The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Duke87 1,070]

(6721)

Not funny how slow this thread is moving. We're down to routine single digits per day now.

[The Avatar 1,089]

6722

Can I change my prediction to December of 2013?

[Frdm920 50]

6723

Eh, maybe it'll pick up again

[Duke87 1,070]

(6724)

Nothing wrong with changing a prediction. New data means new extrapolation...

[astronelson 339]

6725.

And that's how science works!

[mc12345 3]

6726: Let just see what happens at Dec 2013...

[Larks2242 251]

6727.

I'm guessing Dec 21st 2012.

  Edited December 7, 2011 by Larks2242  

[Duke87 1,070]

(6728)

The dawn of the age of Aquarius!

[astronelson 339]

6729.

The dawn of the age of Aquarius!

That's as good a guess as anyone else's.

Seriously, the range on when the start is supposed to be is from 1447 to 3597. Which is the same as the length it's supposed to be (2150 years).

[Larks2242 251]

6730.

Looks like Reigns act will pass!

[Duke87 1,070]

(6731)

It passed the house, but, like everything house republicans come up with, it won't pass the democrat-controlled senate. So it's another purely symbolic gesture.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6732

What's the Reigns Act? Also, should I care about it even as I live overseas?

[mc12345 3]

6733:

I don't know, and why is the forum game isn't much active these days?

[Duke87 1,070]

(6734)

The REINS Act (not "Reigns") is a bill that stipulates that 1) all federal agencies (FDA, FCC, OSHA, FHWA, etc.) must determine the economic impact of a regulation change before they can make it, and 2) requires that all changes with an economic impact greater than $100 million be approved by congress before they can take effect.

The Republicans who made this bill say it's to curb out of control federal regulation and reduce regulatory uncertainty that hurts the economy. Democrats (who almost unanimously opposed it) say it will get in the way of these agencies' ability to protect the public because they will no longer be able to quickly pull unsafe products from shelves.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6735

REINS sounds like a winner to me. The alphabet soup is so full of inefficiency it's almost physically sickening.

[astronelson 339]

6736.

So it's going to make everything slower, more expensive, and, on the whole, further reduce the efficiency of government departments? There are certainly ways to improve the regulatory bodies, but this doesn't sound like one of them.

[Larks2242 251]

6737.

It passed the house, but, like everything house republicans come up with, it won't pass the democrat-controlled senate. So it's another purely symbolic gesture.

That is the problem right there, we need to get the democrats out of the senate majority, along with a new president then congress can get down to the real business instead of passing bills like the "EPA regulation of farm dust" that passed today.

And i fully support the Reins act, its one step closer to dissolving the agencies powers.

  Edited December 8, 2011 by Larks2242  

[RipRap 4,400]

6738

I haven't been in this thread for like days :|

[Ocram's Razr 963]

6739

It does not matter. The REINS act is just another nail in the coffin of the USA. The less efficient and more expensive the USA government becomes, the faster it will collapse. The bigger they are the harder they fall. When we fall, there will be a global depression that the free market and even controlled markets will never recover and the only way for an economy to take off again is to get rid of the monetary system or at least fiat money.

I wonder if I will live to see this?

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[Duke87 1,070]

(6740)

So it's going to make everything slower, more expensive, and, on the whole, further reduce the efficiency of government departments?

Well, the idea is that by making it more difficult to pass regulations you prevent agencies from doing so frivolously (which they do have a tendency of doing).

It's an easy philosophy to follow but the problem is that you don't just stop regulatory agencies from doing bad things, you also stop them from doing good things.

[mc12345 3]

6741: Once this thread is finished, Shoud we start a 100,000 post thread? I wonder how long it will be finished (20+ years?)

  Edited December 9, 2011 by mc12345  

[astronelson 339]

6742.

My slide rule was delivered today.

[Larks2242 251]

6743.

Once this thread is finished, Shoud we start a 100,000 post thread? I wonder how long it will be finished (20+ years?)

If we were gonna do that, we might as well just convert this thread, already got a 6k head start.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6744

Ah, that reminds me of why I hate politics and gave up following it years ago: you're never right, your points are never considered honestly, and others only care about having their own points validated by like-minded others. I promise to refrain from commenting on any other political matters here on ST. It's more fun to complain endlessly about how AWFUL the new Spider-Man movie looks. AWFUL! OH my god, I wish I had never seen that horrifyingly terrible trailer earlier this year. It's like the studios are making fun of us again, like they did with Batman and Robin.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6745)

There's always Spider-pig instead.

[mc12345 3]

6746: I wonder how quickly it will finish if the thread have no rules (anyone can post anything without having to wait... ) 6 months maybe?

[astronelson 339]

6747.

We'd be done by Sunday, and that would take a lot of the fun out of it.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6748)

Either that or it would but the fun in dysfunctional!

[Larks2242 251]

6749.

You mean "Put"?

[Skimbo 304]

Dragon GreeZ se Wörld!

6750