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by enqyoob
02 Aug 2010 18:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
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Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

My fear is that desinomy is not really "delinked" from Khanomy - it USED TO BE time-delayed (zeroth order), but now only phase-shifted (first order), but unlike a 1st order system, the desi market's reaction can also be hugely amplified and may not have any damping. So we may be seeing in ...
by enqyoob
02 Aug 2010 17:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

But not dangerous like Hitler. Comparing the two to discredit Ron Paul is dishonest argument as it ignores the role the two have played in their respective countries. In AmirKhana today, one cannot succeed by coming out like Hitler, precisely because ppl like me will say that that's like Hitler. In...
by enqyoob
02 Aug 2010 15:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Thanks, learned much gyaan. Now suppose the highway system becomes decent, slashing commute time by 50%. (And the sun rises in the west, yeah, yeah, I know, but ADB loans can do wonders sometimes - after thees saal of wishing they would do it, this year I find that suddenly there are nice resilient ...
by enqyoob
02 Aug 2010 10:33
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Govt of Kerala had recently notified that the Govt valuation for one cent (0.01 Acre) in Trichur round is 2-5 ~ 3 crores. :shock: AoA! So all those Sons-e-Soil who were given 10 cents by the kind Marxist gurvmand in the 1960s are now worth $6M each! :eek: So here's my Conservation Law problem: If y...
by enqyoob
02 Aug 2010 08:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

OK, thanks for the data. 15000x12=180,000.

180,000/5000,000 ~ 0.036 or 3.6%.

Who gets loans at 3.6% ??? Otherwise u r losing money on the 50 lakhs, unless, of course, that came from some place that could not be invested in a bank account reported to the guvrmand EyeTee.

Q.E.D.
by enqyoob
02 Aug 2010 08:09
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

I was just looking at a quote in Bangalore, Keralastan (not 2 b confused with Blooru). Oooooold house on 0.1 acre, of which some will be lost due to road right of way, etc., but located at a bus-stop corner with a chai-kada across the street. Essentially one would be paying purely for the land in th...
by enqyoob
02 Aug 2010 06:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

the main problem isn't demographics (at the moment) but the lack of any new productive industry which can create jobs on a massive scale. Real estate of the 2000s was no substitute for the IT industry of the 90s. Banking & bull&hitting sure as hell isn't an industry any more than tarot card...
by enqyoob
01 Aug 2010 21:23
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
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Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Hari, that's been the standard assumption for decades now. Nothing new there. The key scary wake-up there is "Having seen what happened in Greece". Greek ppl are very similar in mentality to desis when it comes to respect for the law and ethics, etc. Same timeless standards :mrgreen: Imagi...
by enqyoob
01 Aug 2010 21:02
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Probably buying up US real estate. 8) To build more War-Malts. When I look at the prices that desis are paying for "flats", I have to come away saying how cheap real estate is in the US. It's no longer necessary to argue in terms of purchasing power parity - Indian real estate is bloated b...
by enqyoob
01 Aug 2010 17:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Wow! My apologies to Neshant. I have indeed been so cluless that I missed all this fine entertainment. Finally found someone to worship (other than ATM of course). This guy defines "wacko" better than anyone I have seen since David Duke,the Ku Klux Klan Grand Lizard lost his bid for Govern...
by enqyoob
01 Aug 2010 17:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
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Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

In support of Neshant's predictions: (conclusion: any EZ classes on Mandarin 4 Dummies anywhere, pls?) http://www.businessinsider.com/niall-ferguson-american-empire-2010-7?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Moneygame_Select_073010#ixzz0vFYRr6df BUSINESS INSIDER MONEY GAME N...
by enqyoob
01 Aug 2010 08:20
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Ah! Reading is a vanishing skill: er... Neshant, did you really look at why ppl ran Ron Paul out of the Presidential race last time around? Nobody ran Dr. Paul out for he's still up and running Er.. Sorry to wake you up, but the last Presidential race was over on Nov. 6 or so of 2008. Average guy is...
by enqyoob
01 Aug 2010 06:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

er... Neshant, did you really look at why ppl ran Ron Paul out of the Presidential race last time around?
by enqyoob
01 Aug 2010 06:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

