Parent is refering to the Mohs hardness scale in which diamond is used as the upper end of the scale at 10.
If this is harder than diamond then either the scale will have to be scaled to make this the new 10 or this will be set as some value greater than 10 depending on its relative hardness.
The problem with antimatter is it either provides too little energy or too much of it.
If you keep enough of it around to use as fuel for a power plant then you have a chance of the magnetic containment field failing and your facility converted to component atoms.
Not really the system might be breaking, but if it was broken then we would be in a full recession and reverting to cannibalism to feed ourselves. The system works. It has been working for hundreds of years now.
We keep playing the game like it's an open system, and it never was, and now we are quickly discovering the end stops.
Which would be what exactly?
Designing an economic model which awards wealth to those who grow, is doomed when a company, any company reaches market saturation.
You seem to be confusing your terms here. Market saturation is something that happens when a market is fully developed. So when all possible consumers are fully aware of a product and buy all the product that they ever will buy. Market saturation is technically impossible unless you come up with a product that is so good that it never has to be repaired or replaced, or the product serves absolutely no purpose. You may be refering to a monopoly which is when a single company provides all or nearly all product for a specific market. A company that by itself caused market saturation would work quickly to create more demand or it would go out of business.
The American economy no longer exists, American business is multinational, global, and not limited to our borders. It finds cheap labor and brings the saving in production back to the U.S. where American consumers rejoice at the low cost of service and goods. Sadly it's all a sham. It's as unsustainable as a constant diet of junk food. It tastes good while you're eating it, but it's slowly killing you. It's all take and no give, the dollars fly out of the country faster and faster, until the nations fundamental wealth is gone, and the citizens of the nation notice they are now the collective bag holders. * Money that leaves never supports U.S. economy and infrastructure. * Money that leaves undermines U.S. labor, costing jobs and quality of living. * The growing gap between haves and have nots in the U.S. suggest a growing economic instability.
Here I think you are referring to the US's large trade deficit which currently stands at 50 billion USD. While this isn't really a good thing. It isn't as bad as you are making it out to be. Mostly it is a symptom of living in a large mostly urban country.
If you think of the US as a large city sitting among a number of rural areas it seems only natural that the city will tend to lose more money due to importing the supplies needed to care for more people then it will get from the poorer farmers that surround it. (This is a crude abstaction, but anyways.)
Loss of jobs starting with manufacturing, but now quickly moving up through intellectual "white collar" professions, points to a growing joblessness with no end in sight. As the government services fail (and if you haven't been reading the paper or watching the news at 11:00, local government everywhere in this country is on the verge of collapse), the means to manage and provide basic life needs to the growing disenfranchised evaporates. The middle class vanishes. We are all reduced to the same level of living enjoyed by billions of starving people all over the world. Already 3% of our population owns 75% of the wealth, this is the greatest desparity in wealth in our history. And still the insanity accelerates.
Oh no where will it end?
No seriously this is a problem. I mean this has happened since what? 2004 B.C.? The beginning of civilization? This happens largely because those who fight their way to the top of the heap know how to stay there. Its not a "good" thing, but it is a "natural" thing. It can be stopped, but doing so involves a lot of work by the people in the bottom to claw their own way up.
Most millionaires own their own businesses. The one main difference between the rich
Sounds like more of a problem with India than with microsoft.
Kind of like blaming MS when palestine gets pissed of because they have a map of Isreal or China getting pissed off because they have the Tawianian flag in their software.
Yes in many cases it is actually illegal to fire someone in France. The government tells the companies that they can't lay people off so in most cases they only hire the absolute minimum of people.
Even in times when they could make a lot of money due to an upswing in the market they will usually give up any chance of capitalizing on the boom because if it fails they will never be able to get rid of the excess employees.
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I don't know what IDK means...
Two AA? Nah this comes with a set of jumper cables so you can hook it up to a car battery.
Parent is refering to the Mohs hardness scale in which diamond is used as the upper end of the scale at 10.
