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mediahasyou
07-10-2009, 11:47 AM
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/07/09/one-web-site-18000000/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=visits

your tax dollars at work. :eek:

JoshLowry
07-10-2009, 11:50 AM
What a fucking joke.

JoshLowry
07-10-2009, 02:31 PM
Bump.

To put it into perspective, the software and start up costs of this forum was somewhere around $100 bucks.

Digg.com's owner paid $1000 for the coding when he launched his site.

$18,000,000 is T H E F T.

Apathy setting back in now.

Kraig
07-10-2009, 02:32 PM
...and because of this the people who work for Smartronix will most likely continue to vote for Obama.

Kraig
07-10-2009, 02:33 PM
$18,000,000 is T H E F T.

The collection of the money was theft, this is just how it is spent after the fact.

Or do you believe that theft is dependent on how the "retrieved" goods are spent?

Mini-Me
07-10-2009, 02:34 PM
Unless the programming for that website becomes self-aware and cures cancer (or at least delivers an experience comparable to a AAA game title), I'm thinking $18 million is a ripoff...not that the government cares, considering the way they obtain the money.

JoshLowry
07-10-2009, 02:39 PM
...and because of this the people who work for Smartronix will most likely continue to vote for Obama.


Nearly $180 million of the contracts awarded to Smartronix during the period 2000-2009 were awarded on less-than-competitive basis, including $21 million for non-competitive awards. Another $33 million was awarded in competitive processes in which Smartronix was the sole bidder.

I think they will vote for whoever represents status quo.


The collection of the money was theft, this is just how it is spent after the fact.

Or do you believe that theft is dependent on how the "retrieved" goods are spent?

I don't approve of the income tax.

Let's not derail every thread on this message board into a minarchy vs anarchy discussion. Thanks.

coyote_sprit
07-10-2009, 02:41 PM
Bump.

To put it into perspective, the software and start up costs of this forum was somewhere around $100 bucks.
Things like PhpBB and MyBB are free even.


Digg.com's owner paid $1000 for the coding when he launched his site.

And now they have free software that will do the same thing that Digg does.

georgiaboy
07-10-2009, 02:41 PM
awesome.

how many indo chinese developers does $18M buy?

JoshLowry
07-10-2009, 02:45 PM
Things like PhpBB and MyBB are free even.


And now they have free software that will do the same thing that Digg does.

Yea, I knew about them both but didn't like them as much. I still prefer VBulletin. $100 bucks isn't much for a really good software package.

If I had payed $300,000 for a message board then I'd be about on par with their level of waste. :)

Agent CSL
07-10-2009, 02:46 PM
OH MY GOD

Jesus Christ. Fuck. Wow. A normal website will set you back $300.. A dynamic one, about $1,000 to $15,000 depending on the difficulty. Just wow.
Edit: That's hand coded price. ^

JoshLowry
07-10-2009, 02:47 PM
OH MY GOD

Jesus Christ. Fuck. Wow. A normal website will set you back $300.. A dynamic one, about $1,000 to $15,000 depending on the difficulty. Just wow.

A little voice in my head keeps saying this is chump change compared to the bailouts and money the Fed doled out.

I can't wrap my head around those numbers. This is something many can relate with.

Agent CSL
07-10-2009, 02:50 PM
A little voice in my head keeps saying this is chump change compared to the bailouts and money the Fed doled out.

I can't wrap my head around those numbers. This is something many can relate with.

It makes me want to throw up.

JoshLowry
07-10-2009, 02:56 PM
It makes me want to throw up.

I'm experiencing similar symptoms. :mad:

Kraig
07-10-2009, 02:59 PM
Let's not derail every thread on this message board into a minarchy vs anarchy discussion. Thanks.

Then can we be fair and admit that you brought up the topic of theft, and I responded to the topic of theft? I did not bring up minarchy or anarchy, nor do I do that to every thread by any stretch of the word "every".

mediahasyou
07-10-2009, 03:08 PM
I still prefer VBulletin. $100 bucks isn't much for a really good software package.

i prefer vbulletin also. you got to look nice to be on cnn. ;)

Mini-Me
07-10-2009, 04:02 PM
I'm experiencing similar symptoms. :mad:

I know what you mean. The shocking thing isn't really the actual number...it's the fact that at least 99.95%* of that spending is entirely wasteful, and it's the possibility that the same percentage might hold for all government spending. $20,000 hammers, anyone?

*That's with the starting assumption that they really needed less than ten grand to create a particularly outstanding website (and that's quite a generous amount).

Dreamofunity
07-10-2009, 04:08 PM
This is unbelievable.

That better be one hell of a website.

Pod
07-10-2009, 05:02 PM
Jesus. Antiwar.com gets by on $250,000 a year.

specsaregood
07-10-2009, 05:35 PM
I have obviously been billing myself out way to cheap or targetting the wrong customers. But then again my customers have to actually turn a profit....

ItsTime
07-10-2009, 06:20 PM
A REDESIGN for 18 million not bad, not bad at all

Jordan
07-10-2009, 07:10 PM
The best part about this, is that it will probably be on wordpress when it launches. :D

Maybe they'll throw in an AddThis button for free. :rolleyes: