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Reply to @bee: Nothing came out of the Simpson-Bowles committee which disbanded without issuing a report. People like to pretend that the Simpson-Bowles report was the "bipartisan" committee report but there was no agreement in the committee and no …
It is interesting that the more 'developed' countries become, the more cradle-to-grave goodies they provide their citizens.
Reply to @BobC: Statements like that fly in the face of all I hold dear about the growth of civilization. What purpose is ach…
Same for XP IE8, no accessibility options turned on, smallest to largest font. List pops up on left and for:
Fund characters FS
Visible list begins at FSAGX: Fidelity Select Gold Pt
Hidden list (covered by banner): FSAAX: Fidelity Advisor Asset Mana…
I guess it's time to reduce the size of a $100 bill to postage stamp size. Or what does this look like in bitcoins? Maybe the Fed can shuffle those instead. Or wait, maybe they already do.
No, not trying to be dumb here just thinking how unimportan…
David, Thanks for keeping us informed. Comcast thanks you too since I never blame the website when I can blame Comcast instead. (Actually, I have been lucky and haven't had much problem accessing the site lately.)
Reply to @Charles: The graph is from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/129563978/Autonomy-Global-Macro-Fund-Investor-Letter-201212 but a better interpretation of what OECD means by insurance is given in: http://www.oecd.org/finance/financial-markets/421434…
I couldn't help thinking that if I owned a suite of houses and hired someone to manage them for me, would the manager dare think he/she can tell me what order I can sell my houses in?????
My world is upside down and I sit back daily and just watch …
Reply to @Accipiter: I don't need it fixed just for me. I was providing the information in case it might help Chip figure out the other cases. If my problem is not related there is no reason to pursue and fix it because I am using XP IE8 and have th…
Reply to @Ginko: I have a feeling that it has something to do with the automatic scaling (I hope that makes sense). It seems to me that the first character placed on the page after the banner main menu (Home About (etc.) is mapped is not finding eno…
Reply to @Ted: Yea, I've just lived with it since I have a good solution. Are you one of the ones that recently reported a problem? If so, are you saying that you no longer care if your particular situation is solved?
David, One other thing about my settings. I have IE 8 accessibility options set to "Ignore font sizes specified on webpages". Again, only when my text size (under the menu item view) is set to "Larger" or "Largest" does the problem appear. If I turn…
David, A long time ago I reported similar behavior with IE 8:
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/6320#Comment_6320
Someone (deleted user) suggested I use the old link eliminating the banner:
http://www.mutualfu…
Reply to @catch22: Years ago I asked a young coworker about this and he said that he did the switch lanes even if it accomplishes nothing thing because it was more entertaining and active (challenging?) than just sitting there. He was a smart guy bu…
From the first website above:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/cyprus/
Cyprus is home to a progressive and high-income economy. It has a very high Human Development Index.
The economy is thriving and has branched out over the last few decades. As laid do…
I selected the text in the posts in this thread, copied them and pasted them in notepad on a Windows computer. It produced the following which sounds similar to what you want:
Is there a printing feature on MFO?
▲ ▼ Soupkitchen 7:39AM Flag I have b…
Reply to @MikeM:
I really know nothing about what is a good number for CPI but Barry Ritzhold was ranting about Michael Boskin and said: "...they fabricated a series of nonsense adjustments that artificially lowered CPI by 1.1%." http://www.rithol…
Reply to @scott: (and Mark and rono)
WOW. Thanks for the education.
Scott, that Cuban write up is really good.
It looks like what happened to me just doesn't happen today. (The school, upon learning I would need to quit and go back to work and s…
Reply to @scott:
I just asked you in another thread if it might not be true that student loan bubbles cannot burst. I just read the above and apparently they can. Could you explain to me where the bubble is in the market and/or how it bursts?
Reply to @scott: "3. As for higher education, it's insane how expensive college has gotten. When anyone can get a loan, costs just continue to ramp to a nutty degree because of the easy access to funds. The student loan situation isn't going to be s…
Reply to @STB65: but is the 2.8% recommended rate below the required minimum IRA/401K/403B withdrawal from the IRS
Here is the IRA table at the IRS. The short answer to your question is yes. But the purpose of the RMD is to pay the unpaid taxes so …
It's all kind of silly, isn't it? Less and less employers are offering a match so there is really no point to the IRA rules as long as the taxes are paid. After all if there is no match the best way to borrow from your retirement savings is just to …
It's fun to snicker about such things but what has happened is that the people wasting time on this stuff are playing to the crowd and not adding value to the operation of the government. Are we going to have a government where individual legislativ…
OK, people will probably disagree but I have a rather strong opinion. I think the debt ceiling has become just a political tool that is not used to the advantage of the nation. In fact, I consider current behavior to border on treason for the lack o…
Meanwhile bee, I think your title tells it all. There isn't much use for any activity without an advantage to humanity. Humanity, through it's unique creativity, could have a greater "use" that no robotics can replace. Unfortunately, I must say ----…
Chuckle, and this in the first year that the critters have access to both a deferred TSP and a Roth TSP instead of just deferred. (TSP is the federal government plan that is like a 401K.)
I was a FA lurker for ever so long. Spoke up a couple of times but not much. I must admit that the existence of the Off Topic area has given me a place to say hi occasionally as I still lurk the areas where I am better off just reading.
And I am v…
