Re: *NEW* ticalc.org proposal...
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Re: *NEW* ticalc.org proposal...
Well, he's not technically government. The Federal Reserve Board, of
which Greenspan is chairman, is a private entity, established and overseen
by congress to establish banking policy (which bubbles down into the rest
of the economy). This being a (mostly) pure capitalist state, the Fed is
intentionally not governement so that it has more freedome to make
decisions based on what it looks like the economy is doing rather than
what the latest TV news poll suggestes that the misinformed masses think
ought to happen.
But what the heck does this have to do with TI calculators? Both involve
numbers?
Timothy Dixon tdixon@fwi.com http://www2.fwi.com/~tdixon
"I had hoped that You would write to me a message in the stars,
as if the stars themselves were not enough." - a Pam Thum song
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Silent wrote:
> At 11:17 PM 3/16/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Alan Greenspan isn't what? He may not be 'important' in the sense you are
> thinking, but a mere hint of any changes in the Interest Rates from him
> sends the economy into a panic or an upswing. Makes you wonder how one man
> can have so much influence on the well being of the United States and
> indirectly, the rest of the world.
>
>
> >I see, but actually I don`t. Alan Greenspan is not even one-fourth as
> >important as you might think, but I won`t get into that for the sake of
> >bugging others more. The fact is that this whole thing has been blown out of
> >proportion. Sooner or later, one must accept that there are those in the
> >world (ahem) who are rather mean (provided Bryan is telling the whole truth,
> >which, through much consideration, I doubt so) who would like to get rid of
> >those who stand in their way rather efficiently. However, there are also
> >those who like to fight for such a cause not existing. To cut a long story
> >short, get over it, and let`s get back to our normal friendly selves (who we
> >should always be). Remember, we are all friends here. Let`s not fight.
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ray Kremer <raykremer@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM <CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM>
> >Date: 15 March 1999 2:07
> >Subject: Re: *NEW* ticalc.org proposal...
> >
> >
> >>Two weeks ago, if you'd have asked me to name someone at ticalc.org I would
> >>have said Bryan Rabler. ticalc.org is THE biggest most well known TI
> >>calculator website and running the archives (Bryan's former job) is THE
> >most
> >>important job at ticalc.org. If this isn't relevant to the TI calculator
> >>community, I don't know what is.
> >>Think of it this way. If Alan Greenspan (Federal Reserve Chairman, THE
> >most
> >>important job in the government) were fired tomorrow, CNN would spend weeks
> >>talking about it. The Fox News Channel would spend weeks talking about it.
> >> Rush Limbaugh would spend weeks talking about it. Every political web
> >site
> >>on the internet would spend weeks talking about it. If you don't want to
> >>hear about it, what should you do? Change the channel. Don't listen if
> >you
> >>don't want to.
> >>Bryan poured his heart and soul into ticalc.org, and what happened was a
> >big
> >>shock to everyone. Whether it's important in the long run or not, it's
> >>news NOW, and people are going to talk about it. You want us to stop our
> >>whining? Stop your own.
> >>
> >>>Thanks for your very mature comments guys, especially you Ray. I`m trying
> >>to
> >>>say that this list is devoted to Texas Instruments calculators, and I
> >don`t
> >>>think that this kind of obvious pity-wishing is deserving of this home
> >it`s
> >>>received. Bryan. I really feel sorry for you, but too bad. You were in the
> >>>wrong place at the wrong time, but now it`s time for you to go on. I think
> >>>with the kind of talent you and your buddy Ray here have should be put to
> >>>good use. Make your own site, and you, I mean YOU, will be the ultimate
> >>>dictator, imperator, optimus princeps, maximus princeps, or any other
> >Latin
> >>>or otherwise term you may choose which fits. Just don`t leave the fight to
> >>>my mailbox. And do grow up knowing that there is life outside of this
> >"job"
> >>>and TI calculators. Heck, make your own calculator. I`m just saying grow
> >>up,
> >>>I guess.
> >>
>
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