Re:people are not mathematical equations
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I have read the Austrian school literature, up to the point
where I could not swallow the egomaniacal dismissal of
scientific rigor anymore.
The Austrian school declares that mathematical analysys of economic systems is an impossible task so why even bother trying? This is so obviously false that I cannot take any of the Austrian arguments seriously.
Physics is full of examples where the transition
from "thought experiments" (which are closely analogous to
the Austrian method) to rigorous analysis using heavy maths followed by experimentation and/or observation gave unpredicted results.
In short, I say that whatever the shortcomings of mainstream economic theory (and there are indeed many), the Austrian school is not the answer to those shortcomings. Indeed, it is only a question, from which the answer might arise given suitable rigor.
Re:people are not mathematical equations
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It is the difference between a physicist not accounting for friction in his calculations and specifying that friction does not exist.
Exactly. And as near as I can tell the Austrian school doesn't get as far as acknowledging the existence or ability to account for friction.
Math can account for "non-precisive" descriptions. There are entire branches of mathematics that deal with fuzzy calculations, discrete calculations over ranges, and miscellaneous other factors that make describing a functioning economy practical (if not easy).
It is the Austrian School's intellectual laziness in ignoring these tools that makes the lot look less than credible.
Your Example 2 in (crude) mathematical terms:
So M is the amount of money in circulation, E is the productivity of the economy. If Delta M (change in amount of money) > Delta E (change in size of economy) then prices will tend to increase. This is regardless of the direction of Delta M and Delta E, only the relationship between them is important.
I can do better, but the limits of the interface prevent truly expressive maths.
Modeling the economy is impossible my eye. Get a real economic theory.
Re:people are not mathematical equations
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You err, in that you mistake the descriptive for the prescriptive.
Mathematics does not declare or decide human actions, but those same actions are as describable in the mathematical language as in any other, and the different approach can often result in insights not available to those limited by a single descriptive paradigm.
Not that I really expect you to understand this today, but enlightenment does not always involve pain.
Most people are locked into their jobs real hard right now, they cannot afford to be unemployed for any reason. That is even assuming they realise that it is illegal to begin with.
Not everyone is a political junkie with negotiating power.
Modification is irrelevant.
They need to provide access to source that matches the binary they distribute.
If the spyware is compiled in, well, they need to provide the source to that also.
Depends.
This is the sort of configuration that is likely to
break because it will be indistinguishable from an unauthorised forgery. In fact from the school's point of view it is an unauthorised forgery.
Use port 587 SMTP submission through the main mail server with SMTP AUTH and SSL and you gain security
as well as a much simpler SPF record for each domain.
Your users won't like reconfiguring, but my experience is that most people can understand
the issues involved, and will thank you for
doing something about it.
Hardly, it only favors everyone with a static
IP address that allows servers. In most areas
you can get that sort of service for only a small premium over "consumer grade" internet access.
The gotcha is if you have water-dependent rocks with this sort of formation through them, there had to be enough time for the rocks to form with water present before the modification with water present.
Millions of years, at least.
As far as "dry spells", where is that much water going to go on a global scale?
Re:Running out of IPv6
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Well, since there are enough addresses in IPv6
to give every grain of sand in the solar system a unique IP address with plenty to spare, I look forward to trying to exhaust the address space.
Try [ctrl]-[alt]-[backspace]. My son did something
similar to me when he was 2. He set the DOS box
to send all commands to the printer. I never did figure out what the magic key combo was for that...
If you can detect infected computers, block traffic
to and from the computer, redirect all port 80 requests to
a notification page with references to the phone numbers of local companies that specialize in computer maintenance.
Do NOT let these people stay on the net and be a risk to themselves and others.
Even they have public schools, an egregious (but time honored) theft from those who choose not to burden others with their children. (If you make 'em, pay for 'em: private school or home school.)
If you want qualified employees, pay for them.
The public schools replace the aprenticeship system where employers trained young people into their trades.
Protests about "Unfair" taxation of the top percentages generally ignore the sheer height of
the top of the income distribution, and the extent
to which retrograde taxes like Social Security withholding disadvantage those at the lower end of the scale.
The societal effect is that those on the "vertical spike" essentially live in a different world than you or I do.
Saddam couldn't reach US soil. This is common knowledge, but in the leadup to the war he firmly stated his intent to lead his countrymen in asymmetrical warfare, attacking US interests until we couldn't stay in his country, wherever they could reach them. This is a lot of what people were finding humorous about the Iraqi Information Minister. It isn't so funny now.
There was never a "first strike" statement from Iraq, but his stated strategy if attacked would match what we are seeing today, and would correspond to the asserted "Russian Intelligence".
If you need a specific link for the IIM stuff let me know.
Hardly "News" today. It was covered on CNN and NPR
during the leadup to the war. Iraq expected to be attacked by the US, and planned appropriately. This was covered in the movie also, but MM doesn't get into the public statements to that effect coming from Saddam in the movie.
Try this.
