... he should be thinking about how to build a business. Inventing a way to improve data storage density is cool. But that just makes him a tinkerer or inventor. There's a lot more to building a successful enterprise than knocking together some good technology.
Of course, put another way, a successful business doesn't always ensure that the product isn't sh*t.
I think that's the general idea. Also, after the fact (you've posted your voting history on Facebook for years) what do you do when a prospective employer says, "Give me your Facebook password".
Oblig. bad car analogy: It's sort of like an 'attractive nuisance' law. You can't leave your car keys in the ignition when you park because it attracts car thieves. And then society has to deal with the fallout of your action. Not that we care whether your car gets stolen because you were stupid. But its the easiest way to nip this problem in the bud.
IANAL, but the pertinent question here might be: Who owns the marked ballot?
Perhaps you can tell anyone you want how you voted (exit pollsters, etc.). But if your ballot is the property of your state, you could be out of luck sharing an image of it.
Yeah. But you can't drive only a couple of hundred miles and get from desert, through alpine wilderness (good skiing and hiking) to an ocean. With a huge salt water sound that has lots of great places to sail, scuba dive, etc.
If fairness is off the table as a consideration for taxation, then my counter-proposal is to abolish all taxes except for a tax on wealth, starting at the top and working our way down until it raises enough revenues.
We're nowhere near that point yet. And already, the wealthy are moving their money, businesses and in some cases themselves to lower tax jurisdictions. Just leave a sign at the port of departure instructing the last boatload of poor people to please turn out the lights.
In the UK at least,
Hah! The UK. They wring their hands and moan over tax dodgers. And on the other hand, various parts of the British Commonwealth and territories (Channel Islands, Cayman Islands) are some of the most notorious tax havens in existence. Not that I'm complaining. More like laughing. In many parts of the EU, engineering tax loopholes on behalf of employees and shareholders in the face of high 'official' tax rates has been a way of life for decades.
and the social safety nets we have today were largely born of an understanding that things could not go on as they were if we were to avoid the convulsive revolutions seen elsewhere in Europe.
The Netherlands put the brakes on widespread social welfare systems a couple of decades ago. The Greeks hung onto theirs until their debt bit them in the ass. Who is doing better?
The difference between charity and tax supported government sponsored social programs is: who is buying the gratitude of the poor when they hand out the money. Its all about buying loyalty. Lets print the name of a tax payer on each public assistance check handed out. So the recipients will know who to thank.
So what? Taxes are for the collection of revenue to support government operations. Not for making life 'fair' or 'unfair'**.
VAT or sales taxes are paid based upon the goods and services that one consumes. Bill Gates makes thousands of times the salary of the average worker. But he is unable to consume thousands of times the goods or services that the average person does. Big deal. He pays on what he spends. Taxes on a $50 million mansion are nothing to scoff at. What he doesn't spend, he invests. Or gives away through his charity*.
The best example is Warren Buffett, who lives an average lifestyle (well, that of a doctor or lawyer) in Omaha Nebraska. I don't think taxing him the same amount as the doctor who lives next door is inherently unfair. Because he has left the majority of his profits inside the companies he has managed (which may be one secret to their successes). And now he will be passing his wealth on through charitable contributions as well*. This isn't a bad thing.
* I suspect that what really burns socialists asses is that private individuals rather than themselves are making the decisions as to where to contribute their wealth. As anyone who has watched Hamas work with refugees knows, that earns them quite a bit of loyalty and good will. And this is loyalty and good will that the socialists can't buy with Gates' and Buffett's money.
** It's not difficult to structure VAT/sales taxes to be more 'fair'. Simply charge lower rates for the classes of goods that poorer people spend greater portions of their income.
Switzerland is a well known haven for artists, authors and other people who can live where they choose and whose income is largely structured as capital gains (Switzerland has no cap gains tax).
In other words, you peasants pay yours so I can live off of you.
And now you see why small businesses don't like to have to collect taxes for hundreds of different taxing jurisdictions. When they aren't located there, are much smaller than Amazon and can't afford a tax compliance department staffed with accountants and lawyers. Yeah sure, you could do business as a 'associate' of Amazon and have them handle tax compliance for you. But now you're their bitch and they can dictate other aspects of your online existence.
You rivet a doubler plate to the back of the damaged section. Or ship out a new panel and replace the damaged one. Again with rivets. Aircraft skins are rarely welded.
I think the engineers at Boeing know how to account for CF's strength characteristics in their structural design.
I just wish they had consulted with the electrical design group about using a structural material that can melt/burn when the electrical folks deleted the differential bus protection that clears arcing faults.
Oh, and how do you repair the stuff when someone runs into it with a forklift? I mean in some third world country where all they have is a pop rivet gun and some scrap aluminum.
If it's illegal for businesses to take it as a form of payment,
The only way that is going to happen is if it is made illegal to possess BitCoin at all. Otherwise, its all a matter of a contract between private parties. Once any regulatory body steps in and starts dictating what may or may not be used as consideration for the terms of a contract, we damage the principle of freedom of contract upon which our economic system is based.
I'd worry more about how the Euro is having a negative impact on the reputation of central banks. It's not like they've been doing a bang-up job with their own virtual currency lately.
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Victim (testifying in court): "Yes, your honor. I saw it. It was like a penis, only smaller."
There's no exit door on the Microsoft tent!
Of course, put another way, a successful business doesn't always ensure that the product isn't sh*t.
