Comment Re:Dear Apple (Score 1) 345
One would think that spamming a forum of nerds might not be the wisest course to take...especially with a M$ anti-virus program on a forum with obvious hatred for said platform....
Comment Re:It's our own damn fault (Score 1) 534
I would agree to cutting farm subsidies, but that won't do much for foreign farmers really seeing as most foreign aid is in the form of military aid and the rest is economic aid. Most of the countries we give foreign aid to do not even need it, as they are developed countries.
Agricultural subsidy is lot more complex than creating "artificially cheap" food.
Comment Re:It's our own damn fault (Score 5, Insightful) 534
Actually first on the block should be foreign aid. Then I would agree with cutting defense as well as any and every other program out there with NO exceptions.
Comment Re:Ha ha (Score 2) 307
You do realize that when you join the military you surrender those rights and are held under the UCMJ unless the military decides otherwise. That is why he is in a military jail and will be tried under military law and rules.
Comment Re:unbelievable, yet very believable (Score 1) 492
You mean like this? http://mikandi.com/
Submission + - How do I get open source programs written for me?
An anonymous reader writes: I am a biomedical researcher interested in having general-purpose, scientific programs developed and released as open source. Interface design and reusability of the code are of primary importance to me. For my purpose, Cocoa applications relying on Core Data seem to be the best way to get the job done quickly. While I have some programming experience, I have few connections to the industrial world. So my question to Slashdot readers is: how do I find someone (individual or business) to write high-quality programs? Are there reputable contractors experienced in Cocoa? What sort of rates should I expect, to use as a starting point in negotiations? Would a requirement that programs are released as open source make it more or less difficult to find someone to do the job?
Comment Re:Economy: a no brainer (Score 1) 2369
So you actually think paying extra taxes is good? How about this approach...shrink the government so we can lower taxes. WOW what an idea. You are also wrong in your thinking that lower income tax means higher property tax. That is only because you allow the government to just keep spending so they can tax you more.
Look at NH for example, the lowest taxes in the country (no general income tax, no general sales tax, 5.80 property tax). They do it by having a lean government the way it was meant to be.
You can blame whatever president you want to blame for the economy but the fact is you have no one to blame but yourself. People are so lazy now they won't get up and demand the government serve them. It doesn't matter which one wins, you are just voting more on the same into office.
