"Then tell him no thanks. I'll take my own route." Mixt said as he opened up a dark portal and walked through.
"It might make a bit more sense farther down the rabbit hole. But your role in this is done. Hell, you didn't really have a role to begin with, that was just improvisation. It certainly helped a lot though."
"I still need to talk to Traken before I go. I'm not following a plan that is kept secret from me" Mixt retorted
"It is one continuous plan, this was just a significant checkpoint. As for the woman, they broke the law and that punishment is death. People will learn to shape up fast or face the consequences. Besides, at their age their lives won't be worth much kept alive anyway."
"Well we don't have any of this cure, nor have I discussed anything with Traken since evidently he doesn't want to take visitors. I would personally rather continue by hand than go blindly by that mans word. The only reason i haven't tried to kill him again is that we can take any and all help right now" Mixt said coldly to Phantoma. "And as you may recall, I don't take kindly to secrets"
Personally I prefer noise isolation to cancellation, and isolation I know the skullcandy buds do pretty well (granted that isn't hard on a ear-bud). I haven't invested in actual headphones from them so I can't really talk for that, but I would think that the over ear headphones should isolate fairly well. On ear you should stay away from if don't want background noise unless you can test it first, those rely almost entirely on the cancellation protocol, if the headphones even have one.
"Throw them into the execution housing, I'll take care of them with the rest later." Mixt said before returning to Phisoxa. "Now I wait for my rule to be adequately questioned. But that is all I'll tell you, don't want to spoil the ending for you. At least not until you get further down the rabbit hole"
Huh, I thought you were an older member than that, my bad. Though I think that has been my only major debate with Makaze. I frequently either agree with Makaze or it is about personal philosophy, and personal philosophy I prefer to let sort itself out unless I have some major gripe with it. I like the skullcandy warranty (garunteed half price back as long as you can ship them the remains) since I use and abuse headphones and it is rare for headphones to work well past a month. My Heavy Medals are something like six months in and running strong though, and those are only $10 more than what you are looking at. But considering you know you like the cheaper Logitech pair there is a strong draw to that as well.
Sorry, the concept of fiat currency is one I read up on and the "i" looked like an "l" to me. I learned it by the wrong name and it isn't one brought up enough for my mind to correct it. I was talking about fiat currency despite naming it wrong. Loans can be useful, but as we all know they are also dangerous. While I generally dislike the concept of "buyer beware" since it is not reasonable for a costumer to have the information needed to beware of, I do think it applies nicely here. The danger of loans is inherent to the process, be it through a bank a personal, and not entirely relevant to the nature of your specific loan (though some are better deals than others). So if someone fails to take the correct standpoint in a loan then I say it is their fault and not that of the bank. But loans are very necessary, if you can't barrow money from somewhere then post secondary education will be beyond the reasonable reach of most people. You will find yourself working a low income job and essentially all of that will go to housing (rented since you can't afford to buy) and general cost of living. By the time you scrap the money together to get into post secondary education it will no longer be worth it. A system does not need to be human made, it is anything that determines how things interact. For example the foodchain is a system, and it is put under strain in the event of a drought. A barter system might suffer after a fire destroys and depreciates the intrinsic value of items.
My point does not change with the form of currency, replace "five dollars" with "a gold coin" align the math to compensate the change and it all works. I just used that since I assume most people reading this are either American or are familiar with US currency. Though on another note, all currency is flat currency. If we were to decide the gold coin was worthless it would hit the same flaw, the difference is that what we call flat currency is more easily deemed worthless (especially at its induction) I did mention that the services banks provide can be administered directly, but there are flaws. The fact of the matter is that these in between steps exist because they improve the quality in some way (making a better product, decreasing cost, improving production speed, etc.), if it was that much better to not use them then people wouldn't. A Ponzi scheme is where the system is unbalanced and thus not sustainable. We're not talking about it dying down and requiring a jump start to get back on it's feet. It is like performing an endothermic reaction, it takes in heat to make the reaction take place, but unless it in some way produces heat back (directly or indirectly) then eventually you won't have the energy to continue it. This is not the case for banks (assuming a proper structure). The bank takes in more money through loans than it does paying off interest. They additional money taken in is of course released back into the economic environment when salaries are payed and people spend it. Banking would be a Ponzi scheme if they did not make loans to bring in interest money. Then when someone asked to withdraw they would be forced to pay with the money other people deposited. Obviously since the "bank" is spending money without making it then it will all dry up eventually. Any system struggles under pressure, and sooner or later there is always pressure. The idealization that a system that is more "x" (natural, engineered, independent, codependent, etc) would be free of this fault is simply wrong. Some systems work better than others, and which is best will vary with outside factors, but the presence of a pressure failure is not a reason not to use a system unless you can miraculously provide an alternative system that doesn't seem to have one. True enough. Remember this thread?
Most of it is either the same or can be muddled through easily enough. There are translation guides for what you simply don't get at all. This is the one I use most when I play
Mixt counted off her questions on his fingers as he answered them in turn. "I reaped my rewards out of this war and became ruler. You passed out after the kye-blade drained your life force; good show by the way, I couldn't have planned that one better. I'm mildly surprised you lived, but your more useful alive and I saw no need to sell you off but I'm not against slavery if you want that route. And finally the war is over, which by definition is a time of peace. I think that wraps that all up. Did you enjoy your breakfast?"
