ruaok, why do you trust the ECB so much more than the fed? on account of who runs the executive branch currently?
2008-03-14 07412, 2008
yllona
yep. and gold hit $1000 yesterday. :)
2008-03-14 07432, 2008
ruaok
brick_ijigg: yep.
2008-03-14 07450, 2008
brick_ijigg
all right
2008-03-14 07453, 2008
ruaok
let the strength of the euro and the weakness of the dollar make it clear whom I trust.
2008-03-14 07454, 2008
yllona
the executive branch has very little influence on the Fed reserve -- again that's the point of the thing
2008-03-14 07407, 2008
ruaok shakes his head violently
2008-03-14 07412, 2008
ruaok
benanke is a tool.
2008-03-14 07414, 2008
yllona
ruaok: it's coming for the euro.
2008-03-14 07416, 2008
ruaok
long live greenspan!
2008-03-14 07443, 2008
yllona
yes, i miss greenspan too. but he really was getting too old
2008-03-14 07453, 2008
ruaok
yeah, bummer for all of us.
2008-03-14 07459, 2008
BrianFreud
the executive branch however does have quite an impact upon foreign policy... and we simply don't even really seem to have any foreign policy, except perhaps to line the wallets of certain few interests before they're out of power
2008-03-14 07411, 2008
yllona had a boyfriend with a greenspan tattoo on his arm
ruaok: yeah, but he was making that *good* money on wall street, and greenspan was his hero ;)
2008-03-14 07420, 2008
ruaok
heh.
2008-03-14 07423, 2008
Muzzz
ruaok: AWESOME
2008-03-14 07455, 2008
ruaok
I love the fact that when the media figured out that he was gonna wear his good tie when announcing rate changes, he started mixing up his ties to throw them off the scent.
2008-03-14 07439, 2008
yllona
ruaok: greenspan meeting were our favorite form of entertainment when i was working financial services
2008-03-14 07404, 2008
chefkoch has quit
2008-03-14 07411, 2008
yllona
in DC, all things stop when he was broadcast
2008-03-14 07446, 2008
yllona
greenspan loved to ply with people's minds -- especially the press
2008-03-14 07413, 2008
Creap joined the channel
2008-03-14 07457, 2008
yllona
and most importantly greenspan was a jazz musician and one point in his very long career :-D
2008-03-14 07412, 2008
BrianFreud
I honestly, though, really would like to see someone - anyone - stop all the politics for once and really focus on fixing things. It's so bad here, any clients I was doing work for have gone out of business - within a half mile of me now, the only places left unshuttered are 1 gas station, 1 convenence store, 1 hospital, and the cheese factory. The economy really is already tanked here
2008-03-14 07446, 2008
yllona
up north i can believe it. it's a mfg town up there
2008-03-14 07457, 2008
ruaok
:-o
2008-03-14 07401, 2008
BrianFreud
yes, and they've begun laying people off
2008-03-14 07407, 2008
brick_ijigg
too often people think "fixing things" mean "making things the way they used to be"
2008-03-14 07411, 2008
Aval0n
are there any audiophiles in here?
2008-03-14 07418, 2008
Aval0n
I have some questions on speaker placement
2008-03-14 07421, 2008
yllona
major layoffs are predicted in LA too.
2008-03-14 07437, 2008
petros
BrianFreud: That conundrum can be explained in several ways. My favourite being the one a swedish rapper used.
2008-03-14 07441, 2008
BrianFreud
brick_ijigg: I don't really care how they fix it, but my street is *the* main street in south buffalo, and it's almost entirely boarded up buildings
2008-03-14 07445, 2008
yllona
Aval0n: first what kind of speakers and what kind of room
2008-03-14 07456, 2008
petros
"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but noone wants to die"
2008-03-14 07401, 2008
Aval0n
yllona: ok well currently I have some JBL bookshelf speakers
2008-03-14 07407, 2008
Aval0n
but I am getting some inwalls from my sister
2008-03-14 07413, 2008
Aval0n
they were like $200.00 per speaker
2008-03-14 07421, 2008
Aval0n
my problem is the wall that my plasma is on is not big
2008-03-14 07422, 2008
petros
Nobody likes great changes
2008-03-14 07434, 2008
Aval0n
so I am wondering where to put them
2008-03-14 07437, 2008
yllona
Aval0n: what kind of room? windows, ceiling height etc
2008-03-14 07452, 2008
BrianFreud
I don't really care if the changes are small or great - I just want to have enough places around able to stay in business, so I can find work...
I am wondering if I should put the front inwalls in the ceiling instead
2008-03-14 07435, 2008
Aval0n
you can see in those pics the bookshelf speakers I have currently
2008-03-14 07449, 2008
yllona
oh, i wouldn't do that. moving will become a PITA
2008-03-14 07456, 2008
Aval0n
PITA?
