George W. Bush, the US' first retarded President, started wars in the Middle East to help his Vice President's (Dick Cheney) portfolio.
Of course, they'll be folks on the other side:
Barak Obama, America's first Socialist President along with the Wicked Witch of the West, Nancy Pelosi, turned the US into a bankrupt shell of its former self.
Then, there will be others....
Ray Vaness, the World's greatest porn actress, has been a great influence on American politics.
Now, just think of all those little kids putting references to porn actresses into their school papers and bringing them home?
The exploit currently doing the rounds is not particularly stable and often just causes the browser to crash.
I doesn't sound like much of a threat and if anything, folks may think it's a bug and move to IE 8 or to another browser all together - solving the problem without installing any fixes.
They're using Adsense advertising in the apps and in other places. Back when I had my website and hosted Google ads, I got between $3-$4 per ad click. Now, I have to wonder if the terms will stay the same for ads on these devices or if showing an ad on one's desktop or app would be considered a "click". That's something to look for in the fine print - for the advertisers. Anyway, if Google was paying my 3-4 dollars, they were getting at least 1-2 dollars in profit,, meaning they were charging the advertiser at least $5 a click. 30 clicks and TADA! break even?
Just think how many people will intentionally or inadvertently click on ads because they're placed "strategically".
Find out what sites go higher and what sites go lower in quoted prices. Fake a cookie to maximize savings or delete it altogether if it gets you a uniformly higher price.
That's the behavior I'd expect from/. . None of this Newsweek / Dateline NBC alarmist "They're using COMPUTER MACHINES to scam us!!!" Get on it, people.
Bing cashback developer goes into boss' office tomorrow:
You know boss, I've been doing this analysis of our system, and I've figured out a way to game the system.
Boss: "Good work coder Dude! For that, you won't get axed this month!"
I would think that MS developers may occasionally read this site.
but I certainly wouldn't turn molehills into mountains by risking jail time.
The wall street bankers didn't go to jail. On the contrary, they were rewarded with your tax dollars. The real world plays hardball; maybe you should too.
The Wall Street bankers didn't do anything illegal.
Fuck'n! You wouldn't believe this! I typed "slashdot.org" in my address bar and Digg popped up looking like slashdot! Same lamo "articles". What next? The top 10 reasons why my toilet paper sucks?
Go ahead, bury me, there will be plenty to digg me.
It would be quite stupid, you know, unless they had morals and principals.
I disagree. The Chinese know that they're being blocked and if their current browser all of a sudden doesn't show things that they're used to seeing, i.e. Facebook, they will know who is the cause. And that takes yet another small chunk out of the Chinese government's stranglehold.
We need to think long term, here. And long term changes are the ones that stay.
In practice, Opera likely had little choice but to comply with local laws, and make a new version for Chinese users that cannot access all the "filtered" sites, same as any other Web browser.
They had no choice. So, the Chinese government would prevent them from doing business in China which is giving it away for free? I've never seen Opera specific advertising when I use Opera. So, I don't get it. Exactly what would Opera lose if they weren't in China?
Cavemen discovered that cooking meat was a good idea some millennia ago and we've been doing it since then, but some people never got the memo because they were on an island or something.
Do a search on parasites and sushi.
I don't eat animal flash raw. I prefer most of vegetables cooked, too.
Early camera phones where painfully bad but strong sales proved that there was a demand for them.
When I got my phone, I bought it because it was the cheapest phone that had the ability to see who's calling without having to answer. It so happens to have come with a camera which I never use because it sucks. Now, are the camera manufacturers counting my sale as someone who wanted a camera? Probably. There's a few other features built into the phone that i looked at and never used because I have no use for them.
That's the thing, there's only so many choices and it's impossible to get a phone that has a feature you want without getting a bunch of features that you don't want. And if you find one, it may not be supported by your cell carrier.
The economy was booming? Given your lack of specifics I'm going to assume you're talking about the last eight years. Guess what-- the economy was not "booming"-- the economy was in a bubble, especially in California. There was an illusion of a "boom", but in California it was built on private speculation, risk-taking, and fraud, which all ultimately collapsed.
