All business accounting deductions have to be documented. All. You can't just tell the IRS, "I spent xxxx dollars to improve the plant, and xxxxxx on supplies". You have to document those expenditures.
So, how do YOU suggest those expenditures are documented? If the vendor selling the scrap material doesn't have a tax identifier number, you take whatever identity he offers. If nothing else is available, you can write down his license plate number.
Oh - no license plate on the vehicle he's carrying trash on? And, you're willing to take his scrap with absolutely NO IDENTIFICATION?
Simple - you're a fence. Enjoy your time at the penitentiary.
Have you ever considered learning German? Then, you could butcher their language as readily as they butcher yours! it's always an advantage when you can insult the sheistikopf in his native language!
How can an OS be secure when they just let anyone look at the source code whenever they want?! Crazy talk!
Sometimes, you simply have to believe the empirical evidence that is available. *nix servers are seldom hacked, Windows servers are frequently hacked. No matter what you like or don't like, no matter what you understand or don't understand, a mountain of empirical evidence says that *nix operating systems are better for serving.
A large number of us also believe that *nix is a superior desktop and workstation OS, as well, but we lack the mountains of empirical evidence that we have for servers.
Are *nix servers more secure because they are open source, or in spite of being open source? Personally, I buy into the "many eyes" thing. The more people who are looking for vulnerabilities, the better. With Windows, only Windows and the bad guys are looking for those vulnerabilities. Seems that Windows loses as often as not.
Based on the effect that those home made rockets are having, the Pals might as well just build them, then detonate them in their own apartments. It seems that the launch to dead Pal ratio is about 3:1.
It's all grandstanding. The Gaza Strip has no military worthy of the name. Dozens of tribes further south in Africa are capable of teaching the Pals how to wage war - maybe they should start getting an education.
Which businesses were drafted to serve in the trenches in World War 1? Which served honorably in World War 2? How many businesses lost their lives in Korea and Viet Nam?
How many businesses have been sent to prison for breaking the law?
Citizens United was nothing more than an assault on real people's rights, and on our "democratic" election system.
And, obviously, you swallowed all the propaganda surrounding the Citizen's United decisions.
However, there IS a record for each item I purchase. It's called a "sales receipt", offered to me with each and every purchase. It itemizes everything, including any applicable sales taxes. It itemizes what I bought by brand name, size, cost, and whether I used any discount scheme to pay for it.
Forms? Not a lot is required. On the sales receipt that the junkyard keeps anyway, just record driver's license number and/or social security number of whoever sold the "scrap" to you.
We had a huge brass nut stolen from work. Damned thing weighed about 70 pounds. Special purpose item, it's made specially for the tie-bars on our machines. I don't know any other equipment that uses such a nut. The thing was shiny-brand-new, waiting to be installed the next morning, when it mysteriously walked out of the plant. $1,800 dollars, just gone, and the machine was going to be down for as long as it took the supplier to get another new nut, and ship it to us.
Several people spread out, and hit every junk yard within 75 miles, inquiring about that special purpose brass nut. It was located, and the proprietor did indeed have the driver's license number of the person who sold it to him.
At this point, the story gets really stupid: no charges were filed. The guilty party is still employed. I don't even know if that guy had to pay the junkyard owner back.
But, a simple driver's license number on the receipt got our nut back, and the machine in operation two days later, which was costing about $15,000 each day it was down.
Pot is still ILLEGAL everywhere that the United States federal government has jurisdiction. Don't make a stupid mistake, and get busted because you THINK that pot is legal.
What the new state laws amount to, is the states have told the feds, "We're not going to enforce your stupid laws for you, and we're turning a blind eye unless someone is really being stupid."
The flaw in your theory, is that no one has been convicted of DOWNLOADING stuff like this, to my knowledge. It's the people who SHARE that get raped by RIAA and their ilk. All of those huge settlement cases we've read about involved UPLOADING. So many people fail to understand that torrents and other P2P clients upload and download at the same time, unless you dick around in the settings.
Same thing has been going through my mind. The guy may never have met the girl - he may have dropped the lighter in the road, and she found the shiny thing lying in the dirt and picked it up. Girls of all ages like shiny pretty things.
So - they've located a guy who touched a lighter that the dead girl had in her possession. Now, it's time to do some real police work, and figure out what that means, IF ANYTHING.
In today's world, don't be to sure of that. The patent office may publish statements to the contrary, but I believe they just authorize everything to avoid any controversy or lawsuits.
I kinda agree with you - intellect can't be a property. I'll allow that coyrights should be granted for a brief period, like a decade or so. Then, the "property" should become public domain.
But, hey, if the douches in Washington can play the "intellectual property" game, then why not some Africans? The United States doesn't have a monopoly on douchebaggery, does it?
Alright - we all have our blind spots, and I'm afraid this is one of my own. I failed to make some pretty obvious connections regarding neoconservatism.
You can trace their roots back through the John Birch Society and McCarthyism. It's pretty much the same stuff.
