Been there, done that. Except it wasn't a power outage. I had been coding like crazy most of the day on a mainframe project. I was still a newbie and hadn't gotten into the habit of frequent saves. Suddenly the network went down hard. If you heard a loud screaming noise from the Midwest US in the late 80's, that was me!
And when it came back to Spain, that gold caused inflation. Why? There was more money about, but the same amount of stuff to spend it on. Just like if you'd used a fiat currency and printed lots of it. Gold isn't magic.
With gold, you are limited by the amount of actual gold. With fiat currency, there is no such limit. A large increase in the amount of gold can cause inflation, but you can't cause such an increase at will. You're right, gold isn't magic. Fiat currency IS magic, and that's the problem.
You assume that everyone hates advertising as much as you do and thus, in the future, the trend will extend to the extreme. You can't magically extrapolate trends like that, unfortunately.
The problem is, the advertisers are making the ads more annoying. The people who don't hate ads now will start hating them when the advertisers make them jump around the screen playing bad music.
I don't drive 150 most days, but I DO drive 150+ miles SOME days. And since I can't afford two cars, my one car needs to be able to go as far as I need to go, including vacation trips.
The problem is that idiots think voicemail should be used for "Hi, I just called you. Call me back." as if my phone doesn't keep track of incoming calls.
If I don't recognize the number, "Hi, I just called you. Call me back." is the only way they'll get a callback from me. I don't call unknown numbers without voice messages.
On every cellphone I've ever had, the sound quality totally sucked compared to my landline. The bill isn't bad if you don't use the extra bells & whistles and don't call people in Timbucktu. And since the "Don't Call List", telemarketers haven't been that bad.
It depends on how much he uses it. If he jabbers on for hours every day, he's better off with a monthly plan. If he uses it for 10 minutes the whole month, he's better off with prepaid.
This time around, there will probably be people who believe in Republican principles (smaller Government, less taxes, more personal responsibility) who will vote Democrat because the Republicans no longer believe in Republican principles. Except lower taxes, but that means squat when spending goes through the roof.
If I see a version number of 2.00, I can ASSume that there are significant changes from 1.X. Also, as an "ohoh" version, it's more likely to have bugs than 2.1.
A year-based version tells me when it was released, but not much else. Maybe there was a major change in August, and V2008.08.01 is an "ohoh" version.
Named versions tell me even less. I might ASSume that "Perfect Penguin" is later than "Ornery Onyx", but I don't know how much has changed, or how long it took to release.
The thing is, a lot of NEW hardware didn't run Vista. Much of the blame should go to the hardware vendors for putting Vista on their underpowered crap, but it still hurt Vista's reputation.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Looks like someone didn't read Asimov, because the robot's correct actions would have been to follow the orders even when they result in damage to it.
I guess what I'm trying to say is next time, robot, obey your human overlords....
Could have been worse. At least it didn't go running around a selenium pond spouting "Gilbert and Sullivan".
The problem seems to be the distinction between Big Rubble like the Earth, Venus, and Mars, and Little Rubble, like the asteroids, Pluto, and other Kuiper Belt objects. The offical dividing line is still unclear.
Until that happens (and I wouldn't hold your breath), I recommend voting for the lesser evil unless you want to see more presidents like GWB in the future.
That assumes that the "lesser evil" is acceptable, or there is a big enough gap between the lesser evil and the greater evil to make it worthwhile. If I'm convinced that the lesser evil will destroy the nation, then I might as well vote for someone non-evil, even if I know he won't win.
Well, if Obama & McCain are equally bad, we might be better off with McCain, simply because he's more likely to butt heads with the Democrat Congress. One of the reasons Bush was able to screww this country so badly is because we had the same party in Congress. I don't like McCain, but I'm seriously thinking of voting for him, just to promote gridlock.
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Been there, done that. Except it wasn't a power outage. I had been coding like crazy most of the day on a mainframe project. I was still a newbie and hadn't gotten into the habit of frequent saves. Suddenly the network went down hard. If you heard a loud screaming noise from the Midwest US in the late 80's, that was me!
