Yes, but I fail to see why you think Bush would be any better a steward of your taxes than a democrat.
Personaly I think there are better candidates then bush out there for GOP pres. A long time ago one of the core values (oh, I hate how that word has been distorted) of the GOP was to let the people and the states decide how best to spend their money, not to take it all and redistribute it. I gues the GOP is closer to this position then the Dems. So I go with them by default for that reason.
I really don't see how we can pay that back without raising taxes back or more, or lowering spending.
Yes, both need to happen, but you have to be careful doing it. Too much of either will upset the economy, and if the economy goes into the crapper there there is going to be even less revenue in the form of taxes, and the pain required to fix it will get worse. Do I peel the bandaid off fast or slow, or some where in the middle? No matter what you do it will hurt. So now it is a matter of how it will hurt.
This is the single biggest problem is that the people we elect want to please us... so they don't what to cause us pain.
I really think it comes down to where you want to see federal money go
I would prefer to see less federal money and more state money. I would feel much better about getting my state representatives to make proper decisions. (not perfect, but closer to home)
Pull your head out of the sand. Clinton balanced the budget and generated a small surplus that could have, under a competent President, been used to reduce national debt.
There was a surplus because were were experiencing a _HUGE_ economic Boom. Tax revenues were way way up. So much so that the CBO economic forcasts were hugly distorted for the next 5 years. Spending decisions were based on faulty numbers.
Presidents do not balance the budget, they can only suggest what the budget should contain. After congress get though with the budget process, it is amazing that we are not further in debt.
Deficits are going up because we are/were in a resession, and congress and the executive were loath to cut services in order to goose the economy back up. When revenues pick up that will be the time to see them balance the budget and start to trim the deficit. *crosses fingers*
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Ahhh, thanks for pointing out the difference between the parties for me.
I prefer the freedom to spend my hard earned $$$ anyway I like, and not be taxed to death to pay for social programs.
As much as I do not like what the GOP has turned into in the last couple decades, I would trust them a little more to be better custodians of my taxes then the democrats.
So many people and companies get screwed because they get thier bandwidth and email from the same provider. I tell all my clients to get thier bandwidth separatly from email, and that way they can change either provider with out problems like this.
This one item is a dirtly little secret that most IPSs will not tell you about.
Makes me really glad that I push all my email backwards and forwards through an openvpn connection to my mail server now.
Openvpn rocks! I have started to use it for clients that I relay mail for, and back their systems up remotly. It works with Win32-Linux,Windows-Win32, Linix-Linux.
I run open VPN on my laptop and tunnel back to the mothership for access to all my local services at home too.
I have converted a few people using remote laptops over to it for various applications and it is pretty solid.
To stay on topic here, openvpn is a great tool to overcome the limitations of using many mail servers out there.
The best is just to make you own. Put in exactly what you want, then make copies of it and deploy it. May I recommend http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ?
Great in theory, but a pain in practice. I do not have the time to do this (I would like to do it though). Also branding is somthing that I do not have to worry about with my clients. I support many clients. So I have to have some assurances that the distro will release patches in a timely manner. I do not want to take on the responsibility of having to release patches and updates myself...
If Red Hat installs too much, what distro would be perfect for a server out of the box? (Please don't say Gentoo, there's a certain balance between bloated and a black, empty void.)
The balance for me would be using my own kickstart file when doing the initial install. Someday I may create my own custom kickstart file...
I have played with Gentoo, but I am not comforatable using that in a production environment (yet). If I had more time I would look at other distros... but my time invesment thus far has been in RedHat, so that what I use, quirks and all.
You can always use X remotely, over SSH or whatever. Then you only need the clients on the server machine.
I am aware of this. For the most part I am not interested in running X remotly (the programs suck up too many resources, even without the X server footprint). In my previous comment I was refering to running apps on the console (so other people would not be intimidated by the command line) but the tradeoffs are not worth it.
I have no problem managing most systems over ssh on a command line anyway. I'm just content not to have the convineince of an X desktop on the server console. I have been using Linux on my servers this way for 8 years now... no need to change at this time.
I forgot to put up a disclaimer that I use RedHat because that is what many of my clients use, and it is easier to only have to remember the quirks of one distro over 40 odd machines then to have to remember a few. Getting old(er) it a bitch...
