One problem with giving it to small businesses is that the government definition includes a lot of not-so-small businesses.
The numbers vary according to category but for the category "Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services" you can have as much as $25 million in receipts and still be considered a "small" business.
I think it's rather hilarious that anti-MS emotions run so strong around here that former MS employees have to prove their open source credentials to feel comfortable expressing an opinion and even then people accuse them of working at a company that's not anti-MS enough.
Why not evaluate comments on their merits rather than dismiss them if they come from people who don't agree with your philosophy?
Are you assuming that the size of the shuffle-of-the-year is the best size by definition? Apple has been flip-flopping between tall and wide shuffle's - it doesn't suggest optimal design but rather the desire to look different than the last model.
I know we're all definition Nazis around here, but does it really matter whether Apple's closed headphone is actually DRM (apparently a sensitive issue with Apple fans) or just an Apple lock-in.
Horse shit is as good as Cow shit to a user who is "deaf" because he can't plug in his quality headphones.
So if say 50% of the earth were covered with water it would mean overpopulation isn't an issue, global warming wouldn't be affected by water currents, etc?
I don't think knowing the percentage is all that important to non-scientists' understanding of critical scientific issues.
"Forgetting for just a moment that one of President Obama's best friends is a well known terrorist (not going to list all of the sources on this, but if you deny it you are clearly trolling or obviously ignorant);"
Actually, you're wrong on both counts. Bill Ayers isn't one of Obama's best friends and prior to the last presidential campaign, hardly anyone under the age of 55 had ever heard his name.
You can check your anatomy all you want, and even though there may be normal variation, when it comes right down to it, this far inside pseudoscience it all looks the same.
Open source experts on Slashdot.org have been assuring us for years that open source projects can make a profit, so I'm sure that a popular application like FireFox can survive without being propped-up by Google.
Actually, the discussion involves both perception of quality and objective quality. If it didn't, there really wouldn't be much to discuss. Everyone knows that perception is subjective and everyone knows that some coding schemes are better than others.
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What constitution are you referring to? Certainly not the US one.
"Microsoft hasn't paid any taxes to Washington state in several years."
And Washington state residents haven't paid any income taxes either since Washington doesn't have any.
One problem with giving it to small businesses is that the government definition includes a lot of not-so-small businesses.
The numbers vary according to category but for the category "Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services" you can have as much as $25 million in receipts and still be considered a "small" business.
Sure, that's why we've been in a continuous depression since the thirties .. oh wait.
I think it's rather hilarious that anti-MS emotions run so strong around here that former MS employees have to prove their open source credentials to feel comfortable expressing an opinion and even then people accuse them of working at a company that's not anti-MS enough.
Why not evaluate comments on their merits rather than dismiss them if they come from people who don't agree with your philosophy?
"Because putting in a screen costs money"
So Apple passes-on those savings to customers .. oh wait.
Are you assuming that the size of the shuffle-of-the-year is the best size by definition? Apple has been flip-flopping between tall and wide shuffle's - it doesn't suggest optimal design but rather the desire to look different than the last model.
I believe I saw a previous generation Shuffle for about $25 at Best Buy yesterday.
I know we're all definition Nazis around here, but does it really matter whether Apple's closed headphone is actually DRM (apparently a sensitive issue with Apple fans) or just an Apple lock-in.
Horse shit is as good as Cow shit to a user who is "deaf" because he can't plug in his quality headphones.
"Yet, when the secular progressives run everything literacy is now less than it was when GOD was actually in the classrooms."
God had to graduate sometime.
The got the idea from the C/C++ test employers give to interviewees. You know the type that implicitly say:
"We write really bad code here, so we want to make sure you can read and understand it.
So you're saying his user ID is on drugs?
So if say 50% of the earth were covered with water it would mean overpopulation isn't an issue, global warming wouldn't be affected by water currents, etc?
I don't think knowing the percentage is all that important to non-scientists' understanding of critical scientific issues.
Certainly MS could sue anyone who they claim violated their patent and didn't buy a license. It has nothing special to do with laptops or Linux.
The question is whether they would succeed.
"I don't know something about machinery, I know everything about machinery."
How long before "news for nerds" includes fashion and beauty stories?
"Forgetting for just a moment that one of President Obama's best friends is a well known terrorist (not going to list all of the sources on this, but if you deny it you are clearly trolling or obviously ignorant);"
Actually, you're wrong on both counts. Bill Ayers isn't one of Obama's best friends and prior to the last presidential campaign, hardly anyone under the age of 55 had ever heard his name.
You can check your anatomy all you want, and even though there may be normal variation, when it comes right down to it, this far inside pseudoscience it all looks the same.
Open source experts on Slashdot.org have been assuring us for years that open source projects can make a profit, so I'm sure that a popular application like FireFox can survive without being propped-up by Google.
That's like asking Al's father what he thinks of the CHP or state troopers.
"The promise of the internet is free and open data."
I thought the promise of the internet was free porn.
Seriously, it started as a government program and open and free communications was not the goal.
Actually, the discussion involves both perception of quality and objective quality. If it didn't, there really wouldn't be much to discuss. Everyone knows that perception is subjective and everyone knows that some coding schemes are better than others.
For some "live" isn't the ideal, but accuracy still applies.
Whatever the intent of the artists and producers, if the sample rate is too low or the encoding too constrained, nobody will hear it properly.
On the contrary, it's the pirates that got people preferring MP3's, the recording industry would prefer having you buy the higher quality CDs.
I don't think that's a good analogy. There is no accuracy in coffee that expensive coffee is closer to than Sanka is.