Anyone who has studied queueing theory, or put a chair out in front of their house to save a parking space, can see the flaw in your logic. The saved spaces are for the freinds of the diners - therefore, they have priority over the newcomers. Same for the people willing to wait in line - its a classic cost/benefit trade off. If they are unemployed, time is essentially free, but paying an extra $1000 on eBay to buy a PS3 costs $1000. Math seems pretty simple to me.
Well, for the most part I meant my post to be funny (although I would put the floor of the 51C bus in Pittsburgh up against the blood and tobacco in Indian trains any day). Regarding health care, though, more and more Americans are going to India (thats right, India) for surgical procedcures because the health care is so much more affordable there. A $100,000 operation in the US would cost less then $10K in India.
The USA has horrible infrastrucure, bad roads, horrible mass transit, no universal health care, high unemployment, etc. - yet these idiots DID put a man on the moon. Not sure what the lession hee is.
Does anyone know if IE6 and IE7 can coexist on the same machine, and if there are any problems with having both? I seem to remember conflicts for past IE "upgrades". I'd be willing to try IE7, but not get rid of IE6 entirely since I suspect that certain website will break on the new version, at least for the short term.
Oh, and I'm not using Firefox, etc. because many websites I need to access (Banking sites, etc.) REQUIRE IE. And yes, I know about the ad ins, emulators, etc. but choose not to mess with that.
My knowledge of trannys isn't incorrect so much as my time for typing such a detailed explanation -;-) Gross simplification of course, but you get the point.
I see the evoloution of blades to the evolution of automobile transmissions - first you had a 3 speed, then 4, 5, 6, and I think there is some car now that has an 8 speed manual. But - continiously variable transmisissions ("analog") are now appearing as well. That seems to be the future of razor blades - an "infinite" (or very large) number of blades in some sort of "Continuous" configuration.
I'd defintely head north to Canada (considering I grew up in Buffalo, its not that far a stretch). Why haven't I left yet? Believe it or not, health insurance. Canada has "Free" healthcare, but since I have a pre-existing medical condition (Cancer, but in remission) I'm prohibited from imigrating there - they don't want a drain on their national health care system. That pretty much keeps me out of every country in the world. (If someone knows of one that will take me, I'm all ears!)
Perhaps in the long term - but in the short term, if your house is reassessed and the value goes down, your taxes go down. And in a state like PA where "property tax relief" is a hot issue, they are not going to raise the mill rate - they will find another source of revenue (like casinos)
How is the housing bubble worse? (in the short term). If you have a place to live already, just hold on to it. And if you REALLY need to sell, unless you bought withing the last few years you will still turn a profit. If you are looking for a place to live, housing prices are cheaper! It's mostly win-win!
Bigger northern cities? You mean Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, and many others that are a small fraction of the size they were 50 years ago? If people wanted to move up north, theres plenty of room for 'em.
The ironic thing is, the nations of the world are looking to impose sanctions - but can we really impose sanctions if it turns out it wasnt a nuke in the first place?
My question to you is - if you work all the time, when are you going to have time to FIND a family (i.e. a spouse). I never understood people of any age who work 40 hours a week, then go home and watch TV. Work 40 hours a week, then go out with friends, volunteer, attend young professional organizations, go skiing, whatever floats your boat - but get out there and meet people!
After all, they fully expect (and not without reason)that their country will be invaded by the US some day. I would think they would want to do everything they could to assure that doesn't happen. Hopefully MAD will keep them from using the weapon offensively - after all, it worked on the Russians for 40 years.
I disagree. VCs want to back an idea that has a reasonable chance of success, and a better than reasonable chance of getting a return on their investment. Some of the ideas might be "obvious" but then again no one has pulled them off yet. Thats what they are looking for - the right management team with the right product and the right customers at the right place and right time.
I did - and I thought it was hilarious. When anyone asks me why I don't have a mySpace page, I respond "because I'm not a 13 year old girl". (and for the record - I'm not a sexual predator either!)
Whats the difference? For the sake of argument, say they could do this with an entire human being, not just an atom or two. If you "killed" the person on one side, and built an exact replica from existing matter at the destination, there would effectively be no difference between that method and physically moving the atoms. When you materialized at the other end, you wouldnt realize that you were newly created since you were an EXACT copy of the original (yes, this defies a hundred different laws of physics, etc. - but you get the idea.)
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Caution is one thing - but I pity your lack of faith in humanity.
