You're right - it should be a deduction and you can't pay zero taxes as a result. There is a cap on your deductions.
I consulted with a friend of mine before posting that... unfortunately for him, he was wrong. I also checked the IRS website and confirmed what you said. I trusted his advice because, well, he's a CPA at a major firm and gets paid incredible amounts of money to do what he does. I figured that he would know what he was talking about.
Where I work, I have to cater to the clients' demands, timelines, and budgets. That means that I strongly recommend as much security as they need, and if they don't want everything I recommend then I don't build it in. Then I provide a nice document detailing all the steps I took to secure the site and request that they review and sign off on it. It's on their heads.
There's an outcry when Microsoft pushes their product launch back another year, and followed up with complaints that they didn't spend enough time testing and securing everything.
I don't disagree with you, but I can also see some factors that cause these problems.
And finally - the story is not about Microsoft, it's about malware that someone else created. You could create and install malware for Firefox too, you know.
Sorry if I'm off-topic, but I thought I'd lend some insight to the question of "average people." The grandparent post might be construed as flamebait or troll if his meaning isn't understood.
TUS Government was originally set up in a way that prevents the "average" people from having the same power as the educated/rich/privileged. A Republic gives the power to the person in office - not the person on the street. The person on the street has the power to put that politician in office... But when it comes down to a vote on nuclear power, the person in office is the one that's going to be responsible for an educated, best-for-everyone decision. Since politicians tend to be well-educated people, that works out. Unfortunately, politicians aren't always responsible, best-for-everyone kinds of people. Which is why the ones that are particularly bad tend to get voted out of office.
It's not to take power away from the people and establish an aristocracy; it's just a way to ensure that the country is run by people that are more qualified to do so.
Now I can finally learn to program! I'll just head on over and get that Visual Basic thing, I hear it's easy to use.
When I was 11, I wanted to learn programming. I had QuickBasic 4.5 on a 386 (Win3.1), a TRS-80 (w/ Basic), and an IBM PC (w/ GWBasic). I tried to get a C compiler, but I couldn't find one on any of the local BBSs and didn't have any money to buy anything. So I was stuck with Basic.
I realize that it's easier nowadays to come by serious, free programming tools. But this is a good thing for future programmers, and a smart move for Microsoft.
Yeah, my buddy with the permit treats Independence Day bigger than Christmas. So much money, though. That's the biggest reason I don't do fireworks - he spends thousands of dollars a year on his personal stash. He pays for a lot of it with the profits from doing shows on the side.
The release is very much lacking in details, but the concept is interesting. A friend of mine, a "licensed pyrotechnician," spent nearly three hours at our backyard launch (that rivaled any of the local shows) preparing powder and launch lines. The result was quite an investment in the firing equipment and materials; if the compressed air mechanism is really that efficient it will be reusable. Be clean and save money.
I'm surprised that you were modded up - you're defending something that a lot of people here don't like.
I've used Oracle and MS SQL Server in environments ranging from web sites to enterprise apps. The biggest problems I've seen are not usually problems with these DBMS; they are problems with the application.
However, a financial guy from a major automotive corporation told me of their latest problem. Each pay period, there are seven transactions that take place for each employee. That chalks up to millions of transactions a week, and they are having problems processing all those. Since the largest databases I've personally experienced involve only a few million records total, I haven't seen the effects of volume processing first hand.
I think XML is a step backward, if you're using it to replace a SQL Server database.
99% of the stuff I learned in a college classroom was available on the Internet. Putting it together right demands something more than just a Google search.
Other things I got from college: Credibility A class ring Life experience (studied abroad, lived in a dorm) Friends Relationships with professors - having connections with people in your field is a good thing
I went to a school that runs around $30,000/year. It was worth every penny.
Indeed, horsepack is a very strong wireless method. It's powerful, but it's also resource consuming. You have to power it with hay, and the maintenance is demanding. It's not as fast as other wireless protocols, but the pipe is huge. And the range is much better than any of our existing methods - horses can travel over hundreds of miles. Unfortunately, line of sight isn't quite enough for the packets to get there.
Pinging www.slashdot.org via 802.11horse... Response received in 32 days, 4 hours, 7 minutes, 51 seconds.
Yeah - the eye chart of 802.11a/b/g/i, the crappy security that goes with all of those (wait a year or two, and see if i is all that secure), and the interoperability problems between them (and between different manufacturers, even within the same standard!).
I hope I'm wrong about 802.11i, but I have more faith in history than I do in companies and their marketing deparments.
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Ahh, but there have been people treated to the maximums. In the case of someone who uses copyrighted material illegally, such as sampling music without permission, they can be sued and the maximum (or worse) has been awarded.
Filesharers? None. Not yet, anyway. How many of those cases have actually made it into court and come away with a sentence?