So all that money made in Silicon Valley and Hollywood was fraudulent? I was talking about the last 20 years - that whole internet thing and tech boom that really started in the late 60s.
Had Californians been taxed appropriately during the good years, they could have used that revenue to pay for things, in which case the crisis would be less severe. OR, they could have saved the money for a rainy day, in which case now they'd have had better means to get through this crisis. Had Californians had a sane property tax like a normal state rather than Prop 13, things would not be so bad. But the Republicans have held the budget hostage for year after year because of the supermajority needed. The Special Interest you're talking about is the GOP party.
Prop 13 would work if Californians didn't spend more than they took in. And yes, many of their spending is necessary.
Laffer said...
Thanks for mentioning Laffer. We can agree the tax rate should be somewhere between 0% and 100%. In California's case it needed to be higher than it is now, esp. concerning property taxes. For Republicans, it ALWAYS needs to be lower than where it is now, ALWAYS. On principal, no matter what the circumstances. Always lower. Which is insane.
Absolutely. I agree, it is insane. But when does taxation become too high? For me, anything over 40% starts getting a little burdensome which is the reason why I left the Northeast. That's what Californians need to settle: what level of services do they want and, more importantly, are they willing to be taxed to pay for such things. And if they raise taxes to the point where business starts to leave, are they willing to accept those consequences.
Government needs to live within its means.
But there comes a point when people, especially businesses will leave because the tax burden is too high. It's already starting to happen.
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I disagree. As a typical American, I like Mexicans and I have no problem when they come down from up North with their Molsons to play hockey.
Hey Mexicans! Pretty day, Eh?
Yep, I've been around a bit. I've even been to Alaska to see Russia.
Kid's paper after using Wiki as his source:
George W. Bush, the US' first retarded President, started wars in the Middle East to help his Vice President's (Dick Cheney) portfolio.
Of course, they'll be folks on the other side:
Barak Obama, America's first Socialist President along with the Wicked Witch of the West, Nancy Pelosi, turned the US into a bankrupt shell of its former self.
Then, there will be others....
Ray Vaness, the World's greatest porn actress, has been a great influence on American politics.
Now, just think of all those little kids putting references to porn actresses into their school papers and bringing them home?
I for on welcome the chaos that may ensue.
Well, you have a cite on Wiki. Can't argue with the facts.
There's my comment.
7,8,9, 10 ...years ago gets to be all the same after a while. No, I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning, either.
But it's still disappointing. And I don't think the Dollar will ever get back to where it was.
10 Years ago it would have read:
€75,000 (about $50,000)
*sigh*
... run injected code.
Damn! Code injection! Is that like Fuel Injection? So, I'll get better performance and speed from it?
The exploit currently doing the rounds is not particularly stable and often just causes the browser to crash.
I doesn't sound like much of a threat and if anything, folks may think it's a bug and move to IE 8 or to another browser all together - solving the problem without installing any fixes.
Just think how many people will intentionally or inadvertently click on ads because they're placed "strategically".
Find out what sites go higher and what sites go lower in quoted prices. Fake a cookie to maximize savings or delete it altogether if it gets you a uniformly higher price.
That's the behavior I'd expect from /. . None of this Newsweek / Dateline NBC alarmist "They're using COMPUTER MACHINES to scam us!!!" Get on it, people.
Bing cashback developer goes into boss' office tomorrow:
You know boss, I've been doing this analysis of our system, and I've figured out a way to game the system.
Boss: "Good work coder Dude! For that, you won't get axed this month!"
I would think that MS developers may occasionally read this site.
For many companies, you'd have to give an animated one. God, it seams like every other month, there's a news item of Kodak re-organizing!
The survey asked banksters and Wall Street fraud artists: FTFA:
We already know that Wall Street and Canary Wharf are full of crooks. I suspect that among that bunch, the 41% is low - the other 59% probably lied.
Huh. That's the same stats for masturbation!
I think I need to get a government grant for that - Obama is promoting science.
I really should have ripped that place off blind, but I didn't.
