I own a 2002 Prius and have put over 330K miles on it. I bought it for the tech at the time and not to save the environment. Still has the original battery pack. Hybrid side of the system has been rock solid all this time. Explain why you think we have to replace the batteries every two years like they are in a cellular phone? Hybrid'd have excellent charge management systems that greatly extend battery life.
Real estate depreciation is a different animal. You can buy a 1 million dollar building and depreciate it over the next so many years even though it value by the end of the cycle has risen to 5 million. Then to avoid taxes on selling the building for the new value you use the buildings value to buy other real estate and the taxes go away and you can start the cycle over again.
The above is what I remember form a news item covering this kind of dealing. It is probably not completely accurate and there may b e more steps involved.
the gist of it is with real estate investment you can depreciate the cost even if the value is going up and use it to offset the rest of your taxable income and then avoid paying taxes on the increased value of the real estate.
With the Bundy thing earlier this year I am never sure if people are talking about Black Lives Matter or Bureau of Land Management unless the context is quite clear.
Coward. I may be biased in that I know the editor of "Years Best Science Fiction" on a personal level. I disagree with you. It would be unreasonable to expect his editing style from 1984 to be unchanged in 2016. Perhaps you are seeing changes in the editors views or what material he has been given and suggested by colleagues in what is making the final cut rather than any conspiracy of SJWs.
I think you are too quick to call out the SJW boogieman and blame everything on that.
"Feels" as you call them have always been in Sci-Fi. I find it funny that all the people who deride things like "feels" are the ones who whine loudest about "my feels".
There are Hugos for editing. From the Hugo Award web site: "Best Editor (Long Form): This is the first of the person categories, so the Award is given for the work that person has done in the year of eligibility. To be eligible the person must have edited at least 4 novel-length (i.e. 40,000 words or more) books devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy in the year of eligibility that are not anthologies or collections. Best Editor (Short Form): To be eligible the person must have edited at least four anthologies, collections or magazine issues devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which must have been published in the year of eligibility."
Patents are enforced to protect innovation in research, not to protect price gouging on a generic drug in a particular form factor. Capitalism in concept is about minimizing the lost value from unmet demand and wasted supply (not everything can be salvaged). Additions onto that are political and ideological not practical. In fact the actions of Mylan are opposed to capitalism as they are setting overly high prices on a captive market (Medicaid recipients) - the result of which is double damage as it prevents users who need it from getting it, and for those who still buy it it deprives them of the other needs done without to due to the purchase.
Not just Medicare and Medicade. Schools are also required by law to have Epipens specifically (this law was passed before the large price hikes from what I remember). I see this situation as no different from the actions of people like Martin Shkreli.
All these people arguing that all of this is just fine will one day require a life saving drug, and they might find the price of what was once easily affordable have increased to "all you have plus a lot more" just so that maximum profit can be extracted on threat of death. Who wouldn't go into debt to keep on living,
Giving away keys to games for positive reviews. As I recall sometimes it was keys to other games from other people who needed positive reviews. It turned into a mess and after a long time Valve finally let us know how many reviews came from giveaway keys and took those reviews out of the aggregate score (if I have read it correctly).
Went on a Tuesday after opening and there were only 4 empty seats in the theater (3D showing) at 7:45 PM. The 2D IMAX was full as was the regular 2D screen. Theaters were this sold at 10:00 AM that day when I purchased the tickets on-line (I could see the sold seats because this theater does assigned seating).
Everyone's market will have different people and different turnouts.
Actually the issue was the water coming from the plant.
The failure was they wanted to save a few thousand dollars during the switch so they opted not to treat the water to prevent it from attacking and leaching lead from the pipes/fixtures.
This was not an unforeseen event or a mistake anyone could have made. They knew going in that corrosion would be an issue and that treatment would be required to prevent this and they decided not to.
The one time I drove through Texas all the signs said 65 MPH at night. Nice and nebulous. People were flying to try to get out of the state before whatever arbitrary amount of cloud cover made it "night", or they were worried about vampires.
Dude should have used a happy fun ball disclaimer. It work with only a change of the product name. and some are accurate.
Kid 1: It hovers!
Kid 2: It's a board!
All Three Kids: It's a Hoverbard!
Announcer: Yes, it's Hoverboard! The toy sensation that's sweeping the nation! Only $199.99 at participating stores! Get one today!
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Hoverboard.
Caution: Hoverboard may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Hoverboard contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use Hoverboard on concrete.
Discontinue use of Hoverboard if any of the following occurs: itching vertigo dizziness tingling in extremities loss of balance or coordination slurred speech temporary blindness profuse sweating or heart palpitations.
If Hoverboard begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Hoverboard may stick to certain types of skin.
When not in use, Hoverboard should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Hoverboard, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.
Ingredients of Hoverboard include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
Hoverboard has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
Do not taunt Hoverboard.
Hoverboard comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
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It is vitally important that the wrong lizard does not get elected.
I own a 2002 Prius and have put over 330K miles on it. I bought it for the tech at the time and not to save the environment.
Still has the original battery pack. Hybrid side of the system has been rock solid all this time.
Explain why you think we have to replace the batteries every two years like they are in a cellular phone?
Hybrid'd have excellent charge management systems that greatly extend battery life.
Peace and Protection was one of the best scripts for mIRC.
I'd like to see some Saberhagen Berserker stories on the big screen.
Yep. (both sides agree) we don't have enough tanks on city streets have you heard about the drones being used here in the states yet?
