Progressive in taxes generally means that the rich will pay a higher rate than the poor. Since Forbes' proposal is C(I-x) (C being a constant less than 1, I being income, and x being the deduction), the actual percentage of income paid (C(I-x)/I)as taxes will increase and approach C as I goes to infinity.
just because something is proposed by a rich man does not mean he is out to get the poor man.
Nowhere did I say that's my view. All I was saying is that his plan is bound to be lambasted by the left...
Well, his flat tax proposal wasn't a true flat tax, as it did have one deduction: the first $x of income (x being a function of the number of dependents and whether or not you're filing jointly) was tax-free. Of course, it doesn't take a rocket-scientist to see that that would result in a tax system more progressive than the current system. Of course, because a billionaire (even though he's not listed on his list of the 400 richest people in the US, he'd easily be in the top 50) proposed it, everyone assumes that it's some means to rape the lower classes.
Forbes has no chance of ever getting the Republican nomination (he has a slightly better chance of getting elected on the off-chance he's nominated, imo). However, that has nothing to do with why he runs. He runs to maintain himself as a threat to the Republicans (do you want me not to fsck up your primaries? Here are the policies I'd like to see...). If he can consistently pull 30% of the Republican vote in the primaries (I pulled that number out of my ass), he damages the chances that the candidate preferred by the PTB in the party will win enough delegates to get nominated.
He's been the butt of jokes since '96 (remember the hilarious time he hosted SNL?)
This isn't the first Forbes anti-excessive patents article they've run... as a matter of fact, I've seen links to a couple already on Slashdot. Could Steve Forbes be pushing for patent reform to be a Republican plank in '04 (especially if he decides to run again...)?
I heard something about an evil bit being added to IPv4, but I haven't seen any links to it. Can anyone assist me? This sounds like something Slashdot would be very interested in...
Well, Mandrake has a policy against including software that's not Open Source in the main distro (they made an exception for Netscape back in the day, though). However, PLF (the repository for patent or license-encumbered Mandrake packages) could be a place to find them, in which case it's just a urpmi away.
Yeah... the main thing is that when your shareholders are various company insiders and a few VC's, it's a lot easier to call them up or meet them for a luncheon meeting or whatnot and convince them to take the longer term view. You can't do that when you have thousands of shareholders (many of whom, being on Wall Street, don't actually know the first thing about running a business).
LA's not a sports town. Period. No city for which it's oldest team was there in 1957 can be considered a sports town. No city which has no interest in getting an NFL franchise can be considered a sports town.
I'm not saying that New York is a great sports town (it really isn't...) but if it were anywhere other than the Northeast corridor (where Philly and Boston are true sports towns), it would be like a monolith of sports fans rising from the plains.
Despite all of this, I encourage you to check out Mandrake 9.1, and pop in the texstar RPMs (which should be part of the standard distro)
The main reason that Texstar's RPMs aren't in the main distro is that he refuses to do the work necessary to integrate them into the distro, and in some cases, is actually hostile to integrating them into the distro. It's all a stunt to draw hits to his web page imho.
Besides which, I wouldn't trust Texstar to package anything of any importance. My few experiences of his complete and total lack of packaging skills have forever damaged his name in my book.
...has nothing to do with it ever becoming law (other than it could become law).
This is because any number of crackpot bills get introduced because Massachusetts law requires a member of the General Court to file any and all bills given them by their constituents. If I were to give Steve Brewer or Anne Gobi a bill to prohibit drinking, dancing, and anything that a reasonable person might consider fun, they would be required to file it.
They discovered that the tape actually contained a goatse link in disguise, thanks to the use of the latest Slashcode, which only displays the domain name of links on the status bar.
Another guy that doesnt know what his talking about, because he has a Microsofty point of view.
This is Jon Lasser, who wrote one of the best hardening scripts for Linux (Bastille). Methinks you know not what you're talking about (or that IHBT, but whatever).
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...that the open source DRM solution will quickly prove to be the best, most effective implementation of DRM?
The lady plants'll start really going on the prowl at about 33 or so...
Progressive in taxes generally means that the rich will pay a higher rate than the poor. Since Forbes' proposal is C(I-x) (C being a constant less than 1, I being income, and x being the deduction), the actual percentage of income paid (C(I-x)/I)as taxes will increase and approach C as I goes to infinity.
Nowhere did I say that's my view. All I was saying is that his plan is bound to be lambasted by the left...
