When a form asks, "how much did you purchase from out of state", then tells you the rate to pay taxes on that amount, the intent occurs when you dishonestly answer the question.
I am a lawyer, but this isn't legal advice. If youneed legal advice, find an attorney located in your jurisdiction instead of expecting free online advice.
The Supreme court previously ruled on this for mail order businesses.
They did *not* rule that the state taxes aren't due. They ruled that, at the time, it was far too burdensome for states to impose requirements on out of state firms, which would leave each firm subject to massive reporting and compliance costs.
The court also noted that Congress had the power to deal with the situation.
My pet solution is to do it by five digit zip code. Jurisdictions that share codes will have to come to terms on how the code's revenue will be split, or see it all go to the state. Monthly or quarterly, firms would file a single report and write a single check, along with an electronic form showing how much in each of perhaps four categories was sold in each zip code (perhaps food, clothes, another category, and other). A single federal defnition would be used for the categories, not the local definitions.
I'd also allow multiple entities to handle the collection/redistribution. They would be entitled to a commission (probably a fraction of a per cent), and could compete based upon service and possibly a rebate to the companies of part of the commission.
Well, sonny, back in the old days, when we had to watch television by candlelight because the bulb hadn't been invented, things were different.
Leaving asside the PDP-8 of the 60's, and similar machines, we didn't have many of these new-fangled "personal computers", and had to find other ways to amuse ourselves.
We had some things made of paper with lots of owrds on them. We called these "books." Sometimes people would take these to a "copy machine" and make more.
There were also these wax tubes that recorded sounds. Eventually some clever whipper-snapper found a way to make flat black disks that had sound on them, and someone else invented tape. Oh, it was great--we could take a black disk (folks use ter call them "records"), connect it to a "tape recorder," and make copies.
This system is quite similar to immersion wort coolers used by homebrewers--we run water through copper coils to cool the wort (it won't be beer until the yeast do their thing) down from the boil. Doing this reasonably quickly is important, as the heat can drive the hop oils out (which add flavor and aroma; it doesn't drive out the bitterness causing acids).
Anyway, we tend to leave a moderate flow through it, cooling down in about 15 minutes--there's very little time gaines by going from that to high power.
However, I once saw a friend set it on a bare drip coming out--I was surprised at how hot it was (though I shouldn't have been:)
When I return home to Las Vegas in two weeks, putting in a swamp cooler (aka evaporative cooler) is one of the first orders of business.
It seems to me that before my exile, they had about a 4:1 cost advantage. Probably not as much now, as 10% humidy has become downright common:(
I'm trying to find out if I can connect it to my central air system. Ideally, the real air condidtioner would only kick in when it was failing to get enough done (e.g., run have the swamp coooler try to maintain 78F, and kick in the AC if it hits 81F).
When we catch a movie the kids like, they're perfectly happy to have it dumped in six hour mode onto blank tape so we can watch it later.
I generally used 2 hour before the Tivo, but that's probably a leftover from the monster 700 line screen (yes, it interpolated 400-450 lines to make the rest) upon which the long-saving fromat was unwatchable.
With all broadcast television on VHF/UHF scheduled to cease on New Years Day 2007, there are going to be a lot of pissed off people who don't have cable getting nothing but static on every channel.
"Hey, get in here! It's going to drop!"
10 . . . 9 . ..[muffled by cheers] 7 . . . 6 . . . 5. . . . [lost to starlet's babbling] . . . 3 . . . [supposedly witty response to dingbat starlet by just as dingy star] . . 1 . ..[crackle-hiss]"
"Hey, what happened???"
[Which in turn leads to massive late-night sales on the west coast]
In my case, the great shock came when I needed text to wrap around images in latex. It took me a while to figure out why the search engine was coming back with porn . ..
[Deseret is an older reference to the region, including both Nevada and Utah. It's still a common name for businesses and newsletters. At some point, the Deseret Territory was split into the the Nevada Territory and the Utah Territitory. I'm told, but haven't confirmed, that this was because the Congress didn't want that large of a Mormon state. {And now, Nevada and Utah have the heritages of the two extremes of the Old West: almost everything goes if you're not hurting someone else, and almost nothing goes.}]
hawk, Nevadan, finally returning home in two weeks
There *are* some of us that *need* a printer within arm's reach.
