Heh. That was the first thing that leapt out at me as well. The second was the whole 60hz thing. Do people WANT to go blind? Ug.
About all LCD's have a 60Hz refresh rate....
Not only is any other year just as valid, but Bush is talking about Bush's policies.
No it's not. Have you even RTFA? (no I'm not new here)
Not only is the data 2000-2004 the only data set in which the US does better then the EU, but also, the main reason why this data set is this way is because of the sharp decline in 2001 of emissions because of a steep decrease in Airplane transportation and economic slowdown because of 9/11.
So, unless you're a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, there is absolutely no reasonable way to give any credit to the Bush administration for these figures.
This is obvious data manipulation since you cherry pick your data set (and again, it's the _ONLY_ data set where the US does better then the EU, and the explanation of this is all due to an external variable which is not mentioned in the report. They also just use CO2 emissions, when you take into account every greenhouse gas emmission, again, the UE fares better.
I actually suggest you RTF pdf, it's only 5 pages (4 pages of text) long, I'm sure you can manage that.
One thing you fail to mention is that the German inflation was due to fixed exchange rates. A Gold standard guarantees fixed exchange rates. Since the Chinese peg the yuan to the dollar (in great proportions now, but it's still a 70-80% peg), what do you think will happen when the US are sick of having a huge current account deficit because of the huge underevaluation of the Yuan?
What they will do is exactly the same that the UK did in the period you mention, and that is devaluate their currency. And the whole history repeats itself.
Going back to a gold standard would incredibly _increase_ the risk of such events happening again.
Quite frankly, the debate over Gold standard or not has been settled quite a long time ago, and very few are the economists that still adhere to that principle today. And remember, inflation comes from an increase in aggregate demand, and therefore from the economy having more money to spend, it's a natural consequence of economic growth.
Also, in the Long term, nominal variables have no effect on real variables, so paying 100 Xdollars for A or 10 Ydollars for A doesn't change the real value that 100 Xdollars or 10 Ydollars hold.
Very insightfull. But what you don't get is this missle system is really a prayer relay. When nuclear missiles are launched, the detection systems signals it to the christian fundies, which pray for a Godly temporary change in physics, rendering the nuclear missiles harmless.
Putin, however, didn't buy this for some reason...
1) Well, during economic growth, the demand for money goes up, with a Gold standard the government can't increase the monetary mass without getting more gold... THis would mean the government should never immediately face money demand.
2) During a recession, you cannot use a monetary tool to reboost the economy. This eans that when reession hits, it hits (much) harder.
3) It is supposed to bring stable prices, but gold (or silver) is far from being a stable commodity, prices fluctuate, hence a completely exterior event like a war in an important gold/silver producer can completely disrupt the system.
4) You give an enormous power to gold/silver producing nations, which exert great pressions on the USA.
5) Trust, a Gold standard is supposed to make Federal Banks more trustfull, in reality the Fed can withhold gold and still play with the monetary mass.
6) Gold is a commodity, there is no interest rates on Gold. This will mean that foreign central banks will get American bonds, which bring some interest, while being backed by gold. This will lead to an ever increasing amount of money in the circuit, which will cost the USA a whole lot of money, if they can even back it up (which is doubtfull seeing the amounts that they would need).
7) Internet and Distrust. Imagine a recession, another terrorist attack or a bank that fails, there would be an immidiate rush to convert dollars in gold, in this case there are two possibilities: 1) You give them their gold and create a situation worse then the great depression or 2) block the transactions, in which case there is no point whatsoever to have a gold standard.
8) Exchange rates. Tying the price of a dollar to gold also fixes the exchange rates, since the value of the USD is fixed by the value of the commodities. Now the US have a huge deficit on the current account, which is the main reason why the dollar devaluates so much, this devaluation reinforces the American position on the international market since their products become cheaper for foreign nations. Floating rates act like a cushion when things go bad, it smoothes the ups and downs of the economy, which is very beneficial for the economy because it brings stability to the system.
9) Money is an asset, not a commodity. And every asset should fluctuate. In the case of currency, it should fluctuate around rates of return, expected exchange rate values and risk on the exchange market, and should fluctuate around Rate of return and supply/demand on the money market.
10) You cannot put a gold standard back without reverting to fixed exchange rates in the whole world. Now, look at china which pegs its yuan on the dollar. The US don't want the chinese yuan this weak. Under fixed exchange rates the US will probably devaluate, this will make the chinese devaluate their yuan since they want to keep the peg. Now every other currency will want to devaluate as well since everyone lost competitiveness in International trade... This rings any bells? This is what caused the great depression in the late 20's, just put the UK in the place of the USA and Germany in the place of China. And this, in the end, lead to world war 2 and the Nazis.
