Also possible to disable someone's car (when they had distributors) by removing the distributor cap and drawing a line from the centre to the outside using a pencil. High voltage tracks the pencil line to ground - car won't start.
"Will ridiculously cheap laptops wean consumers off ridiculously fast components?"
My A$400 Dell Inspiron 1100 bought on eBay that I use via wi-fi for convenient web browsing, email and writing documents says yes.
Even works for older games too.
And yes I did have to clean out the heatsink when I got it. No problems with overheating or random shutdowns at all. Battery life is OK for a 5yo machine.
But hey it all started with rock - 3 chords and an infinite variety of combinations and words...sometimes the whole is more than the sum of it's parts (and sometimes it's just pure garbage).
"All I want is a red guitar, three chords and the truth"
So what you want is some kind of bipedal arrangement. Then you can control them all from a satellite, until some kid who hijacked an interceptor while he was supposed to be hiding takes it out and shuts them all down...
All you have to do is solve the enormous backpack problem.
Develop Technology that allows you to carry a machine gun, a shotgun, a rocket launcher, a grenade launcher, a railgun and ammunition for all of these, all while jumping and running like a champion athlete.
Also develop technology that allows you to instantly treat any injury by merely swallowing a special package.
Then all you have from what you're describing is a boss level.
Take out a policeman that's attacking you - Murder charge and the hatred of every policeman who misses his buddy. Take out a taser wielding robot that's attacking you - property damage charge.
Please note for all the profiling bots - I do not necessarily advocate either of the above. Really
I've had a bit to do with goats as well. They are destructive. The will chew experimentally on just about anything, including your clothes, while you're wearing them. They climb on your car and leave little dents on the roof. They are, however picky about what they actually eat. I've watched them eating hay from a rack. Anything that lands on the ground, they won't go near.
Of course, if they get hungry enough, they'll eat whatever they can get, like any other creature - except my cat.:)
Well, it grows like a weed here in Australia on the East Coast. Cattle won't touch it. Horses won't touch it and it grows just about everywhere. It's really hard to get rid of.
18% was the short term result of deregulation. Prior to this mortgage rates had been restricted to 13% and the standard rate was more like 21% or more (under John Howard as treasurer, what's more -he doesn't talk about that much)
Following deregulation they met in the middle, but eventually went down to a more sane level due to the beneficial effects of deregulation. There is now way we are going to get interest rates suddenly reaching 18% for all the reasons you describe, regardless of who the government is. If it does happen, it will be because our dollar is becoming worthless due to lack of output and/or we have Zimbabwe-like runaway inflation. Either way, hanging on to your house will be the least of your problems, and you'd be no better of renting because the demand for rental housing would skyrocket, and investors would take advantage to cover their interest bill.
BTW I am not an economist, but I know enough to see through the bullshit scare tactics of our current government.
You may think goats eat anything, but they are actually particularly choosy. Depending on what your weed problem is, they will actually eat the weeds preferentially and keep them under control. They find things like blackberry, etc especially tasty. Very important to keep them out of your garden though, because they also like roses and other flowers.
Of course if your problem is bracken, bring on the Robot. Nothing eats that stuff.
The point is that over the 20-30 year life of the loan, interest rates fall and rise around roughly the same level ANd the more equity you build over time, the less they affect you. Rents just keep on going up and up.
Unless you are sailing really close to the wind, interest rate fluctuations shouldn't matter too much. Typically, when interest rates are up, it's because people have too much money to spend in the eyes of the Reserve Bank (talking about Australia here, but applies elsewhere too probably YMMV) and so they increase interest rates to avoid upward pressure on prices of things from too many people wanting to buy too much stuff.
When times are hard, interest rates are reduced to give people more money to spend.
The problem arises when some people have more money to spend and some don't, but if you make sure you have a buffer against sudden increases, and you have some equity, you will usually be OK, because your circumstances will be better on average during times when interest rates are rising.
If you are struggling with interest rates going up, then you wouldn't be any better off when they are falling either because you would be more likely to be facing redundancy or at least a slower rate of pay increases.
The best approach if you find yourself heading into trouble is to talk to your bank early. Most will be understanding and you can often renegotiate the term of your loan, or even a payment holiday if you find yourself temporarily short of income (due to illness, loss of job, etc. Much better than having your house auctioned out from under you.
Owned by the bank as distinct from owned by the Landlord? You have to live somewhere.
Your mortgage payments remain the same over time (interest rate fluctuations not withstanding) but rent rises with inflation.
Your pay also rises with inflation, so the Mortgage payments get relatively less over time. Plus, again due to inflation, your equity grows. If you rent, your equity remains zero, but your outgoings go up.
All of this assumes you can afford the mortgage in the first place, and banks these days are far too willing to lend people far too much. You have to be on your guard.
The mechanism is very simple. You only need a disc shape in any material that is the same size as a $1 or $2 coin. Keep it in your wallet for those unexpected supermarket trips.
When the Coles shopping centre at Kellyville Ridge opened with this system, they gave away keyrings with a plastic token inside that could be used instead of a $1 coin.
This works because the coin is trapped in the trolley you are using and you get the same one back again.
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Also possible to disable someone's car (when they had distributors) by removing the distributor cap and drawing a line from the centre to the outside using a pencil. High voltage tracks the pencil line to ground - car won't start.
"Will ridiculously cheap laptops wean consumers off ridiculously fast components?"
My A$400 Dell Inspiron 1100 bought on eBay that I use via wi-fi for convenient web browsing, email and writing documents says yes.
Even works for older games too.