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Aside from psychologically criminalizing the legal types of music sharing, there is also a dangerous attempt to equate the admittedly illegal file-sharing with stealing.
The argument goes something like this:
"If you go into a store, find a CD, and walk out without paying for it - that's stealing." Most people agree that it's wrong, so you already have them halfway there. Then you equate downloading to shoplifting a CD.
Shoplifting a CD will get you a fine and/or some minor jail time. Download a single song from the internet, and you can be sued for up to $250,000 and/or jailed (for willfully violating copyright). How are these equal again?
Fingers crossed......that this act never makes it as a law....that the EFF's mock lawsuit is seen and understood by people with influence....that Senator Hatch's financial backing discredits his attempts to ruin intellectual property.
As I said, my perspective is based on the Indiana rules... when you put your name on the list in Indiana, you won't appear on the distributed list until the next period. Indiana's lists go into effect on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year. Your name and number do not show up until then.
I wish the Federal list was as strict as Indiana's, but I do like that the Federal list is more current.
The list is only updated four times a year. If you place yourself on the list, it won't make it onto the distributed list until the next quarter.
At least, in Indiana... I'm pretty sure it's the same way for the federal list.
Know what's really effective in getting companies to comply? As soon as you get a telemarketer call (and you're on the list), I start the conversation with "This is an $11,000 call for your company, because once we're done here I will be filing a complaint witht he FTC."
You can file a complaint, and they can be FINED $11,000. Or you can sue them and collect up to $1,500 per incident. It's a lot more work to sue them than it is to simply file a complaint, and they stand to lose more money from fines than individual lawsuits.
Check page size, check load time, estimate the approximate number of visitors before load time exceeds one minute.... and if that number exceeds the approximate number of Slashdotters that will come knocking.
Put those "mirror in case of slashdotting" jerks out of business!
Slashdot Mirror
You're right - it should be a deduction and you can't pay zero taxes as a result. There is a cap on your deductions.
I consulted with a friend of mine before posting that... unfortunately for him, he was wrong. I also checked the IRS website and confirmed what you said. I trusted his advice because, well, he's a CPA at a major firm and gets paid incredible amounts of money to do what he does. I figured that he would know what he was talking about.
My mistake.
Don't pay taxes - simply donate to a non-profit that you support and take the tax credit.
It's all about give and take - take your refund, and give the IRS the finger.
And that's why you shouldn't use Access for your Enterprise Solutions.
Where I work, I have to cater to the clients' demands, timelines, and budgets. That means that I strongly recommend as much security as they need, and if they don't want everything I recommend then I don't build it in. Then I provide a nice document detailing all the steps I took to secure the site and request that they review and sign off on it. It's on their heads.
There's an outcry when Microsoft pushes their product launch back another year, and followed up with complaints that they didn't spend enough time testing and securing everything.
I don't disagree with you, but I can also see some factors that cause these problems.
And finally - the story is not about Microsoft, it's about malware that someone else created. You could create and install malware for Firefox too, you know.
Yeah, it means that your computer is inefficient and power-hungry.
Of course, if you had a team of people working to make your computer as efficient as a Saturn probe...
Sorry if I'm off-topic, but I thought I'd lend some insight to the question of "average people." The grandparent post might be construed as flamebait or troll if his meaning isn't understood.
TUS Government was originally set up in a way that prevents the "average" people from having the same power as the educated/rich/privileged. A Republic gives the power to the person in office - not the person on the street. The person on the street has the power to put that politician in office... But when it comes down to a vote on nuclear power, the person in office is the one that's going to be responsible for an educated, best-for-everyone decision. Since politicians tend to be well-educated people, that works out. Unfortunately, politicians aren't always responsible, best-for-everyone kinds of people. Which is why the ones that are particularly bad tend to get voted out of office.
It's not to take power away from the people and establish an aristocracy; it's just a way to ensure that the country is run by people that are more qualified to do so.
Now I can finally learn to program! I'll just head on over and get that Visual Basic thing, I hear it's easy to use.
When I was 11, I wanted to learn programming. I had QuickBasic 4.5 on a 386 (Win3.1), a TRS-80 (w/ Basic), and an IBM PC (w/ GWBasic). I tried to get a C compiler, but I couldn't find one on any of the local BBSs and didn't have any money to buy anything. So I was stuck with Basic.
I realize that it's easier nowadays to come by serious, free programming tools. But this is a good thing for future programmers, and a smart move for Microsoft.
Sounds like a great idea, but I'm just waiting for one to get "lost" and then end up in the hands of some jackass that shouldn't have it.
Imagine what kind of damage could you do with access to that information.
I had a nice situation where I don't have any student loan payments (and I'm only two years out).
Though your point is a good one.
Yeah, my buddy with the permit treats Independence Day bigger than Christmas. So much money, though. That's the biggest reason I don't do fireworks - he spends thousands of dollars a year on his personal stash. He pays for a lot of it with the profits from doing shows on the side.
