As much as I'm a fan of C/C++, I expect the headers could be generated at compile time for distribution with libraries or for compiling against - I see no reason for the developer to maintain the header file. That way you can still hide your implementation etc and not have the burden of flicking between headers & source etc.
I'm no expert regarding ARM emulation but when using the AVD (Android Virtual Device) that comes shipped with their ADK (dev kit) and I have Hardware Acceleration enabled (for video performance mostly) my games run at blazing speeds compared to a real Android device (mobile).
Perhaps your issues were that the emulator you were using did not have the advantage of hardware acceleration? Perhaps this new setup their proposing will have this advantage. Let's hope:)
Argue that all you like, but I don't see the relevance to this thread. It seems you just want to argue:)
You sound like you think it's a special privilege to have a computer and they're reserved for special 'adult things' (are you referring to porn?)
Have you just become and adult and feel a little superior to those you class as 'non adults'? I don't get your line of argument - it seems to have nothing to do with the original posts.
If an adult or non adult wants to have a PC to play games, browse the web, watch porn or lick their screen - they're all valid reasons, even if you don't like it.
Your last post actually supports my argument - if people are not doing the things that you classed as 'modern adult things' (sounds kinky) then they are probably just fine with a tablet/phone for their computing tasks. We're back to that 75%.
Anyway, I'm going back to doing some non adult things with my computer.
I'm not claiming that you and other US citizens don't need a computer for your taxes - but that may not be true for a very large percentage of computer users (the other 95% of the worlds population).
If you read my post again, I actually claimed that it was more likely caused by people jumping to the tablet/phone and that PC useful lifetime was probably a cause, but a lesser cause.
I disagree, I think you're projecting your use cases onto others.
Other than IT professionals, I know few if any adults that use their personal computers for these tasks. I'm a software engineer so my usage patterns don't match that of the average user and I'm not about to assume that others use their computers like I do.
I stand by my comment - out of all computer sales, I think that less than 25% would perform the tasks you describe, adults or not.
And then when tax season comes around... well... you need something like quicken or turbo tax.
Well, no, you seem to need these - perhaps your tax is more complicated than 75% of PC users? Taxation is not the same in all countries - I have never had the need to use such tools to do my tax, ever. I'm not in the US (nor are 95% of the worlds population).
This is basic stuff. Computers from the dawn of the personal computer could do this and you want to use a machine that can't?
Sorry, I missed where I said that. I'm not in that 75%, I'm certainly in the 25% - I just don't assume others have the same use patterns as I. All of my non technical friends (we're talking adults here) do not perform these tasks using their PCs. They use facebook, email and browse the web.
Further, forgive me if I'm wrong... but can android's even read flash? Don't get me wrong... flash is stupid... but its common and required on many sites.
Hmm, by default I believe not - but I use my Android tablet for a lot of web browsing, and I've never found that an issue. I'd say it's a non issue unless you're wanting to play flash games (no loss there:) )
I was never giving any opinion of Win 8 - my point is that I don't believe that it's a large contributor to the diminishing PC sales. It may well be a contributor, but PC sales were diminishing before the release of Win 8. Even if Win 8 was the best OS Microsoft ever released, PC sales would still be diminishing for other reasons.
I think this is why Microsoft is so hell bent on getting into the tablet/phone business and also why it made its hair brained decision to try and turn the desktop into a tablet - they totally missed the reasons why people were moving to tables/phones - It's not the interface, it's the convenience - something the desktop is a long way from (It won't fit in my pocket and it needs a power cord).
Will it open excel spread sheets, allow me to modify PDF files for a contract, is it compatible with printer drivers, will it run quicken during tax season?
Well:
It does what 75% of users do with their Windows PCs
I think the items you listed sit firmly in that remaining 25% of users. Most users simply user their computers (be it desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile) to browse the web, play games and not much else.
See my point?
Not really. No one claimed that the PC has no use left and that the mobile/tablets/Android will replace them entirely for all users. But there are a certain subset of users where these things will and already have replaced their PCs. That subset I think is a substantial proportion of end users.
