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  1. Re:How can you know "earnings" from eBay? on British Tax System Uses Web Robots To Find Cheats · · Score: 1

    In the USA, the IRS is going to require credit card processors to report what they pay businesses. It's very easy to spot a business that doesn't report or under reports their cash transactions. It was easy to cheat on but when the average business in the sector makes 20% of their revenue from cash and a 5% profit on their revenue they stand out like a sore thumb if they get greedy.

    I'd imagine that the British are doing the same thing. They are just looking for people that fall outside the a standard deviation or two for whatever sector they are in.

  2. Re:Seriously, what the fuck! on How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access · · Score: 1

    this is more like the people who leave a candy bowl out a Halloween with a sign that says "please take one" and then they get upset when one kid empties the bowl

  3. Re:Eek. on How an Online-Only TV Series Stays Successful · · Score: 1

    my roomba just made me more messy

    drop some chips, fuck it
    drop some cheerios, fuck it

  4. Re:Isn't it really the only Sci-fi movie of 09? on "District 9" Best Sci-fi Movie of 09? · · Score: 1

    it looks like a remake of 2001 with a twist

  5. Re:MPG is outdated when you are using grid power on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    Also, from reading 1 gallon of gas = 1 battery charge = 10 kilowatt hours

    10 kilowatt hours on time of use is like 50 cents
    1 gallon of gas is about $2.50
    1 battery charge gets you around 40 miles

    looks cheap if you can avoid using gas

  6. Re:MPG is outdated when you are using grid power on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    how about cost per mile

  7. Re:Vaporware on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    I live in Arizona and I've replaced the battery in my black car every 22 months like clockwork due to the heat. (yay 10 year warranties)

    I can't imagine the Volt or anything else that uses a battery will do well in Arizona after about 2-3 years.

  8. Re:Electrical outlets on Survey Finds Airport Wi-Fi More Important Than Food · · Score: 1

    I take it you've never been on international flights when some guy blows the circuit to your row of the plane for a 8-12 hour flight. I can live without laptop power at your seat if it means I can have light.

  9. Re:My Kingdom for a Datagrid Element! on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 1

    Ummm fieldset?

    http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#forms is like a bible.

  10. Re:How to stop it on Controversial Web "Framing" Makes a Comeback · · Score: 1

    This doesn't work if the majority of your users have javascript blocked for 3rd party domains. Doesn't everyone block 3rd party domains? Now we are back to frames being evil.

  11. Re:Some crazy conspiracy? on Why Is Connectivity So Cheap In Stockholm? · · Score: 1

    You could see an end to some toll roads. The toll would be paid for by the business the road benefits. Similar to how Vegas has cheap flights. If you were to build Vegas between LA and Phoenix and cut the time down from 8 hours to 2 hours and half way you could stop at a place of gambling, shopping and debauchery, would you take a plane (3 hours) or your car with a light rail augment(2 hours)?

  12. Re:Cost $250 Retail for $300? on Leaked Pics of CrunchPad Elicit Progress Update · · Score: 1

    Err maybe my math is wrong, I dunno why I thought the retail price was 250.

  13. Re:Cost $250 Retail for $300? on Leaked Pics of CrunchPad Elicit Progress Update · · Score: 1

    His math is a little off but the returned item still has a cost of 250 to the business plus the new one they send out for 250. So you have a maximum of a $500 cost for a return. The components dont cost that much but assuming you are making 50 per unit, every return costs a maximum of $400(old parts + new parts). So you need to sell 8(400/50) for every 1 that gets returned. Your margins now suck if more than 1 out of 30 get returned.

  14. Why steal games on EMA Suggests Point-Of-Sale Game Activation To Fight Piracy · · Score: 1

    Seriously, stealing from a B&M? The only reason to steal a key is to play a multi-player game.

    The solution for the PC is digital downloads. The xbox on the other hand is getting so cheap now that you can play burned games on the thing and make up the cost of buying a second xbox in single-player 3 games.

    With torrents, rapidshare and usenet, why steal media from a store? I guess life is hardest for the stupid.

  15. Re:Slow websites on Why Is the Internet So Infuriatingly Slow? · · Score: 1

    firefox with the yslow plugin

  16. Re:It's not the heat, it's the stupidity. on HP Shatters Excessive Packaging World Record · · Score: 1

    Paper recycling is pointless. It biodegrades and you can easily grow more, whats the point?

    google Recycling Is Bullshit

  17. Re:Choose them all under one. on Same Dev Tools/Language/Framework For Everyone? · · Score: 1

    It helps job security though. Who cares about productivity when they are paying for you to add skills to your resume.

  18. Re:Just.. on OCZ's Brain Wave Interface Headband Reviewed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    thats because halo aims for you and the movement control is horribly inaccurate

    playing on your own setup always has its advantages, mouse sensitivity and the delay between your mouse and the update on the screen is a big deal and can throw anyone off that invests enough time playing for long periods of time
  19. Re:That will close a distribution center... on Will Amazon Get a Visit From the Tax Man? · · Score: 1

    Until they find a city/state that wants to lower their unemployment rate by giving amazon tax free status for XX years to build the facility and upgrade the support services.

  20. Re:Of course it will on Will Amazon Get a Visit From the Tax Man? · · Score: 1

    percentage of income taxed should approach zero at both ends of the curve

  21. Re:Of course it will on Will Amazon Get a Visit From the Tax Man? · · Score: 1

    And 80% of small businesses fail. 100% of the workers are laid off and the owner usually declares bankruptcy. Unlike large corporations that usually leave some kind of carcass for the workers and banks to pick over.

  22. Re:The power of low standards on Huge Traffic On Wikipedia's Non-Profit Budget · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thats amazing considering I get an error page on bank of america around 5% of the time if I move to quickly though the site.

  23. Who cares on The Beginnings of a TLD Free-For-All? · · Score: 1

    If you've been to asia you would notice that they use search keywords in their advertisements. Also, if you've watched joe average computer user use a web browser they dont know the difference the address bar and a search box on their start page.

    5 years, keyword search advertising will be all that you see/hear.

  24. Re:Self-centered, even in kindness on A Few Firefox 3 Followups · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe they were trying to imply:

    You can't have your cake and eat it too.

    Hence the IE logo. Its IE's cake but Mozilla is surely eating it.

  25. Re:Wait... on French Judge Orders Refund For Pre-Installed XP · · Score: 1

    So if you a new asus computer for $1000 and return it, they will only give you $800 back. The oem license is also only valid for the motherboard. Where does it stop?

    If the computer was $800 with a $200 "setup fee" then he probably wouldn't be able to sue.