Make all federal buildings green (Solar, wind, etc. The added benefit, it would make the cost cheaper for all of us)
All government vehicles green (Hybrids)
Make companies accountable for any federal money. AT&T springs to mind here. Also, wasn't there an/. article a few weeks ago about some security guys scammed the gov out of $20-$40 million? We need to stop this kind of crap.
Start privatizing various federal agencies.
New revenue:
Legalize, license and Tax marijuana (Added benefit, less money spent on fighting the loosing battle on drugs, plus less people in over-crowded prisons)
I'm sure I could think of more, but it's not like taxes and cutting funding are the only solution.
Judging by all of your past comments on/. it appears that you have NOT been a supporter of Apple products anyway. With that in mind, I'm not sure your "personal opinion" really has much weight. It seems to me that perhaps you are a programmer and/or perhaps a person that enjoys hacking the devices. There's nothing wrong with that, but unfortunately you don't fall within Apples' target market. I'm not sure the exact numbers, but I would guess that it's a fairly high number (maybe 70%) of people out there don't care that Apple is adding a layer of control to their products. It provides for a simple and easy to use user experience, plus gives the company the ability to make money by providing an eco-system to support their products.
There's a lot more grandma's, teens and non-technical people out there that like to spend money on things and not have to worry about if it will run Linux or not.
Why does slashdot keep posting [INSERT-PERSON-AGAINST-COMPANY-X] inane anti-[INSERT-COMPANY-X-PRODUCT] ramblings? Surely if there is such a looming threat, someone besides a repeatedly discredited hack has to be writing about it.
All fans of company X and their products, please copy and store for future use. You're welcome.
Well, as long as they try to pass this in secret, have no public input, force poor country to participate and kill anyone that gets in their way, then this treaty really shouldn't affect me.
As always, the real question is what industry is lobbying King to get this spectrum. Telecom? It's a dick move, but you gotta know someone is paying good money to get this done.
I say this is great news! Now they will return it to Apple, where they will fix it and sell it for $400 cheaper with the same warranty on the Refurbished Mac store!
Holy Shmoly, I just discovered my Mac has a trojan as well. Not sure if people are aware of this thing, it's called FTP. Not sure what it stands for, but it allows people to log into my computer and if they have the correct permissions, they can read, write and execute files!!!! Oh the humanity...
But that's good right? Isn't Flash an inefficient battery drainer like we are constantly told? If so, why is this bad news?
It's only bad news for all of the Flash zealots who have been crying and whining about how Apple is evil and Adobe is being treated so poorly. Apparently there is some truth to what Job's said about Flash. Not sure if all of the Flash developers can handle it. Remember, first comes denial, then frustration, anger follows and finally acceptance.
It's my understanding that each human brain can store roughly 4-5 PentaBytes (entheogen.com). So if the human population* is about 6,775,235,741 (Google Public Data) then I think this would blow the 250 exabytes estimate out of the water.
How about taking that money, building out the fattest/fastest fiber network you can and then turn around and let any carrier/company lease it to resell. I'm not sure why you are trying to make "mobile" broadband the thing to invest in, when wired broadband options suck just as much.
Why? FOX, CNN, Madonna and Michael Moore tell me that the entire world hates Americans. I would rather jump in my car and take a good ole fashioned road trip to Yosemite than to have to deal with that kind of grief.
I think for the most part, most Americans (at least for me) consider rail travel to be a 3rd world way of traveling. This is America, everyone owns a car or takes an airplane were they want to go. Rail is just now being thought of again because everyone is having such a crappy experience with the airlines. (both cost and TSA hassle)
The reason we don't have any great alternative to mass transit is primarily the airline, auto and oil industry. They've bought off enough politicians to ensure that other options never take off. A good example of this is the auto/oil industry in the 50's - 60's. A lot of cities used to have great/eco friendly electric light rail systems, but they were replaced by gas guzzling/smelly buses.
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After looking at his website, I really don't think he should be offering advice on what tools to use for designing websites.
Just saying.
I can think of quite a few things we could cut:
And we could also start being more effecient:
New revenue:
I'm sure I could think of more, but it's not like taxes and cutting funding are the only solution.