2008-03-14 07406, 2008
Aval0n
oh
2008-03-14 07410, 2008
yllona
pain in the ass
2008-03-14 07410, 2008
Aval0n
what do you mean by moving?
2008-03-14 07418, 2008
Aval0n
the work moving the speakers?
2008-03-14 07423, 2008
yllona
if you move house
2008-03-14 07435, 2008
Aval0n
i'm not planning on moving any time soon
2008-03-14 07445, 2008
Aval0n
my wife _HATES_ having those booshelves
2008-03-14 07447, 2008
yllona
and yes moving the speakers too
2008-03-14 07449, 2008
chefkoch joined the channel
2008-03-14 07410, 2008
Aval0n
you can see how I have very limited space to the right and left of the plasma
2008-03-14 07412, 2008
chefkoch
chefkoch is now known as chefkoch_AW
2008-03-14 07430, 2008
chefkoch_AW
chefkoch_AW is now known as chefkoch
2008-03-14 07431, 2008
Aval0n
and if I put the inwalls where the L and R front channels are now.. they would be facing eachother and I don't know how that would sound.
2008-03-14 07448, 2008
yllona
well. i'd wall-mount rather than in-wall. it's messy, and if you make a mistake... your wife will really be angry then
2008-03-14 07419, 2008
yllona
get some inexpensive hooks, and test speaker placement
2008-03-14 07433, 2008
yllona
*inexpensive wall hooks
2008-03-14 07414, 2008
yllona
really that's what i do. test speaker in diffrent parts of the room. over a few eeks.
2008-03-14 07426, 2008
Aval0n
well there's the thing
2008-03-14 07432, 2008
Aval0n
I OWN the in-wall speakers
2008-03-14 07434, 2008
yllona
*few weeks, with diffrent types of music.
2008-03-14 07436, 2008
Aval0n
and want to install them
2008-03-14 07447, 2008
yllona
i'm not a fan of in-wall, unless they're installed in a renovation/build-out. but that's just me
2008-03-14 07409, 2008
Aval0n
they sounded amazing in my sister's house
2008-03-14 07413, 2008
Aval0n
like I said they weren't cheap
2008-03-14 07419, 2008
Aval0n
$200,00 per speaker
2008-03-14 07424, 2008
Aval0n
I don't know the specs on them however.
2008-03-14 07433, 2008
yllona
cheap is relative when talking about speakers
2008-03-14 07410, 2008
yllona
but before you mount them in wall, get the wall hooks and test placement. it will save you *lots* of grief
2008-03-14 07403, 2008
Aval0n
that's not a horrible idea
2008-03-14 07434, 2008
yllona
if you have to patch a wall... just don't go there
2008-03-14 07421, 2008
yllona
also if you live in a townhouse or duplex (not a free standing building). you'll need to check with your homeowners and or renters agreement about in-wall spakers
2008-03-14 07427, 2008
yllona
*speakers
2008-03-14 07438, 2008
Aval0n
i'm a home owner
2008-03-14 07459, 2008
yllona
as the sound/bass. etc can carry thru to your neighbor.
2008-03-14 07402, 2008
hangy has quit
2008-03-14 07417, 2008
yllona
yes, but is it a free standing building?
2008-03-14 07427, 2008
Aval0n
yes....
2008-03-14 07442, 2008
yllona
okay, no worries there then
2008-03-14 07444, 2008
Aval0n
;)
2008-03-14 07412, 2008
yllona
just your wife's wrath, if you screw up and leave a hole in the wall :P
2008-03-14 07422, 2008
Aval0n
haha
2008-03-14 07432, 2008
Aval0n
it's ok I remodeled house for a while
2008-03-14 07437, 2008
Aval0n
the work isn't the part i'm worried about
2008-03-14 07439, 2008
yllona
it happens -- get the wall hooks
2008-03-14 07428, 2008
Spaztik has quit
2008-03-14 07430, 2008
yllona
also even tho you're not moving anytime soon, in wall fixtures typically "convey" (transfer) when you sell the house -- at least here in the US
2008-03-14 07436, 2008
Aval0n
unless you take them out before you put the house up for sale
2008-03-14 07451, 2008
Aval0n
the ones I have I ripped out of my sister's house before she put it up for sale
2008-03-14 07455, 2008
yllona
take then out and patch the walls yes
2008-03-14 07443, 2008
ruaok
here is the next sign: "Taking the gross domestic product of both economies in 2007, the combined GDP of the 15 countries which use the euro overtook that of the United States when the European currency surged to a record high of more than $1.56 per euro."