So yeah, for all those reasons, reverting to a gold standard would not be such a bright idea.
I mean, he has a point with Iraq, but have you seen the rest of his agenda? He wants to go back to a gold standard for gods sake! Having it right on one issue doesn't make you a good president...
His comments on the "inflation tax" and abolition of income taxes are just plain ridiculous.
Just show us your fingers, then we can decide who's right!
(PS: Correlation is not causation, maybe being good in math = more wanking = longer 2D fingers:D)
First of all, the inflation is based on an index which is far from being bullet proof.
Second, it takes time, usually around 6 month to a year before monetary measures translate into the economy. (Prices don't adjust over night)
Third (and this goes your way), the link between Monetary Mass and inflation isn't as clear as it used to be, but in the long term, the link remains.
Forth, the fact that printing money wouldn't increase infation is a _bad_ thing, even worth if inflation still decreased, because that would mean that the economic slowdown is bigger then the monetary measures taken, this is usually a sign of economic regression.
Fifth, why are we even talking about this?
What you need to do is be really really technical about it, start talking about the most little details, then start drawing little sketches that no one would actually understand and chose one strong point in favor of your solution, one that he can understand, and always fall back on that point so he thinks he understands what you are talking about.
After about an hour, start suggesting him your solution more and more, gently point out his mistakes at first, then put more and more stress on his/her shortcomings, making him really really feel bad about them.
After a while, start telling him your solution will not only be useful for the problem, but will also stop aids, make him a better sex partner (or a better mother), and generate world peace.
Finally, make him buy old books for thousands of dollars and regularly meet with him again just to make sure his brainwashing is up to date.
This method is flawless, you might even be recognized as a religion in a few years, and make your bosses call you Master!
I mean, most people I know have no idea what a web server, a DNS server is, or exactly how a forum works. If the lawyers start being really technical about Domain Names, Database records, remotely or not hosted websites, which could be relevant to the case, I can understand that a judge wouldn't "grab the concepts" completely.
And as many pointed out, the admittance of the judge, especially in such a high profile court case, shows his competence and integrity.
I dunno, the fact that he's willing to state the correlation coefficient so precisely makes me leary of his own statistical expertise.
The Fact that they use a standard deviation to test an Hypothesis, you know, instead of Hypothesis Testing makes me certain that he doesn't know jack about statistics.
you do _NOT_ use descriptive statistics to study samples!!!
I can't believe how wrong this analysis is... What you're supposed to test is that when seeded with a yawn, you're more susceptible then when not seeded, and this is a whole other set of calculations...
so, opening a text file, scrolling down and editing a text file, is hard? I mean the guy apparently has been using linux for _10_ years! And if you need help and can't find it easily, just drop by an IRC channel (as I said), people answer those types of questions all the time. Linux by design lets you change manually your config files, and guess what, it makes things, much MUCH more easier and transparent. Just because you've been dumbed out to the point of extreme laziness doesn't mean the rest of the world needs to follow your pity example.
And I have absolutely no need to "rotate my screen 90 degrees".
Funny, the only OS I have ever had problems with to set resolution is windows. For some reason I just couldn't find a way to get my resolution back to 1280x800 after updating my drivers. Oh and installing an external monitor with 1440x900 was also an incredible pain...
Come to think of it, having an easily editable xorg.conf makes things MUCH easier, no need to mess with installing monitors, then making the OS somehow recognize what monitor it is, just edit a couple of lines (and xorg.conf is one of the most understandable config files out there), and you are set.
Oh and try installing windows that didn't come with your computer, it will take you MUCH longer to set it up to your needs. A clean windows XP install goes like this: Install WIndows (3 reboots?), install every single driver (1 reboot/driver, so something like 5 reboots), install every application you need, install every application you don't need but you have to install in order to give the bugger a livespan greater then a week, enjoy?
Windows takes far LONGER to set up, and is much MUCH more of a hassle.
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Heh. That was the first thing that leapt out at me as well. The second was the whole 60hz thing. Do people WANT to go blind? Ug. About all LCD's have a 60Hz refresh rate....
You just suggested Quantum leap over porn? Wow...
Well, at least it's not brown...
Not only is any other year just as valid, but Bush is talking about Bush's policies.
No it's not. Have you even RTFA? (no I'm not new here)
Not only is the data 2000-2004 the only data set in which the US does better then the EU, but also, the main reason why this data set is this way is because of the sharp decline in 2001 of emissions because of a steep decrease in Airplane transportation and economic slowdown because of 9/11.
