No problem. There would be a market-place like eBay where all such properties and their values are listed, and at given times a sale can happen for it, prospective buyers' bids are listed in advance. The best price wins the property. An Owner can keep the property by declaring it at a high enough price as the auction starts. If they lose the bid anyway and still want to keep it they must raise the price even higher at the end of the auction and pay additional penalties for guessing wrong in the first place. An owner can lower the price to if they aim to sell or think they can get away with a lower property tax. This is the way it worked in the aforementioned novels anyway...though for land properties, no mention was made for intellectual properties.
IIRC, there was a study done which concluded that 14 years was the more or less optimum time period for most intellectual property as a protected monopoly and such.
Assuming this is true, I would move the number to 10 years and place the property on a yearly auction/property tax. After which, the owner must declare a sale price, and pays a small proportional property tax for every year it is not sold. If it the property is crap it will be put in public domain forthwith by declaring $0 in value for year 11 (this is the default value at this year), which is obviously not taxed either. If the Intellectual property is $hiny the owner will declare a high value and hope noone buys the property, AND hope the guessed right so they can afford the yearly property tax. Refusing a valid would-be purchaser invokes serious penalties...use imagination here.
Or Something like this. Which was derived from the sci-fi novel Leo Frankowski's A Boy And His Tank.
http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/0671578502/0671578502.htm
Mr. Treehugger could grow his own dang biodiesel. And it's mostly made from veggie oils; ethanol/methanol makes up only about 1/4 the mass of Biodiesel.
sorta.
Edison originally had his generators intalled in the cities and used cogeneration to sell the waste heat and steam (for cooling) to nearby buildings. This was the case for a while until some enterprising mono'poo'lists engineered the govenerment 'mad'nated utility mono'poo'ly. Generation was moved to the countryside; we are now so used to this, we have a hard time imagining otherwise.
The real new invention is a smarter power distribution grid. The old grid simply flowed power downstream to the pull created by the demand. With the new Grid, power is more deliberately distributed.
Additionally, the Code in question is the personal intellectual property of Proffesor Mann, he is not obligated to reveal its source code to anyone. The program itself can be downloaded for free.
Biodiesel has better Energy Density. That is, more miles per gallon, given an otherwise identicle vehicle.
Biodiesel is cheaper per mile driven. By a longshot.
Biodiesel Delivery infrastructure is more compatible with the current fuels than Hydrogen.
Biodiesel can be mixed with existing diesel which nets performance benefits, reduced emmissions, and a cleaner engine.
Will this or other programs stream video/sound to my Cell Phone?...and thus allow me the choice to alert the police in a single buttone press, switch cameras, turn on/off lights, talk two way with persons viewed...so I can really mess with the minds of trick-or-treaters at the door on Halloween! >:) (ie talking SmartPumkins)
this makes them extraordianerily hard to study outside their optimal environment. All that was being said, is that scientist have yet to 'see' Giardia do the sex thing. It doesn't mean that it doesn't happen; but there is now a genetic clue that it does. We just don't have the right tools to disprove the notion.
Nerds need better cameras to get their Giardia Pr0n
my cousin when she was 14 went onto one of 'those' chat rooms until my aunt angrily and quickly turned off the PC acces. Now my cousin is off to college be a lawyer...she probably will join the FBI before long.:)
Will the system recognize high value vehicles like ambulances, police, and firefighters? If so, will elite politicians and corp execs have access to such? Would that be a bad thing? Either way, will there be a fee? (monthly? per use? High Value (see above)? Usable on Bridge and Pike tolls?)
For a laugh on the subject, lookup the bittorrent for "Ichigeki_Sacchuu!!_Hoihoi-san_OVA_-_01" by Death Squad fansubbers.
Anti-Bug robots would sell much better if htey were heavily armed cute dolls!
