That kind of thing happened recently here in the Pittsburgh area.
The details that we know at the moment are that one man backed his vehicle into the other man's vehicle. They began to argue. The man whose vehicle was struck punched the other man in the face. The man who was struck in the face pulled a firearm and shot the attacker, killing him.
You must not know many rich people. Some are the most frugal SOBs - they know the taxes and make decisions based on what saves them the most money. It's a game.
I'm not arguing that the super wealthy aren't buying yachts. I'm saying that more of them are buying them overseas.
It's basic economics. You tax a behaviour that you want to discourage. Ask someone who lives near a state border, people will drive several miles out of the way to save $0.03 per gallon gasoline. People will do the same to save $0.25 on a pack of cigarettes. If you don't think that someone will get their yacht in Dubai or the Cayman Islands to save $1,000,000; you're plain naive.
Actually no this has not happened but thanks for perpetuating this fantasy. Reagan did this during the '80s and trippled the deficit. Bush jr did this and went from a budget surplus to a budget deficit.
Nonsense. There hasn't been a budget surplus since Eisenhower.
It would take a really silly rich person to spend his money on general consumer goods instead of airplanes and "yachts in Dubai" which an increase of production in would not help the general population.
It's funny that you mention this. The yachts in Dubai used to be yachts in Miami. What changed? When Bush Sr. broke his "no new taxes" promise, one of the taxes is a luxury boat tax. What happened? People with enough money to buy yachts stopped buying them here. Overnight we destroyed an industry and lost 600,000 jobs. Why? Because some petty assholes thought it would be a good idea to punish the rich. The problem with that kind of thinking is that it's limited. The rich weren't punished. The tradesmen who used to make boats for the rich were punished.
Even eliminating the mortgage deduction, the employer's tax credit for providing health care, it barely begins to scratch that loss of revenue.
Tax cuts result in increased revenue. Every single time. It usually takes two years for the effect to be seen, but it always happens. There is no loss in revenue. Never.
At least they warn you; I've run into some sites over the years that silently drop characters after an arbitrary limit.
I was here when Slashdot truncated our usernames after an arbitrary limit. I was originally "Lord Kano - The Gangster Of Love", then one day I log in and my username was shortened to "Lord Kano - The Gang" or some such. I had to get Taco to shorten it to its current form. That was a pain in the ass.
I don't pretend that I understand the internal machinations or politics of WikiPedia, but I have had several edits reverted because someone out there didn't like certain information being revealed. I included proper references for those edits, but when they go against the agenda of someone on the inside, you can't compete.
I'm not voting for either of the major party candidates either. I considered writing in Ron Paul, but I think that would be misinterpreted so I'm writing in Rick Santorum.
Oh dear...can I live in your world, too? In mine we need to wait until a service closes it's doors to tell if it failed or not...on a more serious note, why do you consider a service with 250M accounts (150M of them active) as failed?
It's people like you who were buying Enron stock after the warning signs were there. Google+ is already an also-ran.
This is why Google+ failed. Google is quick to deprecate services that no one wants to put in the kind of time they now do on Facebook because it can all be snatched away at a whim.
Install cygwin. get an m5dsum of every file and store the file paths/md5sums in a text file. Sort the file. use a script(perl or your scripting language of choice) to spit out the paths of every file that's duplicated.
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That kind of thing happened recently here in the Pittsburgh area.
The details that we know at the moment are that one man backed his vehicle into the other man's vehicle. They began to argue. The man whose vehicle was struck punched the other man in the face. The man who was struck in the face pulled a firearm and shot the attacker, killing him.
The shooter is sitting in jail awaiting arraignment while the investigation continues.
If the story that the witnesses told checks out, I suspect that this shooter will be freed.
LK
You must not know many rich people. Some are the most frugal SOBs - they know the taxes and make decisions based on what saves them the most money. It's a game.
You're absolutely right.
Look at this.
Some people become rich by luck, but they stay rich by not being stupid.
LK
I'm not arguing that the super wealthy aren't buying yachts. I'm saying that more of them are buying them overseas.
It's basic economics. You tax a behaviour that you want to discourage. Ask someone who lives near a state border, people will drive several miles out of the way to save $0.03 per gallon gasoline. People will do the same to save $0.25 on a pack of cigarettes. If you don't think that someone will get their yacht in Dubai or the Cayman Islands to save $1,000,000; you're plain naive.
