> Where transactions are purely virtual - i.e., the transaction does not touch real money - the transaction has zero value in the real world, and the taxes should also be zero.
Unfortunately there are transactions that do not touch real money but have real value. Consider this comment. Slashdot (et al) did not pay me for it, yet its mere presence, though singly insignificant, contributes to the aggregate sum of all comments - which is a large component of the value of Slashdot.
Because of its value to the community, which is derived from the very community it serves, Slashdot has the option of peddling space on their site to advertisers, which in turn becomes real revenue.
By no means am I suggesting that the government should tax the act of commenting on a website - I'm merely challenging the assertion that only those things that "touch" real money have real value.
The article makes reference to Fortify Software having "said" that they found this vulnerability. Does anyone have a link to their actual announcement?
The result is that most web sites only consist of small amounts of code scattered throughout the web pages, rather than large scale amounts of code that are commonly present in software applications. This is a direct result of two limitations of JavaScript: first and foremost is that it is an interpreted language rather than a compiled language, and second is that it is object-based/prototype-based, rather than truly object-oriented.
Are patents allowed to contain statements which are patently false?
The article references the Rock the Net campaign, which has an Online Petition you can sign.
Unfortunately, it appears to be down - I get this stacktrace when I try to sign it:
java.sql.SQLException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to data type tinyint.
at macromedia.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.createExceptio n(Unknown Source)
at macromedia.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.getException(U nknown Source)
at macromedia.jdbc.sqlserver.tds.TDSRequest.processEr rorToken(Unknown Source)
at macromedia.jdbc.sqlserver.tds.TDSRequest.processRe plyToken(Unknown Source) ...
Can anyone else get through? Does this mean that the table is totally full?
> Now if we could just find the large underground mutant generators, we will be able to instantaneously terraform Mars. Of course we'd need Arnold Schwarzenegger to spearhead this for us, but I think he's up to the task.
July 19, 2006, Schwarzenegger proposed forming the Climate Action Board, a new, centralized authority under his direct control that would be responsible for implementing one of the nation's most far-reaching initiatives to curb global warming.
Getting Mr. Quaid to start the reactor may take more convincing this time around...
> Those sorts of philosophers (such a Locke, Hume, and Berkeley) laid the foundation of the philosophical world view which underlies all of today's science.
Thank you. I was referring primarily to Hume's logical empiricism, but your other examples fit well too.
> All you can know are your ideas, your sensory perceptions; so he concluded that talk of a material world was literally nonsense.
Exactly! I think - therefore I perceive. This says nothing of 'existence' in the populist sense. So I stand by my original claim - you can't prove to me that I exist (I reject DesCarte's decree).
Unfortunately this is getting away from the purpose of my original rebuttal. I was merely hoping to point out the absurdity of brining the word "prove" into a discussion of the existence or non-existence of things which are defined, by axiom, as being undetectable.
IMHO, if you don't have a working project that I can download for free, install on my own hardware, and get working without having to hack the source code in a major way, you're not really an open source project.
I agree - here are 4 things that can kill your OSS project dead if ignored:
Functionality - It has to work! (duh)
Packaging - It has to be easy to install and run.
Documentation - People need to know what the thing does to use it.
API - Other OSS devs must be able to hack it.
A lot of new projects spend too much time early on worrying about how the code looks (Architecture) or whether the UI is pretty. In truth, neither of these matter if people can't at least install the thing.
(The preceding list is a paraphrasing of an article titled "Open Source Software Killers")
Sure, if you are only looking for life. If you are looking for intelligent life, the chances are much smaller.
I don't know, I like to believe that there are other intelligent beings in the universe and they simply choose not to be known to us. It's nieve of us to believe that our technology is sufficient to detect the communications of a race who may have been here for many millennia - especially considering the exponential growth in complexity and power of our own media.
I can't wait till they combine this with body glitter...
Man: Hi honey - I'm so glad to be done with that all nighter. Boy we sure had a lot of work to do at the office.
Wife: (gets out scanner) Oh yeah? Then who's Tiffany1456xoxoxo?!
> Because there is a photographers exception to the portion of copyright that covers architecture.
Is there an exception for artwork as well? If I put a mural on my garage door with a copyright notice in plain view, would this work to stop distribution?
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> Where transactions are purely virtual - i.e., the transaction does not touch real money - the transaction has zero value in the real world, and the taxes should also be zero.
Unfortunately there are transactions that do not touch real money but have real value. Consider this comment. Slashdot (et al) did not pay me for it, yet its mere presence, though singly insignificant, contributes to the aggregate sum of all comments - which is a large component of the value of Slashdot.
