Might wanna restrict that to whole numbers or even counting numbers. Rational includes negatives :)
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DigiNotar compromise + some random rational number. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote: 8675309 kinds of awesome. -sc From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com<mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com>] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DigiNotar compromise I think this is relevant here: http://unrforliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Our-Discussion.jpg - WJR On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:25, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>> wrote: No, you argue. And you have a tendency to argue yourself into a corner and not be able to 1) get out of it or 2) acknowledge that your argument has trapped you. And it's not as if economics is the only area where you've done this. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: I don't seek perfection. I merely see what's wrong now, and work against it. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 03:40, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Let me know when you find your perfect market, perfect world (as you see it) > and then we will talk. > > On Thursday, September 8, 2011, Kurt Buff > <kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> No, a free market doesn't presume anything about information being equally >> available. Freedom != equality. >> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 16:32, Jonathan Link >> <jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>> >> wrote: >>> >>> Wrong. >>> The free market presumes that information is equally available. >>> And please don't go down the iPhone thread route again. That just got >>> silly, and you know it. >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Kurt Buff >>> <kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> And in practice. >>> >>> Outside the textbook, laws and regulation which don't respect property >>> and contract rights robs the market of its ability to make decisions. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 13:28, Andrew S. Baker >>> <asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> >>A free market doesn't guarantee good results, just better results >>> >> than anything else. >>> >>> In theory. Outside of the textbook, the abundant use of free market >>> often requires regulatory intervention... >>> >>> >>> ASB >>> http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> >>> Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Kurt Buff >>> <kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:28, Ben Scott >>> <mailvor...@gmail.com<mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Ken Schaefer >>> > <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> There's no rule that says that has to happen. It would appear >>> >>> that most people chose price over security, and so far that has >>> >>> generally meant that those who value security more are left >>> >>> without any really satisfying vendor. >>> >> >>> >> If there's a market, or even if someone thinks there's a market, plus >>> >> a >>> >> way to make it profitable, then you can bet someone will start >>> >> something up. >>> > >>> > You ignore startup costs, network effects, and other >>> > barriers-to-entry. >>> > >>> > Start, sure. Succeed or see any real adoption? Not so certain. >>> > The free market is not a panacea. >>> >>> A free market doesn't guarantee good results, just better results than >>> anything else. >>> >>> Kurt >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
