I actually did not say that the effect of dollar devaluation would be an inflation , although it is one of the stong possibilities in such situations.
I know of the complexities involved and i wanted to point out that it is not just "a good thing" as many have mentioned (because exports will increase) but there are some negative sides as well.
Obviously in this case , the US economic system and the ones behind it have been doing a good job. But it does not mean that the effect of increased imports cost is not there. So pointing out that the inflation rate has been stable is not an argument against my argument but just an interesting fact.
If it is as you say then is is certainly interesting if not impressive.
All this in the midst of rampant inflation like 30% increases in the cost of damned table salt per year in Greece last year,
Uhm, since when is the inflation rate calculated by the price of salt? or any individual product in any case?
I need to tell you that the inlfation rate in Greece is at around 3.6.(2002 measurement.) A normal inflation rate by any standard.
And since you are a keen economist. Please tell me. We know the effect of devaluation on cost of improrts/exports. Can you tell me what will be the effect on the US the imports so much more than it exports? It will make your imports much more expensive. Until you can decrease your imports , to the extend that is possible you will be paying more. So economic matters are not so simple as you present them.
Currently the US imports much more than it exports. Having the dollar devaluate in relation to the Euro it means you will have to pay more to get the same amount of imports.
So it will have a positive effect of making American products more competitive as far as price is concerned and therefore increase exports in the long run.
In other words you make the Dollar devaluation sound like it is most certainly a good thing. It depends on the situation, and the current US situation tells us that for now it is a BAD thing.
The title "just the facts" would make perfect sense had you read the introduction and tried to relate it the the structure of the document. It is actually very smart.
It's not supposed to supply "just the facts" it's attacking SCO's initial approach of "just the facts".
Wow, imagine using a stupid username/password and having someone get in and change the message.
"Dear world. I was a bastard. I am, however, no more. That plane i was in has crashed into a mountain and my remains have yet to be discovered.
The world considers this to be a great tragedy, but those who knew me can say that the loss of the innocents on-board was well worth my demise.
Feel welcome to defecate on my grave
Thank you. The deceased."
And a goatse.cx follows...
Ahh yes. I can see that your argument saying: In the other, we have the rest of the world: protector of political speech restriction is insightful and accurately states the conditions on the whole world. Because as we know the World is divided in to two parts. Americans and Non-Americans. If you open a geopolitical map you see bold letters AMERICA and colors of mountains rivers and suchs , and the rest of the world is painted grey and writes "Other".
However, i can see one extremely significant shortcoming to your argument.
And that is plagiarism. It has come to my attention that the exact piece is copied without modifications from the
"Handbook of Complete Lies and stupidities - American Edition"
Ah that explains it.
I was toying around with a forum that i use and found out that they check for Javascript (or any script,.but at the same time they permit HTML including frames,forms etc. so you can use iframe to do your dirty work.
I was amazed that they would get into trouble to check for scripts and yet permit all this stuff.
If ASP does it for them then it explains a lot.:)
It means they are plain idiots and not twisted idiots.
Thank you for providing a third link the EXACT same location as in the article. Because you are right. There ARE people who may be too stupid to see 3 links in the article pointing to tldp.org.
Then again there are the other kind. The Karma whoring one. Thanks again for those weird obfuscated links.
I just love that....
Saddam was accused of possesing biological/chemical weapons and was attacked , people were killed in the name of removing the biological threat, and yet no such weapons were found. Even though you have been there for so long.
Now, when the US develops such weapons (it may not kill men now but it still is active development of WMD) it is for the benefit of mankind against future threats.
So are we in a "good guys" vs "bad guys" mentality here? Do you think that world politics on such important matters regarding the safety of millions of people are limited to "we are good. You can trust us"?
I would have agreed to your argument about preventative research but only if the US had not been the one to literaly force this attack on Iraq and at the same time do independent research.
Forgive me for not feeling safer.
I live outside the US (greece) and my coutry has had traditionaly good relationships with the US. Nobody here fears Osama/Saddam/Terrorists but most people here dread the day the US sees profit in my country.
Thank you for opening my eyes! How could i have been so blind all those years!
I am deleting my Linux partition and i am buying WindowsXP as we speak.
I too want to take spending away from trivial items and spend all my money for WindowsXP.
The fact that their intention is good means nothing.
Think of this. I have a custom application that USES this service and when they disable it my company stops working... Do they have the right to do it now?
Thank you. Google was tough to use, The FreeBSD site keeps them secret and the Internet is too difficult for me.
I would have never been able to find this if not for you....
Slashdot Mirror
Hmmzz... Didn't they say that Cell Phones could be causing cancer ?
Maybe that's what Microsoft people had in mind when they said Linux is a cancer.
I know of the complexities involved and i wanted to point out that it is not just "a good thing" as many have mentioned (because exports will increase) but there are some negative sides as well.
