Microsoft always misses the first bus, but they come back with a vengeance. Remember when they thought the internet was not important? Many times, they let someone else lead the way and step in later to take over the market. I loved Word Perfect, Lotus 123, d-Base, and many others, now I am stuck with a work computer with Word, Excel and Access.
Back to making money, supporting the MS systems manufactured to break and need IT pros to keep running...
I think you are missing some info here. First is that we are heavily taxed. People do not try to avoid taxes if they are not so high. I calculated my "real" tax rate Federal income, state income, sales tax, car tax (one of Virginia's wonders), utility taxes, phone taxes, use taxes. I even added hidden taxes like.50 / gallon of gas, etc. I am paying 43% of my income in taxes. I am not very happy about that.
The real outflow of taxes are going to redistribution. Social Security so my 67 year old mom can take 8 months a year of trips. Medicare so old folks can have free (read I pay) medicine. Welfare, free housing, aid for families with dependents they can't support.
The fact is that we need to have a new revolution. We need to vote out the idiots that have gotten our government to be about 25% of the economy. We need to throw out (impeach) the judges like these in NY that claim they can tax anyone they want.
Let me see if I have this right. Company A is based in NY, I take a job working for them and live in VA. I have to pay taxes to NY? I hate Damn Yankees!!!
Lets see if I get this. SS has been a ponzi scheme for about 70 years now, and the federal budget has been out of balance basically since the 50's (forget the 90's and '69 they were smoke and mirrors).
What is the answer? #1 - the dems want to leave it as is. In about a decade the money extorted from workers income will not pay for the retirees checks - then there will be a crisis. The so called "trustfund" or "Lockbox" is all garbage. There is no money - so what do we do? Simple - raise the retirement age, cut benefits, or increase taxes (or all three) #2 - Bush wants to take some of what is paid today and let people invest it in 401K like vehicles. Yes this reduces payments into the system now, but will remove those people from the system later - an interesting way to get people to pay taxes (about 13% instead of 15% of salary). This seems like a win win situation for everyone - the current retirees get the checks - the future retirees pay the tax, and with investments will have a greater return. And in the end, we can end the ponzi scheme. #3 - start cutting benefits and raising taxes now to avoid the coming train wreck.
Any way, we all lose as there is no way to back out of what is an unconstitutional system of the Federal government coersively taking my earnings and paying it to the wealthiest generation the world has ever known. Less government = more freedom.
Oh, by the way, how is the federal government supposed to "pay back" the money it took from the social security trust fund? I guess you are not blessed with rediculous taxes as I am. I think that 45% of my income is already too high. 50% of the federal budget already goes to paying poor people to stay poor. There is a generational crisis in this country that is coming fast. Baby boomers have destroyed every other social institution. This time it will be the federal budget and all the social institutions.
Of course, the radical leftists forget that the liberal media called Florida 20 minutes before the polls closed in the panhandle (Central time zone and very heavily Republican). The left seems to forget they they are the ones that were attempting to steal the election, like Chicago in 1960, Baltimore in the 90's, etc. Oh, and the Florida newspapers re-counted and again, Bush won. I guess they should listen to thier hacks and "move on" already.....
At 10 Gig, Windows may actually be able to download patches fast enough to keep it from being hacked. Sorry, that is just a pipe dream, they first need to start with a re-write of open source...
Can I trade this old, worn out POS for the new coolness? Or do I need to be Will Smith?
It looks like the next step is near, replaceable bodies and the ability to transfer knowlege. The line from Star Wars could come true, Darth Vader was "more machine than man."
I will wait for the first service pack before trading my bio for bio-machine....
Some of the DBA's I have worked with love a blank SA password. They also love to write scripts that attach with SA and a blank password. I hope this will teach them to stop being stupid...
I have decided to let my yahoo mailbox fill with the spam that they allow. I figure that if they have to pay for the space, storage, and backup of spam for all these accounts, they will eventually figure out that they need to do something.
I only use the account for testing mail from the *outside* world. If they shutoff that account, I will get one from somewhere else. God, I may even break down and open an account on Hotmail...
Quick, help, I may be slipping into the clutches of the M$ beast....
I recently worked at a company with 23 domains, about half with Net Sol (now verisign), the rest with about three other orgs. It took a flame e-mail to every e-address @ netsol to get action. I have even gotten rude at the office in Herndon, VA.
I want to leave them behind, but where to go?
Do I suffer with the worst, to avoid the possibility of losing my domain to paper pushing idiots?
I am not a "young" Reaganite. Liberals will never rule the world, since they are just not capable of achievement at that level. Liberals fear those of us that are armed against the oppressions that Liberals seek to enforce through big brother government.
I have no racist fear. I am live a color blind life. It is only the left that uses race as a dividing force in the world.
I hope one day you can get to OZ and get a brain to learn the truth, a heart for your fellow man, and some courage to use your name instead of posting in the blind (like all the other liberals that hide from daylight).