I never made that connection - gotta check on it. That's an interesting idea, and it even sounds realistic. Let''s see what my friend Google thinks about it . . . .
You have visited the New American Century's site? Before branding neocons as liberals and progressives, you should really browse their site. I've never read a liberal idea over there.
They have changed their site considerably since Bush was elected the first time. You sort of have to "read between the lines" now, to understand their message. But, it was pretty blatantly stated, twelve years ago, that they looked forward to a world in which all men, women, and children worked to enrich Wall Street. That's ALL men, women, and children, throughout the world.
Obama and neoconservatism? There IS a connection, but I haven't quite figured it out. The easiest connection I can make is, Obama has simply sold out to the neocon interests. But, I think it's more complicated than that.
I suggest you visit the New American Century, and find out what they actually stand for. It most certainly is NOT liberalism, or human rights, or gay rights, women's rights, or anything else that marks a liberal.
"Taxpayer funded" means almost nothing in this context. Many, even most, students are "paying customers" who have the right to use the resources for which they are paying.
Neither the university, nor the public, has the right to curtail those rights by claiming that the internet belongs to them. In fact, they only own a few pieces of gear that interface with the internet.
Complete and utter hogwash. Sensitive is a feminine trait, it's been adopted by gays, and it's a weapon against anyone who produces testosterone. Pure shit, I say. And, when language is even a little bit vague, there will always be someone who tries to use the language to punish a person like myself.
I refuse to be part of the collective mind, and I refuse to be sensitive. I won't go out of my way to cause someone pain, grief, or anxiety - but if you're offended by something I say, then it's YOUR problem, not mine. Don't expect me to be "sensitive" to your problems.
Poor analogy. The students are paying customers, who have the right to free speech. These universities might as well publish the fact that they require their students to be politically correct, or they are unwanted on campus.
Christian Bible colleges basically do that. If you're an atheist, a muslim, or maybe a wicca, Bob Jones University doesn't really want you studying on their campus.
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AC mentions the DEA. There are more, like Customs, Border Patrol, FBI, federal marshalls, ATF, TSA, and probably several more that I'm overlooking.
And, you've probably met some, even if only in passing. They don't all wear uniforms and weapons 24/7.
All business accounting deductions have to be documented. All. You can't just tell the IRS, "I spent xxxx dollars to improve the plant, and xxxxxx on supplies". You have to document those expenditures.
So, how do YOU suggest those expenditures are documented? If the vendor selling the scrap material doesn't have a tax identifier number, you take whatever identity he offers. If nothing else is available, you can write down his license plate number.
Oh - no license plate on the vehicle he's carrying trash on? And, you're willing to take his scrap with absolutely NO IDENTIFICATION?
Simple - you're a fence. Enjoy your time at the penitentiary.
Have you ever considered learning German? Then, you could butcher their language as readily as they butcher yours! it's always an advantage when you can insult the sheistikopf in his native language!
How can an OS be secure when they just let anyone look at the source code whenever they want?! Crazy talk!
Sometimes, you simply have to believe the empirical evidence that is available. *nix servers are seldom hacked, Windows servers are frequently hacked. No matter what you like or don't like, no matter what you understand or don't understand, a mountain of empirical evidence says that *nix operating systems are better for serving.
A large number of us also believe that *nix is a superior desktop and workstation OS, as well, but we lack the mountains of empirical evidence that we have for servers.
Are *nix servers more secure because they are open source, or in spite of being open source? Personally, I buy into the "many eyes" thing. The more people who are looking for vulnerabilities, the better. With Windows, only Windows and the bad guys are looking for those vulnerabilities. Seems that Windows loses as often as not.
Based on the effect that those home made rockets are having, the Pals might as well just build them, then detonate them in their own apartments. It seems that the launch to dead Pal ratio is about 3:1.
It's all grandstanding. The Gaza Strip has no military worthy of the name. Dozens of tribes further south in Africa are capable of teaching the Pals how to wage war - maybe they should start getting an education.
"Businesses are people! "
Two word: Horse. Shit.
Which businesses were drafted to serve in the trenches in World War 1? Which served honorably in World War 2? How many businesses lost their lives in Korea and Viet Nam?
How many businesses have been sent to prison for breaking the law?
Citizens United was nothing more than an assault on real people's rights, and on our "democratic" election system.
And, obviously, you swallowed all the propaganda surrounding the Citizen's United decisions.
That is preposterous.
However, there IS a record for each item I purchase. It's called a "sales receipt", offered to me with each and every purchase. It itemizes everything, including any applicable sales taxes. It itemizes what I bought by brand name, size, cost, and whether I used any discount scheme to pay for it.
Forms? Not a lot is required. On the sales receipt that the junkyard keeps anyway, just record driver's license number and/or social security number of whoever sold the "scrap" to you.
We had a huge brass nut stolen from work. Damned thing weighed about 70 pounds. Special purpose item, it's made specially for the tie-bars on our machines. I don't know any other equipment that uses such a nut. The thing was shiny-brand-new, waiting to be installed the next morning, when it mysteriously walked out of the plant. $1,800 dollars, just gone, and the machine was going to be down for as long as it took the supplier to get another new nut, and ship it to us.
