“Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portion of property in geometrical progression as they rise.”
“The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied... the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings.”
Liberal Marxist ravings or the tax system devised by the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson?
This "journalist" is simply following the tried-and-true method of hacks like Roberts Scoble and Cringely. Predict every possible outcome, then in a couple years sit back and point out what an incredible track record you have.
Thank God someone has come up with a theoretical method of computing private data on a VM running in an old beige box full of dust bunnies in an Amazon.com datacenter.
I've seen this sort of thing up close, and it always results in executives tripping over themselves for trips to Asia to "manage the team", meaning playing golf and bar hopping with local women.
Power steering is the worst feature ever. It makes cars heavier, more expensive, and adds more components that leak and break. And in this era of rampant obesity it would be just as well to spend a little energy turning your steering wheel.
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Many countries have higher rates of suicide among the general population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
Well said. Mod up.
“Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portion of property in geometrical progression as they rise.” “The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied... the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings.”
Liberal Marxist ravings or the tax system devised by the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson?
Blah blah Cloud. Cloud, cloud, blah. Beer good. Thanks to Dilbert.
AT&T and T-Mobile will merge in the biggest marriage of telecom companies in history. No reception is planned.
This "journalist" is simply following the tried-and-true method of hacks like Roberts Scoble and Cringely. Predict every possible outcome, then in a couple years sit back and point out what an incredible track record you have.
I cannot bring myself to even try Ubuntu due to the names of its releases.
-Feisty Fanboy
Thank God someone has come up with a theoretical method of computing private data on a VM running in an old beige box full of dust bunnies in an Amazon.com datacenter.
Good to see that the former Iraqi Information Minister has a new job.
I heard there was once a text based browser called Lynx! I'd love to try that, is there an emulator to run it?
This thread, and Twitter, is useless without pics.
Well Mark, we're not sure how much money you've lost so far, I guesstimate somewhere north of 12 million.
We also discovered a gigantic copyright infringement network, which is codenamed "scribd."
Dell are traitors to their own country whether moving to China or India.
I've seen this sort of thing up close, and it always results in executives tripping over themselves for trips to Asia to "manage the team", meaning playing golf and bar hopping with local women.
If a Segway could somehow be incorporated then the fanboy circle would be complete.
Mr. clean has ajax by the nuts
http://208.65.153.251/watch?v=Hxx2KcPWWZg
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Oh my head! I'll never drink again.
First android on film. http://www.scifidimensions.com/Feb01/metropolis.ht m
Far more injurious than filtering some crap photo site is the US insistence on denying its citizens the freedom to enjoy a Cuban cigar.
Power steering is the worst feature ever. It makes cars heavier, more expensive, and adds more components that leak and break. And in this era of rampant obesity it would be just as well to spend a little energy turning your steering wheel.
"...computer hardware and software are generally troublesome pieces of shit."
Score 5, INFORMATIVE
The real problem is overpopulation. That and selling the American lifestyle to the Chinese, for example.