So, unless you're a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, there is absolutely no reasonable way to give any credit to the Bush administration for these figures.
This is obvious data manipulation since you cherry pick your data set (and again, it's the _ONLY_ data set where the US does better then the EU, and the explanation of this is all due to an external variable which is not mentioned in the report. They also just use CO2 emissions, when you take into account every greenhouse gas emmission, again, the UE fares better.
I actually suggest you RTF pdf, it's only 5 pages (4 pages of text) long, I'm sure you can manage that.
And the site posted on Slashdot?
Bye Bye server!
What a dumb point against Nuclear energy.
1) How much of the concrete production comes from building Nuclear powerplants?
2) Electricity Generation is a bigger culprit, so going nuclear (I've been watching Heroes too much) would go in the right direction...
3) Transportation is also a (much) bigger culprit, and electricity will probably end up playing a large role in alternatives to fossilized carbon.
So, the first point isn't really a point, and nuclear energy could save much on the 2 biggest culprits...
Anything else?
Well they really shouold use bayesian statistics for these kinds of studies... who knows how many variables have been neglected in this study?
One thing you fail to mention is that the German inflation was due to fixed exchange rates. A Gold standard guarantees fixed exchange rates. Since the Chinese peg the yuan to the dollar (in great proportions now, but it's still a 70-80% peg), what do you think will happen when the US are sick of having a huge current account deficit because of the huge underevaluation of the Yuan?
What they will do is exactly the same that the UK did in the period you mention, and that is devaluate their currency. And the whole history repeats itself.
Going back to a gold standard would incredibly _increase_ the risk of such events happening again.
Quite frankly, the debate over Gold standard or not has been settled quite a long time ago, and very few are the economists that still adhere to that principle today. And remember, inflation comes from an increase in aggregate demand, and therefore from the economy having more money to spend, it's a natural consequence of economic growth.
Also, in the Long term, nominal variables have no effect on real variables, so paying 100 Xdollars for A or 10 Ydollars for A doesn't change the real value that 100 Xdollars or 10 Ydollars hold.
Very insightfull. But what you don't get is this missle system is really a prayer relay. When nuclear missiles are launched, the detection systems signals it to the christian fundies, which pray for a Godly temporary change in physics, rendering the nuclear missiles harmless.
Putin, however, didn't buy this for some reason...
1) Well, during economic growth, the demand for money goes up, with a Gold standard the government can't increase the monetary mass without getting more gold... THis would mean the government should never immediately face money demand.
2) During a recession, you cannot use a monetary tool to reboost the economy. This eans that when reession hits, it hits (much) harder.
3) It is supposed to bring stable prices, but gold (or silver) is far from being a stable commodity, prices fluctuate, hence a completely exterior event like a war in an important gold/silver producer can completely disrupt the system.
4) You give an enormous power to gold/silver producing nations, which exert great pressions on the USA.
5) Trust, a Gold standard is supposed to make Federal Banks more trustfull, in reality the Fed can withhold gold and still play with the monetary mass.
6) Gold is a commodity, there is no interest rates on Gold. This will mean that foreign central banks will get American bonds, which bring some interest, while being backed by gold. This will lead to an ever increasing amount of money in the circuit, which will cost the USA a whole lot of money, if they can even back it up (which is doubtfull seeing the amounts that they would need).
7) Internet and Distrust. Imagine a recession, another terrorist attack or a bank that fails, there would be an immidiate rush to convert dollars in gold, in this case there are two possibilities: 1) You give them their gold and create a situation worse then the great depression or 2) block the transactions, in which case there is no point whatsoever to have a gold standard.
8) Exchange rates. Tying the price of a dollar to gold also fixes the exchange rates, since the value of the USD is fixed by the value of the commodities. Now the US have a huge deficit on the current account, which is the main reason why the dollar devaluates so much, this devaluation reinforces the American position on the international market since their products become cheaper for foreign nations. Floating rates act like a cushion when things go bad, it smoothes the ups and downs of the economy, which is very beneficial for the economy because it brings stability to the system.
9) Money is an asset, not a commodity. And every asset should fluctuate. In the case of currency, it should fluctuate around rates of return, expected exchange rate values and risk on the exchange market, and should fluctuate around Rate of return and supply/demand on the money market.
10) You cannot put a gold standard back without reverting to fixed exchange rates in the whole world. Now, look at china which pegs its yuan on the dollar. The US don't want the chinese yuan this weak. Under fixed exchange rates the US will probably devaluate, this will make the chinese devaluate their yuan since they want to keep the peg. Now every other currency will want to devaluate as well since everyone lost competitiveness in International trade... This rings any bells? This is what caused the great depression in the late 20's, just put the UK in the place of the USA and Germany in the place of China. And this, in the end, lead to world war 2 and the Nazis.
