RobertL

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by RobertL 18y ago
dgordon. When you grow from nothing to something 13 times doesn't mean too much. That argument is totally irrelevant. There is no way we could have had the kind of growth we experienced post WWII if we had stayed on the gold or silver stan
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by RobertL 18y ago
Anyone with any knowledge of our monetary systems will readily acknowledge that it works like a big ponzi scheme. This is really the only way to manage a monetary system so it allows for economic growth. We could say. "Let's go back to the
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by RobertL 18y ago
I don't get the connection between the article and global warming but have heard that Mr. O's transition team is discussing the possibility of starting a policy initiative that makes it against the law to be a "Global Warming Denier". So he
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by RobertL 18y ago
Actually he gets the "engineering" thing right. I'm a chemical engineer (MS) and after 17 years on the job I ultimately came to the conclusion that earning a degree in engineering is the functional equivalent of buying your way into slavery
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by RobertL 18y ago
Zed actually says intelligent stuff but in a very obnoxious way. This makes him a "half-way Reddit". Because Reddit is a place where most posters say stupid stuff in a very obnoxious way. So, in a way, he was made for the environment. Sor
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by RobertL 18y ago
I think Chile is a better option. Much more capitalist oriented government. Income tax is at just over 40% though but there are lots of jobs, lots of activity, and the government is pro-immigration. Especially if you have technical skills.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Wow. Just in time. I think the Greek Government needs a couple dozen of these things and it needs them right now.
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by RobertL 18y ago
AP says this is just more evidence of Human Caused Global Warming. Just more reason to increase the price of those carbon offsets.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Great link. Paul is right on. I was wondering when someone was going to figure this out.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Anyone who doesn't take credit cards is "nuts". This is total nonsense.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Better idea might be to just fire all the koolaid drinking college professors.
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by RobertL 18y ago
I can't believe that anyone still believes anything they read in the NY Times.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Not to worry mf.... The problem isn't that French Cafe's are dying. The problem is that the New York Times is dying. They just don't like to talk about that subject in first person singular. Replace "French Cafe" with NYT and you are st
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by RobertL 18y ago
I definitely agree.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Good idea... maybe all the gays will move to NE.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Good points sahaj. I stopped watching the business shows a long time ago because all the guests are just trying to sell the kinds of investments they profit from. What we're going through is a "liquidity crisis" more than a "recession" and
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by RobertL 18y ago
Good article p. And congrats on your success.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Well that should have a lot less impact on the economy than GM laying off 25% of it's staff.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Right on timr. I have an MS in engineering and it took me 17 years on the job to figure out what a joke my degree was. Earning a degree in engineering is the functional equivalent of buying your way into slavery.
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by RobertL 18y ago
It looks like these things are going to be a lot easier on the Environment. Not as visually disruptive and I don't think they'll be killing many eagles.
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by RobertL 18y ago
What's so "exclusive" about being 1 of 50,000?
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by RobertL 18y ago
I think the best way to save the planet is to buy more carbon offsets. And, by the way, I happen to have a few for sale.
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by RobertL 18y ago
It's too bad they couldn't have taken about half the population of northern pakistan with.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Good points peakok. The Bretton Woods and Federal Reserve thing are huge. In 1873 there was no option for the government to simply deflate the dollar by 50% which is essentially what congress is voting on this week. The relevant press rele
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by RobertL 18y ago
Bottom line here is. Figure out some way to start your own company and work for yourself. Boom or recession it's the only way to go.
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by RobertL 18y ago
Agreed Prrometheus. More regulation is just going to push more of the business overseas. If Congress screws this one up they could create a situation where there will be no investment capital industry in the United States in the near fu
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by RobertL 18y ago
Netcan, if this exercise does anything it should prove to most that free markets do work and one of the reasons they work is that they always have lots of "silver bullets" to spare. What we are watching now is silver bullets riddling compa
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by RobertL 18y ago
To take it one step further the problem is that everyone keeps talking around the fact that the entire argument is centered on "money" not "piracy". Before the internet and before personal computers artists had mechanical control of who
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by RobertL 18y ago
Ruby and Python are definitely different languages. May want to check with the creators on this one.
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by RobertL 18y ago
I kind of agree here aristus. Most college professors are kind of stuck in the past. Just look at all the really creative development stuff that's come out in the last coule of decades.... Linux.... 16 year old Finnish kid with nothing

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