taxes are taxes. there is no such concept as "double taxation"
Depends on how you define it. In Canada for example we have a couple taxes on gasoline. One is a set amount per litre, the other is a percentage of the price before the other tax is factored in. This is not a double tax. The 7% GST (goods and services tax) that is calculated on the total price of the gas (including the other two taxes) could be considered a double tax.
Another example would be the levy we have on CDRs, tapes, etc. Technically it's not a tax because it's charged to the people who import the CDRs into the country and not to the consumers. The importers of course pass the cost of the levy onto the stores and the stores pass the cost to their consumers. Add on GST and some sort of PST (provincial sales tax) and it's like a double tax but not really.
But then how would the virus scanner advertise its amazing ability to detect viruses to consumers who need to buy said virus scanner or suffer from the bad viruses?
10 calls? Where I work I usually average around 20-30 calls per shift. The last few weeks I've been getting triple that. Normally I would have hours to read slashdot. Now I have a lesser number of hours. Virus writers suck because they make me do my job.
No, the Universal Translator was a physical walkie-talkie type device that was rarely actually used (at least in the original series.) The episode where Kirk & Co. encountered Zephraim Cochrane (inventor of the warp drive) was one of the few where the Universal Translator was used.
Apparently the Ferengi implant one into an ear. See the DS9 episode Little Green Men to see them try to hit the reset button with a hairpin.
Cops arrest drug dealer. Dealer has a wad of cash on him. Cops run database check on who was known to have each of those bills last. Database query finds Bob as the person who had a $10 bill last, having received it as part of his change from McDonalds (he was identified there by the ID cards in his wallet which were close enough to be read). Bob is arrested and charged with buying drugs.
Too bad for Bob the money had been stolen from his wallet by his pre-teen daughter who bought candy with it at the corner store. This particular corner store does not use RFID tracking so the identity of the person spending the money was not recorded. The $10 bill is later given as change to Frank who then uses it to buy drugs.
Exchange uses it. Why anybody would want to use exchange is anyone's guess, but I've lost count of the number of people I've talked to who can't connect to their exchange server because their ISP is blocking port 135. The ISPs also seem to enjoy denying that port 135 is blocked (no big surprise, the people that answer the phones are rarely told about this type of thing).
Everywhere you go in the summer, it's colder inside than it was outside in wintertime. And vice versa
I'm not sure what kind of freakish place you live in, but I don't think many people have air conditioning that will bring temperatures below 0 (our winter temp). I also don't think many people keep the temperature in their house above 90 (our summer temp) in the winter. If your roommate does this, you may want to send her to a shrink.
I was kind of looking forward to seeing the stars without so much light pollution (I'm not even in a city, but my small town puts out enough to drown out plenty of stars) but the power came back on just before the stars were visible. Mars, thankfully, is really easy to spot as long as there aren't trees in the way.
Case in point: driving on the right side of the road (not to start a flame war, but economically and logically it doesn't make sense)
I'm not sure what you mean here. Not to get offtopic, but what makes driving on the left side of the road make any more sense than the right side? The only benefit I can think of one way or the other is that if you drive on the right, you don't need to use a different word to say you're on the right side of the road.
I just always spell it centre and pronounce "Z" as Zed to annoy and confuse the Americans that I have to talk to all day. If I have to figure out what they mean when they speak Texan, they get to be educated on the letter Z.
And if Bob decides he doesn't want blacks in his bar? Or maybe he doesn't want women in his bar. What if Bob doesn't want fat people or tall people in his bar? Shouldn't he be allowed to keep people out for those reasons?
You'd think so, but based on the number of network administrators I talk to that can't find the start menu and don't know what version of windows they're using, you'd be wrong.
Windows includes this as an accessibility tool. It takes over a portion at the top of the screen and shows a zoomed-in view of where your mouse pointer is.
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I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
middle and upper management often look down on divisions that don't do "real work."
I wonder if that might be considered irony.
taxes are taxes. there is no such concept as "double taxation"
Depends on how you define it. In Canada for example we have a couple taxes on gasoline. One is a set amount per litre, the other is a percentage of the price before the other tax is factored in. This is not a double tax. The 7% GST (goods and services tax) that is calculated on the total price of the gas (including the other two taxes) could be considered a double tax.
