They are when you don't have broadband and a game is a 15+ GB download.
I'm a big fan of Steam, and while I personally have a nice 25+ connection, I know some people that are stuck on wireless and even satellite internet. It'd be easier if they bought the game, loaned me their library, I download/install the game, copied it to a DVD or USB drive, mailed it to them, and they copy the files over to their machine and install the game (this does actually work for Steam).
Sprint hasn't been a profitable company in years, they've got 27 Billion in debt, and are expected to need an additional 3 Billion this year to cover expected losses. They're net income has been in the negative Billions each year for the past couple of years.
The researchers obtained the data both by poking through the watches' files and finding traces of watch activity on the Samsung Android smartphone to which they were linked.
So, they had both the watch and the connected phone. I'm not really concerned about this.
If this was a remote access thing, I'd be a little worried.
You mean primes on the IDIQ. Only primes on the IDIQ can bid on the task order. There are 16 primes on that particular IDIQ, but only a few (estimates are between 2 and 5) bid the particular task order.
They're all working of different things related to the topic. It's not that they're building a consolidated system, they working on technologies related to the problem at hand.
It's 17 teams working on 17 different things. The way these projects work is they've got a bunch of contractors that have ideas they want to pursue that are relevant to DARPAs interests and requirements. DARPA funds them and they all work on their own things and try to create some synergy. Over the life of the contract they continue funding those projects that are most successful.
medium-large on the other side of a good-sized living room, your eyes shouldn't be able to see the difference
That's simply not true. While you won't notice it in level of detail, you will notice it due to the increased dithering and smoothness of color gradients. Things will look better at all normal viewing distances.
Although my real hope for the future is in ultra-ultra-ultra high definition displays (think something like the equivalent of a 32K 46" monitor). With that new possibilities actually open up, tie that to a Lenticular lens system an you'll have multiple angle high definition viewing. Imagine a tele-conferencing system where they place the monitor and multiple cameras at the edge of the conference table with a similar setup on the other end. The effect would be more like looking through a piece of glass dividing the table than looking at a flat monitor.
Behind the scenes, yes, but in reality, no. To set up a dish, you get yourself a compass (most smartphones have this built in) and a protractor. Then go to a site like http://www.satsig.net/maps/sat... or your providers site, put in your zip code and point. Turn the TV where you can see or hear it, and start moving it around til the signal comes in clear.
If I won the lottery today I would be taxed on the income. Getting an inheritance on an asset you didn't help create is functionally identical to winning a lottery and should be taxed the same way
But it's not. The estate tax is a tax on the estate, not on income. It's taxed at a higher rate than any income. Our tax schedule is bracketed, lower income pays a lower percentage. If the estate tax was considered an income tax (which it's not), then the rate would be dependent on how much the receiver received, not how much the estate was worth (which is what happens). The estate is taxed at 40% independent of how it's distributed (minus the exemption amount).
Here's an example of why this is a problem. Let's imagine a single family owned small business worth about $10,000,000. That $10M includes the real estate, equipment, and potential earnings for the company. Here's a quick overview of small business valuations http://www.bizbuysell.com/sell....
When the owner dies, that business is part of their estate. Ignoring other estate assets such as a house, money in the bank, investments, etc, and subtracting the $5M exemption, that leaves a $2M tax bill.
So where does that money come from? If they had the 2M in hand, they could just pay it out, but remember that a valuation of the company is not simply the assets it has on hand, but also it's potential. They could try to sell the business, and use the proceeds to pay the taxes, they could sell some of the equipment, but that might leave the business without a capacity to keep running. A standard technique is for the owner to gift money to the children to purchase life insurance policies that would cover the taxes on the estate (if the policy is in the children's names, it's not taxable income).
In many cases, the business can suffer. Keep in mind, this isn't always the case, but it does happen enough that it can be an issue. This problem was more severe when you have lots of family run farms, where a large portion of the estate was in the value of the land, but exists today with many small businesses.
There is not a tax on anyone's death. There is a tax on receiving an inheritance.
No, it really is a tax on their death. The money is pulled out of the estate before being distributed.
Given X dollars, dividing them among Y heirs leads to no taxes, regardless of how large X is (although the higher X is, the higher Y needs to be).
This is just wrong. This is not how estate taxes work. It really is based on the initial amount and not how much it's divided up.
From the IRS:
The Estate Tax is a tax on your right to transfer property at your death. It consists of an accounting of everything you own or have certain interests in at the date of death (Refer to Form 706 (PDF)). The fair market value of these items is used, not necessarily what you paid for them or what their values were when you acquired them. The total of all of these items is your "Gross Estate." The includible property may consist of cash and securities, real estate, insurance, trusts, annuities, business interests and other assets.