Failing to reply to stupidity is what led to Clinton in power. The people that pay attention to the news knew that he was lying. The dumbasses (to use your term) on the left just followed like lemmings. I didn't inhale. I did not have a relationship with Flowers. Whitewater was a deal that we lost money on. All lies but the left continue to venerate the most successful grifters ever.
Sorry to stop your left wing rant, but truth usually does that to a person blinded by ideology...
P.S. in the future, have the balls to post using your name, Oops, I forgot Leftists have no balls.
There was no ENRON deal, unless you talk about Clinton and his cronies taking money and getting them some loan deals (that they have defaulted on now). Clinton's sexual history was news because he lied under oath. But that only showed how democrats are corupt to the core (look at the results of the impeachment trial). The war on terrorism is a US war, not Bush's. With 10 years in the Navy, I was just as much at risk as the current people. Maybe you can look at the book Bias. It is a good review of the state of current american journalism. Have you really heard a good counter point on the networks for drilling in ANWR, against 1.5 million abortions a year, telling the truth about AIDS on the decline since 1992 (and the fact that it gets more funding that heart and cancer research)?
What a country we could be if people would use the brain for thinking instead of the Knee jerk emotional reaction that the left loves.
If the lady in India is SOOOOO bent out of shape about Fox News, there is a Knob on the TV that allows you to listen to other stations, Like: CNN - The Clinton News Network
Here in the US, we also have: NBC - National Broadcasters for Clinton ABC - American Broadcasters for Clinton CBS - Clinton Broadcast System
And the topper in the USA, PBS - People's Broadcasters - Socialist (a.k.a. National Socialist Radio / TV)
The truth is that people that are brain dead (i.e. Liberal) can listen to leftists all day and night without any balance. GOD BLESS FOX.
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Microsoft always misses the first bus, but they come back with a vengeance. Remember when they thought the internet was not important? Many times, they let someone else lead the way and step in later to take over the market. I loved Word Perfect, Lotus 123, d-Base, and many others, now I am stuck with a work computer with Word, Excel and Access.
Back to making money, supporting the MS systems manufactured to break and need IT pros to keep running...
This should keep the Canadian birth rate down... I guess that would be where no REAL man has gone...
I think you are missing some info here. First is that we are heavily taxed. People do not try to avoid taxes if they are not so high. I calculated my "real" tax rate Federal income, state income, sales tax, car tax (one of Virginia's wonders), utility taxes, phone taxes, use taxes. I even added hidden taxes like .50 / gallon of gas, etc. I am paying 43% of my income in taxes. I am not very happy about that.
The real outflow of taxes are going to redistribution. Social Security so my 67 year old mom can take 8 months a year of trips. Medicare so old folks can have free (read I pay) medicine. Welfare, free housing, aid for families with dependents they can't support.
The fact is that we need to have a new revolution. We need to vote out the idiots that have gotten our government to be about 25% of the economy. We need to throw out (impeach) the judges like these in NY that claim they can tax anyone they want.
Let me see if I have this right. Company A is based in NY, I take a job working for them and live in VA. I have to pay taxes to NY? I hate Damn Yankees!!!
Lets see if I get this. SS has been a ponzi scheme for about 70 years now, and the federal budget has been out of balance basically since the 50's (forget the 90's and '69 they were smoke and mirrors).
What is the answer?
#1 - the dems want to leave it as is. In about a decade the money extorted from workers income will not pay for the retirees checks - then there will be a crisis. The so called "trustfund" or "Lockbox" is all garbage. There is no money - so what do we do? Simple - raise the retirement age, cut benefits, or increase taxes (or all three)
#2 - Bush wants to take some of what is paid today and let people invest it in 401K like vehicles. Yes this reduces payments into the system now, but will remove those people from the system later - an interesting way to get people to pay taxes (about 13% instead of 15% of salary). This seems like a win win situation for everyone - the current retirees get the checks - the future retirees pay the tax, and with investments will have a greater return. And in the end, we can end the ponzi scheme.
#3 - start cutting benefits and raising taxes now to avoid the coming train wreck.
Any way, we all lose as there is no way to back out of what is an unconstitutional system of the Federal government coersively taking my earnings and paying it to the wealthiest generation the world has ever known. Less government = more freedom.
Oh, by the way, how is the federal government supposed to "pay back" the money it took from the social security trust fund? I guess you are not blessed with rediculous taxes as I am. I think that 45% of my income is already too high. 50% of the federal budget already goes to paying poor people to stay poor. There is a generational crisis in this country that is coming fast. Baby boomers have destroyed every other social institution. This time it will be the federal budget and all the social institutions.
Would this not be a strata tester?
Of course, the radical leftists forget that the liberal media called Florida 20 minutes before the polls closed in the panhandle (Central time zone and very heavily Republican). The left seems to forget they they are the ones that were attempting to steal the election, like Chicago in 1960, Baltimore in the 90's, etc. Oh, and the Florida newspapers re-counted and again, Bush won. I guess they should listen to thier hacks and "move on" already.....
