Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: 18 Oct 2024 00:47:57 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <20241014080601.00007478@gmail.com> <38fb5a91-5d00-be42-4bfe-2a05232a82c1@example.net> <82bcedf2-be4a-a2da-3f77-fbbed147ef30@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Z9AGnodhd+k1Dt3CRY1WcwFL9d+CcQurF16ktX3re6MnypEDcF Cancel-Lock: sha1:NBiU22xYfmd4FPJ78iLw4w3OIJo= sha256:/Io/zzC96SQFEd0E4y72cr+CuZ7Qo4Qw4iV1AZr/TjY= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:227833 comp.os.linux.misc:59528 On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:47:43 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:39:21 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> On 2024-10-17, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:48:39 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, far better to bring in the hyper-capitalists who will sell us >>>> all out for a dollar. >>> >>> Sell us to whom? >> >> The highest bidder. >> >>> Whose money is it doing the buying? >> >> Our own, after they take it from us. > > How do they take it from us? There’s no law that says we have to hand it > to them. You don't have an equivalent of the IRS? The government extracts money using implied force and hands it over to fraudulent contractors. https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/crime/defense-contractor-formerly- known-as-raytheon-agrees-to-pay-over-950m-for-fraud-charges