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  1. Re:In a realted development, Amazon to lose NYers. on Amazon Fights Back Against NY Online Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    IIRC from accounting class, the state you are incorporated has little to do with where you do business and pay taxes.
    The majority of american corporations are incorporated in Delaware, regardless of where they actually do business, because of friendlier laws there.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_corporation
    So to avoid this the publishers would have to completely move operations out of NY I believe.

  2. Connection to math = The Universe on Is Mathematics Discovered Or Invented? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    human minds engaged in doing mathematics must somehow be able to connect with this non-physical state. Wouldn't this just be our observations of the world around us?
    I haven't read TFA yet but it sounds like a troll written by someone who doesn't really grok math and physics (not that I completely do either).
    Take addition for example.
    Did some balding Greek define addition, or did he have 1 apple in one hand, 1 apple in the other hand, and discover that he had 2 apples total?
  3. Re:Firefox 3 Beta 5? Really? on Ubuntu 8.04 Released · · Score: 1

    It is pretty easy to swap it out actually, and I'm pretty sure they've used at least RC versions as default in previous releases with no ill effects that I can recall.
    Firefox, and ubuntu in general, update automatically by default so any deficiencies will soon be remedied.

  4. Re:Can somebody explain to me... on End of the Internet's Tax-Free Ride? · · Score: 1

    Because the city/state/feds want to tax every dollar 3 or 4 times every time it changes hands.
    They tax your employer, then they tax your pay, then they tax you when you spend your pay.
    A bunch of different taxes don't bring out the pitchforks as fast as one huge one.

  5. Re:Pure Evil on Monsanto's Harvest of Fear · · Score: 1

    just because someone feels passionately about something does not make them wrong. Maybe not necessarily, but when someone bases their world view on video games I wouldn't bet against it.
    Too many people are taking a romantic view of big corporations based on what they see in movies and games which were in turn written by people with little first hand knowledge.
    I would agree that Monsanto has some pretty aggressive and probably unethical lawyers and collections department people, but when someone starts throwing around words like 'Evil' it's a pretty good clue that they make their decision based on emotion and they find reasons after.
  6. Green or Yellow on Black on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Green on Black
    Green is right in the middle of our visible spectrum which makes it the easiest for our eyes to pick up.
    As for which is healthiest for the eyes, probably listening to an audio-book version of the same text...

  7. Re:USB HD receiver on 10 Cool Gadgets You Can't Get Here · · Score: 2, Informative

    I know you can get an ATSC (digital TV, which I assume is what everyone is trying to say when they say HDTV in this context) USB tuner from Hauppage at any Radioshack for about 60 bucks.

    I don't know if the chinese "HDTV broadcasts" are ATSC or some other similar standard but ATSC would be the only one useful here anyway.

  8. Re:Classic on Granular Linux Distro Preview is Worth a Look · · Score: 1

    Passed -> past
    English is complicated too, but people use it every day.
    The same could be true of linux.

  9. Re:Great... now just upgrade your business model! on Verizon Reveals Plans For "C Block" Airwaves · · Score: 1

    I sell sprint and ATT phones working my way through school.
    ATT's 99 dollars a month plan only covers voice. You still pay 15 cents per text message and you pay per kilobyte for medianet (which means you dont use it at all or you get pounded).
    Verizon's is the same way AFAIK

    If only sprint had real phones (GSM) I would use them in a heartbeat. The CDMA phones they do offer are more expensive than their GSM counterparts unfortunately, and many of them tend to be buggier as well.

  10. Re:Flash 9 on Linux is terrible. on The Death of Windows XP · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're a little too quick to declare things unpossible.
    Actually FLV is a container format. It is possible for a video to be FLV AND H.264 at the same time.

  11. Re:Simple solutions for NASA on Mars Rovers Facing Budget Cuts [Updated] · · Score: 1

    You should also note that the budget is a function of the Legislative branch, which was under Republican control at the time.
    Just because partisan politics makes it easier to think doesn't mean it leads you to the right answer every time.

  12. Re:pwned on Blu-ray BD+ Cracked · · Score: 1

    This comment was gratuitous, and I apologize. It's only gratuitous because everyone else can tell he's a dick without you saying so.
  13. Re:Ok, on Embedded Microchips In Virtually Everything · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tinfoil hats.
    Do you think we wear them because they look cool?

  14. Re:Ship Dates on Jeremy Allison On Microsoft, OOXML and Standards · · Score: 1

    Just because something hasn't shipped yet doesn't mean it isn't done. C'mon this is microsoft, even when it does ship it isn't done.
    This is the least compelling excuse for why they arent improving the spec and implementation of OOXML I have heard.
  15. Re:Hemp is not that course on New Wonder Weed to Fuel Cars? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you think hemp isn't course[sic] it is because hemp clothing is generally about half cotton.
    100% hemp is going to feel like canvas, which might have something to do with the fact that the word canvas comes from cannabis.
    Hemp is good for lots of things, but the only logical reason to wear it as clothing is a political statement.

  16. Re:Why don't they just standardize on OpenGL... on Valve Says Choice to Make DX10 Vista-Only Hurt PC Gaming · · Score: 1

    I call BS. What game did you test this on that had both OpenGL and DirectX implementations? I want to know which imaginary game studio was stupid enough to waste all that imaginary money duplicating effort, just so you could perform your imaginary test Are you on crack?
    I can think of the biggest possible example off the top of my head.
    World of Warcraft.
    Smart game studios don't allow the decisions of Microsoft to limit their market. Fortunately smart game studios aren't quite imaginary yet.
  17. Re:Tobacco companies would sell med mar. on Nicotine Is the New Wonder Drug · · Score: 3, Informative

    The tobacco companies don't own the farms.
    If the farmers start growing something other than tobacco then they will start selling to someone other than Phillip Morris.

  18. Re:OT: E.V.O.O doesn't mean what she thinks it mea on Compound From Olive-Pomace Oil Inhibits HIV Spread · · Score: 1

    Sesame oil is actually even worse for deep frying than olive oil.
    I think you must be thinking of peanut oil.

  19. Re:double standard, ahoy! on Verizon Copper Cutoff Traps Customers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The US has a primitive broadband infrastructure BECAUSE of this sort of activity.
    With a more competitive marketplace there would be pressure to improve quality, reduce prices, and expand the market.
    If Verizon has no competition they charge what they want, provide crappy service, and dont invest in their infrastructure.

  20. Re:While its great they are so flexible on Boeing's New 787 Wings — Amazingly Flexible · · Score: 1

    I imagine it probably has far too much rotational inertia to do any snappy turns or rolls with its normal sized control surfaces.

  21. Re:While its great they are so flexible on Boeing's New 787 Wings — Amazingly Flexible · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Better to bend than to break.

  22. Re:Uh... on Wikipedia Gets State Funding in Germany · · Score: 1

    Germany is funding people to write about things that would benefit the people of Germany.
    Somehow I think it's going to be more like this:
    "Germany is funding people to write about things which cast federal german programs and agendas in a favorable light."
    There is no way this won't turn political.
  23. Re:XP is _still_ better then linux and it's 7 year on Pimp Your XP · · Score: 1

    until it is linux will stay with >1% marketshare.
    I don't know what makes this funnier, the fact that linux has hovered around 3% market share for a long time, or the fact that you don't know the difference between greater-than and less-than.
    Either way I think I've found your problem with using linux: you're a moron.
  24. Re:I hate to say it... on AMD Considering Getting Out of Fabrication Business · · Score: 1

    Everyone makes mistakes. Does that make them much less worthy of some help. Doesn't make them any more worthy either.
  25. Re:Written by a sysadmin? on After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu has no ports open by default, that's pretty 'locked down'.
    There goes any possibility of a worm or remote attack.
    Anything else would require some sort of action on the part of a user, opening an email with a virus written for linux attatched and then executing the attatchment for example.