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  1. Re:What is the point? on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    With an iPad version of iWork, if you could email PDF's of the documents, print them and use a projector for a presentation. This could be a very useful device for a sales force.

  2. Isn't this old news? on Why Programmers Need To Learn Statistics · · Score: 1

    This looked familiar, then I remembered that I read this years ago.
    http://haduken.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=934&sid=ccd988ac3fa9146e94124c1228c4ac35

  3. This could give monitor damage a new meaning! on Companies To Invade Your Retinas As Soon As Next Year? · · Score: 1

    If they're going to start beaming an image directly in the eye, I want to make sure that the xorg.conf file is correct.

  4. Re:August on Navigating a Geek Marriage? · · Score: 1

    I would also add that when you're wrong, admit it. When she's wrong, just keep your mouth shut.

  5. Re:Microsoft would have made more money on The 360 Is Too Cheap? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunately, that's not necessarily correct. Component prices are based on estimated purchase quantity. By raising the price so that fewer were purchased, you're also raising the price of the parts to make it. So it could turn out that you make less. Fewer customers at a smaller profit isn't a very good corporate policy.

  6. Re:Once again on U.S. Ecommerce To Be Broadly Taxed? · · Score: 2, Informative
    There are other problems to this as well, for instance in Texas there are Tax Free days. There are also City and County taxes to take into consideration, there are 74 counties alone here in Oklahoma. In Pennsylvania there are different taxes depending on the type of product purchased (some food, clothing and medicine doesn't get taxed).

    The article does state that it would only require it for businesses that have over $5 million in gross taxable sales, which would eliminate the truely small businesses. The big problem would be the small businesses that have just over the $5 million minimum and that has a very narrow net profit. You would probably find a large portion of them that operate in good faith, but failed to collect the proper taxes for one reason or another and could be fined. With a narrow net profit and fines, could easily mean a downward spiral for that small business.

    Any policy enacted in the United States should help promote small business, not make it more difficult to operate. Especially, since they accounted for 99.7 of the businesses in the U.S. in 2003 and they account for over Half of the employment in the US. Small Business Administration

  7. Re:Of Course! on Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion · · Score: 1

    What do you call the MSCE to an IT person? A salary cap.