nfelddav

nfelddav

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My Computer isn't really that old (2004) with 3 GHz and 2.5 GB RAM, but the graphics card is no longer able to keep up (NVIDEA 5200 FX). Unfortunately I only have an AGP slot. Does there exist a reasonably new (I don't want to spend more than $100) graphics card?

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First I want to say that fundamentally I agree with you: a little fiscal responsibility would certainly do us good. I just wanted to make the (incredibly oversimplified) point that our economy runs on money spent. [quote]When people save they are spending less, however their income will go up as a result, not down.[/quote] True but (at least in the short term) not particularly relevant, since money not spent doesn't do anyone any good. [quote]Now a company borrows money...[

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[quote]I would disagree. I think it would only get stronger. In fact, people can spend more money and achieve a higher cash flow if they save a small portion of the money and maintain positive balances than if they maintain negative balances.[/quote] This is entirely true, but only if you limit the scope of the change to single person: If everyone else continues their current habits and I save, I can, as you say, achieve a higher cash flow. But now consider the case that ev

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[quote]so, you think the US should destroy china to keep it's rank as a superpower? or do you think that we could destroy china and stay a superpower?[/quote] Should? Genocide again a billion people to prevent ourselves from losing a little power doesn't sound like a particularly good thing. Would seems to be the question, and I honestly don't know. Could? Destroy China... almost certainly. Would it prevent the U.S. from declining... highly unlikely. But that isn't

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[quote]You may still get your wish and get Hillary. All she has to do is convince the super delegates to vote her way and despite the will of the people she wins. Sounds like democracy to me.[/quote] Not all that likely. If the primaries go the way they're expected to (which they have been), Hillary is going to need something like 4-5 times as many super delegates as Obama. Seeing as so far they've been split pretty even, I just don't see that happening.

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[quote]i) The One Child Policy does not apply to Tibetans. As part of trying to protect the Tibetan culture from dying out, anyone with Tibetan blood is exempt from the OCP. Furthermore, Tibetans receive bonus subsidies from the government for every child beyond the first to encourage procreation. ii) Tibetans get special bonuses regarding health care, tax and social security. iii) Most major tertiary education institutions in China apply affirmitive action quotas for Tibetans i.e. If y

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