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Kylenz
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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2011, 10:20:35 PM »

Kylenz...it's 94 degrees here...I've played back to back nights and have had no sleep...I'm tired and can barely get up to go get something to drink...that post was so long I didn't want to bother with it...

I am glad I did.  That was awesome.

Thanks! Oh boy, it sure was a long post. But I feel so passionate about this subject. I find it's amazing that all the 'heroes' of our modern world around the turn of the 20th century, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Einstein etc, were all shills for big oil. They all played their part to made sure that Tesla's discoveries would never see the full light of day. Here's an article on Tesla:
http://www.reformation.org/nikola-tesla.html

and here's an article on Henry Ford -
http://www.reformation.org/henry-ford.html

See, we *think* we made progress.. but we could all be living like kings now if Tesla's technologies were an everyday part of this world. Read about his electric car on that page, built in 1931, ran off an antenna picking up electricity like radio waves (never needs charging!) that drove an 80 HP engine at speeds of up to 90mph! Now imagine this, not only powering our transport, but our homes and industry/infrastructure.

Think about how the electric tram was popular in the early 20th century - primed for Tesla's discoveries to naturally progress to the point where electricity needn't be physically generated from a single source, only for these trams to suddenly disappear and be replaced with oil-guzzling machines and the macho cultural conditioning behind it. Edison, Ford and their cronies were so frightened of what Tesla could achieve, they scuttled everything he worked on. His lab was completely burnt down in 1897 I think.

See, we wouldn't need money if we had free energy.. or.. we wouldn't need so *much* money. We certainly wouldn't have the debt problems and dependency if we had free energy. People on welfare now wouldn't need to depend on the government and the taxpayers to pay their power bills. People could get on with enjoying life and doing whatever they wanted to do, rather than worry about how the next bill is going to be paid, or working an astronomical '8 days a week' ;) just to get by.

Money should exist purely as a means of exchange, nothing more, nothing less. Once the lenders came in and charging their own compound interest on top of that, money will always have a debt component built into the system itself, there's no getting away from it (there's a good documentary on YouTube called 'Money Is Debt' which explains it better than I can). Sadly, the only way I can see us having a chance of ridding ourselves from the banking cartels (I call them the 'banksters'!) would be if a global catastrophe happened. Something really huge would have to happen to jolt us, and make us realise that we don't need to be dependent on banks and oil companies. Something needs to happen that makes these cartels suddenly unable to function. Revolutions never work. Look at Egypt, it's just gone back to the way it was. It needs to be something bigger than that.
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lampie1970
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« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2011, 03:47:06 AM »

I dont care a lot about money either. But I love what it allows me to do. I can have my brother and his family stay with me while he recuperates. I can drive out to Tallahassee in my own car this weekend and see my sister (in the hospital...i know right?). When another friend of mine was down on her luck, she stayed with me. I dont need clothes or jewelry, or gadgets(necessarily), I spend most of my extra money on CDs or DVDs or going to see movies.

The money I make causes me some stress. Cause I feel like I dont deserve it. There are people that work WAY harder than me for a quarter what I bring home. I am getting a new job soon, with guess what? more money. But I would take this job with a pay cut, because it is a stress cut too. I have to change bosses...seriously....But when I can "loan" someone money, or pick up the tab for lunch, or facilitate some facet of their life, that is what makes it OK for me. I try to be a good steward of the gifts I have been given. Sometimes I almost get it right....
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« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2011, 07:22:54 AM »

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I am getting a new job soon, with guess what? more money.

Hey...how YOU doin! wink
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« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2011, 06:02:56 PM »

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Hey...how YOU doin! wink




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« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2011, 10:56:03 PM »

Hey, take off eh?!




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« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2011, 01:38:45 AM »

wow.

Anyway: Update...I did get the job offer. And I did accept. I start on September 19th!! The good news is that I will still be working for the same company (going on 15 years), so i will keep vacation time and tenure etc. I am super happy. and scared. But I love what I do for a living, i just stopped loving who i did it for. and i started hating going to work everyday (ask two...he heard ALOT of my complaining...). But now I have a fresh start in a new area and I can fall in love with developing all over again :D

Let the countdown begin!!!
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« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2011, 08:26:00 AM »

I am super-excited for you, Lady Lampie! Fresh starts with the same company are rare indeed...
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chris
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« Reply #22 on: August 27, 2011, 08:34:08 PM »

lampie you are lucky. you're love to do what you do. rare as hell. i'd say. we should all be so lucky.
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lampie1970
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« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2011, 10:10:49 PM »

Thanks y'all. I do feel like if i take one of those career test things it will say: computer programmer....I should prolly take one for kicks.
 I did...This is my result...hahahahahah

Logical
 
You are a rare kind. You are the type to take ideas and turn them into something productive. You are intelligent and able to take your thoughts and turn them into success. Your personality type allows you to think ahead, fast, which in turn allows you to stay one step ahead of your peers. The ideal thing for your personality type is to be self employed,an inventor, or something in the computer field. You have the ability to stand on your own two feet and build something successful. You work really well on your own.
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« Reply #24 on: August 29, 2011, 08:10:44 AM »

Here's mine:

Curious

Adept at finding lint in navel. You are the type that finds a way to get out of work. You are a dumb guy, but charming enough to get by. Your personality type is that of a stray dog...friendly, but cautious..but that doesn't stop you from having a free meal and your belly rubbed.  Best suited as kept companion of computer programmer or Ex Friends cast member.

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« Reply #25 on: August 29, 2011, 12:23:37 PM »

;)

OMG. Sorry I have hijacked this thread entirely. But I just put in my resignation....scary!!!!
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