Nick Arnett wrote:
I think it is important to recognize that having credit card debt is
not inherently bad (no matter what my parents said).
It depends on how much are the interest rates! Here in Brazil,
they are ~ 10%, so it's a very stupid idea to have a credit card
debt. It's better to
On 18/11/2008, at 9:02 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
I think it is important to recognize that having credit card debt is
not inherently bad (no matter what my parents said).
It depends on how much are the interest rates! Here in Brazil,
they are ~ 10%, so it's a very
Charlie Bell wrote:
It depends on how much are the interest rates! Here in Brazil,
they are ~ 10%, so it's a very stupid idea to have a credit card
debt. It's better to postpone paying taxes and bills.
Heh heh - that's pretty low by some standards - 15 or 16% was common
when I was in
On 18/11/2008, at 9:43 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
It depends on how much are the interest rates! Here in Brazil,
they are ~ 10%, so it's a very stupid idea to have a credit card
debt. It's better to postpone paying taxes and bills.
Heh heh - that's pretty low by some
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Euan Ritchie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Which is why people like constitutional government. Pretty much everyone
means to include, when they trumpet the supremacy and desirability of
democracy, a definition of democracy that includes some form of
constitutional
Some minority rights. And even then it has not worked very well
historically.
I disagree, I think it has worked spectacularly well. Non-wealthy people
living in the modern democracies enjoy the greatest freedoms and wealth
available to the non-elite in human history.
With the possible
Charles Miller has proposed legislation be passed similar to that in
Germany which provides that the utilities have to buy solar power at
a high per kWh rate for a limited amount and pass on the cost to
their customers. We are still tuning the economic model, for one
thing, we are still
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Euan Ritchie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some minority rights. And even then it has not worked very well
historically.
I disagree, I think it has worked spectacularly well.
I meant that the constitutional protections have not been very
effective at protecting
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I meant that the constitutional protections have not been very
effective at protecting minorities historically
I agree. Ask just about anyone this question: supposing you were going to be
placed, at random, into any soceity on Earth -- you do not know what social
status you will have, what
I meant that the constitutional protections have not been very
effective at protecting minorities historically
Maybe not at certain points in history, but the American system -- even more so
than the British system before it -- is remarkable in the degree that it has
managed, over the course of
I hope someone with a better memory than me (or who has read SR and UW
more recently) can help me out.
I'm trying to remember the name and characteristics of an alien
species that, I think, was in either Startide Rising or Uplift War. I
think it was a client-species being led around by a patron
In a message dated 11/18/2008 5:51:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I hope someone with a better memory than me (or who has read SR and UW
more recently) can help me out.
I'm trying to remember the name and characteristics of an alien
species that, I think, was
Wik:
Episiarchs
Episiarchs are shaggy quadrupeds that have the ability to temporarily alter
reality by force of will, and are used to open short-lived portals that allow
Tandu ships to travel instantly to distant parts of the universe, giving them
nearly unmatched strategic speed. They
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Episiarchs
That's it! Thank you.
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supposing you were going to be placed, at random, into any society on
Earth
you do not know what social status you will have, what your income level
will be, even what gender or nationality you will be
the only choice you get is the initial choice of countries.
In what country would you most
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