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721.
by webXL 16y ago
"Existing government regulations give certain companies oligopoly power" So your answer is additional regulations? Cato's solution for a more efficient and freer internet should be more regulation? I am not using "Orwellian language". N
722.
by webXL 16y ago
How exactly is preventing the government from regulating the internet anti-free market? I agree with Cato most of the time. I haven't given them any money. Isn't it possible that they get financial support from the Kochs and vocal support f
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by webXL 16y ago
Oh, Republicans are against net neutrality, so we should be for it, right? If there's one dominant theme I've seen over the years when politics rears its ugly head in an online discussion, it's that Republicans = Corporations (Evil) D
724.
by webXL 16y ago
Decentralization depends on standards, infrastructure and property rights. That's all. Bureaucrats and corporations not required. If you want to hook up your network to mine, so your users can share data with mine and vice versa, all we nee
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by webXL 16y ago
And Sourcewatch (AKA Center for Media and Democracy, AKA PRWatch) supports its union masters: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/02/10080/koch-denies-intere... What's your point?
726.
by webXL 16y ago
I think he just wants to separate the presentation from the logic, which might be good when you don't trust designers re-jiggling things, and you want clean code. Plus, if you're working with a lot of AJAX, it's nice to be able to reproduce
727.
by webXL 16y ago
I want to be able to preview the path or directory name that z will navigate to. Something like the way the webkit developer console autocompletes an object, method, or property in light gray color. Or it could be displayed in the terminal
728.
by webXL 16y ago
or in 2.6: echo '{"a": "hello", "b": "world"}' | python -mjson.tool
729.
by webXL 16y ago
That was my first reaction, too. What could possibly go wrong?! While I can't definitively say the free market is more intelligent than the USG, at least its actions aren't backed up by force.
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by webXL 16y ago
Well, they're making it up to me: Hi Matthew, Thanks for your interest in the FTD Groupon. We try to offer the best deals possible, while also making sure all of the details are up front and easy to understand. The deal’s original terms we
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by webXL 16y ago
I just thought I'd give groupon a spin to see what the buzz was about. It has a pretty slick landing page that enticed an email address out of me. V-day is coming up and there was an FTD $40 coupon or "Groupon" available for $20 so I though
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by webXL 16y ago
whois 65.74.181.132 shows that they ssh'd into the webserver from another machine on hbgary's network, perhaps the mailserver. I believe it's really easy to do email MITM when you have a login to the mailserver or own a machine on the same
733.
by webXL 16y ago
yawn... Get back to me when you have transparent aluminum.
734.
by webXL 16y ago
I have a trade deficit with my grocery store. I'm pretty sure most inhabitants of the industrialized world do. Why isn't Time running a story on that?
735.
by webXL 16y ago
I agree now after seeing this: http://arewefastyet.com/
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by webXL 16y ago
So, buster, using your logic, if Pepsi uses an ad agency that Coke doesn't use, then Pepsi on that ad agency's board?
737.
by webXL 16y ago
Got a source for that? Nada @ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/bo...
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by webXL 16y ago
It's not the government's job to pick winners and losers. Think about the words you selected: bully and progress. Together those don't sound very democratic to me. It's ends justifying the means thinking that gets well-intentioned people in
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by webXL 16y ago
everyone from the ACLU to the Christian Coalition was outraged by this naked money grab. Basically, almost everyone hated the idea. If this isn't an example of selecion bias, I don't know what is. These are two groups everyone loves to ha
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by webXL 16y ago
DARPA contracted with universities to create it. Just because the military's interests were once aligned with advancing communication technology between academics doesn't mean we should accept that all or even some of the current government
741.
by webXL 16y ago
Where's the Mac OS guest additions love?
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by webXL 16y ago
Still waiting for mine. I knew I should have used John Resig as my alias! Too bad about the terminal and *nix tools. I guess I'll have to use something like Cloud9 IDE to code. I'm really looking forward to the free 3g, though. That and the
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by webXL 16y ago
You can give it away while you're alive, or split it between your loved ones and the state when you die. I think it would be more fun giving it away to those most in need rather than enriching those who've already had a pretty good life...
744.
by webXL 16y ago
I'm amazed at some of these comments. People seem to be more upset at the article's headline than a government which routinely wastes money and creates problems. After all, the government can't exactly chalk up its (our) $12 trillion debt
745.
by webXL 16y ago
It's a textbook example of the tragedy of the commons where the gain on the TV signal is owned by no one and thus not protected. There's no free rider element here, so I fail to see how this is a textbook case. The temperature at most pub
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by webXL 16y ago
I conceded that point about the datacenters, but we both know that a lot of tech companies in California offshore their manufacturing, call centers, etc. Get some of that to stay with state policies. Reason has some more evidence why the ar
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by webXL 16y ago
Sounds anecdotal to me More people leave California than arrive: http://articles.ocregister.com/2010-09-05/finance/24551853_1... My main point was that while silicon valley might be booming, the rest of the state isn't. The article does
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by webXL 16y ago
Well that's fine, but don't tout that your state is an engine of economic growth when the companies you mention decide to "offshore" major chunks of their operations. Figure out a way to keep them in state, or generate some kind of equivale
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by webXL 16y ago
I said "until the end". If you only read 80% of the article, you would think CA was an oasis of economic growth with a model government. If I were trying to persuade people that things aren't so bad in CA, I would start with the most glarin
750.
by webXL 16y ago
The gist seems to be that despite numerous stories predicting its demise, California: - is wealthy and talented - has more (people, VC, etc.) than it did in 1999 - has been funding the rest of the country in federal transfers (he calls them

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