Windows 8 has got to be the main reason laptop and PC sales have plummeted
While I'm no lover of Windows OS's (I not a big user, Linux has been my staple for 10 - 15 years) I'm not convinced it is the major cause for the drop in desktop sales. I see other reason as being greater contributors.
1) A good proportion (I speculate) of former PC sales were to people who used the PC to "consume", being media, Internet, email, games and whatnot - these PC are obviously overkill and cumbersome for the task (locked to the desk). The rise of tablets and mobile devices that are plenty capable of performing this role has caused this echelon of users to dump their PCs and migrate to their phone or tablet (a better and more convenient tool for that job (consumption) IMO).
2) There is another echelon of users who are not 'power users' their 5 year old PC is just fine for the tasks they perform. PC's are very over powered for a good lot of users, as long as their machine boots and they can get to their browser then their PC is still good enough - no need to replace. This may have been the case for many years so I expect this has less influence than (1).
But I don't believe people are as fussy about their OS as the vocal ones would suggest - most are happy if their browser will open.
I am by no means giving a vote for or against Windows 8 (or any OS) I don't have strong feelings either way. But I strongly doubt that it's a major contributor (perhaps a minor one).
This is a significant improvement over dual booting - dual booting would be DOA (IMO), but if you can leverage Android apps with little to no effort this is great!
As a mobile games developer, I say bring it on! Excellent news for my own selfish ends:)
Fractional-reserve banking determines the relationship between the amount of "central bank money" in the official money supply statistics and the total money supply. Most of the money in these systems is "commercial bank money". Fractional-reserve banking allows the creation of commercial bank money, which increases the money supply through the deposit creation multiplier. The issue of money through the banking system is a mechanism of monetary transmission, which a central bank can influence only indirectly by raising or lowering interest rates (although banking regulations may also be adjusted to influence the money supply, depending on the circumstances).
So please explain again how my high school education failed me. (Not that we actually covered fractional reserve banking at high school here in our school curriculum, but anyway).
Huh? Talk about a knee jerk response. "Investing" too much time (i.e. being overprotective) is exactly what's being blamed here. I don't think social media is a major social problem, but I do think parents are overly protective. What we need is a little more neglect, like I enjoyed.
"invest personal time in the children" != "being overprotective"
"being overprotective" == "being overprotective"
I'm very pro 'independence", allowing my children to have freedom and the responsibility to make good decisions, often by allowing them to make (and learn from) bad decisions. But there is nothing wrong with 'spending time with my children' to guide them, teach them and encourage them to be independent and do things on their own without requiring supervision (I hate that word 'supervision'). But it's equally important to do things together, learn to work and socialise together - that includes allowing my children to socialise with us adults, be part of our conversations and have their say and be listened to.
I had a lot of freedom as a child, I got up to all sorts of (mostly harmless) things - these helped shape me, provided me with the ability to make sensible decisions and a whole load of independence. But my parents still spent a lot of time with me - they're not mutually exclusive things. They used their time with me to equip me to be independent, social, thoughtful, etc. They became a sounding board to whom I could go to with any questions/problems with out the fear of being embarrassed/chastised/other poor response. They always had the time for me and for that I'm grateful - but I certainly was not 'over protected'.
I didn't "give advise" I entered into discussion - you know, that thing that people do?
I never claimed to "not know anything" - I just don't consider myself a subject expert. I can still have my own thoughts, express them and discuss them with others. Just kinda makes sense.
I don't necessarily think that the AC I was responding to is any more knowledgeable than I on this subject matter (though they are sure they are, Dunning Kruger springs to mind). But not being a subject expert I'm not about to go making concrete claims to argue against them. But I have no issue with expressing what I think as just that, my thoughts.
I just don't get this "oh shut up, you're not an expert, you can't join in, go home little boy" attitude, it's arrogant supremacism nonsense.
If I stated that it's fact and I argued as such I would accept the arrogant attitude - but that's just not the case.
I am well aware of my lack of expert knowledge about economics but that does not mean that I know nothing and does not automatically mean that all my ideas are without basis.
