You think that’s anywhere near 30 feet from the stop sign?
More like three.
Jerk.
http://www.grabthemic.org/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/203
http://www.stefanisaacs.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/156
I have been having some issues with darwinports, the open source package/port management system for Darwin/OS X. I am more familiar with the FreeBSD ports system and have worked out some coping strategies for when things don’t go well (thankfully, it doesn’t happen often).
So I had a port get stuck in such way that it built and was usable (the .so or .dylib files were installed) but the port wasn’t registered. That means that ports depending on it would break since they couldn’t install without it.
Here’s an example of what I was seeing:
—> Installing gettext 0.14.1_1
Error: Target com.apple.install returned: Registry error: gettext 0.14.1_1 already registered as installed. Please uninstall it first.
Warning: the following items did not execute (for gettext): com.apple.activate com.apple.install
white:/opt/local paul$ port -vf uninstall gettext
port uninstall failed: Registry error: gettext 0.14.1_0 not registered as installed.
white:/opt/local paul$ port -vf install gettext
—> Installing gettext 0.14.1_1
Error: Target com.apple.install returned: Registry error: gettext 0.14.1_1 already registered as installed. Please uninstall it first.
Warning: the following items did not execute (for gettext): com.apple.activate com.apple.install
white:/opt/local paul$ port -vf activate gettext
—> Activating gettext
port activate failed: Registry error: gettext 0.14.1_0 not registered as installed.
I had to find a little more about how the registration process works.
As it turns out, in /opt/local/var/db/dports is where all the action is.
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well, it didn’t take long to find the information I wanted. How read this chart:
If it’s a negative number, you lose: you’re giving away more than your get, in California’s case, $58 billion. But if you’re in Alabama, say, you win: you collected $10 billion more than you contributed. And hey, look at Virginia with almost $22 billion in federal funds: you’d think one of the oldest states would have figured out how to generate a surplus by now.
States’ Balance of Payments with Washington, 2001
(dollars in millions) |
|||
Taxes Paid
|
Spending Received
|
Surplus/Deficit
|
|
Alabama |
22,437
|
33,205
|
10,768
|
Alaska |
4,200
|
6,685
|
2,485
|
Arizona |
30,057
|
32,392
|
2,335
|
Arkansas |
12,476
|
17,469
|
4,993
|
California |
264,344
|
206,245
|
-58,099
|
Colorado |
33,898
|
26,618
|
-7,280
|
Connecticut |
36,416
|
25,351
|
-11,065
|
Delaware |
5,750
|
4,632
|
-1,118
|
Florida |
110,294
|
107,395
|
-2,899
|
Georgia |
52,225
|
50,822
|
-1,403
|
Hawaii |
6,903
|
10,185
|
3,282
|
Idaho |
6,683
|
7,977
|
1,294
|
Illinois |
96,686
|
71,520
|
-25,166
|
Indiana |
36,733
|
34,630
|
-2,103
|
Iowa |
16,725
|
18,523
|
1,798
|
Kansas |
16,503
|
17,806
|
1,303
|
Kentucky |
20,509
|
27,210
|
6,701
|
Louisiana |
21,371
|
29,249
|
7,878
|
Maine |
6,904
|
8,643
|
1,739
|
Maryland |
41,779
|
50,966
|
9,187
|
Massachusetts |
59,779
|
48,188
|
-11,591
|
Michigan |
67,886
|
56,185
|
-11,701
|
Minnesota |
36,519
|
27,384
|
-9,135
|
Mississippi |
12,094
|
21,023
|
8,929
|
Missouri |
33,718
|
41,452
|
7,734
|
Montana |
4,359
|
6,910
|
2,551
|
Nebraska |
10,415
|
11,469
|
1,054
|
Nevada |
15,014
|
10,631
|
-4,383
|
New Hampshire |
10,315
|
7,006
|
-3,309
|
New Jersey |
75,115
|
51,657
|
-23,458
|
New Mexico |
8,487
|
17,156
|
8,669
|
New York |
166,554
|
126,990
|
-39,564
|
North Carolina |
47,579
|
47,748
|
169
|
North Dakota |
3,288
|
6,169
|
2,881
|
Ohio |
69,127
|
66,341
|
-2,786
|
Oklahoma |
16,667
|
23,790
|
7,123
|
Oregon |
21,241
|
19,826
|
-1,415
|
Pennsylvania |
83,052
|
84,880
|
1,828
|
Rhode Island |
6,990
|
7,458
|
468
|
South Carolina |
20,799
|
26,070
|
5,271
|
South Dakota |
4,293
|
6,095
|
1,802
|
Tennessee |
33,225
|
38,986
|
5,761
|
Texas |
134,809
|
121,571
|
-13,238
|
Utah |
11,358
|
12,139
|
781
|
Vermont |
3,731
|
3,984
|
253
|
Virginia |
52,858
|
74,802
|
21,944
|
Washington |
49,651
|
40,233
|
-9,418
|
West Virginia |
7,793
|
13,064
|
5,271
|
Wisconsin |
34,609
|
28,966
|
-5,643
|
Wyoming |
3,583
|
3,824
|
241
|
Unfair? Perhaps. The federal system is supposed to benefit everyone without quibbling about who generates a surplus or a deficit. But the divisions aren’t my invention: again, if people can speak for the president and his party and deprecate the ones who generate the tax revenues that subsidize their base without fear of correction, why should we put up with it?