If I walk into NineNine's porn store in (say) Kalamazoo, and ask you you to ship the dildo I'm purchasing to my girlfriend in Texas*, you do not have to charge me sales tax unless you have a business presence in Texas.
* unless she's in Austin and already has 6, in which case that would be illegal
I just heard some sad news on the news - US Senator Paul Wellstone was found dead in a pile of aircraft wreckage this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to political culture. Truly an American icon.
There's nothing magical about gold. The demand and supply of gold both vary in a way not related to the cost of anything.
How many milligrams of gold did it take to buy a loaf of bread in 1913? How many today? What about a motor car? What about a computer, which actually has a higher gold content than either of the other examples?
Or have the hemp fields owned and operated by the State of California. The current US Supreme Court seems to hold the constitutional rights of state governments rather higher than those of citizens.
What the fsck is the point of that show? Are they running some kind of experiment to find out just how much crap they have to stick in the commercial breaks before people finally give up on watching the movie?
Are they trying to spread a 90 minute movie into a three hour time slot? That would make sense, but why don't they just run pure ads in the 15 minute ad breaks they have to put in as filler? That way the ad companies pay the production costs and you can cut the cost per minute of ads to make up for the increased volume.
young people aren't going to the same movie five or six times a la "Titanic."
Maybe the movie companies aren't making a film as good as Titanic every year. Personally, I didn't care for it, but a lot of people really liked it. I don't see the same kind of passion for "Dude, where's my car?".
Filmmakers love it [DVD] because it more closely resembles the film made
Then maybe the movie studios and theatres should listen more closely to the filmmakers before eviscerating the movie for general release?
I don't think there's a single movie that can survive on box office gross alone; it just doesn't exist anymore. A theatrical gross can't hack it anymore, and the business is barely surviving right now
27 movies so far this year have grossed over $100 million. If you can't put a movie onto film for less than a million dollars a minute I suggest you need to control your costs a little better. Taco suggested paying actors less. That might be a start.
Worse, I used to live in a building beloved of tourists with cameras (a Cambridge College). It's unpleasant enough to have to go to lectures when hung over; it's worse when you step out of the door at the bottom of the staircase and immediately get yelled at by a family of Japanese tourists who think you spoil the look of your building.
People living in Old Court had it worse. Not only was it more picturesque, but there was only plumbing in one corner, so there was no chance to make yourself look respectable before going out in public.
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You only need to look at the lockout on the west coast ports to realize how important water transport is.
Or you might want to read the history of the Phoenicians, Polynesians, or even of Christopher Columbus, all of whom apparently had working water transport, despite your claims.
I realize I may have dreadfully misinterpreted your post, but I can't work out what else you may have meant.
Except, as I understand it, characters appearing in public domain works are considered "stock characters", and are also public domain. You can't write a book about Scarlett O'Hara, but you can write one about Jane Eyre. If Steamboat Willie enters the public domain, anyone will be able to create their own Mickey Mouse cartoons (provided they use the SW version of MM, not the modern one, which is obviously still copyrighted).
Who thinks up these names? I would like to recite the names of the planets without it sounding like I had major dental surgery after Pluto.
And didn't they realize that people get upset when you prematurely abandon a naming convention? Those of you who work in server rooms must know this. There must be dozens of Roman gods with no celestial body named after them yet.
Ooh! I've got to see if the International Star Registry does planets. I know it's not official, but it'd be cool to have someone name a planet for you, even if it was only for your money.
The web is not a visual medium. Your browser is a visual tool for accessing the information medium. Other people have aural browsers. I don't suppose it would be too hard to design a device that translated html to braille[1], making it a tactile browser. Smell and taste are probably out, but you could use them, if you really wanted too.
If Microsoft can't sell the XBox at a profit, it should either lower its costs or not sell it at all. Using legal intimidation to support a flawed business model, particularly one that relies on running at a loss until the competition leaves the market, is reprehensible.
If your family and friends insist on using Outlook or Outlook Express, try pointing them at G-Data's, GnuPG Pluginfor those MUAs. One downloadable Win32.exe and a simple installation puts buttons to sign/verify and encrypt/decrypt on the toolbar.
Because let's face it,/we/ all know how to encrypt our email. But until "Your Mom" (TM) can do it, it's not useful.
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Tax the UPS and Fedex trucks at the state line.
Online retailers *are* taxed like everyone else.
If I walk into NineNine's porn store in (say) Kalamazoo, and ask you you to ship the dildo I'm purchasing to my girlfriend in Texas*, you do not have to charge me sales tax unless you have a business presence in Texas.
* unless she's in Austin and already has 6, in which case that would be illegal
Yes. It was.
You should learn where Luton is. If you lack that knowledge, you may accidentally go there.
are the ones writing this software.
If you disagree with this post, please mod down plover (who dictated this) not me.
I just heard some sad news on the news - US Senator Paul Wellstone was found dead in a pile of aircraft wreckage this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to political culture. Truly an American icon.
I forget who said it, but I liked this quote: "XML is that subset of SGML that Microsoft could understand".
If you bought the software you can use it. EULAs are wishful thinking on the part of software publishers.
