This ruling should not come as a shock to anyone. This is the perfect tax.
The courts/politicians have finally figured out how to raise taxes w/o fear of voter repurcussions(sp?). Those being taxed can't vote out the politicians (or put pressure on judges) because they can't vote in NYS.
Hmmmm, I live in a state west of NY. Maybe I can convince my state legislature to tax New Yorkers for breathing the oxygen produced by the vegetation in my state.
Re: While the corporation needs to be honest/ethical it is just as much part of the consumer's job to be educated.
True, but what Blockbuster did was essentially a classic "Bait and switch" tactic. Bait the customer into the store with an implied promise of keeping a movie for as long as you want (ala NetFix model).
Only after the customer was in the store were the true terms of the 'deal' revealed.
Other examples of the modern bait and switch that tick me off are Best Buy's loss leader items in their ads with the "while supplies last" disclaimer. With each location deliberately stocking only 2-3 of the sale items.
Months of negoritiations and countless hours of lawyer and Eurocrat time and all they have to show for it is a friggin name for Windoze w/o media player?
It must be nice to live in a society where the lawmakers/courts have solved all of societies ills and have nothing better to do than haggle over the name of a piece of software. I have definately got to move to that utopian society.
Even if bandwidth problem is overcome.
1) it will be too difficult manage small screen real-estate to juggle images of multiple conversation participants.
2) I for one enjoy being able to roll my eyes and make other rude gestures at the party on the other end (behind their back):-)
You would be amazed at how quickly a business user with a little SQL knowledge and read-only accees to a database can make IT's life a living hell.
With dozen's of reports floating around (written by different managers), much of my time is spent explaining to PHBs why Report A and Report B don't tie-out when they are extracting almost, but not quite the same data.
Not to mention the amazing ability of a little bit ow knowledge resulting in a query from hell that brings even the mightiest Oracle database to its knees.
Actually, I have had to go back to the merchant to dispute a charge. I had made a roughly $20 purchase, but when my statement came, my $20 purchase was there, plus a second purchase for $250 (recorded about 30 minutes after the intial purchase). When I disputed the $250 charge, the store found a 'signed' receipt for the $250 that looked nothing like the sig on the legit purchase's receipt. Case closed and the offending cashier was fired (the card number was manually entered).
Admittedly, this would have gone unnoticed had I not been in the habit of actually reading my monthly statement as opposed to blindly filing it away.
When all of these Aussie P2P sites flushed the evidence down the toilet (as the door was being broken down by the authorities), does the evidence swirl clockwise or counter-clockwise before going down the drain?
What if the report had been broadcast on AM radio from DC, and picked up in Ontario via a skip off the ionosphere?
Could the guy still have sued then?
The radio station obviously would have known that the signal could be picked up virtually anywhere in the world. The same logic could be applied here as with the internet publication.
Institutions that have their hands out begging for money shoudn't whine and complain when there are conditions placed on how those funds can/should be used.
What is so hard to understand about that?
If you are feeding from the public funds trough, you can expect your snout to be smacked from time to time.
Drivers and emergency workers can use the new-fangled contraption I just saw in WalMart. I think it was called a map.
Pilots have no business being airborne if they cannot navigate w/o GPS.
Hikers also should always have the above mentioned 'map'. I mean what will they do if they drop the GPS onto a rock and it shatters into a million pieces?
... that the RFID plan is fatally flawed. On any given day, the RFID system will be reporting a 50% absentee rate. The typical high school student is lucky enough to remember to bring his/her bookbag to school every day, much less a small, easily misplaced RFID card.
Nokia has announced that it will launch a new line of cell 'phones' that offer text messaging, web browsing, and digital photos, and walkie-talkie voice features. The traditional telephone voice mode feature will no longer be supported.
A Nokia spokesperson stated, "Our marketting department has determined that using cell phones like, well, a 'phone' is something that our target demographic's grandmothers would use. Today's generation is much more inclined to broadcast poor quality digital photos of the dog stuck in the sewer grate, text their buddy lists, and generally annoy passers-by with the 'beep-speak-beep' of walkie-talkie conversations."
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Oh great! Then, everytime I sneeze my computer will reboot.
The courts/politicians have finally figured out how to raise taxes w/o fear of voter repurcussions(sp?). Those being taxed can't vote out the politicians (or put pressure on judges) because they can't vote in NYS.
Hmmmm, I live in a state west of NY. Maybe I can convince my state legislature to tax New Yorkers for breathing the oxygen produced by the vegetation in my state.
True, but what Blockbuster did was essentially a classic "Bait and switch" tactic. Bait the customer into the store with an implied promise of keeping a movie for as long as you want (ala NetFix model).
Only after the customer was in the store were the true terms of the 'deal' revealed.
