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  1. Re:I guess that means ... on Researchers "Solve" Texas Hold'Em, Create Perfect Robotic Player · · Score: 1

    There's an old poker saying "you can't beat the rake". Two perfect players will eventually lose all their money to the house in rake or time charges.

  2. Re:Innocent until proven guilty, but not inevitabl on Forensic Experts Say Screams Were Not Zimmerman's · · Score: 1

    Zimmerman wasn't patrolling, he was running an errand, and when told that he didn't need to follow Martin he agreed and told the 911 operator he was returning to his vehicle.

    Martin is still dead, though.

  3. Fake. on Heartland Institute Threatens To Sue Anyone Who Comments On Leaked Documents · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The "smoking gun" memo is most likely faked, see Megan McArdle's analysis at http://www.theatlantic.com/megan-mcardle/

  4. Re:ancient text-based games on Crowther's Original Adventure Source Code Found · · Score: 1

    Hunt was included with 4.3 BSD, IIRC.

    Looks like there's a version still out there called 'neohunt'

    http://www.ooblick.com/software/neohunt/FAQ.html

  5. Re:The rise of the American aristocracy on Does Income Inequality Matter? · · Score: 1
    The reason the US founding fathers put in taxes on inheritance


    The "founding fathers" didn't put taxes on inheritance, the Federal Government first taxed estates in 1916.
  6. Re:And for the second step... on Has Orwell's '1984' Come 22 Years Later? · · Score: 1, Troll

    Glenn Greenwald? Master of sock puppetry and a certifiable net.kook.

    http://instapundit.com/archives/031632.php
    http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/003902.htm l

  7. Re:Total gov burden is inversely related to growth on The Skeptical Environmentalist · · Score: 1

    Here's a simple study for you to try. Go look up the periods if highest taxes on the rich and corporations and place that over a chart of economic growth rates. You are in for a big surprise.

    That the post-WWII era had high growth and high taxes? (I'm just guessing). Maybe we should tax everything at 100%, then we'll have infinite growth? Were there any other factors involved in
    the growth during the period?

    After you see the results of that simple study - ask youself WHO benefits from feeding the public slogans saying less public oversight of businesses is good for them.

    It's good for the customers of the business, because they ultimately pay the cost of regulation
    through higher prices for goods and services.

    To extend that idea a bit further, corporations don't actually pay corporate taxes, consumers do.
    The tax is just obscured in the price the customer pays.