why not simplify the tax code to get rid of the "exceptions, credits, and deductions", and then lower the rate to 22%.
That would make a lot of sense if your goal is the good of the country as a whole, but selling manipulations of the tax code is the primary activity of our legislature.
Yes, I'm going on and one trying to explain the technical side of it to you, but it's starting to feel a little like trying to explain math to a dog.
More like, you're trying to justify your existence to one who knows that your job is on the way to becoming redundant, and that that is a good thing. I know that what you do is complex. I also know that researchers trying to reduce that complexity are part of the solution, and people like you who oppose what they're trying to do are part of the problem.
Does that pass for cleverness at your BOFH meetings?
I can see that your hostility towards the work in question stems from your fear that better network management tools will make your profession obsolete.
Your argument basically amounts to this. My young son doesn't have the strength yet to cut firewood safely with an ax and saw, so obviously I need to hand him a top-of-the-line Stihl chainsaw.
More like, if you want to vaccum the rug, you shouldn't need to know how to series-wind an AC motor.
Network administration is far more difficult than it should be. I don't see any benefit in casually dismissing the work of anyone who's trying to address the problems.
You seem quite confident in your dismissal of their work.
I can guarantee they'll find funding with their promise you'll even able to hire even LESS skilled network admins
You say that like it's a bad thing. Network administration shouldn't be as complex as it is; it's a waste of time and effort. Networks should be self-configuring to the greatest possible extent.
I don't think that's an accurate description. The business is all about cost per passenger mile, and Boeing did the math and decided that a major shift in materials was a bigger win than making a bigger airplane.
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why not simplify the tax code to get rid of the "exceptions, credits, and deductions", and then lower the rate to 22%.
That would make a lot of sense if your goal is the good of the country as a whole, but selling manipulations of the tax code is the primary activity of our legislature.
-jcr
We have the lowest effective corporate tax rates in the world for a developed nation
[citation needed]
-jcr
Nobody's modded you funny yet? Come on, people!
-jcr
That doesn't actually destroy the drive, it just make the drive wish it were dead.
-jcr
Maybe they're operating at a loss?
Who knows, perhaps reducing the number of riders will save them money somehow.
-jcr
Terrorists being notoriously impatient, can be thwarted by denying them up-to-date schedule information! It's brilliant!
-jcr
Yes, I'm going on and one trying to explain the technical side of it to you, but it's starting to feel a little like trying to explain math to a dog.
More like, you're trying to justify your existence to one who knows that your job is on the way to becoming redundant, and that that is a good thing. I know that what you do is complex. I also know that researchers trying to reduce that complexity are part of the solution, and people like you who oppose what they're trying to do are part of the problem.
-jcr
Look, you're whining
Nope, just observing. You do go on and on, though.
-jcr
Celluloid aint a plastic smartass.
Yes it is, and so are bakelite, phenolic, and several others that predate the use of petroleum-based plastics.
-jcr
You're on the right track, but the laws of bureaucracy can't possibly prohibit inaction.
-jcr
Cletus, is that you?
Does that pass for cleverness at your BOFH meetings?
I can see that your hostility towards the work in question stems from your fear that better network management tools will make your profession obsolete.
-jcr
You're probably thinking that we have several billion bears we can import before we run out of them.
As it happens, I'm thinking that you're a pompous windbag who has way too much of his ego invested in memorization of needless complexity.
-jcr
Your argument basically amounts to this. My young son doesn't have the strength yet to cut firewood safely with an ax and saw, so obviously I need to hand him a top-of-the-line Stihl chainsaw.
More like, if you want to vaccum the rug, you shouldn't need to know how to series-wind an AC motor.
Network administration is far more difficult than it should be. I don't see any benefit in casually dismissing the work of anyone who's trying to address the problems.
-jcr
You seem quite confident in your dismissal of their work.
I can guarantee they'll find funding with their promise you'll even able to hire even LESS skilled network admins
You say that like it's a bad thing. Network administration shouldn't be as complex as it is; it's a waste of time and effort. Networks should be self-configuring to the greatest possible extent.
-jcr
I'm not googling around for citations, but, George Washington Carver is credited with inventing plastic
Nope. Celluloid was invented long before he was born.
-jcr
A bureaucrat fired for incompetence?
If that happens, then Australia is more different than the USA than I can possibly imagine.
-jcr
No, it would be bigoted if I were to claim that someone was unable to do a decent job due to their membership in some arbitrary group.
-jcr
An Airbus flight would have to be 50% off for me to even consider it.
You'd risk your life for a 50% discount? EIther you're very brave, or you're just posturing.
-jcr
I'd say that Sturgeon's number is a bit off. He says that 90% of everything is crap. In my experience, 90% of everything is adequate.
-jcr
failing to meet the challenge of the A380.
I don't think that's an accurate description. The business is all about cost per passenger mile, and Boeing did the math and decided that a major shift in materials was a bigger win than making a bigger airplane.
-jcr
Bigoted much?
There's no shortage of slipshod work done in the USA, or top-quality work done in foreign countries.
-jcr
By having a group with a different name do the same thing?
Nope, the customs service didn't seize our wages.
-jcr
Hillary (She IS the Secretary of State!) has said this week we are just as corrupt as Nigeria.
I seem to recall that her brother got paid rather well for arranging a pardon for some well-heeled fugitive.
-jcr
Except for the crimes committed by the cops.
-jcr
You're the random jackass, sunshine. Anyone who's dealt with databases with enough people in them will know that the SSA doesn't do a perfect job.
-jcr