OstiaAntica

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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Capitalism doesn't create permanent monopolies, government does. Capitalism tends to destroy monopolies. Just ask Kodak or AT&T or any other monopoly disrupted by innovative technology. Anyway, Notch is making tens of millions of doll
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Actually it is an editorial, which is the opinion of the paper itself. The language mirrors Murdoch and the piece is not well written, there's a stench of editorial interference here.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Sending faxes is a complete waste of time. Offices don't look at faxes, they are normally discarded. Send messages through the Congressional website webforms, those go to the office CRM and are tallied and usually get a response. http://
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Definitely. U.S. General MacArthur and staff literally wrote the current Japanese "Peace" constitution, and forced the Emperor from Japanese politics.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Google purchased YouTube and THEN entered into those content deals. Before that, it was very touch and go for YouTube-- they couldn't afford their bandwidth, let alone licensing deals, and many commenters said that Google was stupid to tak
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
We already do, especially for rabies.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Americans are also subject to U.S. taxes on the amount over $92,000. http://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/resources/blog/expat-tax...
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
I suspect that many more Chinese, given the option, would emigrate to the West.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Here's how the hedge fund tax deal is different: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carried_interest
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Even worse, hedge fund managers somehow get their income classified as "capital gains" and only pay the 15% rate on their earned income, even though they never had any cash equity at risk. It is a massive subsidy to the industry and it is
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Rep. Ryan's statement is significant and helps the cause in both the House and the Senate. Ryan is a widely respected policy leader for Congressional Republicans. It is also a strong stance for him to publicly oppose another Republican's
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
There aren't any former actors, other than Franken (who was really a comedian, not an actor), in Congress. So I'm not really sure what you are talking about.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
You have fallen for the fallacy that there's a fixed amount of "work" in the economy. That's been disproven time and again, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy Rather, employment is a dynamic pie that can grow as mor
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Unique Life Found at 1st Antarctic Deep-Sea Vents(livescience.com)
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Check out Symfony2. The developers adopt some of the best elements of RoR (gems/bundles) and Python (templates) among other things.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Even better, other PHP projects, like Drupal, are planning to use Symfony2 components. Symfony2, with its "bundle" concept, holds huge promise for the PHP community and eco-system.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Obama the candidate opposed the use of signing statements. http://technorati.com/politics/article/signing-statements-re...
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Vermont has similar rules restricting signage on state roadways, and it adds to the state's charm.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
America was founded as an egalitarian republic, free from the aristocratic tyranny of Europe. The purpose of that provision was to keep formal aristocracy out of America, and to keep the U.S. government from adopting similar ranks and priv
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
I'm trying to move names right now and am getting an error from NameCheap. I hope they are over-capacity on this special!!
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
He's a Senator, not a congressman. Although both chambers are "Congress", the title Congressman refers to a member of the U.S. House only.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Your hope is not the human experience of 3,000 years. Freedom is the goal, democracy is just the mechanism, and the passions of democratic mob rule need to be tempered to protect freedom.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Watch the video, he's killing the elephant at night far from any village or crops. The crops thing is an excuse.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Yeah this is bad advice. In the real world, it often takes a couple days to fully propagate as many ISPs take awhile to update their cache-- consider edge cases like rural satellite internet. Even with a brand new domain, here's a common
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
I'm switching SSL which is more complicated.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
Next step: GoDaddy's General Counsel, Christine Jones, who is an architect of SOPA, needs to resign.
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
GoDaddy didn't just make a bad call-- they testified in support of SOPA and have been actively working on the design of the bill.
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Millions of people watch awesome video game move(dailymail.co.uk)
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
This is known as "concentrated benefits, dispersed costs", and it explains much of modern politics. A focused, motivated special-interest can reaps millions from some policy change (usually a tax loophole), but the costs spread across the
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by OstiaAntica 15y ago
It is ironic that the "creative" film and music industry has become a leading force in suppressing speech and innovation.

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