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It's not, it's ridiculously complicated, and it gets more complicated every year as the politicians continuously tweak the tax code to favor special interests and lobbyists, or to "punish" corporations for earning too much, or whatever reasons they come up with.

if you go to the US Government Printing Office ( www.gpo.gov ), you can order a complete set of Title 26 of the US Code of Federal Regulations (that's the part written by the IRS), all twenty volumes of it, at the bargain price of $974, shipping included.

According to the US Government Printing Office, it's 13,458 pages in total. The full text of Title 26 of the United States Code (the part written by Congress--available for an additional $179) is a mere 3,387 printed pages, bringing the adjusted gross page count to 16,845.

(source: How Long is the US Tax Code?)

Speaking of bloat, there's a humorously insightful article here about http://www.trygve.com/doomsday.html

Those WYSIWYG creators produce the most gawdawful code full of

Quantum mechanics applies only to quantum particles, not big honking spaceships.

Not quite a spaceship, but quantum tunnelling has been shown to apply to non-quantum particles.

I believe it's actually the fourth. Quantum macroparticle tunneling was first documented in 1987.

In 1996, the Tickle Me Elmo was the "Must Have" toy. Many parents literally fought other parents in North American toy stores to purchase one of the toys for Christmas. The short supply of the toy, due to unexpected demand, meant that stores hiked the price on the dolls drastically. Newspaper classifieds even sold the plush toy for hundreds of US dollars. People reports that the $28.99USD toy fetched as much as $1500.

There are a lot of interesting tips for up-and-comers. The site could be anywhere from a missile silo to a private island.

Quantum tunneling (long distance quantum jumps) is not to be confused with teleportation which just another example of Star-Trek physics nonsense.

Note, however, that quantum tunneling of macroparticles was discovered in the mid-eighties. Macroparticle tunneling is just uncontrolled teleportation, so we're almost there.

I think I heard something about somebody using a bunch of furby's to make a beowulf cluster (furbeowulf) of parallel processors, now that's what you call having too much time on your hands...

They must be subscribers to the Evil Lair on a Budget school of design.

"Why, are you aware that there are even plans to put Linux into Furbys, Mandrake? Children's Furbys??"

Natural body builders don't generally look like body builders, and they rarely compete, because they simply cannot pack on the muscle with the same ease of a hormonally-enhanced body builder.

Great tips for making it look like you've taken over the world before you actually get your big break.

Under the SCO licensing terms, would that mean that the owner of the Furbeowulf (a cluster of Furby's running Linux) would have to pay for embedded licenses or multiprocessor licenses?

You mean something like this?

I like to call the Atkins diet the "make yourself sick diet" (someone elses quote, can't remember who - some registered dietitian) - If I remember correct, you survive off of ketones instead of glucose, which makes you somewhat ill and accordingly, you lose your appetite, eat less, and lose weight.

The best diet is one that you can stick to. I have lost ten pounds over 8 weeks without ever feeling hungry or giving up junk food. I did it by following the food guide, walking/cycling, and lifting weights.
Keep in mind, this is a net of ten pounds lost - I have gained muscle mass.

To anyone that wishes to lose weight or just eat healthy, check out the book "The American Dietetic Association's Complete Food and Nutrition Guide" - it dispels a lot of common myths (ie/ you must increase protein consumption to build muscle but not carbohydrate consumption) and is very informative.

If you just want the basics, check out Food Guide Canada or The USDA Food Pyramid for more info.

There are alternatives to these as well. I don't have any links handy, but there are pyramids for a Meditaranian (sp?) and vegetarian diets as well. A lot of vegetarians are actually in terrible health because they don't eat enough protein or are missing vitamins - if you wish to give up animal products, do make sure you read up on a healthy vegetarian diet!

A really good website is also at Ask a Dietitian - lots of good questions answered there. (Check out the icon if you bookmark it - a little penguin :)

Lastly, if you are interested in weightlifting, do it right! Use an abbreviated routine (no more than three lifting days per week) and stay away from the muscle comics and expensive supplements. I personally will eat an energy bar if I'm on the go, but wasting money on Myoplex is pointless when a chicken sandwich will work just as well.
Check out the misc.fitness.weights faq or the iron page at stumptuous.com for some good tips.

A great place to ask questions from people who are serious about staying fit, and getting pretty strong is the newsgroup:

news://misc.fitness.weights

Since you're reading Slashdot, you probably enjoy reading other people's posts, and contributing once in a while... voila... the newsgroup would be great for you.

You can start off here: http://www.trygve.com/mfw.html , with their webpage, and don't forget to read the FAQ.

.Dave

"Unnecessarily slow dripping mechanisms"? Bah!

Every serious Evil Overlord has long ago forsaken them in favour of things much more practical.

Plus, not only will your World Domination plans be more effective, they'll be cheaper too.

:)

Check out the furbeowulf cluster -- similar except it uses fibre instead of cat5.

...a Furbeowulf cluster of these !

...a Furbeowulf cluster of these things!

...a Furbeowulf cluster of these things!

http://www.homestead.com/hackfurby/ is the classic Hack Furby website by John Tokash.

Cool, imagine a beowulf cluster of those... :-)

I hate to say it... but imagine a.... nah... I don't wanna go there.

Furbeowulf

Funny. :)

I like the idea of a furry cluster: furbeowulf.

What, you mean like at http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html

-Paul

Like this guy did?