Well, his flat tax proposal wasn't a true flat tax, as it did have one deduction: the first $x of income (x being a function of the number of dependents and whether or not you're filing jointly) was tax-free. Of course, it doesn't take a rocket-scientist to see that that would result in a tax system more progressive than the current system. Of course, because a billionaire (even though he's not listed on his list of the 400 richest people in the US, he'd easily be in the top 50) proposed it, everyone assumes that it's some means to rape the lower classes.
Forbes has no chance of ever getting the Republican nomination (he has a slightly better chance of getting elected on the off-chance he's nominated, imo). However, that has nothing to do with why he runs. He runs to maintain himself as a threat to the Republicans (do you want me not to fsck up your primaries? Here are the policies I'd like to see...). If he can consistently pull 30% of the Republican vote in the primaries (I pulled that number out of my ass), he damages the chances that the candidate preferred by the PTB in the party will win enough delegates to get nominated.
He's been the butt of jokes since '96 (remember the hilarious time he hosted SNL?)
This isn't the first Forbes anti-excessive patents article they've run... as a matter of fact, I've seen links to a couple already on Slashdot. Could Steve Forbes be pushing for patent reform to be a Republican plank in '04 (especially if he decides to run again...)?
Very true. I have heard that "Hooked on Phonics" is very effective.
Learn to spell dumbass... ;o)
...I'll have to say "Scheisse!" when I ficken up my firewall's configuration?
I think "zero-echs-cee-eff-niner" has a good flow... I'd like to see Eminem work that into his next batch of rhymes.
I heard something about an evil bit being added to IPv4, but I haven't seen any links to it. Can anyone assist me? This sounds like something Slashdot would be very interested in...
Also (being pedantic here), it's not slash, but PHPNuke...
...doesn't mean they have to reuse the Green Death colorscheme.
Also, there's major link overload on that site... in the submissions, every word is the link. I think a better balance can be reached.
From the branch office in Holland, Michigan...
Well, Mandrake has a policy against including software that's not Open Source in the main distro (they made an exception for Netscape back in the day, though). However, PLF (the repository for patent or license-encumbered Mandrake packages) could be a place to find them, in which case it's just a urpmi away.
Ah, the wonderful moricons.dll... makes me a little teary eyed...
Yeah... the main thing is that when your shareholders are various company insiders and a few VC's, it's a lot easier to call them up or meet them for a luncheon meeting or whatnot and convince them to take the longer term view. You can't do that when you have thousands of shareholders (many of whom, being on Wall Street, don't actually know the first thing about running a business).
The only true sports fans in LA are Clipper fans... That's dedication...
LA's not a sports town. Period. No city for which it's oldest team was there in 1957 can be considered a sports town. No city which has no interest in getting an NFL franchise can be considered a sports town.
I'm not saying that New York is a great sports town (it really isn't...) but if it were anywhere other than the Northeast corridor (where Philly and Boston are true sports towns), it would be like a monolith of sports fans rising from the plains.
GO PATS!
GO SOX!
GO BROONS!
GO CELTS!
If you want to use an MTA that you can feel good about using, switch to Postfix, which is:
Of those three, qmail only fulfills one.
Postfix: the ethical choice!
The main reason that Texstar's RPMs aren't in the main distro is that he refuses to do the work necessary to integrate them into the distro, and in some cases, is actually hostile to integrating them into the distro. It's all a stunt to draw hits to his web page imho.
Besides which, I wouldn't trust Texstar to package anything of any importance. My few experiences of his complete and total lack of packaging skills have forever damaged his name in my book.
...has nothing to do with it ever becoming law (other than it could become law).
This is because any number of crackpot bills get introduced because Massachusetts law requires a member of the General Court to file any and all bills given them by their constituents. If I were to give Steve Brewer or Anne Gobi a bill to prohibit drinking, dancing, and anything that a reasonable person might consider fun, they would be required to file it.
They discovered that the tape actually contained a goatse link in disguise, thanks to the use of the latest Slashcode, which only displays the domain name of links on the status bar.
Perhaps because the NYTimes (for articles like this) tends to be the only paper carrying the story (NYTimes rarely uses wire-service reports).
This is Jon Lasser, who wrote one of the best hardening scripts for Linux (Bastille). Methinks you know not what you're talking about (or that IHBT, but whatever).
Intelligent people don't read Slashdot, either... ;o)