General Discussion Thread

[Tangent128 offline]

Mrs. Donlan's activated a Tower!

So, the Waldo 422's not talking about must have worked at Gunnerkrigg Court...

[TheAppleFreak]

TB3 saved my life today. For French class, I managed to convince my teacher to play some French music by the French Subdigitals in class, and he asked me to come up with a 5 minute-or-less description of Code Lyoko. Lyoko Decoded saved my life today.

[Tangent128 offline]

Here's some fun:

1,100 pages in the stimulus bill. Let's be conservative and say 200 words/page.

The House members would have had to read continuously at ~260 words/minute for 14 hours to get through the whole thing.

Also, it spends roughly $3 million per word.

Ugh.

[JesusFreak offline]

Here's some fun:

1,100 pages in the stimulus bill. Let's be conservative and say 200 words/page.

The House members would have had to read continuously at ~260 words/minute for 14 hours to get through the whole thing.

Also, it spends roughly $3 million per word.

Ugh.

Hey, we can take it! It's not like the National Debt clock ran ou of zeros already!


Owait....

[. offline]

Here's some fun:

1,100 pages in the stimulus bill. Let's be conservative and say 200 words/page.

The House members would have had to read continuously at ~260 words/minute for 14 hours to get through the whole thing.

Also, it spends roughly $3 million per word.

Ugh.

Hey, we can take it! It's not like the National Debt clock ran ou of zeros already!


Owait....

God don't you miss when Clinton was in office? And we actually had a budget in the black? ahhhhh

[Phoenix Wolf offline]

I miss Clinton, he was a very good President. He didn't get us into a money draining war that killed people left and right. He got us out of debt.. Our economy right now sucks big time our dollar isn't worth anything any more....

[TheAppleFreak]

I miss Clinton, he was a very good President. He didn't get us into a money draining war that killed people left and right. He got us out of debt.. Our economy right now sucks big time our dollar isn't worth anything any more....

The moral of the story: blame Bush.

[JesusFreak offline]

I miss Clinton, he was a very good President. He didn't get us into a money draining war that killed people left and right. He got us out of debt.. Our economy right now sucks big time our dollar isn't worth anything any more....

The moral of the story: blame Bush.

And the Republican Congress that forgot that Conservatives are supposed to spend LESS.

And under Clinton, we got the start of our recession. So there.

[Tangent128 offline]

A recession had to happen sooner or later. You can't just have the economy go "up" forever. Especially if fueled by loans.

Remember back when loans were, you know, things you paid back? Not "refinanced"?
At least I was taught that that's what I'm supposed to do with money that I borrow.

Anybody remember "buying on margin" from history class? People bought way more stocks than they could afford, using a loan to cover most of the cost, then sold the stocks when they went up, paying back the loan. Only... then stocks went down, people went broke, the market crashed, and we called it 1929.

Well... buying bigger houses than you can afford, under the assumption that you can resell it to pay off the mortgage...

[Boss Tamsy offline]

To lighten up the mood,I have abit of good news.
I have been chosen to participate in Pennsylvania all-state choir!

[Phoenix Wolf offline]

Awesome Congradualations... I didn't know you lived in PA, I do too... Which part are you from? I live in the Philli area.

[Boss Tamsy offline]

I'm in the southwest.About an hour outside pittsburgh. I placed 4th chair of the six for states. And the most awesome part(IMO anyways): I'm the first student from EF(Elizabeth Forward) to go to states in over 15 years. Either I'm that good,or everyone before me was that bad. I dunno. The confrence will be at Valley Forge in late April. Needless to say, I'm psyched about it!

[TheAppleFreak]

I'm psyched because my week-long quest for a copy of Mac OS X that can run on PCs from a flash drive is almost over! It is so, so good to finally be able to gloat to my Mac-using friends that I can Leopardize any computer at any time.

@Boss Tamsy, congrats on getting in! I suck at vocals (hear me in the bathroom in the morning and you'll know why) and instruments (not so much with the clarinet, but definitely with the guitar and any other instrument except the computer keyboard ), but that seems like a fine accomplishment there, good buddy.
And also, congrats on your 501 post number! Now, try to get to a thousand...

