http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve Economist Paul Pecorino presented a model in 1995 that predicted the peak of the Laffer curve occurred at tax rates around 65%.[12] A 1996 study by Y. Hsing of the United States economy between 1959 and 1991 placed the revenue-maximizing tax rate (the point at which another marginal tax rate increase would decrease tax revenue) between 32.67% and 35.21%.[13] A 1981 paper published in the Journal of Political Economy presented a model integrating empirical data that indicated that the point of maximum tax revenue in Sweden in the 1970s would have been 70%.[14] A recent paper by Trabandt and Uhlig of the NBER presented a model that predicted that the US and most European economies are on the left of the Laffer curve (in other words, that raising taxes would raise further revenue).[15] The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics reports that for academic studies, the mid-range for the revenue maximizing rate is around 70%.[16]
However, a study by Teather and Young of the conservative Adam Smith Institute using evidence from the Republic of Ireland has suggested that the optimal rate for capital gains tax, as opposed to income tax, may be around 20%, but this is at least partly due to savvy taxpayers holding onto assets in anticipation of tax rates being lowered in the future.[17] A 2007 study by the conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, found that the revenue maximizing rate for corporate taxes in OECD countries was about 26%, down from about 34% in the 1980s.[18]
"if/when WalMart/Sam's Club and maybe a handful other megacorporations own all production and distribution of everything..."
Waah! Someone "censored" my comment above on Slashdot! I didn't have the right 'connections' with them moderators. (because they didn't agree with me.) I've lost my voice in the geek community. Waaaaah!
Got me thinking: even getting up from bed disturbs a person sleeping next to you, in varying degrees. So an 'on-call' incident for one employer, lowers productivity for a different employer.
For a cheap, reliable option, strap a smartphone on an armband, and write a program to poll your alerting system. Its better to poll than to wait for events - that way, at least your app knows whether it can reach the alerting system or not. Who knows, perhaps there's already "an app for that"? But be sure to have the app switch your cellular radio off (and leave Wifi on) -- the WHO classifies them as possible carcinogens.
re: variable wheel geometry, a multi-segment toroidal wheel (instead of a continuous, deformable wheel using shrinkable spokes) may be the way to go. air pressure could be dynamically varied in the toroid segments: pressure would reduce or increase in the segments to conform them to the terrain they are rolling over.
At its core, 'programming' is you 'telling' computers what to do.
Since you are doing 'IT support', 'SQL', etc. you are already 'programming'.
The real problem is the Babel effect of multiple, heterogenous computer 'languages'. So why limit yourself? Pick one (say Perl, or Powershell) and then depend upon CPAN or PowerShell libraries to do the heavy lifting for you.
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No, artor3 is absolutely right.
Currently, G+ targets the same demographic as Facebook. And virtually everyone on Facebook will recognize a raised middle finger as offensive.
Heheh.
Are you an "IT boss" at your workplace? :D
You sound like the kind of boss that would bite his employees head off just for broaching the subject.
Sorry, but that's true for you, and not that many people.
There's a usability with paper that's just not there with electronic magazine. Paper mags makes my ipad look clunky.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2587564&cid=38467290
And higher taxes may increase revenue...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve
Economist Paul Pecorino presented a model in 1995 that predicted the peak of the Laffer curve occurred at tax rates around 65%.[12] A 1996 study by Y. Hsing of the United States economy between 1959 and 1991 placed the revenue-maximizing tax rate (the point at which another marginal tax rate increase would decrease tax revenue) between 32.67% and 35.21%.[13] A 1981 paper published in the Journal of Political Economy presented a model integrating empirical data that indicated that the point of maximum tax revenue in Sweden in the 1970s would have been 70%.[14] A recent paper by Trabandt and Uhlig of the NBER presented a model that predicted that the US and most European economies are on the left of the Laffer curve (in other words, that raising taxes would raise further revenue).[15] The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics reports that for academic studies, the mid-range for the revenue maximizing rate is around 70%.[16]
However, a study by Teather and Young of the conservative Adam Smith Institute using evidence from the Republic of Ireland has suggested that the optimal rate for capital gains tax, as opposed to income tax, may be around 20%, but this is at least partly due to savvy taxpayers holding onto assets in anticipation of tax rates being lowered in the future.[17] A 2007 study by the conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute, found that the revenue maximizing rate for corporate taxes in OECD countries was about 26%, down from about 34% in the 1980s.[18]
If they wait until he's dead, their product will almost certiainly have died a while before
We all accept that fact.
But the rest of us are in no hurry to die.
diff only _estimates_ the changes made
Without access to user keystroke information, it cannot be sure what changed. It reverse engineers that information
There are XML diff tools available. But I don't see how a XML transformation language can serve as a diff tool out of the box.
And they got the idea from the Jews. :-)
Who have been saying the same thing ~1500 years longer
Go to http://www.jpost.com/
The dates there are:
"Fri, Dec 9, 2011
13 Kislev, 5772"
"no discrepancy between something being "nice" and "still too expensive""
Its not a discrepancy he's talking about. Its the link!
That's whats funny.
OK, _what's_ called a hidden state variable theory? Please? :)
A shorter work week won't fly, but increasing (doubling) annual and sick leave entitlements may.
it rains, even in the middle of the ocean.
It doesn't, in outer space
"if/when WalMart/Sam's Club and maybe a handful other megacorporations own all production and distribution of everything..."
Waah! Someone "censored" my comment above on Slashdot! I didn't have the right 'connections' with them moderators. (because they didn't agree with me.) I've lost my voice in the geek community. Waaaaah!
Yes, and the reason retailers do not reprice, even months after the 'fluctuation' is basic greed. Customers are adapting though.
I got a http://myus.com/ account, which consolidates my US online purchases into a single package couriered to my Australian address.
How do we know? Perhaps the poor bunnies all are soldiering on through terrific migranes... :D
"if/when WalMart/Sam's Club and maybe a handful other megacorporations own all production and distribution of everything..."
Moderators, please note - if you moderate the parent comment downward, you stand accused you of 'Slashdot censorship'!
(Feel free to moderate my comment down.)
MaybE it's because the world is only 5770 odd years old, as the Bible claims.
Free satellite calibration provided over China
Got me thinking: even getting up from bed disturbs a person sleeping next to you, in varying degrees. So an 'on-call' incident for one employer, lowers productivity for a different employer.
For a cheap, reliable option, strap a smartphone on an armband, and write a program to poll your alerting system. Its better to poll than to wait for events - that way, at least your app knows whether it can reach the alerting system or not. Who knows, perhaps there's already "an app for that"? But be sure to have the app switch your cellular radio off (and leave Wifi on) -- the WHO classifies them as possible carcinogens.
re: variable wheel geometry, a multi-segment toroidal wheel (instead of a continuous, deformable wheel using shrinkable spokes) may be the way to go. air pressure could be dynamically varied in the toroid segments: pressure would reduce or increase in the segments to conform them to the terrain they are rolling over.
Now that's one of the most creative comments I've heard
> Very common for the employer to say they own everything you create, even if it's not on company time.
Including my resume? I somehow doubt that's enforceable.
At its core, 'programming' is you 'telling' computers what to do.
Since you are doing 'IT support', 'SQL', etc. you are already 'programming'.
The real problem is the Babel effect of multiple, heterogenous computer 'languages'. So why limit yourself? Pick one (say Perl, or Powershell) and then depend upon CPAN or PowerShell libraries to do the heavy lifting for you.