If you think the people writing and signing these laws have any idea what their doing, you haven't thought this through at all.
The public sector produces nothing. They leech off the private sector and waste money like there's no tomorrow. Add in baseline budgeting and they're guaranteeing there'll be no tomorrow. Yes, the government's finances are a bit more unwieldy than personal finances, however all the same concepts apply to both. In fact it's the thought that they are distinct that has put us in this situation. Murdoch5 is right on the money. Cut spending. Do it now, and do it often.
Comment Why the hole gotta be black? (Score 1) 111
County commissioner laments the color choice for "black" holes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAw5D1-8IrQ#t=39s (sorry, bad audio)
Comment Kind of pricey, but this would work... (Score 1) 609
Comment Re:Yeah thats right. (Score 1) 267
Religion:
God > Man > Nature
This is really a blow to all the earth-worshipers (environmentalists and global warming claimers) as they are really the ones who believe Nature > Man.
Comment Re:Sounds like he needs to set pingable to off (Score 0) 336
Sounds like a Seinfeld script...
Comment Re:Pedant Warning! (Score 1) 394
Funny... I read this whole post, but I'll be damned if I'll read the article!
Comment Re:Ideas want to be public (Score 1) 539
Guy Kawasaki gave one really good suggestion to test your idea: convince your mother.
Revised version.
Comment Re:So what happens (Score 1) 388
You know why the British drink warm beer, don't you...
Lucas refrigerators!
Comment Re:Please let it be!! (Score 1) 557
I know someone who had Spanish Fly... Is that the same thing?
Comment Re:Well, crap. (Score 1) 906
Beer, its not just for breakfast anymore!
Comment Re:telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl (Score 1) 233
Actually, the founders did you one better: 13 individual states that could collaborate on important issues (war, etc), but have the liberty to govern themselves as they saw fit. Unfortunately around the times of Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, the federal government decided that it knew better than the states. Now were all stuck in one shitty situation without the ability to vote with our feet.
Comment Identify the object... (Score 1) 192
It's a Jackal!!!
Comment Re:Cue the Douglas Adams references! (Score 1) 329
DON'T PANIC
Comment Re:BATFE is redundant (Score 1) 546
I've got a shirt that reads:
ATF: Alcohol, Tobaco and Firearms
Who's bringing the chips?
Comment Re:Ethernet(over power) (Score 1) 464
You were close, but not quite there... The really awesome feature that's missing is EoP. That way you just get a power strip, or hell just put one in every room of your house and you have an instant networked "decade-old" server farm. Anyways, you could then have the servers communicate through the powerlines and use the gigabit port to access the server network. Or something, I don't know.