The release is very much lacking in details, but the concept is interesting. A friend of mine, a "licensed pyrotechnician," spent nearly three hours at our backyard launch (that rivaled any of the local shows) preparing powder and launch lines. The result was quite an investment in the firing equipment and materials; if the compressed air mechanism is really that efficient it will be reusable. Be clean and save money.
I'm surprised that you were modded up - you're defending something that a lot of people here don't like.
I've used Oracle and MS SQL Server in environments ranging from web sites to enterprise apps. The biggest problems I've seen are not usually problems with these DBMS; they are problems with the application.
However, a financial guy from a major automotive corporation told me of their latest problem. Each pay period, there are seven transactions that take place for each employee. That chalks up to millions of transactions a week, and they are having problems processing all those. Since the largest databases I've personally experienced involve only a few million records total, I haven't seen the effects of volume processing first hand.
I think XML is a step backward, if you're using it to replace a SQL Server database.
99% of the stuff I learned in a college classroom was available on the Internet. Putting it together right demands something more than just a Google search.
Other things I got from college:
Credibility
A class ring
Life experience (studied abroad, lived in a dorm)
Friends
Relationships with professors - having connections with people in your field is a good thing
I went to a school that runs around $30,000/year. It was worth every penny.
"they created this SIM of reality to .."
Can I make a request for a hot-girls-delivering-pizza expansion pack?
Knowing the mainstream penchant for science fiction, I'm guessing they likely got the idea from Will Smith.
GeneralAwesome: "OMG! Will Smith is in a movie where he fights robots! Kewl!!"
SgtSlotter: "LOL, sir!!!!1"
Indeed, horsepack is a very strong wireless method. It's powerful, but it's also resource consuming. You have to power it with hay, and the maintenance is demanding. It's not as fast as other wireless protocols, but the pipe is huge. And the range is much better than any of our existing methods - horses can travel over hundreds of miles. Unfortunately, line of sight isn't quite enough for the packets to get there.
Pinging www.slashdot.org via 802.11horse...
Response received in 32 days, 4 hours, 7 minutes, 51 seconds.
Yeah - the eye chart of 802.11a/b/g/i, the crappy security that goes with all of those (wait a year or two, and see if i is all that secure), and the interoperability problems between them (and between different manufacturers, even within the same standard!).
I hope I'm wrong about 802.11i, but I have more faith in history than I do in companies and their marketing deparments.
Ahh, but there have been people treated to the maximums. In the case of someone who uses copyrighted material illegally, such as sampling music without permission, they can be sued and the maximum (or worse) has been awarded.
Filesharers? None. Not yet, anyway. How many of those cases have actually made it into court and come away with a sentence?
Aside from psychologically criminalizing the legal types of music sharing, there is also a dangerous attempt to equate the admittedly illegal file-sharing with stealing.
The argument goes something like this:
"If you go into a store, find a CD, and walk out without paying for it - that's stealing." Most people agree that it's wrong, so you already have them halfway there. Then you equate downloading to shoplifting a CD.
Shoplifting a CD will get you a fine and/or some minor jail time. Download a single song from the internet, and you can be sued for up to $250,000 and/or jailed (for willfully violating copyright). How are these equal again?
Fingers crossed... ...that this act never makes it as a law. ...that the EFF's mock lawsuit is seen and understood by people with influence. ...that Senator Hatch's financial backing discredits his attempts to ruin intellectual property.
As I said, my perspective is based on the Indiana rules... when you put your name on the list in Indiana, you won't appear on the distributed list until the next period. Indiana's lists go into effect on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year. Your name and number do not show up until then.
I wish the Federal list was as strict as Indiana's, but I do like that the Federal list is more current.
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AC, posts like yours are why Slashdot still lets people use AC. Thanks for contributing.
The list is only updated four times a year. If you place yourself on the list, it won't make it onto the distributed list until the next quarter.
At least, in Indiana... I'm pretty sure it's the same way for the federal list.
Know what's really effective in getting companies to comply? As soon as you get a telemarketer call (and you're on the list), I start the conversation with "This is an $11,000 call for your company, because once we're done here I will be filing a complaint witht he FTC."
You can file a complaint, and they can be FINED $11,000. Or you can sue them and collect up to $1,500 per incident. It's a lot more work to sue them than it is to simply file a complaint, and they stand to lose more money from fines than individual lawsuits.
I agree...
Check page size, check load time, estimate the approximate number of visitors before load time exceeds one minute.... and if that number exceeds the approximate number of Slashdotters that will come knocking.
Put those "mirror in case of slashdotting" jerks out of business!
"Now will those car wash babes be geeks too?!? I think my car's dirty..."
From your comments, it looks like your car's not the only thing that's dirty.