Come now, let us be serious. I could code up something similar to Chandler in a few months. I would rather commit suicide than attempt an interpreter and renderer for HTML+CSS+JavaScript. Maybe that's just me?
Jordan wrote:
> Ravi writes:
>
>> I never argued that F/OSS produces less buggy code
>
> Yes, but F/OSS *did* argue this.
>
> You're a big Stalman fan, right. Stalman has argued this!
He might have (pointer please?) but Free Software's importance does not rest on this claim, nor do I hear this claim offered as the primary one in favour of Free Software.
Doug wrote:
> The other day I said that only right-wing nuts love deflation, and
> we should leave it to them. Today's daily commentary from The Mises
> Institute confirms this. The lead of Mark Thornton's piece:
>
>> Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, like most mainstream economists, has an
>> irrational fear of deflation — whether it is understood as falling
>> prices or a contracting money supply. I have coined the term
>> "apoplithorismosphobia" for this psychological malady. In contrast,
>> average Americans love deflation whether it's at Wal-Mart, in the
>> Cash for Clunkers program, or from the tax credit for first time
>> home buyers. Austrian economists love most forms of deflation too,
>> and we think it is the ultimate cure for economic crises.
Can someone explain to me (a n00b) what is wrong with deflation (especially when mild)?
--ravi