It gives a very good visualization of the inequality
inherent in the current system. I would also note that if you need a semi-log graph to make sense of
income distribution, something is grossly wrong.
And make 70% of the income, and have 90% of the
wealth. Sure, sounds fair to me.
Really. The people who have the most money should pay the most taxes, anyone who claims otherwise is either a fool or rich (or both).
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The Austrian school declares that mathematical analysys of economic systems is an impossible task so why even bother trying? This is so obviously false that I cannot take any of the Austrian arguments seriously.
Physics is full of examples where the transition from "thought experiments" (which are closely analogous to the Austrian method) to rigorous analysis using heavy maths followed by experimentation and/or observation gave unpredicted results.
In short, I say that whatever the shortcomings of mainstream economic theory (and there are indeed many), the Austrian school is not the answer to those shortcomings.
Indeed, it is only a question, from which the answer might arise given suitable rigor.
Math can account for "non-precisive" descriptions. There are entire branches of mathematics that deal with fuzzy calculations, discrete calculations over ranges, and miscellaneous other factors that make describing a functioning economy practical (if not easy).
It is the Austrian School's intellectual laziness in ignoring these tools that makes the lot look less than credible.
Your Example 2 in (crude) mathematical terms:
So M is the amount of money in circulation, E is the productivity of the economy. If Delta M (change in amount of money) > Delta E (change in size of economy) then prices will tend to increase. This is regardless of the direction of Delta M and Delta E, only the relationship between them is important.
I can do better, but the limits of the interface prevent truly expressive maths.
Modeling the economy is impossible my eye. Get a real economic theory.
You err, in that you mistake the descriptive for the prescriptive. Mathematics does not declare or decide human actions, but those same actions are as describable in the mathematical language as in any other, and the different approach can often result in insights not available to those limited by a single descriptive paradigm. Not that I really expect you to understand this today, but enlightenment does not always involve pain.
In this economy?
Most people are locked into their jobs real hard right now, they cannot afford to be unemployed for any reason. That is even assuming they realise that it is illegal to begin with.
Not everyone is a political junkie with negotiating power.
You haven't been paying attention, have you?
Right. If the binary is modified to include the spyware/viruses/etc. they need to make the source
available to reproduce the GPL'd binary.
If they just do it as a massive zip file, with an unmodified
version of the GPL'd program they are covered.
Modification is irrelevant. They need to provide access to source that matches the binary they distribute.
If the spyware is compiled in, well, they need to provide the source to that also.
Depends.
This is the sort of configuration that is likely to break because it will be indistinguishable from an unauthorised forgery. In fact from the school's point of view it is an unauthorised forgery.
Your users won't like reconfiguring, but my experience is that most people can understand the issues involved, and will thank you for doing something about it.
Hardly, it only favors everyone with a static IP address that allows servers. In most areas you can get that sort of service for only a small premium over "consumer grade" internet access.
Mod Parent pedantic post UP!
That is quite sufficient for both life and the minerological evidence. Even longer periods do not preclude life (such as Death Valley or Antarctica).
Millions of years, at least.
As far as "dry spells", where is that much water going to go on a global scale?
Well, since there are enough addresses in IPv6 to give every grain of sand in the solar system a unique IP address with plenty to spare, I look forward to trying to exhaust the address space.
Try [ctrl]-[alt]-[backspace]. My son did something similar to me when he was 2. He set the DOS box to send all commands to the printer. I never did figure out what the magic key combo was for that...
If you can detect infected computers, block traffic to and from the computer, redirect all port 80 requests to a notification page with references to the phone numbers of local companies that specialize in computer maintenance.
Do NOT let these people stay on the net and be a risk to themselves and others.
The public schools replace the aprenticeship system where employers trained young people into their trades.
Tenet Statement
Now that isn't as strong as Putin's statement, but taken with Bagdad Bob you could stretch it.
In addition I just reviewed the last few comments and I think we are talking past each other...
Protests about "Unfair" taxation of the top percentages generally ignore the sheer height of the top of the income distribution, and the extent to which retrograde taxes like Social Security withholding disadvantage those at the lower end of the scale.
The societal effect is that those on the "vertical spike" essentially live in a different world than you or I do.
Scant comfort if you ask me. The cost in blood and treasure just isn't worth it no matter how they are split up.
There was never a "first strike" statement from Iraq, but his stated strategy if attacked would match what we are seeing today, and would correspond to the asserted "Russian Intelligence".
If you need a specific link for the IIM stuff let me know.
Hardly "News" today. It was covered on CNN and NPR during the leadup to the war. Iraq expected to be attacked by the US, and planned appropriately. This was covered in the movie also, but MM doesn't get into the public statements to that effect coming from Saddam in the movie.
Try this.
It gives a very good visualization of the inequality inherent in the current system. I would also note that if you need a semi-log graph to make sense of income distribution, something is grossly wrong.
And make 70% of the income, and have 90% of the wealth. Sure, sounds fair to me.
Really. The people who have the most money should pay the most taxes, anyone who claims otherwise is either a fool or rich (or both).