LK
Actually no this has not happened but thanks for perpetuating this fantasy. Reagan did this during the '80s and trippled the deficit. Bush jr did this and went from a budget surplus to a budget deficit.
Nonsense. There hasn't been a budget surplus since Eisenhower.
LK
I'm not voting for either of them. I'm still voting, but fuck Obama and Romney. Fuck them in the ear with an iron stick.
LK
It would take a really silly rich person to spend his money on general consumer goods instead of airplanes and "yachts in Dubai" which an increase of production in would not help the general population.
It's funny that you mention this. The yachts in Dubai used to be yachts in Miami. What changed? When Bush Sr. broke his "no new taxes" promise, one of the taxes is a luxury boat tax. What happened? People with enough money to buy yachts stopped buying them here. Overnight we destroyed an industry and lost 600,000 jobs. Why? Because some petty assholes thought it would be a good idea to punish the rich. The problem with that kind of thinking is that it's limited. The rich weren't punished. The tradesmen who used to make boats for the rich were punished.
Of course, don't let reality get in the way of ideology
LK
Even eliminating the mortgage deduction, the employer's tax credit for providing health care, it barely begins to scratch that loss of revenue.
Tax cuts result in increased revenue. Every single time. It usually takes two years for the effect to be seen, but it always happens. There is no loss in revenue. Never.
LK
Smart move if there's any chance of them being overheard.
No. It's just the arabic word for God. Despite what you've heard, Muslims and Christians get along fairly well outside of areas of disputed land.
LK
Arabic speaking Christians say Allah when referring to the father portion of the Christian Holy Trinity.
LK
I wonder how much money Stratasys will lose when a high profile group puts out the word to their membership.
LK
At least they warn you; I've run into some sites over the years that silently drop characters after an arbitrary limit.
I was here when Slashdot truncated our usernames after an arbitrary limit. I was originally "Lord Kano - The Gangster Of Love", then one day I log in and my username was shortened to "Lord Kano - The Gang" or some such. I had to get Taco to shorten it to its current form. That was a pain in the ass.
LK
How can the cabbies ignore black people, if they get their assignments from apps?
LK
Of course they're right. That's precisely the point. The ridiculous bullshit that does on with Wikipedia is why is an unreliable source.
LK
It is a lot of boxes, but I have a big desk.
LK
My introduction to the nonsense had to do with adding information to the biographies of a couple of famous people.
LK
At one college and one university that I attended, I was told outright by several professors that Wikipedia won't be accepted as a source.
Though, I have used Wikipedia to locate sources.
LK
I don't pretend that I understand the internal machinations or politics of WikiPedia, but I have had several edits reverted because someone out there didn't like certain information being revealed. I included proper references for those edits, but when they go against the agenda of someone on the inside, you can't compete.
LK
I used to be an Apple fanboi. From 1990-2000 I was all about Apple. Then, I got tired of making excuses.
Now, I'm platform agnostic. I have three macs, one Linux, one Windows and one Solaris machine under my desk.
LK
I'm not voting for either of the major party candidates either. I considered writing in Ron Paul, but I think that would be misinterpreted so I'm writing in Rick Santorum.
You shouldn't be voting.
LK
This is why Google+ failed.
Oh dear...can I live in your world, too? In mine we need to wait until a service closes it's doors to tell if it failed or not...on a more serious note, why do you consider a service with 250M accounts (150M of them active) as failed?
It's people like you who were buying Enron stock after the warning signs were there. Google+ is already an also-ran.
LK
It failed? How am I still using it then?
I'm sure that both of you have a lot of fun.
I didn't say it died. I said it failed.
LK
The second mis-perception is that school is automatically bereft of the excitement and joy of learning.
K-12 nearly drove the love of learning out of me. If those assholes try to go to the year-round model with my kids, I'll homeschool them.
LK
This is why Google+ failed. Google is quick to deprecate services that no one wants to put in the kind of time they now do on Facebook because it can all be snatched away at a whim.
LK
Install cygwin.
get an m5dsum of every file and store the file paths/md5sums in a text file.
Sort the file.
use a script(perl or your scripting language of choice) to spit out the paths of every file that's duplicated.
No, I'm not writing the code to do it for you.
LK