I suspect that the real reason that MSNBC is breaking up is because Ballmer through a chair through his TV set over some news story, vowing to "destroy MSNBC."
The best password ever is the one used by Rodney McKay of Stargate Atlantis: 16431879196842. The birth years of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and himself, plus the number 42.;-)
I live in Tennessee, and I recently got an interesting email this week from amazon.com:
Hello from Amazon.com,
Thank you for being a loyal customer of Amazon.com LLC. We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to provide you vast selection, low prices, fast delivery and convenience.
As you may know, Amazon.com LLC is not required to collect sales or use taxes in Tennessee. However, the state of Tennessee requires us to provide the following notice to you:
You may owe use tax on purchases you made from Amazon.com LLC during the previous calendar year. The amount of tax you may owe is based on the total sales price of the items you purchased during the calendar year unless an exemption exists under state law or you have already paid the tax. A sale is not exempt under state law because it is made through the Internet. The total sales price of purchases you had shipped to Tennessee in 2011 was $104.78. This is the amount that you may include on your Tennessee use tax return to calculate the appropriate use tax owed unless you have already paid the tax.
As purchases from Amazon.com LLC can be made through various sales channels, we have included directly below your breakdown of purchases from the various channels.
Total sales from www.amazon.com $xxx.xx
Total sales from www.endless.com $0.00
Total sales from www.myhabit.com $0.00
Total sales from www.amazonwireless.com $0.00
Total sales from www.smallparts.com $0.00
In addition, the state of Tennessee requires us to provide you with the following link that you can use to get more information and pay any taxes due:
While Amazon.com LLC does not report this information directly to the state of Tennessee we are required to provide this information to you based on Tennessee Code T.C.A. 67-6-5 (f)(3) signed into law March 23, 2012.
This notification has been sent to all customers that had purchases delivered to Tennessee. If you are not a resident of Tennessee, the most common reason for receiving this notification is that you may have sent a gift to a recipient in the state.
For more information you may also view our Tennessee Use Tax Notification Page at:
"a 'good' type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens"
Sounds like somebody either failed basic biochemistry, or Chinese translation. "Fat" is exclusively an animal product. It is not found in plants, which would include nuts, seeds, and leafy greens.
This would be an opportune time for an Ori attack, since we'll lose communications to our Antarctic Stargate and the Chair that is down there. Better ramp up our defenses first!
Prior to her departure, Ms. Dugan set up a meeting with President Obama to discuss her plans. At some point in the conversation Obama said: “Just tell me it’s not Google.” She told him it was Google.
At that point, President Obama picked up a chair and threw it across the Oval Office, hitting a table. Obama then said: “F**king Eric Schmidt is a f**king pussy. I’m going to f**king bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to f**king kill Google.”
Except I suppose the citizens of Virginia aren't going to be too happy when the government realizes that Amazon has a "physical presence" in the state and decides to start charging them sales tax,. . . D'oh!
I think one of the biggest problems with online comments, and especially one that we're seeing in a presidential election year, is that a lot of them seem to be politically-motivated. If you look at CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, or even Yahoo, any news story that is on the topic of politics sees a lot of comments (if comments are enabled). I don't have any proof, but I would bet a good amount of money that most of those comments are not from regular people reading the story, but are posted by individuals working in one of the campaigns, probably in their "social media" departments. This is where the campaigns hire a few truckloads of twentysomethings at $10/hour to sit around in cubicles on their notebook computers posting the same old talking point nonsense that the candidates spew out. And they do this because they need to be able to convince the public that they "understand the new media" and are "llstening to the younger generations and the future of news". Ron Paul seems to be an "expert" on this approach -- though he seems to have toned things down since 2008. The unfortunate thing about this is that the comments sections become dominated by this crap being posted by all the campaigns out there, so the decent comments by regular folks get lost in this shuffle.
In Chicago, one often isn't removed from the voter registration lists until several years after the actual date of death, so they're still eligible to vote.
I see I have several mod points here on Slashdot today! And I don't even get $1/hour! Can I get a pay raise? I refuse to moderate this story thread until I do!
On the bright side, Brawndo probably would have a higher nutritional value than the nuggets she was offered. Because, you know, it has electrolytes and stuff. And it's what plants crave. So, if plants consume it, and we consume plants, it must be good, right?
If Ron Paul is right, we'll eventually be ditching the penny altogether once its completely worthless. In its place, there will be a new $100 gold coin, which will eventually carry the same value as today's penny.
The desalinated water that comes from the battery still contains too much salt for drinking, La Mantia says: “We removed up to 50% of the original salt, but we need to arrive at 98%.”
Not sure what math they're using when 50% removal of ions is considered "de-salinated". I guess they're getting there, so by publishing this article, maybe they'll be able to snag some venture capital?
Eric Schmidt was screaming, furious at the news one of the oldest Google employees was leaving, "F**king Salman Khan is a f**king pussy. I'm going to f**king bury that guy! I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f**king kill Khan Academy!"
Authorities were later called to Google HQ to dislodge a chair from the windshield of Sergey Brinn's Ferrari out in the parking lot, and a glass company was immediately called in to repair the window.
Slashdot Mirror
I suspect that the real reason that MSNBC is breaking up is because Ballmer through a chair through his TV set over some news story, vowing to "destroy MSNBC."
