If you knew a large group of people with common interests who don't like seeing the internet being misused in such a way, many of whom have access to big fat pipes, and plenty of time on their hands and nothing better to do, you could flood the site with traffic for a few days to send your message across.
Dunno where you'd ever find a group of people like that though...especially ones who have scant regard for the law in instances such as this...
If sales tax is a consumption tax (which it appears to be according to posts in the previous article re: New York State), then it is probably fair to expect to receive taxes on these purchases. However, to facilitate this, legislative bodies need to make it relatively simple for the parties involved to do so.
While it sounds relatively simple, this is a problem that has faced mankind since taxes came about (thousands of years ago), and the legislators still don't get it. If it was relatively easy to do, less people would be jumping up and down about it.
So instead of having a win/win situation with a simple, elegant system, which is inexpensive to administer and requires less tax to be paid, administrators make tax payers jump through (expensive) hoops, and spends yet more money chasing those who take issue with it.
err - considering what we're talking about here, I don't know if I'd necessarily call getting back to the ground first 'winning'. Unless you call it the ultimate win, that is...
...and I see plenty of coin being tossed about, both here in New Zealand, and especially in the U.S. and Europe circuits. For these guys $5-10m a year is nothing to throw away on their favourite pastime. This surely has to top them all for finding ways to part overgrown rich boys and their money!
...an improved version of his earlier design for a mechanical digital calculator. It weighs in at two tons more than the Difference Engine built in 1991 at London's Science Museum.
Well - there goes Moore's Law then, I guess. Although, this was invented in the century before Moore himself was.
Microsoft millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned and paid for the US model." Hmm. Microsoft's upcoming answer to viruses, rootkits, worms, etc?
This IS slashdot. It doesn't hurt to RTFA either (when they're there) but there's still a large number of readers here that don't want to risk it.
But yes - a simple google search did turn up a number of solutions. My guess is that the submitter wants to short circuit the process of working his/her way through them, and tap into the collective knowledge of/.ers.
It is feared that if this happens the Vision for Space Exploration will flounder and that may be the end of human spaceflight altogether.
-1 Drama Queen
So according to these doyens of space and associated fields, if a U.S. project is put off for 5 years (to educate children - how DARE they?) then this will quell humankind's desire to travel in space forever?
I think there's some space all right, but it's obviously not all out there beyond the stars...
I'm not an American, so I don't know how the system works.
My guess is a sales tax is charged (we have GST - Goods and Services Tax - here in New Zealand) on goods sold within the state. Now I presume the purpose of this consumption tax is to pay for goods and services beneficial to the residents of that state.
Hence I guess the argument lies with whether the burden of payment for this tax (and reaping the benefits of such) comes down to those producing said goods and services, or consuming them.
Anyone care to clue us non-Americans in on how this is supposed to work?
suggesting something supernatural; uncanny : the weird crying of a seal.
â informal very strange; bizarre : a weird coincidence | all sorts of weird and wonderful characters.
I don't really see them as 'weird' as such - different, and fascinating, and many seem to point a potential way forward for computing. I don't see why we should refer to technology moving forward as 'weird'.
along with definitive patent licensing terms.' Lets just hope those terms are pro open source. Anyone care to explain how Microsoft might put these two things together?
String.
Or a stapler maybe.
NO WAIT!!! - a hot glue gun! It's gotta be better for geeks - it plugs in.
Although if it's on paper, they could rub their feet on nylon carpet then hold them together and static will do it's magic, baby...
Ok, ok. You might think my answers are silly, but then - so is the question. Like it would ever happen.
Dude - 'fungibility'? That gave me visions of mushrooms sprouting out of oil farms, destroying such a precious resource. I know this is/., but that's just still too weird...
Slashdot Mirror
...now you don't.
Pointing /. at a user-interactive site like this is going to cause tears. Lots of tears. Well, tears, or lots of heat from their servers.
The home page is now serving up:
404. Not found The requested address was not found on this server.I guess I'll bookmark it and come back tomorrow.
...don't let the damn door hit your ass on the way out!
Civil. Yes.
I was referring to the more general aspects of it.
Has the submitter not heard about billable hours?
*conspiracy filter on*
Lawyers. There's so much more money to be made from appeals. For both sides. They know this. It's all a have.
Enjoy!
There's reason for appeal right there. Personality of a guy who writes file systems???
The general public will not know what "geometric" means*.
