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  1. Re:All governments are stupid on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 1

    An exemption that would make most people not pay any tax is a small one?

    The US is not reaching past is legal jurisdiction if it require something of one of its own citizens. Nations due that all the time.

    What I miss is people creating accounts and then replying with comments that make sense. Not bellyaching about being totally wrong.

  2. Re:Quite the opposite on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 1

    I was talking about taxing share ownership with a property tax. I was not suggesting their would be no repercussions only that it could be done. Why would trusts not be taxed?

    I would imagine the money to reimburse the poor would come from the sales tax itself.

  3. Re:3...2...1....and the data is in the UK on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 1

    I would think the idea is to get french companies not to use this data. So taxing their purchase of it might be enough.

    As a way to raise funds this seems more trouble than it is worth.

  4. More interesting than tax rate on UK Government To Use PayPal For Identity Assurance · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Far more interesting than their effective tax rate would be how much of that money was stolen from their users?

    These folks love to freeze accounts and sieze money for any reason they can find. Paypal should be regulated as a bank.

  5. Re:All governments are stupid on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 1

    No, it does not.
    Only those whose income exceeds $91,400 for 2009, each following year has been higher.
    This is to prevent rich folks from claiming their income in another nation as a tax dodge.

    If you are in a nation with a tax treaty with the USA you may also deduct any tax you paid to that nation.

  6. Re:Collection ha? on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 1

    I would think a simple solution would be to move all taxes to sales taxes and reimburse the working poor for some amount monthly.

    I can't see a way to avoid that.

  7. Re:Quite the opposite on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 1

    You can surely tax shareholders. A property tax applied on shares could do that.

    The poor can be reimbursed for their consumption taxes, if reducing impact on them is desired.

  8. Re:3...2...1....and the data is in the UK on France Proposes a Tax On Personal Information Collection · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So you impose the tax on collection not where the data is stored. If you collect data about a french citizen/computer and your company does business in anyway in france you have to pay. Pretty simple method that is in use for lots of things.

  9. Glad I already got my flashback on Atari Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    I am pretty happy I got an Atari Flashback a few years ago. It even has marks on the board so you can use it with the old cartridges. I will have to do that one day when I get some time.

  10. Re:Brilliant idea on Google Declares War On the Password · · Score: 1

    Hopefully, they just force the input to lower, and hash a substring. Otherwise there should be some sort of criminal negligence charges when you account is accessed by someone other than you.

  11. Re:Land lines in multi-person households on Bad Grammar Make Bestest Password, Research Say · · Score: 1

    How old are you exactly?

    I have seen you say this before and I find it hard to believe. Other than my parents and grandparents I know no non-work landline phone numbers. I can't imagine most people under 55 even have them, or if they do use them that often.

  12. Re:Brilliant idea on Google Declares War On the Password · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You have to simplify them?

    Use sentences. Easy to remember and very strong due to length.

  13. Re:Plan B on No Spitfires In Burma After All · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course. You can get to Siam through French Indochina.

  14. Re:Reasonable people care on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    I believe the courts have held these searches as constitutional.

    The scanners are no better or worse than the pat downs.

  15. Re:This is great news for L-3 Communications on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    Not at all.
    I just don't see how it is less or more of an invasion than the pat downs.

    If you want to get rid of those as well, then I can agree with you.

  16. Re:Awesome on Nokia To Release Lumia Case Design Files For 3D Printers · · Score: 1

    Really so where is that git repository of WinPhone 8?

  17. Re:Awesome on Nokia To Release Lumia Case Design Files For 3D Printers · · Score: 1, Informative

    No one is saying that.

    The complaint is that they killed off Meego to get a couple bucks in a deal that is now killing them. It does not matter if MS or Google or Apple gave them the money, what matters is Nokia is dying from this deal.

  18. Re:Awesome on Nokia To Release Lumia Case Design Files For 3D Printers · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, because we watched a real innovator get killed by swallowing a poison pill. That is why people bitch and complain.

  19. Re:This is great news for L-3 Communications on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    I do not believe these are illegal or unconstitutional according to the courts. If you believe they are you should file a suit to find out.

  20. Re:Awesome on Nokia To Release Lumia Case Design Files For 3D Printers · · Score: -1

    Because no one else could measure the device?

    I don't think getting killed by MS is innovating.

  21. Re:This is great news for L-3 Communications on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    Which if it was fast and free it would be fine to do as far as I can tell.

    So your real objection is cost? Or are you opposed to pretending?

  22. Re:reasons on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    Who really cares about the millimeter wave scanners?

    Is non-ionizing radiation something you worry about?

    The waste of money is a whole other topic, and we would be better served spending it on repairing highways or anything that actually kills a reasonable amount of Americans.

  23. Re:Polarized sunglasses? on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    Stop focusing on stuff that is out of focus.
    That is your problem. It was mine as well. You need to keep your focus only the items in focus and not attempt to force the background into focus.

  24. Re:This is great news for L-3 Communications on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 2

    The ones that use ionizing radiation are going away. Which I thought was the major health complaint here.

    I don't care if you see my balls, but I would like to prevent my thyroid condition from getting any worse. What exactly is the rational objection to millimeter wave? Just the slow down at the airport? Or the cost not being worth it?

  25. Re:alpha test? on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chertoff Group, which he founded represents scanner makers. They are a security consulting group that sells the things as well. How does that not look like a revolving door?

    Personally I would prefer something that did not use ionizing radiation or waste everyone's time. If that means going back to metal detectors that would be fine.