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Really...how about Rhode Island? It's a small enough place, so it should be easier to secure.

i AM the dark side of the net!

communication is not language. Language requires the ability to be infinitely expanded.

I mean, really...

my comp keeps crashing before I can paste all of my assumptions, but I see a typial rural person as pay an addition $8.10 per week with this tax. that's probably 3/4 - 4/5 an hour of wages, and is enough to make a basic dinner for a family of 4. Think of that.

Agreed. But hey, how about taxing the super/ultra high-octane gas that the rich put into their speedsters and limos? They always buy premium because they feel their expensive car needs quality, gourmet fuel.

gas taxes have a disproportionate effect on the rural and low-income. If you want to tax gas, tax the high-octane blend that the rich put in their high-perormance cars, and leave 'regular' alone.

I have 65536 Ip addresses. Who wants to buy? $18 each.

San Francisco has a lot of things going for it, but humility is not one of them. Neither is affordability, nor freedom from crime, nor civil rights. In fact, the only real thing going for it is easy access to drugs and lots of high-paying jobs.

I am sure the unending drudgery of 16th century work will wear pretty thin within a year.

I am building a house of of bricked phones. so far I have 8 square feet of wall. I haven't mortared it yet.

This would be really great, the first step towards an Israeli colony on the moon. This ought to give them enough room, without being shoulder-to-shoulder with hostile neighbors.

...from CSI.

It used to be, that SCSI drives were commercial quality and expensive, and IDE drives were junk consumer. But SCSI drives were expected to be adequately cooled, and some of the old Seagate 4GB SCSI drives had a high failure rate because of inadequate cooling. I wonder if this doesn't translate into modern drives as well, with Seagate expecting that its cooling requirements be followed, or exceeded, while others are more suited to punishment.

Theo now works for GNOME? huh.