In the scheme of things, Bade, one way to look at this and maintain sanity is that this is only a "transient" phase of negative slope. The thermodynamic equilibrium argument would suggest that with totally free mobility of goods, services and people, conditions would pretty -much equalize,...
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 22:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

True, Satyanweshi, but note that the REITs go on hard numbers (verified by none other than Standard and Poor 8) ) while the National Association of Realtors is going to sound gloom and doom and get sellers to slash prices so that Realtors get more business - and entice buyers by claiming "Buy N...
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 22:52
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Look at it this way: If the GOTUS REALLY WANTS, they can do the "pumping" into buying renewable power generators and price supports for green cars, even as they squeeze fossil taxes on the other side. In 2 years flat, the US would be seen as the Xanadu of renewable energy (already shows mu...
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 22:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Bade: I suspect that a lot of old fogeys saw the irrational spiral of the "Free Market" in housing, and instead pumped every penny they could to pay off their mortgage and get the heck OUT of the loan system. So they lost out on a lot of the fancy FreeMarKhanomics mumbo jumbo, while the Sm...
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 21:34
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

"Sustainability" is social engineering by the market manipulators, hey? None of these things like electric cars can survive in a truly "Free" Market. Not solar power. not wind turbines. All are commie pinko liberal plots. For purity of the Free Market, you have to stand back and ...
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 10:31
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

rates are still at rock bottom I don't think that is quite true in general. There are few if any loans available at low rates, even for ppl with decent credit rating. Trouble came partly because of the system of letting ppl buy homes with LOW EQUITY percentage, in order to sell ever-inflated megaho...
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 07:43
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1359970

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

Ha! You really set me off there. Indian air travellers, esp, INSIDE India and COMING TO India, are absolutely the worst oiseules. Which is a very proud achievement, to be worse than French, Chinese and even Pakis (fortunately I have not had to travel a lot with Pakis). Women are no better than men, ...
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 05:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak
Replies: 151
Views: 24013

Re: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak

XYZ == Holbrooke. Senility protects me from remembering all these names of the kuffar.
by enqyoob
31 Jul 2010 05:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Beautifully captures the 'thinking' that drove the Great Depression, leading to WW2.
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 22:04
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
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Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

I dont think anyone is gloating at the disasters here, and if it does come across as that, its more due to the total conniving, fraudulent nature of the top echelon of the finance industry. Tanaji, u r "preaching fatwas to the madassa" there when you describe the total crookedness of Wall...
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 21:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak
Replies: 151
Views: 24013

Re: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak

Can someone, who is familiar with the contents of the WikiLeaks exposé, claim, that the leaked documents confirm McCrystal's take on the Afghan War? I haven't scanned the leaked documents, but get the general gist that they expose the Pakis for what they are, from just the plain everyday litany of ...
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 11:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
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Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

India = 8.6 US 15.9 China=21.6 (CIA figure) EU=9 Abhishekcc, one has to really wonder about the sense of those figures. Most people in China have something to wear, actually they look pretty decently dressed. Presumably they have something to eat too. One gets the feeling that the UN simply did not...
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 11:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak
Replies: 151
Views: 24013

Re: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak

most intelligent observers already know that the HQ of the Taliban and Islamist terror globally is at the GHQ of the Paki army."Rawalpindi" is the global terror capital and sending drones to eliminate a few of the bearded loony leadership from time to time ,merely assuages the symptoms of...
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 09:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak
Replies: 151
Views: 24013

Re: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak

If this is all really the case, meaning that the Americans are not the ones who leaked this info, then who helped do it? There is a very easy test for this. Are you able to download the stuff? If yes, it means that the US initiated the leak. Because for sure they would have shut off the site on Day...
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 09:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak
Replies: 151
Views: 24013