Once you have accounted for the Gross Estate, certain deductions (and in special circumstances, reductions to value) are allowed in arriving at your "Taxable Estate." These deductions may include mortgages and other debts, estate administration expenses, property that passes to surviving spouses and qualified charities. The value of some operating business interests or farms may be reduced for estates that qualify.
After the net amount is computed, the value of lifetime taxable gifts (beginning with gifts made in 1977) is added to this number and the tax is computed. The tax is then reduced by the available unified credit.
Most relatively simple estates (cash, publicly traded securities, small amounts of other easily valued assets, and no special deductions or elections, or jointly held property) do not require the filing of an estate tax return. A filing is required for estates with combined gross assets and prior taxable gifts exceeding $1,500,000 in 2004 - 2005; $2,000,000 in 2006 - 2008; $3,500,000 for decedents dying in 2009; and $5,000,000 or more for decedent's dying in 2010 and 2011 (note: there are special rules for decedents dying in 2010); $5,120,000 in 2012, $5,250,000 in 2013 and $5,340,000 in 2014.
Not at all, in fact, you'd probably see them willing to take more risks on movies that might not be overly popular. You'd see more niche programs / movies getting created.
No one sets out to make a bad movie. They make the best movie they can based on their skill and resources.
They will need things down the road. They're not paying anyone for it right now. Submitter wants to get his skills up to speed now so he can be the guy that gets paid for it when it's needed.
Nope, he says he needs these for his job as it stands:
I need to learn.NET and SQL for my new job (GIS tech using ESRI software)
He mentions wanting to learn other things for additional work down the line.
Down the road they need a PHP website, tons of automation tasks, some serious data consolidation, they want mobile apps in theory.
Stop right there.
If this is what your company is going to pay you to do, let them pay you to do it. Also, let them provide the tools you need to do the work. A powerful laptop can handle what you're trying to do.
I'm old school, I would never fork out money for a toy
Just because you're old doesn't mean you shouldn't still buy toys. Toys are fun.
And it gives ZERO shits about stuff the older generation cares about: battery life, FLOPS, upgrade-ability, compatibility. No, it's "brand name, shiny, glittery, light, small, does it make my buddies jealous"? That's it.
Bullshit. I'm not sure who you're referring to as the older generation, but here's my thoughts as a 35-45 year old male who interacts with these youngsters regularly.
What they care about is "Does it do what I need it to do", same as you, you just need it to do different things.
They care about battery life, that's why it's always mentioned.
FLOPS? who cares unless the system can't perform the functions it needs to perform. Are you requirements higher than theirs? Possibly, so you get what meets your needs, they get what meets theirs.
Upgradability isn't an issue for a device who's functionality is well defined and capabilities are met (this refers to ipods, not laptops), I don't feel the need to upgrade my hammer when a new model comes out. I replace my laptop about every 2-3 years, but I'm holding off replacing my current 2+ year old machine because they only thing that would improve moving to the latest model would be a 20% increase in speed, USB 3, an improved graphics card, and a slightly higher res screen. My current machine is fast enough, the graphics card is good enough for what I do, and the USB 3 isn't really an issue. The higher res screen would be kinda nice, but I'm often plugged into an external monitor, so it's not a huge deal. Since purchasing my laptop, I've upgraded the HD (three time, once to a 120SSD, then to a 240, plus added a 1TB platter) and RAM (twice, once to 8GB, then to 16).
Compatibility is definitely an issue, but it's not what you think it is. The devices need to work with *their* other devices. Apple does this pretty well. What do I can about being compatible with a device I'm not going to ever need to interact with? Personally, I like open standards to ensure compatibility across *my* devices.
Small and light are concerns for people who are highly mobile and carry things around a lot (i.e., students and generally young people, also frequent travelers).
Shiny is nice for some, but some people want to avoid that. We were recently spec'ing out some machines for work but rejected a really good deal because we couldn't have the president of the company walking around with a shiny gold colored laptop.
Slashdot Mirror
Why haven't Alice and Bob been replaced with Ada and Babbage yet?
downloads are not a huge deal.
They are when you don't have broadband and a game is a 15+ GB download. I'm a big fan of Steam, and while I personally have a nice 25+ connection, I know some people that are stuck on wireless and even satellite internet. It'd be easier if they bought the game, loaned me their library, I download/install the game, copied it to a DVD or USB drive, mailed it to them, and they copy the files over to their machine and install the game (this does actually work for Steam).
