If yourposition is that the deceased, rather than his or her heirs, is the taxpayer then the death tax is even MORE reprehensible. It's what's left after a lifetime of AFTER-tax income, and then the tax man goes in for one more dig.
Well, there are all kinds ofpossible tort actions here, but I would think that the guy's in the greatest danger of just getting beaten to death, considering that he was advertising for BDSM types..
Do you have some kind of point you're trying to make? You claimed that the iPod is "overpriced", I debunked that claim, and now it looks like you're trying to argue against something I haven't said.
Apple has generally kept the price points steady, while expanding the iPod's capacity and capabilities over time. They've also introduced lower-cost versions of the product, going as low as $99. Because they're not going for the lowest possible cost, they're able to make it a far better-quality product than they could if they went for a Dell-style "race to the bottom" approach.
There is a science to pricing a product, and Apple's success with the iPod line shows that they're practicing it very well, indeed.
Repealing the estate tax would enable hereditary dynasties. There's an attempt at keeping the rich rich.
Yeah, just look at how the death tax sent the Kennedys, the Hiltons, the Fords and the DuPonts back to work at Real Jobs, just like all the rest of us!
Oh, wait..
The fact of the matter is, that the death tax often forces medium-sized businesses to be sold off to bigger businesses when the heirs need to raise cash to pay the tax. Warren Buffet has done very, very well buying companies under these circumstances, as have the shareholders of many enormous corporations.
The death tax is highly destructive to small and medium-sized family businesses. It doesn't affect the Rockefellers, the Kennedys, and other plutocrats, because they can afford far better tax attorneys than the IRS can.
We have yet to see a year-over-year decline in sales. It is of course to be expected, that pundits seeking attention will continue to troll with "the sky is falling" articles, just like we'll keep hearing about how every also-ran is an "iPod killer".
I wouldsay that the people you describe are in fact the epitome of the Peter Principle. They're in jobs they don't know how to do, and they get there because the organization has ossified as Dr. Peter describes.The book isn't just about individuals being promoted to their level of incompetence, it's also about organizations eventually clogging up and serving the purposes of the hierarchy, rather than the customers or shareholders.
HP used to be one of my top future career destinations, based on their technical aptitude and their culture of innovation and excellence. That all must be long gone by now.
That HP went away about 20 years ago. I hear that there's some remnants of it at Agilent.
However, it seems that if i do it on company time, then my employer is normally held responsible?
When there's a criminal act, the corporation may also be held responsible, particularly if the court finds that the management of the corporation was aware of the criminal behavior, but that culpability of the organization doesn't shield any individual.
You should reada book called the Peter Principle. It's a very well thought-out explanation of how organizations become incompetent over time, as people get promoted until they're not competent to do the job and then remain there impeding the work of the organization. Very few companies succeed in avoiding this problem altogether, but some manage to delay it for as long as their founders are in charge, or manage to shake it off after the company has a near-death experience.
With all this business why are the cell networks in the US so poor.
There is a disadvantage to early adoption in many cases. US services have a lot of cell network infrastructure from previous generations of cellular technology, and many, many customers who aren't going to ditch their existing phones for something up-to-date overnight.
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If yourposition is that the deceased, rather than his or her heirs, is the taxpayer then the death tax is even MORE reprehensible. It's what's left after a lifetime of AFTER-tax income, and then the tax man goes in for one more dig.
-jcr
Since there were no falsehoods, and the names were not "anonymized", then there is no tort, either.
Want to bet?
Ever hear of "willful infliction of emotional distress"?
There are an awful lot of tort theories to choose from, and any decent lawyer could shred that punk in court.
-jcr
Well, there are all kinds ofpossible tort actions here, but I would think that the guy's in the greatest danger of just getting beaten to death, considering that he was advertising for BDSM types..
-jcr
This is a huge disadvantage as every non-iTunes Music Store web site selling music uses WMA.
Oh, get serious. All the also-rans use WMA, and all together they amount to squat.
-jcr
Why do you care so much about iPod sales figures?
Does the word "shareholder" mean anything to you, sunshine?
-jcr
Do you have some kind of point you're trying to make? You claimed that the iPod is "overpriced", I debunked that claim, and now it looks like you're trying to argue against something I haven't said.
Apple has generally kept the price points steady, while expanding the iPod's capacity and capabilities over time. They've also introduced lower-cost versions of the product, going as low as $99. Because they're not going for the lowest possible cost, they're able to make it a far better-quality product than they could if they went for a Dell-style "race to the bottom" approach.
There is a science to pricing a product, and Apple's success with the iPod line shows that they're practicing it very well, indeed.
-jcr
Just because some people are willing to pay a certain price does not mean all people other than myself are willing to.
Did I say all?
People with far more market data than you have are setting that price.
-jcr
You need a special client to load it and it only loads AAC.
No, it will load AAC, MP3, AIFF, WAV and Apple Lossless files.
