jwallaceparker

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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   I think there will be MacBook Pro bumps too. Although I hear the MBP redesign is now pushed back to 2012, unfortunately.
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   I appreciate your advice. I kept my post short because I think long posts tend to get tedious and discourage a healthy back and forth. But please don't assume I haven't thoroughly considered the issue. > I've studied economics well, I j
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   We used "Webware for Python" back then. And Java.
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   Same with me. Except for going back to Facebook. :) I got bored with that after about 2 weeks, too.
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   It's difficult to find any example of a free market in America. The food industry an a whole is more free than the other social services listed above. And a government can't just make something cheaper by edict. All a subsidy does is shift
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   The cost of war is always high and has always involved private industry. This didn't start with Rumsfeld. The government has never made its own guns, bombs, planes, tanks or any other tool of the trade. > And waste in free markets defin
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   > Wastefully compared to what? A competitive marketplace. > Do you know of any other organization that provides essential social services to hundreds of millions of people? I would categorize food, clothing, furniture, and housing a
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   The government spends wastefully in defense, education and every other service it seeks to provide. I agree in principle that it's generally beneficial for individuals to pool resources in order to address common needs. But this happens on
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   by jwallaceparker 15y ago

   You just described an act of theft. That wouldn't be legal in a free, capitalistic society.
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    by jwallaceparker 15y ago

    Can you give some examples of the "many cases" in which a government spends more wisely than an individual?
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    by jwallaceparker 15y ago

    Deer Hunter is an incredibly good movie and I have no connection to Vietnam. I was born in 1977.
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    by jwallaceparker 15y ago

    I highly recommend the science fiction of Eric Frank Russell. Especially Wasp ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0575070951/ ) Russell is a great writer. And funny. The Great Explosion ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/088184991X/ ) is ano