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@racqueteer- All I can tell you is that the speed test numbers come back shown as "Mbps", using two or three different speed test sites.
We are using AT&T "Uverse", which uses fiber to a point near our home, and then dumps the high-speed data …
@Puddnhead- Yes sir, the link works just fine, but we are subscribers to The Economist, so that may be a factor. The worrisome thing is that the "give this link" item on the page for this article says it is only for one viewer for a limited time, so…
Not really, in our area, but I've always suspected that most retail has "built-in" an extra charge, knowing that the great majority of people will be using credit. An exception is certain gas stations, such as the ARCO chain, which makes a point of …
@Crash- I'm just saying that your internet speed is at least ten times faster than ours, but I really don't know what the available range of speeds is, or what's considered fast or slow.
We don't have any large screen or high definition video equip…
"From your knowledge of aviation, does a 737 loosing power at cruise altitude have to plummet to the ground? Assuming they still have hydraulics and the structure is fully intact would it not be possible to maintain a degree of stable flight? "
Abs…
Back in the 70s I did very well with a number of individual bonds. I've never had the same experience with bond funds. Don't really care for them. I'm with Mike- give me a 4-5% CD rather than bond funds.
That's one hell of a fast connection. Mine here in SF is only about 10 and 2, and that's plenty fast enough for everything that I'm doing, including watching two Amazon Prime downloads simultaneously (though on relatively small screens).
In short: the long time lags between any governmental energy policy change and actual change in energy production or pricing suggests that recent policy changes, by whatever sort of administration, have little or no bearing on current production and…
"I post this topic as off-topic but it has directed implication on future investment."
@Sven- Yes, many of my posts fall into the same category: perhaps not specific to any particular investment, but certain to affect financial matters generally. M…
@Sven- Again, yes... the Russians do seem to be predictable in their tactical operations. Destroy and flatten- leave nothing standing. As you may recall, that was also rono's definition of war.
By coincidence I just came across this article in The …
Is an outright Russian military victory in Ukraine possible?
And an additional good report from The Guardian, with a similar discussion of Russian military capability.
Yes, it is. A fairly "high-end" tourist destination, from what I understand. Sixty years ago there was absolutely nothing at Tarumpitao other than our small cinder-block Loran station, a native village with about a dozen bamboo & rattan shacks r…
Yeah- that top photo is just incredible. I never served on an icebreaker- they liked to send me to Loran stations. A year at Tarumpitao Point, an extremely isolated spot on Palawan Island in the Philippines, was one of the best years of my entire li…
@Crash- Talk is cheap, but how many in our country are clamoring to send American lives into yet another war? What you don't seem to be understanding is that at this point NATO is not involved, and if we go it alone that's exactly where we will be. …
