Re: Bottle Deposits

2002-12-04 Thread Fred Foldvary
john hull wrote: I could have sworn that there was a one cent deposit in California. Maybe I'm mistaken. I think it's a nickel - but either way, there's no obvious way to recover it. Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/ The deposit varies, which is why the amount is not inscribed on

Re: University overhead

2002-12-04 Thread Rodney F Weiher
As a purchaser of university research, we often bargain with the PI on overhead, who in turn must bargain with their administration. Rodney Weiher fabio guillermo rojas wrote: Do universities compete over the overhead they charge? For example, when wooing senior faculty, is it ever the case

Re: A Short Review of *Hard Heads, Soft Hearts*

2002-12-04 Thread Fred Foldvary
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually it would be interesting to hear someone delinate a clear distinction between taxation on money and taxation in kind. There is no clear distinction. Money is a medium, and the underlying reality is goods exchanging for other goods. If you have a ticket for

Mach. quote--off topic??

2002-12-04 Thread john hull
Hey, Since Brian isn't here to keep us in line, I decided to change the subject heading to make it easy to identify and delete if one so chooses. --- Akilesh Ayyar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there. I'm not sure where the Machiavelli quote comes from, but are you sure he wasn't arguing, by a

Re: Dubyanomics

2002-12-04 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 12/4/02 7:17:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I remember when VP Quayle uttered (or was said to have uttered) the line, the best educated Americans in the world. In fact, the line is shown half-way down this Quayle blooper page: http://www.psiaz.com/quayle.htm So unless

Re: A Short Review of *Hard Heads, Soft Hearts*

2002-12-04 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 12/4/02 1:14:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually it would be interesting to hear someone delinate a clear distinction between taxation on money and taxation in kind. There is no clear distinction. Money is a medium, and the underlying

Re: University overhead

2002-12-04 Thread fabio guillermo rojas
How sticky is the price for university overhead? Fabio On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Rodney F Weiher wrote: As a purchaser of university research, we often bargain with the PI on overhead, who in turn must bargain with their administration. Rodney Weiher fabio guillermo rojas wrote: Do

Re: A Short Review of *Hard Heads, Soft Hearts*

2002-12-04 Thread john hull
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'Actually it would be interesting to hear someone delinate a clear distinction between taxation on money and taxation in kind.'...I'm inclined to think there is no clear distinction,which is why I asked the original author of the comment (js I believe) to provide one.

Median voter thm. Elementary question

2002-12-04 Thread john hull
Howdy, I've never really studied the Median Voter Theorem. Recently I read where someone claimed that the U.S. political system was designed to keep the two parties nearly identical by keeping other parties out. I assumed that the reason they Dems Reps seem so close may be because of the