Obviously in this case , the US economic system and the ones behind it have been doing a good job. But it does not mean that the effect of increased imports cost is not there. So pointing out that the inflation rate has been stable is not an argument against my argument but just an interesting fact.
If it is as you say then is is certainly interesting if not impressive.
Oh, and i am sorry for the "you". :)
Uhm, since when is the inflation rate calculated by the price of salt? or any individual product in any case?
I need to tell you that the inlfation rate in Greece is at around 3.6.(2002 measurement.) A normal inflation rate by any standard.
And since you are a keen economist. Please tell me. We know the effect of devaluation on cost of improrts/exports. Can you tell me what will be the effect on the US the imports so much more than it exports? It will make your imports much more expensive. Until you can decrease your imports , to the extend that is possible you will be paying more. So economic matters are not so simple as you present them.
Currently the US imports much more than it exports. Having the dollar devaluate in relation to the Euro it means you will have to pay more to get the same amount of imports.
So it will have a positive effect of making American products more competitive as far as price is concerned and therefore increase exports in the long run.
In other words you make the Dollar devaluation sound like it is most certainly a good thing. It depends on the situation, and the current US situation tells us that for now it is a BAD thing.
Well, it may be able to play Doom3 when it is released.
I am glad too see others than the Mesopotamians using the wheel which was originally invented for use in Mesopotamia.
Shhhhh!!. The ARE Office XP Service Pakcs. Made by SUN ;-)
The title "just the facts" would make perfect sense had you read the introduction and tried to relate it the the structure of the document. It is actually very smart.
It's not supposed to supply "just the facts" it's attacking SCO's initial approach of "just the facts".
Ha! I got you! That fellow from Nigeria , whose name i cannot reveal because it's confidential, said in his email that he could pay in a shoebox.
if it's not on Google it does not exist.
uh....right?.
Which is one more good reason why the battle to establish GPL and Linux should be against SCO. This is a good thing. There will be a precedent.
"Dear world. I was a bastard. I am, however, no more. That plane i was in has crashed into a mountain and my remains have yet to be discovered.
The world considers this to be a great tragedy, but those who knew me can say that the loss of the innocents on-board was well worth my demise.
Feel welcome to defecate on my grave
Thank you.
The deceased."
And a goatse.cx follows...
I hope the games your kids play do not have Greece anywhere there... or i won't sleep calm at nights..
Because as we know the World is divided in to two parts. Americans and Non-Americans.
If you open a geopolitical map you see bold letters AMERICA and colors of mountains rivers and suchs , and the rest of the world is painted grey and writes "Other".
However, i can see one extremely significant shortcoming to your argument. And that is plagiarism. It has come to my attention that the exact piece is copied without modifications from the "Handbook of Complete Lies and stupidities - American Edition"
Ah that explains it. I was toying around with a forum that i use and found out that they check for Javascript (or any script ,.but at the same time they permit HTML including frames,forms etc. so you can use iframe to do your dirty work. :)
I was amazed that they would get into trouble to check for scripts and yet permit all this stuff.
If ASP does it for them then it explains a lot.
It means they are plain idiots and not twisted idiots.
Why Emacs? It's already got an OS and that's Linux.
Thank you for providing a third link the EXACT same location as in the article. Because you are right. There ARE people who may be too stupid to see 3 links in the article pointing to tldp.org .
Then again there are the other kind. The Karma whoring one. Thanks again for those weird obfuscated links.
I just love that....
Saddam was accused of possesing biological/chemical weapons and was attacked , people were killed in the name of removing the biological threat, and yet no such weapons were found. Even though you have been there for so long.
Now, when the US develops such weapons (it may not kill men now but it still is active development of WMD) it is for the benefit of mankind against future threats.
So are we in a "good guys" vs "bad guys" mentality here? Do you think that world politics on such important matters regarding the safety of millions of people are limited to "we are good. You can trust us"?
I would have agreed to your argument about preventative research but only if the US had not been the one to literaly force this attack on Iraq and at the same time do independent research. Forgive me for not feeling safer.
I live outside the US (greece) and my coutry has had traditionaly good relationships with the US. Nobody here fears Osama/Saddam/Terrorists but most people here dread the day the US sees profit in my country.
But remember... Nowdays it is called "investigating competitive technology". Even though he is just having fun with Expose.
I bet one of those Macs is for Billy himself.
And ,of course, if you ask the RIAA they will tell you about starving artists and how they put food on their table.
Thank you for opening my eyes! How could i have been so blind all those years!
I am deleting my Linux partition and i am buying WindowsXP as we speak.
I too want to take spending away from trivial items and spend all my money for WindowsXP.
It was meant to be hypothetical. I don't even have Windows on my machine and i don't own a company.
I guess i should have clarified it. Sorry.
Think of this. I have a custom application that USES this service and when they disable it my company stops working... Do they have the right to do it now?
Thank you. Google was tough to use, The FreeBSD site keeps them secret and the Internet is too difficult for me.
I would have never been able to find this if not for you....