In the end, I think there's going to be an epic battle between consumer and civil advocacy groups and states over SSUTA and similar plans to collect sales tax on online sales. The 'use tax' law is clearly an attempt by states to levy taxes on interstate transactions (commerce between and among the states) and the Constitution squarely places that power in the hands of Congress exclusively.
These use taxes have never been challenged in court and if states push much harder, I'm betting they will be.
Boy, I wish I could raise $50 million without providing any additional benefits to anyone.
You can, but generally speaking, doing so would violate federal law. It's called 'racketeering'. As for how to do it, well, you'd probably have to ask John Gotti, Jr. Or perhaps the **AA.
they'll just try to crack down on people that commercialize it like blueboxing
If by 'blueboxing' you mean 'using a bluebox to get free calls on a payphone', then your analogy is incorrect to that extent. Blueboxing hasn't worked on most public payphones in many, many years, since virtually all the payphones in existence have been replaced with models that mute the microphone in the receiver until after you deposit the coins. I should know. I'm a former blueboxer.;)
aybe in Maryland. In California, the camera will note your plate, and a computer will issue a ticket. Unless you have a FasTrak device and just forgot it, in which case they'll charge your account, though I think you can get hit with an extra fee if you do this too often.
Ditto here in Florida. Without a SunPass, as they are called here, driving through the checkpoints without a device (or with a device that is malfunctioning) *will* result in a ticket being issued automatically. If you have the SunPass device, you just give them your SunPass account number (written on the SunPass device) and they will just bill your account and wipe out the ticket.
Will the thought of living in a machine comfort people?
Let's find out from some people who live in an actual machine. Morpheus, what do you think?
Morpheus: The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
for an opposing viewpoint, let's ask Cypher. Cypher?
Cypher: You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? [Takes a bite of steak] Cypher: Ignorance is bliss.
and, finally, for another insight, we'll ask Agent Smith:
Agent Smith: Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believed we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. But I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through suffering and misery. The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this: the peak of your civilization.
Then legally require businesses to higher some ratio of software developers who have passed a code certification and logged sufficient hours under the apprenticeship of a certified master, and cite them if any such developers blow the whistle on them.
As a transplanted Floridian, I heartily recommend the palmetto bugs. You can put them on a stick and roast them over an open flame or just fry 'em up in a pan.
Mmmmm....Crunchy.
Up North, I hear you can do much the same with various small rodents.
When I got a hold of the MST3K episode guides where every reference was explained, I was amazed at how much slipped by me.
Yeah, you were born just a slight bit too late to get some of the jokes. Of course, references to pop culture are often ephemeral -- the 'V-2/V-8' joke you allude to would simply have been lost on many in the younger generations.
That's why MST3k reruns won't hold up to the test of time except by a few pop culture afficianados and old timers like myself.
Except us. We've tried to become the face of the open source movement, and you guys just won't let us! *throws chair* Developers! Developers! Developers!
Expired or self-signed certs have no value, one would expect admins to have the minimum awareness (professionalism?) to maintain them correctly? Or is even that too much to ask?
Internally in a network where you can trust all the traffic, self-signed certs aren't much of a problem. In fact, they work just fine. Yes, it would be nice if we could do away with them and generate our own through our own internal root CA, but then some devices just don't let you add your own cert.
But, yes, self-signed certs have a time and a place. You have to be careful and validate the cert's fingerprint -- possibly even by hand.
Happily outside the USA and earning about 2.5 times what someone doing an equivalent job in the US earns (with a cost of living that's around 1.5 times... so I'm still better off)
Wait....because they can add children, that makes it worse?? Geez, when did everything become 'about the children'. There is nothing special about them, and society needs to quit catering to them and their parents...
I agree with this statement -- the problem is that when you have a child, that child becomes the most important thing in your life. Of course, that child should be the most important thing in everyone else's life, too, right?
Except that that's not the case, and these parents that think this way need to get some perspective.
No, no, people are brainwashed enough to think that if they can still have their gun, they're not living in a totalitarian state.
You don't need to take people's guns away if you've already poisoned their minds with your crap.
Bah. There are still plenty of folks whose minds have not been poisoned by their crap and who also have guns. Look for them. They'll be the ones shooting at government officials when the revolution comes.
Gotta love the government being immune to anybody on American soil suing them.
But the government is not immune to being sued. Suing the government is a Constitutional right and a favorite American pastime! Furthermore, any creation of 'No Sue' list as mentioned would be a violation of your Constitutional right to petition the government for a redress of issues.
I don't see why nVidia would have it any different or wouldn't be able to do the same.
Because they don't hold cross-licensing agreements with nVidia. Basically IBM wanted a second source for Intel's chips, and Intel annointed AMD. Eventually, AMD started clean-room reverse engineering some more advanced stuff, came up with some of their own designs, and started competing with Intel head-to-head (around the time of the 486). There were big legal battles in the late 80s/early 90s. Another company called Cyrix was also in the mix, but they are no more, having been aquired by IBM for their chip fab some years ago.
But, to make a long story short, Intel's Itanium failed big time and the cross-licensing deal with AMD allowed them to use AMD's X86-64 architecture for their newer 64-bit CPUs.
So, Intel and AMD are at a legal truce -- and newcomers may find themselves being sued by both.
In seriousness, I'm not surprised. From living this way for a while, I see a lot less stress on all parties most of the time. When there is stress, it's easier to deal with as you have a stronger close-knit support structure.
See. That's exactly what *I* thought. Then I tried to explain this to my wife, and, well, let me just say that at this point, I can see why monogamous men don't live as long -- they try to explain to their wife how great it would be to be polygamous...
Nvidia also denied that rumour vigorously, going so far as to demand a retraction of the story (from the news site, not Slashdot...). As typical, everyone seems to have caught the rumour and completely missed the denial.
Right. Because when companies issue a denial of a rumour, they're always telling the truth. They'd have no reason to cover up some new product they're not quite ready to release...
Oh, never mind, this is Nvidia, not Apple. Carry on.
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In the end, I think there's going to be an epic battle between consumer and civil advocacy groups and states over SSUTA and similar plans to collect sales tax on online sales. The 'use tax' law is clearly an attempt by states to levy taxes on interstate transactions (commerce between and among the states) and the Constitution squarely places that power in the hands of Congress exclusively.
These use taxes have never been challenged in court and if states push much harder, I'm betting they will be.
Boy, I wish I could raise $50 million without providing any additional benefits to anyone.
You can, but generally speaking, doing so would violate federal law. It's called 'racketeering'. As for how to do it, well, you'd probably have to ask John Gotti, Jr. Or perhaps the **AA.
they'll just try to crack down on people that commercialize it like blueboxing
If by 'blueboxing' you mean 'using a bluebox to get free calls on a payphone', then your analogy is incorrect to that extent. Blueboxing hasn't worked on most public payphones in many, many years, since virtually all the payphones in existence have been replaced with models that mute the microphone in the receiver until after you deposit the coins. I should know. I'm a former blueboxer. ;)
The only toll roads in the whole state are north of I-80. Of course, you guys up there think Illinois' southern border is I-80 anyway.
For those unaware, 'north of I-80' in Illinois ~= Chicago and its suburbs.
Not that I'm from Illinois. I'm originally from Detroit, but I've been to Chicago and through various parts of Illinois many times. ;)
aybe in Maryland. In California, the camera will note your plate, and a computer will issue a ticket. Unless you have a FasTrak device and just forgot it, in which case they'll charge your account, though I think you can get hit with an extra fee if you do this too often.
Ditto here in Florida. Without a SunPass, as they are called here, driving through the checkpoints without a device (or with a device that is malfunctioning) *will* result in a ticket being issued automatically. If you have the SunPass device, you just give them your SunPass account number (written on the SunPass device) and they will just bill your account and wipe out the ticket.
Will the thought of living in a machine comfort people?
Let's find out from some people who live in an actual machine. Morpheus, what do you think?
Morpheus: The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
for an opposing viewpoint, let's ask Cypher. Cypher?
Cypher: You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize?
[Takes a bite of steak]
Cypher: Ignorance is bliss.
and, finally, for another insight, we'll ask Agent Smith:
Agent Smith: Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believed we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. But I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through suffering and misery. The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this: the peak of your civilization.
Then legally require businesses to higher some ratio of software developers who have passed a code certification and logged sufficient hours under the apprenticeship of a certified master, and cite them if any such developers blow the whistle on them.
Hmmm...smells like a union...
As a transplanted Floridian, I heartily recommend the palmetto bugs. You can put them on a stick and roast them over an open flame or just fry 'em up in a pan.
Mmmmm....Crunchy.
Up North, I hear you can do much the same with various small rodents.
IIRC, I think Opportunist here is a musician of sorts. I'm guessing a 'monitor system' may consist audio monitors, not video monitors.
What do you mean, "this month"? Priorities, man, food or bleedin' edge hardware, pick one!
If he ain't starving yet, he needs to turn in his geek card. Now.
