Those of you who don't see the catastrophe in progress, be assured that it is a major, major, major catastrophe of major proportions.  This is the WORST economic situation since the Great Depression of the early 1930s.  It has struck the entire planet and is accelerating (the dominoe effect).

The Icelandic government went 'out of business'.  In the US, we are now at at least 7.6% unemployment (that's over 15 MILLION!!! people).   I surmise that in the next year, we'll hit 9 or 10% (around 30 million jobless).  Circuit City is out of business.  I've seen business after business after business shut down here in Colorado.  Three of my friends' businesses are caput.  I've been done with my home-office business since about July, 2008 (the first to be hit were small and self-employed businesses).  Companies aren't laying off a few hundred here and there - they are laying off thousands (!).  GM might go bankrupt - never in history.  Nissan is laying off 10% of its planetary workforce!  Do these numbers sink in?

When you see 10,000 people applying for a few hundred jobs, get ready to tighten the belt, eat bread, drink water, and suffer for about the next three to five (or ten) years.

Those who don't feel it yet, you will.  Be prepared for suffering and more suffering. :)

Have fun,
Robert (the curmudgeon)

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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