tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post3358761715455180644..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: Reader Mail #82FSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-89237917863590102412009-02-26T21:19:00.000-05:002009-02-26T21:19:00.000-05:00FSK,Running wordpress is good if you update often,...FSK,<BR/><BR/>Running wordpress is good if you update often, backup often, and limit the possibilities of entry points. Various web building platforms have flaws, and constant corrections. I was once hacked. This actually occurred because I was running a very old version. But I've also seen other platforms ruin thousands of websites.<BR/><BR/>http://debtprison.net/wordpress/176/new-sql-injection-using-cast/<BR/><BR/>The key is staying updated and backing up often. There's also some good tips for WP.<BR/><BR/>google "hardening wordpress"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-70427790081246406582009-02-26T12:56:00.000-05:002009-02-26T12:56:00.000-05:00If you're getting silver, try Scottsdale Silver, t...If you're getting silver, try Scottsdale Silver, they take PayPal, offer free shipping, and recently have been cheaper than eBay.<BR/><BR/>I agree, bullion is better because it's cheaper and equally resellable if it's a name brand mint (Academy, Silvertowne, sunshine,northwest, A-Mark, Engelhard...etc.).<BR/><BR/>As for your hosting costs vs. adsense, why break even when you can be netting some profit? I sell stuff on eBay and I know you can get yourself a nice t-shirt, calendar, iPod accessory, movie for less than $10 (each), so why not save that extra $15 a month to yourself? Hell, $15 a month could mean an extra night at a bar, subscription to a new mag (or website, whatever else), or an ounce of silver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-80131070725428530952009-02-26T12:50:00.000-05:002009-02-26T12:50:00.000-05:00"The union contract could get thrown out in bankru...<I>"The union contract could get thrown out in bankruptcy, and the union would be forced to renegotiate a contract that's less favorable for employees."</I><BR/><BR/>That is a flawed point. Unions don't negotiate contracts favourable to employees. They negotiate contracts favourable to the union. It is an important distinction. Unions are just another cartel, instead of a state cartel of business, you have a state cartel of labour. And unions are just, if not more, coercive and violent than many companies.<BR/><BR/><I>State regulation of unions neuter their effectiveness. Unions are effectively a branch of the State.</I><BR/><BR/>Unions are effectively cartels. If you oppose cartelization of business, then by the same principle have to oppose the cartelization of labour.<BR/><BR/><I>The economic system is set up to benefit insiders at the expense of the average person. The average person would be much better off in a true free market system.</I><BR/><BR/>The average person does not exist. Like the marxist man, or GI Joe, he is a strawman. A fantasy myth. The goal is not to serve the average in a market system. It is to serve everyone, acknowledging that everyone is not average.<BR/><BR/><I>Are you accusing me of being anti-capitalist now?</I><BR/><BR/>I've thought you have always had some anti-capitalist sentiment. I absolutely cannot stand anti-capitalists, but obviously I can stand and even respect you.<BR/><BR/><I>I prefer to debate ideas, rather than labels.</I><BR/><BR/>Pro-state troll (which thankfully I have been reading less) and wage slave.<BR/><BR/><I>The economic and political system labeled "capitalism" is not as a free market system.</I><BR/><BR/>That depends which definition we use. As private ownership of the means of production, it is very much a pro-market term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com