Consumers never have to deal with prices without VAT included. The price isn't even mentionned anywhere.
So soon, you forget all about how much you are actually giving to the government...;-) You don't even notice it.
It actually never occured to me that this would be different in other countries. It makes absolutely no sense to me;-)
Part of the reason it isn't shown in the States is due to differing sales tax across states. Sales tax may be 5% here, and 10 miles away in another state, 7%.
So an advertiser, in the Sunday paper, would have to print two different prices if his ad area included parts of both states. Quite confusing. And a real sales loss for the state with the higher sales tax.
I cant see a day where we all have them so am not to worried about it yet. Contrasts with: Under the age of 16(whatever the age a minor is in your country) track them for safety.
Implant them in all kids, and pretty soon you'll have a whole population who has never lived without them. "Why should I get this removed? It's done me no harm so far."
And so it goes. One or two generations...and everyone has them, all the time.
Just put one of these inside a 'vitamin' pill. Have the trackee swallow. No surgery necessary, you get to track his movements for a day or two, and all evidence is removed completely.
The printed vote record that you take home(which is a bad idea for other reasons) may or may not have any connection with the actual vote stored in the db.
And the stored one is the one that is counted. The printed one is merely a warm fuzzy.
You go to a machine, insert the card. You place your votes on a touch screen. The software confirms your votes. Then it prints the results onto the card.
And how do you ensure that your vote for Joe actually went to Joe? The printed card? Or the code redirection, which sent your vote to Mary instead.
You end up with 2 'votes'. The one printed on the card, and the one actually recorded. With no real way to ensure that they are the same. Even if you can check later. It's only a program telling you what it has been programmed to tell you.
After the election you can enter the barcode and check to make sure the database matches what is printed on the card.
In the collating process, malicious code could be inserted to flip every 25th vote for Joe to Mary. YOUR vote could be checked, and it still might report Joe. Or simply tell you it has recorded Joe. But the main election db could still record Mary.
4) For superpowers, the countermeasure is to build your own 1000 km neutrino ring. (And short of starting WWV, there's no way for Superpower Foo to prevent Superpower Bar from building one!) Two superpowers with such rings have effectively rendered each others' nuclear arsenals obsolete. That's effective deterrence without the sword of mutually-assured destruction hanging over everyone's head.
Until Bar builds one of its own, they will feel threatened. Bar may well launch before Foo gets the first one finished.
After Foo has one, and before Bar has one, they may then launch against Bar without fear of reprisal.
rather what the most popular search starting with that pattern currently is among all of Amazon's customers.
Not necessarily. It autocompletes based on the contents of a database. Where that data comes from is irrelevant.
Abstract from the USPTO:
A system for facilitating online searches suggests query autocompletion strings (terms and/or phrases) to users during the query entry process, wherein the suggested strings are based on specific attributes of the particular database access system being searched. A string extraction component associated with a database access system, such as a web site of an online merchant, periodically generates a dataset that contains the autocompletion strings for the system. The datasets are preferably biased to favor the database items that are currently the most popular (e.g., best selling or most frequently viewed), and may be customized to particular users or user groups. The datasets are transmitted to users' computing devices, which may include handheld and other wireless devices that lack a full keyboard. An autocompletion client which runs on the computing devices in association with a browser uses the datasets to suggest the autocompletion strings as users enter queries that are directed to the database access system.
...a dataset that contains the autocompletion strings for the system.
The dataset could come from anywhere. Generated and updated from current sales(best selling or most frequently viewed), OR from previous searches, or out of someones butt.
Not really innovative, but merely returning to the browser the contents of a db field, based on the first couple of letters. Much as any other autocomplete.
If any part can be said to be innovative, that might be the data extraction part. But that's just good sales management.
Workers at these facilities will now ALWAYS be on camera. They were on camera before, but it was just internal security cams. Now, your ugly mug is online, all the time. Yuck.
Joe Q Public, the 'unsophisticated user', will now have the ability (and they will) to check out what Mr. Dam Inspector is doing at any particular time.
MOVEMENT DETECTED!
- Joe, you must evaluate this picture.
--Damn...lookatthat...he's pickin his nose!
MOVEMENT DETECTED!
- Jane, you must evaluate this picture.
--Does that guy look kind of....dark? Yes, we must send this to level 2.
(even though its merely the guy who refills the Coke machine)
MOVEMENT DETECTED!
- Alice, you must evaluate this picture
-- ahhh...it's that guy coming back from the bathroom again. Damn, he pees a lot. I think there's something funny going on in there. I think we need to call security.
You can kill people with a gun, but I haven't seen any lawsuit against S&W for creating a tool that can be used to commit a crime.
Cincinnati recently dropped their suit against gunmakers. Expect to see more of these.
