That was basically my impression as it seemed that auditing a college student with a small income filing form 1040EZ wouldn't net much of anything even if I did screw it up. I would dread having an audit now given how complex my taxes have become, even with tax software it takes a good 6 hours.
How do I know you aren't one of THEM. I bet you have managed to infect my computer with some ultrasonic malware by responding to my initial post. Do not respond to this post I don't want any more of your malware.
They sit there and hem and haw over it, then start asking all sorts of questions like do you have any capital gains, 1099 income, gambling profits/losses. The auditor then wandered off to "check" some things comes back asks more stupid questions and wanders off again. Then apparently after gathering everything he needed sat down and questioned every line on my 1040 EZ form. I probably spent close to 7 hours at the Minneapolis IRS office 5 of which were sitting in a waiting room and 2 for the actual audit. I agree that you view of what should of happened is what I was thinking was going to happen since it was a 1040EZ with a single W2 and it took me like 5 minutes to fill out originally. I figured I would be in and out in about the time it took to actually do my return initially.
The government scares me less because they don't want to maximize the money they get from me.
I take it you have never been audited by the IRS. Worst thing I have ever had to endure, and that was as a college student filing a 1040 EZ and only having one job and a checking account. It was similar to one of those somewhat creepy police interrogation scenes in movies meets the stereotypical DMV waiting room.
Already being done for car insurance if you allow a monitoring device to plug into your car's computer port.
When I got my project car insured a couple of months ago they asked if I wanted to do this even though I am getting limited use collector insurance on it. I wanted to see how far along I could go before they figured out that such a device won't work on a 68 MG Midget. Sadly the agent didn't catch on and at the very end I told her that it wouldn't work because the only electronics in the car are the lights and wipers and it doesn't have a computer let alone a diagnostic port.
You're not thinking big enough, why pull out a bomb when the whole over-sized fucking carry on bag is a bomb filled with explosives and nails, its not like your final destination requires a clean set of cloths. Also this would work best when done in the middle of a security line, on the busiest travel day which would also be a good time to have a "winter" coat on for some extra punch.
Understandable, most people have moved on from film so I think the screeners just have no idea what they are looking at with a basically all mechanical camera. The bulb cable also seems to cause them a lot of confusion as well. I have been tempted to take my Pocket Kodak No. 1 series II to see their reaction.
Was it a SLR or DSLR? The TSA can't seem to figure out my SLR and have asked me to turn it on because they couldn't figure it out. On numerous occasions they have also opened it up ruining the film (I no longer fly with film in it), removed the lens to what I presume was checking to see if it was a firearm, and have wiped everything down checking for explosives. I find to really perplex them bring a set of macro rings as well.
And even there you aren't maximizing the value. I end up making a fair amount of biochar every year in my smoker and BBQ, both are home made since I didn't like the ones available for sale. Put in some trimming from relatives' apple, pear, or cherry trees and use those to give a nice flavor, I have also been know to dispose of apples and pears that aren't fit for consumption in similar fashion which really adds flavor. I save up the char from these and it gets added to the garden every year which also is where lots of other things end up like fish remains and other organic composts. Basically this is making some terra preta.
Well from what I have read we could meet out existing energy needs by covering 1% of earth's surface with 1% efficient solar panels since the earth receives about 10,000 times the energy from the sun that humans consume daily. Now granted we probably couldn't extract all that energy, and we would need to have some surplus built in for times like cloudy days so something like 10x our current daily consumption should be plenty which is still doable since 5% efficient panels are the really cheap crap and that only would require covering 2% of earth's surface. Now jump up to 10% efficient panels and we are back at 1% coverage and these are common and the numbers only get better with something like the higher end but still fairly common 14% panels. Granted local storage would be needed to provide smoothing and having a large national grid with larger regional storage would also probably be needed (if you have huge local storage this becomes less important) but with more intermittent renewable entering the energy market things like this will be needed anyway.
