So why would she ever file income tax statements for her business??? She set herself up. It's trivial for local government IT departments to cross check IRS filings with their own computerized lists of businesses. So some IT guy said, I'll bet I can spend 3 hours coding and 10 minutes computer time, and find lots of unregistered businesses."
Aside from simply bringing money into the city's coffers, the business tax pays for city staff to keep track of businesses, so when someone calls the city hall to complain about a business, the city can find out exactly who this business is, where they are located, who are the principals responsible, etc.
And to say that a business tax should only be paid by businesses making a profit - that's silly, since many businesses routinely don't show a profit and some years they make a profit. But nevertheless, the city needs to index these businesses.
And free speech? So you say newspapers, book publishers, radio/tv stations should never pay any taxes???
The article says she made $50. But many small business owners will deduct as business expenses almost everything, including computer costs, internet access costs, home office costs, mileage going to/from the local computer store to buy a cable, monthly phone and cell phone costs, books, pizza delivered while blogging, hotel room while "interviewing" someone for the blog - almost anything can be considered a business expense. So maybe she grossed $20,000 last year, and had $19,950 in expenses.
To your question, "... one of whom is a boy that likes the number 1835736583." Well, there's really no additional information here since there are an infinite number of numbers he could like. It's like saying, "the boy likes any number" - that doesn't contribute much.
They must be using some patented technology to detect that a fax is upside-down, and they probably think they need to license the patent if they automatically fix the fax.
But I'm sure they also need to pay the license fee even if they just reject the fax.
Or maybe there's an opportunity here - "detect and reject" upside down faxes.
Here's what they seem to have patented: If you (the gift purchaser) don't know the complete mailing address for a gift recipient, then amazon will use the information that you provide (eg, name and city, or maybe just email address), and the amazon servers will find the complete address for you, using their own databases or public database sites.
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So why would she ever file income tax statements for her business??? She set herself up. It's trivial for local government IT departments to cross check IRS filings with their own computerized lists of businesses. So some IT guy said, I'll bet I can spend 3 hours coding and 10 minutes computer time, and find lots of unregistered businesses."
Aside from simply bringing money into the city's coffers, the business tax pays for city staff to keep track of businesses, so when someone calls the city hall to complain about a business, the city can find out exactly who this business is, where they are located, who are the principals responsible, etc. And to say that a business tax should only be paid by businesses making a profit - that's silly, since many businesses routinely don't show a profit and some years they make a profit. But nevertheless, the city needs to index these businesses. And free speech? So you say newspapers, book publishers, radio/tv stations should never pay any taxes???
The article says she made $50. But many small business owners will deduct as business expenses almost everything, including computer costs, internet access costs, home office costs, mileage going to/from the local computer store to buy a cable, monthly phone and cell phone costs, books, pizza delivered while blogging, hotel room while "interviewing" someone for the blog - almost anything can be considered a business expense. So maybe she grossed $20,000 last year, and had $19,950 in expenses.
Since rote arithmetic is now passé
To your question, "... one of whom is a boy that likes the number 1835736583." Well, there's really no additional information here since there are an infinite number of numbers he could like. It's like saying, "the boy likes any number" - that doesn't contribute much.
Note that companies who call their employees "cast members" (eg Disneyworld) can base hiring on anything they want, especially race, sex, age, etc.
I thought the iphone manufacturing cost is less than $100, so this could be Gizmodo's defense.
/. people should know better, especially anonymous readers
...if developed off-shore
They must be using some patented technology to detect that a fax is upside-down, and they probably think they need to license the patent if they automatically fix the fax. But I'm sure they also need to pay the license fee even if they just reject the fax. Or maybe there's an opportunity here - "detect and reject" upside down faxes.
Someday they'll be considered retro
..that can show what egg will look like on alarmists' faces in a few years..
Here's what they seem to have patented: If you (the gift purchaser) don't know the complete mailing address for a gift recipient, then amazon will use the information that you provide (eg, name and city, or maybe just email address), and the amazon servers will find the complete address for you, using their own databases or public database sites.