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From: Joerg on 31 Oct 2009 16:01 Spehro Pefhany wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:21 -0700, the renowned Joerg > <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> Jim Thompson wrote: >>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:03:05 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> krw wrote: >> [...] >> >>>>> Most use heat pumps year round here. We haven't had the house open >>>>> more than a few days so far this fall. It was quite warm late this >>>>> fall and it's been raining since. Last year was beautiful this time >>>>> of year. This year, not so much. >>>> Heat pumps are a no-no for us. PG&E has the monopoly and once you get >>>> above baseline (with a heat pump you will) they really sock it to you. >>> Only in California (so far) does more consumption increase the _rate_. >>> >> It really puts a crimp in some smaller businesses. But these days I do >> not expect the rulemakers to understand that they are actually making >> tax revenues shrink with such "measures". > > They's watermelons... green on the outside and red on the inside. 8-( > Only remedy is "starve the beast". That's what California voters have made abundantly clear, no new taxes blessed by them. Except for school bonds but that's because the 2/3rds majority for those has been diluted down to 55% and there just enough leftists to pass those. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: John Larkin on 31 Oct 2009 17:12 On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:48:21 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> >> >krw wrote: >> >> dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> >> >> > John Larkin wrote: >> >> >> dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Oct 14, 1:03 pm, John Larkin wrote: >> >> >> >> >> It's not a conspiracy; the restaurants offer what people want. >> >> >> >> >That ought not be allowed. The government should only allow people to >> >> >> >eat at certain approved restaurants, and dictate and carefully control >> >> >> >what those restaurants serve, the portion sizes that will be allowed-- >> >> >> >according to each person's needs vis-a-vis calories, obesity, health >> >> >> >factors, etc.--the prices that can be charged, adjusted for each >> >> >> >person's ability to pay, and so forth. Violators should be fined and >> >> >> >jailed. >> >> >> >> Sounds like the ration books in Cuba. They keep everybody trim. >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> >Oh, the new health care bill covers this. Well, halfway. >> >> >> >http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf >> >> >> >See Subtitle C, sec. 2572, or just search for "restaurants" or >> >> >"vending". >> >> >> >They thought of everything. >> >> >> Except how to pay the debt. >> >> >Covered. Massive cost, paid with massive taxes, fees, penalties and >> >fines, and lollipops and rainbows. >> >> Or just print the money. >> >> I wonder what are the comparative effects. Massive taxation kills >> business and exports productive jobs; inflation steals savings. >> Everything considered, printing money is probably the better of the >> unsavory choices. Obama and crew will no doubt do both. >> >> John > >I analyze financial markets. Obama's turning overturning everything >so quickly on so many fronts it's impossible to keep up. And huge >things are being done in the shadows, behind closed doors and fuzzy >curtains. > >Best I can tell, the deficit, unimaginable as it is, is massively >understated. I'm not a monetary policy expert, but I can only see >said understatement as being hugely debt-financed. Whatever the actual >borrowing, it can only be "unwound" by paying back that debt--which >isn't going to happen--or inflating it away. > >Jobs? The current health care bill penalizes employers who don't >provide government-approved health care. So, when you make it a >greater and greater pain to employ people, the easy, obvious, and only >solution is to outsource, to export jobs, to hire fewer workers. So >of course there'll be fewer jobs. I, personally, will create fewer >jobs. I guarantee it. I'll probably hold the line at about 20 employees and do more outsourcing and contracting. The US and California have made jobs too expensive and too much hassle. This will, paradoxically, increase the spread between the rich and the poor. Are these people stupid or evil? Probably both. John
From: Jim Thompson on 31 Oct 2009 16:33 On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:59:38 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >krw wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:16:46 -0700, Jim Thompson >> <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:03:05 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> krw wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:01:39 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> krw wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:10:28 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> >>>>>>>> I was thinking about a 6" or 8" inline fan and making my own filter. But >>>>>>>> I doubt that's going to be even close in terms of required airflow. >>>>>>> I doubt it. Any filter worth a damn is going to be big. >>>>>>> >>>>>> I know. That's why I was hoping to find a decent integrated unit. Cut >>>>>> hole, put in, wire up, connect large duct. But nope :-( >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> BTW, I wouldn't have one of these beasts here in AL. Too humid. >>>>>> Very different out here. Summers are typically bone-dry. Not quite like >>>>>> Arizona but almost. Occasionally a sea breeze wafts in but that cools us >>>>>> down so no need for fancy cooling schemes when that happens. >>>>> Most use heat pumps year round here. We haven't had the house open >>>>> more than a few days so far this fall. It was quite warm late this >>>>> fall and it's been raining since. Last year was beautiful this time >>>>> of year. This year, not so much. >>>> >>>> Heat pumps are a no-no for us. PG&E has the monopoly and once you get >>>> above baseline (with a heat pump you will) they really sock it to you. >> >> Beats the alternative. >> > >Not really. The only sensible alternative is to get away from >monopolies. So we now heat with wood. > >[...] I don't think leftist greenies allow burning wood... you must preserve the forests so, when they burn, they can take out massive numbers of homes... particularly of those "entitled" people who work for a living. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | California is a truly beautiful state. Too bad it's been so thoroughly fucked over by liberals.
