The fact you have individual City tax rates is the biggest problem.
While the current situation in Canada is similar to the U.S., out of province purchase isn't subject to sales tax unless the company has a local presence, or you live in Quebec. (They are always the exception).
Implementing tax collection based on destination in Canada is simple, a table containing the province, tax rate, expiry date, and gl code are probably sufficient.
In the U.S. you would need a complete database of Zipcodes, and, or addresses to resolve the tax rate. Ugh! Now you have to maintain that, and that is probably on a monthly basis, not even yearly.
Your typical GPS has problems aquiring signals because it has to work out the following: The precise time, the likely location. It needs both of these to being able to even start getting a fix. This is why your typical GPS takes a lot longer to get a fix when it has been off for an extended period of time, or has moved a considerable distance when not in use. Garmin quotes 500 Miles for instance. Ephemeris data is collected by your GPS over a period of time and is used to cutdown on the amount of time it takes to get a lock. It uses this to predict which GPS satellites would be overhead based on an approximate location and can then more efficiently sample the correct frequencies.
A cellphone GPS can get a very accurate timefix from the cell tower, as well it can get an approximate location from the tower, the current up to date ephemeris data (which your GPS takes 4hrs or more to receive, but it can receive much more quickly).
Take all this, combine it with an aggressive filter (since you already know 99.99% of where you aren't, and what time it isn't) and you can get some level of signal better than the average GPS unit.
But if you look into the current line of GPS units from Garmin you'll find they are using SiRFII chipset which locks on to signals that prior Garmin units had significant issues with. (It seems to have a much larger error, but still gets a signal lock.)
Now if I could just find out how to take advantage of the GPS in my Razr 3c.:(
That's actually a very funny argument as the fact is: Almost no funds collected as Royalties ever actually makes it to the artists, including those collected in North America for North American bands.
The levy collected on blank CD-R, memory cards, etc in Canada was not distributed to the artists, and only a portion of it went to the record labels as such. The rest of it? Disappeared in the accounting nightmare that is the recording industry; and do you have any idea what the Record labels did with the share they were given directly? Yep, swallowed it up in the accounting nightmare.
The artists get squat, even when everything is done on the up-and-up. So forget the issue of AoMP3 screwing the artists. They aren't. No more than anyone else is.
And they legally cannot pay the artists directly anyway, they have the pay the record labels.
If people had known about a few of the instances where it was up to an individual whether we would have a nuclear holocaust the clock would have been sitting at 1 minute to midnight.
And if you want the truth, it wasn't hyperbole.
If you search Slashdots own archive you will find out that the passcodes required to trigger a launch were preset at default values which allowed them to be basically bypassed, and an instance where the Soviets were confused enough that someone could have signaled there were incoming missiles.
But you can go back to your world and sit there watching cartoons and pretending everybody loves everyone else and that we don't have the capability to destroy all life on earth.
Actually what I saw was 2 or 3p a day PER CUP OF COFFEE. Call me stupid but that is a hell of a cut for the part with the least added value in the process. It's just coffee beans and there are a ton of suppliers.
After that you have shipping, you have quality control, Storage, Packaging, Shipping (they don't package it in Ethiopia I'm sure), and then they have the Starbucks outlets themselves with their costs.
"We recognize you have a legitimate business interest and we acknowledge that we are going to make semi-knowledgable customers of yours reluctant to buy from you, for now. But after we've demonstrated to you that your business will fail without our certificates we'll consider selling them to you for a substantial profit."
Water: pumps in the building would draw water from a circular tank (rotating or not, doesn't matter). The water supply to the tank would be non-rotating while the pipes drawing water from the tank would either rotate through the water, or the tank itself could rotate. Typical large building has water pumped to the roof, and larger buildings would have multiple tanks for water at various different levels. (You can't easily pump water directly to the top floor of a tall building, the pumps would burst from the pressure.
Similar for sewage.
Electricity could be supplied in a similar fashion, and as for phone, cable, network, etc, thats easier than either water of electricity: wireless. Use a microwave link between a non-rotating base and the rotating portion of the building.
Compared to typical Retail sales, unless they reach there $400K target, it is approaching, or at least similar to typical Retail markup.
If you ask these developers what they expect to make in a typical week, and it's less than $5-8K then the fact is, they are increasing their cash flow.
Which may increase their sales in the next Upgrade cycle.
You haven't by chance had the 'pleasure' of using Progress 4GL with Oracle as the database, have you?
