On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 11:06:13AM -0800, Lew Wolfgang wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > > > >Not cynical at all. Economically accurate. > > I just wonder about how much influence the advertisers have on > content. Certainly, advertisers will jump ship if they find they > don't like the content. >
Lots, and it frequently ain't perty. > >I wonder how all you privitizers would feel if you had to pay tolls > >every time you used the roads to run to the store. > > A true privitizer would be in favor of such a scheme in that > the net costs would be lower. They say ... but most economists disagree based on the facts There are places where private enterprise is the most efficient way to go, but usually not in infrastructure. Where is the competition on which road to take to LA? Privitization becomes an economic religion (not unlike communism) for many in defiance of facts. > Coincidentally, I heard that > The Governator's appointee to DMV wants to set up a system > wherein every vehicle would have a gps receiver that would > monitor location so that charges could be levied for "freeway" > usage. Government tracking your every move? This will go > over like a turd in the punch-bowl. > Forget the levies, I don't want the government knowing where I am every second. Here come the broadcasting chips under our skin ... -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