If I'm figuring somethign out, whether math or code (which is really coding the math), I can print and grab the printout without any real thought or redirection of my attention involved.
When I'm *that* deep in thought, it really is a big deal to leave my office and wander down the hall. It takes me an hour or two just to get far enough in to what I'm doing with this type of work to make serious progress. It will take (at least) several minutes to get back to where I was.
hawk, who also tends to forget lunch and get called by a wife wondering why he hasn't come home
In late 1989 (early 1990???) I picked up a DeskWriter from the first batch to ship with Appletalk installed. I paid $950, while an adequate laser printer would have been $3,000 (or just short of it). I tested a sheet with a cup of coffee in the sink--it ran some, but was still quite legible.
A couple of years later, laser printers did indeed make sense--but I was well stocked on ink cartridges again.
Slashdot Mirror
>I am a simi-pro photographer
:)
Would that be a professional photographer who only takes pictures of monkeys?
hawk
That's what she thinks.
:)
Once someone gets over 150, you can hand them *anything* (say, a paper plate), and he'll believe that it's an excellent print
hawk
. . . think about all the extra skills learned while hunting down 127 and 620 format film :)
hawk, who was already transfering 120 onto 620 spools almost thirty years ago
>No, there's nothing really like that on OS X at the system level.
:(
Is the system 7 era publish/subscribe *completely* gone, then
Of course, it was *horribly* slow in its day, even on a fast machine.
It was the earlies case I remember, though, of a microsoft "innovation" announcement being a reimplmentation of the mac.
hawk
A quick glance around my office, just at the pieces that have fallen off of two Dells, suggests otherwise . . .
Dell "quality" is the very reason Apple should hesitate to sell their system to other manufacturors.
hawk
I'd say there's a reasonable chance that we might have a revival of Star Trek proportions on our hands. :-)
*shudder*
You mean that all of the original episodes get wiped out in an inane time loop???
hawk
When a form asks, "how much did you purchase from out of state", then tells you the rate to pay taxes on that amount, the intent occurs when you dishonestly answer the question.
hawk
A few years ago, a man got fed up with New York City.
.
He sold his home, car, and business, and then moved to Florida, bought a new house, a new car, and started a new business.
NYC still tried to claim that he was a resident and tax the Florida business . .
hawk
>Never mind the increased cost to my customers of just the taxes themselves.
:(
You misspelled "never mind the increased cost to those no longer able to commit tax fraud."
p
hawk
I am a lawyer, but this isn't legal advice. If youneed legal advice, find an attorney located in your jurisdiction instead of expecting free online advice.
The Supreme court previously ruled on this for mail order businesses.
They did *not* rule that the state taxes aren't due. They ruled that, at the time, it was far too burdensome for states to impose requirements on out of state firms, which would leave each firm subject to massive reporting and compliance costs.
The court also noted that Congress had the power to deal with the situation.
My pet solution is to do it by five digit zip code. Jurisdictions that share codes will have to come to terms on how the code's revenue will be split, or see it all go to the state. Monthly or quarterly, firms would file a single report and write a single check, along with an electronic form showing how much in each of perhaps four categories was sold in each zip code (perhaps food, clothes, another category, and other). A single federal defnition would be used for the categories, not the local definitions.
I'd also allow multiple entities to handle the collection/redistribution. They would be entitled to a commission (probably a fraction of a per cent), and could compete based upon service and possibly a rebate to the companies of part of the commission.
hawk
Well, sonny, back in the old days, when we had to watch television by candlelight because the bulb hadn't been invented, things were different.
Leaving asside the PDP-8 of the 60's, and similar machines, we didn't have many of these new-fangled "personal computers", and had to find other ways to amuse ourselves.
We had some things made of paper with lots of owrds on them. We called these "books." Sometimes people would take these to a "copy machine" and make more.
There were also these wax tubes that recorded sounds. Eventually some clever whipper-snapper found a way to make flat black disks that had sound on them, and someone else invented tape. Oh, it was great--we could take a black disk (folks use ter call them "records"), connect it to a "tape recorder," and make copies.
feeble old hawk
It's not like it's an intel chip :)
hawk
This system is quite similar to immersion wort coolers used by homebrewers--we run water through copper coils to cool the wort (it won't be beer until the yeast do their thing) down from the boil. Doing this reasonably quickly is important, as the heat can drive the hop oils out (which add flavor and aroma; it doesn't drive out the bitterness causing acids).