Sprint hasn't been a profitable company in years, they've got 27 Billion in debt, and are expected to need an additional 3 Billion this year to cover expected losses. They're net income has been in the negative Billions each year for the past couple of years.
Or a magazine being paid by both the readers and advertisers.... Multiple revenue streams aren't illegal or immoral, it's cost sharing.
The researchers obtained the data both by poking through the watches' files and finding traces of watch activity on the Samsung Android smartphone to which they were linked.
So, they had both the watch and the connected phone. I'm not really concerned about this. If this was a remote access thing, I'd be a little worried.
You mean primes on the IDIQ. Only primes on the IDIQ can bid on the task order. There are 16 primes on that particular IDIQ, but only a few (estimates are between 2 and 5) bid the particular task order.
I'm pretty sure Smarttech's SmartBoard can do that. But it's connected to a computer.
They're all working of different things related to the topic. It's not that they're building a consolidated system, they working on technologies related to the problem at hand.
It's 17 teams working on 17 different things. The way these projects work is they've got a bunch of contractors that have ideas they want to pursue that are relevant to DARPAs interests and requirements. DARPA funds them and they all work on their own things and try to create some synergy. Over the life of the contract they continue funding those projects that are most successful.
Like this? http://www.thinkgeek.com/produ...
North Korea has thousands of guns pointed at Seoul, within 5 minutes of a true engagement, they would let loose and while it won't level the city, it would still be a major disaster. http://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/... http://www.popularmechanics.co...
People with security clearances are both encouraged and rewarded for doing the right thing.
Nope, they are not encouraged, they are *required* to report these types of activities.
I think your math is off a bit by a factor of 1000:
600 MB/s and 604,800 sec/wk = 362,880,000 MB/wk = ~362,880 GB/w = ~ 362 TB/w
medium-large on the other side of a good-sized living room, your eyes shouldn't be able to see the difference
That's simply not true. While you won't notice it in level of detail, you will notice it due to the increased dithering and smoothness of color gradients. Things will look better at all normal viewing distances. Although my real hope for the future is in ultra-ultra-ultra high definition displays (think something like the equivalent of a 32K 46" monitor). With that new possibilities actually open up, tie that to a Lenticular lens system an you'll have multiple angle high definition viewing. Imagine a tele-conferencing system where they place the monitor and multiple cameras at the edge of the conference table with a similar setup on the other end. The effect would be more like looking through a piece of glass dividing the table than looking at a flat monitor.
And aim for the fat man instead? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
You mean like Mars One is planning? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
there is some math involved.
Behind the scenes, yes, but in reality, no. To set up a dish, you get yourself a compass (most smartphones have this built in) and a protractor. Then go to a site like http://www.satsig.net/maps/sat... or your providers site, put in your zip code and point. Turn the TV where you can see or hear it, and start moving it around til the signal comes in clear.
If I won the lottery today I would be taxed on the income. Getting an inheritance on an asset you didn't help create is functionally identical to winning a lottery and should be taxed the same way
But it's not. The estate tax is a tax on the estate, not on income. It's taxed at a higher rate than any income. Our tax schedule is bracketed, lower income pays a lower percentage. If the estate tax was considered an income tax (which it's not), then the rate would be dependent on how much the receiver received, not how much the estate was worth (which is what happens). The estate is taxed at 40% independent of how it's distributed (minus the exemption amount). Here's an example of why this is a problem. Let's imagine a single family owned small business worth about $10,000,000. That $10M includes the real estate, equipment, and potential earnings for the company. Here's a quick overview of small business valuations http://www.bizbuysell.com/sell.... When the owner dies, that business is part of their estate. Ignoring other estate assets such as a house, money in the bank, investments, etc, and subtracting the $5M exemption, that leaves a $2M tax bill. So where does that money come from? If they had the 2M in hand, they could just pay it out, but remember that a valuation of the company is not simply the assets it has on hand, but also it's potential. They could try to sell the business, and use the proceeds to pay the taxes, they could sell some of the equipment, but that might leave the business without a capacity to keep running. A standard technique is for the owner to gift money to the children to purchase life insurance policies that would cover the taxes on the estate (if the policy is in the children's names, it's not taxable income). In many cases, the business can suffer. Keep in mind, this isn't always the case, but it does happen enough that it can be an issue. This problem was more severe when you have lots of family run farms, where a large portion of the estate was in the value of the land, but exists today with many small businesses.
There is not a tax on anyone's death. There is a tax on receiving an inheritance.
No, it really is a tax on their death. The money is pulled out of the estate before being distributed.
Given X dollars, dividing them among Y heirs leads to no taxes, regardless of how large X is (although the higher X is, the higher Y needs to be).
