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Participant[quote=flu]+1 on carbonite
But for me it depends on what data.
For pictures-> picasa
For docs ->google docs
For music -> google music
For video (short) -> youtube[/quote]
This is almost exactly what I’m doing too. Except I use Flickr instead of Picasa (Flickr have unlimited space and you can upload short videos too). I use Skydrive for my docs (since it integrated with Office). I use Google Music too. Even with these different services, I still use Mozy to back them all up again. Especially the RAW images.If you have Gmail, you can use this: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/2-ways-to-turn-gmail-into-online-storage/ to use it as another source for backup too.
ParticipantI use Mozy. I locked in to a 2 year contract for unlimited space. However, they no longer offer unlimited plan. When my contract is up, I’ll switch over to Carbonite. It’s always a good idea to back up your data to an offsite place, just in case or fire or something.
November 20, 2011 at 10:19 PM in reply to: Excellent Economist Mag. article on CA’s Gov. retiree Pension problems #733293Participant[quote=UCGal]I may be opening up a can of worms here but…..
SS is a defined benefit retirement program. Does everyone here who argues against defined benefit plans want to give up their SS?[/quote]
Yes, I would. As long as I can stop paying my SS tax. I’m not counting on SS for my retirement. If it stay solvent and can actually pay me out what I put in, I’d be super happy, but I’m not counting on it.Participant[quote=Arraya][quote=AN][quote=sd_matt]To me this whole protest is like the chicken protesting the fox when the chicken should be protesting the farmer for lifting the fence.[/quote]
That would require some connecting of the dots. Way too complicated and time consuming. Chickens don’t think that deep.[/quote]Maybe some of the chickens might ask why the farmer is controlled by the fox? What is the motivation for the farmer lifting the fence? Let’s connect some dots.
Here is some video of the farmer abusing the chickens again.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/19/uc-davis-pepper-spray-video_n_1103075.html%5B/quote%5D
Maybe the fox and the farmer are both in cahoot all along. The farmer is just smarter at getting the chickens to be mad at the fox. How many chickens actually see past the deceptions from both the fox and the farmer? What’s even worse is, some chickens vouch their allegiance to the fox and some to the farmer. All thinking if they stick to one or the other, they’ll be saved. All the while, skewering the chickens who are trying to speak about the deceptions from both the fox and the farmer.Participant[quote=sd_matt]To me this whole protest is like the chicken protesting the fox when the chicken should be protesting the farmer for lifting the fence.[/quote]
That would require some connecting of the dots. Way too complicated and time consuming. Chickens don’t think that deep.Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Next question for Ron Paul followers. Why is someone who wants to be the next president trying to sell his own home as a FSBO? How does he have the time to deal with people calling him and personally showing his own home? Isnt there a security risk involved here? Is he being pennywise and pound foolish? It just doesnt seem very presidential to be involved in all this. Things like this cause me pause. Shouldnt he be focused on his political responsibilities and aspirations rather than trying to save a few thousand bucks?[/quote]
Could be his wife or his kids who are handling the transaction? Isn’t he in DC? He can’t possibly show the house in TX when he’s in DC.November 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM in reply to: I am shocked. Shocked! Conforming limits going back up. #733189ParticipantAre you just being sarcastic Rich? I’m not shocked at all. I can’t believe it took this long 🙂
Participant[quote=pri_dk]Now you just sound like an old person.[/quote]
Very nice post pri_dk. I was thinking about the age thing before you post this statement. I wonder what’s the average age of those who are arguing for the status quo vs those who are arguing for change.Participant[quote=UCGal]The protests even have Paul Ryan (about as conservative as they come) discussing the income inequality.
http://budget.house.gov/UploadedFiles/CBOInequality.pdfI don’t think he’d even acknowledge the income inequality if it weren’t for the protests the last two months.
A picture referenced in his paper says it all.
[img_assist|nid=15573|title=CBO Income inequality|desc=Cumulative Growth in Average After-Tax Income, by Income Group|link=node|align=left|width=431|height=450][/quote]
If I read that graph correctly, in mid to late 80s, the top 1% was seeing 50-100x more growth than the 21st-80th percentile. While in 2000-2007, it was probably between 3-7x more. So, wouldn’t the income growth inequality be more in the 80s, when the 21st-80th percentiles were at 0-5 while the top 1% were at 50-100? It’s also interesting that the graph end at 2007, right before the market and RE crash.ParticipantI’m also vouching for Sheldon as well.
