ESPN is expensive, and crammed onto almost every paid package. It's the Disney tax that you pay when you buy cable, satellite, and now, some streaming packages!
What if you never sell if for "cash", is there a gain (or loss)?
Say you purchase 1 bitcoin for, say $700. Later, the purchasing power "appears" to be about $1000 (or whatever).
I can see the argument for capital gains if I just sell it for the cash, but if I purchase something, it is just cheaper for me, like it is on sale.
Like if someone has foreign currency left over from a trip and they go back later when it is worth more. (Glad I didn't keep any of my ~$1.55 euros from my 2008 trip, to use on my 2015 trip when they were only ~$1.07, it's not like I could declare a long term loss...)
I am sure there are all kinds of rules about currency "trading" and ordinary tourists probably don't come under those rules... and I suspect small amounts of bitcoin will garner the same attention from taxing authorities.
I once worked at a small company that had "conference room A" and "conference room 2", so everyone called them "Little Joe" and "Big Hoss" to avoid confusion.
Some day, you may be able to perform a very altruistic act, and donate your personality to the "singularity" (e.g. "upload yourself").
I say altruistic, since, YOU, of course, will still be dead.
If your virtualized self doesn't recognize the fact that it is not really you, I wouldn't want my avatar to have to deal with you, even virtually.
Sales feature for future "singularity" providers - add a virus checker to weed out such pompous personalities, and cater to a more humble crowd. (don't worry, there is no reason why one wouldn't be able to "upload" themselves to more than one provider. Heh, this means some of your virtual selves will resent your for their placement. Hopefully, "self-delete" will always be an option.
Think of the amount of data you could store in a single copper BB
Think of the amount of data you could store in the number of atoms equivalent to a single copper BB... arranged in such a way your "read/write device" can access those atoms.
You know it is up to each state to decide how to apportion their Electoral College votes. Only two states use proportional voting. The other 48 have "winner take all".
That's what doesn't seem fair, not the Electoral College system itself.
That said, there is a procedure to change the system, but it involves getting 38 states to agree to start the process...
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Looks like a big bundle of stuff, where you pay for things you don't want. Just like when I canceled cable.
Brilliant.
Back when I was a kid, schools were teaching, not feeding.
And I had PB&J sandwiches, a lot! And I liked it!
Why are almost all comments in this thread posted by Anonymous Cowards?
After all he wasn't "engineering" anything, so much as making a political statement.
You can't even pump your own gas in Oregon - I guess that would make you a petroleum engineer or something...
Norway .07% of the world's population.
If they had an order of magnitude more people, it would still be less than 1%.
With a real exit bag, to augment the sensation (or lack there of) of a "simulated" VR exit bag experience.
Be sure to read the fine print in the EULA.
Buy sub-standard shit, and reap the rewards. Laptops, phones, "hoverboards", e-cigs, whatever. Chinese crap.
You can Google average salary info for the type of position you are looking for.
No need to specify your gender...
ESPN is expensive, and crammed onto almost every paid package. It's the Disney tax that you pay when you buy cable, satellite, and now, some streaming packages!
probably a government handout - that .9 we pay for every gallon of gas is going to women in IT!
What if you never sell if for "cash", is there a gain (or loss)?
Say you purchase 1 bitcoin for, say $700. Later, the purchasing power "appears" to be about $1000 (or whatever).
I can see the argument for capital gains if I just sell it for the cash, but if I purchase something, it is just cheaper for me, like it is on sale.
Like if someone has foreign currency left over from a trip and they go back later when it is worth more. (Glad I didn't keep any of my ~$1.55 euros from my 2008 trip, to use on my 2015 trip when they were only ~$1.07, it's not like I could declare a long term loss...)
I am sure there are all kinds of rules about currency "trading" and ordinary tourists probably don't come under those rules... and I suspect small amounts of bitcoin will garner the same attention from taxing authorities.
I once worked at a small company that had "conference room A" and "conference room 2", so everyone called them "Little Joe" and "Big Hoss" to avoid confusion.
Yeah, we're all gonna die.
Some day, you may be able to perform a very altruistic act, and donate your personality to the "singularity" (e.g. "upload yourself").
I say altruistic, since, YOU, of course, will still be dead.
If your virtualized self doesn't recognize the fact that it is not really you, I wouldn't want my avatar to have to deal with you, even virtually.
Sales feature for future "singularity" providers - add a virus checker to weed out such pompous personalities, and cater to a more humble crowd. (don't worry, there is no reason why one wouldn't be able to "upload" themselves to more than one provider. Heh, this means some of your virtual selves will resent your for their placement. Hopefully, "self-delete" will always be an option.
Think of the amount of data you could store in a single copper BB
Think of the amount of data you could store in the number of atoms equivalent to a single copper BB... arranged in such a way your "read/write device" can access those atoms.
How small can you make THAT contraption?
The answer to the question is it will cost more to get a CRT screen, since they are no longer produced on an industrial scale.
There is no reason you can't make one.
Maybe you can get this guy to make you a screen - he makes tubes, he just needs to think bigger...
hmmm, huggy bear, is that you? Oh, no I see it is just hughbar.
the problem of gun suicide
So... let's outlaw suicide? Wait, it already is. We should outlaw plastic bags too... oh, never mind.
It's all part of Evolution, right?
isn't there some law against destroying "art"?
In California, they are practically outlawing cow farts.
off topic, but I just heard an ad where lawyers were soliciting clients who had been wronged, for, get this; losing their hair during chemotherapy!
Exactly - why would anyone bother to mess with the image, if Canonical is doing the work for free.
One can only assume they are breaking "Ubuntu" on purpose.
Let people know who is being shady.
we'll see drivers go the way of the buggy whip - what? only used in kinky dungeon scenes?
"Bring out the Gimp"
"Say, didn't you drive me to the LAX a couple of years ago?"
[shutters]
You know it is up to each state to decide how to apportion their Electoral College votes. Only two states use proportional voting. The other 48 have "winner take all".
That's what doesn't seem fair, not the Electoral College system itself.
That said, there is a procedure to change the system, but it involves getting 38 states to agree to start the process...