2013/5/13-7/3 [Finance/Banking] UID:54676 Activity:nil | 5/13 Does FDIC ever matter? How likely is it that your deposit of
over $250k going to be screwed over in a major US bank?
\_ Was Washington Mutual a major bank?
\_ Was Washington Mutual a major US bank?
\_ Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Good one.
\- As with nuclear weapons, this insurance produces much of its value
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2009/2/3-8 [Finance/Banking] UID:52504 Activity:low | 2/3 Need advice on where to put cash for 1 to 2 years. I only have
maybe $50K (I'm not a rich old geezer like most of you). CD is
at an all time low. So is money market/savings. Gold? Silver?
Foreign investment? Don't tell me to buy a home, I need a job
for that.
\_ teak rainforests!
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2008/10/3-6 [Finance/Banking, Finance/Investment] UID:51363 Activity:nil | 10/3 House passes bailout by significant margin. Guys, THINK about your
long-term equity investments. You'll have PLENTY of people to blame
in the near future, but where will your money have gone? Please
consider the advice of a professional financial advisor, too, but
in the end, it's YOUR MONEY.
Practical advice: If you're not sure, move part into safety.
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2008/1/16-18 [Finance/Banking, Finance/Investment] UID:48958 Activity:high | 1/16 Nikkei 225 back to lows of 2001-2005 and 1986. Dang. I thought
stock markets of developed countries were supposed to return more
than a savings account over 22 years!
\_ If you cherry pick your dates, then no it won't. If you cherry
pick the other way you'd be a zillionaire.
\_ i guess we're supposed to wait 40 years?
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2009/7/24-8/6 [Recreation/Computer] UID:53193 Activity:kinda low | 7/24 I am trying to come up with a list of bands that have played the
Berkeley co-ops. So far I have the following:
Primus - Barrington "Frizzle Fry"
Green Day - Cloyne & Chateau
Digital Underground - Cloyne
Bluchunks - Chateau and Cloyne
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2007/11/12-16 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:48623 Activity:nil | 11/12 how do i make a fail safe magical backup for my debian box
that i can quickly boot from if the box explodes?
\_ keep a linux live boot cd around for just such an emergency
\_ And learn about 'dd'
\_ I was hoping there was something as slick as CCC, for unix.
\_ You can first duplicate the disk offline with dd, then just
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