Comments on: The Point Of A Limbo Stick Is That Eventually Everyone Falls Down And Looks Dumb http://www.ghotifish.net/2008/10/the-point-of-a-limbo-stick-is-that-eventually-everyone-falls-down-and-looks-dumb/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:34:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lj http://www.ghotifish.net/2008/10/the-point-of-a-limbo-stick-is-that-eventually-everyone-falls-down-and-looks-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-11798 lj Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:52:50 +0000 http://www.ghotifish.net/blog/archives/2008/10/the-point-of-a-limbo-stick-is-that-eventually-everyone-falls-down-and-looks-dumb/#comment-11798 <p>The date format makes sense to me, but I think it's a geek thing (today's build at work is timestamped -081027.zip, for example).</p> <p>The oil tax sounds like a really sensible idea in some ways. Unfortunately, given the level of general economics knowledge and the sound-bite knee-jerk reaction news cycle, I think it would be political suicide: "We're hurting because gas is expensive, and they want to <em>tax</em> it?!?!?"</p> The date format makes sense to me, but I think it’s a geek thing (today’s build at work is timestamped -081027.zip, for example).

The oil tax sounds like a really sensible idea in some ways. Unfortunately, given the level of general economics knowledge and the sound-bite knee-jerk reaction news cycle, I think it would be political suicide: “We’re hurting because gas is expensive, and they want to tax it?!?!?”

]]> By: Teague http://www.ghotifish.net/2008/10/the-point-of-a-limbo-stick-is-that-eventually-everyone-falls-down-and-looks-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-11796 Teague Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:19:47 +0000 http://www.ghotifish.net/blog/archives/2008/10/the-point-of-a-limbo-stick-is-that-eventually-everyone-falls-down-and-looks-dumb/#comment-11796 <p>Good to see you've posted again. Not to focus on the superficial, but hey, the new carpet and furniture in here look nice! My only complaint is that "Recent Posts" is currently using the damndest date format I've ever seen...</p> Good to see you’ve posted again. Not to focus on the superficial, but hey, the new carpet and furniture in here look nice! My only complaint is that “Recent Posts” is currently using the damndest date format I’ve ever seen…

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