Hell, I still have a little portable AM/FM radio for when I walk the dog and want to listen to the Blackhawks or Bulls game.
The Sangean DT-200X is a sweet pocket radio. 19 presets, physical buttons that can be operated without lookig, and it can pull broadcasts out of the ether with no net.
They require merchants to suck up the cost of accepting Credit cards and not allowing a company to charge more to cover the credit card merchant fees. Of course 'cash discounts' can be done but that's uncommon.
Beginning January 27, 2013, merchants in the United States and U.S. Territories will be permitted to impose a surcharge on consumers when they use a credit card. Historically Visa has not permitted retailer surcharging, but allowing surcharging was a key provision required by merchants to settle long-standing litigation brought by a class of retailers in 2005.
There are states in which a surcharge for credit card usage is illegal, but these states typically allow for cash discounting.
"We are sorry that some have taken offense. Mistakes were made; words were misspoken. We can all learn something from this situation, and we are sorry if you found the remarks to be offensive."
"Reportedly" told a Buzzfeed "reporter'. Yeah, I buy it.
"Reportedly," as in, it was reported. "Told," as in, responded to the report by saying (a) he thought the conversation at dinner was all off the record, (b) his statements do not represent his or his employer's opinion, and (c) noting that his employer has not engaged in such opposition research. Nowhere does he or his employer actually deny the reported comments, and taken with claims that Uber tried to disrupt competitor's fundraising and recruiting, among other ethical questions, the report doesn't seem to extraordinary.
They are not the problem. It's the other email providers blocking me simply because I'm on a Comcast IP.
Most businesses would be interested and willing to advocate for their customers. Particularly in a situation that's unlikely to be isolated to a single customer's account. Comcast's bureaucracy may obscure their interest in helping their customer get this issue resolved, but there is certainly business value to Comcast in a resolution that favors the customer being able to continue operating their mail server via their Comcast connection.
States have no right to regulate interstate commerce, period. It is prohibited by the Constitution. No Law can allow them to do it, because such a law would be a flagrant violation of the Constitution.
That might be more arguable had commerce clause court precedents not hinged on whether interstate tariffs created an undue burden. Imposing a collection requirement on an out-of-state seller with no in-state nexus has been held to be an undue burden; but requiring individual customers to track, report and remit state use taxes has not been held to be such an undue burden.
Which law(s) prohibit use taxes? Not the export or commerce clauses of the Constitution, at least not as they have been interpreted so far in court precedents.
The current system of "use taxes" is not fair because it's unconstitutional. The answer isn't to allow the unconstitutional tax, the answer is to not allow the "use" tax.
Which part of the constitution does a state use tax violate? The export clause has long been consigned to governing only international commerce. The commerce clause is the subject of court precedents that prevent its application in situations that impose an "undue burden." But the common case of "undue burden" is an out-of-state retailer with no in-state nexus; individual customers being held responsible for tracking, reporting and paying their own use tax hasn't been held to be an "undue burden."
Shit, Amazon is building a datacenter in Ohio, does that mean I'll have to pay sales tax?
It means that Amazon will be compelled to collect sales tax on Ohio's behalf. It doesn't change the tax you owe, since you already owe use tax on most interstate purchases for which the seller isn't collecting sales tax.
The interstate commerce clause specifically forbids a state from charging sales tax on interstate commerce. States that want to tax interstate commerce charge a "use tax". Whether such a tax is legal, I don't know.
The commerce clause (Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution) restricts interstate tariffs to those that do not create an "undue burden." Court decisions (e.g., Quill v. North Dakota) have established that placing a collection burden on an out-of-state business that has no physical in-state presence creates such an undue burden; hence the arguments around whether or not Amazon (and others) can be compelled to collect and remit tax for states in which it claims to have no nexus. Requiring customers to remit their own use tax for interstate purchases has not been found to create such an undue burden, and has been in practice since long before the interweb was invented.
If you're heading East on I-10, take the I-65 interchange in Mobile. If you're heading West on I-10, you can take U.S. 90, 98 or 45, depending on where you're going.
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We live with DSL speed from a local ISP rather than deal with Comcast or AT&T. We'd be plenty happy to see a gigabit service from another provider!
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I was sad when I found out he wasn't really a Dr.
He did get an honorary degree a few years ago.
Hell, I still have a little portable AM/FM radio for when I walk the dog and want to listen to the Blackhawks or Bulls game.
The Sangean DT-200X is a sweet pocket radio. 19 presets, physical buttons that can be operated without lookig, and it can pull broadcasts out of the ether with no net.
No thanks.
They require merchants to suck up the cost of accepting Credit cards and not allowing a company to charge more to cover the credit card merchant fees. Of course 'cash discounts' can be done but that's uncommon.
