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From: John Larkin on 11 Oct 2006 10:32 On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:16:58 -0700, JoeBloe <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:00:25 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us: > >>No, Ockham's Razor suggests > > Totally retarded. "Ockham's Razor" is not a law of nature, it's an easy way to avoid thinking about things that might hurt your head. John
From: John Fields on 11 Oct 2006 10:42 On 11 Oct 2006 00:23:12 GMT, "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic(a)aon.at> wrote: >Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> I have no troops, and I've never invaded North Korea. > > >Yeah, you are a special case Michael. Like many, living in America. --- Yes, we are. Thank you! -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Larkin on 11 Oct 2006 11:26 On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:15:37 -0400, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:08:09 -0700, the renowned John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:08:56 +0100, Eeyore >><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>John Larkin wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:09:14 +0100, Eeyore wrote: >>>> >"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: >>>> >> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > That's where we pretend we like the French ;-) >>>> >> >>>> >> Sorry, Jim, but I'm not THAT good at playing pretend. >>>> > >>>> >Don't worry. The French don't much like your kind of Americans either. >>>> > >>>> >Graham >>>> >>>> Heck, you can hardly get into a roadside rest area bathroom for the >>>> crowds from the French tour busses. On our way back from Monterey, my >>>> wife had to sit shivering at the Junipera Serra rest stop for that >>>> very reason, waiting out a bus full of female French tourists. If you >>>> go to the top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco, the language you're most >>>> likely to overhear is German. >>>> >>>> Stay home! The lines at Peet's Coffee and Joseph Schmidt Chocolate are >>>> long enough already. >>> >>>The attraction of the falling dollar and rising Euro of course. >>> >>>Graham >> >>The rooms at the Inn at Spanish Bay start at about $550, and europeans >>are a glut there, too. But you can sit on the deck, overlooking the >>ocean, next to a cozy open-air firepit, sipping a Guinness, and the >>burger and fries are excellent. If you get chilly, they'll bring you >>blankets. Golf is an insane activity, but golf resorts are almost >>always a great place to stay. >> >>John > >Last survey I saw showed US tourism down a modest 7% since 2000, but >globally it was up 25% over the same period. > > Do you mean tourism into the US, or tourism by Americans to other countries? 2000 was probably a peak of US consumer spending, because of the dot.com boom. John
From: John Larkin on 11 Oct 2006 11:31 On Wed, 11 Oct 06 10:24:43 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >In article <1qeni29rcg3tjnech3i3plskg81st638nf(a)4ax.com>, > John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>On Tue, 10 Oct 06 10:03:13 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>>In article <kmnki2t5q21v3q4unpq99qqsner3pu6mhr(a)4ax.com>, >>> John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>On Mon, 09 Oct 06 10:36:40 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>>If your grocery store carries only one kind of apple, it >>>>>doesn't matter how many other vareities you want if it >>>>>is the only store carrying apples. The only way you can >>>>>get him to carry the variety you want is to convince him. >>>>>This is called changing his mindset. Until you do that, >>>>>there is no other option available to you for getting >>>>>the apple you want. >>>> >>>>Just go to another store! That's what I do. >>> >>>There aren't any other stores. There won't be any other >>>stores. You are assuming that capitalism, a.k.a. >>>competition, is allowed. >>> >>>/BAH >> >>There's always competition. In a free-market economy, we call it >>competition; in a communist economy, they call it corruption. Cuba, >>for instance, has a mostly corruption-driven economy, much as the USSR >>had. People are pretty much people. > >Think about it. The fact that the payoffs have to occur diminishes >the efficiency of getting anything done. The Cuban and Soviet corruption was not so much payoffs (although there's plenty of that) but diversion of public goods into market-rate distribution. I recently read that half of the gasoline that is supplied to Cuban gas stations is stolen and resold at market rates. That actually helps balance the supply/demand equation, by raising the price of scarce goods. Managing an economy is an interesting case wherein everyone who tries it seems to have negative intelligence, in that it works better when nobody does it. John If a micron of dirt is >thown into a gear every minute without stopping, eventually the >teensy bits of dirt accumulate to the point where the axle >can no longer do work. Economies and societies seem to behave >in a similar manner. > >/BAH
From: John Larkin on 11 Oct 2006 11:37
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:59:28 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >JoeBloe wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> Gave us: >> >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>>You make more mistakes simply because Americans are sloppy about >> >>>everything. >> >>> >> >>>Graham >> >> >> >> Everything? ICs? Jet aircraft? Agriculture? Electronics design? >> > >> >Yeah, pretty much..... :-) >> > >> You stupid fucks wouldn't even be sitting in front of your computers >> right now were it not for us, and no, I am not talking about how we >> saved your asses, I am talking about technology, and the fact that you >> are lucky that we are your ally. > >The UK made the world's first electronic computer. > >Graham Which machine was that? Do you guys still make computers over there? John |