Not really. See the dolphins were the ones smart enough to take off when the world first starting going to hell. Us Polar Bears voted to ride it out. Do you still think we are smart?
I am a polar bear. Don't bother to ask me how I managed to get on Slashdot and post this, you would never believe it.
However, I have been doing some estimations of my own. I have always wanted to figure out how many polar bears there are in the world. In my neighborhood here in the arctic, there aren't too many polar bears. About 350. I estimate that we roam over 20 square kilometers. Now, based on some observations I made from the bottom of a well, I figure the earth is around 500 million square kilometers. I haven't actually been outside of my corner of this world, but I imagine everything must be like it is here, and life must be exactly like it is here. I have no evidence to the contrary.
So, I figure there must be 25 million times 350 polar bears or 8.75 Billion of them.
Troll ? Maybe, but check out this link http://slashdot.org/~rpiquepa and wonder for yourself if it is natural that somebody has all their submissions posted to the/. frontpage.
Not a single reject !
At the bottom "(Rejected submissions are not listed.)"
Not mentioned in the story. What CPU are they talking about, and what is the upper end Google is looking for?
(and this having to wait five minutes between posts is moronic. Look at my posting history, and all of them from the same IP address. Tell me why I have to wait this long to post.)
*Chuckle* Thanks for repeating the same logical fallacy. I am not defending Microsoft. Simply put, this article is about Google. If you think what they are doing is fine, then defend on that front. Don't play politician and muddy up the waters with Microsoft. There are plenty of other stories on them... just wait a bit and you will get your chance to rant on topic.
Ahh yes, +5 insightful for a logical fallacy. The article is about investigating Google for its business practices. Microsoft has nothing to do with this story, and dragging it in is just muddying the waters. Either Google's partnership will cause a suit, or it won't. But what happened with Microsoft has nothing to do with this.
I believe that the reselling of such mortgages existed well before the 90's as the ggp poster indicated. If I am wrong, please point me to a source. I will try to carve out some time to research tonight.
However, I still maintain that existing regulation should have prevented the shenanigans that went on with this housing market. The fact that ggp wants to absolve the Republicans who had control of both the White House and Congress from 2001-2006 is appalling. If they saw something wrong, they had a free hand. Can you see the Democrats filibustering a bank regulation bill? Maybe on the Onion, but not in real life.
I voted Republican through 2000. I voted third party in the 2004 elections. I will actually break down and voted for the big O in 2008 (and I even donated to the campaign). We cannot afford four more years of this.
* (The real blame lies with the 1990s president who repealed the Glass-Steagall of 1933 which allowed banks to invest in risky stocks, and thereby created the current crisis. But the media is being hush-hush about that. Don't want to risk losing the Obama election.)
Continue to believe what you want to believe. But the repeal of this act had nothing to do with the current crash. The majority of this can be put onto bad lending practices and the bundling and selling of these loans. The repeal of the GS Act of 1933 did not allow for 125% LTV loans to folks who did not substantiate their income. It did not cause banks to ignore credit risk. That was just greed. And the fact is that the Fair Credit Act specifically required that banks take into account borrowers' ability to repay when making loans. Had existing regulation been enforced, none of this crap would have come to pass.
I am a fiscal conservative, and hate to see government regulation when it isn't necessary. What I see coming to pass is a lot more feel good legislation, and lax enforcement. We have the proper level of regulation in place right now, but when it is not enforced, it is worthless.
But, hey, good job trying to pass the buck. Of course, prefacing it with "FOX luvs the Democrats!!!111!" kinda outs you right off the bat.
You know what? I disagree with her position. However, I respect someone who stands up for what they believe in. I respect her position a hell of a lot more than someone who stands on the sidelines and criticizes her.
You know what else I think? This 1" wide comment box is a pain in the ass.
Is it 1% of all users, or 1% of traffic. Those who are using Chrome tend to be more active on the web than those who don't. I downloaded it, but saw nothing that compelled me to use it. The nicest feature is where it shown you how many instances of your "find" are in a page, and their positions on the scrollbar. Nice, but not compelling.
Go take a look at a few relative newbs who have a negative karma. Then go look at posting history. Every once in a while, you will see one with ten or so posts, most marked up funny, with an occasional "off topic". If funny lent karma, it would outweigh the odd person who didn't get the humor. I've seen enough of these cases to verify that funny does not give karma.
I do applaud the effort. However, I know our church funded a mission to take water from a river, pipe it to the village and filter it. Not only did it do what this bike does, it saves about a half dozen villagers from being eaten by alligators. The villagers are happy about this. The alligators less so. The locals did the manual work so that they could handle basic repairs if needed.
So, as I sweat and pee, it could collect it, refine it and put it back in my sports bottle. I would imagine it might have a little twang to it if you catch my drift.
Yeah, brilliant. Of course folks who have to earn a living just jump back in with an orgainzation that lays them off. I don't think you have a clue.
And, what happens when the cream of the cream gets an offer from the European Space Agency, or the Chinese who want to show off their capabilities and pass up the U.S.?
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Not really. See the dolphins were the ones smart enough to take off when the world first starting going to hell. Us Polar Bears voted to ride it out. Do you still think we are smart?
I am a polar bear. Don't bother to ask me how I managed to get on Slashdot and post this, you would never believe it.