There's nothing magical about gold. The demand and supply of gold both vary in a way not related to the cost of anything.
How many milligrams of gold did it take to buy a loaf of bread in 1913? How many today? What about a motor car? What about a computer, which actually has a higher gold content than either of the other examples?
So a blind person taking a cab to the bank should just tell the driver his/her PIN? After all, it's not stopping them from getting money.
Or have the hemp fields owned and operated by the State of California. The current US Supreme Court seems to hold the constitutional rights of state governments rather higher than those of citizens.
What the fsck is the point of that show? Are they running some kind of experiment to find out just how much crap they have to stick in the commercial breaks before people finally give up on watching the movie?
Are they trying to spread a 90 minute movie into a three hour time slot? That would make sense, but why don't they just run pure ads in the 15 minute ad breaks they have to put in as filler? That way the ad companies pay the production costs and you can cut the cost per minute of ads to make up for the increased volume.
young people aren't going to the same movie five or six times a la "Titanic."
Maybe the movie companies aren't making a film as good as Titanic every year. Personally, I didn't care for it, but a lot of people really liked it. I don't see the same kind of passion for "Dude, where's my car?".
Filmmakers love it [DVD] because it more closely resembles the film made
Then maybe the movie studios and theatres should listen more closely to the filmmakers before eviscerating the movie for general release?
I don't think there's a single movie that can survive on box office gross alone; it just doesn't exist anymore. A theatrical gross can't hack it anymore, and the business is barely surviving right now
27 movies so far this year have grossed over $100 million. If you can't put a movie onto film for less than a million dollars a minute I suggest you need to control your costs a little better. Taco suggested paying actors less. That might be a start.
Worse, I used to live in a building beloved of tourists with cameras (a Cambridge College). It's unpleasant enough to have to go to lectures when hung over; it's worse when you step out of the door at the bottom of the staircase and immediately get yelled at by a family of Japanese tourists who think you spoil the look of your building.
People living in Old Court had it worse. Not only was it more picturesque, but there was only plumbing in one corner, so there was no chance to make yourself look respectable before going out in public.
Now if only ActiveState would just open source it, after all it's base is open.
Surely all its base are belong to ActiveState?
[Ow] Sorry. That's just how I read it.
Like it did for, ooh, four score and seven years, give or take?
*Offer void where prohibited, particularly Cuba. Residents of non-oil-producing countries may experience delays. Not responsible for loss of life or limb in the event that USA fails to support your attempted coup. All oil reserves become the property of Halliburton and Arbusto Inc. Countries in Axis of Evil may be changed without notice, and at the promoters sole discretion. Full rules are kept in a locked closet in the basement of Karl Rove's house and may not be inspected. For a free game piece, send a stamped, addressed envelope to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC. No purchase necessary, although failure to purchase large quantities of US goods will severely impair your chances of winning.
You only need to look at the lockout on the west coast ports to realize how important water transport is.
Or you might want to read the history of the Phoenicians, Polynesians, or even of Christopher Columbus, all of whom apparently had working water transport, despite your claims.
I realize I may have dreadfully misinterpreted your post, but I can't work out what else you may have meant.
Except, as I understand it, characters appearing in public domain works are considered "stock characters", and are also public domain. You can't write a book about Scarlett O'Hara, but you can write one about Jane Eyre. If Steamboat Willie enters the public domain, anyone will be able to create their own Mickey Mouse cartoons (provided they use the SW version of MM, not the modern one, which is obviously still copyrighted).
Except for the olympic medals in small bore rifle shooting and equestrianism.
Not to disparage the skill and physical effort that goes into these events, but physical fitness per se is a minor advantage at best.
Ahem. I may not be a roman god,or one of whatever Quaoar is, but I don't see any fundamental objection to naming a planet after me.
Who thinks up these names? I would like to recite the names of the planets without it sounding like I had major dental surgery after Pluto.
And didn't they realize that people get upset when you prematurely abandon a naming convention? Those of you who work in server rooms must know this. There must be dozens of Roman gods with no celestial body named after them yet.
Ooh! I've got to see if the International Star Registry does planets. I know it's not official, but it'd be cool to have someone name a planet for you, even if it was only for your money.
The web is not a visual medium. Your browser is a visual tool for accessing the information medium. Other people have aural browsers. I don't suppose it would be too hard to design a device that translated html to braille[1], making it a tactile browser. Smell and taste are probably out, but you could use them, if you really wanted too.
[1] Beware the blink tag!
If Microsoft can't sell the XBox at a profit, it should either lower its costs or not sell it at all. Using legal intimidation to support a flawed business model, particularly one that relies on running at a loss until the competition leaves the market, is reprehensible.
The old Soviet Union didn't have much of a terrorist problem, so I suppose you're right.
If your family and friends insist on using Outlook or Outlook Express, try pointing them at G-Data's, GnuPG Pluginfor those MUAs. One downloadable Win32 .exe and a simple installation puts buttons to sign/verify and encrypt/decrypt on the toolbar.
/we/ all know how to encrypt our email. But until "Your Mom" (TM) can do it, it's not useful.
Because let's face it,