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Comment Re:Run, Don't Walk, From Software (Score 1) 160

If they had used a Saratoga (or any of it's sisters) it would have continued on in a straight line, leaving plastic parts in it's wake.

They were banned from demolition derby, because the metal they were made of was only technically sheet metal (should have been called plate).

Also the BelAir was an empty shell. No motor, no trans. Agenda driven testing.

Comment Re:Yes: religion (Score 1) 174

The bible was last edited by the council of Nicea in about 250AD. It gets re-translated regularly. Look at the various translations of 1st Timothy 2:12 for how politics can affect that. Who decided to remove 'she should be quite'?

By your standard, that makes the bible about 1/10 as reliable as the Hindu books about flying elephants having battles.

Comment Re:And why is bitcoin different? (Score 1) 253

The thing is Greece is _small_. An infected pimple on the euros ass So long as they don't allow gangrene to set in the rest of the euro will be fine.

And now all the bad Greek debt is in the hands of the ECB. An entity that actually can print the money (but won't do it for any individual 'nation'*)

Greece can be allowed to fail, but cannot be allowed to take down the next weakest economies. It also cannot be allowed to continue to print money on the euro forever. Old debts are one thing, they are gone, everybody understands you are deadbeats. New debts are what the Greeks new reds continue to ask for.

*all eurozone countries get scare quotes on 'nation'.

Comment Re:And why is bitcoin different? (Score 1) 253

When they kick you out, you can complain that they wrote the 'kick you out' rules after you joined.

I'm sure the Germans and Finns will be very sympathetic.

There are also no 'leave the euro' rules. As the law stands you are all stuck with it. But he who has the gold makes the rules. You're fucked.

Your government loans are at below market interest. Because the lenders know the rest of the euro zone is (sort of) guaranteeing your debt. Greece is not credit worthy on its own.

The only thing that has protected you so far is the others that will be knocked down when you default. But they are getting their shit together. Once Iceland, Italy and Spain can take the shock of Greece falling on it's face, Greece will allowed to fall.

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