Message-ID: <3EC18BD2.7000608@itdepends.com> Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 19:20:48 -0500 From: Jim Herrmann <kclug@ItDepends.com> Subject: Re: US IT jobs going overseas creating 'IT Rust Belt'.
Lately, my cards have really sucked. ;-)
Brian Kelsay wrote:
>I don't see why supply and demand and the transfer of money from one hand to
>another is so hard to understand for most people. This is not any different
>from gambling. I ante up a buck ($1) to the pot to play, players raise the
>bet, people fold and leave with nothing and others bluff and hold out til
>the end. Somebody walks away with everyone's cash. The cash didn't APPEAR
>on the table, the players put it there as a price for playing the game. If
>their cards don't have enough value (real or perceived) compared to the
>other players' cards then some players fold or forfeit their small amount
>before it becomes a large amount they could possibly lose. This is the
>price of the chance of winning big.
>Brian
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