"This Volcano is 25kms away from Lake Toba, a very beautiful fresh water lake with many tourist resorts."
Hmmm I wondr how that lake was formed, maybe there was a supervolcano there, I think I read something about that. (Biggest eruption in the last million years or something.
Anyway its not just Indonesians that live near volcanos , Lake Taupo is also a tourist attraction, and people also live there, and near the 3 active volcanos (Ruapehu, Tongario and Ngaruhoe ) in the centre of The North Island of NZ
"And less so now when most clocks are set automatically, and the few that aren't have 'dst' switches"
A lot of clocks that do it automatically, do it wrong since Congress changed the date of the change a few years ago.
And also animals and old peop[e are confused by the change. (Some residents already want to get up at 4:30am And I have to work tonight, its gonna be a long night.
"Lastly it would encourage savings rather than consumption"
No it wouldn't, since you would have to pay the tax when you seventually take the money out of the bank and spend it.
A new or increase in sales tax encourages you to spend the money before the tax comes into force, rather than saving the money up to buy something later.
I think that only the following items should have sales applied
Tobacco and other smoking substances (Some of the money go to fund healthcare and quit smoking programs Alcohol for recreational use (same as above) Carbon based fuels (proceeds to fund transportation infrastructure and research into non-carbon energy sources Firearms and ammo (to fund background checks, and crime solving institutions like police and FBI gambling (which is already controlled and taxed in most states
"It hasn't caused our software industry to implode because the taxes are applied across the board throughout the country.:
The thing is that software, and other stuff that is data,(Ebooks, game downloads, music etc) can be purchased outside a country or state, and delivered via the internet. The country or state doesn't have jurisdiction to tax the transaction.
Of course if the purchase is of something that thte buyer is going to claim as a business expense, then they may have to pay taxes on it. If its something for personal use then it isn't reported.
does this mean will not have to worry about upgrading to a new version of Firefox every other fortnight and having it break all the add-ons sounds good to me btw I just upgraded to FF 25 on my Win7 box and had to fiddle with Foxtab a lot to get it going again there was no mention during the upgrade process that Foxtab was incompatible
30Km isn't space, its only about 1/3 of the way there I think the definition of space starts at about 100Km you certainly couldnt achieve orbit at 30Km, you'd burn up
I think they needed them on Sword and Omaha too. (Theres a scene in "the Longest Day" with a couple reporters sending news back by pigeon and it flies the wrong way.
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"This Volcano is 25kms away from Lake Toba, a very beautiful fresh water lake with many tourist resorts."
Hmmm I wondr how that lake was formed, maybe there was a supervolcano there, I think I read something about that.
(Biggest eruption in the last million years or something.
Anyway its not just Indonesians that live near volcanos , Lake Taupo is also a tourist attraction, and people also live there, and near the 3 active volcanos (Ruapehu, Tongario and Ngaruhoe ) in the centre of The North Island of NZ
Geothermal ? Theres plenty of energy there...
Sounds like a good reason for NJ residents NOT to buy from Amazon.
(or people from any other state that they have a presence in.)
"Next month's full moon will have (very slightly) higher tides-- the Earth is a month closer to perihelion."
And you'll get even more extreme tides when the Sun passes between the Earth and the Moon.
" It's the "ounce of prevention" that is worth the "pound of cure"."
The rest of the world left ounces and pounds behind decades ago
"And less so now when most clocks are set automatically, and the few that aren't have 'dst' switches"
A lot of clocks that do it automatically, do it wrong since Congress changed the date of the change a few years ago.
And also animals and old peop[e are confused by the change. (Some residents already want to get up at 4:30am
And I have to work tonight, its gonna be a long night.
What about those of us who live either north or south of the Mississippi ?
I am sure the people in "The Cities" would not agree to that - including the politicians in St Paul.
"Or, how about all of use move to the UK, Portugal or one of the W African nations that are on 'zulu' time?"
Why is it called Zulu time? The Zulus are in eastern South Africa, not western -
The A1200 was being sold in '93. It had 68020 CPU standard.
They were priced as cheap as the A500 was 5 years earlier
"Lastly it would encourage savings rather than consumption"
No it wouldn't, since you would have to pay the tax when you seventually take the money out of the bank and spend it.
A new or increase in sales tax encourages you to spend the money before the tax comes into force, rather than saving the money up to buy something later.
I think that only the following items should have sales applied
Tobacco and other smoking substances (Some of the money go to fund healthcare and quit smoking programs
Alcohol for recreational use (same as above)
Carbon based fuels (proceeds to fund transportation infrastructure and research into non-carbon energy sources
Firearms and ammo (to fund background checks, and crime solving institutions like police and FBI
gambling (which is already controlled and taxed in most states
"It hasn't caused our software industry to implode because the taxes are applied across the board throughout the country.:
The thing is that software, and other stuff that is data,(Ebooks, game downloads, music etc) can be purchased outside a country or state, and delivered via the internet. The country or state doesn't have jurisdiction to tax the transaction.
Of course if the purchase is of something that thte buyer is going to claim as a business expense, then they may have to pay taxes on it. If its something for personal use then it isn't reported.
"The RAF came like 20 years after the nazis"
Actually the RAF was around before the NAZIs
It was formed in 1918, and Adolf didn't start the National Socialist Party until the 1920s
If they would just reconfigure the main deflector to emit a tachyon pulse...
I have to work you insensitive clod!
"cloud computing is indeed ready for prime time,"
Prime time is what - 8pm to 11pm Eastern Time?
I'm asleep during that time
I work night shift you insensitive clods !
So you can stick it up your aas
does this mean will not have to worry about upgrading to a new version of Firefox every other fortnight and having it break all the add-ons
sounds good to me
btw I just upgraded to FF 25 on my Win7 box and had to fiddle with Foxtab a lot to get it going again
there was no mention during the upgrade process that Foxtab was incompatible
"You can easily get 500 A from a car battery, it is about what is required to start the engine"
"You can easily get 500 A from a car battery, it is about what is required to start the engine"
6 Kilowatts needed to start a car engine ?
Surely you must be thinking of a truck
l can remember cars that you could start with a crank handle (yes the car was made before I was born )
30Km isn't space, its only about 1/3 of the way there
I think the definition of space starts at about 100Km
you certainly couldnt achieve orbit at 30Km, you'd burn up
Can you see Thuktun Flishithy ?
for Abo's with boomerangs
History Channel 2 (H2) has a new season of "Ancient Aliens" starting this month
And some guy goes hunting for a piece of it in 2061
That got blown out to Europa when they (the monoliths) blew up the planet
If given all at once, sure, but they also gave him 10 years, so he could have a couple of lashes each day and still be alive but in pain
The French will have to change their flag back to include the Fleur de Lys
(But it could be in white on a background of white so it will still look like their usual flag
Viva La France
I think they needed them on Sword and Omaha too.
(Theres a scene in "the Longest Day" with a couple reporters sending news back by pigeon and it flies the wrong way.