Minimum wage laws generally apply to hourly workers, not salaried employees.
And while they wouldn't be paying income tax, FICA, etc., on their wages, capital gains tax and (possibly) the Alternative Minimum Tax would apply to any gains on stock sales. FICA has a cap at around $100,000 of income ($6500 in SS taxes), so that wouldn't be a huge consideration.
Not to mention that if they sell stock, they're eating into their assets. I prefer the more benevolent view, that they feel they were compensated adequately in prior years, and didn't need their regular salaries.
At one time, didn't MS's contracts with the big PC builders (Dell, Gateway, IBM, etc.) include the requirement that every box the builders sold had to include Windows, whether the customer wanted it or not? Did the Antitrust "settlement" change that?
I guess it would be useless to note that the article's title is either missing a word or two, has a word or two misplaced, or perhaps could have been written to actually parse properly?
In both the email I received from Intuit this week, and in the splash screen that appeared when I launched Quicken 2001 this morning, it states that support is being ended April 19th "in accordance with the Quicken sunset policy."
Off the top of my head, there's a max of 30 gallons, one vehicle, discounts can come from only one card number per purchase, and your total discount can't exceed the regular price of gas.
I always use it on my vehicle with the larger tank, and let it get down as low as I dare. (Somewhat risky in winter.) That's the best I can do.
Last Night's Episode of Monk hinged on exactly that premise. The bad guy stole a hairbrush from the museum of a dead actor, murdered a guy, and left a few strands from the actor at the crime scene.
Naturally, Monk solved the case when he noticed an admission stamp to the museum on the back of the bad guy's wrist. But you can't always count on Monk to be on the case.
One of my local supermarket chains also has gasoline stations... in addition to the in-store discounts, every $50 purchased in the grocery "earns" the right to a 10c/gallon discount on gas (which can be accumulated).
Once I let it run for close to two months before redeeming the gas discount, and got $1.00/gallon off.
It's called PA One Call. Give them 3 days notice and they'll mark any underground pipes, cables, conduits, etc. (Small fee for businesses, free for homeowners.)
Of course, that didn't prevent a Verizon sub-contracting crew a few years ago from hitting a natural gas line and taking out two houses.
BPL has been given a bad wrap by many news sources.
Is that wrap as in sandwich? Wrap as in Christmas presents? Wrap as an outer garment?
Or is this just another of those weird Aussie spellings?
And since BPL (aka PLC) is 0-for-everywhere it's been tried, I find his assessment rather optimistic.
Exactly how...?
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Exactly how are radio waves in free space "substantially slower than the speed of light communications we get with cables" ???
I'll grant that using geostationary satellites results in high latency, but the problem is distance, not that radio waves are slower than the speed of light.
In fact, because of the dielectric in cables, signals are significantly slower (although only about 5% IIRC) in cable than in the atmosphere or free space.
Intuition would say that the population size would have to matter, but in fact it does not.
Let s = sample standard deviation.
Let w = +/- width of the confidence interval.
Let n = sample size needed.
Let k = multiplier for the confidence level... Use 2 for 95% confidence, 3 for 99% confidence.
k(s/(n^0.5)) = w (for 95% C.I.)
Solving for n:
n = 4(s^2)/(w^2) (95% C.I.)
n = 9(s^2)/(w^2) (99% C.I.)
This result is also intuitively satisfying: You need a larger sample if
I seem to remember from Statistics class that the confidence interval of an estimate (aka "margin of error") depends solely on the sample size, and not the population size.
Millions of web users should be enough to get the CI down to less than 0.1%, but nothing will cure the fact that it's not a random sample.
Uh, I hate to break it to you, but if you think that CS == Programming, or CS == Programming Languages, then you're sorely mistaken, or the curriculum you're following is way out of date.
CS is problem solving, as is EE, MechE, ChemE, Physics, etc. No matter the problem domain in science and engineering, the solution ends up being mathematical. The Language du Jour might solve a particular problem slightly better today, but fundamentally all languages come down to a combination of sequence - selection - repetition. Even OO languages... they merely encapsulate the logic into "objects" and methods, but the SSR structure remains.
IIRC, my BSEE program, 35 years ago, before there were undergrad CS degrees, was as much math as it was engineering:
> 4 semesters of calculus
> 2 semesters of advanced calculus
> 2 semesters of probability and statistics
> 1 semester of linear algebra
I don't use any of the above on a daily basis, but the thought processes (the problem solving ability) remain with me. In other courses, I learned Algol and Fortran, but the logic I learned there is still good for C++ and Java.
As an earlier poster noted, an understanding of calculus and physics ought to be required for high school graduation, let alone college.
While we're being technically correct, let's change revenue to positive cash flows and losses to negative cash flows.
As to daily fluctuations, studies going back nearly half a century show that short-term movements can be explained as well by the Random Walk theory as anything else.
To see what "The Street" really thinks about SCOX, take a look at the 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year price history.
While the hearing where the magistrate ordered SCO to reply "with specificity" was held on December 5th, the order wasn't actually entered until the following Friday, December 12th.