Re: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak

Because if real names of informants/etc have been made public, then there's not just a risk that they'll be killed/tortured by Taliban, but a guaranteed certainty. My guess is that every name and village has been changed to give the name and village of an Eye Ess Eye Agent. As in "Yes, we know...
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 09:03
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

The idea of a free market economy has gone out the window and more morally hazardous market rigging is on the way. This is an interesting rumor. The Fed and GSEs would automatically refinance homeowners to a 4.5% rate, The Feds are probably buying out the loans at cut rate from the creditors and do...
by enqyoob
30 Jul 2010 06:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Added later: Let's try observing what has happened in Eye Tee field. Circa 1999, salaries for software engineers were running around $80K to $100K. Then the internet crash combined with the success of Y2K outsourcing really hit. Every company decided that it was "outsource or die", so they...
by enqyoob
29 Jul 2010 21:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak
Replies: 151
Views: 24013

Re: Wiki Leaks on Af-Pak

So this PFC Bradley or whoever is being court-martialled for leaking classified info, and the Pentagon is broadly hinting without actually saying so, that he's the Leaker. Even got some slob of a hacker to act sanctimonious about Protecting National Security by tell them that some guy told him on th...
by enqyoob
29 Jul 2010 21:43
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

Thanks, Hari. So it appears to me that deflation in Dera Amir Khana may mean worse in Dera Sonia Begum. What would head this off? IMO, as long as Amir Khana and Oirope keep outsourcing production of their innovation to the PLA, the problem just keeps getting more severe. One can easily extend the lo...
by enqyoob
29 Jul 2010 18:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

vinaji: The (non)Capitarist Peopre's Lepubric now holds probably more Amir Khani paper money and real goods than the rest of the duniya combined, and has enough mijjiles to discourage any thought of making that paper worthless. They may simply buy Africa and Argentina, (say) and send a few Peopre's ...
by enqyoob
29 Jul 2010 14:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
Replies: 3870
Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

A related question – why do you need growth? Can’t we comfortably exist without having economic growth? That was going to be my next question, thanks. If I read the wonderful optimism of the past 5x pages in this thread, I have to ask myself what I would do if I were making economic policy for, say...
by enqyoob
29 Jul 2010 07:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 2010)
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Views: 634296

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown (Jan 26 201

I have a question for all the Econ Whizzes here. No point in asking the fools that run the countries, as the postors here are clearly far superior in intellect, experience and vision. Question: Do USA and Russia need exports to sustain their wealth? Suppose they decide to close doors entirely, will ...
by enqyoob
28 Jul 2010 19:34
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1359970

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

Hmmm!! Gives new meaning to Shri Mallya's impressive warning: Every employee is personally selected by me, and I have instructed them to treat you as they would treat guests in my home. Generally, they are very good. Some are a bit "404", but always have been very polite and professional a...
by enqyoob
28 Jul 2010 18:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions
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Views: 1353878

Re: LCA News and Discussions

Do the French engines have the same bypass ratio as the Russian ones, or higher? And do both use afterburners for takeoff regularly?

Are people mistaking vapor condensation (white "smoke") for smoke containing soot particles (which may also serve as condensation nuclei)?
by enqyoob
28 Jul 2010 11:56
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Income Tax
Replies: 58
Views: 11326

Re: Income Tax

AoA! I have taken the Fatwa of Mullah vina, and correctly interpreted it as Retype everything for the 3rd time into the newly-downloaded ITR-2, u e-diot! THEN and ONLY THEN, did the &&^%&* "Excel Yoo-till-itty" seem to work, without going into infinite loops into never-never-la...
by enqyoob
28 Jul 2010 09:24
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Income Tax
Replies: 58
Views: 11326

Re: Income Tax

All I can say is that I give my highest recommendashun Nishaan-e-Bakr with the 3-Bandar Cluster to the DOO who did the VB/xml coding on ITR-2, as Chief Code Sultan of the Pakistan Army and ISI, and his/her supervisor as GOC in C (Goatherd-of-Code-in-Chief) of DOOstan, for the sheer quality of coding...