Another example would be the levy we have on CDRs, tapes, etc. Technically it's not a tax because it's charged to the people who import the CDRs into the country and not to the consumers. The importers of course pass the cost of the levy onto the stores and the stores pass the cost to their consumers. Add on GST and some sort of PST (provincial sales tax) and it's like a double tax but not really.
it should NOT return the message
But then how would the virus scanner advertise its amazing ability to detect viruses to consumers who need to buy said virus scanner or suffer from the bad viruses?
Killed? No. Tortured? I would refer you to exhibit A: the ride It's a Small World After All
10 calls? Where I work I usually average around 20-30 calls per shift. The last few weeks I've been getting triple that. Normally I would have hours to read slashdot. Now I have a lesser number of hours. Virus writers suck because they make me do my job.
No, the Universal Translator was a physical walkie-talkie type device that was rarely actually used (at least in the original series.) The episode where Kirk & Co. encountered Zephraim Cochrane (inventor of the warp drive) was one of the few where the Universal Translator was used.
Apparently the Ferengi implant one into an ear. See the DS9 episode Little Green Men to see them try to hit the reset button with a hairpin.
Maybe I'm not up on my racist slang, but what's "Jiga" refer to? I'm thinking the Irish as in Irish Jig but I'm probably completely wrong.
Here's a scenario that might work for you.
Cops arrest drug dealer. Dealer has a wad of cash on him. Cops run database check on who was known to have each of those bills last. Database query finds Bob as the person who had a $10 bill last, having received it as part of his change from McDonalds (he was identified there by the ID cards in his wallet which were close enough to be read). Bob is arrested and charged with buying drugs.
Too bad for Bob the money had been stolen from his wallet by his pre-teen daughter who bought candy with it at the corner store. This particular corner store does not use RFID tracking so the identity of the person spending the money was not recorded. The $10 bill is later given as change to Frank who then uses it to buy drugs.
Wow. That was convuluted.
If you're having a big problem with msblast, you could always infect the computers on the network with Nachi.
Probably a bad idea though.
I for one, welcome our new facist masters. May they rule over us with an iron fist.
The key too handling high voltages safely, is to become a good resistor
So resistence...is not futile?
Port 135: Why would ANYBODY want this exposed?
Exchange uses it. Why anybody would want to use exchange is anyone's guess, but I've lost count of the number of people I've talked to who can't connect to their exchange server because their ISP is blocking port 135. The ISPs also seem to enjoy denying that port 135 is blocked (no big surprise, the people that answer the phones are rarely told about this type of thing).
Everywhere you go in the summer, it's colder inside than it was outside in wintertime. And vice versa
I'm not sure what kind of freakish place you live in, but I don't think many people have air conditioning that will bring temperatures below 0 (our winter temp). I also don't think many people keep the temperature in their house above 90 (our summer temp) in the winter. If your roommate does this, you may want to send her to a shrink.
I was kind of looking forward to seeing the stars without so much light pollution (I'm not even in a city, but my small town puts out enough to drown out plenty of stars) but the power came back on just before the stars were visible. Mars, thankfully, is really easy to spot as long as there aren't trees in the way.
Dammit, Archimedes was wrong. When will people finally realize this? Are you going to let a naked Greek guy determine your beliefs?
Both of those "engagement rings" got damaged over a few years of wear
I think I figured out why diamonds are used in engagement rings.
Isn't that what this is for? Debeers doesn't have a total monopoly on diamonds and I'm pretty sure the Canadian diamond workers are treated better.
Case in point: driving on the right side of the road (not to start a flame war, but economically and logically it doesn't make sense)
I'm not sure what you mean here. Not to get offtopic, but what makes driving on the left side of the road make any more sense than the right side? The only benefit I can think of one way or the other is that if you drive on the right, you don't need to use a different word to say you're on the right side of the road.
I just always spell it centre and pronounce "Z" as Zed to annoy and confuse the Americans that I have to talk to all day. If I have to figure out what they mean when they speak Texan, they get to be educated on the letter Z.
Ah, but what happens when they announce some great new project that ends up not working anywhere near as well as they'd thought?
And if Bob decides he doesn't want blacks in his bar? Or maybe he doesn't want women in his bar. What if Bob doesn't want fat people or tall people in his bar? Shouldn't he be allowed to keep people out for those reasons?
Hell, I'd pay to see that. Wouldn't you?
You'd think so, but based on the number of network administrators I talk to that can't find the start menu and don't know what version of windows they're using, you'd be wrong.
Windows includes this as an accessibility tool. It takes over a portion at the top of the screen and shows a zoomed-in view of where your mouse pointer is.