It makes you want to slit your wrists.
And then there are the issues I have with the analysts who keep looking at the Oracle data and telling me I have to set a value based on what they see there; when the table name, and value in Progress are potentially completely different.
The initial tested used devices that were damn near on top of each other.
I can show you a GPS unit failing when near a computer, or PocketPC under a similar configuration, with no other intentional radio signals present.
I wouldn't want a large amount of UWB equipment on an airplane, but I wouldn't worry about my GPS unit not working because of equipment in use near me. The alternator in a car generates more interference.
I don't remember the specifics of the hardware configurations, it was several. From Thinkpad and Toshiba laptops, to desktops with ASUS motherboards, and more.
And never have I seen hibernate/sleep be reliable enough to trust it with Windows as the OS.
My biggest problem isn't even that it doesn't work. It's that Microsoft doesn't even try dealing with the fact it doesn't work. They could easily send an update list of hardware signatures that work, or don't work, a long with driver versions. If you system fails to qualify it could either refuse to sleep (with a message indicating why), or at least show a warning to the user; including an indication of which piece of hardware or driver is the problem.
I don't expect Microsoft to perform miracles with every companies piece of junk hardware; I expect they could act responsibly and try to prevent problems.
Only if your application has limited functionality.
The fact is that Apple has been adding more and more frameworks, and the last time I looked to see what the compatibility was outside of "OS X" it was dismal.
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The fact you have individual City tax rates is the biggest problem.
While the current situation in Canada is similar to the U.S., out of province purchase isn't subject to sales tax unless the company has a local presence, or you live in Quebec. (They are always the exception).
Implementing tax collection based on destination in Canada is simple, a table containing the province, tax rate, expiry date, and gl code are probably sufficient.
In the U.S. you would need a complete database of Zipcodes, and, or addresses to resolve the tax rate. Ugh! Now you have to maintain that, and that is probably on a monthly basis, not even yearly.
The choice of a woman to represent Linux is perfect, and the reference to the many possible outfits (think X11 widget crap) is perfect.
indecision was spot on.
She has a lot more viruses than the real linux.
Except the original article on 'toothing' was a hoax.
If PETA doesn't like it they can volunteer themselves, or their kids for future experiments.
Your typical GPS has problems aquiring signals because it has to work out the following: The precise time, the likely location. It needs both of these to being able to even start getting a fix. This is why your typical GPS takes a lot longer to get a fix when it has been off for an extended period of time, or has moved a considerable distance when not in use. Garmin quotes 500 Miles for instance. Ephemeris data is collected by your GPS over a period of time and is used to cutdown on the amount of time it takes to get a lock. It uses this to predict which GPS satellites would be overhead based on an approximate location and can then more efficiently sample the correct frequencies.
A cellphone GPS can get a very accurate timefix from the cell tower, as well it can get an approximate location from the tower, the current up to date ephemeris data (which your GPS takes 4hrs or more to receive, but it can receive much more quickly).
Take all this, combine it with an aggressive filter (since you already know 99.99% of where you aren't, and what time it isn't) and you can get some level of signal better than the average GPS unit.
But if you look into the current line of GPS units from Garmin you'll find they are using SiRFII chipset which locks on to signals that prior Garmin units had significant issues with. (It seems to have a much larger error, but still gets a signal lock.)
Now if I could just find out how to take advantage of the GPS in my Razr 3c.
That's actually a very funny argument as the fact is: Almost no funds collected as Royalties ever actually makes it to the artists, including those collected in North America for North American bands.
The levy collected on blank CD-R, memory cards, etc in Canada was not distributed to the artists, and only a portion of it went to the record labels as such. The rest of it? Disappeared in the accounting nightmare that is the recording industry; and do you have any idea what the Record labels did with the share they were given directly? Yep, swallowed it up in the accounting nightmare.
The artists get squat, even when everything is done on the up-and-up. So forget the issue of AoMP3 screwing the artists. They aren't. No more than anyone else is.
And they legally cannot pay the artists directly anyway, they have the pay the record labels.
If people had known about a few of the instances where it was up to an individual whether we would have a nuclear holocaust the clock would have been sitting at 1 minute to midnight.
And if you want the truth, it wasn't hyperbole.
If you search Slashdots own archive you will find out that the passcodes required to trigger a launch were preset at default values which allowed them to be basically bypassed, and an instance where the Soviets were confused enough that someone could have signaled there were incoming missiles.
