Comments on: Episode 63 of Upon Further Review! http://www.furtherreview.net/2008/10/10/episode-63-of-upon-further-review/ Where two ex-debaters get the last word...on EVERYTHING. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:14:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.furtherreview.net/2008/10/10/episode-63-of-upon-further-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32965 admin Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:45:37 +0000 http://www.furtherreview.net/?p=113#comment-32965 Hey, welcome back, AJ! Glad you're still in the fold. We'll have a new show out soon, assuming we've gotten sleep by then. ;) T.R. Hey, welcome back, AJ! Glad you’re still in the fold. We’ll have a new show out soon, assuming we’ve gotten sleep by then. ;)

T.R.

]]> By: AJ http://www.furtherreview.net/2008/10/10/episode-63-of-upon-further-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32962 AJ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:54:10 +0000 http://www.furtherreview.net/?p=113#comment-32962 I would give sleep a ten... in fact I'd like more of it. Good show as usual, guys. AJ I would give sleep a ten… in fact I’d like more of it.

Good show as usual, guys.

AJ

]]> By: admin http://www.furtherreview.net/2008/10/10/episode-63-of-upon-further-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32499 admin Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:16:34 +0000 http://www.furtherreview.net/?p=113#comment-32499 DI: Good to hear from you again! And you make an excellent point: Greg acknowledges that the stock market probably has value, though he does continue to be concerned about the obsession much of America seems to have with it. Chris: Thanks as always for the kind words, and reviewing sleep, eh? I think Clea will be particularly interested in that topic, as soon as she wakes up from her nap with the baby. :) Thanks as always for the feedback! T.R. DI: Good to hear from you again! And you make an excellent point: Greg acknowledges that the stock market probably has value, though he does continue to be concerned about the obsession much of America seems to have with it.

Chris: Thanks as always for the kind words, and reviewing sleep, eh? I think Clea will be particularly interested in that topic, as soon as she wakes up from her nap with the baby. :)

Thanks as always for the feedback!

T.R.

]]> By: classic chris http://www.furtherreview.net/2008/10/10/episode-63-of-upon-further-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32454 classic chris Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:02:26 +0000 http://www.furtherreview.net/?p=113#comment-32454 Wow! What a comeback! thanks for reviewing my suggestion, and sounds like you enjoyed it a little. i agree that it's a hit-and-miss cast, but worth a look among the sea of conversational podcasts floating out there. i think you have some great points, DI, about not throwing out the baby... G&C, your points about the lack of checks and balances (well, you said 'regulations', but tomato/tomato...) is also on the money. someone wasn't minding the store, which happens all too often in our country, and we all end up paying the price. fortunately, i had a little career hiccup (or is it hiccough?) earlier this year and took my whole 401K out and put it in a money market savings acct. i bet that even after all the extra tax penalties, i still probably didn't lose as much as if i had left it in the market. still, calculated financial risk -- that is, the loan market -- if handled responsibly, is what fuels progress, like DI says. it just needs to have the right checks and balances in place, activated and enforced to keep it from getting out of control. that might never mix with our American sense of entitlement and desire, but maybe someday some administration will be able to start it going in the right direction... great topic! your descriptions of 'spore', and clea's recollection of ultima, remind me of that great fad of the 90's: the tomagotchi. kind of interesting but maybe plays itself out. does seem like an advance in gaming, though. i was never a big fan of the sims b/c it was too stressful. i mean, if i'm worrying about taking out the trash, cleaning the dishes and maintaining the house and social relationships, am i really enjoying a game? spore makes the sim concept a little more intriguing. and, well, i see how the 'deprivation' modifier could have thrown the topic of sleep off the radar, but you could always review sleep, itself, couldn't you? i'm sure there are lots of pros and cons, and there's even research to show that too much or too little sleep has various impact on your body... maybe it's worth a second look? great to hear you three again! and thanks, again, for taking my suggestion. looking forward to 64!!! - chris Wow! What a comeback!

thanks for reviewing my suggestion, and sounds like you enjoyed it a little. i agree that it’s a hit-and-miss cast, but worth a look among the sea of conversational podcasts floating out there.

i think you have some great points, DI, about not throwing out the baby… G&C, your points about the lack of checks and balances (well, you said ‘regulations’, but tomato/tomato…) is also on the money. someone wasn’t minding the store, which happens all too often in our country, and we all end up paying the price. fortunately, i had a little career hiccup (or is it hiccough?) earlier this year and took my whole 401K out and put it in a money market savings acct. i bet that even after all the extra tax penalties, i still probably didn’t lose as much as if i had left it in the market. still, calculated financial risk — that is, the loan market — if handled responsibly, is what fuels progress, like DI says. it just needs to have the right checks and balances in place, activated and enforced to keep it from getting out of control. that might never mix with our American sense of entitlement and desire, but maybe someday some administration will be able to start it going in the right direction… great topic!

your descriptions of ’spore’, and clea’s recollection of ultima, remind me of that great fad of the 90’s: the tomagotchi. kind of interesting but maybe plays itself out. does seem like an advance in gaming, though. i was never a big fan of the sims b/c it was too stressful. i mean, if i’m worrying about taking out the trash, cleaning the dishes and maintaining the house and social relationships, am i really enjoying a game? spore makes the sim concept a little more intriguing.

and, well, i see how the ‘deprivation’ modifier could have thrown the topic of sleep off the radar, but you could always review sleep, itself, couldn’t you? i’m sure there are lots of pros and cons, and there’s even research to show that too much or too little sleep has various impact on your body… maybe it’s worth a second look?

great to hear you three again! and thanks, again, for taking my suggestion. looking forward to 64!!!

- chris

]]> By: DrumIntellect http://www.furtherreview.net/2008/10/10/episode-63-of-upon-further-review/comment-page-1/#comment-32436 DrumIntellect Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:23:38 +0000 http://www.furtherreview.net/?p=113#comment-32436 Buying stock is a loan to a company. By making the investment, companies have the ability to develop products faster. The likelihood is that for every investment that works out a greater number of investments fail. Investors take this into account when determining which companies and products to invest in. (In my old job they had an entire floor that was devoted just to exploring new ideas - kind of like Google labs - in my 3 years with that company products over 10 projects failed and only 1 was able to move on.) This is true not only for technologies like cell phones, but also for drug companies. I do think there's a lot to be said about the greed of corporations and traders, but the essential services of the stock exchange shouldn't be thrown away wholesale. Buying stock is a loan to a company. By making the investment, companies have the ability to develop products faster. The likelihood is that for every investment that works out a greater number of investments fail. Investors take this into account when determining which companies and products to invest in. (In my old job they had an entire floor that was devoted just to exploring new ideas – kind of like Google labs – in my 3 years with that company products over 10 projects failed and only 1 was able to move on.)
This is true not only for technologies like cell phones, but also for drug companies.
I do think there’s a lot to be said about the greed of corporations and traders, but the essential services of the stock exchange shouldn’t be thrown away wholesale.

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