"The sales tax for a private sale is calculated at 5% of the purchase price or the National Automotive Dealer Association (NADA) trade-in value, whichever is higher."
Which means you can't be clever and 'sell' the car for $100, hiding the remaining $9,900 sales price from the state; its a standard clause. If its a new car, most dealers charge your home state tax (my NJ dealer collected the Va state tax, not the higher NJ tax).
Technically, most states tax code spell out that as a resident, anything you buy you owe sales tax on, but will credit you sales tax paid to other states (on that item). Its not just MA being evil. If you want evil, come to VA, where they tax you every year for you're car. This encourages Virginians to drive crappy cars, successfully portraying the state as populated by broke-assed hillbillies.
So is that a really cute mock-up on the first page of the article or does somebody actually sell such a thing
Its real. They sell to stockbrokers and other professionals that have a serious need to view lots of info continuously (usually a TV feed; streaming quotes; contact information; and a research screen) They are also real useful to design pros, who can see their changes occuring in 3-D in real time.
It is a license, not a copyright law. If you don't like the GPL, normal copyright terms apply.
Dude, I think you're trying to contradict yourself, but doing a bad job of it.
The GPL is a license to use copyrighted works. If you accept that license, then you may use that copyrighted work in creating your own work, so long as you also use that same license for your own work, and release the source (there are caveats, etc.) The only thing it encourages is other folks to release their copyrighted works under the GPL, hence the phrase "viral licensing", once some GPL code enters your project, your project becomes GPL'ed (unless you quarantine it as the provisions allow.)
If you accept the original posters assertion that copyright law can be bypassed for cool results, then the GPL becomes toothless, MS steals everybody's code, cats and dogs start sleeping together...
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OK, my example of a 100hp gain is a little exagerrated
I actually recall a chip for the Audi 2.7T that would do this. Normal mode was a mild tweak that took it from 250hp to 275hp. But you could signal it somehow to put it into a trick mode that would up it to around 350hp for short bursts. It would kill the mode after a while if you didn't to prevent serious engine strain, but Audi built those engines very well. Man, I wanted a A6 2.7T Quattro with the 6 speed bad, but I wound up getting the Infiniti G35 6MT for about $7k less
Umm, I think its safe to say that the server Verisign will say is athoritative for bogusdomain.com will be a Verisign server, unless some other idiot has set up their DNS server to wildcard all domain to their Sitefinder service. So when the query for MX records for bogusdomain.com come in it can simple reply with the NXDOMAIN at that point.
Now, I admit its been a while since I studied this, but doesn't the caching DNS server ask the root server "Where is some.long.domain.com" and the root server responds with "This server knows about domain.com, ask him" Since there is always a chance that the "Root" server does know the answer (given a private network). Otherwise you're generating a ton of needless traffic as you slowly reassemble the some.long.domain.com. Additionally, if I recall correctly, the root DNS servers answer "who is responsible for.com,.us,.tv, etc"
Witnesses credibility has been under debate for years
Robert Heinlein actually had a solution in "Stranger in a Strange Land"; Fair Witnesses, professionally train witnesses that would report exactly what they sawm without inference. So if you asked them what color the house over there was, the answer was not "Its a Blue House", but rather "This side of the house is blue", even though she had seen the other side was blue this week, she had know way to know they hadn't started painting it later that day...
I consider my predjudices a handicap. You should be more considerate and understanding, before I have to call it a hate crime and involve the authorities!
If they were smart they would restrict themselves to wildcarding requests in the form of www.*.com
It would have bypassed a lot of the complaints concerning mail issues, though admitedly they would have to use a customized server to wildcard that way.
Star Wars was fun, pure and simple fun. No hidden meanings, no moral lessons, just a backwater farmboy fulfilling his dreams of rescueing a princess and fighting the good fight. No annoying political lessons about why the bad guys are bad (They blew up a populated planet just to prove they were the baddest guys in town).
The DirecTiVo never *needs* to phone home in order to continue doing what you paid for it to do when you bought it.
They used to shut off the recordings after 31 days or so, ie would not record new programs). That policy is changed now, I've gone to 35 days with no ill effects.
Ok, one ill effect. It pops up alerts evety so often which is annoying. 14days, 21 days, 28, days, then every day after that it pops up a notice.
1) Guide data. They have to pay for a dial in network just like AOL does so the can update all the info on your box. That cost $$$. Sure you can find this information online, you can also find it in the TV guide. Point is, you don't have to get them, read through ALL the info to figure out when your show is on, what show is starring your favorite actor/actress, remember to record it, etc.
