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    What do you think about people that value work just for the sake of work?

    What do you think about people that value work just for the sake of work? I'm not talking about people who work hard to pay their bills and support their families, I'm talking about people who are work fanatics and think that making anything easy on themselves (or others) is being lazy. Take...
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    Economics: Rich People and Leverage?

    Ok, here is a hypothetical example: Say I have millions and millions of dollars and decide that I want to buy all of the housing in a particular area. After I do that, I want to charge very high prices, because my housing is all that is available in the area. What would prevent someone from...
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    GSmartControl says all my hard drives have pre-failure or old age attributes?

    I have a Maxtor 300GB IDE drive that I pulled out of an external casing, a month old Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB and a 250GB Seagate drive. I haven't had any problems with any of them except for the Maxtor, who's USB interface in the external case failed (no computer would even...
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    Rapid Technological Growth: Why is the Cost of Living Still So High?

    Even with the rapid technological growth that has happened in recent years, everyone still works about the same. People go to their 8 (if you're lucky) hour a day job Mon-Fri, pay your bills and then go home to spend what little time you have left. Obviously technology has improved economic...