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Dan wrote:
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> http://www.paloaltoonline.com/com_info/by_the_numbers.php
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> we see that the median home price in 2006 was 1.4 million. With one of
> those fancy 0% down mortgages and 6% interest (that combination won't be
> seen again for a while), this results in 84k per year in interest paymen
Dan M wrote:
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>> I'll add one thought that keeps coming to me. If free markets reliably
>> regulate prices, how the heck did we have such a crazy spike in oil prices
>> recently?
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> It's rarely as simple as portrayed in economics 101, but this type of
> problem has been long known.
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> On 11/30/2008 5:30:23 PM,
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From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:17:51 -0800
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart is evil, why it must be eradicated
Dan wrote:
> I understand that sentiment, and I admit that there are far more enjoyable
> places to l
Dan wrote:
> I understand that sentiment, and I admit that there are far more enjoyable
> places to live than Houston. When Teri gets her call, I hope to move to
> one of them.
Cool, I know you were reluctant to move there in the first place.
> But, LA isn't much better than Houston or Dallas.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:05 PM, pencimen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Because (apologies for bluntness and to those who _do_ like the
> climate) WTF wants to live in Houston (or Dallas)?
Which reminds me of a story I heard recently of somebody who sold their
house here and bought a 5,000 SF ho
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From: pencimen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart is evil, why it must be eradicated
"Dan M" wrote:
> The housing bubble was partially due to cash with no place to go.
But, much
> of the e
"Dan M" wrote:
> The housing bubble was partially due to cash with no place to go.
But, much
> of the excess in housing prices was deliberately caused by
homeowners' votes
> against affordable housing in places like California. Why do you
think that
> prices for comparable housing in LA are
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> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:34 AM
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> Subject: Re: Wal-Mart is evil, why it must be eradicated
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> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Dan
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> It's rarely as simple as portrayed in economics 10
Of course not.
> 1, but this type of
> problem has been long known. I think that I learned about it with hog
> prices...the fact that there is a time constant between the pr
Dan M wrote:
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> Oil is a funny thing; some fields in the Middle East can still
> produce at a cost of under $10/barrel, while the new US oil plays
> (like the subsalt Gulf of Mexico) require much higher oil prices to
> be at all profitable.
>
Here in Brazil we call it "pre-salt" (pré-sal); g
Sorry, I hit send before getting a number
> Since then, demand has taken off. Just look at the last few years, while
> prices have been rising rapidly. World demand was still growing, rising 4%
> between 2004 and 2007, during which time the average price rose
about 75%.
Dan M.
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> I'll add one thought that keeps coming to me. If free markets reliably
> regulate prices, how the heck did we have such a crazy spike in oil prices
> recently?
It's rarely as simple as portrayed in economics 101, but this type of
problem has been long known. I think that I learned about it
At 09:53 PM Sunday 11/30/2008, John Williams wrote:
>I've never been to North Carolina.
Then you've missed some mighty nice mountain scenery in the western part.
Some People Like The Ocean On The Eastern Side Too Maru
. . . ronn! :)
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At 05:14 AM Monday 12/1/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>rob/xponent wrote:
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> > Models make predictions. And over time models have made predictions
> > with greater accuracy and that cover more situations that previous
> > models failed. Mercury anyone?
> >
>Mercury's extra precession could be m
rob/xponent wrote:
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> Models make predictions. And over time models have made predictions
> with greater accuracy and that cover more situations that previous
> models failed. Mercury anyone?
>
Mercury's extra precession could be modeled using Classical Mechanics,
it was just a matter of adju
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