However, I really don't get the gun thing. I'm not anti-guns (we have 3 in the house), but the idea that one will somehow protect you is nonsense. For the 2 parties (you and your burglar) involved there are 4 possibilities, neither party armed, you armed, him armed, both parties armed.
You left out an option, a elderly coworker of mine confronted a criminal in his house who was armed with a knife. He had called 911, grabbed a gun, and positioned himself to guard his elderly wife. The criminal attacked this armed man with a knife. The homeowner suffered a minor laceration. The criminal died instantly from lead poisoning. Having the gun as a last resort (which is obvious considering he was injured by the suspect) kept him and his wife from being killed by some junkie trying to finance his next hit.
While I'm not big on everybody carrying a gun; having a gun available in your home at least offers an option while you wait for the police to arrive which may be 4 minutes or may be 14 minutes.
I do recommend becoming familiar with the gun before relying on it for self defense.
When asked that way (I don't want to make 100 thousand more dollars because I'll only keep 65 thousand of it.) of course we would say yes.
But are you saying that at no point is the diminishing return a discouragement? If you are salary and the boss tells you that you will receive a 1000 dollar Christmas bonus if you work an extra 20 hours every week this year will you? At some point it becomes an incentive but most of us would turn down that kind of a low ball offer.
The point was that a government should be careful to avoid scaling taxes to the extent that would reduce incentive to earn more. For example, if a person received a $5,000 pay raise which bumps him into another tax bracket which causes 85% of the raise to be absorbed by taxes, then the resulting net gain of $14 a week would a rather weak raise. I'm not saying that every case would fit this, only that the government needs to tread carefully when setting different standards for its citizens.
Was the overlord welcome redundant or the question concerning the need of more TLDs redundant? Because redundant repetition is something that I try over and over again to avoid in the most repetitive manner.
Sounds about right to me... the top 5% of wage earners earn about 60% of the wages in the country, so it seems fair that they should be paying 60% of the taxes.
Wikipedia says the top 1% control 38% of the wealth while paying 34% of the taxes, so based on that it sounds like the top 1% need a small tax increase (based on IRS numbers, the top 1% looks to be those making more than $388,000 a year for 2006).
And under that system, what incentive does a person have to rise to the top? "I think I will work hard so that I can share an ever increasing percentage of my salary..."
Parent had a great point about the labeling of child porn. When I lived in NC, a local prosecutor was caught in a federal child porn sting. The feds sent him an advertisement(snail mail) offering child porn videos. They made it clear that the videos were of minors. He bought himself a conviction when he signed a personal check and mailed in an order.
In case you are wondering - said individual is now a defense lawyer.
Moving house...Mobile house....Mobile home...Single wide trailer.
Seriously, where I grew up there were whole neighborhoods that didn't bother to remove the axles or tow bars from their mobile house. They just planted rose bushes in the middle of the tow bar. If a hurricane is forecasted to hit, slap some tires on, cut the tie down straps, back up the truck, and off you go.
Of course in our society, leaving your mobile home behind to the hurricane is a good way to get an upgrade from FEMA. (I guess that is where the 4. profit comes from)
The camera system simply does the same task that an officer does when he runs a plate, only it automates the task. Which means the officer is not tying up a radio channel and dispatcher OR typing the plate in a laptop while driving down the road. Aside from the privacy concern that our location in a public place is being noted, this is a good thing.
One/.'er stated that we should not have tags on our vehicles. A number of years ago, SC did not require temporary tags when a vehicle was transfered. So people without insurance did not have tags as did people who just transfered a vehicle. Cops pulled over everyone without a tag. The state passed a law prevented cops from pulling over drivers solely on the basis they didn't have a tag. Car insurance costs skyrocketed making SC one of the highest insurance cost states in the US. Why, because there was no obvious way to stop uninsured motorists from driving and it was estimated that up to 50% of SC were no longer maintaining insurance. So yes, we want tags on our cars.
One other scenario for a country without tag requirements. Vehicle theft would skyrocket because vehicles with tags are usually identifiable in the short term. W/o tags the chances that a stolen vehicle would be spotted is close to nill (unless you own a bright pink VW Thing or something similiar).
This is pretty much useless without really expensive lenses, so don't expect to see it in any consumer-level cameras.
But Steve Jobs could put this into the iPhone right???? The reality distortion field would correct any lens issues plus now that 3G is here, the pictures could be sent wireless.
But we all know the Enterprise doesn't use Macs. If she did, there would be Apple logos everywhere.
(I'll never forget the day Will Smith saved the planet by networking his Apple laptop with an alien mothership...)
I'm not a big fan of either Microsoft or Yahoo(gmail user)but a MicroHoo will be in a better position to compete with Google. Which is good in that it will force/encourage/scare Google into further innovations.
Say what you will about Microsoft but if they are committed to this (meaning they will continue to throw time and money at it) they can be a market force. The original X-box brought a lot of naysayers but look at the 360. Everyone laughs at the Zune but they continue to improve it and more importantly drop the price. Americans are first and foremost cheapskates.
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However, I really don't get the gun thing. I'm not anti-guns (we have 3 in the house), but the idea that one will somehow protect you is nonsense. For the 2 parties (you and your burglar) involved there are 4 possibilities, neither party armed, you armed, him armed, both parties armed.
