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  1. Re:+ tax on IRS May Ask eBay To Snitch On Sellers · · Score: 1

    Yes, that is absolutely correct, which is why I also said eligible. This provision says they want people who do more than 100 transactions or more than $5,000 - the $5,000 limit doesn't quite seem appropriate but I would guess that most people who do >=100 transactions a year are probably doing it for profit. I do wonder if we would see a "cost basis" field when making an auction to track profit.

  2. Re:Cool as long as Europeans stop getting on IRS May Ask eBay To Snitch On Sellers · · Score: 1

    Not sure what you're getting at--Europeans should never be charged sales tax from any state (there is no national US sales tax). This won't encourage or discourage sellers collecting sales tax from those people who they shouldn't be collecting from in the first place.

  3. Not about sales tax! on IRS May Ask eBay To Snitch On Sellers · · Score: 1
    The IRS is not involved in collecting sales tax--this is about company and/or personal income tax. In fact, here's the first paragraph of the article:

    When it comes to paying income taxes, eBay's legions of small-time entrepreneurs are on an honor system in which they are supposed to declare their profits to the Internal Revenue Service. Many users, however, ignore the law or are unaware of their obligation.
  4. Re:+ tax on IRS May Ask eBay To Snitch On Sellers · · Score: 5, Informative

    I believe they're after income tax - the amount of tax would be decided by the existing income tax code. It is likely that most eligible eBayers would be considered operating their own business (self-employment) and would need to report their income (and expenses) on a 1040SE.

    Reporting of this income might also lead to sales tax as well, but that is collected by the state, not the IRS. In addition, this is the responsible of the buyer to pay, not the seller, unless the buyer and seller are in the same state.

    Dislaimer: I'm not a tax expert, but I play one when I talk to my friends into letting me do their taxes. :)

  5. Long? on Crashing an In-Flight Entertainment System · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't you want to buy Fruit of the Loom, since the victims will have to buy new underpants?

  6. Re:Slashdot fixed it! on Dell Laptop Burns House Down · · Score: 1

    ...remember there are at least a couple of good apples there.

    I know, I own one and I love it!

    *ducks*

  7. Re:Keep It Simple Stupid on Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    #7. System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts [tab] > Full keyboard access: [at bottom] > Select "All controls"

    #2. I assume you're you talking about menu acceleration; you could try this: http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/menumaster. Otherwise: you could access the menu bar on a Mac by doing Ctrl+F2, but then you have to arrow-key around. For anything repetitive, there obviously should be a regular keyboard shortcut. What most people don't know is that they can add their own in the same control panel as #7, although that doesn't always work 100%.

    My story: I used to be a Mac-hater... I hated Windows but accepted it as life... then I saw someone use Macs to do the same work I was doing (web-based software development), and it seemed awfully nice. Made the jump with a Powerbook over 3 years ago and never looked back. I am able to do everything I was able to do on a PC and more (my favorite "more" being the BSD core and having a proper shell, it allows you to do a lot of Linux-like things that you can't do easily in Windows). About the only thing I missed was Windows-only games, but Boot Camp has solved that now that I have a Macbook Pro.

  8. Some plugin recommendations on Rails Recipes · · Score: 1

    I would look at squirrel and ez_where -- I am not sure if these implement what you're looking for but they're the two plugins I know that can make complicated searching simple.

  9. Re:"In response to your email. on 4th Circuit Court Sides With a Spammer · · Score: 1

    Which just reinforces my opinion that spamcop is a horrible service...

  10. Gross overestimate? on Software Dev Cycle As Part of CS Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    I generally agree, but your numbers are multiplied by two - do you have quarters instead of semesters? Once divided, it would nearly match pretty much what I took at RPI to obtain my CS degree:

    Computer Science 1 and 2 (C++)
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    Computer Organization - some assembly, caching, memory management, performance
    Models of Computation - grammars, syntax, lex/flex & yacc/bison
    Programming Languages - lambda calculus, functional programming, etc
    Operating Systems - processes, threads, paging, windows vs linux
    Software Design & Documentation - the class this whole post is about
    Network Programming (CS elective)
    Database Systems (CS elective)

    Except for the last two, all are required - in addition, you must take 2 or 3 (I forget) 400-level CS electives - the ones I mentioned are popular choices.