Anyone who has studied queueing theory, or put a chair out in front of their house to save a parking space, can see the flaw in your logic. The saved spaces are for the freinds of the diners - therefore, they have priority over the newcomers. Same for the people willing to wait in line - its a classic cost/benefit trade off. If they are unemployed, time is essentially free, but paying an extra $1000 on eBay to buy a PS3 costs $1000. Math seems pretty simple to me.
Too late, have you seen the price of their stock lately?
Well, for the most part I meant my post to be funny (although I would put the floor of the 51C bus in Pittsburgh up against the blood and tobacco in Indian trains any day). Regarding health care, though, more and more Americans are going to India (thats right, India) for surgical procedcures because the health care is so much more affordable there. A $100,000 operation in the US would cost less then $10K in India.
I'm Jewish, you insensitive clod. Oh - and the 8 presents for Hannukah, one per day, is just an urban myth - at least when I was growing up :-)
The USA has horrible infrastrucure, bad roads, horrible mass transit, no universal health care, high unemployment, etc. - yet these idiots DID put a man on the moon. Not sure what the lession hee is.
The fact that stuff like this comes out that requires Windows and IE is why I still run Windows and IE.
Oh, and I'm not using Firefox, etc. because many websites I need to access (Banking sites, etc.) REQUIRE IE. And yes, I know about the ad ins, emulators, etc. but choose not to mess with that.
My knowledge of trannys isn't incorrect so much as my time for typing such a detailed explanation - ;-) Gross simplification of course, but you get the point.
I see the evoloution of blades to the evolution of automobile transmissions - first you had a 3 speed, then 4, 5, 6, and I think there is some car now that has an 8 speed manual. But - continiously variable transmisissions ("analog") are now appearing as well. That seems to be the future of razor blades - an "infinite" (or very large) number of blades in some sort of "Continuous" configuration.
Yes, but the downside is you refer to 5:00 as "17:00" - you are already losing your American-ness!
I'd defintely head north to Canada (considering I grew up in Buffalo, its not that far a stretch). Why haven't I left yet? Believe it or not, health insurance. Canada has "Free" healthcare, but since I have a pre-existing medical condition (Cancer, but in remission) I'm prohibited from imigrating there - they don't want a drain on their national health care system. That pretty much keeps me out of every country in the world. (If someone knows of one that will take me, I'm all ears!)
And don't forget, God took the seventh day off!
Maybe YOU could have called THEM the first time you didn't receive your call? Would have saved everyone a lot of grief....
Perhaps in the long term - but in the short term, if your house is reassessed and the value goes down, your taxes go down. And in a state like PA where "property tax relief" is a hot issue, they are not going to raise the mill rate - they will find another source of revenue (like casinos)
Good point about the adjustable interest rates - but if home prices are falling, property taxes will DECREASE, not increase.
How is the housing bubble worse? (in the short term). If you have a place to live already, just hold on to it. And if you REALLY need to sell, unless you bought withing the last few years you will still turn a profit. If you are looking for a place to live, housing prices are cheaper! It's mostly win-win!
Bigger northern cities? You mean Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, and many others that are a small fraction of the size they were 50 years ago? If people wanted to move up north, theres plenty of room for 'em.
The ironic thing is, the nations of the world are looking to impose sanctions - but can we really impose sanctions if it turns out it wasnt a nuke in the first place?
My question to you is - if you work all the time, when are you going to have time to FIND a family (i.e. a spouse). I never understood people of any age who work 40 hours a week, then go home and watch TV. Work 40 hours a week, then go out with friends, volunteer, attend young professional organizations, go skiing, whatever floats your boat - but get out there and meet people!
Why are they talking about saving time dragging files around? I have an even faster method - its called the "Command Line"
After all, they fully expect (and not without reason)that their country will be invaded by the US some day. I would think they would want to do everything they could to assure that doesn't happen. Hopefully MAD will keep them from using the weapon offensively - after all, it worked on the Russians for 40 years.
I disagree. VCs want to back an idea that has a reasonable chance of success, and a better than reasonable chance of getting a return on their investment. Some of the ideas might be "obvious" but then again no one has pulled them off yet. Thats what they are looking for - the right management team with the right product and the right customers at the right place and right time.
I did - and I thought it was hilarious. When anyone asks me why I don't have a mySpace page, I respond "because I'm not a 13 year old girl". (and for the record - I'm not a sexual predator either!)
Whats the difference? For the sake of argument, say they could do this with an entire human being, not just an atom or two. If you "killed" the person on one side, and built an exact replica from existing matter at the destination, there would effectively be no difference between that method and physically moving the atoms. When you materialized at the other end, you wouldnt realize that you were newly created since you were an EXACT copy of the original (yes, this defies a hundred different laws of physics, etc. - but you get the idea.)