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• On the post: Turns Out The Wal-Mart Crowd Just Isn't That Into Linux

  

  bobwyzguy ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2008 @ 05:31pm

  Everex gPC

  Quick look on-line, and it seems Walmart is not selling it there either. Wish I'd paid attention to this, $200 to get a Linux test box - oh well...

• On the post: Free Music Does Not Conflict With The Free Market

  

  bobwyzguy ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2008 @ 04:09am

  Lance Ulanoff is Wrong - Often

  I agree that PC Mag has become very puffy and flacid of late. I have read many of Lance's recent columns, and the nutty, wrong, uniformed, and goofy stuff he proposes seem endless. He is way on the wrong site on network neutrality too, although this is no surpise.
  
  The last three editors at PC mag have all driven this COMPUTER magazine away from its core competencies. Michael J Miller kept trying to turn it into a car mag, Jim Louderback put a music slant to it, and now Lance, who is taking us God knows where. IS there anyone at Ziff Davis who will save us from this claptrap?

• On the post: Sprint Realizes That People Hate Forced Contracts, Early Termination Fees

  

  bobwyzguy ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2007 @ 06:18am

  Sprint Sued by MN AG

  Sprint is being sued over this very issue by the Minnesota Attorney General. People who make the slightest changes - like ordering a new battery - are having to extend their contract terms. I think it is interesting that they "now" want to let people choose when and how much of a contract therm they want.
  
  Hmmmmm......anyone?

• On the post: Connecticut AG Asserts Jurisdiction Over Any Web Site With Ads; Wants MySpace To Verify Users' Ages

  

  bobwyzguy ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2007 @ 06:30am

  Def: Politician = Failed Litigator

  I have come to the conclusion that the lawyers who go into politics are the ones too clueless to make a good living in the courthouse.
  
  These guys are great at the quick hip shot solution to any problem, and like most hip shots, there's a lot of noise (sound bite), but it completely misses the target (no useful effect), and usually wounds some innocent bystander (unintended consequences).
  
  A little critical thinking, and real problem solving skills, couple with the ability to accept that all problems may not have solutions would save us from a lot of stupid legislation.
  
  But the legislation today is more about appearing to do something to fool the gullible electorate into returning them to their government jobs, so they don't have to struggle at a real law career, or (horrors) actually doing something useful with their lives, like stocking shelves at WalMart.

• On the post: Website Busted For Not Having A Law License

  

  bobwyzguy ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2007 @ 09:11am

  Who writes the laws? Hmmm...Lawyers?

  This is just another example from a long list of example where attorneys get themselves elected to our legislative bodies, and do everything they can to increase business for their profession.
  
  I have maintained that if the Senate, Congress, and state legislatures were full of building inspectors, it would be so difficult to build that we would all be living in tents.
  
  If it was full of pharmacists, we'd all be forced to be taking medication.
  
  As it is now, it is impossible to do almost anything without an attorney, and every day they pass new laws that turn another group of law-abiding citizens into criminals

• On the post: How The US Crackdown On Online Gambling Hurt Americans

  

  bobwyzguy ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2006 @ 07:20am

  Who will protect us from the protectors?

  Is there anything that the government does well? Let's see.... Uh, how about roads. Nope. Military? Maybe. Wars - not lately. Taxation - pretty good at that, unless you were hoping for a simple system that makes sense and treats all payers fairly - Ooops - gotta go negative there too.
  
  People who think that some new law or government regulation is going to "save" them or "solve a problem" are not looking at the current results.