technically yes, but I'm sure the guy got a lot more enjoyment out of his work by building the bike brakes. A real world test always demonstrates the point and gets publicity better than publishing some numbers in a paper.
/. is putting Google in the spotlight to get page views. IRS audits are not new or really even newsworthy. It's not like the audit has been concluded and Google owes a hefty tax bill. That may happen, or it may be perfectly legitimate.
It's all about the ratings.
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I think Buffet was implying that the current tax system allows him to get away with extremely low net tax rates. I think he honestly wants the system to be reformed somehow to raise his and other ultra-wealthy individuals net tax rates. This could be through closing down tax avoidance methods or just raising his tax rate so the money that is taxed gets hit at a higher rate. I know Buffet is a shrewd business man, but I believe he's reached a level of success and a point in his life that he would like to see beneficial changes made and not just try to screw his competition with taxes as a weapon.
My thoughts exactly. Perhaps he means that in the case of an audit, if you were found to have overpaid for previous years that you get 4% on that over-payment? It seems a little fishy, otherwise I'd do like you say and put a lot more cash into the bank of IRS for a 4% return.
I don't think you need to be a Chemist to know what NaCl is. In fact, if you don't know what it is, you are either very young and haven't learned it, a complete idiot, or the modern school systems are a complete joke. Perhaps seeing "NaCl" in the summary would spur someone who is unaware of what it is to actually try to learn something and look it up.
I shouldn't get in the middle of this, but losing ground != no longer #1. They can still be the #1 mobile OS provider, the #1 smart phone manufacturer, and the #1 tablet manufacturer, but still lose some ground in regards to market share.
Unless there're some major medical advances and I live for an extremely long time, or I just throw my books in puddles of water whenever I can, I will rot before my books do. Durability of the medium is an important topic of discussion for preserving knowledge and information for society across generations, but not so much for a single persons lifetime.
Damn straight! I don't really think the idea of using more than one finger on the touchscreen is stealing at all. Apple may have come up with a very good implementation of multitouch usage, but unless you've lived your entire life interacting with the world one finger at a time, its an obvious step for touchscreen devices.
So yeah, Apple trying legal tricks to block competition based on retarded patents that shouldn't have been granted is something I don't like. Samsung violating stupid patents, is something I don't consider stealing. I look at it more akin to an act of protest against a tyrannical patent system.
Just to back up your points, a plain clothes vice cop may initiate contact with a prostitute, but they would never make the arrest unless it was in an enclosed space. Vice stings are usually run like an assembly line. The plain clothes cop and the pro go somewhere semiprivate, uniformed officers take over arrest and separate the two, the plainclothes "john" is set free to find another girl. Why would they blow his cover to bring in a working girl that will be out of jail the next day?
And in any of these cases a short exchange of shouts would let most bystanders determine the gist of what is going on before they decide to pepper spray the whole crew.
If you're trying to stick to the required maintenance schedule so any future warranty claims aren't denied, that's one thing. Changing the oil every 3k miles just because you think it's saving the engine is excessive maintenance. The detergents in the oil turn black from heat, so the color of the oil is not an indication of cleanliness. Oil can go at least 5k if not 7.5k miles between changes. I would only suggest more frequent changes if you have a taxi or drive in the desert.
Initial disclaimer - I have XP at work and have no choice in upgrading. That said, IE9 blocks no malware whatsoever on XP, as it is not supported. Chrome runs nicely on XP though. So in that situation it is really Chrome vs. IE8 that is of importance.
increasing mobility or mobilizing electrons? It sounds like you are saying that it captures heat by exciting the potential of the p-orbital. This could cause electron flow across the Graphene sheet, but every electron that leaves the sheet would cause a charge imbalance and be a driving force to send that electron right back to the sheet.
Well, this isn't a renewable energy source. It's just a funky property of Graphene. Far from generating any reasonable amount of energy this is just a low current induced by light. Could it lead to high efficiency solar power generation? Maybe, but that is extremely premature to think based on this story.
Its difficult to see the improvements in battery tech. Every improvement is met by electronic devices that consume more and more power meaning no real change in battery life in practice. More electrons might be flowing across these battery terminals, but the average Joe just sees the same amount of time they get to spend playing with their phone or whatever the device du jour is.
I feel your pain, but come on now. Capital punishment for spamming? It's a tough enough case to push for justifiable homicide if someone physically breaks into your house and tries to rob you. How are you going to press the case that, "he spammed me, so I shot his ass"? Scams, fraud and general douche-hattery are not new. This is just a newer realm for them.
