OpenOffice is really quite amazing, but the compatibility issues with Office are significant in my experience. 95% compatible just doesn't work in the business world. We really wanted to use it and did use it for an extended time before coming to that conclusion. Again, it is great software. I wonder if compatibility will improve with oo v3 and the new MS formats? It very well could.
Bush is obviously a moron, with no concept of fiscal restraint. Yet he has done something about the double and triple taxation that is killing our economy. As a young person, it is hard to understand how the accumulation of taxes harms business in this country. The problem is, I pay tax on stuff I buy for my business. I pay tax on it again just for having the stuff (eg computers, furniture. The county calls it personal property tax, even though it is specifically on stuff a business owns. Every year). Then I pay tax on any income I might happen to make. And again on any interest if I save some. Then I charge tax to you when you buy something. With your already taxed income. And of course I pay tax on payroll, as do the employees. It is impossible to add it all up.
"Bush came to office promising a reduction in the size of government and in particular a tax cut, both traditional Republican policies strengthened by Reagan's success in the 1980s. Instead Bush, recently described by his former chief speechwriter Michael Gerson as a "large-hearted man" -- at least with other people's money - indulged in an orgy of feel-good social policy. Notably there was the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001, which vastly increased the federal government's intrusion into education without noticeable positive results and the Medicare Part D of 2003, which was also hugely expensive since it lacked effective cost controls. The largeness of Bush's heart even extended to his Congressional colleagues, whom he allowed to carry on veto-free in an orgy of pork-barrel spending and outright corruption without precedent in the history of the Republic.
Even Bush's tax changes had little or no supply side effect. His 2001 bill lowered top rates of tax only modestly, while including so many sops to populism that its effect was at best that of an equivalent sized Keynesian stimulus. In 2003 he passed a genuinely supply side measure, reducing the top rate of personal tax on dividends to 15% and thus their total taxation to around 50% from the exorbitant corporate plus personal rate of 61% they had previously borne. Even then, he did it wrong; he should have made dividends fully tax deductible at the corporate level, which would have leveled the playing field between different types of investors and removed almost all the incentives to business tax evasion. If he had done that, paying for it by capping the deductibility of home mortgage interest at around $10,000 per annum, and perhaps closing a few other corporate tax loopholes, he would have truly have increased the value and productivity of US business, while quelling the speculative boom in housing that is proving so unbearable to unwind."
People who say his tax cuts are bad are simply normal people who won't be happy until the government takes all of your money.
I used Yahoo for a while too, but happily switched to Rhapsody to have something that would work. Actually the only reason I switched to Yahoo originally was the bitrate, but Rhapsody has improved that a bit, fortunately. I haven't noticed much difference in selection. I just use the browser plugin or whatever, not the full Real app.
"retards like you would be the first to log on from their imac down at the local starbucks, and start complaining about all the power black outs and how you can't afford your expreso enemas anymore because your power bill is $20000 a year."
And that would be bad? I personally would find that quite amusing.
The part of science that is not about facts is of relatively little value, compared to the part that is about facts. It does exist, conducted by people who are too lazy to do experiments or get into the field. Let me guess, that describes you.
I think you ex. is flawed. If the entrepreneur spent $100,000.00 for someone to maintain his software, do you not think they could expense that?
There may be special cases that revolve around an R&D tax *credit*, which requires building something new to get a credit, which is much different than a deductible expense.
I have no problem sorting through the sellers, but what is not usually mentioned is the fraudulent buyers, and the fact that a seller has no way to prevent anyone from "buying" an item. At that point one is out the listing and sales fee, and the hassle of trying to get it back is not worth it. So we no longer sell on ebay.
I suppose ebay should have an "approve buyer?" button, but to my knowledge they don't.
None of these are "more efficient" than CFLs, yet, but they are great for cold temps or areas where you don't need too much light. LEDs are progressing rapidly and 2008 will see completely new products.
You seem to be assuming a coal-fired plant is free. They run over $1/W to build actually. You're right the coal plant is 24/7, but the fuel will never be free. So the solar is right in there for cost of energy. Storing it is a whole separate issue.
Serious fuckers? I haven't seen one of these yet. Anything that comes in via unsolicited email in my experience is the work of clowns, not worth my financial institutions' time. I mean if a supplier steals my credit card number, its not like they are going to send me an email and let me know. I'm kind of curious what you're talking about.
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Well, now that I own a bunch of copies of Office I will give that a try.
OpenOffice is really quite amazing, but the compatibility issues with Office are significant in my experience. 95% compatible just doesn't work in the business world. We really wanted to use it and did use it for an extended time before coming to that conclusion. Again, it is great software. I wonder if compatibility will improve with oo v3 and the new MS formats? It very well could.
"I see a lot of IT deparments that have lost focus on what their real jobs is"
Me 2. How can I hire yu?
"and many of the major adaptations we view as designed for a specific lifestyle actually originated as an adaptation for something else entirely."
Not worth reading past that I'm afraid.
Actually, in addition to the "decent" and "pretty low" plans, hughes.net now offers the "craptastic" plan.