...This whole sequester CO2 thing also sounds risky to me. First in addition to carbon, sulfur and hydrogen are being introduced to the climateshpere, among other elements. And 2 Oxygen atoms are being taken out for every one carbon atom sequestered. It would seem to me that the the balance chemicals in the atmsophere would still be disturbed...and not necessarily beneficial to man.
My preference is to grow lots of vegetable oils from algae (for biodiesel et al), and stuff the excess underground.
I know where Kenja Lives......and can personally attest that hes got the years of exp., and we pikas are as neurotic as we need to be. Keep up the good work K.
One cannot see through common Solar Panels. These are "Windows" to see through; which can also generate a little extra power for our buildings and are glare reducing too! The ability to act as a projection screen is a creative and potentially annoying bonus feature.
...fall mainly on the plain.
Seriously, about the only noteworthy bugs which remain are:
an uncommon savegame crash which ruins the saved games, forcing user to start over. Not common, but should be fixed anyway.
A sound bug which when leaning into a door to listin in on an adjacent room causes the sounds present in 'Garrets' room to die down...thats not the bug part; the bug is that the sound level does not come back immediately when 'Garret' is done listening at the door. This can cause some wierdness, and possibly an exploit or two.
These are the most noticable bugs. More are likely present. But, all in all I am having fun with this game. I hope you do too. (and sign that Editor Petition!)
Although it is OT, I know people in my area who have used lasers to link their wireless network together. If you have 'direct' line of sight with your neighbor, then this should meet your security needs.
I be seeing many frustrated customers here at kinkos in this regard.
It is surprising how many don't know about ThumDrives. The Dell black boxes they have here even have USB ports accessible on the fronts...not sure which version.
As for bigjobs, one can goto http://weborder.kinkos.com/ and upload files there. They can also use the Print2Kinkos service 1-800-2-kinkos for quick service with LIVE cust rep.
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No problem. There would be a market-place like eBay where all such properties and their values are listed, and at given times a sale can happen for it, prospective buyers' bids are listed in advance. The best price wins the property. An Owner can keep the property by declaring it at a high enough price as the auction starts. If they lose the bid anyway and still want to keep it they must raise the price even higher at the end of the auction and pay additional penalties for guessing wrong in the first place. An owner can lower the price to if they aim to sell or think they can get away with a lower property tax. This is the way it worked in the aforementioned novels anyway...though for land properties, no mention was made for intellectual properties.
IIRC, there was a study done which concluded that 14 years was the more or less optimum time period for most intellectual property as a protected monopoly and such. Assuming this is true, I would move the number to 10 years and place the property on a yearly auction/property tax. After which, the owner must declare a sale price, and pays a small proportional property tax for every year it is not sold. If it the property is crap it will be put in public domain forthwith by declaring $0 in value for year 11 (this is the default value at this year), which is obviously not taxed either. If the Intellectual property is $hiny the owner will declare a high value and hope noone buys the property, AND hope the guessed right so they can afford the yearly property tax. Refusing a valid would-be purchaser invokes serious penalties...use imagination here. Or Something like this. Which was derived from the sci-fi novel Leo Frankowski's A Boy And His Tank. http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/0671578502/0671578502.htm
Mr. Treehugger could grow his own dang biodiesel. And it's mostly made from veggie oils; ethanol/methanol makes up only about 1/4 the mass of Biodiesel.
Uppers, downers, now steroids be astronaughty stuff. :o
Treehugger.com has an aritcle on a low emmissions wood burning oven: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/09/glutos_low _emis.php
sorta. Edison originally had his generators intalled in the cities and used cogeneration to sell the waste heat and steam (for cooling) to nearby buildings. This was the case for a while until some enterprising mono'poo'lists engineered the govenerment 'mad'nated utility mono'poo'ly. Generation was moved to the countryside; we are now so used to this, we have a hard time imagining otherwise. The real new invention is a smarter power distribution grid. The old grid simply flowed power downstream to the pull created by the demand. With the new Grid, power is more deliberately distributed.
Additionally, the Code in question is the personal intellectual property of Proffesor Mann, he is not obligated to reveal its source code to anyone. The program itself can be downloaded for free.