Not any more:
Beginning January 27, 2013, merchants in the United States and U.S. Territories will be permitted to impose a surcharge on consumers when they use a credit card. Historically Visa has not permitted retailer surcharging, but allowing surcharging was a key provision required by merchants to settle long-standing litigation brought by a class of retailers in 2005.
There are states in which a surcharge for credit card usage is illegal, but these states typically allow for cash discounting.
Not very scientific. I'm sure most drunk drivers would say the same.
I'm sure most drunk drivers would slur the same.
Now that Slashdot's blog feature is up and running, I can't wait for for something that lets Bennett pin interesting pictures to the front page!
We switched to permanent absentee voting the moment they introduced electronic ballots in our county.
But what if I know that everything I know is wrong?
Then you short-circuit, smoke and ultimately crash.
Too bad for Emil Michael that the press already dug up the dirt on Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford.
"We are sorry that some have taken offense. Mistakes were made; words were misspoken. We can all learn something from this situation, and we are sorry if you found the remarks to be offensive."
"Reportedly" told a Buzzfeed "reporter'. Yeah, I buy it.
"Reportedly," as in, it was reported. "Told," as in, responded to the report by saying (a) he thought the conversation at dinner was all off the record, (b) his statements do not represent his or his employer's opinion, and (c) noting that his employer has not engaged in such opposition research. Nowhere does he or his employer actually deny the reported comments, and taken with claims that Uber tried to disrupt competitor's fundraising and recruiting, among other ethical questions, the report doesn't seem to extraordinary.
Here is how you boost your child's high school basketball team.
What's truly alarming are the apparatchiks that were conveniently removed from the image.
Could the honesty and accuracy of Comcast's public statements be a by-product of letting their support channel formulate the answers?
They are not the problem. It's the other email providers blocking me simply because I'm on a Comcast IP.
Most businesses would be interested and willing to advocate for their customers. Particularly in a situation that's unlikely to be isolated to a single customer's account. Comcast's bureaucracy may obscure their interest in helping their customer get this issue resolved, but there is certainly business value to Comcast in a resolution that favors the customer being able to continue operating their mail server via their Comcast connection.
In other words, they cut investment, then hear from the President, then blame the cut on the President's plan.
The reason that AT&T is pausing their gigabit rollout is that their networks are already fast enough to hear the future!
States have no right to regulate interstate commerce, period. It is prohibited by the Constitution. No Law can allow them to do it, because such a law would be a flagrant violation of the Constitution.
That might be more arguable had commerce clause court precedents not hinged on whether interstate tariffs created an undue burden. Imposing a collection requirement on an out-of-state seller with no in-state nexus has been held to be an undue burden; but requiring individual customers to track, report and remit state use taxes has not been held to be such an undue burden.
Its not a loophole. Its explicitly prohibited.
Which law(s) prohibit use taxes? Not the export or commerce clauses of the Constitution, at least not as they have been interpreted so far in court precedents.
The current system of "use taxes" is not fair because it's unconstitutional. The answer isn't to allow the unconstitutional tax, the answer is to not allow the "use" tax.
Which part of the constitution does a state use tax violate? The export clause has long been consigned to governing only international commerce. The commerce clause is the subject of court precedents that prevent its application in situations that impose an "undue burden." But the common case of "undue burden" is an out-of-state retailer with no in-state nexus; individual customers being held responsible for tracking, reporting and paying their own use tax hasn't been held to be an "undue burden."
Shit, Amazon is building a datacenter in Ohio, does that mean I'll have to pay sales tax?
It means that Amazon will be compelled to collect sales tax on Ohio's behalf. It doesn't change the tax you owe, since you already owe use tax on most interstate purchases for which the seller isn't collecting sales tax.
The interstate commerce clause specifically forbids a state from charging sales tax on interstate commerce. States that want to tax interstate commerce charge a "use tax". Whether such a tax is legal, I don't know.
The commerce clause (Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution) restricts interstate tariffs to those that do not create an "undue burden." Court decisions (e.g., Quill v. North Dakota) have established that placing a collection burden on an out-of-state business that has no physical in-state presence creates such an undue burden; hence the arguments around whether or not Amazon (and others) can be compelled to collect and remit tax for states in which it claims to have no nexus. Requiring customers to remit their own use tax for interstate purchases has not been found to create such an undue burden, and has been in practice since long before the interweb was invented.
Because then you would miss marriage announcements from your friends ...
Then how about providing a Firehose tab to let you easily switch between curated and uncurated feeds?
Q How do you get to I-65 from I-10?
If you're heading East on I-10, take the I-65 interchange in Mobile. If you're heading West on I-10, you can take U.S. 90, 98 or 45, depending on where you're going.