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  1. Re: Not even upset on 11 Years After Git, BitKeeper Is Open-Sourced (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Because HP bought DEC, and DEC created Pathworks (its version of SMB). Pathworks is what Samba was originally designed to inter-operate with.

  2. Re:Laches: You snooze, you lose on Google-Backed Yieldify Has Acquired IP From 'World's Biggest Patent Troll' (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but back damages are when the product was starting out, so the number of units sold might be small. Damages will apply to future sales. Thus it becomes a timing game.

  3. Windows 7 Retail on Windows 10 Now Runs On 300M Active Devices; Upgrade To Cost $119 After July 29 · · Score: 1

    Is there any way to upgrade Windows 7 OEM license to Retail?

  4. Short answer: "Tax is due where title passes."
    Long answer:
    Normally when you order something, you pay the vendor for shipping. The vendor contracts a shipper. Wherever that shipper delivers the merchandise is where sales tax is calculated. In theory you could have the vendor deliver the goods to a place in, say, Oregon. Then you could pay a shipper (contracted by you, not by the vendor) to ship the goods to your home or business. Sales tax would be due for Oregon (0%).
    Use taxes are a "catch-all" designed to tax people who do things like this example.

  5. Re:Not everything is excludable on Should You Pay Sales Tax on Internet Purchases? South Dakota Law Could Be The Test (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    According to the IRS, a tax is something you pay to a government and are not promised something of value in return. A fee is where you are promised something. You pay a fee to enter a state park. You might pay a fee for garbage collection in your property taxes. What you pay to the school board is a tax.

  6. Some of us read at -1. We see all the posts.

  7. Re:He is partially wrong on Your Media Business Will Not Be Saved (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember Hurricane Charley (2004) . Every one of their FM stations was broadcasting AM580 news (the weather). Had to break out the shortwave to get MUSIC while waiting for the fallen trees to be removed.

  8. Prediction! on US Justice Dept Approves Charter's Time Warner Cable Purchase With Conditions (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Prices will go up. Quality will go down. How else can they pay the banks and investors who are underwriting this merger? Subscriptions per capita appear to be declining for both cable TV and cable internet. Together this indicates a possible death spiral. A good reason for the banks and the investors to try to get their pay out UP FRONT.

  9. US Senate passes bill creating a slush fund for campaign contributors.

  10. Remember, everything that the President of the US does is explicitly or implicitly supported by the US Congress. They are the ones who authorize money being spent. So in the grand scheme of things, the POTUS election isn't as important as the congressional elections.

  11. Re:I'm sorry, but the buildings dont look good. on Zaha Hadid, Groundbreaking Architect, Dies at 65 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Lessons from my father:

    "An architect builds a monument to themselves with another person's money."

  12. Re:Garlick and wooden stakes needed ... on 13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal (theinquirer.net) · · Score: 1

    The lawsuit was dismissed "with prejudice", and the lawyers still filed an appeal. Apparently the only thing these lawyers understand is physical violence. Wooden stakes might help.

  13. Re:Darn, Windows only on Atari Vault Hits Steam, Play 100 Classic Games On PC (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    Serves you right. Next time use a real OS.

    Are you seriously trying to call Windows a real OS? I don't think that word means what you think it means.

    I have a Windows 7 box dedicated to playing games. So I consider it a "real OS".

    Or does "real OS" only include operating systems for work machines?

  14. Re:!AIX on Microsoft to Open Source Minecraft-Based Project AIX · · Score: 1

    SUX?

    Already taken by Sioux City airport.

  15. Oh, you can appeal. You have to appeal to the circuit court (called superior court in some states). That means filing fees ($100-$300) and (usually) required use of a lawyer--at your expense. Thus an "appeal" can cost more than paying the fine.

  16. Re:What's holocaust? on Auschwitz Museum Releases Software To Rewrite Holocaust Nomenclature (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Hitler was appointed, not elected.

  17. Re:KDE5 crashs anyway even with X11 on Fresh Wayland Experiences With Weston, GNOME, KDE and Enlightenment · · Score: 1

    Anyone know where I can get a retail license for win 7?

  18. Re:Poster means Wayland support is perfect on Fresh Wayland Experiences With Weston, GNOME, KDE and Enlightenment · · Score: 1

    After hesitating for years, I switched to xcfe. It is such a relieve from all the new crap.

    I didn't wait. I went to xfce the first time I installed Mint. I want pretty applications and lots of xterms. Pretty desktop not required.

  19. Re:The whole Wikimedia Foundation needs to disband on Arnnon Geshuri, Newest Wikimedia Trustee, Forced To Resign · · Score: 1

    "Only following orders" can sometimes be a valid excuse. For example: if someone can be executed / shot immediately for not following orders. See Enlisted.
    On the other hand, if they are in a position more like a Commissioned Officer, then it is not an excuse.

  20. Re:It's wrong because... on Why Is So Much Reported Science Wrong (berkeley.edu) · · Score: 1

    "Science marches forward one (old scientist's) death at a time"
    --Paraphrase of Max Planck

  21. Re:It's wrong because... on Why Is So Much Reported Science Wrong (berkeley.edu) · · Score: 1

    Dear journalists:

    Please stick to your normal stories about crime, disaster, and celebrity. Please stay away from stories on science. Trust that those interested in science will seek it out--without your lame "help".

  22. Re:Here is an idea... on Microsoft Starts Its Own Charity Organization: Microsoft Philanthropies (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    How about funding their pension obligations to Microsoft employees?

  23. Re:Won't have to work hard on Florida Group Wants To Make Space a 2016 Presidential Campaign Issue (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    TV13 News is a partnership between Bright House Networks of Central Florida (cable TV and ISP provider) and the Orlando Sentinel
    (major local newspaper).
    They are, shall we say, left of center.

  24. Re: She? on Oracle Bakes Security Into New Chips (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Yes, she

    She, the brown-skinned, multi-racial, handicapped pansexual wiccan furry who was born with a penis.

    I think I went to school with him/her

    ... and those 2, 3, or 4 years were the best or worst years of your life.

  25. Re:School Lunch on Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com) · · Score: 1

    American schools require a cafeteria in order to qualify for Federal funding. Never mind that 80-90% or more of American school funding is from state, county, parrish, and/or city taxes. And NEVER ask how much it costs to comply with this and other federal rules.