Taking a clue from the Slashdot Playbook of Web Design, what they need to spruce up their site is, "OMG PONIES!!!!!!!!!1"
The best password ever is the one used by Rodney McKay of Stargate Atlantis: 16431879196842. The birth years of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and himself, plus the number 42. ;-)
Hello from Amazon.com,
Thank you for being a loyal customer of Amazon.com LLC. We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to provide you vast selection, low prices, fast delivery and convenience.
As you may know, Amazon.com LLC is not required to collect sales or use taxes in Tennessee. However, the state of Tennessee requires us to provide the following notice to you:
You may owe use tax on purchases you made from Amazon.com LLC during the previous calendar year. The amount of tax you may owe is based on the total sales price of the items you purchased during the calendar year unless an exemption exists under state law or you have already paid the tax. A sale is not exempt under state law because it is made through the Internet. The total sales price of purchases you had shipped to Tennessee in 2011 was $104.78. This is the amount that you may include on your Tennessee use tax return to calculate the appropriate use tax owed unless you have already paid the tax.
As purchases from Amazon.com LLC can be made through various sales channels, we have included directly below your breakdown of purchases from the various channels.
Total sales from www.amazon.com $xxx.xx
Total sales from www.endless.com $0.00
Total sales from www.myhabit.com $0.00
Total sales from www.amazonwireless.com $0.00
Total sales from www.smallparts.com $0.00
In addition, the state of Tennessee requires us to provide you with the following link that you can use to get more information and pay any taxes due:
Use Tax Page: https://apps.tn.gov/usetax Please note the following:
While Amazon.com LLC does not report this information directly to the state of Tennessee we are required to provide this information to you based on Tennessee Code T.C.A. 67-6-5 (f)(3) signed into law March 23, 2012.
This notification has been sent to all customers that had purchases delivered to Tennessee. If you are not a resident of Tennessee, the most common reason for receiving this notification is that you may have sent a gift to a recipient in the state.
For more information you may also view our Tennessee Use Tax Notification Page at:
www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200909330
Sincerely,
Customer Service
Sounds like somebody either failed basic biochemistry, or Chinese translation. "Fat" is exclusively an animal product. It is not found in plants, which would include nuts, seeds, and leafy greens.
And let's not forget who was part of this the last time the olympics were held in the United States,. . .
This would be an opportune time for an Ori attack, since we'll lose communications to our Antarctic Stargate and the Chair that is down there. Better ramp up our defenses first!
I wonder how much the GOP paid Google for this? Specifically, the Santorum, Romney, or Gingrich campaigns,. . . ;-)
At that point, President Obama picked up a chair and threw it across the Oval Office, hitting a table. Obama then said: “F**king Eric Schmidt is a f**king pussy. I’m going to f**king bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to f**king kill Google.”
Except I suppose the citizens of Virginia aren't going to be too happy when the government realizes that Amazon has a "physical presence" in the state and decides to start charging them sales tax,. . . D'oh!
I read the headline the first time and though, "Why does Iran hate good beer?"
The password that I use is "onetwothreefourfive". Is that secure enough?
I think one of the biggest problems with online comments, and especially one that we're seeing in a presidential election year, is that a lot of them seem to be politically-motivated. If you look at CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, or even Yahoo, any news story that is on the topic of politics sees a lot of comments (if comments are enabled). I don't have any proof, but I would bet a good amount of money that most of those comments are not from regular people reading the story, but are posted by individuals working in one of the campaigns, probably in their "social media" departments. This is where the campaigns hire a few truckloads of twentysomethings at $10/hour to sit around in cubicles on their notebook computers posting the same old talking point nonsense that the candidates spew out. And they do this because they need to be able to convince the public that they "understand the new media" and are "llstening to the younger generations and the future of news". Ron Paul seems to be an "expert" on this approach -- though he seems to have toned things down since 2008. The unfortunate thing about this is that the comments sections become dominated by this crap being posted by all the campaigns out there, so the decent comments by regular folks get lost in this shuffle.
Remember, they did try once to update the look and feel of the site and make it more attractive, particularly to women. Unfortunately, that design was unbearably awful to just about everyone else. Thank god it was just done on April 1.
In Chicago, one often isn't removed from the voter registration lists until several years after the actual date of death, so they're still eligible to vote.
I see I have several mod points here on Slashdot today! And I don't even get $1/hour! Can I get a pay raise? I refuse to moderate this story thread until I do!
What's this reference to Christianity? Everybody knows that 4000 B.C. is when every Civilization founds their first city. Sid Meier says so.
CPE-1704-TKS? Let's play global thermonuclear war.
After all, the company probably needs to make a big donation to make up for CEO Jamie Dimon's assertions that journalists make too much money,. . .
When dealing with printers, all you need is three people.
On the bright side, Brawndo probably would have a higher nutritional value than the nuggets she was offered. Because, you know, it has electrolytes and stuff. And it's what plants crave. So, if plants consume it, and we consume plants, it must be good, right?
If Ron Paul is right, we'll eventually be ditching the penny altogether once its completely worthless. In its place, there will be a new $100 gold coin, which will eventually carry the same value as today's penny.
Not sure what math they're using when 50% removal of ions is considered "de-salinated". I guess they're getting there, so by publishing this article, maybe they'll be able to snag some venture capital?
Authorities were later called to Google HQ to dislodge a chair from the windshield of Sergey Brinn's Ferrari out in the parking lot, and a glass company was immediately called in to repair the window.
I wonder if their President is surrounded by assholes, too?