Author Archives: vortmax
Where I stand
With the Democratic Convention over and the Republican Convention almost finished, I figured it was time to lay out where I stand on the issues at hand, and hopefully explain why I’m voting the way I am. The economy is … Continue reading
Penn and Teller call “BS” on Environmental Hysteria
Please take a look at this video. It shows how ridiculous the whole environmental hysteria movement is. The petition to ban “dihydrogen monoxide” is quite amusing and shows these people usually don’t know what the heck they are talking about.
The summer movie season so far…
Thus far this season I have seen Iron Man, Wall-E, Hellboy 2, and The Dark Knight. Here’s my take on them in the order which they were seen: Iron Man Excellent flick. Robert Downey, Jr. made this film. He was … Continue reading
Former Reagan staffer is voting for…
Obama. I’m a lifelong Republican – a supply-side conservative. I worked in the Reagan White House. I was the chief economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for five years. In 1994, I helped write the Republican Contract with America. … Continue reading
It’s happening again
Remember in the run up to the Iraq war how we were fed misinformation leading us to believe Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), several different ways of distributing it, and were supplying it to terrorists? If so, then … Continue reading
Intel skips Vista
It’s one thing for some company to say there’s no compelling reason to switch to Windows Vista, but when that company is Intel… This isnt a matter of dissing Microsoft, but Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case … Continue reading
Bill Gates’ Software Philosophy: Why fix bugs when we can deliver features?
Finally, an explanation for why Windows Vista is such a train wreck: “The reason we come up with new versions is not to fix bugs. It’s absolutely not. It’s the stupidest reason to buy a new version I ever heard. … Continue reading
Close the “Enron Loophole”
What is the “Enron Loophole?” It was an amendment in the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 which allowed electronic futures trading to be deregulated. This allows speculators and traders to operate without oversight, or “in the dark” as the … Continue reading
Help set a record!
June 17th is the official release date for Firefox 3, and Mozilla is out to set a record for the most downloads in one day. Help set a world record by downloading Firefox and giving it a try. While no … Continue reading