duh, energy prices climb 40% and someone claims

Post #2,850 by boxley 7/26/01 2:32:42 AM Reply	duh, energy prices climb 40% and someone claims software to blame, drilll the fscking arctic so I can go home! thanx, :) bill Our bureaucracy and our laws have turned the world into a clean, safe work camp. We are raising a nation of slaves. Chuck Palahniuk
Post #2,870 by brettj 7/26/01 10:17:41 AM Reply	So you are saying the economy is unrelated to software?! ... and that it is oil prices that have put the economy and stock market in the dumps? Maybe drilling the artic will solve all our problems, eh? Who needs software anyway. It's oil that runs companies.
Post #2,873 by boxley 7/26/01 10:24:25 AM Reply	well several years of <$12 per barrell produced the best economy of the 20ieth century. Oil shot up in the waning year of the Clinton Presidency to $28+ per barrel and the economy faltered. Oil stayed at these highs and the economy tanked. Oil is now $26 dollars per gallon and the economy is sputtering along, hmm coincidink? Or is it the software? interesting is that money capture by oil and gas spending due to high prices is almost the same figure that went into the stock market via 401k's. Stocks down. Name one industry except the software internet business that is NOT affected by the price of oil/gas. Not much I guess. thanx, bill Our bureaucracy and our laws have turned the world into a clean, safe work camp. We are raising a nation of slaves. Chuck Palahniuk
Post #2,900 by brettj 7/26/01 12:24:37 PM Reply	Did low oil prices cause the boom in the economy? Or was technology and the internet more of a determining factor? If you recall, I never suggested that oil didn't have an influence on the downturn. I merely suggested that a certain abusive monopolist may have caused venture capital to dry up for start-ups, etc because Microsoft was onced again a threat to dominate all competitors. For example, they choked off Netscape's air supply while their .net vaporware started causing people to think that Microsoft would rule the internet the way they dominate the OS market, the suites market, the browser market, etc.... Plus everyone figured Microsoft would win on appeal with a Republican in the white house. Venture Capital may not return to the high tech sector in full force until Microsoft is put on a short leash. In summary, software is just a part of the new economy but to discount it's effect is silly, if you asked me.
Post #2,917 by boxley 7/27/01 7:57:19 AM Reply	didnt discount it just pointed out that money that was being used for other things is now being spent on energy. thanx, bill Our bureaucracy and our laws have turned the world into a clean, safe work camp. We are raising a nation of slaves. Chuck Palahniuk
Post #2,921 by brettj 7/27/01 8:50:08 AM Reply	Your initial comment suggests you were discounting software (or were you merely stating that you think I am naive?) I been called worse so I guess I ought not to take offense, eh? "duh, energy prices climb 40% and someone claims software to blame. drilll the fscking arctic so I can go home!"
Post #3,125 by wharris2 7/30/01 7:39:03 PM Reply	Some oil, sure Myself, I put about 60-75% of the blame on the dot.com boom/bust.. When the stock market tanks, it's got to have some effect on the economy. French Zombies are zapping me with lasers!

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