Zimbabwe-style hyperinflation
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posted by loquacious at 6:02 PM on December 10, 2008
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posted by loquacious at 6:02 PM on December 10, 2008
I am astonished that someone writing point-of-sale/receipt-printing software took care to ensure that it could handle figures in the billions.
I guess it's there in case Mr Burns turns up and buys a left-handed can opener and that sporty roadster, and um, an aircraft carrier.
posted by awfurby at 6:04 PM on December 10, 2008
I guess it's there in case Mr Burns turns up and buys a left-handed can opener and that sporty roadster, and um, an aircraft carrier.
posted by awfurby at 6:04 PM on December 10, 2008
I don't understand the text of your post.
posted by roll truck roll at 6:06 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by roll truck roll at 6:06 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'd pay a buck for one of those (expired) 100 billion Zimbabwean dollar notes.
posted by Missiles K. Monster at 6:07 PM on December 10, 2008
posted by Missiles K. Monster at 6:07 PM on December 10, 2008
This is a pretty clear example of the sort of site you should avoid linking to on metafilter.
Stolen content, no attribution, massive advertisements.
Also, the font montage going on makes me want to beat the Esteemed and Knowledgeable Webmaster to death with the corpse of the bastard who invented Comic Sans.
posted by loquacious at 6:08 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
Stolen content, no attribution, massive advertisements.
Also, the font montage going on makes me want to beat the Esteemed and Knowledgeable Webmaster to death with the corpse of the bastard who invented Comic Sans.
posted by loquacious at 6:08 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
Explain to me again why Mugabe gets to be part of the 'Coalition' government?
posted by leotrotsky at 6:08 PM on December 10, 2008
posted by leotrotsky at 6:08 PM on December 10, 2008
Is there a flag for "I don't know quite what is going on here but something ain't right"?
posted by ND¢ at 6:10 PM on December 10, 2008
posted by ND¢ at 6:10 PM on December 10, 2008
Hyper-inflation, that I can understand. A $750,000 note, that takes a certain level of perversity. I can imagine a Reserve Bank goon asking themselves:
Q. So, how can I just make Zimbabwean people's lives more burdensome?
A. Make everyday mental arithmetic harder!
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 6:12 PM on December 10, 2008 [3 favorites]
Q. So, how can I just make Zimbabwean people's lives more burdensome?
A. Make everyday mental arithmetic harder!
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 6:12 PM on December 10, 2008 [3 favorites]
Seriously, this post is cryptic and weird. No idea why you chose to headlne the FPP this way.
That being said, yeah, Zimbabwe sux right now.
posted by billysumday at 6:22 PM on December 10, 2008
That being said, yeah, Zimbabwe sux right now.
posted by billysumday at 6:22 PM on December 10, 2008
Explain to me again why Mugabe gets to be part of the 'Coalition' government?
[hacks off your limbs and burns you alive]
That's why.
posted by Joe Beese at 6:24 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
[hacks off your limbs and burns you alive]
That's why.
posted by Joe Beese at 6:24 PM on December 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
Seriously, this post is cryptic and weird. No idea why you chose to headlne the FPP this way.
It's Rafaello. This is his thing.
posted by piratebowling at 6:28 PM on December 10, 2008
It's Rafaello. This is his thing.
posted by piratebowling at 6:28 PM on December 10, 2008
My interpretation is that if you live in Zimbabwe, you burn calories from the effort of carrying gigantic stacks of money when you shop.
Which still doesn't make a lot of sense, and also .... ah nevermind.
posted by mannequito at 6:31 PM on December 10, 2008
Which still doesn't make a lot of sense, and also .... ah nevermind.
posted by mannequito at 6:31 PM on December 10, 2008
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