I also like the fact that RedHat is activly supporting their products, and it has good brand recognition. I'm a consultant, and I have to _sell_ the solution to my clients. If they recognize the brand that is one less thing I have to worry about.
But the installing X by default is still annoying...
It is just plain easier and quicker to write fat programs and deploy them quickly. It takes time to refine and reduce the foot prints of these programs. With hardware costs dropping there is not as much concern with trimming the foot print.
Sadly it used to be that you could run Linux on just about anything. I install all my servers with out any kind of X environment because it pigs up too much space. It is a pain too because RedHat automaticaly installs all sorts of crap that is unneeded, so I have to remove it after a generic install.
Who rents a beach house so that they can use the computer? When my family rents a beach house, spending time in front of a computer is the last thing on my mind
I Do.
I run my own buisness, so I never really get a vacation from email. Also the whole family loves going to the beach, except me. What can I do? I bring my laptop and tons of books magazines, etc. In the past I have used dialup while at the beach (oh the horrors!). DSL access in the beach house would simply be "heaven". Wireless access would be a real bonus (but I can bring my own WAP) I can hang out during the day reading and responding to email and drinking beer.
Line of sight (thus signal) to the side or peak of a mountain is easy, try covering valleys, uneven terrain, or getting signal behind large buildings... that is the dificult part
This may not be a case of them wanting the money. It may be a case of them wanting to make sure regulations are on it so they don't run rampant and do things they shouldn't.
Ha! Don't kid yourself, it's about the money (taxes)...
Just what is it that they should not be doing that required regulation? Vonage is a buisness, if they screw thier customers, some other company will step in and take thier customers away.
I don't have the slightest idea how radio trasnmissions could or could not be safely regulated, and accordingly have no view on what policies the FCC should enact.
This is why the FCC should produce specs on the subject, just like they do for WiFi equipment.
What that would do is signal to the manufactures what they can make and sell as a legitimate product.
Would'nt it be nice to legaly "STRIKE A GLORIOUS BLOW FOR FREEDOM*****!!!!", without getting arrested or fined?
While agree with you that the FCC is there to protect the spectrum from abuses, they are also crushing any kind of innovation by not accepting simple low power transmitters, used responsibly, as a legitimate use of the spectrum. If they were to allow low power transmitters, and provide specs as two what make said transmitter, you would see something happen akin to the WiFi market. There would be lots of people that would be interested in legal hardware that could provide the low power broadcasting. Simplify the process for applying for a licens for one of these low power transmitters, and you would have a vibrant market.
The FCC says that only pirates are doing this, but until they sanction low power transmitters with legitimate rules, the hardware manufactures will not produce the product the "average joe" use...
The FCC it self is the problem, because they are in the pockets of the Big Radio corps...
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Personaly I think there are better candidates then bush out there for GOP pres. A long time ago one of the core values (oh, I hate how that word has been distorted) of the GOP was to let the people and the states decide how best to spend their money, not to take it all and redistribute it. I gues the GOP is closer to this position then the Dems. So I go with them by default for that reason.
I really don't see how we can pay that back without raising taxes back or more, or lowering spending.
Yes, both need to happen, but you have to be careful doing it. Too much of either will upset the economy, and if the economy goes into the crapper there there is going to be even less revenue in the form of taxes, and the pain required to fix it will get worse. Do I peel the bandaid off fast or slow, or some where in the middle? No matter what you do it will hurt. So now it is a matter of how it will hurt.
This is the single biggest problem is that the people we elect want to please us... so they don't what to cause us pain.
I really think it comes down to where you want to see federal money go
I would prefer to see less federal money and more state money. I would feel much better about getting my state representatives to make proper decisions. (not perfect, but closer to home)
Damn, you can't please all the people all the time... Next thing you know PITA will be on me for suggesting orange sauce.
There was a surplus because were were experiencing a _HUGE_ economic Boom. Tax revenues were way way up. So much so that the CBO economic forcasts were hugly distorted for the next 5 years. Spending decisions were based on faulty numbers.
Presidents do not balance the budget, they can only suggest what the budget should contain. After congress get though with the budget process, it is amazing that we are not further in debt.
Deficits are going up because we are/were in a resession, and congress and the executive were loath to cut services in order to goose the economy back up. When revenues pick up that will be the time to see them balance the budget and start to trim the deficit. *crosses fingers*
Ahhh, thanks for pointing out the difference between the parties for me.
