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    Bulls are backed by Feds- who the hell backs you?

    In one corner: the Fed, PPT, Wall Street big wigs, etc. In the other corner: Reality. Place your bets!
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    If a country prints lots of money to buy foreign currency bonds?

    A country would wreak havoc on the financial stability of their economy merely to collect interest income from another country's bonds??? Why do companies issue bonds in the first place? Remember what bonds are used for?
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    The economic impact of the current Exodus from the United States.

    Some interesting ideas in that article but Lessinger does take liberties with his analysis. Krugman devised his solution specifically for the Japanese problem. Japan being largely a nation of savers was in a deflation spiral. Something seemed necesssary to entice Japanese to spend. A policy...
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    Backing up a computer

    I'm just curious but why is it a contradiction to use the disc to run the system and also use it as virtual memory?
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    The economic impact of the current Exodus from the United States.

    Southamerica your patriotism is commendable but there is a limit to how much you can stretch it before it wears thin. You can go on and on saying why Brazil is such a great place but simple fact is most people would rather live in the US than Brazil. Is the US seemingly headed in the wrong...
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    Using System Restore to eliminate a virus - WinXP

    Are low level formats still advisable for newer disks? I recall reading that they are no longer necessary for newer hard drives. Last time I had to restore my hard drive from scratch I got the impression that a command like FDisk at least for a Windows system was obsolete. As stated already...
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    Question about a DOS command

    Maybe a copy or xcopy command either on its own or part of a batch file.
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    Markets should be open every day

    This thread was created January 21, 2008 around the time of the last local bottom and L'Affair Kerviel.
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    Supreme Court agrees to rule on Constitutional Right to own firearms

    Dang! How do those other countries do it? Interesting to see how a common point from the states was that they'd be under civil rule. If civilian rule said no arms....
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    black preachers

    There is a double standard but it still operates both ways. Blacks discriminate but White's still do too. There is a black culture and there is a white culture. There remains a gulf between blacks and whites although it is narrowing. Black preachers from what I can see predominantly preach to...
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    Bear Stearns deal , legal ?

    A big advantage that JP Morgan Chase has if I'm interpreting the news right is that by lending to Bear Stearns they have had access to Bear Stearn's books and are in a far better position to appraise its assets and liabilities. Something I do not get is why Bear Stearns was not given the...
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    Clinton Backer Says Obama Only Winning Because He's Black

    Everything is fair game. Obama's race, Hillary's gender, McCain's age. If the Hillary camp doesn't make an issue out of it, the Republican camp likely will. Better for the Democrats to get this out in the open and deal with it. Whatever doesn't kill them will make them stronger. If it kills...
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    contrarian trading

    It might be logical and work if it wasn't for things called commissions and slippage. Trading is a negative sum game.
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    It's Official: Microsoft Vista Sucks. Just ask Microsoft Execs.

    I was at a computer shop having my computer repaired and there was another customer who wanted to have XP installed instead of the pre-installed Vista on her laptop. The problem was that a lot of the hardware for the laptop did not come with XP drivers and only had Vista drivers. One had to...
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    Best Freeware Spyware prevention

    I found the following site useful for giving advice on the best freeware for different categories. Gives a brief background for its recommendations. http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
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    It's Official: Microsoft Vista Sucks. Just ask Microsoft Execs.

    The main problem I can think of with using an .iso or mirror image of your current hard drive is if you plan on using the setup on a significantly upgraded or changed machine or on another computer. Because of the Windows copyright security detecting different hardware, the Windows OS might...
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    The Vikram Pandit Trainwreck At Citi

    Regarding Medical Services in Thailand Two different takes: Positive http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090701193.html Negative http://www.bumrungraddeath.com/
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    The Vikram Pandit Trainwreck At Citi

    That soveriegn fund manager from the United Arab Emirates? What is pulling down Citibank is the toxic stuff in the US. Their international operations are doing good. By the way I'm curious does anyone here bank with Citibank? Why?
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    What's the best asset class for the next 1-5 years if we become deflationary?

    Foreign assets.
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    Too much Pessimism and too many shorts.

    Multi-year bear market cycle began with year 2000 dot com bust. Yes I know it sounds strange. The 2000 to 2002 fall was the first down leg. 2003 to 2007 was the return move that did not convincingly break above the 2000 highs. We are now looking at what is potentially the beginning of a leg...
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