2) Software updates. TiVo is an OS, application, utilities, etc, running on about several different platforms.
It is also rumored that the hardware cost of a TV is partially subsidized by the monthly fee, very possible given what they are charging for the boxes.
you would have bothered to check why your Tivo wants to call out every night.
To download guide data?
Actually, My DirecTivo gets its guide info nightly via a special channel on DirecTV. About 3am it switches a channel and starts capturing the data (I can cancel it if I want, and it does ask permission, just like any other recording).
I only connect my phone line every 25 days or so not because I'm paranoid but because I lack a phone jack by that area, plus I pay 10 cents a call, so those nightly calls cost me $3 a month!
This bit of news comes out about every six months. Tivo tracks viewing habits, if you read up on Tivo, its not a big secret. It collects and anonomizes the info, then aggregates it to sell to help offest the cost of the service.
Why don't I care?
1) I want TV exec's to know what I watch, so they keep it on the air.
2) I want Ad exec's to know what I want to buy, and how to make a commercial that captures my interest; I have free will and don't buy things just because Jamie Lee Curtis tells me too.
3) I want Tivo to stay and business, and better yet find a way to make enough to waive my monthly fee, without resorting to being asses about me hacking my Tivo to add a bigger drive, etc.
If it bothers you, grab a set of rabbit ears and disconnect from the grid. If you are upset that there isn't a full screen pop-up every time you push a button that the click has been recorded and may be sent to Tivo during the next phone connection, I don't want to hear it. If you own a Tivo and are just figuring this out, then I gotta feel you really aren't all that concerned about this anyway, or you would have bothered to check why your Tivo wants to call out every night.
Personally, I'd be more concerned about why the cable companies are working hard at getting their boxes installed in your house connected to their two-way network full time. How do you know there isn't a camera inside there?
There is a market for plain jane caluators, but you can't find them.
Can't find them? Where have you been looking, your closet? Office supply stores, Mass retailers, all sorts of places have them. Lots of variation in size, button feel, etc. Since most folks don't even know what a square root is, it doesn't make sense to put them on the majority of calculators.
What amazes me is that HP is still selling the original model 12C financial calculator, still running at the original 1980's speed, and still gets about $60-$80 for it.
This sounds like a good initiative. I really hope it catches on and we can see even more mass market focus on quieter PC's. I've been thinking of buying pre-built systems just to get a quieter computer.
Just on a technical note: he isn't permitted to prepend his name with the title "Sir" unless he is a subject of the Crown.
Actually, I thought you had to be a subject of the royal crown (aka a citizen of the UK) to be knighted. Does Gates have to renounce his US Citizenship to accept? Is it a clever ploy to make hime a taxpaying royal subject?
Not in the UK. Here, the radio stations pay royalties
Since the "Payola" scandals, "Not here" in the US either. The actually pay "promotional agents" who in turn pay radio stations, who in turn pay royalties. Its a vicious circle they have created whereby the agents make money, the radio stations make money, and the consumer gets fed what the record companies want in the hopes that something might stick enough to make them go into a store.
And now they are afraid to step off because the other companies will stay on and "divy up" the peice of the pie they had.
And this sort of behavior is exactly why the music industry is suffering so; it has little to do with P2P and other things.
In 1995, the music industry decided to combat price wars in CD sales by setting MAP (minimum advertised prices). Within 6 months, CD sales flattened and began to fall, a did not recover until Napster, MP3 players, etc, revived the industry. The music industry attempts to control the consumer like no other industry, and as a result has missed out on the growth that similar industries have seen, such as Movies and video games. They pay for placement on the radio, pay for placement on store shelves, pay to create videos that they likely pay to have MTV play (all 10 that get played in a 24 hour period). And then they bitch that it cost too much money to create, and thats why they are losing money selling 50 cents worth of metalized plastic for $20.
But its new to the Slashdot home page, which makes it current and exciting news. Besides, pointing out that Canon refered to this feature in their marketing materials for their color photocopiers 8 years ago makes it difficult to pin on the Patriot act.
The reality is they are trying to remove the temptation from the casual counterfiter, cranking out a few cheezy twenties on the office copier to stretch their paycheck a few more beers. Most of these dumbasses are too stupid to realize they're commiting a serious fedral crime, and that often they are just waiting for you to cross that magical barrier that makes it a serious crime.
Sorta like the clerks skimming twenties from the drawer thinking they are getting away with it when management is waiting for the $$ amount to hit the "felony" level, recording everything on videotape.