05/01/2003 "CINCINNATI - The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to drop a lawsuit against gun manufacturers and distributors, but retained the option of refiling it within a year.
The council's 8-0 vote followed the recommendation of its lawyer, who said the litigation appeared to be an uphill battle.
Cincinnati was among about 30 cities and counties nationwide in recent years that had sued the gun industry, seeking to recover costs of responding to crimes committed with firearms.
The firearms industry has said it is not liable for the lawful manufacture and sale of non-defective products. A number of the lawsuits have been dismissed by courts.
Cincinnati's lawsuit, filed in 1999, was rejected by an Ohio appeals court in 2000. The state Supreme Court reinstated it in 2002."
The reason IE is so hard (impossible?) to remove is, rightly or wrongly, MS tried to treat external files and internal files the same.
Make seamless file operations from inside your own PC, or on a network, or out on the wider Internet. In that context, it sort of makes sense to use the same basic tool (IE/Explorer) to do the same basic task.
It may be argued that this is a bad premise, but (IMHO) that's what they were trying to do.
Are you sure that your application licensing allows you to do that? Are you sure your Microsoft licensing allows you to do that?
Yes. That's called having competent employees.
"Windows comes with a LOT more than just Wordpad and IE."
Like?
Like a whole raft of stuff. I'm not about to list the scores and scores of tools and apps that come in a standard 2000 or XP install. You can look for yourself.
You miss _why_ that is the problem.
So including their own product is a no-no? And there is no possibility of using anything else? hmmm....I guess the Opera installation on my home PC is not really there. Or Mozilla.
Yes, choice is a GoodThing. You can choose MS, or Debian, or RedHat, or whatever you want. All part of a competitive marketplace.
hmm...ISTR a comment similar to this a couple of weeks ago. Obviously, Windows comes with a LOT more than just Wordpad and IE. I thought that was a main gripe about Windows...too much bundling.
And as far as installations, especially in the corporate world, ghost images are the rule of the day. We have several standard setups for different user groups. Takes maybe an hour or two (unattended) to fully install everything.
Not saying that Linux is easier or harder or more comprehensive to push out a new install, but let's do be objective, shall we?
Bush said we had to defend ourselves against the (non-existant) WMD. We don't know they're non-existant. Saddam had 12 years to hide/give away/destroy at the last minute.
We know he had them at the end of the last wwar. He and his government said so, and the inspectors found them.
The recent activity was trying to verify (as was required by UN edict) that he destroyed them.
Saddam blocked each and every attempt to verify his compliance with UN resolutions.
He couldn't wait 10 days to give the UN inspectors more time to look 10 days? We gave Saddam 12 years. Another 10 days would not have caused him to suddenly see the light, and fess up. If he truly did not have them anymore, all he had to do was provide documentation and proof of their destruction. Remember, we (the rest of the world) knew he had them at the end of Desert Storm.
So now we are stuck with rebuilding Iraq. Given the wonderful job done in Afghanastan, I expect Iraq will simply be milked for oil. Really. What would you have preferred to happen in Afghanistan? Rebuilding takes time.
Bottom line is, the world is no safer, and Bush's friends are getting richer. I suppose you missed the part about regular Iraqi civilians thanking us for getting rid of Saddam? They may not like the US, but they really, really didn't like Saddam.
It's not so evil or communist to have the government subsidize...
The gov't has no money of it's own! Any funds they get come from thee and me anyway. How would we benefit from having another tax to fund this? Broadband is already available in a lot of places, and people are not adopting it now. Some even leaving cable/DSL and going back to dialup. And if it isn't available in your earea. there's always (yuck) satellite.
Where is the killer app that demands gov't funded broadband? We already have an internet delivery pipe (POTS) to 99% of houses. Saturate that, and then we'll see.
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vise-grips, screwdriver(flathead), hammer. Pretty much anything is fixable given these three.
If it doesn't fit, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Consumers never have to deal with prices without VAT included. The price isn't even mentionned anywhere.
;-)
So soon, you forget all about how much you are actually giving to the government...;-) You don't even notice it.
It actually never occured to me that this would be different in other countries. It makes absolutely no sense to me
Part of the reason it isn't shown in the States is due to differing sales tax across states. Sales tax may be 5% here, and 10 miles away in another state, 7%.
So an advertiser, in the Sunday paper, would have to print two different prices if his ad area included parts of both states. Quite confusing. And a real sales loss for the state with the higher sales tax.
You get on while it's going 300mph? Damn, thats gotta be tough.
I cant see a day where we all have them so am not to worried about it yet.
Contrasts with:
Under the age of 16(whatever the age a minor is in your country) track them for safety.
