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Previously on "The forthcoming recession / depression / crash / crunch"

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  • tim123
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    I need an option between 2 and 3

    tim

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  • rootsnall
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    Somewhere between option 2 and 3 for me, recession but short of meltdown so no need for the bunker and tins of beans. The yank panic fixes appear to be failing miserably. I reckon that house prices are going to take a right battering, they have started falling while things are still pretty rosy !

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  • MrRobin
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    Well, 59% of us think we've had the worst and there's nowt much to worry about.

    15% of us are stocking up on crossbows and claymores.

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  • bobhope
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    Why does it feel like we just came out of the last IT spending recession? It can't be more than 3 or 4 years ago since the end of the last one.

    Batten down the hatches.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by NoddY View Post
    The good fortune of the average working man is inversely proportional to the fortunes of the City.
    during the great depression it was the poor who suffered most.

    but quite a few rich were made poorer.

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  • BlasterBates
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    hmm

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  • Gonzo
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    I thought this was an IT forum? i.e. it's our duty to overcomplicate the simple?
    Only when talking to the users. Not when we are talking to each other.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by MrRobin View Post
    Or in other words, it will increase by an order of magnitude.
    Or in other words, it will be ten times as much
    Or in other words, it will be a sh*t load more
    I thought this was an IT forum? i.e. it's our duty to overcomplicate the simple?

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  • MrRobin
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    I'm saying it will be 10 times greater in the future, 10n
    Or in other words, it will increase by an order of magnitude.
    Or in other words, it will be ten times as much
    Or in other words, it will be a sh*t load more

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by bogeyman View Post
    A 'logarithmic jump between rich and poor' ?



    Explain please?
    OK let's dum this down a shade, the current gap between rich and poor we'll denote as n.

    I'm saying it will be 10 times greater in the future, 10n

    What kind of contractor are you

    As for defining the gap, it could be ££'s, education, assets and so on who knows..

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  • motoukenin
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    motouken,

    you got it,

    this recession will be excellent for IT

    Milan.

    Oh sh!t Milans just agreed with me , in that case we're f@cked

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  • NoddY
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    The good fortune of the average working man is inversely proportional to the fortunes of the City.

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  • hyperD
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    The only difference between this and 5 years ago is this time, there's no capex.

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    motouken,

    you got it,

    this recession will be excellent for IT

    Milan.
    I thought it was different this time

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  • milanbenes
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    motouken,

    you got it,

    this recession will be excellent for IT

    Milan.

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