ATM dead? Where will I go to get money?
At 10 Gig, Windows may actually be able to download patches fast enough to keep it from being hacked. Sorry, that is just a pipe dream, they first need to start with a re-write of open source...
whatever
Isn't that where the Harrison Ford left the lost Arc?
The Air Farce, lost in space...
Fly Navy...
Can I trade this old, worn out POS for the new coolness? Or do I need to be Will Smith?
It looks like the next step is near, replaceable bodies and the ability to transfer knowlege. The line from Star Wars could come true, Darth Vader was "more machine than man."
I will wait for the first service pack before trading my bio for bio-machine....
You can say that again:
Long post...
Some of the DBA's I have worked with love a blank SA password. They also love to write scripts that attach with SA and a blank password. I hope this will teach them to stop being stupid...
I guess they can use next.
Does this mean that it isn't Malcolm the tenth?
And I thought he was from a royal family...
I have decided to let my yahoo mailbox fill with the spam that they allow. I figure that if they have to pay for the space, storage, and backup of spam for all these accounts, they will eventually figure out that they need to do something.
I only use the account for testing mail from the *outside* world. If they shutoff that account, I will get one from somewhere else. God, I may even break down and open an account on Hotmail...
Quick, help, I may be slipping into the clutches of the M$ beast....
And now for something completely different...
Lucas took most of it. That ought to keep him in beer money for a week. Maybe next movie he can hire people that can actually act...
... Waiting for the DVD's of 4,5 and 6...
I'd hate to be the student that had to carry all 60,000 tablets to school, must have been a pretty big book bag...
Do I have to do a handspring to get one?
I recently worked at a company with 23 domains, about half with Net Sol (now verisign), the rest with about three other orgs. It took a flame e-mail to every e-address @ netsol to get action. I have even gotten rude at the office in Herndon, VA.
I want to leave them behind, but where to go?
Do I suffer with the worst, to avoid the possibility of losing my domain to paper pushing idiots?
Veri-slime, what a mess.....
I am looking forward to the days of driveless machines, since moving parts are what usually breaks.
New Technology is great, lets keep it going!!!
I am not a "young" Reaganite. Liberals will never rule the world, since they are just not capable of achievement at that level. Liberals fear those of us that are armed against the oppressions that Liberals seek to enforce through big brother government.
I have no racist fear. I am live a color blind life. It is only the left that uses race as a dividing force in the world.
I hope one day you can get to OZ and get a brain to learn the truth, a heart for your fellow man, and some courage to use your name instead of posting in the blind (like all the other liberals that hide from daylight).
OK, Coward, Let me say this:
I fear not, thus your pattern is not followed.
Failing to reply to stupidity is what led to Clinton in power. The people that pay attention to the news knew that he was lying. The dumbasses (to use your term) on the left just followed like lemmings. I didn't inhale. I did not have a relationship with Flowers. Whitewater was a deal that we lost money on. All lies but the left continue to venerate the most successful grifters ever.
Sorry to stop your left wing rant, but truth usually does that to a person blinded by ideology...
P.S. in the future, have the balls to post using your name, Oops, I forgot Leftists have no balls.
My mistake. Sorry to piss off a billion people (almost) in India. I was only off by 4 letters, and a thousand miles.
Thanks for the correction, but it does not change my point that the dial on the TV can work wonders on the ability to change what is on the TV.
There was no ENRON deal, unless you talk about Clinton and his cronies taking money and getting them some loan deals (that they have defaulted on now). Clinton's sexual history was news because he lied under oath. But that only showed how democrats are corupt to the core (look at the results of the impeachment trial). The war on terrorism is a US war, not Bush's. With 10 years in the Navy, I was just as much at risk as the current people. Maybe you can look at the book Bias. It is a good review of the state of current american journalism.
Have you really heard a good counter point on the networks for drilling in ANWR, against 1.5 million abortions a year, telling the truth about AIDS on the decline since 1992 (and the fact that it gets more funding that heart and cancer research)?
What a country we could be if people would use the brain for thinking instead of the Knee jerk emotional reaction that the left loves.
Gee, that is a really fair statement. Of course Anonymous Coward is a title that fits you...
:-)
Clinton may not be president, but he is in the news alot. Also, I don't have a cabin... That is more the style of the Una-bomber (A liberal).
Maybe one day you can grow a spine, and make an argument that you are willing to sign your virtual name to
If the lady in India is SOOOOO bent out of shape about Fox News, there is a Knob on the TV that allows you to listen to other stations, Like:
CNN - The Clinton News Network
Here in the US, we also have:
NBC - National Broadcasters for Clinton
ABC - American Broadcasters for Clinton
CBS - Clinton Broadcast System
And the topper in the USA,
PBS - People's Broadcasters - Socialist
(a.k.a. National Socialist Radio / TV)
The truth is that people that are brain dead (i.e. Liberal) can listen to leftists all day and night without any balance. GOD BLESS FOX.
In sum, GET A LIFE you snot nosed whiny liberals.