Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Von Fugal
quote name=Stuart Jansen date=Fri, 20 Jun 2008 at 20:53 -0700 On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 21:51 -0600, Andy Bradford wrote: McMansions are built because people want them Sweat shops exist because people want to work in them. Sweat shops exist because people get desperate. Anyone else notice the

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Josh Coates
ugh - this list moves too fast for me - i can't keep up with all these delicious strawmen just asking to be beat down! ;-) but let me just squash one quick fallacy that keeps being repeated by several folks here. newsflash: the government *already* regulates lot and house sizes. so, save all

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Bryan Sant
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Josh Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: newsflash: the government *already* regulates lot and house sizes. so, save all your free market purity blather for the fictional free market that lives in mailing list hypotheticals and econ textbooks. snip my primary

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Bryan Sant
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Von Fugal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sweat shops exist because people want to work in them. Sweat shops exist because people get desperate. Anyone else notice the kids out in the sun all day shakin' signs? Desperate times... Von Fugal The kids that do that

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Torrie
Bryan Sant wrote: The kids that do that for builders (at least the ones I've talked to) make around $12/hr. That freakin' rocks. I would have LOVED the opportunity to make that kind of money as a kid. Desperate times or unmatched opportunity? Oh wow. That's one of the most amazing

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Von Fugal
quote name=Bryan Sant date=Tue, 24 Jun 2008 at 11:19 -0600 On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Von Fugal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sweat shops exist because people want to work in them. Sweat shops exist because people get desperate. Anyone else notice the kids out in the sun all day shakin'

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Bryan Sant
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Michael Torrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bryan Sant wrote: The kids that do that for builders (at least the ones I've talked to) make around $12/hr. That freakin' rocks. I would have LOVED the opportunity to make that kind of money as a kid. Desperate times

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Torrie
Bryan Sant wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Michael Torrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bryan Sant wrote: The kids that do that for builders (at least the ones I've talked to) make around $12/hr. That freakin' rocks. I would have LOVED the opportunity to make that kind of money as a

Firefox Bookmark Update Indicator

2008-06-24 Thread Joshua Lutes
I'm wondering if anybody knows of an add-on for Firefox that would indicate when a change has been made to a website that has been bookmarked. RSS feeds are nifty but I don't like that live bookmarks are displayed as folders in Firefox. I'd rather that it be displayed as a single page that

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Josh Coates
...Only those lower income scum folk would be financially barred from home ownership... snip bryan sant rant bryan - it sort of sounds like you are implying that this argument is bias against lower income folk. it's the higher-end of the market that we're talking about. oh, and while i'm

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-24 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:04:42AM -0600, Bryan Sant wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Josh Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Further, I'm only making these arguments because I try to be consistent with my philosophy about the proper role of government. If, I were more selfish, I would

and now for something completely different

2008-06-24 Thread Stuart Jansen
I have a problem related to Linux. Please help. Thanks! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: and now for something completely different

2008-06-24 Thread gregorcy
wrong list dude ;) whats the problem, it would be nice to change it up a bit. Stuart Jansen wrote: I have a problem related to Linux. Please help. Thanks! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */ /*

Re: and now for something completely different

2008-06-24 Thread Justin Findlay
On AD 2008 June 24 Tuesday 08:42:05 PM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: I have a problem related to Linux. Please help. Thanks! Have you checked the bearing grease on the turboencabulator? I heard they upgraded the reverse flux bearings on the latest glibc and some distros still use the old grease

Re: Firefox Bookmark Update Indicator

2008-06-24 Thread Garth Hill
Are you talking updates to a site or an rss feed? I don't know about firefox, but Yahoo! alerts has been handy for me to get email updates when things are added to an rss feed. You can set it to email you once a day or as changes happen. Garth Joshua Lutes wrote: I'm wondering if anybody

Re: and now for something completely different

2008-06-24 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 08:42:05PM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: I have a problem related to Linux. Please help. Thanks! Another completely off topic post. Sheesh, the signal to noise ratio around here... Besides, everyone knows Linux is perfect, so you couldn't possibly have a problem with it.