And yes I did have to clean out the heatsink when I got it. No problems with overheating or random shutdowns at all. Battery life is OK for a 5yo machine.
you're making the assumption that they were girls...
"All I want is a red guitar, three chords and the truth"
Bono
So what you want is some kind of bipedal arrangement. Then you can control them all from a satellite, until some kid who hijacked an interceptor while he was supposed to be hiding takes it out and shuts them all down...
All you have to do is solve the enormous backpack problem.
Develop Technology that allows you to carry a machine gun, a shotgun, a rocket launcher, a grenade launcher, a railgun and ammunition for all of these, all while jumping and running like a champion athlete.
Also develop technology that allows you to instantly treat any injury by merely swallowing a special package.
Then all you have from what you're describing is a boss level.
Indeed.
Take out a policeman that's attacking you - Murder charge and the hatred of every policeman who misses his buddy.
Take out a taser wielding robot that's attacking you - property damage charge.
Please note for all the profiling bots - I do not necessarily advocate either of the above. Really
I knew little johnny's anti-terrorist fridge magnet was good for something. Wish I'd kept it now.
You've never seen Phantom Menace have you?
Alternatively, they could use it to find the planet where the Rebel Base is.
I've had a bit to do with goats as well. They are destructive. The will chew experimentally on just about anything, including your clothes, while you're wearing them. They climb on your car and leave little dents on the roof. They are, however picky about what they actually eat. I've watched them eating hay from a rack. Anything that lands on the ground, they won't go near.
:)
Of course, if they get hungry enough, they'll eat whatever they can get, like any other creature - except my cat.
Well, it grows like a weed here in Australia on the East Coast. Cattle won't touch it. Horses won't touch it and it grows just about everywhere. It's really hard to get rid of.
18% was the short term result of deregulation. Prior to this mortgage rates had been restricted to 13% and the standard rate was more like 21% or more (under John Howard as treasurer, what's more -he doesn't talk about that much)
Following deregulation they met in the middle, but eventually went down to a more sane level due to the beneficial effects of deregulation. There is now way we are going to get interest rates suddenly reaching 18% for all the reasons you describe, regardless of who the government is. If it does happen, it will be because our dollar is becoming worthless due to lack of output and/or we have Zimbabwe-like runaway inflation. Either way, hanging on to your house will be the least of your problems, and you'd be no better of renting because the demand for rental housing would skyrocket, and investors would take advantage to cover their interest bill.
BTW I am not an economist, but I know enough to see through the bullshit scare tactics of our current government.
You may think goats eat anything, but they are actually particularly choosy. Depending on what your weed problem is, they will actually eat the weeds preferentially and keep them under control. They find things like blackberry, etc especially tasty. Very important to keep them out of your garden though, because they also like roses and other flowers.
Of course if your problem is bracken, bring on the Robot. Nothing eats that stuff.
3(Hutchison) and I think most other 3G carriers in Australia have this already. It's not exclusive to Apple.
The fact that no-one actually bothers to use it is another issue.
Of course, the fact that thousands of years later, such a person would look like having been right, reinforces the GP's argument.
The point is that over the 20-30 year life of the loan, interest rates fall and rise around roughly the same level ANd the more equity you build over time, the less they affect you. Rents just keep on going up and up.
Unless you are sailing really close to the wind, interest rate fluctuations shouldn't matter too much. Typically, when interest rates are up, it's because people have too much money to spend in the eyes of the Reserve Bank (talking about Australia here, but applies elsewhere too probably YMMV) and so they increase interest rates to avoid upward pressure on prices of things from too many people wanting to buy too much stuff.
When times are hard, interest rates are reduced to give people more money to spend.
The problem arises when some people have more money to spend and some don't, but if you make sure you have a buffer against sudden increases, and you have some equity, you will usually be OK, because your circumstances will be better on average during times when interest rates are rising.
If you are struggling with interest rates going up, then you wouldn't be any better off when they are falling either because you would be more likely to be facing redundancy or at least a slower rate of pay increases.
The best approach if you find yourself heading into trouble is to talk to your bank early. Most will be understanding and you can often renegotiate the term of your loan, or even a payment holiday if you find yourself temporarily short of income (due to illness, loss of job, etc. Much better than having your house auctioned out from under you.
Owned by the bank as distinct from owned by the Landlord? You have to live somewhere.
Your mortgage payments remain the same over time (interest rate fluctuations not withstanding) but rent rises with inflation.
Your pay also rises with inflation, so the Mortgage payments get relatively less over time. Plus, again due to inflation, your equity grows. If you rent, your equity remains zero, but your outgoings go up.
All of this assumes you can afford the mortgage in the first place, and banks these days are far too willing to lend people far too much. You have to be on your guard.
Don't shred them, that costs them nothing. Send the reply paid envelope back empty.
We'll probably have the technology required to become a piece of skin stretched on a frame, according to the BBC
Hopefully, someone will build a restaurant there so we can watch it happen over dinner.
The mechanism is very simple. You only need a disc shape in any material that is the same size as a $1 or $2 coin. Keep it in your wallet for those unexpected supermarket trips.
When the Coles shopping centre at Kellyville Ridge opened with this system, they gave away keyrings with a plastic token inside that could be used instead of a $1 coin.
This works because the coin is trapped in the trolley you are using and you get the same one back again.
So...
He's formally The Artist Formerly Known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, but informally just Prince. Are you saying that's now formal?
If they're releasing the patch so quietly, how will anyone know to apply it?
so how long before it can be reduced to the size of a TV remote with a range of a metre or so?
And will I have to make my own?
If I use it in anger does it become a red one?
Did Han shoot first or not?