But you can go back to your world and sit there watching cartoons and pretending everybody loves everyone else and that we don't have the capability to destroy all life on earth.
I'd rather find out who your new roommate is and toss him a few bucks to give you the jailhouse welcome.
I don't know about you, but I don't drive 400Km / Day. (250 Miles / Day) except when vacationing.
Very few people put that kind of milage on a car on a consistent basis.
Actually what I saw was 2 or 3p a day PER CUP OF COFFEE. Call me stupid but that is a hell of a cut for the part with the least added value in the process. It's just coffee beans and there are a ton of suppliers.
After that you have shipping, you have quality control, Storage, Packaging, Shipping (they don't package it in Ethiopia I'm sure), and then they have the Starbucks outlets themselves with their costs.
I was surprised it was that high the be honest.
It was completely unrealistic.
90% of the people I've met in real life, who I met originally online, are fat.
50% of them are downright ugly.
I don't remember that being portrayed in the movie.
I thought "dipp shit" fit better, in spite of the error.
and nobody has bothered to dispute it because who the hell would want to claim such a convoluted design as their own?
Which makes even less sense.
"We recognize you have a legitimate business interest and we acknowledge that we are going to make semi-knowledgable customers of yours reluctant to buy from you, for now. But after we've demonstrated to you that your business will fail without our certificates we'll consider selling them to you for a substantial profit."
Water: pumps in the building would draw water from a circular tank (rotating or not, doesn't matter). The water supply to the tank would be non-rotating while the pipes drawing water from the tank would either rotate through the water, or the tank itself could rotate. Typical large building has water pumped to the roof, and larger buildings would have multiple tanks for water at various different levels. (You can't easily pump water directly to the top floor of a tall building, the pumps would burst from the pressure.
Similar for sewage.
Electricity could be supplied in a similar fashion, and as for phone, cable, network, etc, thats easier than either water of electricity: wireless. Use a microwave link between a non-rotating base and the rotating portion of the building.
Compared to typical Retail sales, unless they reach there $400K target, it is approaching, or at least similar to typical Retail markup.
If you ask these developers what they expect to make in a typical week, and it's less than $5-8K then the fact is, they are increasing their cash flow.
Which may increase their sales in the next Upgrade cycle.
Those scars are a badge of honor, denying your child the same honor is just wrong.
Most of my scars were caused by my sisters, no toys required. (No, I don't mean emotional scars either.).
You haven't by chance had the 'pleasure' of using Progress 4GL with Oracle as the database, have you?
It makes you want to slit your wrists.
And then there are the issues I have with the analysts who keep looking at the Oracle data and telling me I have to set a value based on what they see there; when the table name, and value in Progress are potentially completely different.
It's so much fun.
Really.
The initial tested used devices that were damn near on top of each other.
I can show you a GPS unit failing when near a computer, or PocketPC under a similar configuration, with no other intentional radio signals present.
I wouldn't want a large amount of UWB equipment on an airplane, but I wouldn't worry about my GPS unit not working because of equipment in use near me. The alternator in a car generates more interference.
I don't remember the specifics of the hardware configurations, it was several. From Thinkpad and Toshiba laptops, to desktops with ASUS motherboards, and more.
And never have I seen hibernate/sleep be reliable enough to trust it with Windows as the OS.
My biggest problem isn't even that it doesn't work. It's that Microsoft doesn't even try dealing with the fact it doesn't work. They could easily send an update list of hardware signatures that work, or don't work, a long with driver versions. If you system fails to qualify it could either refuse to sleep (with a message indicating why), or at least show a warning to the user; including an indication of which piece of hardware or driver is the problem.
I don't expect Microsoft to perform miracles with every companies piece of junk hardware; I expect they could act responsibly and try to prevent problems.
Maybe that's what you guys do for technical support. The rest of us just put our machines to sleep and wake them; DAILY.
Out of the hundreds of times I've done this on my iMac I've had problems less than a half dozen times.
While the ratio of problems on a PC seems to be close to 50%.
Microsofts implementation is junk.
why start now?
Idiot, she thought you were hot.
You pull over the the side of the road and wave her in to the passenger side of your car.
(Ok, it assumes she's attractive and appropriate age...
Only if your application has limited functionality.
The fact is that Apple has been adding more and more frameworks, and the last time I looked to see what the compatibility was outside of "OS X" it was dismal.
I doubt it has improved.