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Do you think they have some kind of SLA, you get your money back a la amazon EC2 ? :)

by hartator 13y ago

goshx 13y ago
good luck trying :)
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VladRussian2 13y ago
not until Bezos becomes President. How about Government-as-a-Service? (I mean for regular citizens :)
- nucleardog 13y ago
  Read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, if you haven't.
  - VladRussian2 13y ago
    thank you, sounds interesting about brainstem BIOS/etc... , while other staff (i looked up from Wikipedia): " The federal government of the United States has ceded most of its power to private organizations and entrepreneurs.[3] Franchising, individual sovereignty, and private vehicles reign (along with drug trafficking, violent crime, and traffic congestion). Mercenary armies compete for national defense contracts while private security guards preserve the peace in sovereign, gated housing developments. ... . The remnants of government maintain authority only in isolated compounds where they transact tedious make-work that is, by and large, irrelevant to the dynamic society around them." sounds very similar to USSR/Russia around 1989-92. It were a fun times :)
  - lukifer 13y ago
    And "Diamond Age", for that matter. The concept of "phyles" is not unlike government as a service.
  - webmaven 13y ago
    And "Jennifer Government".
csomar 13y ago
What I understood (not an American citizen) is that your money (tax payer) has run off (actually it's a quite of a negative balance). So no, you won't get any money back. You probably should pay your due bills.
- VladRussian2 13y ago
  you're mistaking Continuing Resolution (Congress giving President(Exec Branch) weekly(or whatever) allowance - current drama) for Debt Ceiling (the source of the money for the Continuing Resolutions - next show coming in a couple of weeks)
  - dragonwriter 13y ago
    > you're mistaking Continuing Resolution (current drama) for Debt Ceiling (next show coming in a couple of weeks) They aren't separate issues. Part of the current drama is that: 1) A sizable portion of the Republican congressional delegation is demanding separate votes on, first, a CR that would be linked to various policy demands and, second, a debt ceiling increase (to which, presumably, additional policy demands would be attached), while 2) The White House and a sizable portion of the Democratic congressional delegation are calling for a single "clean" (independent of extraneous policy changes) vote on continuing funding and a debt-ceiling increase.
    - VladRussian2 13y ago
      well, not going to argue whether Lord of the Rings or the Dragon Tatoo Girl is a one or three separate books each. Though "Hobbit" becoming 3-movie series would undoubtfully generate more money this way, so it seems Republicans is right on the money here :)

Do you think they have some kind of SLA, you get your money back a la amazon EC2 ? :)

goshx 13y ago

good luck trying :)

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VladRussian2 13y ago

not until Bezos becomes President. How about Government-as-a-Service? (I mean for regular citizens :)

nucleardog 13y ago
Read "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, if you haven't.
- VladRussian2 13y ago
  thank you, sounds interesting about brainstem BIOS/etc... , while other staff (i looked up from Wikipedia): " The federal government of the United States has ceded most of its power to private organizations and entrepreneurs.[3] Franchising, individual sovereignty, and private vehicles reign (along with drug trafficking, violent crime, and traffic congestion). Mercenary armies compete for national defense contracts while private security guards preserve the peace in sovereign, gated housing developments. ... . The remnants of government maintain authority only in isolated compounds where they transact tedious make-work that is, by and large, irrelevant to the dynamic society around them." sounds very similar to USSR/Russia around 1989-92. It were a fun times :)
- lukifer 13y ago
  And "Diamond Age", for that matter. The concept of "phyles" is not unlike government as a service.
- webmaven 13y ago
  And "Jennifer Government".

csomar 13y ago

What I understood (not an American citizen) is that your money (tax payer) has run off (actually it's a quite of a negative balance). So no, you won't get any money back. You probably should pay your due bills.

VladRussian2 13y ago
you're mistaking Continuing Resolution (Congress giving President(Exec Branch) weekly(or whatever) allowance - current drama) for Debt Ceiling (the source of the money for the Continuing Resolutions - next show coming in a couple of weeks)
- dragonwriter 13y ago
  > you're mistaking Continuing Resolution (current drama) for Debt Ceiling (next show coming in a couple of weeks) They aren't separate issues. Part of the current drama is that: 1) A sizable portion of the Republican congressional delegation is demanding separate votes on, first, a CR that would be linked to various policy demands and, second, a debt ceiling increase (to which, presumably, additional policy demands would be attached), while 2) The White House and a sizable portion of the Democratic congressional delegation are calling for a single "clean" (independent of extraneous policy changes) vote on continuing funding and a debt-ceiling increase.
  - VladRussian2 13y ago
    well, not going to argue whether Lord of the Rings or the Dragon Tatoo Girl is a one or three separate books each. Though "Hobbit" becoming 3-movie series would undoubtfully generate more money this way, so it seems Republicans is right on the money here :)