Comment Re:Good... (Score 1) 181
I have a t-shirt that says "Skywalker, when you want your heroes with a little whine."
I have a t-shirt that says "Skywalker, when you want your heroes with a little whine."
Contact lens prices have been falling for years.
Yes, I went totally cashless about ten years ago, and still lament the loss of my freedom.
You are confusing a cashless individual with cashless society, i.e. a society where anonymous transactions are not just not common, but not possible. While I don't agree that such a society guarantees a loss of freedom, I do agree that IN such a society, loss of freedom becomes much more likely.
What I'm not quite buying is the idea of a wind fetch in the Indian ocean sending a swell to California (or Mexico), since it would be entirely blocked by Australia.
Or focused. Just sayin'
:-)
You're analogy is great. Now imagine GS calls the post-office and asks them to pull a letter out of your box. What is the proper response of the postmaster?
...there's historical precedent for going to war in order to be able to 'write off' debt.
Oh, well that's OK then.
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