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  1. Re:Should be collected by the feds on Internet Sales Tax Vote This Week In US Senate · · Score: 1

    The issue isn't which party to determine the tax by, it's determined by the purchaser. The issue is whether sellers with no presence in a state should have to collect tax for that state or if it should be the purchaser's responsibility to pay the tax. Up until now it has been the latter. Part of the problem is that keeping track of tax codes isn't trivial, they vary within zip codes, by product, and even by purchaser.

  2. Re:NOOOOOOO on Internet Sales Tax Vote This Week In US Senate · · Score: 1

    Which side of the train tracks is the buyer on?

  3. Re:Very light on content on When It's Time To Scale, US Manufacturing Hits a Wall · · Score: 1

    Note that the article you linked also shows that manufacturing in the US is declining. Existing businesses are continuing to make the goods they've always made, with some variation, but little is going on in the way of new production.

  4. Re:Slashdots Moderation System on Xbox 720 Could Require Always-On Connection, Lock Out Used Games · · Score: 2

    A well thought out and structured argument might be worth upmodding, this is a series of inflamatory statements with no substance.

  5. Re:And for those with a normal... on Xbox 720 Could Require Always-On Connection, Lock Out Used Games · · Score: 1

    While you are correct overall, most of the markets relevant to this discussion have significant areas with unreliable internet connections.

  6. Re:This will obviously help. on New York Culls Sex Offenders From the Online Gaming Ranks · · Score: 1

    In some states if two consenting people under the age of 18 have sex, both are guilty of statutory rape.

  7. Re:OMFG Reagan was right? on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that destroying a nuke over a populated area still lets it do significant damage in the long term.

  8. Re:Extinct? on Artificial Misting System Allows Reintroduction of Extinct Toad · · Score: 1

    The wording used in the article (and the summary for that matter) is "extinct in the wild." The captive population would therefore not count. Whether the reintroduced population would count is debatable though.

  9. Re:looked into it on Ask Slashdot: Is TSA's PreCheck System Easy To Game? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Copying and/or modifying is fairly safe, trying to pass it off as the original is when it gets dangerous.

  10. Re:Words are words, deeds are deeds. on China Blocks NYT Over Critical Article · · Score: 1

    Speech intended to incite other hate crimes should be considered a hate crime.

  11. Re:three words, one hyphen: on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 1

    Obviously not all of it would be, but at least some of it (probably most of it) would be better than no care at all.

  12. Re:three words, one hyphen: on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How would those few thousand deaths compare to the lives saved by proper medical care as a result of lower prices?

  13. Re:three words, one hyphen: on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 1

    While I don't think you should get free hearing aids, you should get a subsidy similar to what I get for my eyes. That or eliminate my subsidy. :P

  14. Re:If it is a new account on 19,000 Emails Against and 0 In Favor of UK Draft Communications Bill · · Score: 2

    Another scenario is someone who finally saw something they cared enough about to make an account to post on it. In this case, they would be unlikely to go around posting in other stories right away.

  15. Re:Alters DNA? on Promiscuity Alters DNA and Boosts Immunity In Mice · · Score: 1

    I didn't see anything about cause and effect in the article. It's possible that the stronger immune system meant the mice were more likely to survive being promiscuous and that being promiscuous increased their odds of passing on their genes.

  16. Re:Depends on the kind of Day 1 DLC on Some Players Want Day-1 DLC, Says BioWare · · Score: 1

    If the DLC is on the disc it was finished before the game went gold. If it isn't on the disc it is usually the case that the additional content was written after the game was finished. At that point the programmers have already done the job they were paid to do, having them do more work for the 1-2 months between the game being finished and release requires more money. Some companies are willing to include the additional cost in the base game, but I can't really fault the ones that charge for it. (as long as the additional content is actually additional, not part of the main game)

  17. Re:Ugh, not this again. on Some Players Want Day-1 DLC, Says BioWare · · Score: 1

    It is far from the norm, but it does happen.

  18. Re:Still doesn't explain why... on Some Players Want Day-1 DLC, Says BioWare · · Score: 1

    I agree with making it part of the release at no extra charge, but there is a reason for it to be DLC. From the time the game is finished to when it actually goes on sale there's a period of 1-2 months. During this time you can either take the people that worked on the game and assign them to a new project or you can have them work on additional content for the game that wasn't finished by the deadline. (note that this doesn't apply for the on disc DLC that some companies have put out)

  19. Re:Real reason on Poll Finds Americans Think the TSA Is 'Doing a Good Job' · · Score: 2

    The security issues of 9/11 were solved on 9/11 when passengers discovered that hijackers wouldn't always be taking them to the tropics and giving them an interesting story to tell.

  20. Re:Good on ISPs Throttling BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    I support usage-based billing as long as it takes the time of usage into account as that is far more important than the amount of usage.

  21. Re:Good on ISPs Throttling BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    And more importantly, streamers tend to use bandwidth during peak hours while torrenters will often leave it running when they aren't using the computer for something else. Although, to be fair, some people are both.

  22. Re:Good on ISPs Throttling BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    That was kind of his point, if population density was the reason for the poor speeds then large cities would have good connections while sparsely populated areas would not. This is not the case.

  23. Re:Good on ISPs Throttling BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind this as long as they didn't charge the extra if you do your downloads during non-peak hours.

  24. Re:Field dependent requirement on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 1

    If you do a linear interpolation of the voltage it will be wildly off. If you take the voltage and compare it to a table to tell you the charge level and do a linear interpolation on that, you will be fairly accurate.

  25. Re:Visual walkthrough and commentary of the mayhem on Algorithmic Trading Glitch Costs Firm $440 Million · · Score: 2

    Now compare their children.