Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-15 Thread Rik Burke
The Fool said: http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's recommendation before I decide whether or not to download it. When you can use proxomitron, why bother? Proxomitron + webwasher. That is power. I can provide screenshots

Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-23 Thread Rik Burke
JDG said: I disagree with this.There is no reason why a high school teenager flipping burgers at McDonald's *should* be paid enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment. And, I should note, the very definition of a minimum wage job is what you pay the lowest-rung worker, which would be a

Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-23 Thread Rik Burke
Erik asked: As you say. But not everybody who is on minimum wage are flipping burgers to earn a bit of pocket money whilst they're at high school; infact many of them aren't. A living wage for for a family of one adult and two children is in the region of $30k a year, which breaks down

Re: how religious fanatics attack free speech

2002-09-23 Thread Rik Burke
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Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-23 Thread Rik Burke
Russell asked: Ok, 60% of Americans don't earn enough to count as a living wage *if they're a single parent with two kids*. But there's a substantial proportion of people who (may) have no children but earn approx. half that sum or lesss. Do you have the numbers on this, or are you just

Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-23 Thread Rik Burke
Erik said: The stat I have on that doesn't give details, so I assume no, it doesn't mean 60% of households of one adult and two children. Does that make the above stat irrelevant? I don't think so. It was supposed to be indicative of a situation, nothing more. Whatever. Quote

Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-22 Thread Rik Burke
Rob said: Hourly wages a full-time worker must earn to afford to rent a modest two-bedroom home, according to the National Low Incoming Housing Coalition: snip Of interest, has anyone on here read _Nickel and Dimed_? I've just finished it, and it made for very interested reading. There an