In Germany, the government uses ELSTER, which is an online tax form. It only works reliably under a 32-bit Windows browser with 32-bit java. It doesn't work (at least in my experience) under OS X or Linux. There are some workarounds with WINE running IE though.
Technically, there's no reason the government couldn't automatically file the tax returns for most americans. Once the FATCA (another "counter-terrorism" jewel) is fully implemented, the government could also file the returns of americans with foreign bank accounts, at least those who reveal their U.S. citizenship. So why all the paperwork? If you fill it out incorrectly, the government would know and could punish you.
Remember these are the same super-geniuses that think you need a desktop interface and a mouse/monitor/keyboard to run a server. Now you'll need a touchscreen too.
The question is how do you accurately value a company with an unproven business model and no clear profit lines? Also considering that this company has had a whole legion of predecessors who had the same idea, but failed for one reason or another to become profitable or sustainable.
The fracking process needs to be throughoutly tested imo, to my knowledge the company producing the liquid pumped in still didn't even disclose the contents of the liquid....
That's the whole point. If the (the extraction companies) disclosed what was being put into the ground, it would be possible to prove that ground water is contaminated by fracking.
We shouldn't defend anybody polluting private water wells - that's an affront to property rights - but it's also silly to think that any of those wells contain 'pure water'....
Water never stays in one place, even underground the water moves. It's impossible to predict which ground water will be contaminated by fracking.
Not to use the flying car analogy again, but a lot of systems that used to be manual are now automated in aviation, shipping, or in power generation. On the surface, automation should make us all safer, but it creates new hazards. To take aviation as an example, earlier a typical aircrew consisted of two pilots, a flight engineer, a navigator, and sometimes a radio operator, etc. They were all very busy and involved in piloting the aircraft. With automation, that aircrew has been replaced by two pilots who are really there to monitor and make some good decisions when things go wrong. But many studies have shown that humans are really bad at monitoring things and a lot of modern mishaps have inattention, or lack of good airmanship as casual factors.
Allow me to ask you a question: What do you think would happen if we do what you suggest?
You're pretty much have the same situation as in Pakistan. Low taxes, everyone owns firearms, religion plays a strong role in society, drugs are legal, high military spending as a percentage of the GDP, etc. The question is how many Libertarians want to emigrate to Pakistan?
Yes, if he has a ROVER System, which is a laptop connected to a radio. It's not a networked computer and requires line-of-sight with the aircraft to function. In the mountains this can be difficult. The last time I touched one was in 2009. They might be smaller, lighter now, but back then it was at best semi-portable. My point is all these systems, ROVER, JTIDS, BFT, DCS, etc. are all independent systems, and they do not talk to each other. My knowledge might be out of date, but that was the stand in 2009.
They are not networked, or at least on the same one. The problem with the networked battle field is it creates the illusion of perfect situational awareness. Throw in inoperable equipment, poor communication, failure to follow procedures, and you have the raw ingredients for a good-old-fashoned blue-on-blue incident.
True, a lot of people on/. seem to be confusing StarCraft for real command and control. If the network all went down, it wouldn't make a huge difference, at least at the Battalion level or below. We'd all just pull out our laminated maps and grease markers and keep on executing the mission. Almost all communication is encrypted radio anyway. Most Computers in the military are used for doing inane things such as making PowerPoint slides. In that sense, loss of computing might be a tactical advantage.
To make a million in BitCoin, simply invest ten million in equipment, electricity and time. Or save electricity ant time by giving me nine million in cash, and I will give you back 1 million worth of BitCoins... But the real question is when will we see the first Nigerian BitCoin scams.
The appeal is because most normal people cannot get there. If it were as easily accessible as say, the deep sea or Mount Everest, it would still be exclusive, but would loose a lot of its appeal. Psychologists probably have a term for this.
Nope, no X-plane ever made it into orbit. They were very-high-altitude rocket planes, and were much too small to contain enough fuel to reach orbit. More fuel would necessitate a bigger plane to contain it, and hence a bigger motor to propel it, and hence more fuel to run the bigger motor, etc... That's why rockets get around this problem with multiple stages. They jettison excess mass on the way to orbit. A true "space plane" that lands and takes off on a runway and doesn't dump stages along the way would need to be Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO). So far, there are no true SSTO vehicles, even rockets. A space plane would need to haul along landing gear, wings, conventional engines, etc, and would be much more difficult to do than a simple SSTO rocket.
Why is it always up to Europe to clean up the rest of the world's mess?
Because....
China says, "you Europeans had two centuries to make messes before you had to clean them up. We're still a developing country, maybe in two hundred years we'll start thinking about it. Can you give us licenses to all your cleaning up technology, so we can sell it to you?"
U.S.A. says, "there is no mess to clean up. God made the world in seven days and he'll clean it up in six. Messes, pi, fluoride, the Metric System, Obama, etc. are all European-African socialist conspiracies."
Kim Jung Un says, "I've got a BOMB and will make a big MESS, that is unless, the world pays me ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!"
Russia says, "America makes all the messes, let America clean them up."
Israel says, "America please make more messes, especially in Iran."
Iran claims, "we've hacked your mess and made it land in our country...btw. I've got a BOMB and will make a big MESS..."
I could go on, but want to get back to watching my Duke of Hazzard rerun.