Let's face it, is there any such thing as an expert in economics? For every following in one system there is an equal contrary following (for example Austrian vs Keynesian). So to argue any economics as fact or concrete is in my mind nonsense (how often are expert economists correct?). For the record I don't swallow much of Keynesian economics, but again I'm not a subject expert so I will only discuss my thoughts and not tout my views as the 'right' one. I'm open minded and like discussion, fuck anyone who says I can't participate because I'm not a self proclaimed expert.
I'd be a fool to disagree with you since I'm not overly knowledgeable in economics, I have but a passing interest only.
But I still have an suspicion that the recent (2003 - 2011) volatility/instability in gold is a symptom of market manipulation, QE, baseless currencies et al. Could it be that trust in cash and stocks have had some swings and a lot of speculation moved to gold causing its instability - this coupled with the belief that gold is a safer haven for one's wealth in these times of uncertainty has at least contributed to the instability of the gold price. If cash was backed by gold (ignoring other issues) would these same patterns have emerged? It's hard to guess at, there are so many variables and it's almost impossible to determine what are the causes and what are the symptoms.
Has the manipulation of currencies masked the real changes in our currencies vs gold?
This chart doesn't look too dissimilar to the gold chart: http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=food-price-index&months=120 - that is just a random chart, and I'm sure that for every chart I find that shows food going up, there will be one showing it going down - I think it all depends on what the author wanted to show.
I'm not saying that gold is stable. I question whether we can even tell - there's too many variables and too much manipulation in all markets to make any real sense of it all.
Then why don't you get off your dead ass and educate yourself rather than making wild ass claims and spreading FUD based on your "guesses"? Is your tinfoil hat that comfortable?
What an arrogant arse you are. I explicitly stated that I do not know, these are my thoughts and are posed in such a manner - FUD spreading? What a tosser! (post as your real name if you want to be such a tosser).
My dead arse works 12 hours a day 7 days a week - sorry I don't have time to educate my self on everything, I have different interests that take my time. I'm sure there's hundreds of things I'm more educated at than you - get off your arrogant dead arse and learn about them (Oh, did I mention you're an arrogant tosser?)
But according to you, I'm not allowed to involve myself in discussion if I'm not an expert! You're awesome!
No, it would not. When countries were on the gold standard, it's value was quite volatile.
Perhaps, what level of volatility is unacceptable? Is gold not more volatile now? (these are questions, not FUD) Oh and you're awesome!
The second is that hard money economies are inherently limited in size due to the same limited supply. The latter is an important reason why governments historically sought to debase their gold currency. (Which also shows that gold economies are just as liable to manipulation - and why manipulation, even though it's currently a boogyman scare word isn't necessarily a bad thing.)
Is that really true with fractional reserve banking? It seems there is still a limitless supply of cash using this method? (a question, not FUD).. Hey awesome! I never said manipulation was bad (I may or may not think that) I said it's easier to manipulate when its not backed.
Again, get off your lazy ass and study economics and history. Or shut the fuck up and admit you're an ignorant ass and stop making claims and taking positions based on "guesses".
Fuck you're the most arrogant person I've ever conversed with. Fuck you tosser. (AC fucking loser, grow some balls)
Can you fucking read? I expressed MANY times in my post that I am ignorant and taking guesses, that does not make me lazy, fuck I bet I work twice as hard as you, you fucking arrogant tosser!
(Posted AC quite frankly to avoid a million responses from the tinfoil hats and gold bugs all as ignorant as the poster to whom I'm responding. As is usual on/., their ignorance will be modded "insightful", and I'll be down modded into oblivion for telling the truth.)
No, you posted AC because you're a coward and fucking arrogant wanker that takes pleasure in insulting others at the first possible opportunity. Arrogant arse.
Get off your lazy arse and fix your fucked up attitude, tosser.
Excuse me if I'm just showing my ignorance but can we really determine what is changing in those graphs? Is it the value of the currencies to which it is measured against that changes or the value of the gold? There has been some serious money printing going on world wide which may explain the steady rise since 2003. I would speculate that the significant bullish trend in gold is a symptom of currency not being backed by something akin to a gold standard - the effect of 'Quantitative Easing' and speculation of more QE. Its fall since 2011 can be attributed to the speculation that more QE is not likely.