I'm actually a bit surprised that you are so against using credit systems Makaze, you strike me as someone that would be able and willing to utilize the system. And it isn't a Ponzi scheme really, it is simply a unique business style. Normal business spends money to procure a product to then sell somewhere else at a profit. So if I were a soda company I would pay for ingredients to make soda and sell to the public. In the case of banks it is the same thing, but the product is still money. You get people to give you money with the agreement of money back based on the amount and how long (interest is literally the cost of borrowing money) Then with the borrowed money you lend that out for a higher interest rate then what you are paying to get the money originally. So you really end up with two major difference from generic business. First, you are getting your product from the public instead of a smaller party. Second, the product itself is money. Since banks are most effective in a large scale there ends up with so much fluidity in the system that they don't have a reason to deny any deposits, but yes in the event that everyone pushes the system in a specific direction it will fail. If people pull all their deposits then they don't have the money since it was being loaned out for profit (a somewhat unique problem since most business will buy something in full and not just borrow it, but that obviously doesn't work in this setup). If people pull all their loans then there would be a temporary influx of money before a slow death at the lack of profits. Really banking is the lifeblood of the economy. What people perceive as wealth is not the physical money but the movement of money. If you drop the scale down to two people it becomes a lot easier to see. Lets our hypothetical economy only has five dollars. Both of us sell a product that the other one wants (reasoning being irrelevant) that both are conveniently worth those five dollars. Each time the money changes hands we both benefit, one gets money and the other gets a valued product. So if five dollars traded hands 20 times then we would both feel that we made $50, despite the fact that only $5 exists. Likewise if I fail to spend my money for an entire month then no one benefits from it, the economy feels empty despite the fact that again there is $5. Since you can't realistically spend all your money the moment you get it it makes sense to lend it out to someone who can. But normally there would be work involved in finding someone who would immediately use your money, insecurity in if your money is safe, and inconvenience in the fact that the return of you money would be irrelevant to your wanting to use it. Banking allows all that to be taken down in one fell swoop. But there are still the flaws mentioned earlier. I'll leave the cost/benefit analysis to you, but don't be blinded by the fact that there is a cost. The system is a stable one so long as it is not put under too much strain. Not using a bank because it might fail is like not using a bridge because it might collapse (notable comparison failure though in that the bridge would be strained by your using it while the bank would become more stable). Why do I feel the need to go off on rants in the spamzone?
Once Mixt finished the intricate design, he took out the red stone he had taken from Phisoxa so long ago and placed it in the center. Then he squeezed his finger where he had pricked it to squeeze out a single drop of blood to fall on the stone, the color matching so perfectly it was rendered imposable to see in an instant. A bitter cold wind swept through the room, the city, even across the entire realm of light. But despite it's strength nothing moved in the wind, instead to seemed to pull at your very soul since that is exactly what it was doing. The blood that was shed in the war led to mass amounts of spiritual energy left discards, all now racing in to Mixt's transmutation circle. With this tempest of souls those that barely clung to life were pulled away with the rest. By the time it all reached the hall of the knight's council it was almost palpable. Mixt stood with his keyblade over the circle pointed down. "Totus est unus, unus est totus" he said with overwhelming authority as he plunged the blade down and smashed the red stone. In an instant the flow of energy in the room changed as it exploded outward, only to collapse back in even harder. Above the keyblades hilt was a speck of red that slowly began to grow into an intricate crystal. At first glance it appeared to be of striking similarity to the one that was just smashed, but to those that were able to sense the underworkings of such an artifact the two were as different as night and day. Mixt reached out and grabbed a hold of it, holding it up to the night sky. With a huge smile on his face "We've done it, friend. Nothing in this world can stand before us now"
You need to stop trying to get you ex found and move on. They're gone and you should find someone new.
Mixt waved a hand at the nearest soldier, shooting dark lighting to knock him out. Then with the next closest one he stuck out his keyblade up to the soldiers throat to use him as a momentary hostage. "Now let me give you the same 'advice' you gave me. Don't resist"
"Yeah, I'm gonna say no." Mixt walked forward paying no visible mind to the soldiers but intending to lash out when they inevitably tried to stop him.
"You'll see soon enough. Maybe, can't say for sure but you seem like a survivor" Mixt commented as he squatted down to examine another point on the floor like he did before. "Ah, should have guessed." Mixt then walked over to to a stage like area at the back of the room. "The center of the room as intersected by back wall with a golden rectangle" Mixt then drew out a needle and pricked his finger, using the bloodied needle to draw out a fine transmutation circle in his blood.
"Is that now standard protocol around here, or are we special? I don't see any reason to resist anything you're doing, but demanding that I don't doesn't exactly solidify that decision. Now if you don't mind we were just responding to the news, considering we are the best fighters on this ship resisting us will lead to an increased of your death. Keep that one in mind" Mixt commented as he followed along.
"Well I'll be damned, he actually pulled it off." Then looking over at Rako he added "Not literally, mind you. Though it is a safe bet that I'll end up there when all is said and done. Now go, even with Traken's success I trust your gut more than his. Besides, this is only a small victory, there is still a long war to come." Mixt then started walking to the control room, "I'll go get the run down from Traken before I head out"