...and least here in Californistan, we already pay that fine in the form of a 58cent surtax on fuel.
Any Idea on how this law applies to copyshops? FedExKinkos I know does not have shredders.
Biodiesel has better Energy Density. That is, more miles per gallon, given an otherwise identicle vehicle. Biodiesel is cheaper per mile driven. By a longshot. Biodiesel Delivery infrastructure is more compatible with the current fuels than Hydrogen. Biodiesel can be mixed with existing diesel which nets performance benefits, reduced emmissions, and a cleaner engine.
Will this or other programs stream video/sound to my Cell Phone? ...and thus allow me the choice to alert the police in a single buttone press, switch cameras, turn on/off lights, talk two way with persons viewed...so I can really mess with the minds of trick-or-treaters at the door on Halloween! >:) (ie talking SmartPumkins)
this makes them extraordianerily hard to study outside their optimal environment. All that was being said, is that scientist have yet to 'see' Giardia do the sex thing. It doesn't mean that it doesn't happen; but there is now a genetic clue that it does. We just don't have the right tools to disprove the notion. Nerds need better cameras to get their Giardia Pr0n
...The Super Happy Funball. Do not taunt The Super Happy Funball!
my cousin when she was 14 went onto one of 'those' chat rooms until my aunt angrily and quickly turned off the PC acces. Now my cousin is off to college be a lawyer...she probably will join the FBI before long. :)
Will the system recognize high value vehicles like ambulances, police, and firefighters? If so, will elite politicians and corp execs have access to such? Would that be a bad thing? Either way, will there be a fee? (monthly? per use? High Value (see above)? Usable on Bridge and Pike tolls?)
For a laugh on the subject, lookup the bittorrent for "Ichigeki_Sacchuu!!_Hoihoi-san_OVA_-_01" by Death Squad fansubbers. Anti-Bug robots would sell much better if htey were heavily armed cute dolls!
A muslim ...farming pigs??
...This whole sequester CO2 thing also sounds risky to me. First in addition to carbon, sulfur and hydrogen are being introduced to the climateshpere, among other elements. And 2 Oxygen atoms are being taken out for every one carbon atom sequestered. It would seem to me that the the balance chemicals in the atmsophere would still be disturbed...and not necessarily beneficial to man. My preference is to grow lots of vegetable oils from algae (for biodiesel et al), and stuff the excess underground.
An equation that explains Everything! so now lets put it on a t-shirt!
I know where Kenja Lives... ...and can personally attest that hes got the years of exp., and we pikas are as neurotic as we need to be. Keep up the good work K.
Glory to the Room! sounds like fun
One cannot see through common Solar Panels. These are "Windows" to see through; which can also generate a little extra power for our buildings and are glare reducing too! The ability to act as a projection screen is a creative and potentially annoying bonus feature.
...fall mainly on the plain. Seriously, about the only noteworthy bugs which remain are: an uncommon savegame crash which ruins the saved games, forcing user to start over. Not common, but should be fixed anyway. A sound bug which when leaning into a door to listin in on an adjacent room causes the sounds present in 'Garrets' room to die down...thats not the bug part; the bug is that the sound level does not come back immediately when 'Garret' is done listening at the door. This can cause some wierdness, and possibly an exploit or two. These are the most noticable bugs. More are likely present. But, all in all I am having fun with this game. I hope you do too. (and sign that Editor Petition!)
Although it is OT, I know people in my area who have used lasers to link their wireless network together. If you have 'direct' line of sight with your neighbor, then this should meet your security needs.
I be seeing many frustrated customers here at kinkos in this regard. It is surprising how many don't know about ThumDrives. The Dell black boxes they have here even have USB ports accessible on the fronts...not sure which version. As for bigjobs, one can goto http://weborder.kinkos.com/ and upload files there. They can also use the Print2Kinkos service 1-800-2-kinkos for quick service with LIVE cust rep.