David Lowery suggests that the "ethical and legal" amount for ownership of those songs however is only $2139.50 (it's in the article, stated several times). Unfortunately, David doesn't seem to understand that there is nowhere that the music is actually available at that price (approximately $.20 per song).
In this article David Lowery attempts to get readers on his side of the fence by discussing what would have needed to be paid to "ethically and legally" support the artists, specifically for the 11,000 songs that Emily White has in her collection. His stated value for those songs, $2,139.50.
That is approximately $0.20 per song. I think everyone would agree that is a fair price. Unfortunately, there is nowhere that you can actually purchase music at anywhere near that price.
David Lowery suggests that $2,139.50 is fair, and yet then attempts to direct Emily to iTunes, where that collection would likely cost exactly $10,890, assuming an average cost of $0.99.
As someone who has dealt with the enormity of school idiocy, let me just state that a quick call to the family lawyer will get all this straightened right out. If threatened with a law suit, the school will buckle. Also, if this is what constitutes an expulsion these days, I never would have made it out of grade school.
I'm not disagreeing with your points at all, I was simply responding to the parent.
"Follow the success of the web. Use HTML+JavaScript. Let the web designers who already have a suite of awesome tools to come in and design the desktop. Allow users to install different designs (similar to add-ons/extensions in Firefox). Stop holding our desktops hostage because only a select few people actually understand the GNOME/KDE codebase well enough to code their ideas."
Specifically this was worded to say that GNOME 3 was not customizable, I simply pointed out that GNOME 3 does exactly what is being proposed. Now, the fact that the majority of users will not be able to customize it is a shortcoming, but if it gets popular enough I'm sure there will be add on tools that enable customization.
Obviously there are significanly more zip codes than states,there are also much more factors to eal with than that. To tac this properly there would have to be a registry of all potential addresses I the nation, special rules for PO boxes etc.
For example, I live in a small municipality that has an additional tax rate, surrounded by mostly unincorporated portions of the county. However, we are small enough to not have our own zip code. How would I be taxed? Tax everyone in a zip code at the highest rate? The lowest?
This situation is not unique, and oversimplification of the rules means it's still not "fair" for everyone.
<quote>... How hard would it be to add sales tax based on the zip code of the delivery address?...</quote>
Significantly harder then you make it sound. There are a lot of zip codes in the country, each with tax rates changing year to year and potentially more often. Who maintains this database? Where does the information come from originally?
What everyone seems to be missing on, is the fact that Amazon does not have to PAY sales tax. No retailer pays sales tax at the time of the consumer purchase. Retailers CHARGE sales tax to the consumer. It is the consumer's responsibility to pay this tax. Retailers collect sales taxes and it goes directly to the state, this is done because it is more efficient (and reliable) to force the retailers to keep track of the amount of taxes that should be paid (by consumers), then to rely on every individual consumer to track their purchases and pay their fair share.
The long term health effects of the backscatter are not known. This is effectively a low dose of radiation, applied over your entire body. For someone who frequently travels, this could be a legitimate concern. Also, the effects of radiation on bodies still in development is unknown. If it became necessary to travel with my kids, I would absolutely not allow them to go through the scanner. However, as it stands this means that I would have to subject my kids to a very thorough pat down by some screening personnel; someone with whom I am not familiar, and have no knowledge of their qualifications. Unacceptable.
No, you're not. There's a lot going into the manufacture and distribution of this, only to be put into a periodical (not even a good one) to be thrown away in a week. My earth hurts....
Actually, there are good and bad role models in everything. There are some VERY good role models working in closed source shops. Herb Sutter works for Microsoft.
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David Lowery suggests that the "ethical and legal" amount for ownership of those songs however is only $2139.50 (it's in the article, stated several times). Unfortunately, David doesn't seem to understand that there is nowhere that the music is actually available at that price (approximately $.20 per song).
In this article David Lowery attempts to get readers on his side of the fence by discussing what would have needed to be paid to "ethically and legally" support the artists, specifically for the 11,000 songs that Emily White has in her collection. His stated value for those songs, $2,139.50.
That is approximately $0.20 per song. I think everyone would agree that is a fair price. Unfortunately, there is nowhere that you can actually purchase music at anywhere near that price.
David Lowery suggests that $2,139.50 is fair, and yet then attempts to direct Emily to iTunes, where that collection would likely cost exactly $10,890, assuming an average cost of $0.99.
As someone who has dealt with the enormity of school idiocy, let me just state that a quick call to the family lawyer will get all this straightened right out. If threatened with a law suit, the school will buckle. Also, if this is what constitutes an expulsion these days, I never would have made it out of grade school.