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In Germany, the government uses ELSTER, which is an online tax form. It only works reliably under a 32-bit Windows browser with 32-bit java. It doesn't work (at least in my experience) under OS X or Linux. There are some workarounds with WINE running IE though.
Technically, there's no reason the government couldn't automatically file the tax returns for most americans. Once the FATCA (another "counter-terrorism" jewel) is fully implemented, the government could also file the returns of americans with foreign bank accounts, at least those who reveal their U.S. citizenship. So why all the paperwork? If you fill it out incorrectly, the government would know and could punish you.
Remember these are the same super-geniuses that think you need a desktop interface and a mouse/monitor/keyboard to run a server. Now you'll need a touchscreen too.
That's called design by marketing.
The question is how do you accurately value a company with an unproven business model and no clear profit lines? Also considering that this company has had a whole legion of predecessors who had the same idea, but failed for one reason or another to become profitable or sustainable.
The fracking process needs to be throughoutly tested imo, to my knowledge the company producing the liquid pumped in still didn't even disclose the contents of the liquid....
That's the whole point. If the (the extraction companies) disclosed what was being put into the ground, it would be possible to prove that ground water is contaminated by fracking.
We shouldn't defend anybody polluting private water wells - that's an affront to property rights - but it's also silly to think that any of those wells contain 'pure water'....
Water never stays in one place, even underground the water moves. It's impossible to predict which ground water will be contaminated by fracking.
Thats an APPLE-1 user, not an Apple user.
Not to use the flying car analogy again, but a lot of systems that used to be manual are now automated in aviation, shipping, or in power generation. On the surface, automation should make us all safer, but it creates new hazards. To take aviation as an example, earlier a typical aircrew consisted of two pilots, a flight engineer, a navigator, and sometimes a radio operator, etc. They were all very busy and involved in piloting the aircraft. With automation, that aircrew has been replaced by two pilots who are really there to monitor and make some good decisions when things go wrong. But many studies have shown that humans are really bad at monitoring things and a lot of modern mishaps have inattention, or lack of good airmanship as casual factors.
Do casualties from dueling figure into the statistics?
I think by New York or New Jersey standards, Southern corruption is quaint and gentlemanly.
A dueling in New Jersey's a lot less gentlemanly than in Monticello. But Aaron Burr might disagree.
then hook jumper cables to the bonnet and apply voltage until something burns.
Allow me to ask you a question: What do you think would happen if we do what you suggest?
You're pretty much have the same situation as in Pakistan. Low taxes, everyone owns firearms, religion plays a strong role in society, drugs are legal, high military spending as a percentage of the GDP, etc. The question is how many Libertarians want to emigrate to Pakistan?
...I also learned that Ferengi (Jews) are greedy...
Gene Rodenberry, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were all of the Jewish faith. Go listen to Adam Sandler's Happy Hanukkah song for proof.
Yes, if he has a ROVER System, which is a laptop connected to a radio. It's not a networked computer and requires line-of-sight with the aircraft to function. In the mountains this can be difficult. The last time I touched one was in 2009. They might be smaller, lighter now, but back then it was at best semi-portable. My point is all these systems, ROVER, JTIDS, BFT, DCS, etc. are all independent systems, and they do not talk to each other. My knowledge might be out of date, but that was the stand in 2009.
They are not networked, or at least on the same one. The problem with the networked battle field is it creates the illusion of perfect situational awareness. Throw in inoperable equipment, poor communication, failure to follow procedures, and you have the raw ingredients for a good-old-fashoned blue-on-blue incident.
True, a lot of people on /. seem to be confusing StarCraft for real command and control. If the network all went down, it wouldn't make a huge difference, at least at the Battalion level or below. We'd all just pull out our laminated maps and grease markers and keep on executing the mission. Almost all communication is encrypted radio anyway. Most Computers in the military are used for doing inane things such as making PowerPoint slides. In that sense, loss of computing might be a tactical advantage.
"Man your Segways! Fix Bayonets!! We're going over the top boys!!! CHARGE!!!!!!"
To make a million in BitCoin, simply invest ten million in equipment, electricity and time. Or save electricity ant time by giving me nine million in cash, and I will give you back 1 million worth of BitCoins... But the real question is when will we see the first Nigerian BitCoin scams.
I was looking for that socket wrench I lost on Skylab 2...
... a lot of people would view a week in space as such.
masochistic?
The appeal is because most normal people cannot get there. If it were as easily accessible as say, the deep sea or Mount Everest, it would still be exclusive, but would loose a lot of its appeal. Psychologists probably have a term for this.
Fritz seiner Liste.
Nope, no X-plane ever made it into orbit. They were very-high-altitude rocket planes, and were much too small to contain enough fuel to reach orbit. More fuel would necessitate a bigger plane to contain it, and hence a bigger motor to propel it, and hence more fuel to run the bigger motor, etc... That's why rockets get around this problem with multiple stages. They jettison excess mass on the way to orbit. A true "space plane" that lands and takes off on a runway and doesn't dump stages along the way would need to be Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO). So far, there are no true SSTO vehicles, even rockets. A space plane would need to haul along landing gear, wings, conventional engines, etc, and would be much more difficult to do than a simple SSTO rocket.
The speed of sound at mean sea level 15C, or the speed of sound in a vacuum? There's a big difference.
Why is it always up to Europe to clean up the rest of the world's mess?
Because ....
I could go on, but want to get back to watching my Duke of Hazzard rerun.