Are you implying that many millions in Maryland left for other states because of the tax? Have you considered that perhaps there were many millionaires who lost a lot of money, and therefore were no longer millionaires?
I'm sure that the crash was a big factor, but it's quite easy for anyone in Maryland who wants to pay less taxes to just move across the border into Delaware, Virginia, or Pennsylvania.
I know several people who've moved out of California for that reason.
So, buy what you want according to whatever criteria matter to you, and I'll do likewise. My own criteria are more about whether the goods and services offered are something I want, rather than whether they meet your call for tree-hugger brownie points.
I remember that IBM had an office building in Manassas, VA that was heated by the mainframes in the building. They got a lot of press at the time for that.
Dell's not about to incur the wrath of the beast like that. They know which side their bread is buttered on. Besides pissing off Microsoft, the more machines they sell with Linux, the less money they get from the crapware loading.
By all means, centralize all IT policy for the federal government into some agency that knows basically squat about what each department does. These days, inefficiency in government is about all the chance we get for freedom.
I remember when Gartner was telling everyone that OS/2 would matter. It's not that they work for MS as such, it's that they're in the business of providing CYA documentation for anyone who wants to do what everyone else is doing.
I've lived in California for quite a few years now, and I wouldn't call it a "center of reason". There's plenty of new-age woo-woo bullshit around here.
Charlie Lynch case, Charlie knew he was in violation of federal law.
The trouble is, there is no constitutional authority for the existence of the federal statutes that Lynch was charged with. It took a constitutional amendment to give the feds the power to ban alcohol, and that amendment has been repealed.
The usual rationalization that the commerce clause "implies" whatever power the feds want to assert over anything that might ever be bought, sold, or even grown on one's own property for one's own use is absurd on its face.
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Are you implying that many millions in Maryland left for other states because of the tax? Have you considered that perhaps there were many millionaires who lost a lot of money, and therefore were no longer millionaires?
I'm sure that the crash was a big factor, but it's quite easy for anyone in Maryland who wants to pay less taxes to just move across the border into Delaware, Virginia, or Pennsylvania.
I know several people who've moved out of California for that reason.
-jcr
Consumers = Power.
So, buy what you want according to whatever criteria matter to you, and I'll do likewise. My own criteria are more about whether the goods and services offered are something I want, rather than whether they meet your call for tree-hugger brownie points.
-jcr
Not likely.
Time sharing was a good idea back when CPUs were expensive. Its time has passed.
-jcr
It's pretty clear that he considered it a joke at the beginning, and then he went bat-shit insane.
-jcr
Japan has few immigrants, so they can't just look down to Mexicans
There are Japanese citizens of Korean descent who would disagree with you.
-jcr
The AC above is right.
-jcr
I think it would have been around 1979 or so. It belonged to IBM's federal systems division.
-jcr
Try to keep up IBM.
IBM was water-cooling machines at least as early as the 1970s.
-jcr
Greenpeace is no better than PETA.
I beg to differ. Greenpeace is sleazy, but PETA is a nut-cult.
-jcr
I remember that IBM had an office building in Manassas, VA that was heated by the mainframes in the building. They got a lot of press at the time for that.
-jcr
we'd have powerful officers actively working to eliminate anyone who is too independent or thoughtful to be lead around.
We have that right now, they're called lobbyists.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
-jcr
Dell's not about to incur the wrath of the beast like that. They know which side their bread is buttered on. Besides pissing off Microsoft, the more machines they sell with Linux, the less money they get from the crapware loading.
-jcr
I also know that jews are exclusionary and racists
Unlike you, Adolph?
Go fuck yourself.
-jcr
Should have thought about that before combining a D president with a nearly filibuster-proof D congress.
Oh, I'm sure we'll get plenty of inefficiency from those clowns.
-jcr
The problem with politicians is, well, that they exist as a profession.
I agree. Serving in the legislature should be like jury duty, not a career or a way to get rich.
-jcr
The older I get the more thankful I get to my mother for those lessons.
Why do I get the feeling that we're going to be hearing about you as the central figure in a tragic event any day now?
"He was kind of a loner", said his not-very-surprised colleagues...
-jcr
It would have taken me about five seconds to smash a contraption like that to bits.
-jcr
By all means, centralize all IT policy for the federal government into some agency that knows basically squat about what each department does. These days, inefficiency in government is about all the chance we get for freedom.
-jcr
Why does your post above sound like diatribes I've heard about Jews and banking?
There are a lot of Indian IT workers. There are also a lot of American IT workers, too. So what?
-jcr
Does the government have a right to tax at all?
People have rights, governments have powers. So the answer to your question is no.
-jcr
Gartner is just a Microsoft lobbying group.
I remember when Gartner was telling everyone that OS/2 would matter. It's not that they work for MS as such, it's that they're in the business of providing CYA documentation for anyone who wants to do what everyone else is doing.
-jcr
I've lived in California for quite a few years now, and I wouldn't call it a "center of reason". There's plenty of new-age woo-woo bullshit around here.
-jcr
I would have expected a fossil like this to come from Africa, not Europe.
-jcr
Charlie Lynch case, Charlie knew he was in violation of federal law.
The trouble is, there is no constitutional authority for the existence of the federal statutes that Lynch was charged with. It took a constitutional amendment to give the feds the power to ban alcohol, and that amendment has been repealed.
The usual rationalization that the commerce clause "implies" whatever power the feds want to assert over anything that might ever be bought, sold, or even grown on one's own property for one's own use is absurd on its face.
-jcr
I give you the neurosis caused by careful training into the Puritan mindset that afflicts many Americans.
Yes, puritanism is a tragic thing. Alcohol prohibition had its roots in puritanism, and we still have the war on drugs today because of them.
-jcr