Reminded me of this: http://xkcd.com/699/
I'm not disagreeing with your points at all, I was simply responding to the parent.
"Follow the success of the web. Use HTML+JavaScript. Let the web designers who already have a suite of awesome tools to come in and design the desktop. Allow users to install different designs (similar to add-ons/extensions in Firefox). Stop holding our desktops hostage because only a select few people actually understand the GNOME/KDE codebase well enough to code their ideas."
Specifically this was worded to say that GNOME 3 was not customizable, I simply pointed out that GNOME 3 does exactly what is being proposed. Now, the fact that the majority of users will not be able to customize it is a shortcoming, but if it gets popular enough I'm sure there will be add on tools that enable customization.
GNOME 3 is fully customizable via Javascript.
Obviously there are significanly more zip codes than states,there are also much more factors to eal with than that. To tac this properly there would have to be a registry of all potential addresses I the nation, special rules for PO boxes etc.
For example, I live in a small municipality that has an additional tax rate, surrounded by mostly unincorporated portions of the county. However, we are small enough to not have our own zip code. How would I be taxed? Tax everyone in a zip code at the highest rate? The lowest?
This situation is not unique, and oversimplification of the rules means it's still not "fair" for everyone.
<quote>... How hard would it be to add sales tax based on the zip code of the delivery address?...</quote>
Significantly harder then you make it sound. There are a lot of zip codes in the country, each with tax rates changing year to year and potentially more often. Who maintains this database? Where does the information come from originally?
What everyone seems to be missing on, is the fact that Amazon does not have to PAY sales tax. No retailer pays sales tax at the time of the consumer purchase. Retailers CHARGE sales tax to the consumer. It is the consumer's responsibility to pay this tax. Retailers collect sales taxes and it goes directly to the state, this is done because it is more efficient (and reliable) to force the retailers to keep track of the amount of taxes that should be paid (by consumers), then to rely on every individual consumer to track their purchases and pay their fair share.
Hank: Uh, Dad, this is Minh, he's.... Japanese
Cotton: No he aint.... He's Laotian.
One of the funniest lines ever.
This was a localization issue. In this context (in the US at least), bullet == cartridge.
Most BBs are made of lead -- wouldn't that be a bad idea, just in general?
The long term health effects of the backscatter are not known. This is effectively a low dose of radiation, applied over your entire body. For someone who frequently travels, this could be a legitimate concern. Also, the effects of radiation on bodies still in development is unknown. If it became necessary to travel with my kids, I would absolutely not allow them to go through the scanner. However, as it stands this means that I would have to subject my kids to a very thorough pat down by some screening personnel; someone with whom I am not familiar, and have no knowledge of their qualifications. Unacceptable.
Or mail it to Pakistan via Fedex.
When the FBI tells you "Not to worry" and "Don't call your lawyer", do you want to guess who the very next person you should call is?
Hint: It's not your mom.
Welcome to the voter apathy party!
I'm trying, but Trainspotting and The English patient aren't showing up on any trackers :(
Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
2 Billion is pretty far off 1.5 Trillion.
Several?
// haha
#include <iostream>
class NumberPrinter
{
public:
NumberPrinter() : n(1) {cout << n++ << "\n";}
~NumberPrinter() {cout << n++ << "\n";}
NumberPrinter& operator*() {cout << n++ << "\n"; return *this;}
NumberPrinter& operator,(const NumberPrinter&) {cout << n++ << "\n"; return *this;}
NumberPrinter& operator!() {cout << n++ << "\n"; return *this;}
NumberPrinter& operator++() {++n; return *this;}
private:
int n;
};
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
NumberPrinter plagerism_sucks;
*plagerism_sucks,plagerism_sucks,plagerism_sucks,plagerism_sucks;
!plagerism_sucks,!plagerism_sucks;
++plagerism_sucks;
cout << "9\n";
return 0;
}
No, you're not. There's a lot going into the manufacture and distribution of this, only to be put into a periodical (not even a good one) to be thrown away in a week. My earth hurts....
You're not making this up, indeed. I hear this a lot. It does not make it right though.
But if you use /dev/urandom you never know WHAT they'll be able to get off of your harddrive! For you know you SS# could be there! ;)
The Xbox360 uses a standard HDMI cable.
Speaking of cherry picked statistics:
22m / 2.5 = 8.8 28m / 3.5 = 8
While your overall point still holds, it seems like your statistics were "cherry picked".
I agree. Hans Reiser IS an excellent role model!
Actually, there are good and bad role models in everything. There are some VERY good role models working in closed source shops. Herb Sutter works for Microsoft.