If I was to chart gold against silver it will tell a different story than charting it against xx$ (xx = pick any major currency). If our currencies were backed by a gold standard would these graphs tell a different story yet again? I think it would.
Again, I'm no economist and I'm just taking guesses, but if cash was backed by gold would it not decrease the need to speculate and trade against gold and aid in its 'apparent' stabilisation since there would be no benefit of gold over cash?
As far as I can see the gold standard was dumped due mostly to governments being in so much debt that they could never honour their debt obligations with gold. Also, it's harder for a government to manipulate a currency backed by gold (less control).
I'm not convinced that the gold standard was a bad thing - it had its problems, but I think having a baseless currency is far worse and unsustainable.
There's a reason why every country in the world abandoned gold/silver/commodity linked currencies, and it wasn't because of a global conspiracy- it was because they were a disaster.
They were a disaster how? The inability to manipulate their currencies? I don't think there is any global conspiracy - but if you're going to trade with countries that do not use a proper standard (eg gold) then you're putting your self in serious disadvantage with regard to trade and currency manipulation. They basically had no choice once the US decided to do so.
There's no way a business can afford a longer warranty period without collecting for it somehow.
Huh? What a load of nonsense. Are you claiming that Apple would not be profitable if they offered a longer warranty period? If so, your perception needs some adjustment.
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"non-essential travel for 3 months"
I think that flying for your work/job qualifies as essential.
Are you really that ignorant?
It's called a design fault. It is often caused by the GPU heating and cooling cycle that eventually cracks the solder joints on the grid ball array.
You'll find nearly all DELL 9400's (e1705) have exactly the same design fault.
The user is only to blame in as much as them being foolish enough to trust Apple to design them properly.
I expect the real issue is modifying the common build tools to work nicely with this setup - make, gcc, etc...
Would be nice feature though!
As much as I'm a fan of C/C++, I expect the headers could be generated at compile time for distribution with libraries or for compiling against - I see no reason for the developer to maintain the header file. That way you can still hide your implementation etc and not have the burden of flicking between headers & source etc.
You don't need to use the aspects you find incomprehensible and those aspects don't negate the value of the bits you can comprehend.
I'm no expert regarding ARM emulation but when using the AVD (Android Virtual Device) that comes shipped with their ADK (dev kit) and I have Hardware Acceleration enabled (for video performance mostly) my games run at blazing speeds compared to a real Android device (mobile).
Perhaps your issues were that the emulator you were using did not have the advantage of hardware acceleration? Perhaps this new setup their proposing will have this advantage. Let's hope :)
Whatever.
Argue that all you like, but I don't see the relevance to this thread. It seems you just want to argue :)
You sound like you think it's a special privilege to have a computer and they're reserved for special 'adult things' (are you referring to porn?)
Have you just become and adult and feel a little superior to those you class as 'non adults'? I don't get your line of argument - it seems to have nothing to do with the original posts.
If an adult or non adult wants to have a PC to play games, browse the web, watch porn or lick their screen - they're all valid reasons, even if you don't like it.
Your last post actually supports my argument - if people are not doing the things that you classed as 'modern adult things' (sounds kinky) then they are probably just fine with a tablet/phone for their computing tasks. We're back to that 75%.
Anyway, I'm going back to doing some non adult things with my computer.
I'm not claiming that you and other US citizens don't need a computer for your taxes - but that may not be true for a very large percentage of computer users (the other 95% of the worlds population).
Why are we discussing tax again?
If you read my post again, I actually claimed that it was more likely caused by people jumping to the tablet/phone and that PC useful lifetime was probably a cause, but a lesser cause.
I disagree, I think you're projecting your use cases onto others.
Other than IT professionals, I know few if any adults that use their personal computers for these tasks. I'm a software engineer so my usage patterns don't match that of the average user and I'm not about to assume that others use their computers like I do.
I stand by my comment - out of all computer sales, I think that less than 25% would perform the tasks you describe, adults or not.
And then when tax season comes around... well... you need something like quicken or turbo tax.