If this is harder than diamond then either the scale will have to be scaled to make this the new 10 or this will be set as some value greater than 10 depending on its relative hardness.
Israel to palistine is more like Microsoft to the Unabomber.
The Unabomber wanted to destroy all technology.
Palistines want to kill all Jews.
Thats a drug using no-no.
The problem with antimatter is it either provides too little energy or too much of it.
If you keep enough of it around to use as fuel for a power plant then you have a chance of the magnetic containment field failing and your facility converted to component atoms.
The cows make for a more attractive scene.
Its not a matter of clearing the grass/trees.
And only 4 months before the bill sunsets.
I would like an invite.
Could you put one in my journal or send one to shardofpower@yahoo.com (email not protected due to it already being on almost all spam lists).
It would be more dangerous to by nails and use them as a shrapnel grenade.
Nah. Just use this.
governor_@_governor.ca.gov
(Might be wrong harvested it here)
Well with summon golden saint, and the guy in mournhold that sells an unlimited number of grand soul gems. Money is no object.
Also I typically enchanted them myself by using uber-alchemy to get my int up into the ten-thousands.
My prefered method was boots with Jump 100, Slowfall 1, and Water Walking (Since you couldn't jump if you landed in water)
I called them Boots of Flubber.
Bah those monks are pansies.
Just throw some butterflies at them and they run off screaming.
Coral Link
Yes
Depending on the setup there are many ways to get access to the printers.
All google needs is one link.
Not really the system might be breaking, but if it was broken then we would be in a full recession and reverting to cannibalism to feed ourselves. The system works. It has been working for hundreds of years now.
Which would be what exactly?
You seem to be confusing your terms here. Market saturation is something that happens when a market is fully developed. So when all possible consumers are fully aware of a product and buy all the product that they ever will buy. Market saturation is technically impossible unless you come up with a product that is so good that it never has to be repaired or replaced, or the product serves absolutely no purpose.
You may be refering to a monopoly which is when a single company provides all or nearly all product for a specific market. A company that by itself caused market saturation would work quickly to create more demand or it would go out of business.
Here I think you are referring to the US's large trade deficit which currently stands at 50 billion USD. While this isn't really a good thing. It isn't as bad as you are making it out to be. Mostly it is a symptom of living in a large mostly urban country.
If you think of the US as a large city sitting among a number of rural areas it seems only natural that the city will tend to lose more money due to importing the supplies needed to care for more people then it will get from the poorer farmers that surround it. (This is a crude abstaction, but anyways.)
Oh no where will it end?
No seriously this is a problem. I mean this has happened since what? 2004 B.C.? The beginning of civilization? This happens largely because those who fight their way to the top of the heap know how to stay there. Its not a "good" thing, but it is a "natural" thing. It can be stopped, but doing so involves a lot of work by the people in the bottom to claw their own way up.
Most millionaires own their own businesses. The one main difference between the rich
Its all possible with today's technology yes...
But I don't want to have to carry Deep Blue around on my back when I go on vacation.
One million to one odds crop up nine times out of ten.
A second from Alabama.
The tea should be capable of holding a straw up... without ice! ^_^
Sounds like more of a problem with India than with microsoft.
Kind of like blaming MS when palestine gets pissed of because they have a map of Isreal or China getting pissed off because they have the Tawianian flag in their software.
So just because you believe something that makes it correct?
I believe that you are a polka dot elephant and so does my dog.
So although you may think you are a human you are wrong.
Damn elephants and their uppity additudes.
Well when you owe that much money there isn't much they can do to you because if you default on it they quite possibly could go out of business.
It is said that if you owe a million dollars you have a big problem, but if you owe 100 million dollars the bank has a big problem.
Scale that up to ~6 trillion dollars and draw your own conclusion.
Yes in many cases it is actually illegal to fire someone in France. The government tells the companies that they can't lay people off so in most cases they only hire the absolute minimum of people.
Even in times when they could make a lot of money due to an upswing in the market they will usually give up any chance of capitalizing on the boom because if it fails they will never be able to get rid of the excess employees.
Or a piece of paper over the trigger.