As far as they're concerned, the payroll tax is part of the employee's compensation package... Raise the tax, and you're going to see a corresponding drop in salaries or a corresponding rise in unemployment over the long term.
Translation: You can't get something from nothing!
The truely proposterous idea is an idea that is implicit in this discussion. It's not the idea of whether or not raising/lowering taxes raises/lowers the amount of tax collected by the government, it's the idea that it's the government's job to bleed us of the maximum amount of money possible.
For those of you who are reading into this that someone went to jail for refusing to pay up to Monsato, the guy went to jail because he lied about hiding a truck-load of seeds from the investigators.
Likewise, I'm sure you could go to jail for lying to investigators about any other crime, such as producing a bunch of pirate Windows CDs.
Say whatever you want, but I've been seemingly arbitrarily modded down in the past for having had some annoying.sigs. For example, I was modded down almost every time I posted with this is my sig:
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Then again, I can see why people didn't like it in retrospect.
My brother bought one of those once. He says that it's so cheap that you can see the "play" icon on the screen from the VCR that it was copied from. The worst part, though, was the subtitles. He said that there was one part when they shouted before firing the canon from the spaceship which was subtitled "Ready make the tampon fire!"
This reminds me of the time my brother's hard drive broke down and I had to explain it to the 'authorities' at MS in order to get XP 'activated' again.
I used to live in South Carolina and drove past Bob Jones University on a daily basis. During a high school field trip about 6 years ago, I remember another student remarked that the iron fence around the campus was to make sure no one escaped.
When I read what you said about a commerical flag and authority, I suddenly saw an image of Eric Cartman in my head saying, "I am a commercial flag, and you will respect my AUTHORITA-H!"
Well, I'd say that if someone sues a big company and makes them pay royalties for LINUX, it's going to be "Don't forget to pay up your SCO $699 license fees you @#%@s." for all of us because really, if they can force a big company to pay their royalties, they can't afford to look like they don't care while we continue to do what we want. I would imagine something along the lines of all the RIAA music suits.
And personally, it would really just about crush my spirit if something I put my blood and sweat into was declared to be the property of someone else by legal fiat. aarrrghh
I can say for sure I've seen these things for sale at kiosks at the malls in Lubbock, TX and Midland, TX. I'm surprised to be just now hearing that Nintendo is sueing them.
The particular one I've seen for sale is called "Power Player." It boasts of an image of the lighsaber duel from "The Phantom Menace." Quick, someone call George Lucas.
So then, what other rip-offs of Nintendo games are out there?
It's my personal theory that no matter what happens, the "environmentalists" will find something to complain about no matter what source of power we find. As far as they are concerned, humanity is the thing causing an impact on the environment.
Their protests that we're destroying the environment is a basis for them to derive power from so that they can demand change to our way of life.
So, seriously, no matter what happens, they're going to complain.
3) convenience. Big stores offer conveniences smaller stores don't, like a huge selection, not having to go to multiple smaller stores for different things, etc. In their defense, I'd also like to mention that long operating hours and liberal return policies have also helped them gain popularity, two things that many mom-n-pop stores didn't/don't have.
Oh yeah, one of my favorite jokes! They take anything back at Wal-mart! You could go in there and buy diapers and come back a year later and say, "You assholes ripped me off - these diapers already got shit in 'em!" and they'd say, "We're real sorry about that... I'll send someone back there to get you another one." I haven't bought diapers in three years!
Okay, I've just got to point this out: During Bush's first term as US President, I kept hearing people who voted for Gore saying that Bush shouldn't be President because he's stupid. Now, I'm hearing people say that we're stupid for voting for Bush and he's a tricky bastard playing off of our incompetence. Which way is it?
Some/.er's claim that one party or the other was making plans to scare people away from the polls today. Has anybody personally seen first-hand this happening? I'm not trolling; I'm serious.