:)
Anyway, we tend to leave a moderate flow through it, cooling down in about 15 minutes--there's very little time gaines by going from that to high power.
However, I once saw a friend set it on a bare drip coming out--I was surprised at how hot it was (though I shouldn't have been
hawk
When I return home to Las Vegas in two weeks, putting in a swamp cooler (aka evaporative cooler) is one of the first orders of business.
:(
It seems to me that before my exile, they had about a 4:1 cost advantage. Probably not as much now, as 10% humidy has become downright common
I'm trying to find out if I can connect it to my central air system. Ideally, the real air condidtioner would only kick in when it was failing to get enough done (e.g., run have the swamp coooler try to maintain 78F, and kick in the AC if it hits 81F).
hawk
It also complements the Tivo.
When we catch a movie the kids like, they're perfectly happy to have it dumped in six hour mode onto blank tape so we can watch it later.
I generally used 2 hour before the Tivo, but that's probably a leftover from the monster 700 line screen (yes, it interpolated 400-450 lines to make the rest) upon which the long-saving fromat was unwatchable.
hawk
How much more does it prove than a 360 era machine playing tones on an AM radio???
hawk
With all broadcast television on VHF/UHF scheduled to cease on New Years Day 2007, there are going to be a lot of pissed off people who don't have cable getting nothing but static on every channel.
.[muffled by cheers] 7 . . . 6 . . . 5. . . . [lost to starlet's babbling] . . . 3 . . . [supposedly witty response to dingbat starlet by just as dingy star] . . 1 . . .[crackle-hiss]"
"Hey, get in here! It's going to drop!"
10 . . . 9 . .
"Hey, what happened???"
[Which in turn leads to massive late-night sales on the west coast]
hawk
>Been there. Done that.
:)
Bought the, uhm, . . . Oh, never mind
hawk
Don't worry, I have a 4 digit UID, but I'm a supergenius :)
.
Anyway, there *was* a time when slashdot reported things *before* the print version of the Wall Street Journal . . .
hawk
In my case, the great shock came when I needed text to wrap around images in latex. It took me a while to figure out why the search engine was coming back with porn . . .
hawk
>dismantled by us after Deseret Storm.
The feds invaded Utah, and I never noticed???
[Deseret is an older reference to the region, including both Nevada and Utah. It's still a common name for businesses and newsletters. At some point, the Deseret Territory was split into the the Nevada Territory and the Utah Territitory. I'm told, but haven't confirmed, that this was because the Congress didn't want that large of a Mormon state. {And now, Nevada and Utah have the heritages of the two extremes of the Old West: almost everything goes if you're not hurting someone else, and almost nothing goes.}]
hawk, Nevadan, finally returning home in two weeks
There *are* some of us that *need* a printer within arm's reach.
If I'm figuring somethign out, whether math or code (which is really coding the math), I can print and grab the printout without any real thought or redirection of my attention involved.
When I'm *that* deep in thought, it really is a big deal to leave my office and wander down the hall. It takes me an hour or two just to get far enough in to what I'm doing with this type of work to make serious progress. It will take (at least) several minutes to get back to where I was.
hawk, who also tends to forget lunch and get called by a wife wondering why he hasn't come home
In late 1989 (early 1990???) I picked up a DeskWriter from the first batch to ship with Appletalk installed. I paid $950, while an adequate laser printer would have been $3,000 (or just short of it). I tested a sheet with a cup of coffee in the sink--it ran some, but was still quite legible.
A couple of years later, laser printers did indeed make sense--but I was well stocked on ink cartridges again.
hawk
Here they come.
The Dvorak proofs.
The debunking of the proofs.
The debunking of the debunkings.
The debunking of those who debunked the debunkers.
[Insert Monty Python break here]
The only solution to YADS is tasteless humor.
Oh, wait. Even better: a compromise. All new Amigas will ship with Dvorak keyboards.
There.
Everyone happy and free of debunked debunkers?
hawk
hawk