Are we having fun? Well, I didn't get white knuckles. Funny how life works out. There I was at the apogee, laughing and having fun, satellites up in orbit. Off to lunch to celebrate and I was being read to from a launch script in some damn Russian bunker. Believing it. Them pretending they are reporting from the rocket's data.
Next thing I know the bloody roller coaster has come off the rails at the top, before I even had a chance to get white knuckles on the way down. These Big Dippers sure are dodgy appliances at times.
Chaos theory says that things can be quite big. In fact, can be as big as we like to imagine. Which means, just as the New Paradigm says things can get hugely amazing, things can always get worse. Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. Fractals come to mind again too.
So here we are, markets packing a sad, Japan's banking and pension expectations to hell. Russia in a shambles. Korea and all of those ones building buildings and expectations which nobody wants on borrowed money. Indonesia in a BIG hole. FUD all around the world. Okay, so what does Globalstar do? Crashes a rocket fall of billions of $$$ into the drink or Siberia or wherever. Oh well, at least Taupo hasn't erupted yet and there might not be a comet impact for a month or two. No viral hugely infective disease or nuclear war either - those are probably for Xmas.
SurferM, if you find the secret to life, just pop it in the thread here.
Life's a giggle. A bit of a Big Dipper too I notice.
I guess Alan Green$pan will consider printing a bit of money. But as jfred said 2 years ago, that might not be enough to hold the dyke.
Now, what was that SuperD theory I had. I had my margin gamble at a low level to allow for just such events. But I didn't REALLY think it would happen. Oh well, I guess that's what prudence and caution are for. But I'm banging along the limit now! This is the bottom. For me anyway. Nowhere to go but up. A confluence of unfortunate events is the normal course of events I suppose, coming along every now and then.
SurferM, bright people and others are all more like smart chickens than God. Check out your hairy arms and bum if you want confirmation. If you are lucky you don't get plucked and turned into lunch. Smart or not. See Forrest Gump for example.
Ramsey, I can imagine you grinning from ear to ear. Confucian bloody sage! Enjoy your shopping spree when you finally deign to pick a few plums.
SurferM, I'm all in favour of your "So did our brains get warped by our cyber-collaboration?" I reckon that is the number one risk and I've always been aware of it and always deliberately maintained my own opinions - preferring to be outside the crowd looking in, than running with the herd. Something to do with who is holding the sherry bottle and who is being herded to be fleeced, which we see a lot of here.
Anyway, it's not time to get out of bed yet, so I'll go back.
Enjoy the thrills and spills folks.
Life's a giggle,
Mqurice
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