Speak for yourself. My computers don't crash. If yours keep crashing, maybe you should consider picking up the book "Comptuers for Dummies". I hear that it's helpful for people such as yourself.
You're under the false assumption that a hundred bucks is worth a job. I really doubt that anybody is going to voluntarily save $100, then worry about whether or not they can even get their job done.
Jesus, if somebody did that, the market for pot would drop through the floor because Kudzu is one of the most aggressive, fastest growing plants I've ever seen. And, the Fed would finally have to give up their stupid goddamned crusade because there'd be no possible way to stop people from walking out to their backyard to gets some "budzu".
You stupid clod. This is obviously debug code that was forgotten about and left in. It would NEVER be used in real life. It's not a big deal at all unless you like to make up your own HTML and run it in IE for fun (which was obviouisly done in this case).
I thought it said "High Tech Killer Weed" at first. I got excited. Finally, a/. topic that's REALLY interesting. I'm so sad. Disappointed, not stoned, and sad.
An FTP install requires a constant connection. That's impossible over a few days with most dialup connections. But I can easily break & resume a regular download with dialup. For big downloads, I often start it up every night before I go to bed and when it's done, it's done. You can't do that if you do an FTP install.
In my state, you had to make a phone call into the automated system, then go meet with someone once every 2 weeks with a list of jobs you applied for, and to discuss your job hunt. The unemployment offices were so busy that they had people waiting outside the office every 2 weeks. There were no interviews, no face-to-face with unemployment people. You just dropped off your job search sheet (ha!) and left. The system's completely overloaded, but good ol' Bush keeps telling people that the economy is great. Riiight.... The unemployment office is well past capacity, and not with ditch diggers, but with former professionals with families that are trying to scrape by with a whopping $396/week. I assume that the offices are not quite so overloaded now, as most people have already gone through all of their unemployment already.
I knew enough to get out of IT completely and open a shop. I have lots of ex-IT professionals who come in.... they're now delivering pizzas or selling cars. The economy is fucked beyond belief.
True, it's taxable, but at maximum unemployment in most states (a few hundred bucks a week), over the course of a year (if you can get unemployment for a year), you're still under the poverty line, and you'll be in the 0% tax bracket. That's where I fell last year.
If this thing ever takes off (they're at zero artists right now... not a good sign), I'm just curious as to how Fat Chuck is going to pay for bandwidth. Anyone can put up a website. I'll believe that they take 0% when I see it. That's like opening a retail store and selling everything for what it costs you. Sure, the customers are happy, but you have expenses, and with zero profit, you won't be able to stay open for long.
This is stupid, boring, and pointless. Pictures of plastic gnomes. Wow. That sure is wild and crazy. Jeez, what were those wacky kids thinking? If this is MIT's idea of a good time, I'm glad as hell I didn't attend.
Hell, you don't even have to incorporate right off. You can start off as a simple sole proprietorship and just use your SS#. When you do your taxes, any income is just reported as a "schedule C". You can deal with all of this legal mumbo jumbo if and when you prove you can actually make a dime in this shitty economy. If you can land a dime's worth of business, THEN you can start worrying about the specific legalities. None of them can't be done later. If you're like everybody else, get your ass in gear trying to get work and pay your bills first. You're putting the cart before the horse.
A business license in most areas is no more than $100. (It was $10 in my town). I've never actually heard of any government body going to a location of a business to check up on a license, anyway. My point is that he's getting ahead of himself. Just start the damn business, get some cash flow. You don't have to worry about zoning until you start hiring people, and as soon as you can afford to pay a salary (or even hourly wage), a small rent payment monthly becomes irrelevant if all you need is office space.
Once you can afford to hire people, you can afford an office. Even in the most expensive cities, office space can always be found *cheap*. If you just need a heated building, power, and phone lines, you can set up anywhere. If this guy's talking about bootstrapping, then ignore minor laws like zoning. If you can afford to hire even a single person, you can afford a few hundred bucks a month for a broomcloset office in a commercial (or even industrial) part of town.
I know I am. Ignore zoning/homeoner's associations/whatever. Who in their right mind is going to know or care if you're writing software in your house?? That kind of piddly shit is the last thing you should be thinking about when starting a business. Ignore it, and concentrate on building a business.
That's all very true. If you want to really think along these lines and ponder what is reality, read Plato. He came up with these ideas thousands of years ago.
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$100 x 500 =
50000
Thats enough money to employee a techie for a year and a small pay rise for me!
One support person for 500 Linux users? Are you trying to describe hell on earth?
Speak for yourself. My computers don't crash. If yours keep crashing, maybe you should consider picking up the book "Comptuers for Dummies". I hear that it's helpful for people such as yourself.
'free' in the GNU/Linux terms means freedom, not moolah.
No. You're still talking about money. I'm "free" to buy all of the Windows licenses I want. My "Freedom" isn't restricted at all.
