If memory serves...(all to often it doesn't) the Florida lottery money was intended to go towards 'special' programs and services (ie magnate programs etc) and not regular costs like teachers saleries and administration costs etc.. Unfortunately that's exactly what the politicians in Tallahassee started to do with the money (use it for regular school costs so they could lower taxes and get reelected) until they were sued over the matter and forced to use the money according to the Lottery laws original intent. At least I think they were forced to start using it the way it was intended. I didn't follow it very much after that. (I tend, like many do, to suffer from a certain dissafected apathy.) This kind of behaivor is just SOooo typical of politicians. Disgusting!
As far as always having the most up to date software is concerned. I prefer to wait and see if an app/utility/kernel is stable or has obvious security holes before I install it. Unless I'm feeling daring or in a helpfull debugging mood and decide to try it while it's 'hot'. In which case I know the risk I'm taking. Imagine always having the latest 'holes' and 'bugs' and never having enough time to know what and where they are before the next set arrive. Doing rpm -Uvh is hard??? It doesn't get much easier. *Head nod to Debian folks.*;)
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If memory serves...(all to often it doesn't) the Florida lottery money was intended to go towards 'special' programs and services (ie magnate programs etc) and not regular costs like teachers saleries and administration costs etc.. Unfortunately that's exactly what the politicians in Tallahassee started to do with the money (use it for regular school costs so they could lower taxes and get reelected) until they were sued over the matter and forced to use the money according to the Lottery laws original intent. At least I think they were forced to start using it the way it was intended. I didn't follow it very much after that. (I tend, like many do, to suffer from a certain dissafected apathy.) This kind of behaivor is just SOooo typical of politicians. Disgusting!
As far as always having the most up to date software is concerned. I prefer to wait and see if an app/utility/kernel is stable or has obvious security holes before I install it. Unless I'm feeling daring or in a helpfull debugging mood and decide to try it while it's 'hot'. In which case I know the risk I'm taking. Imagine always having the latest 'holes' and 'bugs' and never having enough time to know what and where they are before the next set arrive. Doing rpm -Uvh is hard??? It doesn't get much easier. *Head nod to Debian folks.* ;)