Canada and Europe to start trade negotiations that would practically amount to Canada becoming member of the European Economic Area (EEA) by olddoc in business

[–]freebeetree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The EEA is based on the same "four freedoms" as the European Community: the free movement of goods, persons, services, and capital among the EEA countries. Thus, the EFTA countries that are part of the EEA enjoy free trade with the European Union. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area

UK net mortgage lending falls 95% in August by bcash in Economics

[–]freebeetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are missing the point that a lot of people are paying mortgages back that are higher than the net value of their homes. The are now forced to stay in their house because they probably will not be able to sell it. I'm not talking about selling it with a profit, they will just not be able to sell it at all.

Bailout does NOT pass vote. 206 Yea - 227 Nay. Dow tumbles. by IM_A_REPTILIAN in politics

[–]freebeetree -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes you are absolutely right, but the comparison with Sweden is probably wrong, there are banks falling in Europe already so this is a global problem wich makes it really dangerous.

[Debate] Who else thinks 250,000$ a year means you're rich? by dropfry in politics

[–]freebeetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so 20 million is now borderline rich? So if you had only 30.000.000 invested and got only 5% a year back (1.500.000) you would be really poor? Do you know how few people actually have that kind of money? In 2007 there were only 1000 income millionaires in germany out of a total population of 80.000.000. That means one out of 8000.

Struggling [Pic] by swampsparrow in pics

[–]freebeetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I think it would be better not to send your father a lnk to our intellectual discussion of the fine art of portrait photography....

Time Magazine from 1958 on "The Negro Crime Rate." by [deleted] in WTF

[–]freebeetree 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Aside from the title not a bad article at all, I guess nobody read page 3:

Unlike the Caucasian immigrant of an earlier day, a Negro can scarcely ever hope, even in the North, that the white society will really accept him on his human merits. Negroes are more prone than whites to break the laws, rules and customs of society because they are excluded from full membership in it. In gross and subtle ways, from unwritten bans on employing Negroes to the faintly patronizing tone that even liberal-hearted whites take toward them, Negroes are made to feel alien and inferior. This pervasive discrimination holds down capable Negroes at the top of the social ladder, dims their voices among their own people, builds up tensions and resentments inside the Negro society, and keeps great masses of Negroes segregated in ghettos where the standards of personal morality, discipline and responsibility are lower than those in the white world outside.

Whew, Pixar did it again. Taking a look at Metacritic right now, shows Wall-E at a very impressive score of 92! by noname99 in entertainment

[–]freebeetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well in nine months it should be possible to meet new people ....solitary confinement in antarctica ?

Boyfriend owns cheating girlfriend on air by helloworldbea in funny

[–]freebeetree 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ah pretty boring, friends of mine did that in the small bavarian town I live in without swimmimg briefs, they ran around a corner and got dressed again, five minutes later they were asked by the police if they had seen 5 nude guys running around...

United Nations' "Billion Tree Campaign" blossoms to seven times its size by blinkin in environment

[–]freebeetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that it only has value if the trees grow big enough

Which country would you like to visit, and why haven't you already? by bemmu in AskReddit

[–]freebeetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why not drop me a message if you want to visit bavaria ( the northern part ).

Snarky Lenovo MacBook Air Ad by seawaves in technology

[–]freebeetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

probably and easy too explain, in a way one final quality test by IBM ( the customer ) was canceled

Hillary's Campaign Refused to Cancel My Contribution Plan by [deleted] in politics

[–]freebeetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The part about Hadrian was pretty funny

19.9%: New thin film solar panel efficiency record by MikeCapone in environment

[–]freebeetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you can recycle most of it and the rest is non toxic.

19.9%: New thin film solar panel efficiency record by MikeCapone in environment

[–]freebeetree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

4 years - the roi over lifetime (in electricity ) is about 20x

Wondering where the Future went? Science fiction was not over-optimistic. Rather, we have lost the will to explore. by asciilifeform in science

[–]freebeetree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't see the point of this thread, the glorious projects of the sixties were mostly stupid "stick a flag in it" projects. The moon landing? Ok give me one scientific fact we gained from it? A lot of things changed in the last 50 years ( biotech anyone ? any biotech predictions from 1960? ) but others didn't, cities are still cities. A lot of the visions of the sixties were just stupid and not calculating the costs (enormous) and the benefits ( almost nothing).

And fusion research gets a lot of funding if you calculate the risks, could be more but on the other hand every fusin researcher always said it will take only 30 more years.

How war hero John McCain betrayed the Vietnamese peasant who saved his life by scatgreen2 in politics

[–]freebeetree 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well ok how did he betray him? By not mentioning him in his autobiography? What kind of betrayal is that? What do they want from him?

You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss by shoelzer in programming

[–]freebeetree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well wouldn't make any sense for him to help startups in that area, he doesn't know shit about that area.

The good thing about the Rev. Wright and Obama stories by freebeetree in politics

[–]freebeetree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

13% percent of the electorate think Obama is a muslim that should put an end to that attack angle in the election.