Most are unaware. The tax is *miniscule* especially on cd-r, only a nickel a piece. A canadian nickel at that.
The article had it right; we're well connected, and cd's are higher priced in Canada than the US in the first place, plus the economy isn't as on fire, so there is less money in general (that's not a complaint, btw...).
Anyone who thinks napster hasn't affected cd sales is nuts. I can think of a lot of people (me?) who *never* buy music anymore. Granted, I don't use napster or it's brethren, but mp3 in general. I can't bring myself to drive across town, look for something interesting (or order something I want) for much more than I should have to possibly pay, and will proabbly only listen to twice anyway, when I can go over to the wireless laptop sitting on my coffee table and have it in seconds.
As for the tax.. I share teh sentiment that we should not make concessions for 'imaginary' losses.
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Is it commercially available? He said commercially available. Some elements (Californium, for example) are just plain not available.
Tritium has a half life of 12.5 years, and is a gas.
It's used inside small fluorescent tubes, as it's a pure low-energy beta emitter. No radiation escapes the tube, end the beta (electron) emission causes the tube to fluoresce (like any other fluorescent light).
My watch has tritium gas-lights on it. Sometimes, these are called Traser(tm) lights.
I believe it's also the most expensive substance by weight known to man.
This is not abnormal; even companies going public tend to re-evaluate some stocks. even 1/20th is not uncommon. Large investors dumping millions into the company do not like the idea that a few young developers who've put 6 months of time in will have 10x the stock they will.
A couple employers ago, I spent 2 1/2 years with a company. When I was hired, I received some options at about $1.24/share. 2 years later (they vested at 5%/month) I called a broker, and he shorted the stock at $10 (where it was currently trading). He then purchased the shares from my company via my options to cover the sort.
On the day the options were actually exercised (on paper) the stock was trading at $14 or so.
So, for tax reasons, I had to pay income tax on $14-$1.24 = $12.74/share, even though I only sold for $10 ($8.74/share profit). That's $4/share that I didn't see a dime from, but had to pay tax on. Shitty, eh?
So in the end, I DID make some good money, and it made up for my measly salary, but that was through luck. Most employees didn't get any real good money out of their options. And it wasn't enough to put me 'ahead' in life. Now, in hindsight, I would have done things a bit differently. Here's what I would have done.
1) Tax accountant is first thing. Understand *exactly* what your risks are.
2) Make sure broker understands *exactly* how you want things done.
And on a general finance note:
If you suddenly get 50 grand or something, don't blow it. Put it away in long-term savings. You'll like it later in life.
1) Most brokers will short the stock for you on signed agreement that you have the options, as there is no risk involved. You don't need the half million on hand. There is no reason to exercise options until the moment you want to sell (doing it any other way opens you up to risk)
2) Yes... short term capital gains. In Canada, it's not even capital gains, it's rolled into your income as an employment benefit, after a 33% exemption. (They say no gains, cause there was no risk, so it's income.. feh!). Yes, this is the most common way to lose money. Any time you are given something of definite market value for less than market price.. the tax man cometh!
Abuse of the word 'embedded'.
$500 is a wee bit pricey for something with no real power.
Embedded systems does not mean 'small'.... you could think of it as a computer inside something that is not a computer. This is not an embedded system; this is a small PC in a tiny box.
An embedded system is the computer in your car, the computer in the alarm panel, the circuits that run the elevator, the controller in your Boomslang 2000 mouse, and the guts of your digital thermostat.
from a day trip to the Costa del Sol....
And what I thought was 'Damn.. there's a lot of Ferarri's here!'........... and Porsche's like they were volkswagens....
The restaurant was terrible. Took an hour to take our order, and my Paille was overcooked, and IMHO not worth the price. No more hanging out in Marbella for me.
That's the common way of putting it, but not entirely accurate.
The qwerty was designed not to be slow, but so that letters that frequently followed each other had their typebars far apart from each other (as two next to each other will jam quite easily, wheras two far apart jam less easily.)
Study after study, yes, a DVORAK or other keyboard is usually only slightly faster (though less tiring on your hands, apparently, because you don't have to work as hard.)
Also, nothing forces you to use this format. Pop in a dvorak keyboard map and go to town. It's entirely feasible to switch between the two if you know them both.
It was never GPL. The license hasn't been changed.
The license permitted 'use for any purpose in source or binary form'. It did not permit modification. This was simply a misunderstanding.