Implant them in all kids, and pretty soon you'll have a whole population who has never lived without them. "Why should I get this removed? It's done me no harm so far."
And so it goes. One or two generations...and everyone has them, all the time.
perfect for ex-cons
ex-cons are exactly that. Ex. They have served their debt, and are now able to resume (more or less) regular lives.
Why would you need to track them?
Just put one of these inside a 'vitamin' pill. Have the trackee swallow. No surgery necessary, you get to track his movements for a day or two, and all evidence is removed completely.
The printed vote record that you take home(which is a bad idea for other reasons) may or may not have any connection with the actual vote stored in the db.
And the stored one is the one that is counted. The printed one is merely a warm fuzzy.
You go to a machine, insert the card. You place your votes on a touch screen. The software confirms your votes. Then it prints the results onto the card.
And how do you ensure that your vote for Joe actually went to Joe? The printed card? Or the code redirection, which sent your vote to Mary instead.
You end up with 2 'votes'. The one printed on the card, and the one actually recorded. With no real way to ensure that they are the same. Even if you can check later. It's only a program telling you what it has been programmed to tell you.
After the election you can enter the barcode and check to make sure the database matches what is printed on the card.
In the collating process, malicious code could be inserted to flip every 25th vote for Joe to Mary. YOUR vote could be checked, and it still might report Joe. Or simply tell you it has recorded Joe. But the main election db could still record Mary.
4) For superpowers, the countermeasure is to build your own 1000 km neutrino ring. (And short of starting WWV, there's no way for Superpower Foo to prevent Superpower Bar from building one!) Two superpowers with such rings have effectively rendered each others' nuclear arsenals obsolete. That's effective deterrence without the sword of mutually-assured destruction hanging over everyone's head.
Until Bar builds one of its own, they will feel threatened. Bar may well launch before Foo gets the first one finished.
After Foo has one, and before Bar has one, they may then launch against Bar without fear of reprisal.
Assured Destruction without the Mutual part.
rather what the most popular search starting with that pattern currently is among all of Amazon's customers.
...a dataset that contains the autocompletion strings for the system.
Not necessarily. It autocompletes based on the contents of a database. Where that data comes from is irrelevant.
Abstract from the USPTO:
A system for facilitating online searches suggests query autocompletion strings (terms and/or phrases) to users during the query entry process, wherein the suggested strings are based on specific attributes of the particular database access system being searched. A string extraction component associated with a database access system, such as a web site of an online merchant, periodically generates a dataset that contains the autocompletion strings for the system. The datasets are preferably biased to favor the database items that are currently the most popular (e.g., best selling or most frequently viewed), and may be customized to particular users or user groups. The datasets are transmitted to users' computing devices, which may include handheld and other wireless devices that lack a full keyboard. An autocompletion client which runs on the computing devices in association with a browser uses the datasets to suggest the autocompletion strings as users enter queries that are directed to the database access system.
The dataset could come from anywhere. Generated and updated from current sales(best selling or most frequently viewed), OR from previous searches, or out of someones butt.
Not really innovative, but merely returning to the browser the contents of a db field, based on the first couple of letters.
Much as any other autocomplete.
If any part can be said to be innovative, that might be the data extraction part. But that's just good sales management.
Initially I thought that it makes sence that given an infiniately large universe, there has to be a planet like Earth, but this is not true.
Yes it is true. You're standing on it.
Don't live where they happen.
And move to where?
West coast? quakes, fires, mudslides, volcanoes
East coast? Hurricanes
South? Hurricanes
Northeast? Blizzards
Everywhere has stupid weather. Just stupid in different ways.
No, the best way to survive a tornado is not to live in a trailer park/tornado-hurricane magnet.
Being a Soldier, Fireman, or Astronaut is not even in the Top 10.
I'd qualify that to state the "Being a US or NATO Solider..."
3rd world countries that are continually in some BS civil war may well have vastly different odds.
1. The fact that we humans can do it.
Don't need 2 & 3 after that.
You too should be able to get handicap plates.
Lack of brainpower is a handicap (or it should be)
And that is exactly how emusic operates now. $10/month, all you can eat. And it's freakin great. Fast, no hassle d/l, consistent quality.
As has been said before, the only problem is their selection. A lot of minor/new stuff, but sadly lacking in the majors. Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc.
Monthly is not necessarily a detriment.
Try exposing your 8-ball,
That's ok. You can expose your balls. I'd rather keep mine under wraps until use.
And eventually, we will see a similar exploit on Sun's Liberty system as well.
The whole single sign on concept is flawed at present. Far too many potential holes, no matter what the tool, or who the builder.
Workers at these facilities will now ALWAYS be on camera. They were on camera before, but it was just internal security cams. Now, your ugly mug is online, all the time. Yuck.