Several people spread out, and hit every junk yard within 75 miles, inquiring about that special purpose brass nut. It was located, and the proprietor did indeed have the driver's license number of the person who sold it to him.
At this point, the story gets really stupid: no charges were filed. The guilty party is still employed. I don't even know if that guy had to pay the junkyard owner back.
But, a simple driver's license number on the receipt got our nut back, and the machine in operation two days later, which was costing about $15,000 each day it was down.
NPR is a bit left of center. Anything not far-right can be called "liberal" by a die-hard republican.
Pot is still ILLEGAL everywhere that the United States federal government has jurisdiction. Don't make a stupid mistake, and get busted because you THINK that pot is legal.
What the new state laws amount to, is the states have told the feds, "We're not going to enforce your stupid laws for you, and we're turning a blind eye unless someone is really being stupid."
BLKMGC managed to make me feel stupid, without being hateful. Oh well - you're free to hate, go for it.
Allow me to repeat what Lister king has already said:
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The flaw in your theory, is that no one has been convicted of DOWNLOADING stuff like this, to my knowledge. It's the people who SHARE that get raped by RIAA and their ilk. All of those huge settlement cases we've read about involved UPLOADING. So many people fail to understand that torrents and other P2P clients upload and download at the same time, unless you dick around in the settings.
And, what exactly do you think you need to do to offend the Muslims you have cited?
DUHHHH!!!!!
Same thing has been going through my mind. The guy may never have met the girl - he may have dropped the lighter in the road, and she found the shiny thing lying in the dirt and picked it up. Girls of all ages like shiny pretty things.
So - they've located a guy who touched a lighter that the dead girl had in her possession. Now, it's time to do some real police work, and figure out what that means, IF ANYTHING.
Sucks that you can only be modded +5.
In today's world, don't be to sure of that. The patent office may publish statements to the contrary, but I believe they just authorize everything to avoid any controversy or lawsuits.
I kinda agree with you - intellect can't be a property. I'll allow that coyrights should be granted for a brief period, like a decade or so. Then, the "property" should become public domain.
But, hey, if the douches in Washington can play the "intellectual property" game, then why not some Africans? The United States doesn't have a monopoly on douchebaggery, does it?
Alright - we all have our blind spots, and I'm afraid this is one of my own. I failed to make some pretty obvious connections regarding neoconservatism.
I've pulled up several pages, but this one seems to summarize the things I've been blind to pretty well:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Neo-conservative
It actually becomes pretty obvious, once it's spelled out.
Thanks for the kick in the right direction!!
You can trace their roots back through the John Birch Society and McCarthyism. It's pretty much the same stuff.
I never made that connection - gotta check on it. That's an interesting idea, and it even sounds realistic. Let''s see what my friend Google thinks about it . . . .
You have visited the New American Century's site? Before branding neocons as liberals and progressives, you should really browse their site. I've never read a liberal idea over there.
They have changed their site considerably since Bush was elected the first time. You sort of have to "read between the lines" now, to understand their message. But, it was pretty blatantly stated, twelve years ago, that they looked forward to a world in which all men, women, and children worked to enrich Wall Street. That's ALL men, women, and children, throughout the world.
Obama and neoconservatism? There IS a connection, but I haven't quite figured it out. The easiest connection I can make is, Obama has simply sold out to the neocon interests. But, I think it's more complicated than that.
I suggest you visit the New American Century, and find out what they actually stand for. It most certainly is NOT liberalism, or human rights, or gay rights, women's rights, or anything else that marks a liberal.
"Taxpayer funded" means almost nothing in this context. Many, even most, students are "paying customers" who have the right to use the resources for which they are paying.
Neither the university, nor the public, has the right to curtail those rights by claiming that the internet belongs to them. In fact, they only own a few pieces of gear that interface with the internet.
"All persons should be sensitive"
Complete and utter hogwash. Sensitive is a feminine trait, it's been adopted by gays, and it's a weapon against anyone who produces testosterone. Pure shit, I say. And, when language is even a little bit vague, there will always be someone who tries to use the language to punish a person like myself.
I refuse to be part of the collective mind, and I refuse to be sensitive. I won't go out of my way to cause someone pain, grief, or anxiety - but if you're offended by something I say, then it's YOUR problem, not mine. Don't expect me to be "sensitive" to your problems.
Affirmative action is indeed racism. Reverse-racism is no less racist than the original overt racism that triggered the reverse-racism.
And, you might have pointed out for GP that Herr Bush instituted the so-called "free speech zones".
Poor analogy. The students are paying customers, who have the right to free speech. These universities might as well publish the fact that they require their students to be politically correct, or they are unwanted on campus.
Christian Bible colleges basically do that. If you're an atheist, a muslim, or maybe a wicca, Bob Jones University doesn't really want you studying on their campus.