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From: jmfbahciv on 13 Nov 2006 08:03 In article <45575401.B56791BD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Most ppl aren't capable of making oodles of money. >> >> >> >> >> >> In today's global economy, lots more people have the opportunity >> >> >> to make lots of money. And they don't even have to think of >> >> >> something new. All they have to do is not spend what they make >> >> >> on expense items. >> >> > >> >> >If only it were that simple ! >> >> >> >> It is. >> > >> >I shall venture to differ. >> >> You may. There is tons of work out in the world that needs to be >> done and lots of people who will pay to have you do it. >> Nobody makes lots of money by doing nothing at all. > >Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that easy. It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth of housecleaning and they get it. Don't get me started on plumbers who come in, look at the pipe that is dripping a cup/minute, say that there is a drip, and then send you a bill of $60 (in 1977). Notice there is a very important step missing in this list. /BAH
From: krw on 13 Nov 2006 08:08 In article <ej7ffd$8qk_042(a)s851.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... > In article <455615CC.2B8A045E(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> Raising the minimum wage is stupid and insane. > >> >> > > >> >> >Why ? > >> >> > >> >> It causes all other prices to eventually go up, especially housing. > >> >> It eliminates wage competition. People's real productivity is > >> >> no longer measured nor rewarded with wage. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >I saw it can be a slow as $5 an hour. > >> >> > > >> >> >Can anyone actually live on that ? > >> >> > >> >> $10k/year? Yes. > >> > > >> >You wouldn't get far on £5263 over here for sure. > >> > >> I didn't say it was easy and one also has to give up a lot > >> of middle class "attitudes" ;-). > > > >Around here you'd pay ~ £3000 p.a. minimum just for > >a very basic rented room ! > > In the US you can't plan on renting when you stop working. Part > of way we live is to spend a part of our wages on a place to live > that will become yours after a few years. That way you can > eliminate paying rent as part of your living expense. > > Like I said it is possible but you do have to give up middle class > attitudes. > > > >Now try living on £43 p.w. ! > > After my tuition and dorm fee were paid, I lived on $2/month when > I went to college; the $2 included clothes washing and Tampax. That's harsh! I didn't need Tampax (but my wife did). Beer was expensive though! ;-) BTW, we were both making a quarter above the minimum wage of $2/hr.> -- Keith
From: Eeyore on 13 Nov 2006 08:11 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > >> >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> My folks, > >> >>> who will not see 80 again, dug a dry well by hand in the > >> >>> summer of 2005. > >> >> > >> >>Dare I ask why ? > >> > > >> >I think we would call that a "sink" rather than a "well", or possibly > >> >a "soakaway". > >> > >> Oh, dear. Have I just tripped over another word that doesnt' > >> tranlate into English? :-) > >> > >> If I had to guess, I would say that your soakaway is our leach field. > > > >It sounds like it. > > > >Soakaways are common here to for rainwater especially. > > I can see using those for grey water, but not black water. > Grey water is our lingo for water that is used for showers, > clothes and dish washing. Black water is the volumes that > have sewerage in it. We use those terms too. Some ppl like to recycle their grey water for other uses. Graham
From: jmfbahciv on 13 Nov 2006 08:07 In article <455754A5.4C4FFA13(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >> Your definition of DSP, please. >> >> > >> >> >Digital Signal Processor. >> >> > >> >> >Think especially of devices with hardwired fast very wide multiply >> >> >accumulate function. >> >> >> >> [emoticon's eye go Xeyed] I don't know hardware terms. >> >> Are you talking about fast ACs? >> > >> >ACs? >> >> Yup. I'm an auld fart. > >I don't know what you mean by 'AC'. Accumulator. Sorry. I thought you were questioning what I wrote rather than asking a real question. I've been in this thread too long. > > >> >One of the key items in a DSP chip is the MAC, a hard wired >> >fast multipler that >> >typically performs very wide word multiplication and >> >addition in a single machine cycle. >> >> Isn't this what the feature called a floating point addon does >> in the PC biz? > >The floating point unit doesn't do it in one clock cycle AIUI. I never memorized this stuff. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 13 Nov 2006 08:13
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that easy. > > It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth > of housecleaning and they get it. They do ? I'm sure they wouldn't here. Graham |