Judging by all of your past comments on /. it appears that you have NOT been a supporter of Apple products anyway. With that in mind, I'm not sure your "personal opinion" really has much weight. It seems to me that perhaps you are a programmer and/or perhaps a person that enjoys hacking the devices. There's nothing wrong with that, but unfortunately you don't fall within Apples' target market. I'm not sure the exact numbers, but I would guess that it's a fairly high number (maybe 70%) of people out there don't care that Apple is adding a layer of control to their products. It provides for a simple and easy to use user experience, plus gives the company the ability to make money by providing an eco-system to support their products.
There's a lot more grandma's, teens and non-technical people out there that like to spend money on things and not have to worry about if it will run Linux or not.
Why does slashdot keep posting [INSERT-PERSON-AGAINST-COMPANY-X] inane anti-[INSERT-COMPANY-X-PRODUCT] ramblings? Surely if there is such a looming threat, someone besides a repeatedly discredited hack has to be writing about it.
All fans of company X and their products, please copy and store for future use. You're welcome.
Quick! Flip the internet kill switch!!!!
Well, as long as they try to pass this in secret, have no public input, force poor country to participate and kill anyone that gets in their way, then this treaty really shouldn't affect me.
As always, the real question is what industry is lobbying King to get this spectrum. Telecom? It's a dick move, but you gotta know someone is paying good money to get this done.
I used to have to go to Engadget.com separately - thanks to your apple post, I can now get my daily dose of Apple haters in one place!
I say this is great news! Now they will return it to Apple, where they will fix it and sell it for $400 cheaper with the same warranty on the Refurbished Mac store!
I would think that his antics would be more suited for one of the **AA's, which of course is more in line with the DEM's. But whatever.
Holy Shmoly, I just discovered my Mac has a trojan as well. Not sure if people are aware of this thing, it's called FTP. Not sure what it stands for, but it allows people to log into my computer and if they have the correct permissions, they can read, write and execute files!!!! Oh the humanity...
They tried that in Logan's Run, but then they started using the chip to kill off all the old people.
Google's bad press? Well, they do want to be like Apple. It comes with the territory.
I should have added "Mod the truth as Flamebait" in there as well.
It's only bad news for all of the Flash zealots who have been crying and whining about how Apple is evil and Adobe is being treated so poorly. Apparently there is some truth to what Job's said about Flash. Not sure if all of the Flash developers can handle it. Remember, first comes denial, then frustration, anger follows and finally acceptance.
Google is willing to give away customer data. Apple is not.
As a consumer, I'll take the Apple road.
haha.. bad typo.
It's my understanding that each human brain can store roughly 4-5 PentaBytes (entheogen.com). So if the human population* is about 6,775,235,741 (Google Public Data) then I think this would blow the 250 exabytes estimate out of the water.
*Excluding Gwyneth Paltrow
How about taking that money, building out the fattest/fastest fiber network you can and then turn around and let any carrier/company lease it to resell. I'm not sure why you are trying to make "mobile" broadband the thing to invest in, when wired broadband options suck just as much.
At first I thought that said Potheads and was like, do we really need an App for that? They're not that difficult to pick out.
Why? FOX, CNN, Madonna and Michael Moore tell me that the entire world hates Americans. I would rather jump in my car and take a good ole fashioned road trip to Yosemite than to have to deal with that kind of grief.
I think for the most part, most Americans (at least for me) consider rail travel to be a 3rd world way of traveling. This is America, everyone owns a car or takes an airplane were they want to go. Rail is just now being thought of again because everyone is having such a crappy experience with the airlines. (both cost and TSA hassle)
The reason we don't have any great alternative to mass transit is primarily the airline, auto and oil industry. They've bought off enough politicians to ensure that other options never take off. A good example of this is the auto/oil industry in the 50's - 60's. A lot of cities used to have great/eco friendly electric light rail systems, but they were replaced by gas guzzling/smelly buses.
I wonder if they're pushing WikiLeaks?
...and your chicks for free!.
Yeah! As apposed to Google getting in bed with Adobe and making sure CPU sucking, system crashing, Flash is available to do the same!