Posts by Danny 14 4301 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Jun 2009
saying and publishing are two things. I assume the word "probably" was used when being said. It is the published figures that count. TMobile will try to dodge it of course but press it through ombudsman/arbitration and small claims and they will fold.
Especially as they now admit "in anticipation".
Its their own fault for being greedy and not waiting for the published figures.
I think it is fairly reasonable, surely it is out of order for someone to phone up and say "knock off the £50 and i'll install it myself" and TalkTalk to refuse saying it is inline with industry practice to charge £50 for an advertised "free" box. Clearly the box isnt "free" if you cant bypass the £50 fee.
what most people thought was memory effect was usually because they had overcharged and overcooked the batteries leading to them venting and simply not charging up to full any more. cheap chargers that kept pumping mA into the batteries killed them rather than "memory effect".
I am talking as an investment mechanism or currency not as a usable item, i.e. the concept of trading in gold. The whole purpose of trading in gold was due to its measurable quality and purity vs its rarity (yes various other metals can also be traded so the same could equally apply to platinum, silver, iridium etc) which further morphed into promises and currency. It could also be said that fiat currencies could only be used as toilet paper as a physical entity. The only trust you have in say the euro is that its principal countries will keep it stable. If the PIIGS have another wobble in sync then it will have a bit of a fall. Balance this against a crack in a known measurable algorithm. the strength of a (fiat) currency is down to its reliabilty and faith.
Trading in property portfolio aggregates might have physical entities attached to them but you dont expect to actually store the properties as an investor (although they do exist and are managed). Buying shares in a company is but a piece of paper tied to a company, in small amounts you get very little except the speculation that they will be worth more.
Sterling inflation is decided by whim of the bank of england. At least bitcoins inflation is known beforehand.
Yes of course someone could produce a "coinbits" based on the same variable. The greeks could also decided to go back to drachma too. Auric might sneak a dirty bomb into a gold reserve (I did like that film). As a currency bitcoins are not as far fetched as some other currencies in the world suffering from hyperinflation. Bitcoins do have a planned inflation.
The original piece talked about a bubble, bitcoins are not a bubble by a long stretch. Sure there is a surge but im sure it will settle at a "value" eventually. Ironically in order to be taken seriously as a currency it will HAVE to settle in order for people to price their goods against it.
"Of course, holding onto an asset simply because you think the price will rise - and for no other reason than market momentum - that's the perfect recipe for a bubble"
Not really. A bubble (in this sense) is something being valued wildly greater than it should be. Bitcoins (at the end of the day) are a finite calculable resource, not too different from the real world trading of gold/precious metals. There is a definite limit to the amount in circulation. The dotcom era of buying shares in companies with no growth potential was a bubble.
If everyone holds onto bitcoins then the value will hold or even increase - especially if side trading occurs. Everyone sells the value will drop. The word you are looking for is speculation.
The main problem with solid currency trading will be trading with a view to laundering. It is an ideal laundering tool if it can be bought for "cash".
sure as a savvy person that is what most of us would do. Not so for my mum (who we pointed towards the apple store knowing they are simple AND easy to use but can skype and receive emails). She hasnt a clue about adverts, rogue dialers and whatnot. She shouldnt need to either.
As a parent I live in a modern age. I have a reasonable job and dont have to worry about scrounging for scrap iron to get a shilling or two for the leccy meter. we dont have to duck behind the sofa when the granada TV man comes round for the telly rent either.
I used to go out on my bike and cycle along the canal for 20miles and back. I wouldnt think twice about going on roads. My kids are not so trusted and the traffic is a fecking nightmare these days. Times change you know? I bet you didnt have to go out tilling the land for your lord either or worry about tithing your chickens for the collector.
I bought the kids a cheap chinapad for £50 on ebay, does the job and no worries about costs. Unfortunately outside of jailbreaking there isnt an apple alternative to this (even second hand alternatives are expensive).
Whilst I am out with the kids and we are waiting for something (perhaps in a long queue or waiting to pick the OH up) I pass my phone to the kids to play on. I suppose when I was a kid I was told to shut up and keep quiet and stood there being bored.
Not all employers are like that. Ive employed 1 person with little in the way of qualifications (granted a 14k job but still better than minimum wage) based on the fact he had nonce about him and other skills (being a cadet force officer for one meant he knew how to deal with people). One of the programming team was a uni drop out too but could demonstrate knowledge on the interview programming test I devised. One masters degree candidate (some computer science whatever) couldnt finish the task.
it is unlikely china will let anything happen. China will not want a US "peacekeeping" base setup in their back yard. Whilst NORK has plenty of boots it has very little else. If NORK start anything then all of a sudden the US will launch many many tomahawks at pretty much every strategic item they have. Then they will invade and set up a nice base to monitor everything. SOK will want to make sure the NORK government comply and all will be well again.
china wont want this at all.
weekend? ooooh peak rate that mate. So you'll end up paying the same. Other people who use the car during the week will find that that is peak rate too. with extra weekday congestion charge so they'll pay more.
you dont seriously think a scheme will come out where people end up paying less do you?
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