Singles gender distribution disparity in map form. Even more convinced in my decision to move East.
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Singles gender distribution disparity in map form. Even more convinced in my decision to move East.
If your laptop is going to be used for primarily writing, I would go with a PC. MacBooks are great machines, but they cost twice as much as a PC laptop with similar specs.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
And I don't know about you, but I'm not a fan of Vista, at all. So, if it was me, I would find some local computer store run by nerds who can build you a laptop according to what specs you give them, and pop XP on there instead of Vista.
FWIW, you can also buy a Dell laptop with XP on it.
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Originally Posted by bac0n
I feel the same way - of Vista, I am not a fan.
XP will be the way to go for me, if I go down the PC route (which I am thinking I will).
Thanks!!
It has developed nicely since then. :) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Watashi
I believe that this video is pertinent to the subject at hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Milky Joe
You win the coveted 'Smack on the ass' award.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rowland
Good job!
*whoops immaturely*Quote:
Originally Posted by Rowland
Seriously, go you.
wow that's really funny. no seriously that's really clever. because like, that's a funny sounding song (lolz da 80s were so crwazy), right, and like, it's better to laugh at things than to like, take them seriously, cuz like, that's how we do it in amerika because we're ENLIGHTENED ja know?
Hi!
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Milky Joe
i don't know. the video is clearly a loving tribute, not mocking or belittling the man in anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Milky Joe
Can I ask how many economics classes you've taken? Or how much you know about capitalism in general? Do you, for example, know what moral hazard is without resorting to wikipedia?Quote:
Originally Posted by Milky Joe
i'm curious about what you are trying to say. are you suggesting what paul said is all bs? or the other way around?Quote:
Originally Posted by Duncan
i think, his is a fine speech. a bit cliche, and hardly the key to the perfect society.
and no, i don't know off hand what moral hazard is. i'm pretty well versed in that little word, "capitalism", though.
I've taken high school economics, much of which I've forgotten. I have no idea what "moral hazard" is. What do I know about "capitalism in general"? What kind of question is that?
So it looks like next semester will by my final semester as a college student, what a relief.
The reason I asked is because I don't think you can understand what either Paul or Bernanke is arguing if you don't have some pretty fundamental economic knowledge. To put it more bluntly, and I apologize in advance, I surmised that you didn't really know what Paul was saying, but decided to post the video anyway with the headline that he "berated" Bernanke. "Moral hazard" occurs when someone acts with greater risk than they normally would because they know the consequences won't be severe. Some people are arguing that moral hazard is responsible for the sub-prime crisis because banks knew they would be bailed out by the Fed. Turns out they were right. But an unregulated market, like the one Paul is arguing for, is absurdly stupid. Without oversight things like the sub-prime lending crisis would be rampant. You'd have something resembling an Industrial Revolution era economy with a few people (Carnegie, Frick, Rockefeller, etc.) with an insane amount of money and the rest of the people in slums. That's how capitalism works. That's why there are anti-trust laws, unions, investment oversight to avoid stock speculation, mining restrictions to avoid more Bre-X type scandals, and audits to avoid repeats of Enron. The free market fails socially. It doesn't work. Not even your most hardcore Wall Street folks argue otherwise, though they might argue that they could make a lot more money in it. I like Ron Paul. I really do. But what he is arguing for is a non-existent ideal that has been recognized as preposterous since The Birth of Nations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Milky Joe
i have to watch the video again, but i think, his main point is more along the line of supporting a market/economy that doesn't tie to the benifit of the government which is rather different from an unregulated/free market.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duncan
admittedly i am not too familiar with paul's plateau, but from little that i know, he doesn't seem like a pro-capitalism kinda guy. in fact even in that clip, i believe, he mentions something like the danger of too much freedom.
He once ran as the Libertarian candidate for president and is very much in favor of a self-regulating market. I watched it again, I see nothing about too much freedom. He is all in favor of civil liberties (except abortion because that's not Christian) and is a true conservative, in the traditional sense of the word.Quote:
Originally Posted by lovejuice
Well, my parents are going to have to deal with a lot of news when they get back from their holiday in Turkey: their car's been stolen, the laundry machine isn't working properly and my grandmother suffered a stroke and can't move her left arm anymore.
Wow. That's awful. I'm sorry man. Is your grandmother going to be okay, aside from the loss of function in her arm?Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilShoe
Great post, but do you mean The Wealth of Nations?Quote:
Originally Posted by Duncan
No, he's definitely arguing for a deregulated, free market. His basic argument is that interest rates are kept artificially low by the government, resulting in exaggerated boom and bust cycles due to easy access to capital, and that this would be avoided if the market were allowed to regulate itself. He also conflates freedom with capitalism throughout that clip.Quote:
Originally Posted by lovejuice
Ron Paul is all about the "invisible hand".
Yeah, it's been pretty rough these last few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan
It's too early to tell if she'll be able to recover fully from it. It doesn't really matter either, as she has cancer and won't live much longer.
I just wish she wouldn't have to spent her remaining months in this condition.
You have my deepest sympathies. My wife's grandmother just passed away last week. She had been very sick for a long time, and was ready to die, so that made it a lot easier, but it's still a very hard thing to go through.Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilShoe
How did your parents car get stolen?