However, I have been doing some estimations of my own. I have always wanted to figure out how many polar bears there are in the world. In my neighborhood here in the arctic, there aren't too many polar bears. About 350. I estimate that we roam over 20 square kilometers. Now, based on some observations I made from the bottom of a well, I figure the earth is around 500 million square kilometers. I haven't actually been outside of my corner of this world, but I imagine everything must be like it is here, and life must be exactly like it is here. I have no evidence to the contrary.
So, I figure there must be 25 million times 350 polar bears or 8.75 Billion of them.
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And it is as valid as this astronomer's estimation.
I will donate to the EFF. Besides $, what else can I do to help?
Troll ? Maybe, but check out this link http://slashdot.org/~rpiquepa and wonder for yourself if it is natural that somebody has all their submissions posted to the /. frontpage.
Not a single reject !
At the bottom "(Rejected submissions are not listed.)"
And Dick Cheney becomes president. Not only are you a nut, but you aren't even a smart nut.
The thing actually runs off of a wood burning stove, hence the tree. Refueling takes thirty years, but it is entirely self sufficient.
You've never had a blow job, have you?
Not mentioned in the story. What CPU are they talking about, and what is the upper end Google is looking for?
(and this having to wait five minutes between posts is moronic. Look at my posting history, and all of them from the same IP address. Tell me why I have to wait this long to post.)
*Chuckle* Thanks for repeating the same logical fallacy. I am not defending Microsoft. Simply put, this article is about Google. If you think what they are doing is fine, then defend on that front. Don't play politician and muddy up the waters with Microsoft. There are plenty of other stories on them... just wait a bit and you will get your chance to rant on topic.
Ahh yes, +5 insightful for a logical fallacy. The article is about investigating Google for its business practices. Microsoft has nothing to do with this story, and dragging it in is just muddying the waters. Either Google's partnership will cause a suit, or it won't. But what happened with Microsoft has nothing to do with this.
I believe that the reselling of such mortgages existed well before the 90's as the ggp poster indicated. If I am wrong, please point me to a source. I will try to carve out some time to research tonight.
However, I still maintain that existing regulation should have prevented the shenanigans that went on with this housing market. The fact that ggp wants to absolve the Republicans who had control of both the White House and Congress from 2001-2006 is appalling. If they saw something wrong, they had a free hand. Can you see the Democrats filibustering a bank regulation bill? Maybe on the Onion, but not in real life.
I voted Republican through 2000. I voted third party in the 2004 elections. I will actually break down and voted for the big O in 2008 (and I even donated to the campaign). We cannot afford four more years of this.
* (The real blame lies with the 1990s president who repealed the Glass-Steagall of 1933 which allowed banks to invest in risky stocks, and thereby created the current crisis. But the media is being hush-hush about that. Don't want to risk losing the Obama election.)
Continue to believe what you want to believe. But the repeal of this act had nothing to do with the current crash. The majority of this can be put onto bad lending practices and the bundling and selling of these loans. The repeal of the GS Act of 1933 did not allow for 125% LTV loans to folks who did not substantiate their income. It did not cause banks to ignore credit risk. That was just greed. And the fact is that the Fair Credit Act specifically required that banks take into account borrowers' ability to repay when making loans. Had existing regulation been enforced, none of this crap would have come to pass.
I am a fiscal conservative, and hate to see government regulation when it isn't necessary. What I see coming to pass is a lot more feel good legislation, and lax enforcement. We have the proper level of regulation in place right now, but when it is not enforced, it is worthless.
But, hey, good job trying to pass the buck. Of course, prefacing it with "FOX luvs the Democrats!!!111!" kinda outs you right off the bat.
You know what? I disagree with her position. However, I respect someone who stands up for what they believe in. I respect her position a hell of a lot more than someone who stands on the sidelines and criticizes her.
You know what else I think? This 1" wide comment box is a pain in the ass.
Talk about a privacy threat!
I flashed my cookies once and did a weekend in the slammer.
Parse through each word of the sentence and fill in the blank. Shouldn't take too long.
Slashdot is like midnight basketball leagues for nerds. It keeps them off the streets where they might get into trouble.
Is it 1% of all users, or 1% of traffic. Those who are using Chrome tend to be more active on the web than those who don't. I downloaded it, but saw nothing that compelled me to use it. The nicest feature is where it shown you how many instances of your "find" are in a page, and their positions on the scrollbar. Nice, but not compelling.
Go take a look at a few relative newbs who have a negative karma. Then go look at posting history. Every once in a while, you will see one with ten or so posts, most marked up funny, with an occasional "off topic". If funny lent karma, it would outweigh the odd person who didn't get the humor. I've seen enough of these cases to verify that funny does not give karma.
I do applaud the effort. However, I know our church funded a mission to take water from a river, pipe it to the village and filter it. Not only did it do what this bike does, it saves about a half dozen villagers from being eaten by alligators. The villagers are happy about this. The alligators less so. The locals did the manual work so that they could handle basic repairs if needed.
I believe the village was called Pittsburgh...
So, as I sweat and pee, it could collect it, refine it and put it back in my sports bottle. I would imagine it might have a little twang to it if you catch my drift.
Us old timers gotta keep you newbies in line :)
You're not even trying, are you?
Actually, he is very trying.
Yeah, brilliant. Of course folks who have to earn a living just jump back in with an orgainzation that lays them off. I don't think you have a clue.
And, what happens when the cream of the cream gets an offer from the European Space Agency, or the Chinese who want to show off their capabilities and pass up the U.S.?