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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: This is where you are missing my point. No, everyone has gotten your point loud and clear. You're a doofus. PublicEnemy#1 wrote: Take the meteor hitting the baseball park... Let's. PublicEnemy#1 wrote: If you …
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: However, as I stated before (if anyone can take the time to actually READ instead of giving a knee jerk response), children do not make decisions until they are given decisions to make. People read it, but this position…
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: Here's a question I would like to hear people give their opinion(s) on if possible.. At what point does an unexpected outcome absolve you of any responsibility for your choice(s)? First, you're flawed in assuming it …
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: Ahh, but now we are talking about planned obsolescence. No, we aren't. Only you are. I'm talking about the fact that things wear out no matter how you engineer them. PublicEnemy#1 wrote: You believe every item ha…
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: rose-colored-coolaid wrote: You don't have a clue what over-engineering means do you? Anything that is designed at great cost to outlive its own usefulness is over-engineered. I can see the stupid is strong with …
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: See, you cannot handle my point of view because it goes against the typical "it's someone else's fault" mentality that is pervasive in this world. I did not say everything in life is my fault. Only that everything that I do,…
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Why do condo's even need a tag line? Isn't "come live in neighborhood X good enough? Also, since every tag line follows the formula "Life [preposition] [noun]" or "[noun] Living", couldn't they just present only the noun as the tag line and let …
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Lake Hills Renter wrote: I believe you are referring to a Gamma Ray Burst. Most observed GRBs are believed to be a narrow beam of intense radiation released during a supernova event, as a rapidly rotating, high-mass star collapses to form a bl…
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lamont wrote: We also don't really have a lot of stars likely to pop right next to us with enough force that they would disturb the Earth itself. Even if Betelgeuse busted a nut it is way too far away to disturb the Earth (640 light years) and we…
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Racket wrote: rose-colored-coolaid wrote: TJ_98370 wrote: ? By contrast, how stable does your consumer OS really need to be? Windows 7 is really stable. In 3 months I have rebooted once for a component upgrade. That…
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Lake Hills Renter wrote: Since it's his fault the star went supernova in the first place, you bet it's his fault it wiped out the planet. Let's not put the cart before the horse. After all, PublicEnemy's real & original sin was in mani…
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TJ_98370 wrote: Except for the high end consumer market, overengineering is pretty much kept in check by cost. Public safety considerations can overide this constraint if significant. Very true. Consider our two biggest (so far) local empl…
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: Regarding over-engineering... the internal combustion engine is still being used to power 99% of all vehicles on the road today. Seems to be that even a Model T can be run on the road today, so how can its engineering be obso…
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: I am bit too Libertarian for most people. :roll: Why is it in our society that if someone holds a less common view (like regular Libertarianism) they apologize for it's shortcomings, but when someone holds a crazy vie…
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First, thank you WestSideBilly for another voice of reason. Second... WestSideBilly wrote: First - power windows are actually a bit cheaper and also lighter than hand cranks. That wasn't true 10 years ago, but it is now. Yes, they fail, but …
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To be fair, there is such a thing as an economy that is stifled by too much saving; it's called China. They have relied on our spending to alleviate their own issue of over-saving. With American wallets drying up, they will need to come to face wi…
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PublicEnemy#1 wrote: Look at TV's. Burned out pixels have to be at a certain ratio before the warranty kicks in. How about producing a product that doesn't have burned out pixels? Can't do it? Then you shouldn't be selling it. All engine…
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PublicEnemy#1, what's the obsession with "sheetmetal"? It doesn't make any sense. Statistically (as opposed to everyone thinking up their favorite anecdote), cars last much longer today than they did 20+ years ago. You might not like that cars ar…
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Looked into this program, but it's a joke. Just to summarize, this bill defines clunker as any car built after 1985 (84?) that gets poor terrible gas mileage. Translation: if you own a 15 year old or older truck, you can get a killer trade in on i…
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deejayoh wrote: Nice list RCC. But you left off: 5) when all else fails, you can live your car! Only if it's a...VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!
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perfectfire wrote: BillE wrote: perfectfire wrote: No, people are being rational. They need a car to get to work and run errands, but they can always rent a house for much less money. Most people could get to work in a much cheaper…
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What's a WaMu? Never heard of it.
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jon, are you familiar with opportunity cost? That's the primary risk run by buying today. Yes, you may find a home you can afford, but it definitely comes at the price of missing out on the cheaper better house which will be available next year or…
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Markor wrote: My unconventional advice is to stop contributing to the 401K. That is likely terrible advice. At a minimum, you should always contribute enough into your 401K to net all employer matching contributions. Most employers match …
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Alan wrote: Recently closed short sale around the corner from Microsoft's main campus: http://www.redfin.com/WA/Redmond/6618-1 ... ome/516723 1840 square feet $295k $160/sqft C'mon, that has got to be a bottom. Are places going to sell …
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No, having their own house go into foreclosure just means the LO doesn't know how to manage their own money. However, perhaps they should lose their license if enough of their clients go into foreclosure. That's evidence of work poorly done. Or…
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perfectfire, is the point to all this that you grew up in a really small house, or that you currently have a really big house? I don't quite get it. EconE is right about the wants vs needs thing. There are several examples out there of people l…
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What I don't get is, why do these scammers always say they are going to/from or already in Nigeria of all places? Wouldn't they be better off to use a place nobody automatically connects with scams? Replace Nigeria in your example with Greece and …
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The Tim wrote: edit - After re-reading RCC's post, I realized that I mis-read it, and he was saying that one person in 500 square feet by themself would be a "cramped studio," not one guy + one gal with 500 square feet each, which is how I origina…
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david_mcmanus wrote: Sooooo..... BAC and Citi need billions more in capital and......BAC is up 11%? The market was expecting trillions and the life of every first born son in NY state. I guess it's all relative?