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Comment Former C64 User (Score 0) 113

I'm confused as to why anyone would want something like this? Yes it was fun for the time, and allowed a lot of people to get their feet wet when its came to coding, but what is out there is leaps and bounds. I know there are Amiga, OS2 Warp, and BeOS zealots out there, but sometimes you let it die. No one is writing in Fortran or Cobol any more or longing for a VAX with an amber Wyse terminal.

Comment Re:How's the homeless problem in Northern Europe? (Score 1) 196

by pknoll (#60782094) Attached to: Are Tech Workers Fleeing the San Francisco Bay Area?

When you do those comparisons, you should also include the things that Americans pay for separately that they may not have to if their taxes paid for it - particularly healthcare.

Adding my personal tax rate to what I also pay for in healthcare insurance premiums puts me right in line as a percentage of income with many European countries.

Comment Re:Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score 1) 279

That was supposed to be a feature, not a bug--indeed, some of our founders believed that a Bill of Rights was dangerous, as some would see it as a list delimiting exactly what rights were protected, rather than what it is--a list of examples.

I'd say it's more accurately a set of restrictions on the power of the federal government. The preceding articles of the Constitution specifically grants powers to the various branches of government. The first 10 amendments then go on to say that in spite of these powers we've granted you, these actions you may not take. These laws you may not pass.

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