    In addition there were these math requirements:

    Calculus 1 and 2
    Discrete Structures (Discrete Mathematics)
    1 Math elective (typically Diff Eq or Linear Algebra)

  11. Are there standards? on Firefox 2.0 RC2 Review · · Score: 1

    While I am a fan of pushing a language forward, Javascript is not your run-of-the-mill language since, to be useful for web developers, it has to be implemented on the majority of clients. Who is pushing Javascript forward (is there a standards body?), and where are the other browsers as far as compatibility/implementation of a particular version?

  12. Article Incorrect on Amount on U.S. Government Crippled by Sex, Gaming Sites · · Score: 4, Informative

    The original report actually says $2 million ("$2,027,887.68"), not $2 billion:
    http://www.doioig.gov/upload/InternetUsage1.txt

  13. Re:Net Neutrality is now! on Tech Manufacturers Rally Against Net Neutrality · · Score: 1
    Do these people really understand the issue?
    Yes, they understand. They know that this will mean they won't be able to gouge customers, and that might mean bad things for their bottom line. This is just their way of doublespeaking.
  14. Javascript: Not a verb on Zero-Day IE Exploit In the Wild · · Score: 1

    ...javascripting.

    That made me cringe.

  15. Re:Think About The Future + More on How Much Virtual Memory is Enough? · · Score: 1

    Wow, constantly using all those apps! You're quite the Word-document-editing-(twice)-music-listening-web- page-making-dvd-ripping-and-burning-earth-browsing -pdf-reading-(twice)-calendar-browsing-contact-sea rching-video-watching-(twice)-instant-messaging-(t wice)-voice-chatting-photo-viewing-and-scanning-vo d-casting-file-transferring-web-surfing-email-send ing power user!

    Do yourself (and your Mac) a favor and command-Q every once in a while, eh?

  16. MOD PARENT UP. on Stolen Laptop Calls In! - Will Police Act? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So sad but true.

  17. Re:script.aculo.us? on Open Source AJAX toolkits · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not just an effect library (anymore?). Yes, it is built on top of prototype - in fact, scriptaculous has the only documentation I know of for Prototype. But that shouldn't it exclude it from a list of AJAX library comparisons. That's like saying "well, the GIMP uses libpng so we're not going to review it amongst photo editors."

    Anti-disclaimer: I don't have anything to do with the script.aculo.us guys, but as a Ruby on Rails developer it has served my needs just fine.

  18. script.aculo.us? on Open Source AJAX toolkits · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why is that script.aculo.us is left out of these comparisons? script.aculo.us is behind the AJAX in most Ruby on Rails apps, but it can be used on its own. (As of Rails 1.1, Rails has special built-in support to make it even easier to use.)

  19. Re:To the Contrary! on It's OK to keep AIMing · · Score: 1

    The SAT verbal exam primarily tests vocabulary. I believe the new writing exam would be a more accurate measurement of the grandfather's grammar.

    I have to also agree with the sibling post that native grammar is often much worse than foreign language grammar - I learned more about grammar in Spanish class then I did in English class, which mostly focused on literature and vocabulary (much to my detriment). However, in talking to my adult peers, this seems to be a product of my school's curriculum, not necessarily the norm.

  20. Re:O2 blocks TCP & UDP on Cell Phones Presage Future of Non-Neutral Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Like one of my siblings, you basically want TCP over HTTP, aka just put your traffic inside an HTTP packet. We like to joke about TCPoHTTPoTCP at work but I guess it has a use. ;)

    To one of the other siblings: TCP is not blocked, but a firewall can look at the first line of the packet and if it is not HTTP it will drop the packet - I've dealt with firewalls that do this - quite irritating if you're sending a POST request through the firewall only to have any request larger than a single TCP packet (typical MTU of ~1500 bytes) get blocked by the firewall.

  21. Upon trying to read the blurb on FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    Indeed... in-deed...

  22. Unix developers to SCO: on SCO to Unix developers, We want you back · · Score: 1

    You can take your incentives, your cash, and your BMW, and go die in a fire.

  23. Better than Apple? on Hands on: Google Spreadsheets · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, anything is better than the current Apple spreadsheet offering.

  24. Re:Serves you right on Jobs' Glass Elevator Locks in Group Customers · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem was fixed in CVS. Have a nice day!

  25. Re:Bad math.. on Review of Seagate's 750Gb Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Thank you for explaining with math what is quite obvious.

    No, not being sarcastic - thank you.