Hey, it's not like they take billions of dollars and send them to the Sun.
That money is spent here, in the USA, on engineers and such - right on down to the guy who sweeps up the turnings from the lathes at Boeing.
At the very least, that money has a chance for spin-off benefits.
If you think of it as "welfare for the military industrial complex", at least it has a chance of a payback. I'd rather give hard-working engineers "welfare" rather than "poor" people.
Pure social spending of Gov't dollars is money down the drain (unless you are trying to create/reinforce a dependent class of "citizens").
More Space, bring it on! I have 6 pcs with over 500 GB online right now -- with no backup! (well, maybe a few "small" CD-Rs with "critical" docs, critical = what I can think off off the top of my head...)
With any luck, I'll be dead in less than 100 years, so real reliability isn't a concern. Currently I just buy a new PC every once-in-a-while, even if I don't "need" it. Just like cars.
How old am I? I should be so lucky as to see 100 year old I Love Lucy episodes!
Hell, as a Windows (tm) user, I am better off starting from scratch every couple of years anyhow.
I think that you should moderate (as in all things), but if it is not ordinarily a problem... what's the problem?
I have been a "caffine adict" on several occasions (defined as getting bad-ass headaches if I don't get it!)
The solution is always the same... cut back.
Currently, I am working from home and I "do" only 2-3 "half-caf" cups of coffee and maybe one cafinated soda a day (diet - easy on the teeth). What's wrong with that?
If you consume too much of anything you have a problem. Deal.
Has anyone else sent their PayPal dollars to the subject site, or have I been spammed?
Since no one has been removed from the list of known spammers, I assume the account just hasn't gotten big enough, yet.
Legal note: I don't condone actually killing spammers. Any monetary contributions I may have made are intended soley for legal defense funds and coffee for anti-spam organizations, not for the hiring of vicious thugs to brutalize and kill spammers.
...some studies [which I am too lazy to look up right now, but including recent data from Mars, which, last time I looked, didn't have SUVs or coal fired power plants] show that things are heating up. Probably on a natural Sun cycle.
So, turn on all the computers you want, it won't matter one whit, in the cosmic scheme of things.
This stuff has gone on for a long time. The question is, is there an un-biased, fair [mathematical] way of doing some sort of random-population-based-weighting of districts?
In places where voter initiatives are available (like trend-setting [like-it-or-not] California) this would make an excellent ballot initiative.
Proposition N: Should voting districts be defined by algorithm X (describe) or by cheating polititicans to furthor their own desires.
What were communications taxes being collected for, in theory, and do they go for that purpose? Maybe we are done with hooking up rural phone lines or whatever it was (wasn't part of the phone tax a Spanish American war tax? I think they JUST got rid of that part within the last couple of years.)
If we can get away from "general funds" (and hence, no accountability of where the funds go)it might be a step in the direction of lowering the overall tax burden - by not letting tax money be spend for so many (tax payer un-approved) uses!
Gas taxes, for roads, Airport taxes for airport security, property taxes for schools, police, and fire... if each fund were spend only on what they told us it was for, we'd be fine.
Something old is "complete" (yeah, right), sunset the tax.
Something new comes up to spend money on? Put it on the ballot.
Heh, I think LA is still paying.5% sales tax for the 84 Olympics (which, as I recall, actually turned a profit!)
...then you can toss stuff and [rarely] buy it again if you need it.
Semi-seriously, I find that Goodwill, Salvation Army, or whoever else hangs a bag on my door this week, gets a lot more donations now that I am older and making more money. Lots of folks have suggested tossing stuff because it is only $XX if you need it. Well that only works, if you think $XX is "not much".
I like to keep my clutter down by "storing" everything I need at Costco, Home Depot, and (if I can wait) various Internet sites like Amazon and NewEgg.
God help me if civilization collapses and I really need those parallel printer cables I just gave away!
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... just goes to show no one who is anyone is taking this seriously, just yet.
That money is spent here, in the USA, on engineers and such - right on down to the guy who sweeps up the turnings from the lathes at Boeing.
At the very least, that money has a chance for spin-off benefits.
If you think of it as "welfare for the military industrial complex", at least it has a chance of a payback. I'd rather give hard-working engineers "welfare" rather than "poor" people.
Pure social spending of Gov't dollars is money down the drain (unless you are trying to create/reinforce a dependent class of "citizens").
With any luck, I'll be dead in less than 100 years, so real reliability isn't a concern. Currently I just buy a new PC every once-in-a-while, even if I don't "need" it. Just like cars.
How old am I? I should be so lucky as to see 100 year old I Love Lucy episodes!
Hell, as a Windows (tm) user, I am better off starting from scratch every couple of years anyhow.
No, I didn't read the fine print. Ignore this if it does take AA-sized batteries.
I just fired up MediaPlayer, and it looks like a Windows program to me...
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huh?
... don't you?
I have been a "caffine adict" on several occasions (defined as getting bad-ass headaches if I don't get it!)
The solution is always the same... cut back.
Currently, I am working from home and I "do" only 2-3 "half-caf" cups of coffee and maybe one cafinated soda a day (diet - easy on the teeth). What's wrong with that?
If you consume too much of anything you have a problem. Deal.
I could easily make nude photos of myself standing in downtown Lincoln, if I wanted to...
e.g. http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/dailynews/ sirmick020615.html , etc.
It's scarry when world views collide...
Pass the gin.
Oh, wait, wife, girlfriend, what was I thinking! This is slashdot.
Since no one has been removed from the list of known spammers, I assume the account just hasn't gotten big enough, yet.
Legal note: I don't condone actually killing spammers. Any monetary contributions I may have made are intended soley for legal defense funds and coffee for anti-spam organizations, not for the hiring of vicious thugs to brutalize and kill spammers.
... I'd say about what it is worth. :-)
So, turn on all the computers you want, it won't matter one whit, in the cosmic scheme of things.
Different [key]strokes for different folks.
Just how is an iPod educational?
I am very conservative and would say guns in class (for this demonstration) are fine!
One of the highlights of my 13 year old daughter's week is the trip to the shooting range!
In places where voter initiatives are available (like trend-setting [like-it-or-not] California) this would make an excellent ballot initiative.
Proposition N: Should voting districts be defined by algorithm X (describe) or by cheating polititicans to furthor their own desires.
I think it might pass...
If we can get away from "general funds" (and hence, no accountability of where the funds go)it might be a step in the direction of lowering the overall tax burden - by not letting tax money be spend for so many (tax payer un-approved) uses!
Gas taxes, for roads, Airport taxes for airport security, property taxes for schools, police, and fire... if each fund were spend only on what they told us it was for, we'd be fine.
Something old is "complete" (yeah, right), sunset the tax. Something new comes up to spend money on? Put it on the ballot.
Heh, I think LA is still paying .5% sales tax for the 84 Olympics (which, as I recall, actually turned a profit!)
end of nearly off-topic rant
Semi-seriously, I find that Goodwill, Salvation Army, or whoever else hangs a bag on my door this week, gets a lot more donations now that I am older and making more money. Lots of folks have suggested tossing stuff because it is only $XX if you need it. Well that only works, if you think $XX is "not much".
I like to keep my clutter down by "storing" everything I need at Costco, Home Depot, and (if I can wait) various Internet sites like Amazon and NewEgg.
God help me if civilization collapses and I really need those parallel printer cables I just gave away!
Earth is doomed
Heh, can you pollute an un-inhabitable environment?
Um... we are talking money, not warm bodies.
Everyone who is anyone, knows money is worth more than bodies.
After all, one day, there will be no bodies, but money will still be around.
At first glance, I don't see how they can offer such a prize...