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  1. Re:Wow! Delusional much? on IRS Nails CPA For Copying Steve Jobs, Google Execs · · Score: 2

    Here is a decent study:

    http://www.mn2020.org/issues-that-matter/fiscal-policy/progressive-taxation-not-so-bad-for-business-after-all

    Also if you google "economic efficiency of progressive taxation" you will get some papers suggesting progessive taxation promotes economic stability.

  2. Re:Wow! Delusional much? on IRS Nails CPA For Copying Steve Jobs, Google Execs · · Score: 1

    Not exactly. Regressive taxation has a negative economic effect independent of the politics.

  3. Re:Wow! Delusional much? on IRS Nails CPA For Copying Steve Jobs, Google Execs · · Score: 1

    And what would the median American household pay extra?

  4. Re:This one makes some sense on FBI Seeks Suspect's Web Game Records · · Score: 1

    He is facing federal charges as well. I imagine they will put him into supermax, or at least protective custody. It would look bad if this high profile guy died in prison.

  5. Re:This one makes some sense on FBI Seeks Suspect's Web Game Records · · Score: 1

    Bill Ayers? Black Panthers? Long time since they had real power, but these guys aren't apologizing.

  6. Re:This one makes some sense on FBI Seeks Suspect's Web Game Records · · Score: 1

    Newsflash: people say dumb shit on the internet.

    rich white protestant heterosexual in a traditional family role.

    I was going to say that sounds more like a White Nationalist / Aryan Nations type view but you had to throw in rich. Now I've no idea which ideology you are talking about, because the extreme right tends to support working class families.

        That's the thing about the tea party, there's no tea and no party. Anything one self-described tea partier says can be pinned on the "movement" or whatever it is. This is why I choose not to associate with that label, even though I support smaller government.

  7. Re:This one makes some sense on FBI Seeks Suspect's Web Game Records · · Score: 1

    Whatever let's hurry up and ban carrying a gun within 1000 ft of a congressperson. And looking at them so nobody can get the "hornies."

  8. Re:This one makes some sense on FBI Seeks Suspect's Web Game Records · · Score: 1

    Replying to myself: That said, his other messages seem to reveal his intent and "motive" clearly enough ("my assasination", "kill the *expletive*," written on her letter, etc.)

    Even if the FBI did not subpoena his postings, I imagine the defense would. Anything to elucidate how crazy this dude actually is.

  9. Re:This one makes some sense on FBI Seeks Suspect's Web Game Records · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, he's obviously guilty but his mental state and motive will come into play in the sentencing phase where any messages/postings may be relevant.

  10. Re:Buzz in Times on Jeopardy-Playing Supercomputer Beats Humans · · Score: 1

    That may be a disadvantage for the computer, actually. Good players are known to buzz in immediately on their strong categories and take the few seconds allowed to come up with the response. On the other hand, Watson could do the exact same thing, and presumably do so faster than any human.

  11. Re:I call BS, and perhaps even Shenanigans on Once-Darling Ethanol Losing Friends In High Places · · Score: 1

    I noticed the stations selling pure gas were outside the city quite a bit. Hence my 50mi perimeter.

    Few in urban areas have a need to power older farm equipment so I suppose this makes sense.

  12. Re:I call BS, and perhaps even Shenanigans on Once-Darling Ethanol Losing Friends In High Places · · Score: 1

    Um I can't find ethanol free within 50 mi of me. Do you have to go somewhere special?

  13. Re:Why it won't affect the companies.. on The Luck of the Irish Runs Out · · Score: 1

    The effective tax rate on the rich in 1963 was around 24%.

    It went up under Reagan IIRC.

  14. Re:The new iPhone bars on AT&T Wireless Data Still Growing At 1000% · · Score: 1

    Speaking of the Northwest, I was in Alaska and encountered 2 areas where iPhones worked and my Sprint Android phone did not.

    I asked one dude (whose phone was working) whether it was GSM or CDMA. He said it was an iPhone. I didn't even try to explain...

  15. Re:Conservative issue too. on National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches · · Score: 1

    Civilian courts mainly try those accused domestically. Frankly they lack the resources and probably the will to deal with nebulous international issues.

    While the US seems intent on enforcing the rule of law in occupied territories, it is unable to in many cases. For most, trying these fighters in their home countries' makes little sense.

    I do not deny that in this case both the innocent and guilty find themselves in a difficult legal situation, but I am not ready to acknowledge that a US civil court is the best place to resolve it.

  16. Re:Flying != basic human right. on National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches · · Score: 1

    I don't think the GP and his ilk are even serious at this point. Perhaps this argument made sense when they were merely asking us to remove the shoes. There is no defense for irradiating the nutsack.

  17. Re:Conservative issue too. on National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches · · Score: 1

    "Terrorism" is not "a foreign power."

    True, but there do exist those attacking our soldiers abroad. Trying them in civilian court makes no sense to me. What is your solution?

  18. Re:Oracle is doing everything they can to fuck up on Oracle To Monetize Java VM · · Score: 1

    Royalty free.

    I didn't RTFA and the summary doesn't make it clear, but it sounds like at least one possibility is that Oracle intends to charge for the premium JVM, which would need to run on each server.

  19. Re:Taxes are going up on your entire net worth on Income Tax Quashed, Ballmer To Cash In Billions · · Score: 1

    Inflation is rampant? By what measure?

  20. Re:Validation or desperation? on Lord of the Rings Online To Go Free-To-Play · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I suppose everything is an also-ran compared to WoW, but LotRO seemed to be doing just fine while charging a fee last time I played...

  21. Re:slashdot poll? on Truth Or Dare — What Is the Best US Cell Company? · · Score: 1

    I ended up, entirely unwittingly, on one of these discounted plans after a phone upgrade and had billing problems months in a row. They kept automatically forcing me onto a more expensive plan, then billing my data, which was unlimited under either plan, per kilobyte. The CSRs on the phone could make the data charges go away, but I had to go to the store to get back on my discounted plan. Finally I gave up and accepted paying the regular rates.

  22. Re:Pearl River Delta?? on China Debuts the World's Fastest Train · · Score: 1

    Market forces have prevailed. It costs $40 billion to build a line from San Francisco to Los Angeles, two big markets. That's a lot of train tickets to sell. No private investor will put up the cash. The government may or may not be willing. So essentially we're talking about government (mis)allocation of capital. That does sound a lot like socialism.

  23. Re:The question, really, is this: on Florida Congressman Wants Blogging Critic Fined, Jailed · · Score: 1

    1 website does not constitute the entire committee. Even if this is the only thing this PAC has done so far, it's not a lie unless you can somehow prove that opposing this guy is the only thing the PAC was formed to do.

  24. Re:I call bullshit on Florida Congressman Wants Blogging Critic Fined, Jailed · · Score: 1

    Did you miss the part about the four page letter to the attorney general?

  25. Re:Why? on Electric Mini Cooper Has Rough Start · · Score: 1

    Speaking of which TFA says Villaraigosa has figured out a way to give rich folks better parking spots too, no need to tip the valet.