You left out an option, a elderly coworker of mine confronted a criminal in his house who was armed with a knife. He had called 911, grabbed a gun, and positioned himself to guard his elderly wife. The criminal attacked this armed man with a knife. The homeowner suffered a minor laceration. The criminal died instantly from lead poisoning. Having the gun as a last resort (which is obvious considering he was injured by the suspect) kept him and his wife from being killed by some junkie trying to finance his next hit.
While I'm not big on everybody carrying a gun; having a gun available in your home at least offers an option while you wait for the police to arrive which may be 4 minutes or may be 14 minutes.
I do recommend becoming familiar with the gun before relying on it for self defense.
When asked that way (I don't want to make 100 thousand more dollars because I'll only keep 65 thousand of it.) of course we would say yes.
But are you saying that at no point is the diminishing return a discouragement? If you are salary and the boss tells you that you will receive a 1000 dollar Christmas bonus if you work an extra 20 hours every week this year will you? At some point it becomes an incentive but most of us would turn down that kind of a low ball offer.
move along.
The point was that a government should be careful to avoid scaling taxes to the extent that would reduce incentive to earn more. For example, if a person received a $5,000 pay raise which bumps him into another tax bracket which causes 85% of the raise to be absorbed by taxes, then the resulting net gain of $14 a week would a rather weak raise. I'm not saying that every case would fit this, only that the government needs to tread carefully when setting different standards for its citizens.
Was the overlord welcome redundant or the question concerning the need of more TLDs redundant? Because redundant repetition is something that I try over and over again to avoid in the most repetitive manner.
Where is our ad supported g phone? Give me free 3G access, and I will be standing in line.
Submitted from my Mozilla browser with Ad Block set to kill...
welcome our new low end, ICANN approved, generic TLD overlords!
Seriously though, do we need any more TLDs?
Sounds about right to me... the top 5% of wage earners earn about 60% of the wages in the country, so it seems fair that they should be paying 60% of the taxes. Wikipedia says the top 1% control 38% of the wealth while paying 34% of the taxes, so based on that it sounds like the top 1% need a small tax increase (based on IRS numbers, the top 1% looks to be those making more than $388,000 a year for 2006).
And under that system, what incentive does a person have to rise to the top? "I think I will work hard so that I can share an ever increasing percentage of my salary..."
Parent had a great point about the labeling of child porn. When I lived in NC, a local prosecutor was caught in a federal child porn sting. The feds sent him an advertisement(snail mail) offering child porn videos. They made it clear that the videos were of minors. He bought himself a conviction when he signed a personal check and mailed in an order.
In case you are wondering - said individual is now a defense lawyer.
Moving house...Mobile house....Mobile home...Single wide trailer. Seriously, where I grew up there were whole neighborhoods that didn't bother to remove the axles or tow bars from their mobile house. They just planted rose bushes in the middle of the tow bar. If a hurricane is forecasted to hit, slap some tires on, cut the tie down straps, back up the truck, and off you go. Of course in our society, leaving your mobile home behind to the hurricane is a good way to get an upgrade from FEMA. (I guess that is where the 4. profit comes from)
Is the RDF incapable of maintaining employee satisfaction?
4Mhz and 64k RAM? Don't be silly, you could get a 40 Mhz and 512k RAM along with some eeprom for less than $2 in a micro controller.
I am not sure how they are going to get the Monitor and keyboard so cheaply though....
At the $12 price point they will have to use a lightbrite for the monitor...
The camera system simply does the same task that an officer does when he runs a plate, only it automates the task. Which means the officer is not tying up a radio channel and dispatcher OR typing the plate in a laptop while driving down the road. Aside from the privacy concern that our location in a public place is being noted, this is a good thing. One /.'er stated that we should not have tags on our vehicles. A number of years ago, SC did not require temporary tags when a vehicle was transfered. So people without insurance did not have tags as did people who just transfered a vehicle. Cops pulled over everyone without a tag. The state passed a law prevented cops from pulling over drivers solely on the basis they didn't have a tag. Car insurance costs skyrocketed making SC one of the highest insurance cost states in the US. Why, because there was no obvious way to stop uninsured motorists from driving and it was estimated that up to 50% of SC were no longer maintaining insurance. So yes, we want tags on our cars.
One other scenario for a country without tag requirements. Vehicle theft would skyrocket because vehicles with tags are usually identifiable in the short term. W/o tags the chances that a stolen vehicle would be spotted is close to nill (unless you own a bright pink VW Thing or something similiar).
This is pretty much useless without really expensive lenses, so don't expect to see it in any consumer-level cameras.
But Steve Jobs could put this into the iPhone right???? The reality distortion field would correct any lens issues plus now that 3G is here, the pictures could be sent wireless.
But we all know the Enterprise doesn't use Macs. If she did, there would be Apple logos everywhere. (I'll never forget the day Will Smith saved the planet by networking his Apple laptop with an alien mothership...)
that one race can successfully program for another race.
Make a good product and it will sell. Don't charge me when I avoid your product.
How big is the wall wart for the charger?
I'm not a big fan of either Microsoft or Yahoo(gmail user)but a MicroHoo will be in a better position to compete with Google. Which is good in that it will force/encourage/scare Google into further innovations. Say what you will about Microsoft but if they are committed to this (meaning they will continue to throw time and money at it) they can be a market force. The original X-box brought a lot of naysayers but look at the 360. Everyone laughs at the Zune but they continue to improve it and more importantly drop the price. Americans are first and foremost cheapskates.
hits G-Spot.
Microsoft is a monopoly, therefore they must spend an inordinate amount of cash and time to leave no stone unturned in their market. Profit or not.