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  • hyperD
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    I presume you have seen the latest research:

    http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...nderstand.html
    OMG! Global Warming/Cooling/Disruption/Climate Change/Latest Marketing Nomenclature etc

    Chicken Licken was right to be hysterical. The sky really is warming up due to chicken made emissions. Sorry, falling down.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by hyperD View Post
    I think everyone should have 20 chickens and start from there.

    Although we'd still end up with fat bastards with no chickens and miserable vegetarians with thousands of chickens lecturing those with no chickens how best to avoid second hand chicken smoke.
    I presume you have seen the latest research:

    http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...nderstand.html

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  • hyperD
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    I think everyone should have 20 chickens and start from there.

    Although we'd still end up with fat bastards with no chickens and miserable vegetarians with thousands of chickens lecturing those with no chickens how best to avoid second hand chicken smoke.

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  • russell
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    Your outstanding invoice is a debt. It would be wiped out. You could of course do some more work but your client would be unable to pay you because they would have no money.

    The money in your bank account is a debt owed to you by the bank. That would be wiped out too.
    All true, but I forgot to mention I would be allowed a balance of 1 trillion (just a electronic amount to owed to me) to get the system working again.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by russell View Post
    Only until the next invoice is paid out.
    Your outstanding invoice is a debt. It would be wiped out. You could of course do some more work but your client would be unable to pay you because they would have no money.

    The money in your bank account is a debt owed to you by the bank. That would be wiped out too.

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  • russell
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    If you wiped out debt you would simultaneously destroy all of the accumulated wealth that was lent in order to facilitate it. Everyone would end up with nothing, not just the people who are currently minus something or other.
    Only until the next invoice is paid out.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by russell View Post
    I think we should have reset day, where every single person, company and countries debts are set to 0 at once, this would solve the debt problem. Also do it with rep scores.
    If you wiped out debt you would simultaneously destroy all of the accumulated wealth that was lent in order to facilitate it. Everyone would end up with nothing, not just the people who are currently minus something or other.

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  • russell
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    I thought you didn't care about rep scores.
    I do, I want to be professional and courteous like everyone else.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    I thought you didn't care about rep scores.
    I don't but in the interest of fairness such reset is a good idea, just don't rest the post counts.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    What do you sign them with, MD5 digest?
    Sign them 'AtW' normally.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by russell View Post
    I think we should have reset day, where every single person, company and countries debts are set to 0 at once, this would solve the debt problem. Also do it with rep scores.
    I thought you didn't care about rep scores.

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  • russell
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    I think we should have reset day, where every single person, company and countries debts are set to 0 at once, this would solve the debt problem. Also do it with rep scores.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    As, I've said elsewhere, I never sign negative reps with 'OG'.
    What do you sign them with, MD5 digest?

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    "Die kommie, die! OG" isn't exactly what I had in mind!!!
    As, I've said elsewhere, I never sign negative reps with 'OG'.

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  • AtW
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    "Die kommie, die! OG" isn't exactly what I had in mind!!!

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