Well, no, you seem to need these - perhaps your tax is more complicated than 75% of PC users? Taxation is not the same in all countries - I have never had the need to use such tools to do my tax, ever. I'm not in the US (nor are 95% of the worlds population).
This is basic stuff. Computers from the dawn of the personal computer could do this and you want to use a machine that can't?
Sorry, I missed where I said that. I'm not in that 75%, I'm certainly in the 25% - I just don't assume others have the same use patterns as I. All of my non technical friends (we're talking adults here) do not perform these tasks using their PCs. They use facebook, email and browse the web.
Further, forgive me if I'm wrong... but can android's even read flash? Don't get me wrong... flash is stupid... but its common and required on many sites.
Hmm, by default I believe not - but I use my Android tablet for a lot of web browsing, and I've never found that an issue. I'd say it's a non issue unless you're wanting to play flash games (no loss there :) )
I was never giving any opinion of Win 8 - my point is that I don't believe that it's a large contributor to the diminishing PC sales. It may well be a contributor, but PC sales were diminishing before the release of Win 8. Even if Win 8 was the best OS Microsoft ever released, PC sales would still be diminishing for other reasons.
I think this is why Microsoft is so hell bent on getting into the tablet/phone business and also why it made its hair brained decision to try and turn the desktop into a tablet - they totally missed the reasons why people were moving to tables/phones - It's not the interface, it's the convenience - something the desktop is a long way from (It won't fit in my pocket and it needs a power cord).
No, he's still laughing.
Will it open excel spread sheets, allow me to modify PDF files for a contract, is it compatible with printer drivers, will it run quicken during tax season?
Well:
It does what 75% of users do with their Windows PCs
I think the items you listed sit firmly in that remaining 25% of users. Most users simply user their computers (be it desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile) to browse the web, play games and not much else.
See my point?
Not really. No one claimed that the PC has no use left and that the mobile/tablets/Android will replace them entirely for all users. But there are a certain subset of users where these things will and already have replaced their PCs. That subset I think is a substantial proportion of end users.
Windows 8 has got to be the main reason laptop and PC sales have plummeted
While I'm no lover of Windows OS's (I not a big user, Linux has been my staple for 10 - 15 years) I'm not convinced it is the major cause for the drop in desktop sales. I see other reason as being greater contributors.
1) A good proportion (I speculate) of former PC sales were to people who used the PC to "consume", being media, Internet, email, games and whatnot - these PC are obviously overkill and cumbersome for the task (locked to the desk). The rise of tablets and mobile devices that are plenty capable of performing this role has caused this echelon of users to dump their PCs and migrate to their phone or tablet (a better and more convenient tool for that job (consumption) IMO).
2) There is another echelon of users who are not 'power users' their 5 year old PC is just fine for the tasks they perform. PC's are very over powered for a good lot of users, as long as their machine boots and they can get to their browser then their PC is still good enough - no need to replace. This may have been the case for many years so I expect this has less influence than (1).
But I don't believe people are as fussy about their OS as the vocal ones would suggest - most are happy if their browser will open.
I am by no means giving a vote for or against Windows 8 (or any OS) I don't have strong feelings either way. But I strongly doubt that it's a major contributor (perhaps a minor one).
This is a significant improvement over dual booting - dual booting would be DOA (IMO), but if you can leverage Android apps with little to no effort this is great!
As a mobile games developer, I say bring it on! Excellent news for my own selfish ends :)
Sorry are you saying that fractional reserve banking does not increase the money supply?
Was that a little dig at my education or intelligence? (why must people grandstand themselves like that?)
The difference is enormous.
I never claimed it wasn't, but the end result is not. ie an increase in the money supply is an increase how ever it was achieved.
Anyway, you may want to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_reserve_banking Specifically the section titled "Money supplies around the world" and take note of the "Deposit creation multiplier"..
To quote:
Fractional-reserve banking determines the relationship between the amount of "central bank money" in the official money supply statistics and the total money supply. Most of the money in these systems is "commercial bank money". Fractional-reserve banking allows the creation of commercial bank money, which increases the money supply through the deposit creation multiplier. The issue of money through the banking system is a mechanism of monetary transmission, which a central bank can influence only indirectly by raising or lowering interest rates (although banking regulations may also be adjusted to influence the money supply, depending on the circumstances).
