That is what no one seems to be noticing. This will not kill the mobile market or the app developers of the world. Just hurt folks in the USA. These are the sorts of things that export our wealth and our capital. The more of these patent lawsuits are filed over trivial software the more companies will want to stay out of or get out of our market.
Really I would like to hear why. They seem quite good. They would encourage spending, they would prevent the accumulation of wealth in small sectors of the society, they could be very useful in preventing political dynasties.
Switzerland has one, and they are a well functioning country.
No it does not. Netflix-Mars would just copy all their data from Netflix-Earth once a $time-interval and the Martians would just stream from Netflix-Mars.
They had devices that looked like that before the iPhone came out. Form follows function. Icons will be on a grid, the face will be made of glass, and the edge has metal trim. Nothing innovative there.
It is, but it is a three edged sword. Used sales disappear, customers gain convenience, and as economic theory would suggest game prices are lower and must be to make up for lost value.
If the resale price goes down, then less people will be willing to buy the game new. As they will have less of that resale money to spend. They will lose customers and revenue. I now know to avoid them, but I don't buy games when they first come out anyway. On the other hand I do tend to buy the first version and the GOTY editions of really good games. I just wait until those products are available at the reasonable price or get them used. They need to realize they are not only competing with new games but with the last 20+ years worth of video games for my entertainment dollar. These antics are not going to make me more likely to spend my money with them.
I just did the same. I paid the credit card off within the grace period as well. I am not religious, but I do not pay interest if I can avoid it in anyway.
Of course. When they are expecting to be paid that is going to be instant. When they can sit on the money for a few days and make interest at your expense they will do that.
Naturally aspirated, live axle, made of outdated materials, and only came in automatic transmission, do you hate driving? Or just really like driving only in straight lines?
In 2003 it at least got a 1970s state of the art suspension.
So any laptop with an ir port is now illegal? Or only if I install software that lets me send arbitrary ir signals? Or only if I Install software that sends that signal?
If you are willing to institute a negative income tax first, I am all for it. A totally flat tax is regressive, I cannot in good conscious support that without the negative income tax first.
Otherwise I say a flat percentage after a certain amount of income. First though we should just remove all deductions.
That 47% probably don't make enough to pay anything and still be able to eat.
The top 5% have more than 50% of the wealth. The top 1% own the vast majority of that. The bottom 80% own 15% of the wealth. That should give you some idea who has the money.
We basically have a system that gives money to the bottom 50% and lets the top few percent pay very little tax. The middle gets stuck paying all the actual taxes.
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That is what no one seems to be noticing. This will not kill the mobile market or the app developers of the world. Just hurt folks in the USA. These are the sorts of things that export our wealth and our capital. The more of these patent lawsuits are filed over trivial software the more companies will want to stay out of or get out of our market.
Clone or not has nothing to do with it. These patents are on things like converting free game users to paying folks. In app payments stuff like that.
This has nothing to do with jealousy. I have never supported a tax system that would have me pay less. Grow up.
Really I would like to hear why. They seem quite good. They would encourage spending, they would prevent the accumulation of wealth in small sectors of the society, they could be very useful in preventing political dynasties.
Switzerland has one, and they are a well functioning country.
No it does not. Netflix-Mars would just copy all their data from Netflix-Earth once a $time-interval and the Martians would just stream from Netflix-Mars.
Damn, I tried to play "financial conversion" and could not fill out that row.
They had devices that looked like that before the iPhone came out. Form follows function. Icons will be on a grid, the face will be made of glass, and the edge has metal trim. Nothing innovative there.
Not if they only let you play the Live market games they have in their game store. That sounds far more likely.
Guys don't drink lattes. Not only is it a stupid measure of value, it is a product the MBA that came up with that idea drinks and not the end users.
Says Florian. Anything from a non-troll?
The ITC is saying the apple has a pantent on something obvious, who cares?
Unless they actually ban imports it does not matter.
It is, but it is a three edged sword. Used sales disappear, customers gain convenience, and as economic theory would suggest game prices are lower and must be to make up for lost value.
If the resale price goes down, then less people will be willing to buy the game new. As they will have less of that resale money to spend. They will lose customers and revenue. I now know to avoid them, but I don't buy games when they first come out anyway. On the other hand I do tend to buy the first version and the GOTY editions of really good games. I just wait until those products are available at the reasonable price or get them used. They need to realize they are not only competing with new games but with the last 20+ years worth of video games for my entertainment dollar. These antics are not going to make me more likely to spend my money with them.
Please do say what they stole. As far as I can tell apple is complaining about some bogus design patents and some typical bullshit software patents.
I just did the same. I paid the credit card off within the grace period as well. I am not religious, but I do not pay interest if I can avoid it in anyway.
Of course. When they are expecting to be paid that is going to be instant. When they can sit on the money for a few days and make interest at your expense they will do that.
If you have to borrow money for a car, you are spending too much on that car.
The moment the Police have that the criminals will too. At least car jacking will now be convenient for the criminals I guess
Naturally aspirated, live axle, made of outdated materials, and only came in automatic transmission, do you hate driving? Or just really like driving only in straight lines?
In 2003 it at least got a 1970s state of the art suspension.
So any laptop with an ir port is now illegal?
Or only if I install software that lets me send arbitrary ir signals?
Or only if I Install software that sends that signal?
Where is the line?
But they have more than 80 percent of the wealth.
Of course.
1. repeal bush tax cuts
2. stop pointless wars
3. raise age to retirement and make other modification as needed.
That is not how it works.
You are taxed only on the portion after $50k.
So if you make $50,001 you pay 10% of $1.
If you are willing to institute a negative income tax first, I am all for it.
A totally flat tax is regressive, I cannot in good conscious support that without the negative income tax first.
Otherwise I say a flat percentage after a certain amount of income. First though we should just remove all deductions.
That 47% probably don't make enough to pay anything and still be able to eat.
The top 5% have more than 50% of the wealth. The top 1% own the vast majority of that. The bottom 80% own 15% of the wealth. That should give you some idea who has the money.
We basically have a system that gives money to the bottom 50% and lets the top few percent pay very little tax. The middle gets stuck paying all the actual taxes.
We can also increase revenue. We have the lowest taxes on the richest folks we have ever had, perhaps it is time they pitch in just a little.