I don't know that that would be the "Formula One" of the horse world. Formula One has been sanitized and sterilized so much over the last two decades that I suspect such a horse could almost out-run a Formula One car!;)
F1 is about entertainment now- not the cutting edge technology and speed.
As a parent, I encourage anything that might help the kids want to achieve.
Our society is so worried about hurting the esteem of the less gifted we hold the gifted back.
I'm frustrated as all heck that my kids comes home from school bored witless because his school work is too easy. According to the tests- he already is beyond the end of school goals for maths, english and science- yet because "everyone has to be the same" and "don't want to make the stupid kids feel stupid" he, and the other gifted kids have to go at the same plodding pace and be held back.
He is second grade and still being taught things that I taught him before he even started school. He learns quickly- let him progress.
Let all kids learn at their own rate. Let kids be encouraged to learn.
Do you mean a poll tax where everyone pays the same flat amount?
Britain has tried that twice with disasterous results. Most recently see the fall of the mighty Maggie Thatcher- it was the poll tax that killed her career off. (granted the poll tax was just one tax of many).
People hated the poll tax so much that masses of them refused to pay- which of course meant the share for those that DID pay went up.
In order for a poll tax to replace ALL taxes- without the government lowering operating costs [laughs out loud] the poll tax would have to be GREATER than the amount of money brought in by the poorest people.
Sorry, but if the poor spend their money on big screen TVs and live above their income they deserve to be taxed for their lifestyle they lead.
My household isn't poor- we're about average income. We don't even have a big screen TV.
I suspect poor people would however, spend a substatial lower portion of their income on luxuries (so avoiding the higher sales taxes on a progressive sales tax).
To be honest... I'd much rather a sales tax than an income tax.
An income tax costs us many millions to support, police,etc- and it ends up that the very rich can find ways to pay very little tax through loopholes while the middle rich and the lower incomes pay higher percentages.
Most sales tax suggestions are not progressive- but they could be made so. (non-restaurant) Food untaxed. clothing items under x$ at a lower rate.
Virus? Should have used a Mac... although of course then it would have cost the military twice as much and they'd be forced to buy their ammunition from Apple.
(FAST) project is "designed to track and monitor, among other inputs, body movements, voice pitch changes, prosody changes (alterations in the rhythm and intonation of speech), eye movements, body heat changes, and breathing patterns."
That sounds more like the effect a semi-attractive girl has on a slash dotter than a terrorist response.
I refuse to believe scientific progress has been made- or that this is an improvement over traditional RAM until I see a room full of randomly flashing LED lights.
The question is- why had IT not got a monitoring device that checked to see if people received warnings acted on the warnings.
It seems to me if you send a report out- there needs to be a report that reports on whether or not anyone read the report. If management had such a tool- they would have known they received a report and didn't act on it.
Love thy neighbour- but you're supposed to hate your family:
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:26
Perhaps Jobs has family in the Westboro baptist church.
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I don't know that that would be the "Formula One" of the horse world. Formula One has been sanitized and sterilized so much over the last two decades that I suspect such a horse could almost out-run a Formula One car! ;)
F1 is about entertainment now- not the cutting edge technology and speed.
Pah! Bet it won't work on a 2005 e-machines with an integrated video card. :(
I agree... it is absurd- I wonder what percentage of our tax income goes towards policing that tax?
How much is corruptly squirrelled away or sneaked out through loop holes.
I'm all for a simplified tax system.
As a parent, I encourage anything that might help the kids want to achieve.
Our society is so worried about hurting the esteem of the less gifted we hold the gifted back.
I'm frustrated as all heck that my kids comes home from school bored witless because his school work is too easy. According to the tests- he already is beyond the end of school goals for maths, english and science- yet because "everyone has to be the same" and "don't want to make the stupid kids feel stupid" he, and the other gifted kids have to go at the same plodding pace and be held back.
He is second grade and still being taught things that I taught him before he even started school. He learns quickly- let him progress.
Let all kids learn at their own rate. Let kids be encouraged to learn.
I absolutely agree that sales tax [can be] the fairest tax,
I would however say that it should exclude groceries (as Florida, I believe does), and perhaps clothing items under a certain $ amount.
Personally, I would offset them with an increased rate on goods over a certain value. A "luxuries" sales tax, taxed at a higher rate.
Do you mean a poll tax where everyone pays the same flat amount?
Britain has tried that twice with disasterous results. Most recently see the fall of the mighty Maggie Thatcher- it was the poll tax that killed her career off. (granted the poll tax was just one tax of many).
People hated the poll tax so much that masses of them refused to pay- which of course meant the share for those that DID pay went up.
In order for a poll tax to replace ALL taxes- without the government lowering operating costs [laughs out loud] the poll tax would have to be GREATER than the amount of money brought in by the poorest people.
Good luck getting support for a poll tax.
Sorry, but if the poor spend their money on big screen TVs and live above their income they deserve to be taxed for their lifestyle they lead.
My household isn't poor- we're about average income. We don't even have a big screen TV.
I suspect poor people would however, spend a substatial lower portion of their income on luxuries (so avoiding the higher sales taxes on a progressive sales tax).
If they don't - it's their own darn fault.
To be honest... I'd much rather a sales tax than an income tax.
An income tax costs us many millions to support, police,etc- and it ends up that the very rich can find ways to pay very little tax through loopholes while the middle rich and the lower incomes pay higher percentages.
Most sales tax suggestions are not progressive- but they could be made so. (non-restaurant) Food untaxed. clothing items under x$ at a lower rate.
Luxuries taxed at a higher rate.
Forget your keys... has anyone seen my cat?
Should be good for the Lulz.
SkyBSB is the virus.
Virus? Should have used a Mac... although of course then it would have cost the military twice as much and they'd be forced to buy their ammunition from Apple.
Are they allowed to call it "Apps Engine"? Don't Apple legally own the word "App" now?
OK, I'm being a bit pretentious I know- but considering Apple went after people for having "App Stores" - how much different is "App Engine"?
Is this another stupid patent/copyright fight waiting to happen?
Yes, but will data travel from the collider to my cell-phone at speeds faster than light?
Gosh, I hope they don't read the Dune series or they'll be covering themselves in sand trout.
(FAST) project is "designed to track and monitor, among other inputs, body movements, voice pitch changes, prosody changes (alterations in the rhythm and intonation of speech), eye movements, body heat changes, and breathing patterns."
That sounds more like the effect a semi-attractive girl has on a slash dotter than a terrorist response.
I refuse to believe scientific progress has been made- or that this is an improvement over traditional RAM until I see a room full of randomly flashing LED lights.
I'm sure they can use the technique to find others. But even if not- having Hubble "confirm" other telescope's findings is valuable too.
It's great to find something... it's even better to confirm you really did.
Well... at least we know that "Silver" light travels at the speed of C#.
He could be an Android they're electronic.
The question is- why had IT not got a monitoring device that checked to see if people received warnings acted on the warnings.
It seems to me if you send a report out- there needs to be a report that reports on whether or not anyone read the report. If management had such a tool- they would have known they received a report and didn't act on it.
If C# is now the speed of light- does that mean that Java exceeds the speed of light?
So now what- all time zones cease to exist? How do I know what time it is?
does anybody really know what time it is?
....(about time)
does anybody really care?
They could never duplicate this experiment in West Virginia because relativity is hard to define there.
Love thy neighbour- but you're supposed to hate your family:
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:26
Perhaps Jobs has family in the Westboro baptist church.