"During the past ten years, quality of life improved [b]in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR)[/b], but such came with some self-inflicted problems."
I see more Windows Mobile phones than iPhones every morning when I'm on the train to work. iPhone is the largest group, though, because of the diversity of WM devices.
WTF? I used to develop in C# for Windows Mobile, picked up Java when I was unemployed for a couple of months. There is only little difference between Java and C# syntax.
Funny factoid: it was proven, that PPP is very nonlinear, and the exchange rate between DM and USD of all things was the example. Read it up yourself in Makroökonomik by Dornbusch/Fischer (ISBN 3486228005).
Yeah. But dollar was worth DM 2.20 ten years ago (and even higher in the eighties). Now it is worth DM 1.47 (calculated by the official 1.95583:1 exchange rate from DM to EUR).
Suddenly the picture looks much different. Add the inflation and higher tax (VAT alone was raised from 16% to 19% in the last decade, being at 14% in the early nineties) and your little witticism is worth shit now.
Well, Germany was much more socialist in early nineties. And the standard of living was also quite higher than now, after a lot of American-style capitalist reforms.
... but if I don't read a SF book for three days I start going mad. For some people escapism is very important for staying sane - even Tolkien recognised that:
"Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?"
I play guitar for almost a decade and I've built a couple of electric guitars by myself. But it seems you don't know shit about the history of electric guitar. The only reason for solid body was to avoid feedback at high volumes. All the effects came much later.
And no, playing an electric guitar is not fundamentally different from playing an acoustic guitar. There are some additional tricks that differ, but most things are pretty much the same.
the electric of electric guitar is only the manner of picking up the string vibrations - a coil with magnets instead of a microphone. by all other means an electric guitar is a real guitar (except that most electric guitars are solid body guitars to avoid feedback).
the Military damn well knew that the T-80 was a dressed up T-72
It is not. About the only thing both tanks have in common are the machine guns. Pretty much everything else is different. T-80 is partly based on a T-64, not T-72.
And yes, before you ask, T-64 and T-72 are different. T-64 was a new design, T-72 was based on T-62 upgraded somewhat to the T-64 level.
and that the F-15 would beat a MIG-25 any day of the week
Maybe now, but not back then. First, maximum speed of F-15 is Mach 2.5, which is typical intercept speed for a MiG-25. The machine can go Mach 2.83 continuously without destroying the engines. Second, the service ceiling of a MiG-25 is about 4500m higher which alone outranges the older Sidewinders (and the plane is also fast enough to outrun a Sidewinder without straining the engines too much). When reacting fast enough MiG-25 could also outrun a Sparrow (because a MiG-25 would have a headstart). Don't forget that AMRAAM was introduced much later. F-15 on the other hand would have some real difficulties to outrun an R-40.
But you are right in a way that MiG-25 was a boogeyman - it was a short range interceptor made against high altitude bombers (especially the Valkyrie) instead of being a longer range fighter.
Your point proves you wrong. Since it doesn't have CO2 producing factories or SUVs (and everything else NOT being equal, too) all what happens there has a whole different cause.
It is like same symptoms for completely different illnesses.
So the labour unions are somehow responsible for GM and Chrysler making cars that suck? Most workers at VW are unionised, but somehow VW still manages to become the largest automaker.
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Are you bullshitting me?
"During the past ten years, quality of life improved [b]in the former German Democratic
Republic (GDR)[/b], but such came with some self-inflicted problems."
If you really want hard facts, here they are:
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sozialreformen/downloads/Hauser-Handout.pdf
In 1993 only 12% of the population were below poverty line. 10 Years later, 13.5% are. This kind of makes you look even more stupid.
Was it East Germany? Because your experience surely doesn't match with mine.
I see more Windows Mobile phones than iPhones every morning when I'm on the train to work. iPhone is the largest group, though, because of the diversity of WM devices.
WTF? I used to develop in C# for Windows Mobile, picked up Java when I was unemployed for a couple of months. There is only little difference between Java and C# syntax.
Funny factoid: it was proven, that PPP is very nonlinear, and the exchange rate between DM and USD of all things was the example. Read it up yourself in Makroökonomik by Dornbusch/Fischer (ISBN 3486228005).
Yeah. But dollar was worth DM 2.20 ten years ago (and even higher in the eighties). Now it is worth DM 1.47 (calculated by the official 1.95583:1 exchange rate from DM to EUR).
Suddenly the picture looks much different. Add the inflation and higher tax (VAT alone was raised from 16% to 19% in the last decade, being at 14% in the early nineties) and your little witticism is worth shit now.
If you want data, ask the federal statistical office and try to disprove me - my statement is falsifiable.
Even the late nineties, a decade after the reunion, the standard of living was better than now.
Well, Germany was much more socialist in early nineties. And the standard of living was also quite higher than now, after a lot of American-style capitalist reforms.
In bed with Gillian Anderson? Where do I sign?!
Why to you think so? They probably port Microsoft Office to Mac.
That's not Spanish but Russian - part of the the current anthem to be exact.
All her interesting books were written decades ago. Nowadays all she writes is feminist supremacy shit like Tehanu.
Not really. You compare apples to oranges (well, Earth and Mars actually, but the comparison is about as valid).
... but if I don't read a SF book for three days I start going mad. For some people escapism is very important for staying sane - even Tolkien recognised that:
"Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?"
That one is a very good analogy.
I play guitar for almost a decade and I've built a couple of electric guitars by myself. But it seems you don't know shit about the history of electric guitar. The only reason for solid body was to avoid feedback at high volumes. All the effects came much later.
And no, playing an electric guitar is not fundamentally different from playing an acoustic guitar. There are some additional tricks that differ, but most things are pretty much the same.
the electric of electric guitar is only the manner of picking up the string vibrations - a coil with magnets instead of a microphone. by all other means an electric guitar is a real guitar (except that most electric guitars are solid body guitars to avoid feedback).
well, this isn't a guitar, but a keytar with a touchscreen and the keys in the neck.
It is not. About the only thing both tanks have in common are the machine guns. Pretty much everything else is different. T-80 is partly based on a T-64, not T-72.
And yes, before you ask, T-64 and T-72 are different. T-64 was a new design, T-72 was based on T-62 upgraded somewhat to the T-64 level.
Maybe now, but not back then. First, maximum speed of F-15 is Mach 2.5, which is typical intercept speed for a MiG-25. The machine can go Mach 2.83 continuously without destroying the engines. Second, the service ceiling of a MiG-25 is about 4500m higher which alone outranges the older Sidewinders (and the plane is also fast enough to outrun a Sidewinder without straining the engines too much). When reacting fast enough MiG-25 could also outrun a Sparrow (because a MiG-25 would have a headstart). Don't forget that AMRAAM was introduced much later. F-15 on the other hand would have some real difficulties to outrun an R-40.
But you are right in a way that MiG-25 was a boogeyman - it was a short range interceptor made against high altitude bombers (especially the Valkyrie) instead of being a longer range fighter.
Your point proves you wrong. Since it doesn't have CO2 producing factories or SUVs (and everything else NOT being equal, too) all what happens there has a whole different cause.
It is like same symptoms for completely different illnesses.
You see, Mars is a whole different planet altogether. It has got a different atmosphere, different gravity, different temperature and so on.
So the labour unions are somehow responsible for GM and Chrysler making cars that suck? Most workers at VW are unionised, but somehow VW still manages to become the largest automaker.
Dude, the only period Russia had with some semblance of democracy was between 1. July and 24 October 1917.
Not really. I often have made pictures with my cell phone only to have to return to the place with my DSLR because the cellphone cameras suck so much.