I prefer the freedom to spend my hard earned $$$ anyway I like, and not be taxed to death to pay for social programs.
As much as I do not like what the GOP has turned into in the last couple decades, I would trust them a little more to be better custodians of my taxes then the democrats.
*thorws out 2 cents and ducks*
This may be modded as funny, but it is true. I drive a few miles though some neighborhoods in my area: 90+ Networks found, over 50 were open.
And... NoMachine is free to incorporate anything put into the forked versions of the code back into its code tree.
So many people and companies get screwed because they get thier bandwidth and email from the same provider. I tell all my clients to get thier bandwidth separatly from email, and that way they can change either provider with out problems like this.
This one item is a dirtly little secret that most IPSs will not tell you about.
Openvpn rocks! I have started to use it for clients that I relay mail for, and back their systems up remotly. It works with Win32-Linux,Windows-Win32, Linix-Linux.
I run open VPN on my laptop and tunnel back to the mothership for access to all my local services at home too.
I have converted a few people using remote laptops over to it for various applications and it is pretty solid.
To stay on topic here, openvpn is a great tool to overcome the limitations of using many mail servers out there.
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ahuhhuhhhuhh... he said woody.
Great in theory, but a pain in practice. I do not have the time to do this (I would like to do it though). Also branding is somthing that I do not have to worry about with my clients. I support many clients. So I have to have some assurances that the distro will release patches in a timely manner. I do not want to take on the responsibility of having to release patches and updates myself...
I would like to make my own distro though...
The balance for me would be using my own kickstart file when doing the initial install. Someday I may create my own custom kickstart file...
I have played with Gentoo, but I am not comforatable using that in a production environment (yet). If I had more time I would look at other distros... but my time invesment thus far has been in RedHat, so that what I use, quirks and all.
I am aware of this. For the most part I am not interested in running X remotly (the programs suck up too many resources, even without the X server footprint). In my previous comment I was refering to running apps on the console (so other people would not be intimidated by the command line) but the tradeoffs are not worth it.
I have no problem managing most systems over ssh on a command line anyway. I'm just content not to have the convineince of an X desktop on the server console. I have been using Linux on my servers this way for 8 years now... no need to change at this time.
I forgot to put up a disclaimer that I use RedHat because that is what many of my clients use, and it is easier to only have to remember the quirks of one distro over 40 odd machines then to have to remember a few. Getting old(er) it a bitch...
I also like the fact that RedHat is activly supporting their products, and it has good brand recognition. I'm a consultant, and I have to _sell_ the solution to my clients. If they recognize the brand that is one less thing I have to worry about.
But the installing X by default is still annoying...
I probably would so I could take advantage of some graphical tools, but at present the trade off (resource usage vs functionality) is to big.
Sadly it used to be that you could run Linux on just about anything. I install all my servers with out any kind of X environment because it pigs up too much space. It is a pain too because RedHat automaticaly installs all sorts of crap that is unneeded, so I have to remove it after a generic install.
Yeah right! Are you married? Something about maintaining domestic bliss, which is far more important then a sunburn.
I Do.
I run my own buisness, so I never really get a vacation from email. Also the whole family loves going to the beach, except me. What can I do? I bring my laptop and tons of books magazines, etc. In the past I have used dialup while at the beach (oh the horrors!). DSL access in the beach house would simply be "heaven". Wireless access would be a real bonus (but I can bring my own WAP) I can hang out during the day reading and responding to email and drinking beer.
Now that is a vacation.
kinda like my basement...
Ha! Don't kid yourself, it's about the money (taxes)...
Just what is it that they should not be doing that required regulation? Vonage is a buisness, if they screw thier customers, some other company will step in and take thier customers away.
Wouldn't that be: "from the ctrl-alt-del-to-rudder-amid-ship-dept."
This is why the FCC should produce specs on the subject, just like they do for WiFi equipment.
What that would do is signal to the manufactures what they can make and sell as a legitimate product.
Would'nt it be nice to legaly "STRIKE A GLORIOUS BLOW FOR FREEDOM*****!!!!", without getting arrested or fined?
The FCC says that only pirates are doing this, but until they sanction low power transmitters with legitimate rules, the hardware manufactures will not produce the product the "average joe" use...
The FCC it self is the problem, because they are in the pockets of the Big Radio corps...