So please explain again how my high school education failed me. (Not that we actually covered fractional reserve banking at high school here in our school curriculum, but anyway).
Slashdot has fallen a ways, in more way than one.
What's needed isn't investing more time, but investing it in a way that's better than being overprotective
Sounds like we're in fierce agreement :)
Huh? Talk about a knee jerk response. "Investing" too much time (i.e. being overprotective) is exactly what's being blamed here. I don't think social media is a major social problem, but I do think parents are overly protective. What we need is a little more neglect, like I enjoyed.
"invest personal time in the children" != "being overprotective"
"being overprotective" == "being overprotective"
I'm very pro 'independence", allowing my children to have freedom and the responsibility to make good decisions, often by allowing them to make (and learn from) bad decisions. But there is nothing wrong with 'spending time with my children' to guide them, teach them and encourage them to be independent and do things on their own without requiring supervision (I hate that word 'supervision'). But it's equally important to do things together, learn to work and socialise together - that includes allowing my children to socialise with us adults, be part of our conversations and have their say and be listened to.
I had a lot of freedom as a child, I got up to all sorts of (mostly harmless) things - these helped shape me, provided me with the ability to make sensible decisions and a whole load of independence. But my parents still spent a lot of time with me - they're not mutually exclusive things. They used their time with me to equip me to be independent, social, thoughtful, etc. They became a sounding board to whom I could go to with any questions/problems with out the fear of being embarrassed/chastised/other poor response. They always had the time for me and for that I'm grateful - but I certainly was not 'over protected'.
Fractional reserve banking - It's not printing money, it's a little more complicated, but the end result is not that different.
I didn't "give advise" I entered into discussion - you know, that thing that people do?
I never claimed to "not know anything" - I just don't consider myself a subject expert. I can still have my own thoughts, express them and discuss them with others. Just kinda makes sense.
I don't necessarily think that the AC I was responding to is any more knowledgeable than I on this subject matter (though they are sure they are, Dunning Kruger springs to mind). But not being a subject expert I'm not about to go making concrete claims to argue against them. But I have no issue with expressing what I think as just that, my thoughts.
I just don't get this "oh shut up, you're not an expert, you can't join in, go home little boy" attitude, it's arrogant supremacism nonsense.
If I stated that it's fact and I argued as such I would accept the arrogant attitude - but that's just not the case.
I am well aware of my lack of expert knowledge about economics but that does not mean that I know nothing and does not automatically mean that all my ideas are without basis.
Let's face it, is there any such thing as an expert in economics? For every following in one system there is an equal contrary following (for example Austrian vs Keynesian). So to argue any economics as fact or concrete is in my mind nonsense (how often are expert economists correct?). For the record I don't swallow much of Keynesian economics, but again I'm not a subject expert so I will only discuss my thoughts and not tout my views as the 'right' one. I'm open minded and like discussion, fuck anyone who says I can't participate because I'm not a self proclaimed expert.
I'd be a fool to disagree with you since I'm not overly knowledgeable in economics, I have but a passing interest only.
But I still have an suspicion that the recent (2003 - 2011) volatility/instability in gold is a symptom of market manipulation, QE, baseless currencies et al. Could it be that trust in cash and stocks have had some swings and a lot of speculation moved to gold causing its instability - this coupled with the belief that gold is a safer haven for one's wealth in these times of uncertainty has at least contributed to the instability of the gold price. If cash was backed by gold (ignoring other issues) would these same patterns have emerged? It's hard to guess at, there are so many variables and it's almost impossible to determine what are the causes and what are the symptoms.
Has the manipulation of currencies masked the real changes in our currencies vs gold?
This chart doesn't look too dissimilar to the gold chart: http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=food-price-index&months=120 - that is just a random chart, and I'm sure that for every chart I find that shows food going up, there will be one showing it going down - I think it all depends on what the author wanted to show.
I'm not saying that gold is stable. I question whether we can even tell - there's too many variables and too much manipulation in all markets to make any real sense of it all.
