Amazon collects sales tax if you buy something from them and you live in Washington state (where they are based.) When I lived in WA, I rarely purchased from Amazon because I had to pay tax AND shipping. So, it was usually cheaper to buy local or from someone out of state.
This is exactly why I don't own a gun. If I did have a gun, I would have shot my former next door neighbor a long time ago because I hate the guy.
So, not having a gun prevented me from shooting him. By the time I would have got the gun, I usually have calmed down a little bit.
And eventually, I moved and no longer have to deal with him which is a better outcome (at least for me if not for his other neighbors) than him being dead and me being in prison.
Many women legally have sex for money reasons, even if it's not a direct obvious exchange as with prostitution.
So why is it illegal?
It is not illegal everywhere. For example, in the USA there is legalized prostitution in rural Nevada (not Las Vegas and not Reno, but in the rural counties).
The reason why it is illegal is more or less analogous to a "labor union" kind of rule: Average women do not want to compete with Prostitutes for men's attention.
Marriage is a bad deal for many men. Coincidentally, the one man who I know who has the least relationship/mental problems is a guy who only sleeps with prostitutes and has never had a "real girlfriend."
Let's do a thought experiment. Imagine many thousands of fake calls to a MSFT 800 number from MSN TV via this worm. Now imagine the same thing except they are calls to 911.
In the second scenario, there are constant announcements on TV saying that if you have an Microsoft Web TV, also known as an MSN TV - turn it off right now. Then they have some law enforcement folks come on and say the same thing.
One is annoying for MS. The other is a PR Nightmare that there is no way to cover up and no way to ignore. There would probably be congressional hearings about how MS should improve security because "PEOPLE ARE DYING!"
Having it call 911 really takes it to a whole other level - if the worm is widespread which fortunately this wasn't.
Ignoring the warning boxes is like ignoring the fact that your entire car's dashboard is flashing "Engine Warning". It's user stupidity.
Only if your dashboard flashes "Engine Warning" every freaking time you look at it and when you ask the first 10 times mechanic he says, "Just ignore it - it doesn't mean anything." Because that's what we (as software developers) do to users all the time. We warn them about stuff that is irrelevant to them to such a high degree that they can't possibly make reasonable decisions.
course, I didn't pay attention to the news as much either, and if it did happen, I'll bet it wasn't anywhere *near* as often
This merely shows you weren't paying attention. Back then, things like this did happen and people like you ranted about how they didn't happen in the 50s.
But they did happen in the 50s. And in the 40s. And the 1750s.
The people with the highest murder rate in the history of humanity were hunter-gatherers.
And sneaking bullets across the border to those people who need them in order to commit crimes like murder, armed robbery, etc. won't work because we have border patrol people standing shoulder to shoulder all across the Canadian/US border. And they never get tired either.
Perhaps the kid wouldn't have shot the cops if he couldn't have got access to a Gun.
This kid was not given access to a gun.
In true GTA style, he grabbed the gun from the officer's holster, shot all three officers and fled in their patrol car.
If you are trying to suggest that the kid was not influenced by the game, you are just wrong. I think that the thing that should have happened differently is that GameStop and Wal-Mart should not have sold him an M rated game because he was too young for it.
I realize that is an unpopular opinion on Slashdot, but the rating system has to have some teeth if its going to mean something. I would have to see some evidence to say that Sony or Rockstar was responsible, but based on the article, I think Wal-Mart and Gamestop should be punished for selling a Mature rated game to a little kid.
You can do a bad job as a parent and pretty much cause a child to grow up with issues.
However, doing a good job does not 100% assure that your kid will grow up to be a good person and not a murderer. Some people are who they are despite the best efforts of caring parents.
If its an Apple publicity photo, then yeah. On the other hand, if the employee took the picture with his camera phone, they have no way to watermark that.
and it probably weighs significantly less than an electric vehicle loaded with batteries that causes more wear and tear on the road but pays 0 gas taxes.
Yeah, and both people driving those electric vehicles should be ashamed!
I seriously doubt that a hybrid prius tears up the road as much as a gas guzzling SUV. THe amount of road wear has to do with the weight of the vehicle. For those who think it is unfair - go buy a hybrid car.
This isn't about road wear or lack of funds anyway, it is about big brother and tracking where people go.
Why not just let police pull people over randomly, club them half to death, and take any money that happens to be in their wallet for the state coffers?
I wouldn't be surprised if California wanted to tax people on every mile they drove, then make its residents *prove* they didn't drive those miles in California.
But how would that allow them to accomplish their real goal of tracking you everywhere you go?
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Those ads are gone? They played a major role in my decision to cancel my subscription to cable and not watch TV anymore.
That's a great point. If people are too lazy to return video tapes or DVDs, then companies are perfectly within their rights to commit fraud.
In other news, if people overeat, it is now acceptable to litter on their property.
where can we go to war to get more monkeys
Ringling Brothers?
That's my fembot's gorilla controlled ass!
Amazon collects sales tax if you buy something from them and you live in Washington state (where they are based.) When I lived in WA, I rarely purchased from Amazon because I had to pay tax AND shipping. So, it was usually cheaper to buy local or from someone out of state.