In light of recent clarifications by the author on this, people are getting antsy because they just assumed they could do whatever they felt like with his code.
Though.. I suppose one could argue that 'using the source for any purpose' would include making new code with it.
He has spent countless hours working on code, and now everyone is acting all pissed at him because THEY misunderstood the license. Knowing how the/. crowd tends to work, I wouldn't be surprised if he's getting TONS of harassing flames from uninformed idiots.
Folks, it is not for us to tell the author of ANY code what he can or cannot do with it.
This isn't about 'which OS is better' or 'which is more secure'.
Its about statistics, and about more than just the OS.
They found, in their studies, that linux-based shops tended to have less security problems than NT based shops, due to a combination of software, better trained and happier employees, etc.. so they did what insurance companies do.. they said 'if you use linux, we will give you a cheaper premium'.
A real-life example of the same thing.
Auto insurance in Alberta, Canada. If you are under 25, and especially if you are a male under the age of 25, insurance is expensive.
Once you are over 25, it gets much cheaper.
Now... I've been driving since I was 16, and never had an accident. Does this insurance policy imply that I am somehow incompetent? Certainly not... they're just playing at statistics. 80% of their costs come from male drivers under the age of 25, so they make those drivers pay more. Period.
Now pretend young male driver = NT shop, you get the same sort of thing.
1) They say DONATION. It's pretty hard to claim you didn't understand what 'donation' meant.
2) You do get something from mandrake. They may be a for-profit company, but you can get all their work for free online, whenever you want.
Some people would buy mandrake if they could, to support the company, but it's not available in the stores where they live, so they download it for free. This gives them a way to donate back.
Kind of hard for us to talk about the new economy and then whine about companies doing something different.
The numer 1 reason nerds in chairs develop back/neck/wrist problems is NOT because of bad posture, but because of lack of exercise; bad posture comes in second. If you have sufficiently developed back muscles/wrist muscles, you simply don't get these problems. Sitting does NOT put an extraordinary strain on a healthy strong back. And we're not talking arnold schwazernegger here.....just ride a bike a few days a week, or go to a gym, or something...
It looks more like someone harassed him into changing the wording on HIS software to be more specific.
The original license agreement says nothing at all about derivitive works or nonexclusive rights.
IT says you may use and distribute 'it' in source or binary form, 'it' being the source you are given.
Also, redistribution not permitted simply means YOU cannot redistribute it without the permission of the copyright holder. It does not mean nobody can have it.
Silly as it may be... it is.
And is he claiming it's open-source? I don't know..
It's usenet! Any concept of 'intellectual property' is fairly flimsy.. if you post something to a global, uncontrolled, multi-jurisdiction, uncentralized anarchaic discussion forum like usenet, how can you possibly be so silly as to think you can demand what people do and don't do with you work? Sheesh. Gimme a break.
Next thing you know, people will want money for my repeating the jokes they tell at parties...
Folks, what they are saying is not that they own your data. You are still free to do what you will with said data....
They are (it looks like) simply covering their ass, so if they one day build a new database they don't get SUED by some yahoo who says 'you don't have the right to do that'.
They are saying that if you post through them, then they can do what they want with the posting, basically. Yes, it cuold have some negative ramifications.. but then, I doubt peopel would be posting sensitive IP to usenet anyway.
Regardless of 'posters rights' I think it's silly to post something to a public, global, uncontrolled and uncentralized forum like usenet and expect to have any sort of control, legal or otherwise, over what happens to the data you posted.
Is that countries are not made of 'consumers'.. they are made of 'citizens'.. and in a roundabout way, Government making rules = CITIZENS making rules.
If the people want to restrict what Amazon can do, doing it through government is an option.
Though what you say is absolutely true.... let's analyze.
So you mean, the company cannot stay in business because it's stock is down? What ever happened to PROFITS?
Oh. Right. I forgot. It's acceptable for a company that will never be profitable to use the stock market to get funds and drive lots of small, profitable companies out of business only to go bankrupt later on in life, having never actually made more than it spent.
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Most are unaware. The tax is *miniscule* especially on cd-r, only a nickel a piece. A canadian nickel at that.
The article had it right; we're well connected, and cd's are higher priced in Canada than the US in the first place, plus the economy isn't as on fire, so there is less money in general (that's not a complaint, btw...).