So yeah, for all those reasons, reverting to a gold standard would not be such a bright idea.
Oh please not Ron Paul...
I mean, he has a point with Iraq, but have you seen the rest of his agenda? He wants to go back to a gold standard for gods sake! Having it right on one issue doesn't make you a good president...
His comments on the "inflation tax" and abolition of income taxes are just plain ridiculous.
Oh, I see, women are just "different"!
Just show us your fingers, then we can decide who's right! (PS: Correlation is not causation, maybe being good in math = more wanking = longer 2D fingers :D)
First of all, the inflation is based on an index which is far from being bullet proof. Second, it takes time, usually around 6 month to a year before monetary measures translate into the economy. (Prices don't adjust over night) Third (and this goes your way), the link between Monetary Mass and inflation isn't as clear as it used to be, but in the long term, the link remains. Forth, the fact that printing money wouldn't increase infation is a _bad_ thing, even worth if inflation still decreased, because that would mean that the economic slowdown is bigger then the monetary measures taken, this is usually a sign of economic regression. Fifth, why are we even talking about this?
What you need to do is be really really technical about it, start talking about the most little details, then start drawing little sketches that no one would actually understand and chose one strong point in favor of your solution, one that he can understand, and always fall back on that point so he thinks he understands what you are talking about.
After about an hour, start suggesting him your solution more and more, gently point out his mistakes at first, then put more and more stress on his/her shortcomings, making him really really feel bad about them.
After a while, start telling him your solution will not only be useful for the problem, but will also stop aids, make him a better sex partner (or a better mother), and generate world peace.
Finally, make him buy old books for thousands of dollars and regularly meet with him again just to make sure his brainwashing is up to date.
This method is flawless, you might even be recognized as a religion in a few years, and make your bosses call you Master!
I mean, most people I know have no idea what a web server, a DNS server is, or exactly how a forum works. If the lawyers start being really technical about Domain Names, Database records, remotely or not hosted websites, which could be relevant to the case, I can understand that a judge wouldn't "grab the concepts" completely.
And as many pointed out, the admittance of the judge, especially in such a high profile court case, shows his competence and integrity.
If they do it, whatever Nvidia does, my next _WILL_ be an AMD/Ati. To me, they deserve at least my next sale just for having started the movement.
Great News (let's hope it will actually happen).
If enough people have the Wii, there will be games...
And it certainly looks like there will be enough people with a Wii... So I wouldn't bet on a lack of games...
"-1 Redneck"
You don't choose the Socio-Demographic conditions you happen to be born in, you just got lucky.
I dunno, the fact that he's willing to state the correlation coefficient so precisely makes me leary of his own statistical expertise.
The Fact that they use a standard deviation to test an Hypothesis, you know, instead of Hypothesis Testing makes me certain that he doesn't know jack about statistics.
you do _NOT_ use descriptive statistics to study samples!!!
I can't believe how wrong this analysis is... What you're supposed to test is that when seeded with a yawn, you're more susceptible then when not seeded, and this is a whole other set of calculations...
How is giving two alternatives a shot mutually exclusive? It's essential you at least _try_ alternatives...
Oh, we don't vote for Colbert anymore?
lmao mod parent up!
so, opening a text file, scrolling down and editing a text file, is hard? I mean the guy apparently has been using linux for _10_ years! And if you need help and can't find it easily, just drop by an IRC channel (as I said), people answer those types of questions all the time. Linux by design lets you change manually your config files, and guess what, it makes things, much MUCH more easier and transparent. Just because you've been dumbed out to the point of extreme laziness doesn't mean the rest of the world needs to follow your pity example.
And I have absolutely no need to "rotate my screen 90 degrees".
Funny, the only OS I have ever had problems with to set resolution is windows. For some reason I just couldn't find a way to get my resolution back to 1280x800 after updating my drivers. Oh and installing an external monitor with 1440x900 was also an incredible pain...
Come to think of it, having an easily editable xorg.conf makes things MUCH easier, no need to mess with installing monitors, then making the OS somehow recognize what monitor it is, just edit a couple of lines (and xorg.conf is one of the most understandable config files out there), and you are set.
Oh and try installing windows that didn't come with your computer, it will take you MUCH longer to set it up to your needs. A clean windows XP install goes like this: Install WIndows (3 reboots?), install every single driver (1 reboot/driver, so something like 5 reboots), install every application you need, install every application you don't need but you have to install in order to give the bugger a livespan greater then a week, enjoy?
Windows takes far LONGER to set up, and is much MUCH more of a hassle.