This is exactly why I don't own a gun. If I did have a gun, I would have shot my former next door neighbor a long time ago because I hate the guy.
So, not having a gun prevented me from shooting him. By the time I would have got the gun, I usually have calmed down a little bit.
And eventually, I moved and no longer have to deal with him which is a better outcome (at least for me if not for his other neighbors) than him being dead and me being in prison.
Many women legally have sex for money reasons, even if it's not a direct obvious exchange as with prostitution.
So why is it illegal?
It is not illegal everywhere. For example, in the USA there is legalized prostitution in rural Nevada (not Las Vegas and not Reno, but in the rural counties).
The reason why it is illegal is more or less analogous to a "labor union" kind of rule: Average women do not want to compete with Prostitutes for men's attention.
Marriage is a bad deal for many men. Coincidentally, the one man who I know who has the least relationship/mental problems is a guy who only sleeps with prostitutes and has never had a "real girlfriend."
Let's do a thought experiment. Imagine many thousands of fake calls to a MSFT 800 number from MSN TV via this worm. Now imagine the same thing except they are calls to 911.
In the second scenario, there are constant announcements on TV saying that if you have an Microsoft Web TV, also known as an MSN TV - turn it off right now. Then they have some law enforcement folks come on and say the same thing.
One is annoying for MS. The other is a PR Nightmare that there is no way to cover up and no way to ignore. There would probably be congressional hearings about how MS should improve security because "PEOPLE ARE DYING!"
Having it call 911 really takes it to a whole other level - if the worm is widespread which fortunately this wasn't.
Ignoring the warning boxes is like ignoring the fact that your entire car's dashboard is flashing "Engine Warning". It's user stupidity.
Only if your dashboard flashes "Engine Warning" every freaking time you look at it and when you ask the first 10 times mechanic he says, "Just ignore it - it doesn't mean anything." Because that's what we (as software developers) do to users all the time. We warn them about stuff that is irrelevant to them to such a high degree that they can't possibly make reasonable decisions.
dumbass in oklahoma
That phrase is redundant.
Maybe he hates Microsoft and wanted to give one of their products a black eye?
(I'm not saying that's a good thing to do - just that it is a motivation slightly more elaborate than "being a mean jerk".)
course, I didn't pay attention to the news as much either, and if it did happen, I'll bet it wasn't anywhere *near* as often
This merely shows you weren't paying attention. Back then, things like this did happen and people like you ranted about how they didn't happen in the 50s.
But they did happen in the 50s. And in the 40s. And the 1750s.
The people with the highest murder rate in the history of humanity were hunter-gatherers.
A shitload of people die from car wrecks too, should we ban those?
Yes, let's ban car wrecks!
And sneaking bullets across the border to those people who need them in order to commit crimes like murder, armed robbery, etc. won't work because we have border patrol people standing shoulder to shoulder all across the Canadian/US border. And they never get tired either.
Perhaps the kid wouldn't have shot the cops if he couldn't have got access to a Gun.
This kid was not given access to a gun.
In true GTA style, he grabbed the gun from the officer's holster, shot all three officers and fled in their patrol car.
If you are trying to suggest that the kid was not influenced by the game, you are just wrong. I think that the thing that should have happened differently is that GameStop and Wal-Mart should not have sold him an M rated game because he was too young for it.
I realize that is an unpopular opinion on Slashdot, but the rating system has to have some teeth if its going to mean something. I would have to see some evidence to say that Sony or Rockstar was responsible, but based on the article, I think Wal-Mart and Gamestop should be punished for selling a Mature rated game to a little kid.
That game is too violent for you. I demand you stop playing it now.
You can do a bad job as a parent and pretty much cause a child to grow up with issues.
However, doing a good job does not 100% assure that your kid will grow up to be a good person and not a murderer. Some people are who they are despite the best efforts of caring parents.
If I worked for MS, and saw something here that could be used by the company
When have you ever seen anything useful posted on Slashdot?
You must be new here...
You aren't paying the gas tax now for walking to work. So, you are not paying the same for road maintenance.
If its an Apple publicity photo, then yeah. On the other hand, if the employee took the picture with his camera phone, they have no way to watermark that.
and it probably weighs significantly less than an electric vehicle loaded with batteries that causes more wear and tear on the road but pays 0 gas taxes.
Yeah, and both people driving those electric vehicles should be ashamed!
I seriously doubt that a hybrid prius tears up the road as much as a gas guzzling SUV. THe amount of road wear has to do with the weight of the vehicle. For those who think it is unfair - go buy a hybrid car.
This isn't about road wear or lack of funds anyway, it is about big brother and tracking where people go.
Why not just let police pull people over randomly, club them half to death, and take any money that happens to be in their wallet for the state coffers?
And here in Texas, there's an alternative to it - tollways.
Yet another one of the million reasons Texas sucks.
I wouldn't be surprised if California wanted to tax people on every mile they drove, then make its residents *prove* they didn't drive those miles in California.
But how would that allow them to accomplish their real goal of tracking you everywhere you go?