You're under the false assumption that a hundred bucks is worth a job. I really doubt that anybody is going to voluntarily save $100, then worry about whether or not they can even get their job done.
This is an overview of an article that costs $95. My guess is that the $95 article has some real numbers.
in our defense, at least our laptops are thinner.
Last I checked, Microsoft didn't make laptops. They write software that can be used on many, many different kinds of computers.
It looks like many people have already decided to test their "ping" commands... the site's down.
I'm waiting for someone to cross pot with Kudzu.
Jesus, if somebody did that, the market for pot would drop through the floor because Kudzu is one of the most aggressive, fastest growing plants I've ever seen. And, the Fed would finally have to give up their stupid goddamned crusade because there'd be no possible way to stop people from walking out to their backyard to gets some "budzu".
You stupid clod. This is obviously debug code that was forgotten about and left in. It would NEVER be used in real life. It's not a big deal at all unless you like to make up your own HTML and run it in IE for fun (which was obviouisly done in this case).
I thought it said "High Tech Killer Weed" at first. I got excited. Finally, a /. topic that's REALLY interesting. I'm so sad. Disappointed, not stoned, and sad.
An FTP install requires a constant connection. That's impossible over a few days with most dialup connections. But I can easily break & resume a regular download with dialup. For big downloads, I often start it up every night before I go to bed and when it's done, it's done. You can't do that if you do an FTP install.
What's going to happen, a trekkie is going to lose his virginity?
Sure that could happen... in an episode where they travel to an alternate dimension.
FTP install? Sure. Now who's gonna pay for my broadband.
Different tools for different jobs. I use 'em in a few places because they're the best solution.
In my state, you had to make a phone call into the automated system, then go meet with someone once every 2 weeks with a list of jobs you applied for, and to discuss your job hunt. The unemployment offices were so busy that they had people waiting outside the office every 2 weeks. There were no interviews, no face-to-face with unemployment people. You just dropped off your job search sheet (ha!) and left. The system's completely overloaded, but good ol' Bush keeps telling people that the economy is great. Riiight.... The unemployment office is well past capacity, and not with ditch diggers, but with former professionals with families that are trying to scrape by with a whopping $396/week. I assume that the offices are not quite so overloaded now, as most people have already gone through all of their unemployment already.
I knew enough to get out of IT completely and open a shop. I have lots of ex-IT professionals who come in.... they're now delivering pizzas or selling cars. The economy is fucked beyond belief.
True, it's taxable, but at maximum unemployment in most states (a few hundred bucks a week), over the course of a year (if you can get unemployment for a year), you're still under the poverty line, and you'll be in the 0% tax bracket. That's where I fell last year.
If this thing ever takes off (they're at zero artists right now... not a good sign), I'm just curious as to how Fat Chuck is going to pay for bandwidth. Anyone can put up a website. I'll believe that they take 0% when I see it. That's like opening a retail store and selling everything for what it costs you. Sure, the customers are happy, but you have expenses, and with zero profit, you won't be able to stay open for long.
This is stupid, boring, and pointless. Pictures of plastic gnomes. Wow. That sure is wild and crazy. Jeez, what were those wacky kids thinking? If this is MIT's idea of a good time, I'm glad as hell I didn't attend.
Hell, you don't even have to incorporate right off. You can start off as a simple sole proprietorship and just use your SS#. When you do your taxes, any income is just reported as a "schedule C". You can deal with all of this legal mumbo jumbo if and when you prove you can actually make a dime in this shitty economy. If you can land a dime's worth of business, THEN you can start worrying about the specific legalities. None of them can't be done later. If you're like everybody else, get your ass in gear trying to get work and pay your bills first. You're putting the cart before the horse.
A business license in most areas is no more than $100. (It was $10 in my town). I've never actually heard of any government body going to a location of a business to check up on a license, anyway. My point is that he's getting ahead of himself. Just start the damn business, get some cash flow. You don't have to worry about zoning until you start hiring people, and as soon as you can afford to pay a salary (or even hourly wage), a small rent payment monthly becomes irrelevant if all you need is office space.
Once you can afford to hire people, you can afford an office. Even in the most expensive cities, office space can always be found *cheap*. If you just need a heated building, power, and phone lines, you can set up anywhere. If this guy's talking about bootstrapping, then ignore minor laws like zoning. If you can afford to hire even a single person, you can afford a few hundred bucks a month for a broomcloset office in a commercial (or even industrial) part of town.
I know I am. Ignore zoning/homeoner's associations/whatever. Who in their right mind is going to know or care if you're writing software in your house?? That kind of piddly shit is the last thing you should be thinking about when starting a business. Ignore it, and concentrate on building a business.
Who fucking cares? We're only paying those Indians $5/day, so I'm happy if we get *any* software from 'em.
That's all very true. If you want to really think along these lines and ponder what is reality, read Plato. He came up with these ideas thousands of years ago.
Damn it.