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    • Time Warner Cable Chokes Its Customers [view article]
      I don't like the cap idea, but I'm all for tiered pricing. I don't game on-line and rarely download anything larger than a PDF. I want a faster and more reliable connection than 56k, but shouldn't have to buy a huge pipe to subsidize all the heavier users.

      And the platform idea is stupid. AOL is dead, Yahoo is dying; platforms are short-lived... And people aren't going to watch movies on their computer, that's why NetFlix spent the money to design a set-top box. Everything is going back to the TV once they get ethernet plugs and hard-drives, which should be very soon.       Jun 03 01:19 PM
    • Why Watching Bankruptcies Can Help Stock Performance [view article]
      PCs were a replacement for the typewriter. What exactly is going to replace trucks? May 28 09:50 PM
    • Ultra and Inverse ETFs: The Downside of Doubling Up [view article]
      I've read this same thesis many times, and it fails to account for the major benefit of these; the ability for the average Joe to "short" stocks easily and quickly. You mentioned this, and in my opinion it trumps the issue of daily vs. yearly tracking. I've been using SKF and SDS since last December, and have a made a good chunk (relative to my portfolio size) of change doing that. These provide an opportunity to go defensive more aggresivley than plain cash, and that's been the whole point for me at least. Apr 13 02:26 PM
    • Gold: The Last Cheap Asset Class [view article]
      I've wondered that too, but I think we're in the minority in that we actively follow and care about this stuff... It's when you start hearing people talk about it at cocktail parties that you know things are getting crazy...

      It's been interesting to note the media start to pickup on food inflation, that might start to accelerate things!       Apr 08 11:05 PM
    • They Call This a Bear Market? [view article]
      I have a hard time believing this is the end of yet. The media hasn't even acknowledged that we're in a recession! We haven't seen any capitulation by the bulls, they keep trying by can't get the party started again. Mar 27 09:58 PM
    • Rate Freezes Won't Solve Foreclosure Problem [view article]
      well, you Republicans haven't actually applied that motto for quite a while. Since Reagan, Republicans have been no different than Democrats in expanding the federal govt. You guys just convince the public that your plans are "free" and let the next guy raise taxes to pay for them. Most every pol is the same; they love capitalism and "free markets" until it might cost them a vote...

      Vote for Ron Paul, he's the only one that makes any sense!       Dec 07 07:56 PM
    • Why Lenders Love the Mortgage-Freeze Plan [view article]
      Good for lenders maybe, but the freeze means that essentially these borrowers are stuck with negative amortization loans..These are by the requirements, not people with large amounts of disposable income so how are they supposed to reach positive equity in any reasonable time frame (less than 10 yrs)? That's essentially a credit card then, where their balance keeps growing... Dec 07 07:49 PM
    • Challenging the Current Console Business Model [view article]
      Just as the business world is moving toward SaaS, it makes sense that the consumer world will as well. The problem short-term though, is as one commentor notes, bandwidth. There simply isn't enough bandwidth to make this feasible right now. I'm not even sure a majority of Americans have DSL-quality lines and those won't work for real gaming.

      Broadband pricing would have to come down as well, since I'm not paying $50/mnth for a T1 line just so I can game. That becomes absurd when I can spend $400 on a console and then buy $40 games every 6 months (only suckers buy a game when it first comes out, at full price!).       Dec 04 07:43 PM
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