Anyone who thinks napster hasn't affected cd sales is nuts. I can think of a lot of people (me?) who *never* buy music anymore. Granted, I don't use napster or it's brethren, but mp3 in general. I can't bring myself to drive across town, look for something interesting (or order something I want) for much more than I should have to possibly pay, and will proabbly only listen to twice anyway, when I can go over to the wireless laptop sitting on my coffee table and have it in seconds.
As for the tax.. I share teh sentiment that we should not make concessions for 'imaginary' losses.
Is it commercially available? He said commercially available. Some elements (Californium, for example) are just plain not available.
Tritium has a half life of 12.5 years, and is a gas.
It's used inside small fluorescent tubes, as it's a pure low-energy beta emitter. No radiation escapes the tube, end the beta (electron) emission causes the tube to fluoresce (like any other fluorescent light).
My watch has tritium gas-lights on it. Sometimes, these are called Traser(tm) lights.
I believe it's also the most expensive substance by weight known to man.
You had options? Or shares....
This is not abnormal; even companies going public tend to re-evaluate some stocks. even 1/20th is not uncommon. Large investors dumping millions into the company do not like the idea that a few young developers who've put 6 months of time in will have 10x the stock they will.
A couple employers ago, I spent 2 1/2 years with a company. When I was hired, I received some options at about $1.24/share. 2 years later (they vested at 5%/month) I called a broker, and he shorted the stock at $10 (where it was currently trading). He then purchased the shares from my company via my options to cover the sort.
On the day the options were actually exercised (on paper) the stock was trading at $14 or so.
So, for tax reasons, I had to pay income tax on $14-$1.24 = $12.74/share, even though I only sold for $10 ($8.74/share profit). That's $4/share that I didn't see a dime from, but had to pay tax on. Shitty, eh?
So in the end, I DID make some good money, and it made up for my measly salary, but that was through luck. Most employees didn't get any real good money out of their options. And it wasn't enough to put me 'ahead' in life. Now, in hindsight, I would have done things a bit differently. Here's what I would have done.
1) Tax accountant is first thing. Understand *exactly* what your risks are.
2) Make sure broker understands *exactly* how you want things done.
And on a general finance note:
If you suddenly get 50 grand or something, don't blow it. Put it away in long-term savings. You'll like it later in life.
So why didn't you exercise? (just curious)
Can you elaborate on what it means to 'trick' your employees into working for less?
They know what the option plan is, and what the agreed upon salary is before they start. I don't see any room for trickery.
Yes, some may incorrectly value the options, but that's not the company tricking you.... that's you fooling yourself.
No, if you take the computer out of your car, your car doesn't work, and you have some electronics in a pile.
1) Most brokers will short the stock for you on signed agreement that you have the options, as there is no risk involved. You don't need the half million on hand. There is no reason to exercise options until the moment you want to sell (doing it any other way opens you up to risk)
2) Yes... short term capital gains. In Canada, it's not even capital gains, it's rolled into your income as an employment benefit, after a 33% exemption. (They say no gains, cause there was no risk, so it's income.. feh!). Yes, this is the most common way to lose money. Any time you are given something of definite market value for less than market price.. the tax man cometh!
Is your friend rich?
Why else would someone let a working cisco 7000 just sit there? Sell it and buy a new car or something...
Abuse of the word 'embedded'.
$500 is a wee bit pricey for something with no real power.
Embedded systems does not mean 'small'.... you could think of it as a computer inside something that is not a computer. This is not an embedded system; this is a small PC in a tiny box.
An embedded system is the computer in your car, the computer in the alarm panel, the circuits that run the elevator, the controller in your Boomslang 2000 mouse, and the guts of your digital thermostat.
from a day trip to the Costa del Sol....
And what I thought was 'Damn.. there's a lot of Ferarri's here!'........... and Porsche's like they were volkswagens....
The restaurant was terrible. Took an hour to take our order, and my Paille was overcooked, and IMHO not worth the price. No more hanging out in Marbella for me.
No.
You are simply not permitted to modify and distribute GPL'd code unless the resulting product is also under the GPL.
That is not cancer. Try to use a piece of MS code some day; see how crazy their license is.
Hawaii has polynesian cultural roots....and that's part of the US.. so wouldn't that give the US de-facto rights to the polynesian culture?
That's the common way of putting it, but not entirely accurate.
The qwerty was designed not to be slow, but so that letters that frequently followed each other had their typebars far apart from each other (as two next to each other will jam quite easily, wheras two far apart jam less easily.)
