Re: Why the IDS Community should be hopping mad!
Despite the subject line, this tail of the thread contains no Informix or technical content at all. It is off-topic political banter between a few regulars, drifting from a remark that "it doesn't matter who you vote for" into comments about Zuma, Mbeki and Mugabe, Zimbabwe's hyperinflation, and one poster's wish to buy and frame high-denomination Zimbabwean notes as a curiosity. The only correction offered is a pedantic note that US dollars are also bank notes (fiat currency) and that the poster probably meant "agro cheques". No technical problem is raised and no resolution is recorded.
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On Sep 19, 7:37 pm, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > It's like the man said, it doesn't matter who you vote for, the > government still gets in. Until people rethink their relationship with > government, it isn't really going to make much difference who you vote for. > Hmmm I wonder what your thoughts are on Zuma. It seems he's in the catbird seat and the current president of South Africa just resigned. Then you have to the north, a powersharing agreement where the old guard wants to remain in control. While we think our political systems are corrupt, there are a lot worse things that could happen. Just look at several countries in Africa.
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > On Sep 19, 7:37 pm, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > > >> It's like the man said, it doesn't matter who you vote for, the >> government still gets in. Until people rethink their relationship with >> government, it isn't really going to make much difference who you vote for. >> >> > > Hmmm I wonder what your thoughts are on Zuma. > > It seems he's in the catbird seat and the current president of South > Africa just resigned. > Then you have to the north, a powersharing agreement where the old > guard wants to remain in control. > > While we think our political systems are corrupt, there are a lot > worse things that could happen. Just look at several countries in > Africa. > Zuma, Mugabe, Mbeki .. they all look the same to me. :o) -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
On Sep 20, 4:14 pm, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > > Zuma, Mugabe, Mbeki .. they all look the same to me. :o) > Oh you bad, bad man. :-P Zimbabwe has the worst level of inflation since post WW1 Germany. Their currency is actually not currency but bank notes. (I'm trying to get about $100 USD worth for historical purposes)
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Zimbabwe has the worst level of inflation since post WW1 Germany. > Their currency is actually not currency but bank notes. > (I'm trying to get about $100 USD worth for historical purposes) > You must have a lot of space in your house. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
On Sep 22, 7:01 am, Obnoxio The Clown <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > Zimbabwe has the worst level of inflation since post WW1 Germany. > > Their currency is actually not currency but bank notes. > > (I'm trying to get about $100 USD worth for historical purposes) > > You must have a lot of space in your house. > > -- > Cheers, > Obnoxio the Clown > > http://obotheclown.blogspot.com LOL.. I wanted the large denomination bank notes. I was going to put them in a frame along with a reprint of one of the articles talking about the high rate of inflation. Actually that would be a good business for their government to get in to. They'd be selling currency that would never get used for hard cash.
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Zimbabwe [...] currency is actually not currency but bank notes. That applies where you live too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar#Banknotes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Note "A Federal Reserve Note [...] is a type of banknote issued by the Federal Reserve System and is the only type of U.S. banknote that is still produced today. Federal Reserve Notes are fiat currency," I think you are confusing bank notes with "Agro cheques". -- RGB