Replacing the income tax with a sales tax would makes people less willing/able to buy things, which would mean less income for the corporations that sell those things. Given the amount of influence corporations have on the US government, the chances of such a reform passing seem slim.
Yeah, but getting rid of the income tax would leave people lots more take home pay to buy stuff, so it cancels out. It seems that corporations would like their customers to be a little richer.
I, too, would love to move to a simple federal sales tax over an income tax so long as the 16th ammendment - the 1913 ammendment authorizing the income tax - were repealed in the same ammendment that authorizes the national sales tax. (And, yes, I think that it should take an ammendment to authorize a national sales based on the constitutional powers granted the federal government.)
I fear that without repealing the 16th ammendment first, we'd end up with both kinds of tax.
If it relies on the clock changing slowly over time, then why wouldn't it be possible to randomly change your clock time by a few milliseconds forward or back every few minutes?
For the record, I made two mistakes in my original post: (1) Those who say that Jet-A is more kerosene than diesel are probably correct. There's some difference (2) I assumed that GlobalFlyer runs on Jet-A, but I may be incorrect in that assumption. It may run on a special mixture.
I mean, really, just look at these people's web site. They do all they can to come off as a reputable scientific organization and still it makes me laugh. What a way to make a few bucks off of the stupidity of a few people in the general public.
They probably really aren't using anything more than their own wireless router - and it still fits the technical description of the snake oil that they're selling. What a hoot! I wonder what they would say if someone asked to tour their facility?
I can hardly believe that Slashdot published this as news.
Every radio transmission that I make with my garage remote control eventually makes it's way into deep space. I mean, a bunch of those photos have gotta be escaping earth's atmosphere. After that, they're gonna propagate until something stops them and there's not much to stop them in space.
Maybe I could set up a company doing this with a ham radio and charge people for it.
I've been to Costa Rica four or five times to visit friends. When I was there on my honeymoon fives years back, there were big protests because the government was about to hand the phone system over to the president's brother-in-law - or something like that.
At any rate, the Costa Rican political system tends to be pretty corrupt in the sense that those in power tend to give big favors to their friends in family. I'll bet something like this is going on.
Even if, in a few years, there's nothing left of SCO, all it would take would be a small legal department to continue to make trouble for years to come.
But, wait! WAIT! I thought that Social Security was supposed to be my money that the federal government conveinently has been saving up for me, right? I mean, they've taken good care of my money, right? I mean, surely the federal government can take better care of my money than I can.
See my reply to the previous post in this thread. In short, there are many cases where you can sue a local, state or federal government, but they all fall under one of many special cases. In general, you can't sue the government for a wrong against you, even if you could sue another party for that wrong. Search Google for "soverign immunity" to learn more about the legal doctrine.
Well, AC, I may agree that we should have the right to sue the government - I'd have to think about that some more. The fact of the matter is that we generally don't. I say generally because there are many special cases where people sue the government for breech of rights, etc. In general though, if a local, state or federal government does you wrong, you don't have any rememdy in the courts unless it falls under one of many exceptions.
Unless the government specifically passes legislation allowing you to sue the government, then you can't sue the government. It's a legal concept called sovereign immunity and is derived from the ancient concept of "the divine right of kings."
Not only do they have millions of years of computer data from which to work, but the sensors that they're using are all perfectly calibrated to model the intricate nuiances of global warming and have been perfectly placed all over the world for those millions of years. Yes, this is science that we can trust.
Sure, some of the "legitimate" US companies pushing this stuff will obey the new law, but it's not going to do a thing to stop people in other jurisdictions or criminals who just don't care what the law says.
There is security implied simply by the fact that the product is open source. That is to say that its failings and potential security weaknesses have been evaluated by a community beyond the original developers and is always open to scrutiny.
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Replacing the income tax with a sales tax would makes people less willing/able to buy things, which would mean less income for the corporations that sell those things. Given the amount of influence corporations have on the US government, the chances of such a reform passing seem slim.
Yeah, but getting rid of the income tax would leave people lots more take home pay to buy stuff, so it cancels out. It seems that corporations would like their customers to be a little richer.