Democrat President Bill Clinton had our people cut and run in Mogadishu when things didn't go well, and it was a total embarrassment for our country. Now, Osama Bin Laden himself has been saying that what happened in Mogadishu is the way to bring America down because Americans are cowards, he believes. You see, if Kerry is elected and pulls out of Iraq, forget Vietnam, it'll be Mogadishu X 1000.
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This looks like a textbook example of what is called "group apathy." No one wants to have to be the first one to put anything on the line.
Translation: You can't get something from nothing!
The truely proposterous idea is an idea that is implicit in this discussion. It's not the idea of whether or not raising/lowering taxes raises/lowers the amount of tax collected by the government, it's the idea that it's the government's job to bleed us of the maximum amount of money possible.
Likewise, I'm sure you could go to jail for lying to investigators about any other crime, such as producing a bunch of pirate Windows CDs.
Does anyone here believe in the Axiom of Choice?
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Then again, I can see why people didn't like it in retrospect.
ASCII-armoring, anyone?
Bill, you can take off the mask now.
Lawyer: I just got back from the court where the judge issued the ruling today, and I have great news!
Exec: We've been awarded damages from Google?
Lawyer: I just saved a load of money on car insurance by switching to GEICO!
You could also lose that weight by stopping the caffeinated drinks and getting some excercise. As a side benefit, you might get some sunlight as well.
My brother bought one of those once. He says that it's so cheap that you can see the "play" icon on the screen from the VCR that it was copied from. The worst part, though, was the subtitles. He said that there was one part when they shouted before firing the canon from the spaceship which was subtitled "Ready make the tampon fire!"
This reminds me of the time my brother's hard drive broke down and I had to explain it to the 'authorities' at MS in order to get XP 'activated' again.
Running a pr0n site on a Pentium 90. Oh, I'm getting so horny just thinking about /.ing a server like that.
FYI, the unit is the Kelvin, not the degree Kelvin. Therefore, it would be proper to say "15 Kelvins would suck pretty bad for outdoor hockey."
I used to live in South Carolina and drove past Bob Jones University on a daily basis. During a high school field trip about 6 years ago, I remember another student remarked that the iron fence around the campus was to make sure no one escaped.
When I read what you said about a commerical flag and authority, I suddenly saw an image of Eric Cartman in my head saying, "I am a commercial flag, and you will respect my AUTHORITA-H!"
Yeah, that one lasted until the RIAA sponsored hunters to take down their illegal filesharing network.
I heard that SuSE just releases v9.2 of their distro. It seems they have about 1995 releases to catch up...
And personally, it would really just about crush my spirit if something I put my blood and sweat into was declared to be the property of someone else by legal fiat. aarrrghh
The particular one I've seen for sale is called "Power Player." It boasts of an image of the lighsaber duel from "The Phantom Menace." Quick, someone call George Lucas.
So then, what other rip-offs of Nintendo games are out there?
Their protests that we're destroying the environment is a basis for them to derive power from so that they can demand change to our way of life.
So, seriously, no matter what happens, they're going to complain.
Oh yeah, one of my favorite jokes! They take anything back at Wal-mart! You could go in there and buy diapers and come back a year later and say, "You assholes ripped me off - these diapers already got shit in 'em!" and they'd say, "We're real sorry about that... I'll send someone back there to get you another one." I haven't bought diapers in three years!
Okay, I've just got to point this out:
During Bush's first term as US President, I kept hearing people who voted for Gore saying that Bush shouldn't be President because he's stupid.
Now, I'm hearing people say that we're stupid for voting for Bush and he's a tricky bastard playing off of our incompetence. Which way is it?
Some /.er's claim that one party or the other was making plans to scare people away from the polls today. Has anybody personally seen first-hand this happening? I'm not trolling; I'm serious.
Democrat President Bill Clinton had our people cut and run in Mogadishu when things didn't go well, and it was a total embarrassment for our country. Now, Osama Bin Laden himself has been saying that what happened in Mogadishu is the way to bring America down because Americans are cowards, he believes. You see, if Kerry is elected and pulls out of Iraq, forget Vietnam, it'll be Mogadishu X 1000.