Sure, there are resources for calculating the sales tax, but there's another factor here. Most small retailers will go from having a single tax ID and a single sales tax filing each month, to having to do 46 of them every month. I work with small businesses a lot in my job, and I know quite a few of the ones that I work with can spend a whole afternoon filing it. One. Single. Form. (Virginia and New York, I'm looking at you right now...)
If they had to file 46 six of them, that is going to mean that they will need a whole extra employee who isn't going to be doing much more than filing tax returns. All day. Every Day. And Yoda forbid if you have a high enough sales total that you have to file twice a month....
As I understand Use tax, as least in the State of Texas, you are only liable for use tax for items that you did not pay sales tax on when you purchased them. That may vary state to state, but, at least for the businesses I have worked with here, if they ran down to the corner store for a ream of paper and paid tax on it, then they already paid the tax, but if they used their Tax ID number to purchase a pallet of paper, and didn't pay sales tax, they had to pay use tax on it.
Well, seeing as the courts told Seattle that they couldn't forbid the delivery, he is offering an alternative. Maybe not ideal but at least it is another avenue of attack.
I would say that's a pretty fair argument, but there are some real difficulties in calculating those numbers, not the least of which is how to compare the carbon footprint of the food production for your average, health conscious cyclist to that of your average, overweight american car driver.
I will say, though, that I do like the horse idea.
Course, existing peeping tom laws already protect you from the paparazzi taking pictures of you in an area that you have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Maybe not smallest, but Kansas City, Mo comes in 35th on the top 100, and Kansas City, KS doesn't even rank. And the service is not even avilable in the whole city. so, not smallest, but not nearly one of the largest either.
yes, but it most notably lacks bluetooth support, Sure, you can get a dongle, but that starts to get clunky in a watch situation.
Oh, and all of the phone bits too. And apps. Those would be very interesting to see in one that size...
You assume that staying online is as easy for everyone as it is for you. I have always online internet now, but at my previous apartment I had internet from about 1am till about 3pm. Between 3pm and 6 pm, I had a slower, but mostly ok connection, but most nights from 6pm till midnight it was pointless. and by pointless I mean login authentication for my fricken e-mail could take as long as 5 minutes. And frequently timed out and had to be retried. I wasn't using steam at the time, but if you couldn't connect to the internet at all from 6pm till midnight, that would have made it impossible to play a game that required you to log in first.
So yes,,, Going offline, not hard at all. Going online first so that you can then go offline? A whole different story.
Well, if you go from a feature phone to a smart phone, most of your smart phone features will not work until you contact your carrier and get an appropriate data plan. I know my wife switched to a blackberry from an android phone and the data quit working, then when she switched back we had to call them again to change the data plan back.
The data plan, that's where they really gouge you...
I wasn't saying it was a good idea, just that it is what most people DO. And then at the next family event they ambush the only person in the family who actually works with computers at all to fix all of the problems that come up.
I think that's exactly what the GP was talking about. Most people never upgrade their OS, they keep using the one the computer came with. Therefore, they're not paying the retail price for the new operating system.
This is most people as in your grandparents, not most people as in slashdot readers....
Noo, In this case the court is saying that Apples claims WERE untrue, when Apple not only filed, but went to press detailing it's claims of copyright infringement. This was originally a finding against the plaintiff. But yes, the judge says their claims were untrue, and now apple had to apologize.
Licensing. the streaming services have to have different licensing agreements for each and every country they want to offer their services too. that's why Spotify wasn't available in the US for something like a year, while it was available in parts of Europe during that time.
So you'd be perfectly fine with big corporations, with the big advertising budget, publishing a tiny indy band's music, claiming it was performed by one of their own? With their ability to advertise the crap out of it, the budget to claim that the tiny band was the one copying the work, and without copyright to back them up, the little guys are screwed.
This isn't the same as a patent and claiming 'they stole my idea'. Copyright actually protects the creative work itself. Sure, it's a flawed system, but it is a very important one. TGP, however, does have some good points about there being an appropriate duration on the copyright.
[quote]Imagine, people pouring tree sap on waffles. Boggles the mind.[/quote]
So you'd rather have corn juice that has been mixed with bacterial secretions?
Yep. I even printed out the explicit allowance for them from the TSA Website to carry with me the first few times. I thought it odd that they allowed them when so many other things were banned, but decided to take full advantage of it.
Now, after numerous trips, several of them through what I would think would be higher risk airports like Reagan, Dulles, and La Guardia, I've never even had an x-ray tech take a second look.
Of course, as soon as I say that I know they WILL check next time, that's what I get for opening my big mouth...
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This is why I love Slashdot. somewhat intelligent arguements about how to properly call someone a Dumbass. Dumb Ass.
Sure, there are resources for calculating the sales tax, but there's another factor here. Most small retailers will go from having a single tax ID and a single sales tax filing each month, to having to do 46 of them every month. I work with small businesses a lot in my job, and I know quite a few of the ones that I work with can spend a whole afternoon filing it. One. Single. Form. (Virginia and New York, I'm looking at you right now...) If they had to file 46 six of them, that is going to mean that they will need a whole extra employee who isn't going to be doing much more than filing tax returns. All day. Every Day. And Yoda forbid if you have a high enough sales total that you have to file twice a month....
