LIBERTY: Interesting how they only “banned” where they didn’t get a cut!

Thursday, October 5, 2006

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff110.html

***Begin Quote***

 
How dumb can Congress get? Pretty dumb. But Congress is not that dumb. Congress slickly made sure it left internet betting on horse racing alone. It didn’t touch lotteries or domestic casinos. It effectively protected certain forms of domestic gambling while outlawing others forms and foreign competition. Professional football, basketball, and baseball all supported the legislation. The NFL Fantasy game isn’t touched. So what really is the agenda? Looks like some old friends: votes, money, and power. Under “power” I classify all those who sincerely believe in legislating morality as they see it.

 

 

***End Quote***

 

We often say that gubamint is hypocritical. Here’s a classic example. I bet if internet gambling was kicking in 50% of its earnigns to the fed and state then there would be an exception carved out for them as well.

 

Under the heading of laughing at big gubamint, they cetainly provide enough material!

Leave a Comment » | LIBERTY | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

MONEY: What can a senior citizen plan on?

Thursday, October 5, 2006

http://www.womenspersonalfinance.net/2006/09/46_things_i_wis.html

Women’s Personal Finance.net: 46 Things I Wish My Mom Taught Me About Money

***Begin Quote***

Don’t Count on Social Security.  By the time the tail-end of the baby-boomers retire in about 25 years (the last of this generation was born in 1968), there isn’t a very good chance that social security will be paying out as much as we have paid in.  A solid back-up plan, like a tax-deferred IRA or 401K will help to keep you from living in a shelter.

***End Quote***

Not a lot of gubamint promises that one can count on. I’m not so sure that the money itself will be the same. Inflation kills senior citizens. It literally eviscerates their savings, their pensions, and their Social Security checks. Don’t make me laugh about the SSI cost of living adjustments. The gubamint has figured how not to trigger those protections.

So planning is a challenge!

Leave a Comment » | MONEY | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

TECH: What is the value of social networks?

Thursday, October 5, 2006

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/32293870/social_networking_silver_bullet.php

Social Networking: Time For A Silver Bullet

***Begin Quote***

Today, social networks are enormously popular. The benefits can be seen at the multiplier level – people mentor each other through the formation of communities; and they network and inspire each other by example and input. Social networks protect people from the vastness of cyberspace and offer tools to find each other, organize and share information, or just keep in touch with friends.

Social networking sites have proliferated in the span of the past year. While I don’t have actual numbers, Wiikipedia tells us that there are at least two hundred social networks, with scores of new ones appearing each day. While some of these services focus on teens, others target individual professionals and some aim at organizations like businesses and graduate schools.

***End Quote***

Interesting summary.

I’m not sure what the values are. To me, the value is very very murky. I’m just not sure  there is ANY value. Other than a yellow pages type place to befound.

Leave a Comment » | Technology | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj

TECH: Vista ain’t immune to old problems

Thursday, October 5, 2006

I understand that the old w95 bug is back in vista. A forged packet basically asking the new stack about itself with its own address causes the meltdown of the ip stack. I love it. It was a problem in w95 and fixed. Vista brags it has a completely rewritten ip stack and “recoded” the old error.

IMHO to rewrite an ip stack from scratch and make the exact same error has a zero probability. SO being the old skeptic I am, I don’t believe that it’s been rewritten!

Leave a Comment » | Technology | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj