Taxes for social security and medicare, which is taxed at a flat 15% (give or take), is assessed based on salary and is taken off the top before any other taxes are subtracted. An employee is responsible for half that tax, the employer is responsible for the other. By reducing their salaries down to $1, they effectively save themselves 15% of whatever they salaries were before. Dividend distributions and income derived from other sources is not assessed for this tax. So, there is a tax advantage to this move.
This voice controlled stuff is for the birds... I keep my volume way too lound for that to be useful. I'd rather have a remote control that included a built-in optical mouse that I can use to navigate around my DVD and cable/satellite box's menus. Then I'd be happy.
Oh yeah, also let me listen to the digital music channels and buy mp3 of songs that come on with a single click (or two, to be safe)... just email them to me and add the bill to my cable/satellite bill. Then I'd be REALLY happy.
Ok, but what's in those 20, 30, 40, or 80 gigs of data? Music? Videos? Movies? Games? Between users, that's a lot of repitition. Google would only have to store exactly 1 copy of a file and reference it numerous times for each of the users.
According to Google, it looks like Coffeeville Country Club is the closest thing to the center of the world. Looks like my old boss who played golf 4 days a week was right after all! Looks like my bowling days are over...
It's nice to see another coder who, in essense, styles code like I do. Namely:
- Using underscores in variable names - Comment in real language when tricky stuff is happening - Don't over comment code - Use long variable names to enhance understanding - Liberal use of whitespace and indenting to block off lines accomplishing a task.
I'm especially pleased about the underscores in the variable names. I can't stand CaseDeliniatedVariableNames.:-)
Silly question, but, what happens if we cut open our head and shine a light on these light reactive cells? Would they register as vision, or something completely new? Any links to experiments?
The first respondant was kind enough to point this out as well--it is indeed a valid point.
Since that is the case, would the graphs presented by Raymond not represent the rate at which spam methods evolved and the successive onslaught of new spams using that method, rather than the volume of spam present on the web for a particular day?
A spike on the graph would indicate that the filter failed to keep up with the changing spectrum of spam, and would only partially reflect a volume increase... as the volume increase is only asit relates to the new spam method not picked up by the filter.
The hole in the graph, which he contributed to the CAN-SPAN movement, may instead be a result of a lull in the changes to span techniques.
Read the rest of the posts... many people have indicated they get a lot more spam than Raymond Chen.
I generally never presume that my experiences in this world are exceptional one way or the other. I always presume that I am average unless told otherwise.
Only 19000 spam messages?? That's nothing.
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My primary account receives nearly 500 spam messages a day, and the number is growing. It would only take me 6 months to get that amount of spam. It seems like Raymond Chen is less than average in the amount of spam received. The data analysis is intriguing, nonetheless, and I'm glad he had the forsight to do this project.
This from MSNBC:
"It picked up speed rapidly as Earth's gravitational pull brought it closer, reaching velocities of 25,000 mph or 11 kilometers per second. The capsule's descent was then slowed somewhat by atmospheric re-entry."
They then forgot to mention that it hit at only 100mph. I'd say hitting the ground at 100mph was just barely a "slowed somewhat". No one could ever accuse the media of overexagerating the facts!
There are no real negatives to stored procedures from a development standpoint. Databases that support them, assuming cost is not an issue, will always be prefered over those that do not. Why is this question even being asked on an open forum such as this?
Indeed! I've worked with Excel for a long time and my experience has been that most users (and I mean a VAST majority) don't use any plugins. They are happy to use it to tally up numbers, perform a bit of number crunching, etc. A solid application that looks and feels and interoperates with Excel on a fundamental level should make a huge splash in Linux. It certainly won't drive new users to linux on it's own, but it'll give them a reason to stay if they already are.
Add in an on par word processor, powerpoint tool, and outlook-esque client and you'll win a lot of new clients.
Ummm.... who's concerned about rules? Certainly not the student who participated in the test. As a minor, they cannot enter into legally binding contracts. Did the student sign an agreement saying that they'd bide by the rules? Even if they did, it wouldn't be enforcable if the student is under 18. If the student paid to take the test (I don't recall if there's a cost) then they've paid to get a result.
This system could potentially hurt many small hosting companies and small businesses. Businesses that have their own mail servers, or small hosts that provide mail services for their clients are now going to have to pay more just to provide basic mail service. Telling people "sorry, you can't send to MSN accounts" is simply not acceptable. It doesn't matter if it's a bond or not, the fact is that a small host now has to pay a lot of money to provide an essential service to it's clients. IronPort could essentially charge whatever they want if they own exclusive rights with MS for this service.
This approach form Microsoft is scary as hell for small hosts/providers and I hope that it doesn't happen if there is only one whitelist that MS goes with. If there were multiple whitelists, then I'd feel much more comfortable.
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Taxes for social security and medicare, which is taxed at a flat 15% (give or take), is assessed based on salary and is taken off the top before any other taxes are subtracted. An employee is responsible for half that tax, the employer is responsible for the other. By reducing their salaries down to $1, they effectively save themselves 15% of whatever they salaries were before. Dividend distributions and income derived from other sources is not assessed for this tax. So, there is a tax advantage to this move.
This voice controlled stuff is for the birds... I keep my volume way too lound for that to be useful. I'd rather have a remote control that included a built-in optical mouse that I can use to navigate around my DVD and cable/satellite box's menus. Then I'd be happy.
Oh yeah, also let me listen to the digital music channels and buy mp3 of songs that come on with a single click (or two, to be safe)... just email them to me and add the bill to my cable/satellite bill. Then I'd be REALLY happy.
It'll be cooler when the number of seconds (which will contain all 1's), converted to decimal matches that second's year. Can this even happen??
Ok, but what's in those 20, 30, 40, or 80 gigs of data? Music? Videos? Movies? Games? Between users, that's a lot of repitition. Google would only have to store exactly 1 copy of a file and reference it numerous times for each of the users.
I didn't see reference to this black inner layer in what I read. Did I miss it? Do you have insider knowledge? Or is this just a guess?
The first post made an interesting point and I've been wondering ever since. If your answer is 100% founded, I can rest easy. So please, let me know!
According to Google, it looks like Coffeeville Country Club is the closest thing to the center of the world. Looks like my old boss who played golf 4 days a week was right after all! Looks like my bowling days are over...
50% seems like an awful lot of commenting. Most of mine are something like this:
// this branch has been reached because the user
// selected this or that. We need to accomplish
// the following steps...
// 1. do this
// 2. do that (be care of that over there)
// 3. do this too
// step 1. do this
// step 2. do that
// we need to do this, do that, and do these
// to complete this step
// step 2.1.
if (something)
{
code();
code1();
loop1 {
yep;
we're;
doing;
something;
now!;
}
code2();
code();
code() {
blah();
foo();
bar();
}
code();
etc...;
}
You get the point. The ratio ends up being about 4:1 code to comments when all is said and done, so about 20% comments.
It's nice to see another coder who, in essense, styles code like I do. Namely:
:-)
- Using underscores in variable names
- Comment in real language when tricky stuff is happening
- Don't over comment code
- Use long variable names to enhance understanding
- Liberal use of whitespace and indenting to block off lines accomplishing a task.
I'm especially pleased about the underscores in the variable names. I can't stand CaseDeliniatedVariableNames.
That's even more interesting than the article at Techworld. Thanks for the post.
Silly question, but, what happens if we cut open our head and shine a light on these light reactive cells? Would they register as vision, or something completely new? Any links to experiments?
The first respondant was kind enough to point this out as well--it is indeed a valid point.
Since that is the case, would the graphs presented by Raymond not represent the rate at which spam methods evolved and the successive onslaught of new spams using that method, rather than the volume of spam present on the web for a particular day?
A spike on the graph would indicate that the filter failed to keep up with the changing spectrum of spam, and would only partially reflect a volume increase... as the volume increase is only asit relates to the new spam method not picked up by the filter.
The hole in the graph, which he contributed to the CAN-SPAN movement, may instead be a result of a lull in the changes to span techniques.
Thoughts?
Read the rest of the posts... many people have indicated they get a lot more spam than Raymond Chen.
I generally never presume that my experiences in this world are exceptional one way or the other. I always presume that I am average unless told otherwise.
My primary account receives nearly 500 spam messages a day, and the number is growing. It would only take me 6 months to get that amount of spam. It seems like Raymond Chen is less than average in the amount of spam received. The data analysis is intriguing, nonetheless, and I'm glad he had the forsight to do this project.
This from MSNBC: "It picked up speed rapidly as Earth's gravitational pull brought it closer, reaching velocities of 25,000 mph or 11 kilometers per second. The capsule's descent was then slowed somewhat by atmospheric re-entry." They then forgot to mention that it hit at only 100mph. I'd say hitting the ground at 100mph was just barely a "slowed somewhat". No one could ever accuse the media of overexagerating the facts!
There are no real negatives to stored procedures from a development standpoint. Databases that support them, assuming cost is not an issue, will always be prefered over those that do not. Why is this question even being asked on an open forum such as this?
Indeed! I've worked with Excel for a long time and my experience has been that most users (and I mean a VAST majority) don't use any plugins. They are happy to use it to tally up numbers, perform a bit of number crunching, etc. A solid application that looks and feels and interoperates with Excel on a fundamental level should make a huge splash in Linux. It certainly won't drive new users to linux on it's own, but it'll give them a reason to stay if they already are.
Add in an on par word processor, powerpoint tool, and outlook-esque client and you'll win a lot of new clients.
Ummm.... who's concerned about rules? Certainly not the student who participated in the test. As a minor, they cannot enter into legally binding contracts. Did the student sign an agreement saying that they'd bide by the rules? Even if they did, it wouldn't be enforcable if the student is under 18. If the student paid to take the test (I don't recall if there's a cost) then they've paid to get a result.
Am I wrong?
This system could potentially hurt many small hosting companies and small businesses. Businesses that have their own mail servers, or small hosts that provide mail services for their clients are now going to have to pay more just to provide basic mail service. Telling people "sorry, you can't send to MSN accounts" is simply not acceptable. It doesn't matter if it's a bond or not, the fact is that a small host now has to pay a lot of money to provide an essential service to it's clients. IronPort could essentially charge whatever they want if they own exclusive rights with MS for this service.
This approach form Microsoft is scary as hell for small hosts/providers and I hope that it doesn't happen if there is only one whitelist that MS goes with. If there were multiple whitelists, then I'd feel much more comfortable.