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  1. Re:#1 tool on Essential Open Source Tools For Windows Admins · · Score: 1

    SSH server, bash, a scripting language that will be around in another 10 years when MS gets bored of PowerShell and decides to replace it with something else so they can make all the windows admins get their certs again.

    What you are missing is .NET will again be replaced by some other flavor of the week. I want something that will just work. Plus powershells object crap is too much clutter for getting things done fast.

  2. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    Or they could have used the money to pay for that. You are correct though, the banks were the straw that broke the camels back.

  3. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    No I don't, wish I could.

    Excise, registration and everything else do not make up for the subsidy we provide those with very heavy vehicles. Sales tax is a one time cost, registration in my state is by vehicle class, not car cost.

  4. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    You realize they make most of the money right? More than 60%, you knew that though right?

    They also have over 80% of the wealth.

    Paying that same dollar value would mean some could not eat and I would be paying too little. That is not fair, by any rational measure.

  5. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    Ireland tried that, look how that worked out. Germany is bailing them out. How about we emulate the country doing the bailing out rather than the bankrupt?

  6. #1 tool on Essential Open Source Tools For Windows Admins · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Cygwin is the first thing every windows server needs installed.

  7. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 2

    Or Coca-Cola would just take the hit to profit per unit instead of raising prices but by doing that sell far more soda than PepsiCo. If a business could raise prices it would. Price is based on what the market will pay, not what costs are.

    Welcome to econ 101.

  8. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    That is his point. A company cannot just raise prices in response to an increased tax load. Price is set by what the market will bear, if they could raise prices they would be doing it already.

  9. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    Their fuel costs are not in line with the road damage they do. That again is a place where Mr.Millionaire comes out ahead by stealing from me. My small car does far less road damage but my per mile fuel costs are not lower by that much. Road wear is a function of axle loading and goes up by the 4th power.

  10. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 3, Informative

    They do far more than that level of damage to the road. Road wear us a function of axle loading and goes up by the forth power. This means those trucks are being subsidized by small cars.

  11. Re:Good on Seven States Pile On To Block AT&T/T-Mobile Deal · · Score: 1

    Sprint is much smaller than AT&T and probably would be allowed to buy T-mobile. T-mobile does make money, plus it will get free spectrum and favorable terms on roaming agreements if the deal falls through.

  12. Re:Insider trading on Did HP Bilk Its Shareholders? · · Score: 1

    So if the HP exec making this decision, new it was stupid and he shorted HP just before the announcement that would be illegal?

  13. Re:Insider trading on Did HP Bilk Its Shareholders? · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's only insider trading if only you know about it and you are not supposed to. If HP says to the world "We are kicking some ideas around the office about get out of the commodity PC space.", then this would be a perfectly legal thing to use to evaluate their stock.

  14. Re:Excellent on Certificate Blunders May Mean the End For DigiNotar · · Score: 1

    A) the CxOs will get their golden parachutes first, and that will be legal since employees are paid before anyone else.

    B) See A

    C) They will then buy up a small CA to get its trusted status. For profit colleges do this all the time. They buy up small struggling universities/colleges just to get their accreditation.

  15. Re:Excellent on Certificate Blunders May Mean the End For DigiNotar · · Score: 1

    Why?
    They had a good run with no security at all and could pocket lots of money because of that. Clearly the lesson here is to not do any security, fold up shop if you lose accreditation and start up another CA.

  16. Re:The TSA can't be the best we can do on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    Can I still open my BATFE themed convenience store?

  17. Re:Got my vote on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If there is only one provider of the service, it does not matter if it is government or a private company. If you must use them or not fly it will always be "tough shit".

  18. Re:Do they really understand what they are saying? on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 1

    Quite true. The same way a baby conditions its mother to change its diaper, etc.

  19. Re:Ka-ching! on UBS Rogue Trader Loses $2 Billion In Unauthorized Trades · · Score: 1

    The same thing senior execs do to earn millions at other companies, play golf.

  20. Re:Do they really understand what they are saying? on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 1

    Even my cat has mastered stuff like that. He knows his name or that it means I want his attention, and "treats" and "food" and "shutup". He also will stand near whatever he wants solved and cry. By that I mean stand near a dirty litter box and cry for it to be cleaned, or food bowl that is empty or closed door. Meaning he at the very least understands that getting my attention when something is wrong can solve it. Which as simple conditioning goes seems pretty reasonable for a cat to get.

    He cannot make new stuff up, but this simple level of communication seems common among animals. I wonder how many humans can't do any more than that anyway.

  21. Re:Finally! on MIT Researchers Create New Tiny Energy Harvester · · Score: 0

    Riding a giant vibrator is comfortable?
    At least the sports bikes tend not to leak oil. First time I saw a Harley I thought it was a British invention.

  22. Re:That's great, but why don't they... on Synaptics Working On Advanced Touchscreen For Phones · · Score: 2

    They are better than the clit-mouse that is the usual alternative on laptops.

  23. Re:Will be detrimental to human society... on The Rise of Robotic Labor · · Score: 1

    Then why are MBA programs generally so easy?

  24. Re:It's no long-term problem. on The Rise of Robotic Labor · · Score: 1

    Where is a 1MW LENR aka "cold fusion" reactor being demo'd?

  25. Re:trial and error is good on Algorithm Predicts New Superhard Materials · · Score: 1

    But what did we get out the the search for silly putty? Not a damn thing. So on the balance it would have been better to skip the trial and error step.