I'm not denying anything you say, but I love this software upgrade idea. So we will have hardware that is fully capable of higher speeds, its just a matter of getting a spec finalized and upgrading software. Sounds too good to be true and I'll believe it when it slaps me in the face.
The cheapest by far is the plan my mom pays for so she can call me whenever I wander out of the basement. I don't have a lot of these phone calls otherwise and just use it to tether and get more porn downloads.
It's too bad your comment got picked apart as a GSM>CDMA argument. Its a shame to have people buy a device and then not be able to use it for more than a year or two. The summary even suggests this isn't a problem, "Current subscribers signed up for WiMAX plans won't have to worry, as their devices will continue to be supported throughout 2012". WTF? Don't worry but your device's obsolescence wont be until it was planned anyway so be a good consumer and buy another one. What will wireless providers do when devices are just "good enough" and people don't feel the need to upgrade all the time, or when they are cheap enough that subsidizing phones makes no sense at all.
I don't buy they idea that the structural components are magnetized to a great enough extent to cause these problems, but even if they are, I fail to see how that makes them nonstandard. They are not any weaker in regards to their strength, and they are simply structural components. Should have used wood beam construction to begin with, stop letting builders get away with cheap building materials. Of course I don't have to worry about termites where I'm at.
BOA probably doesn't care if those people leave. What value is a customer that kept a low balance in a checking account at BOA, but made numerous debit card transactions in a month? They were worth keeping for the debit card fees. Now that those fees are drastically reduced, those customers are next to worthless for BOA. If they can't kick up some revenue from those customers with a $5 fee, they will have no problems if they leave with their minimal daily balances.
This fee does not apply to balances over $5000, so those people will most likely not move. Part of their "mathematical research in keeping people in debt and ripping everyone off" most likely includes determining if losing X customers, but making Y additional fee dollars is justified.
As tremendously lame as that $5/mo fee is, the writing is on the wall and soon all commercial banks will be charging some sort of debit card fee. It seems that the fees they can charge merchants for accepting debit card transactions have been capped by law, credit card fees are not capped. Guess which type of transaction they want to push people towards.
Credit Unions may not go this route, but who knows? It's not like banks are exactly making tons of money to be able to tolerate not charging fees.
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why would you test an experimental wireless bicycle braking system anywhere near 4 lanes of traffic. Perhaps a park or trail would be a better place.
This IS just a wireless test application with no plans to make a consumer device.
technically yes, but I'm sure the guy got a lot more enjoyment out of his work by building the bike brakes. A real world test always demonstrates the point and gets publicity better than publishing some numbers in a paper.
/. is putting Google in the spotlight to get page views. IRS audits are not new or really even newsworthy. It's not like the audit has been concluded and Google owes a hefty tax bill. That may happen, or it may be perfectly legitimate.
It's all about the ratings.
I think Buffet was implying that the current tax system allows him to get away with extremely low net tax rates. I think he honestly wants the system to be reformed somehow to raise his and other ultra-wealthy individuals net tax rates. This could be through closing down tax avoidance methods or just raising his tax rate so the money that is taxed gets hit at a higher rate. I know Buffet is a shrewd business man, but I believe he's reached a level of success and a point in his life that he would like to see beneficial changes made and not just try to screw his competition with taxes as a weapon.
My thoughts exactly. Perhaps he means that in the case of an audit, if you were found to have overpaid for previous years that you get 4% on that over-payment? It seems a little fishy, otherwise I'd do like you say and put a lot more cash into the bank of IRS for a 4% return.
I don't think you need to be a Chemist to know what NaCl is. In fact, if you don't know what it is, you are either very young and haven't learned it, a complete idiot, or the modern school systems are a complete joke. Perhaps seeing "NaCl" in the summary would spur someone who is unaware of what it is to actually try to learn something and look it up.
I shouldn't get in the middle of this, but losing ground != no longer #1. They can still be the #1 mobile OS provider, the #1 smart phone manufacturer, and the #1 tablet manufacturer, but still lose some ground in regards to market share.
Unless there're some major medical advances and I live for an extremely long time, or I just throw my books in puddles of water whenever I can, I will rot before my books do. Durability of the medium is an important topic of discussion for preserving knowledge and information for society across generations, but not so much for a single persons lifetime.
Damn straight! I don't really think the idea of using more than one finger on the touchscreen is stealing at all. Apple may have come up with a very good implementation of multitouch usage, but unless you've lived your entire life interacting with the world one finger at a time, its an obvious step for touchscreen devices.
So yeah, Apple trying legal tricks to block competition based on retarded patents that shouldn't have been granted is something I don't like. Samsung violating stupid patents, is something I don't consider stealing. I look at it more akin to an act of protest against a tyrannical patent system.
