Wikipedia had some more data before, I would swear it... It may have been 5 years ago, however when the tax came up again...:) Anyway, another link. http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/1168.html And yes, I confused 50 cents with 50 percent. But once you factor in all the other taxes, it works out to almost $2 a gallon in 2005, so not really that far off.
As for the sales tax, that varies by state. Buy in all they states I have shopped in recently, food components (beef, cheese, milk) have no sales tax, but prepared foods (McDonald's) does. This makes sense because if you can afford to eat out, you can more afford a tax. But in the case of fuel, you pay the same regardless of if it is for a joy ride, or to get to work.
And I am not saying oil is overly taxed. Just that it is not "subsidized." After all, they are public companies. If they are doing so well, why is the stock not much higher? Why is the ROI so low? And why are more people not worried that most of the new offshore drilling on the US coast is foreign companies in "Cuba?"
Which subsidy is that? The 50% tax on gasoline, or the oil windfall profits tax? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfall_profits_tax Oil is the most taxed industry in the US. OK, Cigarettes may have it worse, but I doubt it...
What would work better for transportation, is to reduce the need to transport anything...
How many people could work from home?
How many people could live closer to where they work?
How many businesses could move out of business districts and into areas where their employees can actually afford to live?
Sure, that is easy for you to say in your mother's basement.:) But for those of us that actually want to go out, or to travel, or to not get scurvy in northern winters, or to own the cheapest (any product from china) that money can buy, we need transportation.
Do you really think that the world has resilience today in terms of energy?
Yes. There are lots of sources for chemical energy that we do not use because of cost. That is being fixed... Painfully. Also, there are many sources of oil not being used because of cost and political will. As the cost goes up, that political will has to change. And this is just chemical energy, which is still the best source for transportation. Electrical energy is really only held back by political will. There are safe, low polluting reactors now, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor#Future_and_developing_technologies but the public is afraid of Chernobyl... But as costs go up, that too will change.
You work in a place that give you time to do this? You can devote time to "fixing" a system that is up and running? Must be nice... (Only somewhat sarcastic)
Or perhaps they just stopped looking... If so, they could be in more trouble. This is why more discovery is needed. Not that there is anything left to get from them...
PS. I rebuild my car's engine last year (1996 Saturn Station Wagon; 42 to 38mpg -- WTF new cars?); I used many after-market parts. Good thing Saturn isn't as evil as Sony, eh?
If they were, your car would be worthless. At lest someone will still make some parts. If $ony goes out of business, all the PS3s become paperweights. (Unless modded)
Just because you understand why a man murdered someone does not mean it is OK. I understand why a guy steals a car too... Can we have yours? As for Steam, I do understand why, and I choose not to use Steam. Better than most, but still not good enough for me. I did, however, get both Humble Indie Bundles. And I still have my download keys.
Its a pity that there isn't an easy way to enable folks to do what they want with their own unit (which they should be able to do dammit; they bought it) without also enabling folks to violate copyright and just grab stuff for free.
But the fact is that you can't stop the later, so why crucify the former? More importantly why spend a huge cost in time money and civil rights going after "lost revenue" from people that are not, never were, and never will be your customer?
This makes it easier to get all your mail blocked when your mail server moves, however. You have to remember to change the spf records for all your domains. Not so bad if you have one. Real bad if you have 30.
As someone who has both a 5 mig fiber to Qwest, and a Comcast business class, I disagree. While you are correct that there is no SLA, as long as it is not "full" it performs well, and give much more bang for the buck. But once the connection starts to saturate, performance goes down fast. Horses for courses.
Who do you trust more, your own skills or someone else's? For arthroscopic surgery, I will outsource. For mail services, I KNOW that I know more than the idiots I have spoken with at several "Hosting providers." You may be different.
It could be the block lists as well. Make sure you have a business class service with a static IP as those are least likely to be in the block lists. Also add "@ IN TXT v=spf1 mx ?all" and "domain.name IN TXT v=spf1 mx ?all" to your DNS zone record.
Assuming that you trust the outsource company. It is only as secure as the monkeys running it. Go ahead and get gmail for business if you want. I will host and control my own server, thank you.
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Wikipedia had some more data before, I would swear it... It may have been 5 years ago, however when the tax came up again... :) Anyway, another link. http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/1168.html And yes, I confused 50 cents with 50 percent. But once you factor in all the other taxes, it works out to almost $2 a gallon in 2005, so not really that far off.
As for the sales tax, that varies by state. Buy in all they states I have shopped in recently, food components (beef, cheese, milk) have no sales tax, but prepared foods (McDonald's) does. This makes sense because if you can afford to eat out, you can more afford a tax. But in the case of fuel, you pay the same regardless of if it is for a joy ride, or to get to work.