This is just wrong. This is not how estate taxes work. It really is based on the initial amount and not how much it's divided up. From the IRS:
The Estate Tax is a tax on your right to transfer property at your death. It consists of an accounting of everything you own or have certain interests in at the date of death (Refer to Form 706 (PDF)). The fair market value of these items is used, not necessarily what you paid for them or what their values were when you acquired them. The total of all of these items is your "Gross Estate." The includible property may consist of cash and securities, real estate, insurance, trusts, annuities, business interests and other assets. Once you have accounted for the Gross Estate, certain deductions (and in special circumstances, reductions to value) are allowed in arriving at your "Taxable Estate." These deductions may include mortgages and other debts, estate administration expenses, property that passes to surviving spouses and qualified charities. The value of some operating business interests or farms may be reduced for estates that qualify. After the net amount is computed, the value of lifetime taxable gifts (beginning with gifts made in 1977) is added to this number and the tax is computed. The tax is then reduced by the available unified credit. Most relatively simple estates (cash, publicly traded securities, small amounts of other easily valued assets, and no special deductions or elections, or jointly held property) do not require the filing of an estate tax return. A filing is required for estates with combined gross assets and prior taxable gifts exceeding $1,500,000 in 2004 - 2005; $2,000,000 in 2006 - 2008; $3,500,000 for decedents dying in 2009; and $5,000,000 or more for decedent's dying in 2010 and 2011 (note: there are special rules for decedents dying in 2010); $5,120,000 in 2012, $5,250,000 in 2013 and $5,340,000 in 2014.
http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/...
Not at all, in fact, you'd probably see them willing to take more risks on movies that might not be overly popular. You'd see more niche programs / movies getting created. No one sets out to make a bad movie. They make the best movie they can based on their skill and resources.
they are buying the problem years
And that's why you lease, they may be the problem years, but the dealership is the one that has to repair the problems.
They will need things down the road. They're not paying anyone for it right now. Submitter wants to get his skills up to speed now so he can be the guy that gets paid for it when it's needed.
Nope, he says he needs these for his job as it stands:
I need to learn .NET and SQL for my new job (GIS tech using ESRI software)
He mentions wanting to learn other things for additional work down the line.
Down the road they need a PHP website, tons of automation tasks, some serious data consolidation, they want mobile apps in theory.
Stop right there. If this is what your company is going to pay you to do, let them pay you to do it. Also, let them provide the tools you need to do the work. A powerful laptop can handle what you're trying to do.
I'm old school, I would never fork out money for a toy
Just because you're old doesn't mean you shouldn't still buy toys. Toys are fun.
And it gives ZERO shits about stuff the older generation cares about: battery life, FLOPS, upgrade-ability, compatibility. No, it's "brand name, shiny, glittery, light, small, does it make my buddies jealous"? That's it.
Bullshit. I'm not sure who you're referring to as the older generation, but here's my thoughts as a 35-45 year old male who interacts with these youngsters regularly. What they care about is "Does it do what I need it to do", same as you, you just need it to do different things. They care about battery life, that's why it's always mentioned. FLOPS? who cares unless the system can't perform the functions it needs to perform. Are you requirements higher than theirs? Possibly, so you get what meets your needs, they get what meets theirs. Upgradability isn't an issue for a device who's functionality is well defined and capabilities are met (this refers to ipods, not laptops), I don't feel the need to upgrade my hammer when a new model comes out. I replace my laptop about every 2-3 years, but I'm holding off replacing my current 2+ year old machine because they only thing that would improve moving to the latest model would be a 20% increase in speed, USB 3, an improved graphics card, and a slightly higher res screen. My current machine is fast enough, the graphics card is good enough for what I do, and the USB 3 isn't really an issue. The higher res screen would be kinda nice, but I'm often plugged into an external monitor, so it's not a huge deal. Since purchasing my laptop, I've upgraded the HD (three time, once to a 120SSD, then to a 240, plus added a 1TB platter) and RAM (twice, once to 8GB, then to 16). Compatibility is definitely an issue, but it's not what you think it is. The devices need to work with *their* other devices. Apple does this pretty well. What do I can about being compatible with a device I'm not going to ever need to interact with? Personally, I like open standards to ensure compatibility across *my* devices. Small and light are concerns for people who are highly mobile and carry things around a lot (i.e., students and generally young people, also frequent travelers). Shiny is nice for some, but some people want to avoid that. We were recently spec'ing out some machines for work but rejected a really good deal because we couldn't have the president of the company walking around with a shiny gold colored laptop.
What part of volunteer didn't you understand?