lol! The US spends 10x Buffett's fortune each year in the form of Social Security payments so those people can sit around and do whatever they want. The cost of physical items or materials isn't going to plummet to zero just because some robot is doing it. So, even someone with enormous wealth like Buffett isn't going to be able to take care of everyone (a one time payment of less than $10 for everyone isn't going to go far). Even if it were possible, I'd hate to see what sort of lazy slobs human beings would turn into. We're pretty soft and pathetic as it is now.
I guess I should have RTFA. He is essentially keeping it in the family, and it won't be taxed.
The other foundation gifts that Buffett is making will also occur annually and start in July. At Berkshire's current price, the combined 2006 total of these gifts will be $315 million. The contributions will go to foundations headed by Buffett's three children, Susan, Howard, and Peter, and to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation.
Our "Education Lottery" is primarily used to fund vocational school for prisoners, ex-prisoners, and future prisoners.
I think that's more to the point. Besides, lotteries are funded by primarily people who aren't well educated in the first place, so this just continues the cycle.
If he brought them up right, his kids would use his fortune as seed money for their own entrepreneurial endeavors and/or to continue the family business, not waste their time & resources on the rich & famous party circuit.
The tables that are online don't show any cuts in spending. Cuts in growth maybe, but not in spending. SS & HHS spending has exceeded that of the DOD since 1993 & 1994 respectively and the DOD budget is about 18% of what the Federal Govt will spend in 2007 (up from the low of 15.4% in 1999). The DOD will get about 3.8% of the GDP in 2007 compared to 11.3% for entitlement programs. IMHO, we have a problem with entitlement spending, not defense spending.
And who ever said you had a right to privacy when you voluntarily sign up for a COMMERCIAL service.
This Court consistently has held that a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties. - US Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun
if anyone did, it wasn't any of the Nine in black -- (hmmm...I wonder if JRR had them in mind when creating the ringwraiths:)
If the Aussies would have been watching The DaVinci Cup, they would have known that no amount of tech would help them. Pauly proved it. What a bunch of stooges.
or maybe they should just stop bitching about about what a used machine looks like. I like Macs, but damn many of their customers act as if how the computer looks is more important that how it's used.
I'm sure all the big computer manufacturers have used some form of liquid cooling on their non-PC machines at some point in time. This is probably a solution for those businesses that need servers, but don't have the infrastructure or personnel to properly run a set of liquid cooled racks. So HP is using ducted fans to increase the cooling efficiency of their air cooled products. Yippy skippy. I hope their customers like them.
I agree. That's where the "Google or Ebay are getting rich off my bandwidth" excuses fall flat. Google and Ebay are paying some network provider for their network connection. If they need more bandwith, they will pay for it. The customers who are using those sites pay for their connection. If the telcos want to offer video on demand or VOIP to their customers, charge those who want it a fee. What the net neutrality opponents fear is what's been in place and working for years. It's not broke, so don't try to put a "bandwidth protection" racket in place to try to fix it.
Hmmm, what could be more natural than plugging your IPod into someone else's computer?
if someone wants to share a song with me, they can either email it to me, or send me a CD-R. I never touch anyone's computer unless they want me to fix it and even then, I keep it away from my computers, players, etc.
moms have been throwing cheerios in toilets for years as a way to help toilet train their sons. The kids are told to aim at the cheerios and to try to sink them with pee.
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Sounds good to me. Just think of all the geeks that will be needed to do the work.
You watch too much science fiction.
Emacs isn't that bad. It starts a hell of a lot faster on my machines than Firefox does. OpenOffice is now the king of slow startup and bloat.
and everything would be free, right utopia boy? you watch too much Star Trek.
As long as it's voluntary (ie not coerced like most UnitedWay fund raisers or forced like taxes), I don't care what anyone else does with their money.
If he brought them up right, his kids would use his fortune as seed money for their own entrepreneurial endeavors and/or to continue the family business, not waste their time & resources on the rich & famous party circuit.
Apparently he doesn't trust his kids.
but the real question is: How much of that is spent on buying licenses for MSFT software and services?
The tables that are online don't show any cuts in spending. Cuts in growth maybe, but not in spending. SS & HHS spending has exceeded that of the DOD since 1993 & 1994 respectively and the DOD budget is about 18% of what the Federal Govt will spend in 2007 (up from the low of 15.4% in 1999). The DOD will get about 3.8% of the GDP in 2007 compared to 11.3% for entitlement programs. IMHO, we have a problem with entitlement spending, not defense spending.
don't forget about the B-1. it had swing wings too.
ThinkGeek would make a fortune selling tinfoil hats.
This Court consistently has held that a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties. - US Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun
if anyone did, it wasn't any of the Nine in black -- (hmmm...I wonder if JRR had them in mind when creating the ringwraiths :)
I-35? I was probably the 2nd-hand smoke from all the drug abusers along that route.
If the Aussies would have been watching The DaVinci Cup, they would have known that no amount of tech would help them. Pauly proved it. What a bunch of stooges.
or maybe they should just stop bitching about about what a used machine looks like. I like Macs, but damn many of their customers act as if how the computer looks is more important that how it's used.
I'm sure all the big computer manufacturers have used some form of liquid cooling on their non-PC machines at some point in time. This is probably a solution for those businesses that need servers, but don't have the infrastructure or personnel to properly run a set of liquid cooled racks. So HP is using ducted fans to increase the cooling efficiency of their air cooled products. Yippy skippy. I hope their customers like them.
I agree. That's where the "Google or Ebay are getting rich off my bandwidth" excuses fall flat. Google and Ebay are paying some network provider for their network connection. If they need more bandwith, they will pay for it. The customers who are using those sites pay for their connection. If the telcos want to offer video on demand or VOIP to their customers, charge those who want it a fee. What the net neutrality opponents fear is what's been in place and working for years. It's not broke, so don't try to put a "bandwidth protection" racket in place to try to fix it.
SOX has taken care of any lack of work for the typical IT person. Not that it's productive. It's just busy work to keep the auditors happy.
Sure you can. The schedule given is about the same as my brother-in-law's, except he stops at 10 or 11pm instead of 8pm.
that's what you get when a man's purpose is to stay a $1 ahead of his wife's spending.
a team hooker? was this the Duke rugby team? :)
and Sony is still improving it. The new discs can hold a 1GB
Hmmm, what could be more natural than plugging your IPod into someone else's computer?
if someone wants to share a song with me, they can either email it to me, or send me a CD-R. I never touch anyone's computer unless they want me to fix it and even then, I keep it away from my computers, players, etc.moms have been throwing cheerios in toilets for years as a way to help toilet train their sons. The kids are told to aim at the cheerios and to try to sink them with pee.