We need out tank police! How else can we get a live action version of the anime?
I require any device wanting to access my security system or other items I might want to monitor to be in my network via VPN.
Replace health insurance with HSA accounts that empty out into the pockets of the rich every year? Fuck that.
If you are Zion then you get a Zaku.
Gundam Mobile Suits were Federation
Real estate depreciation is a different animal. You can buy a 1 million dollar building and depreciate it over the next so many years even though it value by the end of the cycle has risen to 5 million. Then to avoid taxes on selling the building for the new value you use the buildings value to buy other real estate and the taxes go away and you can start the cycle over again.
The above is what I remember form a news item covering this kind of dealing. It is probably not completely accurate and there may b e more steps involved.
the gist of it is with real estate investment you can depreciate the cost even if the value is going up and use it to offset the rest of your taxable income and then avoid paying taxes on the increased value of the real estate.
With the Bundy thing earlier this year I am never sure if people are talking about Black Lives Matter or Bureau of Land Management unless the context is quite clear.
Coward.
I may be biased in that I know the editor of "Years Best Science Fiction" on a personal level. I disagree with you. It would be unreasonable to expect his editing style from 1984 to be unchanged in 2016. Perhaps you are seeing changes in the editors views or what material he has been given and suggested by colleagues in what is making the final cut rather than any conspiracy of SJWs.
I think you are too quick to call out the SJW boogieman and blame everything on that.
"Feels" as you call them have always been in Sci-Fi. I find it funny that all the people who deride things like "feels" are the ones who whine loudest about "my feels".
There are Hugos for editing.
From the Hugo Award web site:
"Best Editor (Long Form): This is the first of the person categories, so the Award is given for the work that person has done in the year of eligibility. To be eligible the person must have edited at least 4 novel-length (i.e. 40,000 words or more) books devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy in the year of eligibility that are not anthologies or collections.
Best Editor (Short Form): To be eligible the person must have edited at least four anthologies, collections or magazine issues devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which must have been published in the year of eligibility."
Patents are enforced to protect innovation in research, not to protect price gouging on a generic drug in a particular form factor. Capitalism in concept is about minimizing the lost value from unmet demand and wasted supply (not everything can be salvaged). Additions onto that are political and ideological not practical. In fact the actions of Mylan are opposed to capitalism as they are setting overly high prices on a captive market (Medicaid recipients) - the result of which is double damage as it prevents users who need it from getting it, and for those who still buy it it deprives them of the other needs done without to due to the purchase.
Not just Medicare and Medicade. Schools are also required by law to have Epipens specifically (this law was passed before the large price hikes from what I remember). I see this situation as no different from the actions of people like Martin Shkreli.
All these people arguing that all of this is just fine will one day require a life saving drug, and they might find the price of what was once easily affordable have increased to "all you have plus a lot more" just so that maximum profit can be extracted on threat of death. Who wouldn't go into debt to keep on living,
All you need now is an atomic vector plotter!
I have a long plug and a small dangly bit.
How did they game the Greenlight system?
Giving away keys to games for positive reviews. As I recall sometimes it was keys to other games from other people who needed positive reviews. It turned into a mess and after a long time Valve finally let us know how many reviews came from giveaway keys and took those reviews out of the aggregate score (if I have read it correctly).
Suicide-Girls Squad?
Went on a Tuesday after opening and there were only 4 empty seats in the theater (3D showing) at 7:45 PM. The 2D IMAX was full as was the regular 2D screen. Theaters were this sold at 10:00 AM that day when I purchased the tickets on-line (I could see the sold seats because this theater does assigned seating).
Everyone's market will have different people and different turnouts.
Or tax reasons.
Captain Redbeard Rum disagrees.
Actually the issue was the water coming from the plant.
The failure was they wanted to save a few thousand dollars during the switch so they opted not to treat the water to prevent it from attacking and leaching lead from the pipes/fixtures.
This was not an unforeseen event or a mistake anyone could have made. They knew going in that corrosion would be an issue and that treatment would be required to prevent this and they decided not to.
The one time I drove through Texas all the signs said 65 MPH at night. Nice and nebulous. People were flying to try to get out of the state before whatever arbitrary amount of cloud cover made it "night", or they were worried about vampires.
He is the voice of the Joker.
He is the Trickster though.
We all have these disappointments in life. Like all the "robot" shows which are just fancy RC cars.
Dude should have used a happy fun ball disclaimer. It work with only a change of the product name. and some are accurate.
Kid 1: It hovers!
Kid 2: It's a board!
All Three Kids: It's a Hoverbard!
Announcer: Yes, it's Hoverboard! The toy sensation that's sweeping the nation! Only $199.99 at participating stores! Get one today!
Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Hoverboard.
Caution: Hoverboard may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Hoverboard contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use Hoverboard on concrete.
Discontinue use of Hoverboard if any of the following occurs:
itching
vertigo
dizziness
tingling in extremities
loss of balance or coordination
slurred speech
temporary blindness
profuse sweating
or heart palpitations.
If Hoverboard begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Hoverboard may stick to certain types of skin.
When not in use, Hoverboard should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieves the makers of Hoverboard, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.
Ingredients of Hoverboard include an unknown glowing green substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
Hoverboard has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.
Do not taunt Hoverboard.
Hoverboard comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
Announcer: Hoverboard! Accept no substitutes!
So I stopped coming to /. for like 6 years.
Is this what replaced goatse links and gnaa?