This is a stupid lawsuit because Mr. Rowe is an idiot for getting himself sued so easily
That right! If the stupid Canadian education system had done its job and made Mr Rowe a legal expert on the subject of domain disputes, none of this would have happened.
Silly student, domains are for large corporations!
Every version of aol I've ever seen used IE componets for the internal browser, even though they bought Netscape several years back.
Sad thing is, I remember using AOL when it was a Mac only product that was a modified version of Apple's AppleLink BBS. (Different that eWorld, the Apple project that was based on AOL's software that had been licensed back).
Heck, AOL pre-dates IE by quite some time; its main competitors were Prodigy (graphical, but HORRIBLE graphics) and Compuserve (no GUI for the longest time, though they were huge for their day.
Ah, anyway, my point was just cause thats all you ever seen doesn't really mean much.
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Which means you can't be clever and 'sell' the car for $100, hiding the remaining $9,900 sales price from the state; its a standard clause. If its a new car, most dealers charge your home state tax (my NJ dealer collected the Va state tax, not the higher NJ tax).
Technically, most states tax code spell out that as a resident, anything you buy you owe sales tax on, but will credit you sales tax paid to other states (on that item). Its not just MA being evil. If you want evil, come to VA, where they tax you every year for you're car. This encourages Virginians to drive crappy cars, successfully portraying the state as populated by broke-assed hillbillies.
Its real. They sell to stockbrokers and other professionals that have a serious need to view lots of info continuously (usually a TV feed; streaming quotes; contact information; and a research screen) They are also real useful to design pros, who can see their changes occuring in 3-D in real time.
Dude, I think you're trying to contradict yourself, but doing a bad job of it.
The GPL is a license to use copyrighted works. If you accept that license, then you may use that copyrighted work in creating your own work, so long as you also use that same license for your own work, and release the source (there are caveats, etc.) The only thing it encourages is other folks to release their copyrighted works under the GPL, hence the phrase "viral licensing", once some GPL code enters your project, your project becomes GPL'ed (unless you quarantine it as the provisions allow.)
If you accept the original posters assertion that copyright law can be bypassed for cool results, then the GPL becomes toothless, MS steals everybody's code, cats and dogs start sleeping together...
I actually recall a chip for the Audi 2.7T that would do this. Normal mode was a mild tweak that took it from 250hp to 275hp. But you could signal it somehow to put it into a trick mode that would up it to around 350hp for short bursts. It would kill the mode after a while if you didn't to prevent serious engine strain, but Audi built those engines very well. Man, I wanted a A6 2.7T Quattro with the 6 speed bad, but I wound up getting the Infiniti G35 6MT for about $7k less
I just have to give mad props to the parent for acheiving a rare +3 Flamebait!
Now, I admit its been a while since I studied this, but doesn't the caching DNS server ask the root server "Where is some.long.domain.com" and the root server responds with "This server knows about domain.com, ask him" Since there is always a chance that the "Root" server does know the answer (given a private network). Otherwise you're generating a ton of needless traffic as you slowly reassemble the some.long.domain.com. Additionally, if I recall correctly, the root DNS servers answer "who is responsible for .com, .us, .tv, etc"
Bah!
Robert Heinlein actually had a solution in "Stranger in a Strange Land"; Fair Witnesses, professionally train witnesses that would report exactly what they sawm without inference. So if you asked them what color the house over there was, the answer was not "Its a Blue House", but rather "This side of the house is blue", even though she had seen the other side was blue this week, she had know way to know they hadn't started painting it later that day...
I consider my predjudices a handicap. You should be more considerate and understanding, before I have to call it a hate crime and involve the authorities!
It would have bypassed a lot of the complaints concerning mail issues, though admitedly they would have to use a customized server to wildcard that way.
Star Wars was fun, pure and simple fun. No hidden meanings, no moral lessons, just a backwater farmboy fulfilling his dreams of rescueing a princess and fighting the good fight. No annoying political lessons about why the bad guys are bad (They blew up a populated planet just to prove they were the baddest guys in town).
They used to shut off the recordings after 31 days or so, ie would not record new programs). That policy is changed now, I've gone to 35 days with no ill effects.
Ok, one ill effect. It pops up alerts evety so often which is annoying. 14days, 21 days, 28, days, then every day after that it pops up a notice.
2) Software updates. TiVo is an OS, application, utilities, etc, running on about several different platforms.
It is also rumored that the hardware cost of a TV is partially subsidized by the monthly fee, very possible given what they are charging for the boxes.
To download guide data?