November 15, 2011 at 5:31 PM in reply to: Excellent Economist Mag. article on CA’s Gov. retiree Pension problems #733019Participant[quote=FormerSanDiegan][quote=gandalf]
Do I think public employee compensation needs reform? Yes.AFTER financial industry executives go to jail for running a fraud scheme, gambling away money that wasn’t theirs and tanking the U.S. economy. [/quote]
Won’t that cost us even more taxpayer monmey to house all these criminals? plus, then we’d have to pay for the the additional public employees whose pensions would then be invested in the firms of the next generation of future criminals we would then need to incarcerate. Vicious cycle.[/quote]
We should just ship all the criminals to an island and call it New Australia and be done with it.November 14, 2011 at 10:50 AM in reply to: CA Revenue comes in 6.5% lower than expected (and some common sense solutions) #732899Participant[quote=DomoArigato]You can’t do nuance, can you? Is a parking ticket the same in your mind as a murder conviction? Are you seriously trying to make the argument that people shouldn’t be protesting against criminals on Wall Street just because they have jobs and 401(k)s?
For me to exhibit the same level of hypocrisy that EconProf is exhibiting, I’d have to tell other people to drop out of their 401(k)s while keeping mine. That’s not what I’m doing or saying.
I guess in your mind, no one should ever go to jail because we’ve all at least jaywalked or violated some other minor law right? If jaywalkers don’t go to jail then why should someone who embezzles $10 billion be made to go to jail? Why should a rapist or murderer have to go to jail if a jaywalker is not put in jail?
Hitler would have loved to have people like you in Nazi Germany. As soon as he took power, you would have proclaimed loudly and often that any statements against Hitler by those with jobs were hypocritical because any job would at least tangentially benefit Hitler in some way.
One of the things that separates the U.S. from Communist China is that there is a strong culture of protesting against the crimes of those who have money and power in the U.S.A. If you want to live in a society where seldom a discouraging word is spoken against those with money and power I suggest that you move to Communist China.[/quote]
Let me repeat what I said before. We all are somewhat hypocrites. Some are more than other. You’re trying to make things black and white, while what I’m trying to say is we all are some shade of gray.Drawing that sort of false equivalences and accusations doesn’t make your argument any stronger. AFAIK, EconProf doesn’t tell people to return their pension check. He plainly said the pension system needs reform and it’s unsustainable. So your 401k argument of telling people to drop out of their 401k doesn’t apply.
Let us be clear, I’m against and appalled by the fraud on WS as much as the next guy. However, I don’t clump all the 1% into WS fraudsters. If OWS is restricted and focused on just the fraudsters on WS, I’d gladly donate to their cause. However, I don’t believe in their stance against the 1%. So, you’re 100%, not just 99%, wrong on the Hitler AND Communist China statements.
Feel free to exercise your freedom of speech. I have nothing against it. But don’t get butt hurt when people point out some of your hypocrisies while you’re calling others a hypocrite. I admit that sometimes, I’m a hypocrite myself. Which is why I said we all are hypocrites. To say, oh, you’re a hypocrite, so your argument doesn’t matter is basically saying no one’s argument matter, since we all are hypocrites.
November 13, 2011 at 11:34 PM in reply to: CA Revenue comes in 6.5% lower than expected (and some common sense solutions) #732882Participant[quote=paramount]Generally speaking, in a high paying private sector job (100k+), do you have any idea what happens when you don’t perform? Let me help…you get FIRED!
I can assure that where I work, the hiring process is VERY rigorous and thorough.[/quote]
I don’t think you need to limit it to only high paying private sector jobs. I’d say, any private sector jobs where you don’t perform, you’d get fired.November 13, 2011 at 11:15 PM in reply to: CA Revenue comes in 6.5% lower than expected (and some common sense solutions) #732880Participant[quote=gandalf]Okay, not sure who made the comment about hypocrites and 401k’s but it makes ZERO sense whatsoever. It’s a stupid remark.
Objecting to fraud on Wall Street does not equal living on a commune.[/quote]
I don’t think there are that many out there who are against objecting to fraud on Wall Street.Having 401k most likely mean you’re working for the 1%. Isn’t objecting to the 1%, then turn around and work for that 1%, which make that 1% richer, make you a hypocrite? Especially if you choose to work for that 1% because you’re making more $ working for that 1% than working for the people?
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