking in and stealing all the password/credit card info... but they're acting as if they are the real shit.
EVE Online: 1 LulzSec: 0
Surprise, all your POS will be in reinforced mode when you come back...
I mean this is no big deal. The US government spent $18 million on recovery.gov.
Of course. That way they can feel good about themselves and "outsource" any problems related with nuclear power. Of course they forget that radioactive clouds really don't care much about national borders but hey, more wealth for the French in the meantime.
Yeah, I think I'll stick to EVE Online and when I feel like shooting stuff, I'll get Dust 514.
Severe damage to the federal reserve. Hahaha that made my day, thanks. Buddy, the damage has already been done. There's nothing left.
You people are so full of fear. Such cowards. You have no balls.
Whereas anonymously hurling insults at people you don't know over the internet is an act of incredible courage, right?
Yeah, go ahead and form your "union". You will quickly find out just how replaceable you are.
I believe it was called "international jewry".
Renting is usually a better arrangement.
Oh I know - I lived through the 1970's. I remember the price of a corvette before and after.
You are forgetting, however, that inflation is now calculated differently. I don't really care what those numbers say anymore because they are now completely fictitious since the 1990's. Living outside the US I can see what's happening to the exchange rates - the US dollar used to be strong, a "safe haven". Not anymore. But hey why should I care, I'm sitting on a fair chunk of gold and silver (the real thing, not "certificates"), and a few hundred hectares of arable farmland. You go ahead and trust your paper and your "official" government figures.
This was attempted in 1939, with well known results.
And I read just here that you are full of shit.
Speculators do not make the price of the product they speculate in. They TAKE the price. When the price moves in their favor, they make money. When the price moves against them, they lose money. If you want to know what is moving the price of oil, consider the fact that China is a country with about 5 times the population of the US, with an economy that is growing at over 10% per year. China just last year has REPLACED the US as Germany's biggest customer. Yeah, most Chinese are still dirt poor, but the Chinese middle and upper classes are growing. When you have 1.4 billion people with just 1% of the population being rich, that's still 14 million extremely wealthy individuals - around the population of New York City. Even if you say that the "middle class" that can afford cars and TV's and pharmaceuticals and anything created by our oil based technology is 10% of the population, that's 140 million well off Chinese - half the population of the US.
Don't even get me started on countries like India, Indonesia, Brazil and Nigeria. Have a look at those populations and economic growth figures too. They all need oil more than ever before and are growing much more than the anemic 2% shown by the US.
Speculators have nothing to do with it. But I invite you to short crude oil if you think the price is about to "collapse".
Devaluing the currency by reckless spending is the equivalent to defaulting on its loans. Only fools hold US dollars for any length of time nowadays.