[Phoenix Wolf offline]

I'm in the southwest.About an hour outside pittsburgh. I placed 4th chair of the six for states. And the most awesome part(IMO anyways): I'm the first student from EF(Elizabeth Forward) to go to states in over 15 years. Either I'm that good,or everyone before me was that bad. I dunno. The confrence will be at Valley Forge in late April. Needless to say, I'm psyched about it!

You have a right to be psyched... Double Congrads.... Valley Forge, thats about an hour and a half away from me... Its a neat part of history.... I will keep my fingers crossed for you and wish you the best of luck in this confrence...

[TheAppleFreak]

Anyone have any success with the iDeneb distro?
Won't work for me... *sigh* Once again, my <s>evil</s> plans are foiled...

[JesusFreak offline]

...ONE THIRD.

The <s>loldefecit</s> Stimulus package increases out national debt by....ONE THIRD.

And Mister Prez says he's going to half the budget by the end of his term...I dunno, I'm going to wait a tad longer before I go all rabid, but if this is the sign of things to come...

[Rail Runner offline]

I hope he can do what he says he will do. Words are nothing unless you have the actions to back it up, but it wont be done overnight, so lets have a bit of patience. I dont like it when the people are crying that the sky is falling. Its like look, the market goes up, the market goes down, its just a cycle, we will get back out of it. Dont buy things you cant afford, and dont charge a boatload of stuff to your credit cards that you cant pay back, and you wont get sucked under.

[Mewberries151]

...ONE THIRD.

The <s>loldefecit</s> Stimulus package increases out national debt by....ONE THIRD.

And Mister Prez says he's going to half the budget by the end of his term...I dunno, I'm going to wait a tad longer before I go all rabid, but if this is the sign of things to come...

I don't understand why you guys are still looking for some miraculous "instant-fix" with the national debt and economy. This thing will take YEARS to fix, easily, and may very well be touch and go and/or two steps forward, one step back for a long time to come.

Yeesh...give the guy a break. He's been president for all of...what? Barely a month now? ^^;;

[Rail Runner offline]

Exactly, its like the people are condeming him already, just give the guy a break and let him sort out what he needs to sort out.

[JesusFreak offline]

...ONE THIRD.

The <s>loldefecit</s> Stimulus package increases out national debt by....ONE THIRD.

And Mister Prez says he's going to half the budget by the end of his term...I dunno, I'm going to wait a tad longer before I go all rabid, but if this is the sign of things to come...

I don't understand why you guys are still looking for some miraculous "instant-fix" with the national debt and economy. This thing will take YEARS to fix, easily, and may very well be touch and go and/or two steps forward, one step back for a long time to come.

Yeesh...give the guy a break. He's been president for all of...what? Barely a month now? ^^;;

Oh for-

I agree about how the debt will take years to solve, but shoving billions of dollars at failing companies and agencies will not make anything better.

And I said I'd wait, wouldn't I?

[. offline]

...ONE THIRD.

The <s>loldefecit</s> Stimulus package increases out national debt by....ONE THIRD.

And Mister Prez says he's going to half the budget by the end of his term...I dunno, I'm going to wait a tad longer before I go all rabid, but if this is the sign of things to come...

I don't understand why you guys are still looking for some miraculous "instant-fix" with the national debt and economy. This thing will take YEARS to fix, easily, and may very well be touch and go and/or two steps forward, one step back for a long time to come.

Yeesh...give the guy a break. He's been president for all of...what? Barely a month now? ^^;;

Oh for-

I agree about how the debt will take years to solve, but shoving billions of dollars at failing companies and agencies will not make anything better.

And I said I'd wait, wouldn't I?

The alternative is that those companies collapse, and the economy get worse... Great depression worse.

I'm not thrilled with the idea, but I don't want to be living on the streets either.

[Mewberries151]

...ONE THIRD.

The <s>loldefecit</s> Stimulus package increases out national debt by....ONE THIRD.

And Mister Prez says he's going to half the budget by the end of his term...I dunno, I'm going to wait a tad longer before I go all rabid, but if this is the sign of things to come...

I don't understand why you guys are still looking for some miraculous "instant-fix" with the national debt and economy. This thing will take YEARS to fix, easily, and may very well be touch and go and/or two steps forward, one step back for a long time to come.