Bush is obviously a moron, with no concept of fiscal restraint. Yet he has done something about the double and triple taxation that is killing our economy. As a young person, it is hard to understand how the accumulation of taxes harms business in this country. The problem is, I pay tax on stuff I buy for my business. I pay tax on it again just for having the stuff (eg computers, furniture. The county calls it personal property tax, even though it is specifically on stuff a business owns. Every year). Then I pay tax on any income I might happen to make. And again on any interest if I save some. Then I charge tax to you when you buy something. With your already taxed income. And of course I pay tax on payroll, as do the employees. It is impossible to add it all up.
You may want to read this
http://www.prudentbear.com/index.php/BearsLairHome
"Bush came to office promising a reduction in the size of government and in particular a tax cut, both traditional Republican policies strengthened by Reagan's success in the 1980s. Instead Bush, recently described by his former chief speechwriter Michael Gerson as a "large-hearted man" -- at least with other people's money - indulged in an orgy of feel-good social policy. Notably there was the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001, which vastly increased the federal government's intrusion into education without noticeable positive results and the Medicare Part D of 2003, which was also hugely expensive since it lacked effective cost controls. The largeness of Bush's heart even extended to his Congressional colleagues, whom he allowed to carry on veto-free in an orgy of pork-barrel spending and outright corruption without precedent in the history of the Republic.
Even Bush's tax changes had little or no supply side effect. His 2001 bill lowered top rates of tax only modestly, while including so many sops to populism that its effect was at best that of an equivalent sized Keynesian stimulus. In 2003 he passed a genuinely supply side measure, reducing the top rate of personal tax on dividends to 15% and thus their total taxation to around 50% from the exorbitant corporate plus personal rate of 61% they had previously borne. Even then, he did it wrong; he should have made dividends fully tax deductible at the corporate level, which would have leveled the playing field between different types of investors and removed almost all the incentives to business tax evasion. If he had done that, paying for it by capping the deductibility of home mortgage interest at around $10,000 per annum, and perhaps closing a few other corporate tax loopholes, he would have truly have increased the value and productivity of US business, while quelling the speculative boom in housing that is proving so unbearable to unwind."
People who say his tax cuts are bad are simply normal people who won't be happy until the government takes all of your money.
I don't see any hate from Google for sites covered with Google ads. Yeah that would be really tough to code.
I used Yahoo for a while too, but happily switched to Rhapsody to have something that would work. Actually the only reason I switched to Yahoo originally was the bitrate, but Rhapsody has improved that a bit, fortunately. I haven't noticed much difference in selection. I just use the browser plugin or whatever, not the full Real app.
Yes
"retards like you would be the first to log on from their imac down at the local starbucks, and start complaining about all the power black outs and how you can't afford your expreso enemas anymore because your power bill is $20000 a year."
And that would be bad? I personally would find that quite amusing.
"a very specific method of writing data to the hard disk."
Let me guess, in discrete blocks of data which are randomly accessible?
Actually your post is very informative, but the other posters also have a point.
The part of science that is not about facts is of relatively little value, compared to the part that is about facts. It does exist, conducted by people who are too lazy to do experiments or get into the field. Let me guess, that describes you.
You've been doing what for 23 years? Not answering questions? Misinterpreting what accountants say? Explaining things poorly?
Yes thank you I will think what I want.
I think you ex. is flawed. If the entrepreneur spent $100,000.00 for someone to maintain his software, do you not think they could expense that?
There may be special cases that revolve around an R&D tax *credit*, which requires building something new to get a credit, which is much different than a deductible expense.
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Yes we should be putting in the foundations now while those places are still above water. You've got my vote!
Most people in the US are terrified of him too. They might lose their government job/grant/benefits/contract. Relax.
I have no problem sorting through the sellers, but what is not usually mentioned is the fraudulent buyers, and the fact that a seller has no way to prevent anyone from "buying" an item. At that point one is out the listing and sales fee, and the hassle of trying to get it back is not worth it. So we no longer sell on ebay.
I suppose ebay should have an "approve buyer?" button, but to my knowledge they don't.
the C Crane bulbs are OK, but kind of greenish and mottled, at least the one I tried. Better are available -
http://www.solarpanelstore.com/lighting.interior-lights.doctorled_120volt.html
[disclosure - that is my site]
None of these are "more efficient" than CFLs, yet, but they are great for cold temps or areas where you don't need too much light. LEDs are progressing rapidly and 2008 will see completely new products.
This is already being done in the US, structured exactly as you describe.
You seem to be assuming a coal-fired plant is free. They run over $1/W to build actually. You're right the coal plant is 24/7, but the fuel will never be free. So the solar is right in there for cost of energy. Storing it is a whole separate issue.
As long as you don't mind using IE and Office and a MS server. Minor details.
Except it doesn't. OP is right, the reports I heard specifically cleared Diebold/Premier.
All I can say is, having 100 different emails all on different isps sounds like a great security plan. It's obviously working well for you.
And your financial institution dispatched Matt Damon to go rough up those guys in Romania?
Serious fuckers? I haven't seen one of these yet. Anything that comes in via unsolicited email in my experience is the work of clowns, not worth my financial institutions' time. I mean if a supplier steals my credit card number, its not like they are going to send me an email and let me know. I'm kind of curious what you're talking about.