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  1. If a computer can grade then essay then on Bringing Auto-Graders To Student Essays · · Score: 1

    What's to keep a computer from generating the essay?

  2. In my brain place I know we need bees on Studies Link Pesticides To Bee Colony Collapse Disorder · · Score: 1

    But in my heart place I want to see everyone of those fuckers die in agony

  3. Re:Government as Jesus on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 2

    Welcome to the power of surface value

  4. Re:Mainly a US problem? on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    Having observed my native land America I can't say that someone not wearing a seat belt is such a rare occurrence

  5. This doesn't sound legal in Washington State on New Samsung TV Watches You Watching It · · Score: 1

    It's illegal to record someone's voice in Washington state without their previous consent. Anyone who unwillingly come into contact could bring damages and civil lawsuits against the person who owns the TV as well as any companies involved in the transfer of this data.

  6. Re:I hope Kenneth collects on this on Disaster Strikes Norwegian Government Web Portal · · Score: 1

    I'd imagine the stress he and his family must be feeling along with all the legal fees he'll need to protect himself in this situation both constitute actual damages.

  7. Re:I hope Kenneth collects on this on Disaster Strikes Norwegian Government Web Portal · · Score: 1

    Really? They've made tort law quite weak?

    I'll take your word, but do you happen to have some articles to back this up?

  8. I hope Kenneth collects on this on Disaster Strikes Norwegian Government Web Portal · · Score: 1

    I foresee a large lawsuit settlement in his future

  9. Quote of the God Damn Ages on ICANN Ethical Conflicts Are Worse Than They Seem · · Score: 2

    "Public interest is not well served by a structure and executive leadership that's conflicted by the same industry it's supposed to oversee"

    America needs to build a large statue and put this on it

  10. Re:There's Your Problem Right There on Tennessee Passes Bill That Allows "Teaching the Controversy" of Evolution · · Score: 1

    Well they're both destined to return and destroy the earth.....

  11. Re:There's Your Problem Right There on Tennessee Passes Bill That Allows "Teaching the Controversy" of Evolution · · Score: 1

    Just because they call it a "scientific theory" does not mean it's some flimsy thought process. Our understanding of gravity is called the theory of gravity, but even though everyone knows it; it's still called a theory

  12. teenage MUTANT ninja turtles on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    Unless they're mutants on their alien planet they can't really be the Teenage "Mutant" Ninja Turtles, now can they?

    It's like they wrote a movie that had nothing to do with TMNT, and then just stuck the old name on it anyways

  13. Re:Here is a better idea on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Amazon does, but many of the sellers who work with Amazon Prime memberships do not calculate tax

  14. Re:Here is a better idea on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    I believe I speak for every Washingtonian, of those who even know about the law, when I say, "What purchase? I didn't make any purchase on the internet."

    Yeah as far as Use Tax is concerned; we ain't ever heard of no Internets up here in Seattle

  15. Re:Here is a better idea on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Take a look at one of my latest purchases off of Amazon prime

    Item(s) Subtotal: $4.93
    Shipping & Handling: $0.00
    -----
    Total Before Tax: $4.93
    Sales Tax: $0.00
    -----

    I'm only being taxed on purchases that come from Washington based sellers

  16. Re:Sales tax... on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    It's not a tax on the seller. It's a tax on the buyer. So while I would pay no sales taxes on something bought from Virginia online. You on the other hand would pay taxes on purchases made from a Washington based seller.

    Except in a few situations

  17. Assault and Battery can already be felonies on Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony? · · Score: 1

    It seems like any other damages beyond that would be cover under tort law.

    Why does the involving of an Iphone matter in the slightest?

  18. Re:Sales tax... on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Ummm, yes you can

    If you come to Washington and tell your checker, at whichever store you choose, that you are from out of state and so are to be charged no sales tax; you still have to pay the tax

  19. Re:How on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Unless Connecticut is home to magical wizards they're going to tax this like any other state does, and so all online digital goods purchased from companies recognized as being in Connecticut will be taxed.

    That is not true at all. Every corporation has to incorporate in a specific state, and hence in bound by laws of that state.

  20. Re:Sales tax... on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    I'd imagine they think of the taxation as a tax on the service of providing the licensing for the music, rather than a tax on a good taken delivery of.

  21. Re:Here is a better idea on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    I find it pretty simple that my taxes are clearly stated, and understood before incurring them, on a receipt at the end of each transaction.

    As for the regressive nature of the tax; you do know we can buy things out of state? If the tax is so bad for any of the goods I want then I can just go order goods from someone with no sales tax. I've already saved my entire Amazon Prime membership fee in taxes

    Alright, and now looking at my taxes and doing what you said.....They're exactly the same

  22. Re:How on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Simple

    If a person isn't forming a contract for digital goods with a company recognized as being inside of Connecticut; no tax. If a person forms such a contact with a business that is recognized as being in Connecticut; Tax on

  23. Re:Texas does this on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Same for Washington

  24. Re:How on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Why is this such a hard concept to grasp? When you buy something on your phone you're already charged and given an invoice. Now they just added tax to that like any other transaction.

    So unless you're going to commit tax fraud, Turbotax is all they'd need to comply. This is already in place, and working fine, in Washington state.

  25. Re:Here is a better idea on Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax · · Score: 1

    Income tax makes my skin crawl.

    I vastly prefer sales tax. Although in this case it really ought to be a flat tax