With gold, you are limited by the amount of actual gold. With fiat currency, there is no such limit. A large increase in the amount of gold can cause inflation, but you can't cause such an increase at will. You're right, gold isn't magic. Fiat currency IS magic, and that's the problem.
The problem is, the advertisers are making the ads more annoying. The people who don't hate ads now will start hating them when the advertisers make them jump around the screen playing bad music.
My Saturn L200 is, by far, the best car I've ever owned. OTOH, the worst POS car I've ever owned was also a GM.
I don't drive 150 most days, but I DO drive 150+ miles SOME days. And since I can't afford two cars, my one car needs to be able to go as far as I need to go, including vacation trips.
If I don't recognize the number, "Hi, I just called you. Call me back." is the only way they'll get a callback from me. I don't call unknown numbers without voice messages.
LOL! My communication skills is gr8!!!1one!
On every cellphone I've ever had, the sound quality totally sucked compared to my landline. The bill isn't bad if you don't use the extra bells & whistles and don't call people in Timbucktu. And since the "Don't Call List", telemarketers haven't been that bad.
It depends on how much he uses it. If he jabbers on for hours every day, he's better off with a monthly plan. If he uses it for 10 minutes the whole month, he's better off with prepaid.
Generally, if I'm communicating with someone I don't want to talk to, I'm at work, which means I'm not driving anyway. :)
China isn't our friend either, and shouldn't be treated as one.
At home, I have no reason to jump to FF3. FF2 works fine for me. And it's still getting security fixes, so I'm not worried about malware.
At work, it's not my choice. I have to use IE6, but frankly I like IE6 better than IE7 anyway.
This time around, there will probably be people who believe in Republican principles (smaller Government, less taxes, more personal responsibility) who will vote Democrat because the Republicans no longer believe in Republican principles. Except lower taxes, but that means squat when spending goes through the roof.
If I see a version number of 2.00, I can ASSume that there are significant changes from 1.X. Also, as an "ohoh" version, it's more likely to have bugs than 2.1.
A year-based version tells me when it was released, but not much else. Maybe there was a major change in August, and V2008.08.01 is an "ohoh" version.
Named versions tell me even less. I might ASSume that "Perfect Penguin" is later than "Ornery Onyx", but I don't know how much has changed, or how long it took to release.
The thing is, a lot of NEW hardware didn't run Vista. Much of the blame should go to the hardware vendors for putting Vista on their underpowered crap, but it still hurt Vista's reputation.
Could have been worse. At least it didn't go running around a selenium pond spouting "Gilbert and Sullivan".
BDSM clubs are undesirable? I thought that was the whole point of SL. That and furries.
Does that mean I can appeal the court ruling that my singing is illegal?
Things haven't really changed much since then.
Preferably in rockets build by the lowest bidder.
What bugs me is, they tried to claim that it was a good thing.
"We don't need manufactering"
"we're a service economy"
"manufacturing should be done in the 3rd world"
Well, the way we're going, we're likely to BECOME a 3rd world country!
The problem seems to be the distinction between Big Rubble like the Earth, Venus, and Mars, and Little Rubble, like the asteroids, Pluto, and other Kuiper Belt objects. The offical dividing line is still unclear.
That assumes that the "lesser evil" is acceptable, or there is a big enough gap between the lesser evil and the greater evil to make it worthwhile. If I'm convinced that the lesser evil will destroy the nation, then I might as well vote for someone non-evil, even if I know he won't win.
On that system, my vote would more likely be:
1) Paul
2) Kucinich
3) Nader
101) My mailman
501) The drug dealer across the street
1001) Obama
1002) McCain
Well, if Obama & McCain are equally bad, we might be better off with McCain, simply because he's more likely to butt heads with the Democrat Congress. One of the reasons Bush was able to screww this country so badly is because we had the same party in Congress. I don't like McCain, but I'm seriously thinking of voting for him, just to promote gridlock.