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Durwin Sharp — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:47:45 -0400

eBay is a great service; Skype is a great service. I use both - but I can't see that they have anything to do with each other. Unless eBay can develop a synergistic strategy, it should get rid of the distraction - unless their strategy is to become GE by making investments in a wide range of products/services (I don't think this is realistic).

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Durwin Sharp — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:39:56 -0400

I can't believe that the so-called analysts are letting Obama get away with this claim. Even if he confiscated ALL of the earnings (that's a 100% tax rate!) of the top 5%, there isn't any where enough money to make up the difference. His response seems to be "government efficiencies", but anyone can promise government efficiencies - I don't believe he will be able to deliver.

This is one of his key "positions" that destroys his credibility for me.

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Durwin Sharp — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:35:13 -0400

Without considering the full impact of "green" alternatives, we risk the ever present spate of unintended consequences. In many areas, one can subscribe to electric providers that use most or all renewable energy. This rewards those providers and encourages further development of green energy sources. While I won't go so far as to say that electric car owners that use coal powered electricity are duplicitous, I think we need to consider the full consequences of our decisions.

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Durwin Sharp — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:45:56 -0400

Most hosting sites already have different pricing tiers based on how many GB per month are served. I think some of the responses to this note are confused about government control (what you see, etc.) and normal pricing models. There aren't very many areas of the "free" economy where what you consume is actually free. You are free to consume what you are willing to pay for. In addition, I don't suspect that heavy bloggers are the real heavy internet users. After all, blogging is mostly text; video, graphics, and music are the bandwidth eaters.