I, too, would love to move to a simple federal sales tax over an income tax so long as the 16th ammendment - the 1913 ammendment authorizing the income tax - were repealed in the same ammendment that authorizes the national sales tax. (And, yes, I think that it should take an ammendment to authorize a national sales based on the constitutional powers granted the federal government.)
I fear that without repealing the 16th ammendment first, we'd end up with both kinds of tax.
I was thinking that changing it according to a pseudo-random algorithm would do the trick.
If it relies on the clock changing slowly over time, then why wouldn't it be possible to randomly change your clock time by a few milliseconds forward or back every few minutes?
For the record, I made two mistakes in my original post: (1) Those who say that Jet-A is more kerosene than diesel are probably correct. There's some difference (2) I assumed that GlobalFlyer runs on Jet-A, but I may be incorrect in that assumption. It may run on a special mixture.
For a good answer, read your own sig.
It's a jet. It uses Jet-A, which is essentially diesel. I thought that 100LL weighed in closed to 6.0 lbs / gal, anyway.
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I mean, really, just look at these people's web site. They do all they can to come off as a reputable scientific organization and still it makes me laugh. What a way to make a few bucks off of the stupidity of a few people in the general public.
They probably really aren't using anything more than their own wireless router - and it still fits the technical description of the snake oil that they're selling. What a hoot! I wonder what they would say if someone asked to tour their facility?
I can hardly believe that Slashdot published this as news.
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Every radio transmission that I make with my garage remote control eventually makes it's way into deep space. I mean, a bunch of those photos have gotta be escaping earth's atmosphere. After that, they're gonna propagate until something stops them and there's not much to stop them in space.
Maybe I could set up a company doing this with a ham radio and charge people for it.
I've been to Costa Rica four or five times to visit friends. When I was there on my honeymoon fives years back, there were big protests because the government was about to hand the phone system over to the president's brother-in-law - or something like that.
At any rate, the Costa Rican political system tends to be pretty corrupt in the sense that those in power tend to give big favors to their friends in family. I'll bet something like this is going on.
Who modded this down as off topic? That's a great observation. I never thought about that expression before.
Even if, in a few years, there's nothing left of SCO, all it would take would be a small legal department to continue to make trouble for years to come.
But, wait! WAIT! I thought that Social Security was supposed to be my money that the federal government conveinently has been saving up for me, right? I mean, they've taken good care of my money, right? I mean, surely the federal government can take better care of my money than I can.
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See my reply to the previous post in this thread. In short, there are many cases where you can sue a local, state or federal government, but they all fall under one of many special cases. In general, you can't sue the government for a wrong against you, even if you could sue another party for that wrong. Search Google for "soverign immunity" to learn more about the legal doctrine.
Well, AC, I may agree that we should have the right to sue the government - I'd have to think about that some more. The fact of the matter is that we generally don't. I say generally because there are many special cases where people sue the government for breech of rights, etc. In general though, if a local, state or federal government does you wrong, you don't have any rememdy in the courts unless it falls under one of many exceptions.
Unless the government specifically passes legislation allowing you to sue the government, then you can't sue the government. It's a legal concept called sovereign immunity and is derived from the ancient concept of "the divine right of kings."
Excellent point.
Not only do they have millions of years of computer data from which to work, but the sensors that they're using are all perfectly calibrated to model the intricate nuiances of global warming and have been perfectly placed all over the world for those millions of years. Yes, this is science that we can trust.
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Yes, and what fun would /. be without little flame wars?
Sure, some of the "legitimate" US companies pushing this stuff will obey the new law, but it's not going to do a thing to stop people in other jurisdictions or criminals who just don't care what the law says.
Kind of like "Gun Control" I might add.
Yeah, but you're just waaaaayy too cool for the rest of us, so we'll just stay home.
There is security implied simply by the fact that the product is open source. That is to say that its failings and potential security weaknesses have been evaluated by a community beyond the original developers and is always open to scrutiny.
I'm more than happy to leave the government out of it. There would be no better way to completely trash the process than to let the feds get involved.
IMHO