I think (in some cases at least) investment is work, in the sense that it isn't effortless. Whether or not the work is productive, as in accomplishing anything or befitting the economy, is open to debate.
So forget the capital gains tax.
Increase the estate tax, and get rid of the loopholes that let people avoid the estate tax. Make the first $10million of anyone's inheritance untaxed, then tax the remainder at 99%. THAT will end the tyranny of the upper class in 2 generations... Which is why no one talks about it, and why it will never happen.
Seconded. My DGL-4100 ran like a champ for 2 years with no hiccups. Recently replaced it with a DGL-4300 my roommate purchased. The 4300 is just as good at not choking to death on the multiple bittorent (ab)users in the house, but the wireless sucks.
I recommend getting a very good wired router, then a very good wireless access point. Suggestions: DGL-4100 (despite no firmware update in almost a decade) for your router, and an EnGenius WAP.
The EnGenius has a few quirks. Its a pain in the ass to get working, and will shit all over your lovely day if you set it to run in any other mode than "AP", but its signal strength/range is redonculous.
And lets pay attention to the dumb-fucks to get all of their information from dumb-fucks with auspicious placards on their desks.
Kennedy was wagging the dog decades before they had a clever phrase for it. Given that NASA basically had a blank check for this mission, it would have been simpler long term to actually go to the moon... but what if a few months in they discovered that wasn't possible?
The book of revelations already happened. It was written cryptically to keep the Romans from figuring out that "Babylon" was Rome, and was written during a time when Christianity was considered a weird, dangerous cut.
The mark of the beast was Caesar's head on coins, which you needed to buy or sell things.
Last I checked, congress holds the purse-strings. If the president is LITERALLY spending money without congress' permission, he needs to be impeached. Today.
The republicans would like nothing better than the situation where all former democratic votes would be split up fifty-fifty between democrats the third party. Of course they might lose a few too, but as long as they lose less than the democrats, they're basically sure of winning.
...And then the republican party fractures. Do you think the Jesus Camp republicans like the Wall Street republicans? Or that the pseudo-libertarian republicans like the other two?
The only thing keeping the republican party together is the democratic party.
Holy fucking Jesus, I thought I was the only one that saw the pattern..... When you see it on TV, that's the charlatans working together to get someone else to hold the flaming bag of poo.
And on top of that, the first thing they try to get you to do when you do something wrong, is sign away your rights by agreeing to non-judicial punishment.
windows 7 is a bugfix of the performance issues in Vista.
What bug did windows 7 fix?
The bug that caused background services that are only supposed to run when the computer is idle (defrag, shadow volume copy, windows search, etc.) to run whenever the fuck they feel like it.
I was google-ing "windows vista HDD light" furiously by one week into vista ownership. So were a lot of other people.
There is no such thing as international law, because there is no international government. The UN is NOT A GOVERNMENT BODY.
There are many treaties in place which specify what is or is not acceptable.... but not every country's ambassador signed them, and of those that did, not every country's government ratified them. The treaties also seldom specify punishment for infractions, because you'd never get anyone to agree to punishments for breaking treaties they plan on breaking.
'International law' is where people point when they don't have an actual legal basis for something. Like both wars in Iraq.
Any suggestions to make this machine a little more useful?
Plan A: Set it on fire to reduce heating bills.
Plan B: Sell all of that gay Mac bullshit, and apply the pittance towards buying an NAS. Not for file backup... for primary data storage on a raid 1 array.
I used to think ending the war on drugs would end most crime.... but then I realized. If you legalize drugs, people who can't get a 9-5 job will have to move on to something else illegal to make money on. Like gambling, racketeering, loan-sharking, kiddie porn, etc.
Bottled water exists because:
1. The "perfectly good" public water system doesn't have pipes going to my bicycle.
2. Public water fountains, when you can find them, have water that tastes disgusting. EVERY TIME.
3. Some water bottlers still refrain from putting fluoride and chlorine in their water. Don't expect this to last long.
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I think (in some cases at least) investment is work, in the sense that it isn't effortless. Whether or not the work is productive, as in accomplishing anything or befitting the economy, is open to debate.
So forget the capital gains tax.
Increase the estate tax, and get rid of the loopholes that let people avoid the estate tax. Make the first $10million of anyone's inheritance untaxed, then tax the remainder at 99%. THAT will end the tyranny of the upper class in 2 generations... Which is why no one talks about it, and why it will never happen.