Study after study, yes, a DVORAK or other keyboard is usually only slightly faster (though less tiring on your hands, apparently, because you don't have to work as hard.)
Also, nothing forces you to use this format. Pop in a dvorak keyboard map and go to town. It's entirely feasible to switch between the two if you know them both.
It was never GPL. The license hasn't been changed.
The license permitted 'use for any purpose in source or binary form'. It did not permit modification. This was simply a misunderstanding.
In light of recent clarifications by the author on this, people are getting antsy because they just assumed they could do whatever they felt like with his code.
Though.. I suppose one could argue that 'using the source for any purpose' would include making new code with it.
He has spent countless hours working on code, and now everyone is acting all pissed at him because THEY misunderstood the license. Knowing how the /. crowd tends to work, I wouldn't be surprised if he's getting TONS of harassing flames from uninformed idiots.
Folks, it is not for us to tell the author of ANY code what he can or cannot do with it.
This isn't about 'which OS is better' or 'which is more secure'.
Its about statistics, and about more than just the OS.
They found, in their studies, that linux-based shops tended to have less security problems than NT based shops, due to a combination of software, better trained and happier employees, etc.. so they did what insurance companies do.. they said 'if you use linux, we will give you a cheaper premium'.
A real-life example of the same thing.
Auto insurance in Alberta, Canada. If you are under 25, and especially if you are a male under the age of 25, insurance is expensive.
Once you are over 25, it gets much cheaper.
Now... I've been driving since I was 16, and never had an accident. Does this insurance policy imply that I am somehow incompetent? Certainly not... they're just playing at statistics. 80% of their costs come from male drivers under the age of 25, so they make those drivers pay more. Period.
Now pretend young male driver = NT shop, you get the same sort of thing.
1) They say DONATION. It's pretty hard to claim you didn't understand what 'donation' meant.
2) You do get something from mandrake. They may be a for-profit company, but you can get all their work for free online, whenever you want.
Some people would buy mandrake if they could, to support the company, but it's not available in the stores where they live, so they download it for free. This gives them a way to donate back.
Kind of hard for us to talk about the new economy and then whine about companies doing something different.
The numer 1 reason nerds in chairs develop back/neck/wrist problems is NOT because of bad posture, but because of lack of exercise; bad posture comes in second. If you have sufficiently developed back muscles/wrist muscles, you simply don't get these problems. Sitting does NOT put an extraordinary strain on a healthy strong back. And we're not talking arnold schwazernegger here.....just ride a bike a few days a week, or go to a gym, or something...
It looks more like someone harassed him into changing the wording on HIS software to be more specific.
The original license agreement says nothing at all about derivitive works or nonexclusive rights.
IT says you may use and distribute 'it' in source or binary form, 'it' being the source you are given.
Also, redistribution not permitted simply means YOU cannot redistribute it without the permission of the copyright holder. It does not mean nobody can have it.
Silly as it may be... it is.
And is he claiming it's open-source? I don't know..
It's usenet! Any concept of 'intellectual property' is fairly flimsy.. if you post something to a global, uncontrolled, multi-jurisdiction, uncentralized anarchaic discussion forum like usenet, how can you possibly be so silly as to think you can demand what people do and don't do with you work? Sheesh. Gimme a break.
Next thing you know, people will want money for my repeating the jokes they tell at parties...
Folks, what they are saying is not that they own your data. You are still free to do what you will with said data....
They are (it looks like) simply covering their ass, so if they one day build a new database they don't get SUED by some yahoo who says 'you don't have the right to do that'.
They are saying that if you post through them, then they can do what they want with the posting, basically. Yes, it cuold have some negative ramifications.. but then, I doubt peopel would be posting sensitive IP to usenet anyway.
Regardless of 'posters rights' I think it's silly to post something to a public, global, uncontrolled and uncentralized forum like usenet and expect to have any sort of control, legal or otherwise, over what happens to the data you posted.
Is that countries are not made of 'consumers'.. they are made of 'citizens'.. and in a roundabout way, Government making rules = CITIZENS making rules.
If the people want to restrict what Amazon can do, doing it through government is an option.
Though what you say is absolutely true.... let's analyze.
So you mean, the company cannot stay in business because it's stock is down? What ever happened to PROFITS?
Oh. Right. I forgot. It's acceptable for a company that will never be profitable to use the stock market to get funds and drive lots of small, profitable companies out of business only to go bankrupt later on in life, having never actually made more than it spent.