-jcr
A product shows consistent quarter over quarter growth for five straight years.
Oh, for Pete's sake. You're not seeing the forest for the trees. Look at the YEAR over YEAR growth. I have, and I'm keeping my AAPL shares.
Wake the fuck up dummy.
I'm wide awake, which you clearly aren't.
-jcr
I think the ipod is overpriced (as mac products tend to be)
Econ 101: it's overpriced if people aren't buying it!
The results speak for themselves. Just because it's more than you want to pay, doesn't make it overpriced.
-jcr
Repealing the estate tax would enable hereditary dynasties. There's an attempt at keeping the rich rich.
Yeah, just look at how the death tax sent the Kennedys, the Hiltons, the Fords and the DuPonts back to work at Real Jobs, just like all the rest of us!
Oh, wait..
The fact of the matter is, that the death tax often forces medium-sized businesses to be sold off to bigger businesses when the heirs need to raise cash to pay the tax. Warren Buffet has done very, very well buying companies under these circumstances, as have the shareholders of many enormous corporations.
The death tax is highly destructive to small and medium-sized family businesses. It doesn't affect the Rockefellers, the Kennedys, and other plutocrats, because they can afford far better tax attorneys than the IRS can.
-jcr
I find your argument dismissive and biased.
I'd sure rather work for him than for you, you long-winded twit.
-jcr
Q4 03: 336,000
Q1 04: 733,000 (holiday quarter)
Q2 04: 807,000
Q3 04: 860,000
Q4 04: 2,016,000
Q1 05: 4,580,000 (holiday quarter)
Q2 05: 5,311,000
Q3 05: 6,155,000
Q4 05: 6,451,000
Q1 06: 14,043,000 (holiday quarter)
Q2 06: 8,526,000
Q3 06: 8,111,000
We have yet to see a year-over-year decline in sales. It is of course to be expected, that pundits seeking attention will continue to troll with "the sky is falling" articles, just like we'll keep hearing about how every also-ran is an "iPod killer".
-jcr
Why can't I just install a trash plasma zapper under the sink and skip the expensive middle-man?
Hey, if you can find a vendor for a device like that, small enough to fit under the sink, let us all know!
-jcr
I wouldsay that the people you describe are in fact the epitome of the Peter Principle. They're in jobs they don't know how to do, and they get there because the organization has ossified as Dr. Peter describes.The book isn't just about individuals being promoted to their level of incompetence, it's also about organizations eventually clogging up and serving the purposes of the hierarchy, rather than the customers or shareholders.
-jcr
HP used to be one of my top future career destinations, based on their technical aptitude and their culture of innovation and excellence. That all must be long gone by now.
That HP went away about 20 years ago. I hear that there's some remnants of it at Agilent.
-jcr
However, it seems that if i do it on company time, then my employer is normally held responsible?
When there's a criminal act, the corporation may also be held responsible, particularly if the court finds that the management of the corporation was aware of the criminal behavior, but that culpability of the organization doesn't shield any individual.
-jcr
You should reada book called the Peter Principle. It's a very well thought-out explanation of how organizations become incompetent over time, as people get promoted until they're not competent to do the job and then remain there impeding the work of the organization. Very few companies succeed in avoiding this problem altogether, but some manage to delay it for as long as their founders are in charge, or manage to shake it off after the company has a near-death experience.
-jcr
Why is it that you MS fans are so ashamed that you have to post from the cover of anonymity?
-jcr
a learning process modeled on Microsoft's management techniques
Does this mean that all the kids will graduate six years late, and then need three rounds of remedial courses?
-jcr
With all this business why are the cell networks in the US so poor.
There is a disadvantage to early adoption in many cases. US services have a lot of cell network infrastructure from previous generations of cellular technology, and many, many customers who aren't going to ditch their existing phones for something up-to-date overnight.
-jcr
This was probably a consequence of using DPS for window drawing, but there you have it./I)
No, DPS had no bearing on how you lay out controls in a window.
I'd like to seethis implemented as a user preference. It would be very simple to fix at the framework level.
-jcr
@interface NostalgicScrollView : NSScrollView
, NSMinY(contentFrame))];
{
}
@end
@implementation NostalgicScrollView
- (void)tile
{
[super tile];
id contentView = [self contentView];
id scroller = [self verticalScroller];
NSRect contentFrame = [contentView frame];
NSRect scrollerFrame = [scroller frame];
[scroller setFrameOrigin:NSMakePoint(0.0, NSMinY(scrollerFrame))];
[contentView setFrameOrigin:NSMakePoint(NSWidth(scrollerFrame)
}
@end
libertarianism is flat out wrong. Everyone knows that.
Thanks for that analysis, but somehow I find you less than convincing.
-jcr
they didn't even check my receipt before pulling it out and removing the tag.
That's probably quite reasonable. How many shoplifters are brazen enough to go looking for a store employee like that?
-jcr