Because of its value to the community, which is derived from the very community it serves, Slashdot has the option of peddling space on their site to advertisers, which in turn becomes real revenue.
By no means am I suggesting that the government should tax the act of commenting on a website - I'm merely challenging the assertion that only those things that "touch" real money have real value.
> How much of the brain can be replaced before the original "self" no longer exists?
Approx 61.8%> a fearless, seven-foot, feel-no-pain specimen....
I didn't know Chuck Norris needed inventing> It's half as bad as digg at this point.
And since digg's half as bad already, that splits them into some kind of fraction I can't even measure.function imHumanAndIHaveRights() {
println("May I have some human rights also, please?");
}
Ah but it only took me 10 seconds to post the question - so on the whole I'm up 20 seconds!
No wait - it took me 10 seconds to type that ... so I'm up 10.
Oh wait ...
The article makes reference to Fortify Software having "said" that they found this vulnerability. Does anyone have a link to their actual announcement?
- TypeError: can't convert Float into String in Ruby
- 8 in PHP
- 44 in JavaScript
- "44.0" in Java
Which I just find amusing all around.The article references the Rock the Net campaign, which has an Online Petition you can sign.
Unfortunately, it appears to be down - I get this stacktrace when I try to sign it:
java.sql.SQLException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to data type tinyint.o n(Unknown Source)U nknown Source)r rorToken(Unknown Source)e plyToken(Unknown Source)
...
Can anyone else get through? Does this mean that the table is totally full?at macromedia.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.createExcepti
at macromedia.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.getException(
at macromedia.jdbc.sqlserver.tds.TDSRequest.processE
at macromedia.jdbc.sqlserver.tds.TDSRequest.processR
> This is really a non-story.
I refuse to acknowledge your non-comment on the subject.
> Now if we could just find the large underground mutant generators, we will be able to instantaneously terraform Mars. Of course we'd need Arnold Schwarzenegger to spearhead this for us, but I think he's up to the task.
According to wikipedia: Getting Mr. Quaid to start the reactor may take more convincing this time around...Um, isn't this about two weeks too early?
No, you're thinking of the recent article on breaking the speed of light
which is of course impossible without 1.21 gigawatts of electricity and a flux capacitor.
> Those sorts of philosophers (such a Locke, Hume, and Berkeley) laid the foundation of the philosophical world view which underlies all of today's science.
Thank you. I was referring primarily to Hume's logical empiricism, but your other examples fit well too.
> All you can know are your ideas, your sensory perceptions; so he concluded that talk of a material world was literally nonsense.
Exactly! I think - therefore I perceive. This says nothing of 'existence' in the populist sense. So I stand by my original claim - you can't prove to me that I exist (I reject DesCarte's decree).
Unfortunately this is getting away from the purpose of my original rebuttal. I was merely hoping to point out the absurdity of brining the word "prove" into a discussion of the existence or non-existence of things which are defined, by axiom, as being undetectable.
during Celebration IV and also on Spike TV
And all other entries will be shown on YouTube - over and over again
> (who the hell would admit to this?)
Everyone - assuming the interrogator is Jack Bauer
How about cars that drive them-fricken-selves
> highly theoretical stuff like this that no one will ever truly be able to prove
Bah. You can't even prove to me that I exist. Philosophical empiricists, help me out here.
In the Parliamentary republic of Turkey, "free speech" copyrights you!
HAHAHAHA! - I can tell by the look on your face you had no idea that was coming!
> Pay should be based on qualifications and performance, not experience.
Hey yeah - that's a good idea. Let's all go to our employers and explain that to them!
BWAHAHAHA!! Man, that's a good one. whew. (wipes tear from eye) Seriously, you must be new here.
I agree - here are 4 things that can kill your OSS project dead if ignored:
A lot of new projects spend too much time early on worrying about how the code looks (Architecture) or whether the UI is pretty. In truth, neither of these matter if people can't at least install the thing.
(The preceding list is a paraphrasing of an article titled "Open Source Software Killers")
I don't know, I like to believe that there are other intelligent beings in the universe and they simply choose not to be known to us. It's nieve of us to believe that our technology is sufficient to detect the communications of a race who may have been here for many millennia - especially considering the exponential growth in complexity and power of our own media.
I can't wait till they combine this with body glitter...
Man: Hi honey - I'm so glad to be done with that all nighter. Boy we sure had a lot of work to do at the office.
Wife: (gets out scanner) Oh yeah? Then who's Tiffany1456xoxoxo?!
> Because there is a photographers exception to the portion of copyright that covers architecture.
Is there an exception for artwork as well? If I put a mural on my garage door with a copyright notice in plain view, would this work to stop distribution?