Personal computing discussed
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Vrock wrote:I smuggle cigarettes, soft-core pornography, and boot-leg cognac.
Alex wrote:Smokes, sex and suds...they never go out of style.Vrock wrote:I smuggle cigarettes, soft-core pornography, and boot-leg cognac.
Business must be good in these tough economic times...
Vrock wrote:I smuggle cigarettes, soft-core pornography, and boot-leg cognac.
derFunkenstein wrote:oh, what? I thought you were a professional homewrecker.
derFunkenstein wrote:oh, what? I thought you were a professional homewrecker.
LovermanOwens wrote:Everybody still have there jobs out there? If you do just hang on for a few more months and you should be all set.
Skrying wrote:Code/maintain software, server, and clients for a medium sized payday loan company.
henry44 wrote:Graduate student in 2 different programs.
Finishing up a masters in Math Ed.
Begining a masters in Math.
Begining a Ph.D. in Math Ed. in the fall (maybe winter)
Economy is in the tank here in Oregon, so school is the safest place to be right now. From old post.
Got the MS in Math in June 08, nearly finished with the Ph.D. (started it in 07). Economy is still in the tank in OR.
LovermanOwens wrote:Skrying wrote:Code/maintain software, server, and clients for a medium sized payday loan company.
I heard that there is increased rumblings from the government about these types of loans...are you worried about it at all or will it be pushed aside like 90% of the rest of their blustering.
LovermanOwens wrote:i dont mind at all. If you look at history the market tends to stablize around 6 months before the rest of the economy does. Though i know that this isn't set and stone and sometimes history doesn't repeat itself...a lot the analysists here all come to the same conclusion(things will start getting better starting next year).
just brew it! wrote:Given that an implosion of this breadth and depth is a roughly once-a-century event, I would not put a whole lot of faith in the predictive power of historical trends this time; the set of historical data points is just too small. And for what it's worth, Wall Street analysts are the same people who got us into this mess in the first place...
just brew it! wrote:LovermanOwens wrote:i dont mind at all. If you look at history the market tends to stablize around 6 months before the rest of the economy does. Though i know that this isn't set and stone and sometimes history doesn't repeat itself...a lot the analysists here all come to the same conclusion(things will start getting better starting next year).
Given that an implosion of this breadth and depth is a roughly once-a-century event, I would not put a whole lot of faith in the predictive power of historical trends this time; the set of historical data points is just too small. And for what it's worth, Wall Street analysts are the same people who got us into this mess in the first place...
derFunkenstein wrote:I blame Captain Ned. Raw sewage and all that.