I don't understand what you mean by this (I'm serious, not being facetious): weak economies need to export goods and services/import currency. Greece doesn't need to worry about anyone wanting their drachmas - they should be trying to get dollars/euros/etc *in*, not drachmas *out*. Hence my reply to "printing money that nobody wants". Sure, nobody wants it outside of Greece, but a weak currency for Greece means that, for things Greece does not need to import, it becomes cheaper to live.

Sure - they'll pay more for iShinies and automobiles. But, they'll pay less for food (they *can* grow themselves) and a weak currency gives them more value on any goods/service surplus they possess. With the strong currency, it doesn't matter what austerity measures they take - they'll still drown.

PS. It's nice to have someone disagree on slashdot without first hurling insults about "crying manbabies", "clueless noob", "libertard/republitard", etc. Please keep up the good work :-)

Currency control is widely acknowledged as one of the levers used in directing the economy. Surely you are not proposing that currency control has no effect no the economy? After all, Greece probably won't care if no one wants their drachmas; creditors (like Germany) will have to either take it or forfeit the debt.

Managing the exchange rate is something a country can do if they print their own money. They can't do it if they have no control over the currency. Poor economies need weak currencies to enable profitable exports. Rich economies need strong currencies to enable profitable imports. Greece would do better with a weak currency than with a strong one at this point.

As I keep pointing out, weak economies have nothing to gain and everything to lose if they cannot control the production of their currency. The weakest EU member (currently Greece) will always be at a trade disadvantage if forced to use money not under their control. Weak economies use a mixture of both currency and interest rates to reign in a spiral. Greece can't do this if they're using the euro.

Hah! The EU would be much more harmed by a country leaving than the country that leaves. The country that leaves instantly get's the ability to control their economy. All the EU gets, OTOH, is the danger set by a precedent. Only the rich countries benefit from a common currency. Should all the poor countries leave those rich countries would be in more than a little trouble.

Why the arbitrary limit?

I heard it was waiting for her in an alley.

I found that gamers didn't make great Computer Programming students either. OTOH, many computer programmers love games.

What's the official stance on avians? ;-)

Look up the bike-shed problem.

You're confused. I'm in South Africa. I live here. We have never had hyperinflation. Perhaps you meant "Zimbabwe"?

Here - Eat your words: you said more than one comment floated to +3 If you aren't prepared to eat your words, you shouldn't say them!

Ah. So when you claimed that comments about women being unsuitable for tech were at +3, you meant in a different story?

That's actually quite funny, I assumed that you were making claims about that story. Why on earth would I suddenly post comments about different stories?

You made the claim that numerous such posts exists. I couldn't find even one. Neither can you, it seems. There's no point in replying anymore - you can't find an example of such a comment/post, and neither can I.

You said :

yeah, I don't believe you: prove me wrong and link to one, please.

It's got everything to do with fear. Man I tell you, if I was part of a demographic that was the majority in college degree's awarded and minority in deaths, incarceration, fatal disease, dangerous occupations, victim of violence, etc ... well, I'd keep my mouth shut :-)

It's anything but obvious.

Nope - I even quoted it so that you won't get it wrong - parent in that thread said "Nerds are...", and you went ahead and replied "you forgot..."

You painted with a broad brush, and I called you out on it - all the abuse in that story is directed *to* nerds, not by them, and you happily joined the mob.

What mark? I got busy, it was a weekend after all, so for the fourth and final time, I ask you can point out the upvoted comment that you claimed was made that said "women are unsuitable for tech". You actually claimed that many such comments were made, IIRC, not just one.

(I actually understand: you have to *believe* that it exists. Because if it doesn't exist it means that you were part of the mindless mob. You don't want to believe that you'll be part of a mob.)