Actually, My DirecTivo gets its guide info nightly via a special channel on DirecTV. About 3am it switches a channel and starts capturing the data (I can cancel it if I want, and it does ask permission, just like any other recording).
I only connect my phone line every 25 days or so not because I'm paranoid but because I lack a phone jack by that area, plus I pay 10 cents a call, so those nightly calls cost me $3 a month!
Why don't I care?
1) I want TV exec's to know what I watch, so they keep it on the air.
2) I want Ad exec's to know what I want to buy, and how to make a commercial that captures my interest; I have free will and don't buy things just because Jamie Lee Curtis tells me too.
3) I want Tivo to stay and business, and better yet find a way to make enough to waive my monthly fee, without resorting to being asses about me hacking my Tivo to add a bigger drive, etc.
If it bothers you, grab a set of rabbit ears and disconnect from the grid. If you are upset that there isn't a full screen pop-up every time you push a button that the click has been recorded and may be sent to Tivo during the next phone connection, I don't want to hear it. If you own a Tivo and are just figuring this out, then I gotta feel you really aren't all that concerned about this anyway, or you would have bothered to check why your Tivo wants to call out every night.
Personally, I'd be more concerned about why the cable companies are working hard at getting their boxes installed in your house connected to their two-way network full time. How do you know there isn't a camera inside there?
Can't find them? Where have you been looking, your closet? Office supply stores, Mass retailers, all sorts of places have them. Lots of variation in size, button feel, etc. Since most folks don't even know what a square root is, it doesn't make sense to put them on the majority of calculators.
What amazes me is that HP is still selling the original model 12C financial calculator, still running at the original 1980's speed, and still gets about $60-$80 for it.
This sounds like a good initiative. I really hope it catches on and we can see even more mass market focus on quieter PC's. I've been thinking of buying pre-built systems just to get a quieter computer.
1. You have a(nother) patent under your bet. That bank at IBM.
2. Other folks can't patent it, because prior art is clearly established
3. It is a sign of your commitment to the community
Actually, I thought you had to be a subject of the royal crown (aka a citizen of the UK) to be knighted. Does Gates have to renounce his US Citizenship to accept? Is it a clever ploy to make hime a taxpaying royal subject?
Yeah, now they'll have to form the Uniform Linux consortium, or perhaps the Union of Linux distributions, or ...
Since the "Payola" scandals, "Not here" in the US either. The actually pay "promotional agents" who in turn pay radio stations, who in turn pay royalties. Its a vicious circle they have created whereby the agents make money, the radio stations make money, and the consumer gets fed what the record companies want in the hopes that something might stick enough to make them go into a store.
And now they are afraid to step off because the other companies will stay on and "divy up" the peice of the pie they had.
In 1995, the music industry decided to combat price wars in CD sales by setting MAP (minimum advertised prices). Within 6 months, CD sales flattened and began to fall, a did not recover until Napster, MP3 players, etc, revived the industry. The music industry attempts to control the consumer like no other industry, and as a result has missed out on the growth that similar industries have seen, such as Movies and video games. They pay for placement on the radio, pay for placement on store shelves, pay to create videos that they likely pay to have MTV play (all 10 that get played in a 24 hour period). And then they bitch that it cost too much money to create, and thats why they are losing money selling 50 cents worth of metalized plastic for $20.
The reality is they are trying to remove the temptation from the casual counterfiter, cranking out a few cheezy twenties on the office copier to stretch their paycheck a few more beers. Most of these dumbasses are too stupid to realize they're commiting a serious fedral crime, and that often they are just waiting for you to cross that magical barrier that makes it a serious crime.
Sorta like the clerks skimming twenties from the drawer thinking they are getting away with it when management is waiting for the $$ amount to hit the "felony" level, recording everything on videotape.
Except they are profitable and still exist. Personally, I think there still some things Yahoo is better at than google, so I use both fairly often.
Trouble is, Yahoo can be "verbed" easily, the phrase Yahooing just doesn't sound right.
That right! If the stupid Canadian education system had done its job and made Mr Rowe a legal expert on the subject of domain disputes, none of this would have happened.
Silly student, domains are for large corporations!
Sad thing is, I remember using AOL when it was a Mac only product that was a modified version of Apple's AppleLink BBS. (Different that eWorld, the Apple project that was based on AOL's software that had been licensed back).
Heck, AOL pre-dates IE by quite some time; its main competitors were Prodigy (graphical, but HORRIBLE graphics) and Compuserve (no GUI for the longest time, though they were huge for their day.
Ah, anyway, my point was just cause thats all you ever seen doesn't really mean much.