Then why don't you get off your dead ass and educate yourself rather than making wild ass claims and spreading FUD based on your "guesses"? Is your tinfoil hat that comfortable?
What an arrogant arse you are. I explicitly stated that I do not know, these are my thoughts and are posed in such a manner - FUD spreading? What a tosser! (post as your real name if you want to be such a tosser).
My dead arse works 12 hours a day 7 days a week - sorry I don't have time to educate my self on everything, I have different interests that take my time. I'm sure there's hundreds of things I'm more educated at than you - get off your arrogant dead arse and learn about them (Oh, did I mention you're an arrogant tosser?)
But according to you, I'm not allowed to involve myself in discussion if I'm not an expert! You're awesome!
No, it would not. When countries were on the gold standard, it's value was quite volatile.
Perhaps, what level of volatility is unacceptable? Is gold not more volatile now? (these are questions, not FUD) Oh and you're awesome!
The second is that hard money economies are inherently limited in size due to the same limited supply. The latter is an important reason why governments historically sought to debase their gold currency. (Which also shows that gold economies are just as liable to manipulation - and why manipulation, even though it's currently a boogyman scare word isn't necessarily a bad thing.)
Is that really true with fractional reserve banking? It seems there is still a limitless supply of cash using this method? (a question, not FUD).. Hey awesome! I never said manipulation was bad (I may or may not think that) I said it's easier to manipulate when its not backed.
Again, get off your lazy ass and study economics and history. Or shut the fuck up and admit you're an ignorant ass and stop making claims and taking positions based on "guesses".
Fuck you're the most arrogant person I've ever conversed with. Fuck you tosser. (AC fucking loser, grow some balls)
Can you fucking read? I expressed MANY times in my post that I am ignorant and taking guesses, that does not make me lazy, fuck I bet I work twice as hard as you, you fucking arrogant tosser!
(Posted AC quite frankly to avoid a million responses from the tinfoil hats and gold bugs all as ignorant as the poster to whom I'm responding. As is usual on /., their ignorance will be modded "insightful", and I'll be down modded into oblivion for telling the truth.)
No, you posted AC because you're a coward and fucking arrogant wanker that takes pleasure in insulting others at the first possible opportunity. Arrogant arse.
Get off your lazy arse and fix your fucked up attitude, tosser.
Excuse me if I'm just showing my ignorance but can we really determine what is changing in those graphs? Is it the value of the currencies to which it is measured against that changes or the value of the gold? There has been some serious money printing going on world wide which may explain the steady rise since 2003. I would speculate that the significant bullish trend in gold is a symptom of currency not being backed by something akin to a gold standard - the effect of 'Quantitative Easing' and speculation of more QE. Its fall since 2011 can be attributed to the speculation that more QE is not likely.
If I was to chart gold against silver it will tell a different story than charting it against xx$ (xx = pick any major currency). If our currencies were backed by a gold standard would these graphs tell a different story yet again? I think it would.
Again, I'm no economist and I'm just taking guesses, but if cash was backed by gold would it not decrease the need to speculate and trade against gold and aid in its 'apparent' stabilisation since there would be no benefit of gold over cash?
As far as I can see the gold standard was dumped due mostly to governments being in so much debt that they could never honour their debt obligations with gold. Also, it's harder for a government to manipulate a currency backed by gold (less control).
I'm not convinced that the gold standard was a bad thing - it had its problems, but I think having a baseless currency is far worse and unsustainable.
There's a reason why every country in the world abandoned gold/silver/commodity linked currencies, and it wasn't because of a global conspiracy- it was because they were a disaster.
They were a disaster how? The inability to manipulate their currencies? I don't think there is any global conspiracy - but if you're going to trade with countries that do not use a proper standard (eg gold) then you're putting your self in serious disadvantage with regard to trade and currency manipulation. They basically had no choice once the US decided to do so.
There's no way a business can afford a longer warranty period without collecting for it somehow.
Huh? What a load of nonsense. Are you claiming that Apple would not be profitable if they offered a longer warranty period? If so, your perception needs some adjustment.