No you shouldn't have. Keep classy and maybe one day they'll call you back as a $200/hr consultant - working from home - in your underwear.
but I certainly wouldn't turn molehills into mountains by risking jail time.
The wall street bankers didn't go to jail. On the contrary, they were rewarded with your tax dollars. The real world plays hardball; maybe you should too.
The Wall Street bankers didn't do anything illegal.
Or do you mean Bernie Madoff? He got jail time.
Go ahead, bury me, there will be plenty to digg me.
Fuck the RIAA! This IS Digg, right?
"Scantily Clothed Girls with Guns."
Only if you want a sucky movie made based on the game.
So be careful kids!
It would be quite stupid, you know, unless they had morals and principals.
I disagree. The Chinese know that they're being blocked and if their current browser all of a sudden doesn't show things that they're used to seeing, i.e. Facebook, they will know who is the cause. And that takes yet another small chunk out of the Chinese government's stranglehold.
We need to think long term, here. And long term changes are the ones that stay.
In practice, Opera likely had little choice but to comply with local laws, and make a new version for Chinese users that cannot access all the "filtered" sites, same as any other Web browser.
They had no choice. So, the Chinese government would prevent them from doing business in China which is giving it away for free? I've never seen Opera specific advertising when I use Opera. So, I don't get it. Exactly what would Opera lose if they weren't in China?
Cavemen discovered that cooking meat was a good idea some millennia ago and we've been doing it since then, but some people never got the memo because they were on an island or something.
Do a search on parasites and sushi.
I don't eat animal flash raw. I prefer most of vegetables cooked, too.
I was thinking of tractor beams, myself.
They're still expensive as fuck.
Good that you stay with expensive fucks. Cheap fucks will give you herpes or even AIDS. Of course, expensive fucks are high maintenance, though.
Early camera phones where painfully bad but strong sales proved that there was a demand for them.
When I got my phone, I bought it because it was the cheapest phone that had the ability to see who's calling without having to answer. It so happens to have come with a camera which I never use because it sucks. Now, are the camera manufacturers counting my sale as someone who wanted a camera? Probably. There's a few other features built into the phone that i looked at and never used because I have no use for them.
That's the thing, there's only so many choices and it's impossible to get a phone that has a feature you want without getting a bunch of features that you don't want. And if you find one, it may not be supported by your cell carrier.
The economy was booming? Given your lack of specifics I'm going to assume you're talking about the last eight years. Guess what-- the economy was not "booming"-- the economy was in a bubble, especially in California. There was an illusion of a "boom", but in California it was built on private speculation, risk-taking, and fraud, which all ultimately collapsed.
So all that money made in Silicon Valley and Hollywood was fraudulent? I was talking about the last 20 years - that whole internet thing and tech boom that really started in the late 60s.
Had Californians been taxed appropriately during the good years, they could have used that revenue to pay for things, in which case the crisis would be less severe. OR, they could have saved the money for a rainy day, in which case now they'd have had better means to get through this crisis. Had Californians had a sane property tax like a normal state rather than Prop 13, things would not be so bad. But the Republicans have held the budget hostage for year after year because of the supermajority needed. The Special Interest you're talking about is the GOP party.
Prop 13 would work if Californians didn't spend more than they took in. And yes, many of their spending is necessary.
Laffer said...
Thanks for mentioning Laffer. We can agree the tax rate should be somewhere between 0% and 100%. In California's case it needed to be higher than it is now, esp. concerning property taxes. For Republicans, it ALWAYS needs to be lower than where it is now, ALWAYS. On principal, no matter what the circumstances. Always lower. Which is insane.
Absolutely. I agree, it is insane. But when does taxation become too high? For me, anything over 40% starts getting a little burdensome which is the reason why I left the Northeast. That's what Californians need to settle: what level of services do they want and, more importantly, are they willing to be taxed to pay for such things. And if they raise taxes to the point where business starts to leave, are they willing to accept those consequences.
Government needs to live within its means.
But there comes a point when people, especially businesses will leave because the tax burden is too high. It's already starting to happen.