This also doesn't even get into cutting down on wasted energy which we have a lot of in the US. I don't want to sacrifice my standard of living one bit and I wouldn't want anyone else to either but to say going green would require living a lifestyle comparable to that of a nomadic loner is just being stupid.
Only 30% I think you are forgetting the apathetic as well not just the cheerleaders of these actions. If it were only 30% with the rest being against it there would probably be blood in the streets.
Ever heard of water boarding? Continuously playing music at high volumes? Continuously having strong light and/or switching the light on/off on random intervals? Locking people in small completely dark environments? Waking people as soon as they fall asleep? Mentally abusing people including forcing them to do things against their morals and/or religion? And a lot more...
Are you sure you're not talking about a a pretty fucking awesome rave?
Now that I have that out of the way I just assume that my government is just as bad as most when it comes to shady dealings but is just better at hiding it or convincing its citizens that it is needed (see Palin's baptism comment). I wish it were better and I try to make it better but too many of my fellow citizens think these things are perfectly A-OK.
I would even be willing to give up the BBQ portion if everyone's reaction to being spied upon by their own government was OMGWTF, but instead we get a bunch of if "you have nothing to hide" bullshit.
Hell it is practical even in cold northern states, but has a much larger payback time. I have been looking into getting 7 to 14KW of installed capacity on my roof and it looks like the payback time would be around 8 years for me here in Minnesota. I am lucky to have a huge south facing roof slope so that makes it more attractive, but there are other things that have a better pay back that I am looking into as well, like a ground source heat pump when either my AC or furnace needs replacing.
Pythagoras obviously a complete dumbass working only with flat planes instead of curved surfaces. I mean how could he have overlooked using triangles composed of segments of orthodromes. Such an incompetent hack that Pythagoras.
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That was basically my impression as it seemed that auditing a college student with a small income filing form 1040EZ wouldn't net much of anything even if I did screw it up. I would dread having an audit now given how complex my taxes have become, even with tax software it takes a good 6 hours.
They will but none of their customers will.
Did Glenn Beck Rape And Murder A Young Girl In 1990?
I mean he hasn't denied these accusations and seems to be going to great length to hide something
History in general doesn't change quite as quickly as computer science - only recent history does.
I think that is called current events.
How do I know you aren't one of THEM. I bet you have managed to infect my computer with some ultrasonic malware by responding to my initial post. Do not respond to this post I don't want any more of your malware.
They sit there and hem and haw over it, then start asking all sorts of questions like do you have any capital gains, 1099 income, gambling profits/losses. The auditor then wandered off to "check" some things comes back asks more stupid questions and wanders off again. Then apparently after gathering everything he needed sat down and questioned every line on my 1040 EZ form. I probably spent close to 7 hours at the Minneapolis IRS office 5 of which were sitting in a waiting room and 2 for the actual audit. I agree that you view of what should of happened is what I was thinking was going to happen since it was a 1040EZ with a single W2 and it took me like 5 minutes to fill out originally. I figured I would be in and out in about the time it took to actually do my return initially.
You must be new here.
The government scares me less because they don't want to maximize the money they get from me.
I take it you have never been audited by the IRS. Worst thing I have ever had to endure, and that was as a college student filing a 1040 EZ and only having one job and a checking account. It was similar to one of those somewhat creepy police interrogation scenes in movies meets the stereotypical DMV waiting room.
No, they were a loon, but apparently TV makers listen to loons.
Already being done for car insurance if you allow a monitoring device to plug into your car's computer port.
When I got my project car insured a couple of months ago they asked if I wanted to do this even though I am getting limited use collector insurance on it. I wanted to see how far along I could go before they figured out that such a device won't work on a 68 MG Midget. Sadly the agent didn't catch on and at the very end I told her that it wouldn't work because the only electronics in the car are the lights and wipers and it doesn't have a computer let alone a diagnostic port.
"It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement"
Do you really want to trust politicians?
You're not thinking big enough, why pull out a bomb when the whole over-sized fucking carry on bag is a bomb filled with explosives and nails, its not like your final destination requires a clean set of cloths. Also this would work best when done in the middle of a security line, on the busiest travel day which would also be a good time to have a "winter" coat on for some extra punch.
