2009-03-04, 09:10 PM
I doubt the blist would crash the game. IMO, they could even cache your blist locally. Update the cache every time you modify it. Also, they could paginate it like they did for guild etc.
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A stimulus package is a package that aims to stimulate the economy. They're borrowing these money from international bankers.
Credit is the heart and blood of the economy, and naturally a strong economy is one with a strong heart, to pump the blood to every corners. The vast majority of companies are being funded by credits (loan/stocks). If an ordinary person wanting to start up a business say, you tend to get a personal loan off the bank trying to get your idea rolling. Your businesses turnovers which will be used towards necessities and salary etc. Those salaries then get spent by your employees on basic goods etc (on another business say). This create an economic circle.
An example would be yourself, an ordinary person working for say IBM spend part of your salaries on basic goods for the family eg foods/petrols etc. By doing so, you're stimulating that sector, which in turn pays their employees and they'll spend that money on necessities say. Now, beside the necessities, you (and other employees) will want to spend some on luxuries eg PS3, LCD TVs, etc. This stimulates another sector of the economy and your spending goes toward their salaries, which they'll spend on foods (ie money go back to the grocery sector), or computers, which directly stimulates your sector, and ie your salary.
An economy has these little credit circles as well as bigger ones. Under normal circumstances, it functions fine. However, when there's an issue, ie a company goes into administration/bankruptcy, flows to that circle stagnates and this has a ripple effect. Others will now trying to find an alternative route or else they'll die too which triggers another stoppage in the flow of credits.
Due to the high level of stress and uncertainties, consumers starting to "put money under the bed for a rainy day". If consumers slow down their spending, the flow of credits lessen. Those saved money is now stagnated. They're no longer circulates the economy, thus dead money. This has a huge effect on companies. They need your spending to continue. Inefficient companies which relied hugely on mark-up margins to survive will be affected the most. Ironically, if they're to die, others will be affected as well.
To minimise the recession, the government needs to "push the wheel" of the economy, making it spins faster or at the very least, trying to not let it slows down further. The stimulus packages are designed for this purpose. It needs to try to get the credits to flow more, by increasing consumer confidence, as well as "protecting" various companies. This in micro scale is similar to how your parent borrowing money from the bank to fund your education, hence your future, hoping that it will be worth it in the end. The first step is to keep the economy alive, and the second step is to try to make it stronger.
The stimulus package has drawbacks however. The money borrowed has interests, and it is you, the American people will have to pay for it, cost + interests. Because of this, it is essential that the working Americans has the skills knowledge to pay this debt. Otherwise, you will be in debt forever after, not a fairy tale ending.
Every time credits flow from one point to another, it gets taxed. Those taxes are then being "invested" by the government to do something such as building infrastructures etc to create/increase jobs. Just like any loans, your country has to "make" more money than the interests incurred.
Hopefully, that explains a bit. I need to stop before the mods eat me.
RDal Wrote:Hey guys kinda off topic but could some American tell me something about the stimulus package? Where is the 787 billion coming from? Did America save it's pocket money or has Obama just pulled the rather large sum out of his ass? It's a rather large amount...
Off-topic-ness
A stimulus package is a package that aims to stimulate the economy. They're borrowing these money from international bankers.
Credit is the heart and blood of the economy, and naturally a strong economy is one with a strong heart, to pump the blood to every corners. The vast majority of companies are being funded by credits (loan/stocks). If an ordinary person wanting to start up a business say, you tend to get a personal loan off the bank trying to get your idea rolling. Your businesses turnovers which will be used towards necessities and salary etc. Those salaries then get spent by your employees on basic goods etc (on another business say). This create an economic circle.
An example would be yourself, an ordinary person working for say IBM spend part of your salaries on basic goods for the family eg foods/petrols etc. By doing so, you're stimulating that sector, which in turn pays their employees and they'll spend that money on necessities say. Now, beside the necessities, you (and other employees) will want to spend some on luxuries eg PS3, LCD TVs, etc. This stimulates another sector of the economy and your spending goes toward their salaries, which they'll spend on foods (ie money go back to the grocery sector), or computers, which directly stimulates your sector, and ie your salary.
An economy has these little credit circles as well as bigger ones. Under normal circumstances, it functions fine. However, when there's an issue, ie a company goes into administration/bankruptcy, flows to that circle stagnates and this has a ripple effect. Others will now trying to find an alternative route or else they'll die too which triggers another stoppage in the flow of credits.
Due to the high level of stress and uncertainties, consumers starting to "put money under the bed for a rainy day". If consumers slow down their spending, the flow of credits lessen. Those saved money is now stagnated. They're no longer circulates the economy, thus dead money. This has a huge effect on companies. They need your spending to continue. Inefficient companies which relied hugely on mark-up margins to survive will be affected the most. Ironically, if they're to die, others will be affected as well.
To minimise the recession, the government needs to "push the wheel" of the economy, making it spins faster or at the very least, trying to not let it slows down further. The stimulus packages are designed for this purpose. It needs to try to get the credits to flow more, by increasing consumer confidence, as well as "protecting" various companies. This in micro scale is similar to how your parent borrowing money from the bank to fund your education, hence your future, hoping that it will be worth it in the end. The first step is to keep the economy alive, and the second step is to try to make it stronger.
The stimulus package has drawbacks however. The money borrowed has interests, and it is you, the American people will have to pay for it, cost + interests. Because of this, it is essential that the working Americans has the skills knowledge to pay this debt. Otherwise, you will be in debt forever after, not a fairy tale ending.
Every time credits flow from one point to another, it gets taxed. Those taxes are then being "invested" by the government to do something such as building infrastructures etc to create/increase jobs. Just like any loans, your country has to "make" more money than the interests incurred.
Hopefully, that explains a bit. I need to stop before the mods eat me.