From: Jim Thompson on 31 Oct 2009 16:34 On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:01:32 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >Spehro Pefhany wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:21 -0700, the renowned Joerg >> <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:03:05 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> krw wrote: >>> [...] >>> >>>>>> Most use heat pumps year round here. We haven't had the house open >>>>>> more than a few days so far this fall. It was quite warm late this >>>>>> fall and it's been raining since. Last year was beautiful this time >>>>>> of year. This year, not so much. >>>>> Heat pumps are a no-no for us. PG&E has the monopoly and once you get >>>>> above baseline (with a heat pump you will) they really sock it to you. >>>> Only in California (so far) does more consumption increase the _rate_. >>>> >>> It really puts a crimp in some smaller businesses. But these days I do >>> not expect the rulemakers to understand that they are actually making >>> tax revenues shrink with such "measures". >> >> They's watermelons... green on the outside and red on the inside. 8-( >> > >Only remedy is "starve the beast". That's what California voters have >made abundantly clear, no new taxes blessed by them. Except for school >bonds but that's because the 2/3rds majority for those has been diluted >down to 55% and there just enough leftists to pass those. The only way to "starve the beast" is New York style... move out of the state. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | In Memoriam... Duane Lee Thompson October 31, 1972 - April 20,2006 4th Child, 2nd Son, of Jim & Naomi Thompson Victim of Colon Cancer Would Have been 37 Today
From: Jim Thompson on 31 Oct 2009 16:36
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:12:22 -0800, John Larkin <jjSNIPlarkin(a)highTHISlandtechnology.com> wrote: >On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:48:21 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat(a)yahoo.com >wrote: > >>John Larkin wrote: >>> dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: >>> >>> >krw wrote: >>> >> dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: >>> >>> >> > John Larkin wrote: >>> >> >> dagmargoodb...(a)yahoo.com wrote: >>> >>> >> >> >On Oct 14, 1:03 pm, John Larkin wrote: >>> >>> >> >> >> It's not a conspiracy; the restaurants offer what people want. >>> >>> >> >> >That ought not be allowed. The government should only allow people to >>> >> >> >eat at certain approved restaurants, and dictate and carefully control >>> >> >> >what those restaurants serve, the portion sizes that will be allowed-- >>> >> >> >according to each person's needs vis-a-vis calories, obesity, health >>> >> >> >factors, etc.--the prices that can be charged, adjusted for each >>> >> >> >person's ability to pay, and so forth. Violators should be fined and >>> >> >> >jailed. >>> >>> >> >> Sounds like the ration books in Cuba. They keep everybody trim. >>> >>> >> >> John >>> >>> >> >Oh, the new health care bill covers this. Well, halfway. >>> >>> >> >http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf >>> >>> >> >See Subtitle C, sec. 2572, or just search for "restaurants" or >>> >> >"vending". >>> >>> >> >They thought of everything. >>> >>> >> Except how to pay the debt. >>> >>> >Covered. Massive cost, paid with massive taxes, fees, penalties and >>> >fines, and lollipops and rainbows. >>> >>> Or just print the money. >>> >>> I wonder what are the comparative effects. Massive taxation kills >>> business and exports productive jobs; inflation steals savings. >>> Everything considered, printing money is probably the better of the >>> unsavory choices. Obama and crew will no doubt do both. >>> >>> John >> >>I analyze financial markets. Obama's turning overturning everything >>so quickly on so many fronts it's impossible to keep up. And huge >>things are being done in the shadows, behind closed doors and fuzzy >>curtains. >> >>Best I can tell, the deficit, unimaginable as it is, is massively >>understated. I'm not a monetary policy expert, but I can only see >>said understatement as being hugely debt-financed. Whatever the actual >>borrowing, it can only be "unwound" by paying back that debt--which >>isn't going to happen--or inflating it away. >> >>Jobs? The current health care bill penalizes employers who don't >>provide government-approved health care. So, when you make it a >>greater and greater pain to employ people, the easy, obvious, and only >>solution is to outsource, to export jobs, to hire fewer workers. So >>of course there'll be fewer jobs. I, personally, will create fewer >>jobs. I guarantee it. > >I'll probably hold the line at about 20 employees and do more >outsourcing and contracting. The US and California have made jobs too >expensive and too much hassle. This will, paradoxically, increase the >spread between the rich and the poor. > >Are these people stupid or evil? Probably both. > >John I note, with considerable chagrin, that ALL my chip design business is now coming from overseas. I now wonder, where is the best place to live, under such income situations, so as to pay NO taxes ?:-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | On Halloween, Frighten a Congressman Costume Yourself as a Voting Machine |