Yeesh...give the guy a break. He's been president for all of...what? Barely a month now? ^^;;

Oh for-

I agree about how the debt will take years to solve, but shoving billions of dollars at failing companies and agencies will not make anything better.

And I said I'd wait, wouldn't I?

The alternative is that those companies collapse, and the economy get worse... Great depression worse.

I'm not thrilled with the idea, but I don't want to be living on the streets either.

This. ^ More or less.

I'm not a fan of this idea either, and the frugal side of me says that "Hey, they didn't spend their money wisely. Let them tank." Unfortunately, and this is with the banks in particular, it wouldn't be helpful to the economy.

I do however support Obama's attempts to try and regulate how they spend this money they're being given. Especially after they took the first round of checks and spent it on bonuses and incentives instead of trying to get themselves out of the hole. No more of that, thanks. ~_~;

[JesusFreak offline]

...ONE THIRD.

The <s>loldefecit</s> Stimulus package increases out national debt by....ONE THIRD.

And Mister Prez says he's going to half the budget by the end of his term...I dunno, I'm going to wait a tad longer before I go all rabid, but if this is the sign of things to come...

I don't understand why you guys are still looking for some miraculous "instant-fix" with the national debt and economy. This thing will take YEARS to fix, easily, and may very well be touch and go and/or two steps forward, one step back for a long time to come.

Yeesh...give the guy a break. He's been president for all of...what? Barely a month now? ^^;;

Oh for-

I agree about how the debt will take years to solve, but shoving billions of dollars at failing companies and agencies will not make anything better.

And I said I'd wait, wouldn't I?

The alternative is that those companies collapse, and the economy get worse... Great depression worse.

I'm not thrilled with the idea, but I don't want to be living on the streets either.

This. ^ More or less.

I'm not a fan of this idea either, and the frugal side of me says that "Hey, they didn't spend their money wisely. Let them tank." Unfortunately, and this is with the banks in particular, it wouldn't be helpful to the economy.

I do however support Obama's attempts to try and regulate how they spend this money they're being given. Especially after they took the first round of checks and spent it on bonuses and incentives instead of trying to get themselves out of the hole. No more of that, thanks. ~_~;

I agree. If we're going to give these guys money, make sure they dont get bonuses while their underlings get a nickel per hour.

Yet...Billions of dollars. Basically, we, the taxpayers, are going to get the bill because some idiots cheated. Shoving money at a problem doesn't really work for very long.

[TheAppleFreak]

...ONE THIRD.

The <s>loldefecit</s> Stimulus package increases out national debt by....ONE THIRD.

And Mister Prez says he's going to half the budget by the end of his term...I dunno, I'm going to wait a tad longer before I go all rabid, but if this is the sign of things to come...

I don't understand why you guys are still looking for some miraculous "instant-fix" with the national debt and economy. This thing will take YEARS to fix, easily, and may very well be touch and go and/or two steps forward, one step back for a long time to come.

Yeesh...give the guy a break. He's been president for all of...what? Barely a month now? ^^;;

Oh for-

I agree about how the debt will take years to solve, but shoving billions of dollars at failing companies and agencies will not make anything better.

And I said I'd wait, wouldn't I?

The alternative is that those companies collapse, and the economy get worse... Great depression worse.

I'm not thrilled with the idea, but I don't want to be living on the streets either.

This. ^ More or less.

I'm not a fan of this idea either, and the frugal side of me says that "Hey, they didn't spend their money wisely. Let them tank." Unfortunately, and this is with the banks in particular, it wouldn't be helpful to the economy.

I do however support Obama's attempts to try and regulate how they spend this money they're being given. Especially after they took the first round of checks and spent it on bonuses and incentives instead of trying to get themselves out of the hole. No more of that, thanks. ~_~;

I agree. If we're going to give these guys money, make sure they dont get bonuses while their underlings get a nickel per hour.

Yet...Billions of dollars. Basically, we, the taxpayers, are going to get the bill because some idiots cheated. Shoving money at a problem doesn't really work for very long.

Though it does buy time for figuring out new solutions. Quite literally, too.
I like how Obama is regulating the money flow.
And JF, I don't want to get into another debate with you. The last one was an epic fail on my part.

[DeadViolet offline]

Umm............New Topic:
John Knowles.