Other examples of the modern bait and switch that tick me off are Best Buy's loss leader items in their ads with the "while supplies last" disclaimer. With each location deliberately stocking only 2-3 of the sale items.
Months of negoritiations and countless hours of lawyer and Eurocrat time and all they have to show for it is a friggin name for Windoze w/o media player?
It must be nice to live in a society where the lawmakers/courts have solved all of societies ills and have nothing better to do than haggle over the name of a piece of software. I have definately got to move to that utopian society.
Since when has a Star Trek prequel ever been required to adhere to the 'history' laid out in the original?
Re: Stock price slip on MS moving to Open Source
Can you say "Class-action Shareholders Lawsuits?"
I knew that you could
2) Keep barf-bag close-by.
If the small aircraft manufacturing industry is any indicator, the odds are not good for the industry surviving much past the first fatality.
Even if bandwidth problem is overcome. 1) it will be too difficult manage small screen real-estate to juggle images of multiple conversation participants. 2) I for one enjoy being able to roll my eyes and make other rude gestures at the party on the other end (behind their back) :-)
that which can be attributed to mere incompetence.
A NON-obfuscated Perl contest?
You would be amazed at how quickly a business user with a little SQL knowledge and read-only accees to a database can make IT's life a living hell.
With dozen's of reports floating around (written by different managers), much of my time is spent explaining to PHBs why Report A and Report B don't tie-out when they are extracting almost, but not quite the same data.
Not to mention the amazing ability of a little bit ow knowledge resulting in a query from hell that brings even the mightiest Oracle database to its knees.
Actually, I have had to go back to the merchant to dispute a charge. I had made a roughly $20 purchase, but when my statement came, my $20 purchase was there, plus a second purchase for $250 (recorded about 30 minutes after the intial purchase). When I disputed the $250 charge, the store found a 'signed' receipt for the $250 that looked nothing like the sig on the legit purchase's receipt. Case closed and the offending cashier was fired (the card number was manually entered).
Admittedly, this would have gone unnoticed had I not been in the habit of actually reading my monthly statement as opposed to blindly filing it away.
For there to be defamation, doesn't there have to be some level of good reputation to begin with?
If your reputation is already well below the level of Stalin or Hitler, how can you possibly be defamed?
When all of these Aussie P2P sites flushed the evidence down the toilet (as the door was being broken down by the authorities), does the evidence swirl clockwise or counter-clockwise before going down the drain?
Demographics are used for targetted advertising. Film at 11:00.
Can we please stop posting articles that fall into the "Well, Duh!" category?
Good luck getting the 'oral agreement' to fly. The employer will likely say "I don't recall any such conversation."
It is impossible to prove whether someone really does not remember or is simply denying the accusation without crossing the line to perjury.
At any rate, it will be hard to hire a lawyer while unemployed.
What if the report had been broadcast on AM radio from DC, and picked up in Ontario via a skip off the ionosphere? Could the guy still have sued then? The radio station obviously would have known that the signal could be picked up virtually anywhere in the world. The same logic could be applied here as with the internet publication.
If the raw material is indeed snake oil, then that puts environmentalists in a quandry.
Which is the greater evil, slaughtering millions of snakes for their oil or having coal fired generators spewing toxins into the air?
Institutions that have their hands out begging for money shoudn't whine and complain when there are conditions placed on how those funds can/should be used.
What is so hard to understand about that?
If you are feeding from the public funds trough, you can expect your snout to be smacked from time to time.
What about phones with the Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator?
Are they safe?
Drivers and emergency workers can use the new-fangled contraption I just saw in WalMart. I think it was called a map.
Pilots have no business being airborne if they cannot navigate w/o GPS.
Hikers also should always have the above mentioned 'map'. I mean what will they do if they drop the GPS onto a rock and it shatters into a million pieces?
... that the RFID plan is fatally flawed. On any given day, the RFID system will be reporting a 50% absentee rate. The typical high school student is lucky enough to remember to bring his/her bookbag to school every day, much less a small, easily misplaced RFID card.
Nokia has announced that it will launch a new line of cell 'phones' that offer text messaging, web browsing, and digital photos, and walkie-talkie voice features. The traditional telephone voice mode feature will no longer be supported.
A Nokia spokesperson stated, "Our marketting department has determined that using cell phones like, well, a 'phone' is something that our target demographic's grandmothers would use. Today's generation is much more inclined to broadcast poor quality digital photos of the dog stuck in the sewer grate, text their buddy lists, and generally annoy passers-by with the 'beep-speak-beep' of walkie-talkie conversations."
Uhhh, my cat disagrees with your so-called "Queen" Maeve's assertion.
I have it on good authority that MY cat created the universe last TUESDAY.