Since 30 days from Dec. 12 is Jan. 11, a Sunday, SCO's response actually isn't due until Monday, January 12th.
You should be able to get a used FT-B, with one or more lenses, for $50 or less. I started with this camera 30+ years ago, and still have it.
If you're interested in photography, as opposed to web-pics, you'll learn way more and spend way less by going with an older, less automated camera from any of the major brands, especially since you want to do your own developing and printing.
I suggest you find a good camera store with a salesperson who remembers the SLRs of the 70s, and who will steer you right, until you buy that super digital 20X zoom 10Mbpx electronic marvel.
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And while they wouldn't be paying income tax, FICA, etc., on their wages, capital gains tax and (possibly) the Alternative Minimum Tax would apply to any gains on stock sales. FICA has a cap at around $100,000 of income ($6500 in SS taxes), so that wouldn't be a huge consideration.
Not to mention that if they sell stock, they're eating into their assets. I prefer the more benevolent view, that they feel they were compensated adequately in prior years, and didn't need their regular salaries.
Hashtables that use memory the way you want them too.
Off the top of my head, there's a max of 30 gallons, one vehicle, discounts can come from only one card number per purchase, and your total discount can't exceed the regular price of gas.
I always use it on my vehicle with the larger tank, and let it get down as low as I dare. (Somewhat risky in winter.) That's the best I can do.
Naturally, Monk solved the case when he noticed an admission stamp to the museum on the back of the bad guy's wrist. But you can't always count on Monk to be on the case.
Once I let it run for close to two months before redeeming the gas discount, and got $1.00/gallon off.
Of course, that didn't prevent a Verizon sub-contracting crew a few years ago from hitting a natural gas line and taking out two houses.
Is that wrap as in sandwich? Wrap as in Christmas presents? Wrap as an outer garment?
Or is this just another of those weird Aussie spellings?
And since BPL (aka PLC) is 0-for-everywhere it's been tried, I find his assessment rather optimistic.
I'll grant that using geostationary satellites results in high latency, but the problem is distance, not that radio waves are slower than the speed of light.
In fact, because of the dielectric in cables, signals are significantly slower (although only about 5% IIRC) in cable than in the atmosphere or free space.
Both the Racer and the Jackrabbit date from the 1920s, I believe; they and the Thunderbolt are all classic, wooden, roller-coasters.
Overall, while the concept sounds OK, the devil is in the details, and I have my doubts the energy savings would be worth the $$$ and effort.
Let s = sample standard deviation.
Let w = +/- width of the confidence interval.
Let n = sample size needed.
Let k = multiplier for the confidence level... Use 2 for 95% confidence, 3 for 99% confidence.
k(s/(n^0.5)) = w (for 95% C.I.)
Solving for n:
n = 4(s^2)/(w^2) (95% C.I.)
n = 9(s^2)/(w^2) (99% C.I.)
This result is also intuitively satisfying: You need a larger sample if
- You want a higher confidence level
- The sample standard deviation is larger
- You want a smaller confidence interval
Source: Statistics, 4th Ed., McClave & Dietrich, Dellen Publishing Co., © 1988. Page 327, "Determining the Sample Size Necessary for Making Inferences About a Population Mean".Millions of web users should be enough to get the CI down to less than 0.1%, but nothing will cure the fact that it's not a random sample.
Even weighing 2600lbs (instead of 3500lbs), no way its going to get 20mpg on the highway.
CS is problem solving, as is EE, MechE, ChemE, Physics, etc. No matter the problem domain in science and engineering, the solution ends up being mathematical. The Language du Jour might solve a particular problem slightly better today, but fundamentally all languages come down to a combination of sequence - selection - repetition. Even OO languages... they merely encapsulate the logic into "objects" and methods, but the SSR structure remains.
IIRC, my BSEE program, 35 years ago, before there were undergrad CS degrees, was as much math as it was engineering: > 4 semesters of calculus > 2 semesters of advanced calculus > 2 semesters of probability and statistics > 1 semester of linear algebra I don't use any of the above on a daily basis, but the thought processes (the problem solving ability) remain with me. In other courses, I learned Algol and Fortran, but the logic I learned there is still good for C++ and Java.
As an earlier poster noted, an understanding of calculus and physics ought to be required for high school graduation, let alone college.
As to daily fluctuations, studies going back nearly half a century show that short-term movements can be explained as well by the Random Walk theory as anything else.
To see what "The Street" really thinks about SCOX, take a look at the 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year price history.
Only if the book didn't mention Perishable Commodities.
Because of short-cut execution of &&, if the left operand of && is false, the right operand won't be executed at all.
Since 30 days from Dec. 12 is Jan. 11, a Sunday, SCO's response actually isn't due until Monday, January 12th.
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If you're interested in photography, as opposed to web-pics, you'll learn way more and spend way less by going with an older, less automated camera from any of the major brands, especially since you want to do your own developing and printing.
I suggest you find a good camera store with a salesperson who remembers the SLRs of the 70s, and who will steer you right, until you buy that super digital 20X zoom 10Mbpx electronic marvel.