This Captcha suffers from the same old problem. As Captchas get harder more humans will fail them.
*or annotate... or centre
If this is the case, do the captchas have the issue, or does humankind?Are you saying lawyers aren't important?
Way to get sued!
After the vote, did the bureaucrat jump up and starting dancing like a monkey?
After the vote did the bureaucrat start throwing chairs around?
Did the bureaucrat appear slightly chubby and a whole lot balding?
If the answer to any of the above is yes, I might be able to shed some insight on this...
If you knew a large group of people with common interests who don't like seeing the internet being misused in such a way, many of whom have access to big fat pipes, and plenty of time on their hands and nothing better to do, you could flood the site with traffic for a few days to send your message across.
Dunno where you'd ever find a group of people like that though...especially ones who have scant regard for the law in instances such as this...
...of balancing fairness with ease of use.
If sales tax is a consumption tax (which it appears to be according to posts in the previous article re: New York State), then it is probably fair to expect to receive taxes on these purchases. However, to facilitate this, legislative bodies need to make it relatively simple for the parties involved to do so.
While it sounds relatively simple, this is a problem that has faced mankind since taxes came about (thousands of years ago), and the legislators still don't get it. If it was relatively easy to do, less people would be jumping up and down about it.
So instead of having a win/win situation with a simple, elegant system, which is inexpensive to administer and requires less tax to be paid, administrators make tax payers jump through (expensive) hoops, and spends yet more money chasing those who take issue with it.
That was really, really, bad. Even for a /. summary.
err - considering what we're talking about here, I don't know if I'd necessarily call getting back to the ground first 'winning'. Unless you call it the ultimate win, that is...
...and I see plenty of coin being tossed about, both here in New Zealand, and especially in the U.S. and Europe circuits. For these guys $5-10m a year is nothing to throw away on their favourite pastime. This surely has to top them all for finding ways to part overgrown rich boys and their money!
...an improved version of his earlier design for a mechanical digital calculator. It weighs in at two tons more than the Difference Engine built in 1991 at London's Science Museum.Well - there goes Moore's Law then, I guess. Although, this was invented in the century before Moore himself was.
Microsoft millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned and paid for the US model." Hmm. Microsoft's upcoming answer to viruses, rootkits, worms, etc?This IS slashdot. It doesn't hurt to RTFA either (when they're there) but there's still a large number of readers here that don't want to risk it .
But yes - a simple google search did turn up a number of solutions. My guess is that the submitter wants to short circuit the process of working his/her way through them, and tap into the collective knowledge of /.ers.
Heaven.
...although the Wikimedia Foundation itself does not encourage suicideNot even when it comes to their founder?
...although the Wikimedia Foundation itself does not encourage suicide.Glad to see they cleared that up.
Can we mod article summaries?
It is feared that if this happens the Vision for Space Exploration will flounder and that may be the end of human spaceflight altogether.-1 Drama Queen
So according to these doyens of space and associated fields, if a U.S. project is put off for 5 years (to educate children - how DARE they?) then this will quell humankind's desire to travel in space forever?
I think there's some space all right, but it's obviously not all out there beyond the stars...
I'm not an American, so I don't know how the system works.
My guess is a sales tax is charged (we have GST - Goods and Services Tax - here in New Zealand) on goods sold within the state. Now I presume the purpose of this consumption tax is to pay for goods and services beneficial to the residents of that state.
Hence I guess the argument lies with whether the burden of payment for this tax (and reaping the benefits of such) comes down to those producing said goods and services, or consuming them.
Anyone care to clue us non-Americans in on how this is supposed to work?
weird |wÉÉ(TM)d|
adjective
suggesting something supernatural; uncanny : the weird crying of a seal.
â informal very strange; bizarre : a weird coincidence | all sorts of weird and wonderful characters.
I don't really see them as 'weird' as such - different, and fascinating, and many seem to point a potential way forward for computing. I don't see why we should refer to technology moving forward as 'weird'.
String.
Or a stapler maybe.
NO WAIT!!! - a hot glue gun! It's gotta be better for geeks - it plugs in.
Although if it's on paper, they could rub their feet on nylon carpet then hold them together and static will do it's magic, baby...
Ok, ok. You might think my answers are silly, but then - so is the question. Like it would ever happen.
Dude - 'fungibility'? That gave me visions of mushrooms sprouting out of oil farms, destroying such a precious resource. I know this is /., but that's just still too weird...