I think that's the general idea. Also, after the fact (you've posted your voting history on Facebook for years) what do you do when a prospective employer says, "Give me your Facebook password".
Oblig. bad car analogy: It's sort of like an 'attractive nuisance' law. You can't leave your car keys in the ignition when you park because it attracts car thieves. And then society has to deal with the fallout of your action. Not that we care whether your car gets stolen because you were stupid. But its the easiest way to nip this problem in the bud.
IANAL, but the pertinent question here might be: Who owns the marked ballot?
Perhaps you can tell anyone you want how you voted (exit pollsters, etc.). But if your ballot is the property of your state, you could be out of luck sharing an image of it.
Yeah. But you can't drive only a couple of hundred miles and get from desert, through alpine wilderness (good skiing and hiking) to an ocean. With a huge salt water sound that has lots of great places to sail, scuba dive, etc.
Microsoft, are you listening?
This could revolutionize Ikea!
Apple will sue!
If fairness is off the table as a consideration for taxation, then my counter-proposal is to abolish all taxes except for a tax on wealth, starting at the top and working our way down until it raises enough revenues.
We're nowhere near that point yet. And already, the wealthy are moving their money, businesses and in some cases themselves to lower tax jurisdictions. Just leave a sign at the port of departure instructing the last boatload of poor people to please turn out the lights.
In the UK at least,
Hah! The UK. They wring their hands and moan over tax dodgers. And on the other hand, various parts of the British Commonwealth and territories (Channel Islands, Cayman Islands) are some of the most notorious tax havens in existence. Not that I'm complaining. More like laughing. In many parts of the EU, engineering tax loopholes on behalf of employees and shareholders in the face of high 'official' tax rates has been a way of life for decades.
and the social safety nets we have today were largely born of an understanding that things could not go on as they were if we were to avoid the convulsive revolutions seen elsewhere in Europe.
The Netherlands put the brakes on widespread social welfare systems a couple of decades ago. The Greeks hung onto theirs until their debt bit them in the ass. Who is doing better?
The difference between charity and tax supported government sponsored social programs is: who is buying the gratitude of the poor when they hand out the money. Its all about buying loyalty. Lets print the name of a tax payer on each public assistance check handed out. So the recipients will know who to thank.
So what? Taxes are for the collection of revenue to support government operations. Not for making life 'fair' or 'unfair'**.
VAT or sales taxes are paid based upon the goods and services that one consumes. Bill Gates makes thousands of times the salary of the average worker. But he is unable to consume thousands of times the goods or services that the average person does. Big deal. He pays on what he spends. Taxes on a $50 million mansion are nothing to scoff at. What he doesn't spend, he invests. Or gives away through his charity*.
The best example is Warren Buffett, who lives an average lifestyle (well, that of a doctor or lawyer) in Omaha Nebraska. I don't think taxing him the same amount as the doctor who lives next door is inherently unfair. Because he has left the majority of his profits inside the companies he has managed (which may be one secret to their successes). And now he will be passing his wealth on through charitable contributions as well*. This isn't a bad thing.
* I suspect that what really burns socialists asses is that private individuals rather than themselves are making the decisions as to where to contribute their wealth. As anyone who has watched Hamas work with refugees knows, that earns them quite a bit of loyalty and good will. And this is loyalty and good will that the socialists can't buy with Gates' and Buffett's money.
** It's not difficult to structure VAT/sales taxes to be more 'fair'. Simply charge lower rates for the classes of goods that poorer people spend greater portions of their income.
a book called "Treasure Islands" by Nicholas Shaxson
Nicholas Shaxson, British citizen but current resident of Zürich, Switzerland.
Switzerland is a well known haven for artists, authors and other people who can live where they choose and whose income is largely structured as capital gains (Switzerland has no cap gains tax).
In other words, you peasants pay yours so I can live off of you.
And now you see why small businesses don't like to have to collect taxes for hundreds of different taxing jurisdictions. When they aren't located there, are much smaller than Amazon and can't afford a tax compliance department staffed with accountants and lawyers. Yeah sure, you could do business as a 'associate' of Amazon and have them handle tax compliance for you. But now you're their bitch and they can dictate other aspects of your online existence.
Wave good by to innovation.
Lots of novel stuff with state of the art DSP techniques. But every once in a while I spot the ghosts of tubes lurking around.
You rivet a doubler plate to the back of the damaged section. Or ship out a new panel and replace the damaged one. Again with rivets. Aircraft skins are rarely welded.
This is why I stopped reading /.
So how do you know when to post a snarky comment like this?
I think the engineers at Boeing know how to account for CF's strength characteristics in their structural design.
I just wish they had consulted with the electrical design group about using a structural material that can melt/burn when the electrical folks deleted the differential bus protection that clears arcing faults.
Oh, and how do you repair the stuff when someone runs into it with a forklift? I mean in some third world country where all they have is a pop rivet gun and some scrap aluminum.
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If it's illegal for businesses to take it as a form of payment,
The only way that is going to happen is if it is made illegal to possess BitCoin at all. Otherwise, its all a matter of a contract between private parties. Once any regulatory body steps in and starts dictating what may or may not be used as consideration for the terms of a contract, we damage the principle of freedom of contract upon which our economic system is based.
I'd worry more about how the Euro is having a negative impact on the reputation of central banks. It's not like they've been doing a bang-up job with their own virtual currency lately.
1. Proceed directly to Trafalgar Square.
2. Locate Lord Nelson's Column.
3. Bombs away (pigeon style).