[plug][OT] Who's a Good Hardware Supplier in Perth?

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 09:49, Senectus . wrote:
> Taking this to off topic.
> Can people please reply to the off-topic list.. it's make some people grumpy :-P
> 
> On 9/6/05, Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:
> > I think we should give all the farms scheme water instead of blowing all
> > that money on drought relief year after year. It doesn't have to be the
> > government. Could be private industry (even though I said scheme) that
> > starts providing water.
> Heh.. while we're at it why don't we _just_ build that canal right
> down the center of Australia...
> 
> > 
> > There are also ways of making deep sea vents that use the differences in
> > pressure (I think) to push fresh cold water up to the land above.
> I've read this proposal.. the water that comes up is still salt water
> obviously no good for irrigation.
> The method for making fresh water from this water is by
> "condensation", and NOT in quantities high enough to do much with it.
> Not that it's a bad idea... there are MANY fantastic uses for this
> concept.. I doubt though that geographically speaking we have many
> places in Australia that could make use of it.
> 
> > 
> > Yes, but we have a free trade agreement with them...
> Open Source completely ignores any free trade or other "agreements..
> it IS the Panacea ;-)
> 
> 
> > That's true. The rate of processor development has slowed down but other
> > areas like wireless, s/m/voip, hd dvd, hard drive and ram speeds are
> > increasing.
> Oh I wish that they would really crank up the hard drive, cdrom and
> battery technologies... these are what really slow us down and have
> been the slowest to evolve :-(
> 
> > 
> > That's another issue. This country isn't going to be very competitive
> > with a taxation system advocated in the communist manifesto ie
> > progressive tax brackets and steep company taxes that push smart and
> > ambitious Australian firms to move to countries like Singapore.
> Singapore is a whole different kettle of fish.. They have a remarkable
> Government.. one that seems to be VERY outcome focused... It's a place
> for the young, ambitious
> and hard working.


However, everything there is owned by the government. This give the
impression that they are an extremely free market with their low tax
rates. But why bother with high taxes when you command nearly all
profits?

Its like socialism that pretends to be capitalism.

regards,

Chris




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