Come on now, you've never talked with Fanboi? He has a killer stand up routine.
Just to back up your points, a plain clothes vice cop may initiate contact with a prostitute, but they would never make the arrest unless it was in an enclosed space. Vice stings are usually run like an assembly line. The plain clothes cop and the pro go somewhere semiprivate, uniformed officers take over arrest and separate the two, the plainclothes "john" is set free to find another girl. Why would they blow his cover to bring in a working girl that will be out of jail the next day?
And in any of these cases a short exchange of shouts would let most bystanders determine the gist of what is going on before they decide to pepper spray the whole crew.
If you're trying to stick to the required maintenance schedule so any future warranty claims aren't denied, that's one thing. Changing the oil every 3k miles just because you think it's saving the engine is excessive maintenance. The detergents in the oil turn black from heat, so the color of the oil is not an indication of cleanliness. Oil can go at least 5k if not 7.5k miles between changes. I would only suggest more frequent changes if you have a taxi or drive in the desert.
Initial disclaimer - I have XP at work and have no choice in upgrading. That said, IE9 blocks no malware whatsoever on XP, as it is not supported. Chrome runs nicely on XP though. So in that situation it is really Chrome vs. IE8 that is of importance.
increasing mobility or mobilizing electrons? It sounds like you are saying that it captures heat by exciting the potential of the p-orbital. This could cause electron flow across the Graphene sheet, but every electron that leaves the sheet would cause a charge imbalance and be a driving force to send that electron right back to the sheet.
Well, this isn't a renewable energy source. It's just a funky property of Graphene. Far from generating any reasonable amount of energy this is just a low current induced by light. Could it lead to high efficiency solar power generation? Maybe, but that is extremely premature to think based on this story.
Its difficult to see the improvements in battery tech. Every improvement is met by electronic devices that consume more and more power meaning no real change in battery life in practice. More electrons might be flowing across these battery terminals, but the average Joe just sees the same amount of time they get to spend playing with their phone or whatever the device du jour is.
with the additional deterrence of the home being put on Mars. Foreclosure is a bitch in that jurisdiction.
I feel your pain, but come on now. Capital punishment for spamming? It's a tough enough case to push for justifiable homicide if someone physically breaks into your house and tries to rob you. How are you going to press the case that, "he spammed me, so I shot his ass"? Scams, fraud and general douche-hattery are not new. This is just a newer realm for them.
I'm not denying anything you say, but I love this software upgrade idea. So we will have hardware that is fully capable of higher speeds, its just a matter of getting a spec finalized and upgrading software. Sounds too good to be true and I'll believe it when it slaps me in the face.
The cheapest by far is the plan my mom pays for so she can call me whenever I wander out of the basement. I don't have a lot of these phone calls otherwise and just use it to tether and get more porn downloads.
It's too bad your comment got picked apart as a GSM>CDMA argument. Its a shame to have people buy a device and then not be able to use it for more than a year or two. The summary even suggests this isn't a problem, "Current subscribers signed up for WiMAX plans won't have to worry, as their devices will continue to be supported throughout 2012". WTF? Don't worry but your device's obsolescence wont be until it was planned anyway so be a good consumer and buy another one. What will wireless providers do when devices are just "good enough" and people don't feel the need to upgrade all the time, or when they are cheap enough that subsidizing phones makes no sense at all.
I don't buy they idea that the structural components are magnetized to a great enough extent to cause these problems, but even if they are, I fail to see how that makes them nonstandard. They are not any weaker in regards to their strength, and they are simply structural components. Should have used wood beam construction to begin with, stop letting builders get away with cheap building materials. Of course I don't have to worry about termites where I'm at.
BOA probably doesn't care if those people leave. What value is a customer that kept a low balance in a checking account at BOA, but made numerous debit card transactions in a month? They were worth keeping for the debit card fees. Now that those fees are drastically reduced, those customers are next to worthless for BOA. If they can't kick up some revenue from those customers with a $5 fee, they will have no problems if they leave with their minimal daily balances.
This fee does not apply to balances over $5000, so those people will most likely not move. Part of their "mathematical research in keeping people in debt and ripping everyone off" most likely includes determining if losing X customers, but making Y additional fee dollars is justified.
As tremendously lame as that $5/mo fee is, the writing is on the wall and soon all commercial banks will be charging some sort of debit card fee. It seems that the fees they can charge merchants for accepting debit card transactions have been capped by law, credit card fees are not capped. Guess which type of transaction they want to push people towards.
Credit Unions may not go this route, but who knows? It's not like banks are exactly making tons of money to be able to tolerate not charging fees.