May 2010
2 posts
A central question for 2010: What is money?
Greetings Fellow Inmates,
It has been a long 20 days since we last convened, so we wish all our readers and friends all around the global penitentiary system a prosperous start to 2010. We have spent these 20 days on leave in a fruitful little corner in The Yard; we played, we toiled, and return refreshed to our regular routine. For this first post on the new year, we thought to begin with...
Could the US EVER pay off its debt? A mathematical...
Greetings Fellow Inmates,
Today we will take a break from the URC series for a speculative, fun post of Numbers! We will use one of our three trusty abaci to finally explore a statement we made initially in Count The Money v2.0: “The [US] debt WILL NEVER BE PAID OFF”. The following is a greatly simplified model, and as such we will properly outline its variables, parameters, equations,...
March 2010
6 posts
Our continued apologies...
Greetings Fellow Inmates ,
We reiterate our apology for not having fixed the layout yet due to lack of time since our Unfortunate Internet Incident (UII). We promise that soon enough we will be back full steam and glory and you will finally have the web space you deserve, making your time in this little prison a little more bearable. For the next few days we will be boldly taking our 77...
test chat feature
MAAA: does this feature work as it should, under these new formulations?
eMouthBrainWikiMachine: Well have to see when you hit "post"
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debtorsprison asked: Does this feature work as it should?
Temporary Site Under Construction
Greetings Fellow Inmates,
Due to the Unfortunate Internet Incident (UII) earlier in which our site became inaccesible, we had to quickly regroup and put this back up! Welcome to our new internet home, same little corner in The Yard though. This is a temporary fix and we will return all our sections in due time. As all crises, this offers many opportunities; mainly, to shake up the old site...
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What kind of inflation can we expect if the...
Greetings Fellow Inmates,
Today’s will be a pithy post that aims to estimate the amount of inflation we could expect if the monetary machine returns to “normal” functioning. This is the same great question Discipulus has been asking for months. It is a VERY central question to our discussions for the following reasons. We have postulated many times that Uncle Benny’s monetary adventures with his...