Joe Q Public, the 'unsophisticated user', will now have the ability (and they will) to check out what Mr. Dam Inspector is doing at any particular time.
MOVEMENT DETECTED!
- Joe, you must evaluate this picture.
--Damn...lookatthat...he's pickin his nose!
MOVEMENT DETECTED!
- Jane, you must evaluate this picture.
--Does that guy look kind of....dark? Yes, we must send this to level 2. (even though its merely the guy who refills the Coke machine)
MOVEMENT DETECTED!
- Alice, you must evaluate this picture
-- ahhh...it's that guy coming back from the bathroom again. Damn, he pees a lot. I think there's something funny going on in there. I think we need to call security.
I know *I* wouldn't want to work in such a place.
You can kill people with a gun, but I haven't seen any lawsuit against S&W for creating a tool that can be used to commit a crime.
Cincinnati recently dropped their suit against gunmakers. Expect to see more of these.
05/01/2003 "CINCINNATI - The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to drop a lawsuit against gun manufacturers and distributors, but retained the option of refiling it within a year.
The council's 8-0 vote followed the recommendation of its lawyer, who said the litigation appeared to be an uphill battle.
Cincinnati was among about 30 cities and counties nationwide in recent years that had sued the gun industry, seeking to recover costs of responding to crimes committed with firearms.
The firearms industry has said it is not liable for the lawful manufacture and sale of non-defective products. A number of the lawsuits have been dismissed by courts.
Cincinnati's lawsuit, filed in 1999, was rejected by an Ohio appeals court in 2000. The state Supreme Court reinstated it in 2002."
Try removing IE from XP
The reason IE is so hard (impossible?) to remove is, rightly or wrongly, MS tried to treat external files and internal files the same.
Make seamless file operations from inside your own PC, or on a network, or out on the wider Internet. In that context, it sort of makes sense to use the same basic tool (IE/Explorer) to do the same basic task.
It may be argued that this is a bad premise, but (IMHO) that's what they were trying to do.
Are you sure that your application licensing allows you to do that? Are you sure your Microsoft licensing allows you to do that?
Yes. That's called having competent employees.
"Windows comes with a LOT more than just Wordpad and IE."
Like?
Like a whole raft of stuff. I'm not about to list the scores and scores of tools and apps that come in a standard 2000 or XP install. You can look for yourself.
You miss _why_ that is the problem.
So including their own product is a no-no? And there is no possibility of using anything else? hmmm....I guess the Opera installation on my home PC is not really there. Or Mozilla.
Yes, choice is a GoodThing. You can choose MS, or Debian, or RedHat, or whatever you want. All part of a competitive marketplace.
hmm...ISTR a comment similar to this a couple of weeks ago. Obviously, Windows comes with a LOT more than just Wordpad and IE. I thought that was a main gripe about Windows...too much bundling.
And as far as installations, especially in the corporate world, ghost images are the rule of the day. We have several standard setups for different user groups. Takes maybe an hour or two (unattended) to fully install everything.
Not saying that Linux is easier or harder or more comprehensive to push out a new install, but let's do be objective, shall we?
Bush said we had to defend ourselves against the (non-existant) WMD.
We don't know they're non-existant. Saddam had 12 years to hide/give away/destroy at the last minute.
We know he had them at the end of the last wwar. He and his government said so, and the inspectors found them.
The recent activity was trying to verify (as was required by UN edict) that he destroyed them.
Saddam blocked each and every attempt to verify his compliance with UN resolutions.
He couldn't wait 10 days to give the UN inspectors more time to look
10 days? We gave Saddam 12 years. Another 10 days would not have caused him to suddenly see the light, and fess up. If he truly did not have them anymore, all he had to do was provide documentation and proof of their destruction. Remember, we (the rest of the world) knew he had them at the end of Desert Storm.
So now we are stuck with rebuilding Iraq. Given the wonderful job done in Afghanastan, I expect Iraq will simply be milked for oil.
Really. What would you have preferred to happen in Afghanistan? Rebuilding takes time.
Bottom line is, the world is no safer, and Bush's friends are getting richer.
I suppose you missed the part about regular Iraqi civilians thanking us for getting rid of Saddam? They may not like the US, but they really, really didn't like Saddam.
It's not so evil or communist to have the government subsidize...
The gov't has no money of it's own! Any funds they get come from thee and me anyway. How would we benefit from having another tax to fund this? Broadband is already available in a lot of places, and people are not adopting it now. Some even leaving cable/DSL and going back to dialup. And if it isn't available in your earea. there's always (yuck) satellite.
Where is the killer app that demands gov't funded broadband? We already have an internet delivery pipe (POTS) to 99% of houses. Saturate that, and then we'll see.