And I am not saying oil is overly taxed. Just that it is not "subsidized." After all, they are public companies. If they are doing so well, why is the stock not much higher? Why is the ROI so low? And why are more people not worried that most of the new offshore drilling on the US coast is foreign companies in "Cuba?"
Which subsidy is that? The 50% tax on gasoline, or the oil windfall profits tax? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfall_profits_tax Oil is the most taxed industry in the US. OK, Cigarettes may have it worse, but I doubt it...
What would work better for transportation, is to reduce the need to transport anything... How many people could work from home? How many people could live closer to where they work? How many businesses could move out of business districts and into areas where their employees can actually afford to live?
Sure, that is easy for you to say in your mother's basement. :) But for those of us that actually want to go out, or to travel, or to not get scurvy in northern winters, or to own the cheapest (any product from china) that money can buy, we need transportation.
Do you really think that the world has resilience today in terms of energy?
Yes. There are lots of sources for chemical energy that we do not use because of cost. That is being fixed... Painfully. Also, there are many sources of oil not being used because of cost and political will. As the cost goes up, that political will has to change. And this is just chemical energy, which is still the best source for transportation. Electrical energy is really only held back by political will. There are safe, low polluting reactors now, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor#Future_and_developing_technologies but the public is afraid of Chernobyl... But as costs go up, that too will change.
Yes... Mac is all that and more. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/28/charlie-brooker-pfroblem-with-macs Of course all of my desktops and laptops at home and at work are Linux.
houstonbofh@tc-us-dev01:~$ man gui-tool
No manual entry for gui-tool
houstonbofh@tc-us-dev01:~$
Damn!
You work in a place that give you time to do this? You can devote time to "fixing" a system that is up and running? Must be nice... (Only somewhat sarcastic)
But you can get out... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/
So instead of being "screwed, blued and tattooed" you will be "screwed, SCOed and SONYed." I like it.
Among other things, if accurate, it would mean that SCO witnesses committed perjury in depositions, affidavits, and testimony.
And you could sue them. After all, they probably have more assets than SCO at this point. :)
Or perhaps they just stopped looking... If so, they could be in more trouble. This is why more discovery is needed. Not that there is anything left to get from them...
PS. I rebuild my car's engine last year (1996 Saturn Station Wagon; 42 to 38mpg -- WTF new cars?); I used many after-market parts. Good thing Saturn isn't as evil as Sony, eh?
If they were, your car would be worthless. At lest someone will still make some parts. If $ony goes out of business, all the PS3s become paperweights. (Unless modded)
If this is how people think then we have already lost...
I didn't know Sony was on slashdot... :)
Just because you understand why a man murdered someone does not mean it is OK. I understand why a guy steals a car too... Can we have yours? As for Steam, I do understand why, and I choose not to use Steam. Better than most, but still not good enough for me. I did, however, get both Humble Indie Bundles. And I still have my download keys.
Its a pity that there isn't an easy way to enable folks to do what they want with their own unit (which they should be able to do dammit; they bought it) without also enabling folks to violate copyright and just grab stuff for free.
But the fact is that you can't stop the later, so why crucify the former? More importantly why spend a huge cost in time money and civil rights going after "lost revenue" from people that are not, never were, and never will be your customer?
But with a photographer, someone may say, "Holy shit! That's Bob's house!" It personalizes it to the crowd they want to frighten off.
This makes it easier to get all your mail blocked when your mail server moves, however. You have to remember to change the spf records for all your domains. Not so bad if you have one. Real bad if you have 30.
And publicity for the work they are trying to stop. Fail squared. :)
And how do you think gmail communicates with yahoo?
As someone who has both a 5 mig fiber to Qwest, and a Comcast business class, I disagree. While you are correct that there is no SLA, as long as it is not "full" it performs well, and give much more bang for the buck. But once the connection starts to saturate, performance goes down fast. Horses for courses.
Who do you trust more, your own skills or someone else's? For arthroscopic surgery, I will outsource. For mail services, I KNOW that I know more than the idiots I have spoken with at several "Hosting providers." You may be different.
Just use google business apps for your mail. Hosting it yourself is a huge headache.
Hell... Just post your e-mail to Usenet. That way it is backed up everywhere and you will never delete it by mistake.
But, some recipients don't like us.
Check your DNS entries. A clean and proper DNS will help keep you off spam block lists.
It could be the block lists as well. Make sure you have a business class service with a static IP as those are least likely to be in the block lists. Also add "@ IN TXT v=spf1 mx ?all" and "domain.name IN TXT v=spf1 mx ?all" to your DNS zone record.
Assuming that you trust the outsource company. It is only as secure as the monkeys running it. Go ahead and get gmail for business if you want. I will host and control my own server, thank you.