Understandable, most people have moved on from film so I think the screeners just have no idea what they are looking at with a basically all mechanical camera. The bulb cable also seems to cause them a lot of confusion as well. I have been tempted to take my Pocket Kodak No. 1 series II to see their reaction.
Personally I would put coordinates of various Geo Caches on there, might as well actually have them go on a treasure hunt.
Was it a SLR or DSLR? The TSA can't seem to figure out my SLR and have asked me to turn it on because they couldn't figure it out. On numerous occasions they have also opened it up ruining the film (I no longer fly with film in it), removed the lens to what I presume was checking to see if it was a firearm, and have wiped everything down checking for explosives. I find to really perplex them bring a set of macro rings as well.
Give it about 2 weeks then it will be implemented TSA wide.
And even there you aren't maximizing the value. I end up making a fair amount of biochar every year in my smoker and BBQ, both are home made since I didn't like the ones available for sale. Put in some trimming from relatives' apple, pear, or cherry trees and use those to give a nice flavor, I have also been know to dispose of apples and pears that aren't fit for consumption in similar fashion which really adds flavor. I save up the char from these and it gets added to the garden every year which also is where lots of other things end up like fish remains and other organic composts. Basically this is making some terra preta.
Well from what I have read we could meet out existing energy needs by covering 1% of earth's surface with 1% efficient solar panels since the earth receives about 10,000 times the energy from the sun that humans consume daily. Now granted we probably couldn't extract all that energy, and we would need to have some surplus built in for times like cloudy days so something like 10x our current daily consumption should be plenty which is still doable since 5% efficient panels are the really cheap crap and that only would require covering 2% of earth's surface. Now jump up to 10% efficient panels and we are back at 1% coverage and these are common and the numbers only get better with something like the higher end but still fairly common 14% panels. Granted local storage would be needed to provide smoothing and having a large national grid with larger regional storage would also probably be needed (if you have huge local storage this becomes less important) but with more intermittent renewable entering the energy market things like this will be needed anyway.
This also doesn't even get into cutting down on wasted energy which we have a lot of in the US. I don't want to sacrifice my standard of living one bit and I wouldn't want anyone else to either but to say going green would require living a lifestyle comparable to that of a nomadic loner is just being stupid.
Only 30% I think you are forgetting the apathetic as well not just the cheerleaders of these actions. If it were only 30% with the rest being against it there would probably be blood in the streets.
Good thing the copyright has expired. Maybe that is why Monet isn't creating any more work.
Ever heard of water boarding? Continuously playing music at high volumes? Continuously having strong light and/or switching the light on/off on random intervals? Locking people in small completely dark environments? Waking people as soon as they fall asleep? Mentally abusing people including forcing them to do things against their morals and/or religion? And a lot more...
Are you sure you're not talking about a a pretty fucking awesome rave?
Now that I have that out of the way I just assume that my government is just as bad as most when it comes to shady dealings but is just better at hiding it or convincing its citizens that it is needed (see Palin's baptism comment). I wish it were better and I try to make it better but too many of my fellow citizens think these things are perfectly A-OK.
I would even be willing to give up the BBQ portion if everyone's reaction to being spied upon by their own government was OMGWTF, but instead we get a bunch of if "you have nothing to hide" bullshit.
I don't know maybe he was just looking to redefine the word.
Hell it is practical even in cold northern states, but has a much larger payback time. I have been looking into getting 7 to 14KW of installed capacity on my roof and it looks like the payback time would be around 8 years for me here in Minnesota. I am lucky to have a huge south facing roof slope so that makes it more attractive, but there are other things that have a better pay back that I am looking into as well, like a ground source heat pump when either my AC or furnace needs replacing.
Pythagoras obviously a complete dumbass working only with flat planes instead of curved surfaces. I mean how could he have overlooked using triangles composed of segments of orthodromes. Such an incompetent hack that Pythagoras.