When I got a hold of the MST3K episode guides where every reference was explained, I was amazed at how much slipped by me.
Yeah, you were born just a slight bit too late to get some of the jokes. Of course, references to pop culture are often ephemeral -- the 'V-2/V-8' joke you allude to would simply have been lost on many in the younger generations.
That's why MST3k reruns won't hold up to the test of time except by a few pop culture afficianados and old timers like myself.
Now get off of my lawn!
Except us. We've tried to become the face of the open source movement, and you guys just won't let us! *throws chair* Developers! Developers! Developers!
Thanks,
Steve B.
Expired or self-signed certs have no value, one would expect admins to have the minimum awareness (professionalism?) to maintain them correctly? Or is even that too much to ask?
Internally in a network where you can trust all the traffic, self-signed certs aren't much of a problem. In fact, they work just fine. Yes, it would be nice if we could do away with them and generate our own through our own internal root CA, but then some devices just don't let you add your own cert.
But, yes, self-signed certs have a time and a place. You have to be careful and validate the cert's fingerprint -- possibly even by hand.
So, my wireless broadband router admin site needs to renew it's certificate every year? Self-signed certs are used for valid reasons.
Can you trust everyone on your network? Hint: in most cases you can't if your running a wireless router.
Happily outside the USA and earning about 2.5 times what someone doing an equivalent job in the US earns (with a cost of living that's around 1.5 times... so I'm still better off)
*rolls eyes* Canadians! Ay!
Wait....because they can add children, that makes it worse?? Geez, when did everything become 'about the children'. There is nothing special about them, and society needs to quit catering to them and their parents...
I agree with this statement -- the problem is that when you have a child, that child becomes the most important thing in your life. Of course, that child should be the most important thing in everyone else's life, too, right?
Except that that's not the case, and these parents that think this way need to get some perspective.
Whether they can add children to a No Fly list is irrelevant. That they can add anyone to a 'No Fly' list is also a violation of your Constitutional rights. That they can demand to see your ID before you get on a flight is also a violation of your Constitutional rights, no matter what courts say about it, IMHO.
Yeah, but this one is wayyy cool because I'm fairly certain she came up with it after watching an episode of MacGyver....
Well, I'm sure no real terrorist would ever think
of doing something like that.
/me checks stolen copy of NoFly list ...
Hmmmm.... this one looks suspicious: O. Ben Ladder
No, no, people are brainwashed enough to think that if they can still have their gun, they're not living in a totalitarian state.
You don't need to take people's guns away if you've already poisoned their minds with your crap.
Bah. There are still plenty of folks whose minds have not been poisoned by their crap and who also have guns. Look for them. They'll be the ones shooting at government officials when the revolution comes.
Gotta love the government being immune to anybody on American soil suing them.
But the government is not immune to being sued. Suing the government is a Constitutional right and a favorite American pastime! Furthermore, any creation of 'No Sue' list as mentioned would be a violation of your Constitutional right to petition the government for a redress of issues.
I don't see why nVidia would have it any different or wouldn't be able to do the same.
Because they don't hold cross-licensing agreements with nVidia. Basically IBM wanted a second source for Intel's chips, and Intel annointed AMD. Eventually, AMD started clean-room reverse engineering some more advanced stuff, came up with some of their own designs, and started competing with Intel head-to-head (around the time of the 486). There were big legal battles in the late 80s/early 90s. Another company called Cyrix was also in the mix, but they are no more, having been aquired by IBM for their chip fab some years ago.
But, to make a long story short, Intel's Itanium failed big time and the cross-licensing deal with AMD allowed them to use AMD's X86-64 architecture for their newer 64-bit CPUs.
So, Intel and AMD are at a legal truce -- and newcomers may find themselves being sued by both.
wooosh....
No doubt. That's part of their MO. Look at how they got SCO the money for SCO v. IBM.
In seriousness, I'm not surprised. From living this way for a while, I see a lot less stress on all parties most of the time. When there is stress, it's easier to deal with as you have a stronger close-knit support structure.
See. That's exactly what *I* thought. Then I tried to explain this to my wife, and, well, let me just say that at this point, I can see why monogamous men don't live as long -- they try to explain to their wife how great it would be to be polygamous...
Nvidia also denied that rumour vigorously, going so far as to demand a retraction of the story (from the news site, not Slashdot...). As typical, everyone seems to have caught the rumour and completely missed the denial.
Right. Because when companies issue a denial of a rumour, they're always telling the truth. They'd have no reason to cover up some new product they're not quite ready to release ...
Oh, never mind, this is Nvidia, not Apple. Carry on.