Somehow I expected a new Scheme implementation, called Ponzi Scheme.
A Ponzi scheme that works
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Re: A Ponzi scheme that works
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
For readability, you can always use... well... Readability: http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability
People often link to the print view because the normal view is paginated. Readability won't solve pagination.
And having articles split in multiple pages with just a little text on each is more and more common (because ad revenue depends on CPM, of course). Someone should augment Readability to combine multiple pages into one.
Re: A Ponzi scheme that works
#23I've always considered myself a 'global citizen' after living in the US for 15 years.
During a 10 day trip to Germany. I was thrown out of a bar for asking directions in english, yelled at by some crazy dude in a train station for stealing their jobs and people crossed streets just to avoid a dark guy.
When I landed in Los Angeles, the minute I saw a mexican american immigration officer, I almost cried. I was home. No one will question me why I am here. The mexicans, the chinese, the Indians, the whites and the blacks. They are all my people.
I might have my curry everyday but my spirit is american.
Re: A Ponzi scheme that works
#24I've always considered myself a 'global citizen' after living in the US for 15 years. During a 10 day trip to Germany. I was thrown out of a bar for asking directions in english, yelled at by some crazy dude in a train station for stealing their jobs and people crossed streets just to avoid a dark guy. When I landed in Los Angeles, the minute I saw a mexican american immigration officer, I almost cried. I was home. N…
Yeah welcome to America, where if you don't fit in -- you fit in. :) We're the pound-puppies, mongrels, and half-breeds of the planet.
Re: A Ponzi scheme that works
#25'Listening to her Dutch friends, she assumed that Americans were fat, loutish, naive and sexually repressed. “But then I came here and found it was all false,” she smiles.'
So very true. The same would apply to British attitudes towards the US. Spending a short time travelling around the US cleared away all my misconceptions, thankfully.
As a side note, I suspect that attitudes might be equally uninformed the other way around, that is about Europe from the US. Europe is incredibly diverse yet I often read opinions from the US treating the continent as a whole.
Re: A Ponzi scheme that works
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which state can I move to to opt out of the national debt?
Sidestepping the question, let's ask: 1. If the US defaults, what country can I move to that will substantially increase my odds of success? 2. If fiat currencies hyperinflate, [same question]? There's a very, very short list to answer those questions.
Hmm. A country that:
1) doesn't hold US debt and does not do substantial trade with the US (sorry Canada, Japan, Mexico, et al)
2) Has large reserves of gold, petroleum or industrial minerals.
3) wants skilled English-speaking immigrants
... that leaves South Africa, Brazil, and... maybe AU?
Re: A Ponzi scheme that works
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
People often link to the print view because the normal view is paginated. Readability won't solve pagination.
And having articles split in multiple pages with just a little text on each is more and more common (because ad revenue depends on CPM, of course). Someone should augment Readability to combine multiple pages into one.
Consider PageZipper ( http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/pagezipper ) or AutoPager ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4925 ).
Re: A Ponzi scheme that works
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sidestepping the question, let's ask: 1. If the US defaults, what country can I move to that will substantially increase my odds of success? 2. If fiat currencies hyperinflate, [same question]? There's a very, very short list to answer those questions.
Hmm. A country that: 1) doesn't hold US debt and does not do substantial trade with the US (sorry Canada, Japan, Mexico, et al) 2) Has large reserves of gold, petroleum or industrial minerals. 3) wants skilled English-speaking immigrants ... that leaves South Africa, Brazil, and... maybe AU?
If you have 2, then you need 1. I'm thinking about Brazil's offshore reserves.