No, they just don't call you for a 2nd interview.
Seconded. My DGL-4100 ran like a champ for 2 years with no hiccups. Recently replaced it with a DGL-4300 my roommate purchased. The 4300 is just as good at not choking to death on the multiple bittorent (ab)users in the house, but the wireless sucks.
I recommend getting a very good wired router, then a very good wireless access point. Suggestions: DGL-4100 (despite no firmware update in almost a decade) for your router, and an EnGenius WAP.
The EnGenius has a few quirks. Its a pain in the ass to get working, and will shit all over your lovely day if you set it to run in any other mode than "AP", but its signal strength/range is redonculous.
It is a defining moment. Its the difference between Han being a hero, and an anti-hero.
If Lucas is that fucking bored, he can remake THX1138. (Remake, not retouch.) That one is badly in need of some multi-million dollar special effects.
And lets pay attention to the dumb-fucks to get all of their information from dumb-fucks with auspicious placards on their desks.
Kennedy was wagging the dog decades before they had a clever phrase for it. Given that NASA basically had a blank check for this mission, it would have been simpler long term to actually go to the moon... but what if a few months in they discovered that wasn't possible?
No one mentioned racism or eugenics. That idea was in your head. You're Hitler, not him.
The book of revelations already happened. It was written cryptically to keep the Romans from figuring out that "Babylon" was Rome, and was written during a time when Christianity was considered a weird, dangerous cut.
The mark of the beast was Caesar's head on coins, which you needed to buy or sell things.
I certainly fucking hope so. I'm real real tired of China and Saudi princes getting richer at the expense of American taxpayers.
A lot of people wanna make noise about how many evil things America does in the pursuit of money. Well where does that money go?
America is EVERYONE'S WHORE.... But everyone just wants to point the finger at the street corner where she works.
Last I checked, congress holds the purse-strings. If the president is LITERALLY spending money without congress' permission, he needs to be impeached. Today.
But that's not what's happening, is it?
But there's no sense crying
over every lost sale.
You just keep on trying
'till the company fails.
Software engineers are pissed
Target release date's been missed
Are there people who still buy our games?
The only thing keeping the republican party together is the democratic party.
Holy fucking Jesus, I thought I was the only one that saw the pattern..... When you see it on TV, that's the charlatans working together to get someone else to hold the flaming bag of poo.
And on top of that, the first thing they try to get you to do when you do something wrong, is sign away your rights by agreeing to non-judicial punishment.
Wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations
windows 7 is a bugfix of the performance issues in Vista.
What bug did windows 7 fix?
The bug that caused background services that are only supposed to run when the computer is idle (defrag, shadow volume copy, windows search, etc.) to run whenever the fuck they feel like it.
I was google-ing "windows vista HDD light" furiously by one week into vista ownership. So were a lot of other people.
There is no such thing as international law, because there is no international government. The UN is NOT A GOVERNMENT BODY.
There are many treaties in place which specify what is or is not acceptable.... but not every country's ambassador signed them, and of those that did, not every country's government ratified them. The treaties also seldom specify punishment for infractions, because you'd never get anyone to agree to punishments for breaking treaties they plan on breaking.
'International law' is where people point when they don't have an actual legal basis for something. Like both wars in Iraq.
It's better than MS Word's spellchecker... but not by much, and that's not much of an accomplishment.
I cite Object Oriented Programming. Wasteful, unnecessary, and simple.
Plan A: Set it on fire to reduce heating bills.
Plan B: Sell all of that gay Mac bullshit, and apply the pittance towards buying an NAS. Not for file backup... for primary data storage on a raid 1 array.
I used to think ending the war on drugs would end most crime.... but then I realized. If you legalize drugs, people who can't get a 9-5 job will have to move on to something else illegal to make money on. Like gambling, racketeering, loan-sharking, kiddie porn, etc.
Bottled water exists because:
1. The "perfectly good" public water system doesn't have pipes going to my bicycle.
2. Public water fountains, when you can find them, have water that tastes disgusting. EVERY TIME.
3. Some water bottlers still refrain from putting fluoride and chlorine in their water. Don't expect this to last long.
You forgot about him guiding enemy rockets to Airstrip One via radio signals.
Nah, you're drinking a different flavor of Kool-Aid. 'Cause your country is very fucking different....
Actually they do. Its just rare for them not to get it by a landslide.
Part of a meaning, apparently.