As I understand Use tax, as least in the State of Texas, you are only liable for use tax for items that you did not pay sales tax on when you purchased them. That may vary state to state, but, at least for the businesses I have worked with here, if they ran down to the corner store for a ream of paper and paid tax on it, then they already paid the tax, but if they used their Tax ID number to purchase a pallet of paper, and didn't pay sales tax, they had to pay use tax on it.
Well, seeing as the courts told Seattle that they couldn't forbid the delivery, he is offering an alternative. Maybe not ideal but at least it is another avenue of attack.
I would say that's a pretty fair argument, but there are some real difficulties in calculating those numbers, not the least of which is how to compare the carbon footprint of the food production for your average, health conscious cyclist to that of your average, overweight american car driver. I will say, though, that I do like the horse idea.
I am sad to report that another source also verified with the lawmaker that he does beleive cyclists are bad for the enviroment... http://seattlebikeblog.com/2013/03/02/state-lawmaker-says-bicycling-is-not-good-for-the-environment-should-be-taxed/ (site is a little slashdotted at the moment but some requests are getting through)
Course, existing peeping tom laws already protect you from the paparazzi taking pictures of you in an area that you have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Maybe not smallest, but Kansas City, Mo comes in 35th on the top 100, and Kansas City, KS doesn't even rank. And the service is not even avilable in the whole city. so, not smallest, but not nearly one of the largest either.
yes, but it most notably lacks bluetooth support, Sure, you can get a dongle, but that starts to get clunky in a watch situation. Oh, and all of the phone bits too. And apps. Those would be very interesting to see in one that size...
If I am always in offline mode, and it's a game that requires an internet connect to launch, that's kind of hard then, isn't it?
You assume that staying online is as easy for everyone as it is for you. I have always online internet now, but at my previous apartment I had internet from about 1am till about 3pm. Between 3pm and 6 pm, I had a slower, but mostly ok connection, but most nights from 6pm till midnight it was pointless. and by pointless I mean login authentication for my fricken e-mail could take as long as 5 minutes. And frequently timed out and had to be retried. I wasn't using steam at the time, but if you couldn't connect to the internet at all from 6pm till midnight, that would have made it impossible to play a game that required you to log in first. So yes,,, Going offline, not hard at all. Going online first so that you can then go offline? A whole different story.
Well, if you go from a feature phone to a smart phone, most of your smart phone features will not work until you contact your carrier and get an appropriate data plan. I know my wife switched to a blackberry from an android phone and the data quit working, then when she switched back we had to call them again to change the data plan back. The data plan, that's where they really gouge you...
I wasn't saying it was a good idea, just that it is what most people DO. And then at the next family event they ambush the only person in the family who actually works with computers at all to fix all of the problems that come up.
I think that's exactly what the GP was talking about. Most people never upgrade their OS, they keep using the one the computer came with. Therefore, they're not paying the retail price for the new operating system. This is most people as in your grandparents, not most people as in slashdot readers....
Pretty sure he got it right.... Wii-ii......
We'll call it the Bacon Axiom. Not Provable, we just accept that it is true..
This made me fall out of my chair laughing. And I'm all out of mod points.
"Apple made untrue claims"
which, by implication, means that you were saying Apple's claims were True.
Actually, that typo is copied directly from TFA... So Mucktware doesn't proofread.....
Noo, In this case the court is saying that Apples claims WERE untrue, when Apple not only filed, but went to press detailing it's claims of copyright infringement. This was originally a finding against the plaintiff. But yes, the judge says their claims were untrue, and now apple had to apologize.
Licensing. the streaming services have to have different licensing agreements for each and every country they want to offer their services too. that's why Spotify wasn't available in the US for something like a year, while it was available in parts of Europe during that time.
So you'd be perfectly fine with big corporations, with the big advertising budget, publishing a tiny indy band's music, claiming it was performed by one of their own? With their ability to advertise the crap out of it, the budget to claim that the tiny band was the one copying the work, and without copyright to back them up, the little guys are screwed. This isn't the same as a patent and claiming 'they stole my idea'. Copyright actually protects the creative work itself. Sure, it's a flawed system, but it is a very important one. TGP, however, does have some good points about there being an appropriate duration on the copyright.
[quote]Imagine, people pouring tree sap on waffles. Boggles the mind.[/quote] So you'd rather have corn juice that has been mixed with bacterial secretions?
Maybe by the time you're done beating the shit out of each other on the ice, nobody has any anger left?
Yep. I even printed out the explicit allowance for them from the TSA Website to carry with me the first few times. I thought it odd that they allowed them when so many other things were banned, but decided to take full advantage of it. Now, after numerous trips, several of them through what I would think would be higher risk airports like Reagan, Dulles, and La Guardia, I've never even had an x-ray tech take a second look. Of course, as soon as I say that I know they WILL check next time, that's what I get for opening my big mouth...