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Libertarianism and its discontents

Libertarianism and its discontentsCare to explain our Somalia like government in the beginning?Our greatest expansion of economic growth was under a weaker central government during the 19th century. We did not need subsidies back then to implement the infrastructure like we seem to need now. Ron Paul raises some good...

Tags: Vertical industries, Socialism, Libertarianism, government, discontent

Discussion threads 2007-10-18

With Lay in the grave, Libertarianism should be, too

With Lay in the grave, Libertarianism should be, tooHuh?I'm not exactly sure what Ken Lay OR "techies" have to with Libertarianism. Ken Lay was no free market Libertarian, he was a crony-capitalist whose M.O. was built on nurturing relationships with power. If the U.S. were a communist state,...

Tags: Regulations, U.S. Government, Libertarianism, regulation, environment

Discussion threads 2006-07-06

Politico rejects Net neutrality concerns

Politico rejects Net neutrality concernsTypical RepublicanJust dismiss legit concerns because they are "overblown." Spying on americans citizens is ok, fishing for data from search companies is ok, giving these greedy telecos that right to make specific companies pay more for service is ok. The Bells have shown that they are...

Tags: Politico, Net Neutrality, Ask America, Libertarianism

Discussion threads 2006-03-30

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China: Net spy damage has been 'massive'

China: Net spy damage has been 'massive'Central Party School, an elite training academy - Like Harvard, Like YaleWonderful article because it well illustrates the way the monied elite are trained to think. Harvard and Yale are identical to Central Party School in this regard. No wonder Bill Gates is worshiped...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Net Spy, Central Party School, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

What today's X-Box and PS3 Games mean for us

What today's X-Box and PS3 Games mean for usWhat do you know abot games Rudy?Let's see, comparing Wii to Xbox&P3 is not apples to applesand Wii is orientated towatds fun not numbercrunching so no need for cell!I think that overall games and design are much improved fromsay sprite based models....

Tags: Games, Sony PlayStation 3, game, console, graphics

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Open source is apolitical

This week a number of thinkers tried to pigeonhole open source inside political philosophy.Thankfully they all failed. (The plane? Read on and it will be explained.)Turning open source into a political issue is worse than turning science into one, although I know people do it. People do lots of stupid things.Open...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-24

How much do open source license terms matter?

A lot of time is spent here on the differences among open source licenses.Where you stand on the open source incline, whether it's near the top with a Microsoft license, at the bottom with the GPL, or somewhere in the middle with a BSD license, is supposed to matter.But, almost...

Tags: License, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-23

Here's the main issue Ron Paul's netroots supporters need to understand- but don't

Here's the main issue Ron Paul's netroots supporters need to understand- but don'tLibertarianism Mis UnderstoodShaw writes: "A key purpose of laws and regulation should be to keep the powerful out of your pockets."Exactly.One of the classic misunderstandings of libertarianism - and I blame libertarians for this problem - is...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Shaw, central issue, Ron Paul, federal government, regulation

Discussion threads 2007-08-06

Republicans shy away from YouTube debate

Republicans shy away from YouTube debateHm...Would be useful to know the reason for the reported phenomenon. Is it the case that most of these candidates only want to field questions from audiences guaranteed to be friendly? If so, that calls into question their fitness for leadership. After...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, YouTube Inc., voter

Discussion threads 2007-07-31

IMHO: Sprint, Bush administration share some of the same faults

IMHO: Sprint, Bush administration share some of the same faultsThis is not the place...for political propaganda. This is a web site discussing technical issues. Just because you mentioned Sprint's latest news does not make your topic a technical issue. Your motives are clear.How many?So, how many support...

Tags: Government, Bush Administration, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2007-07-11

PPC: IBM's ace is Games King

PPC: IBM's ace is Games Kinghow low do people goAll game console manufacturers loose money on their consoles including Microsoft. The problem that Microsoft had with the previous console was not with the performance of the chip. Its because it could run all x86 software including applications. All that was...

Tags: Games, Game players, PPC, game, Microsoft Corp., chip, Intel Corp., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-09-13

Hey, whatcha you looking at, sales dude?

Hey, whatcha you looking at, sales dude?Not seeing it[that the contents of the communication or transaction have nothing to do with the pattern match]and should NOT be looked into - but what if it is? If you can pattern match who called who on a telephone, than can't you use...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, SECURITY, privacy, Google Inc., phone, sales

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

With Lay in the grave, Libertarianism should be, too

Libertarian philosophy has a certain appeal to many techies. Keep the government out of the boardroom AND the bedroom, keep government small, and out of the way of innovative price enterprise. Nice if you are a 27 year-old code jock with a fancy sports car, nice stock options and income,...

Tags: industry, energy industry, government

Blog posts 2006-07-06

Say what? A look back at Gates' pearls of wisdom

Say what? A look back at Gates' pearls of wisdomMissed this gem"Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time"Source: BBC News (January 24 2004)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3426367.stmHe has simply changed our world forever...Well...for good or other he he has changed the world we live in and if he want's...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, pearl, capitalism, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-15

Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate France

Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate FranceMy view has changed since August, in fact.There are certainly reasons to continue disagreeing with some current French political philosophies, but after visiting France in August, I found the people to be quite nice...even friendly and helpful. This was both in rural...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Business Software Alliance, software, Bill O'Reilly, Mandriva

Discussion threads 2005-12-09

Hate spyware? Of course you do: so why are you a Libertarian?

Hate spyware? Of course you do: so why are you a Libertarian?Libertarians - absent coreOh good, a place to point out again the absence of any "there" in libertarianism. It is reactive and opportunistic, absent of any core philosophy. Rep. Paul, from the state that gave us Emperor...

Tags: Vertical industries, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Collateral Damage, Libertarian, government, spyware

Discussion threads 2005-05-25

MSN to mix advertisers with blogs

MSN to mix advertisers with blogsMSN: always ensuring the corporate sludge invades our private livesWhy don't they mix in a little rooster dung while they're busy sprucing the place up..:-)I love the smell of capitalism in the morning!It is all about the Benjamins! ;)Jeff "the Troll"SpicoliJeff it's bad enough you...

Tags: blog, MSN, capitalism, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-04-07

Software glitch brings Y2K deja vu

Software glitch brings Y2K deja vuSolution: 'Off Shore' the patchWith all the 'Off Shoring' of US jobs here in America, why not just offshore and outsource all IT jobs to 3rd world countries. Then outsource all the rest of the Professional jobs. Since we are so 'overpaid' here in the...

Tags: Operating systems, Outsourcing, software, Y2K, Unix, worker, Microsoft Corp., tech worker, job

Discussion threads 2003-12-19