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| 41 | (I meant "...to make these minor infractions", not to "break" them - if that's even possible, ha!) | Which of the proposed designs for the new World Trade Center buildings do you prefer? |
| 42 | If it is true that (quote) "it's irrelevant to the economy of a region whether a particular, relatively small, piece of land is free to be developed or not"... Well, since I know it all to be quite different, all I can do is wish I could house a company of my own in your business tax-free environment for sure! Do you waive assessing taxes on that property/land too? Great! How about business licensing for the hundreds of companies that could occupy that "relatively small piece of land" that your city collects in intervals? From another angle: City cleaning? Trash pick-up? Utilities? Are all those also tax-free operations coming by every morning to service me? Public transit? Zoning, permits? Construction licensing, and all the taxes on that sort of production? All the business lunches of the area the same hundreds of companies will drive? Commerce that's driven by the surrounding activity of the companies? Am I allowed to park anywhere in your small plot of land, or will I be cited, towed and have to fork out $125M per year for that service (like we once had to in the same spot), or fifty cents a pop for meter parking? Out of all the aspects listed above - only a small fraction of what is driven into a concentrated commercial area like "downtown" anywhere...1) I've argued that point, but only to a small degree of what reality dictates, and 2) (To quote a business-savvy soul we all know, heh heh) to "build a small park" is hardly the reasonable alternative if you want the city to thrive again. The Parker Brothers knew what they were doing when they allowed their players to build "hotels" on Boardwalk. It came from a simple formula - imitate life. | Which of the proposed designs for the new World Trade Center buildings do you prefer? |
| 43 | Okay...summaries are due at this point. From the Office of a Nobody, NthenSome, Survey Central I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and let you take the number (a number that was at least backed by an earnest disclosure of its origination - ahem!) - the 45BILLION dollar number presented in this official document, and let you reassess the continuing costs throughout 2002 (reported by now, since the city's fiscal year ended in June, 2002) and in FY2003....down by 80%. Now, if this official city office, who outsourced this analysis of costs and revenue losses, can somehow bury a 500% markup in their findings in just one report, then these officials should be able to erect a 200-story whorehouse, if they want, and provide the services to the city at no charge because even our government should bow down low to talents they've displayed here! So - to honor your "suspicion" (still see no links or facts from your side of the podium there) - I will decrease their estimated impact by 80%. That still leaves us with how you intend NY city will recover over 9 BILLION dollars in a fiscal year...with your "small park". Remember, we're talking about this same square footage of property. Or...does New York Mayor Cody "suspect" this "so-called need" is just an "economical illusion" too? You're a great guy, but please don't ever become King of da' World - your peasants will end up tearing you limb from limb. | Which of the proposed designs for the new World Trade Center buildings do you prefer? |
| 44 | BR-549 | Should we standardise the emergency telephone number? |
| 45 | Had you never heard of 911 before the show? I actually said the exact same thing (see qualification of this survey), but I was totally joking. I think you've managed to place some real logic to something I was laughing about a couple days ago, haha. | Should we standardise the emergency telephone number? |
| 46 | In faaaaact (see above comment)...I believe, uh, somebody owes someone (me!) a "spanking" of some sort...? | Should we standardise the emergency telephone number? |
| 47 | Juliw (hi!), Analog, Mandy and Dora - it might not be as simple as that...Cody and Dino don't believe "zero" can be counted at all, for any number of times. This was once given to our class for discussion in high school. I'm sure the teacher gave a much better and more comprehensive presentation for this, but the idea is captured. It always stuck with me because I looked at it as the only place in fundamental mathematics where opinions were "allowed", yet they never seem to define the concept well. | Exactly how many times is it possible to count to the same zero? |
| 48 | At least you probably haven't ever had to vote your own survey "bad". This didn't provoke the thought process I had intended. A math teacher of mine in high school did a good job of making this an interesting debate among us students. I flopped at it. Ha! | Exactly how many times is it possible to count to the same zero? |
| 49 | That's very studios of you - and unbiased. This one goes into my own "Hall of Shame"...haha. | Exactly how many times is it possible to count to the same zero? |
| 50 | That's pretty smart, I didn't think to limit the ability by mere mortality. Good answer! | ESP powers will be granted to a person who is relatively a part of your everyday life, and you are asked to name this mind-reader. |
