For many, self-employment tax is another really good reason to try to steady things and avoid "bouncing revenue", if there's the chance that you could end up taking a loss the next year. Big profit one year? Pay big tax! Loss next year? Sorry, bud, no refund!
I confess to getting first-hand experience with this, as I'm accounting on an accrual basis, and just paid taxes for a rather large amount of work done that may eventually have to be written off as bad debt, or at the least is going to cost me to collect, since the guys behind the business have disappeared, and I'll likely go into the red next year. Paying >15% tax on money I haven't actually got...ouch!
Ah yes, I have fond memories of my own long-running "pond water" brew. It was all well until I brought it to school, and my friend convinced me to fill a girl's desk with it. The nun wasn't amused...:-)
I think it's a nice service to bleep stuff that appears on the front page. For one thing, many people *are* browsing it at work where they may find it nice to be able to browse the summaries without triggering content filters or otherwise being bothered by NSFW content. If, after seeing the abbreviated summary, they wish to climb in the manhole, they can click on the article and enjoy all it has to offer.
Sorry, guess if you want to get modded funny, you have to use smaller words. Regardless of which theory is true, though, I'm sure the event was a real gas....
It works for the members of MY family with limited manual ability.:-)
More seriously, though, WHY does it work well? (aside from being fun) 2 strong points: 1. The simplicity allows everything to be oversized, making for easier targets 2. It's easy to undo accidents
Lowering mouse (or other controller) resolution so that it takes larger, but less precise, movements, helps prevent those "pointer moved half-way across the screen when I clicked" moments. A combination of changing your technique and choosing the right software (I can't help there) can make for shorter, simpler operations that aren't so painful to undo/redo.
Let's see...what's the usual procedure for dealing with government agencies?
1. Seriously consider whether you really want to deal with the gov't again 2. Double your price, hoping that's enough 3. Discount it 30% to make them feel good -- their superiors don't know enough to care about the price -- but they demand a discount! 4. Complete the transaction, and associated support 5. Curse yourself for losing your shirt on administrative overhead, and promise that next time you'll at least triple the starting price
And, of course, the popular "all natural" alternative to artificial lighting, Sol, has been found to cause cancer as will. Put it out! Furthermore, the government has been well aware of this for years, yet they continue to allow sunlight to reach the general citizenry, in spite of its harmful affects. A conspiracy? Perhaps, but I think a class-action suit is definitely in the making!
Yes, in fact there seems to be more content these days on KU band (which can be picked up on big or small dishes) than C band (which requires ~ 6' minimum). The equipment is a lot more popular in Europe, but you can get it in the US too.
Googling "free to air" will net you all sorts of links, some of which *may* even be useful or entertaining.
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For many, self-employment tax is another really good reason to try to steady things and avoid "bouncing revenue", if there's the chance that you could end up taking a loss the next year. Big profit one year? Pay big tax! Loss next year? Sorry, bud, no refund!
I confess to getting first-hand experience with this, as I'm accounting on an accrual basis, and just paid taxes for a rather large amount of work done that may eventually have to be written off as bad debt, or at the least is going to cost me to collect, since the guys behind the business have disappeared, and I'll likely go into the red next year. Paying >15% tax on money I haven't actually got...ouch!
It's backwards -- must be stack-based...
That feature was a TSA requirement...
Ah yes, I have fond memories of my own long-running "pond water" brew. It was all well until I brought it to school, and my friend convinced me to fill a girl's desk with it. The nun wasn't amused... :-)
Only two? I heard you had to be three sheets to the wind in order to survive a Canadian winter.
Finally! A tower for my ham radio antennas that'll let my signal out of this valley I live in! :-)
I think it's a nice service to bleep stuff that appears on the front page. For one thing, many people *are* browsing it at work where they may find it nice to be able to browse the summaries without triggering content filters or otherwise being bothered by NSFW content. If, after seeing the abbreviated summary, they wish to climb in the manhole, they can click on the article and enjoy all it has to offer.
Sorry, guess if you want to get modded funny, you have to use smaller words. Regardless of which theory is true, though, I'm sure the event was a real gas....
Gives new meaning to the phrase "kill the lights", doesn't it?
...that Greenpeace emits too much CO2. :-)
If it sees an attractive girl, does it suggest a drink with higher alcohol content? Gotta watch out for those machines!
> they contribute just as much to light pollution as the street lights do
or more, since you can't direct the light where you want it as easily.
It works for the members of MY family with limited manual ability. :-)
More seriously, though, WHY does it work well? (aside from being fun) 2 strong points:
1. The simplicity allows everything to be oversized, making for easier targets
2. It's easy to undo accidents
Lowering mouse (or other controller) resolution so that it takes larger, but less precise, movements, helps prevent those "pointer moved half-way across the screen when I clicked" moments. A combination of changing your technique and choosing the right software (I can't help there) can make for shorter, simpler operations that aren't so painful to undo/redo.
"The signals transmitted from each subject's brain to the computer were derived from just a handful of brain cells."
Isn't that usually the case anyway? :-)
Let's see...what's the usual procedure for dealing with government agencies?
1. Seriously consider whether you really want to deal with the gov't again
2. Double your price, hoping that's enough
3. Discount it 30% to make them feel good -- their superiors don't know enough to care about the price -- but they demand a discount!
4. Complete the transaction, and associated support
5. Curse yourself for losing your shirt on administrative overhead, and promise that next time you'll at least triple the starting price
> A music [oriented] pissing contest in an image discussion?
Yeah, guys, would you stick to cars like you're supposed to?
Facebook makes large donation to the Internet Archive!
...most crack users say they love their dealers, and would be happy to buy another hit from them! :-O
The fact that it's going to be a full moon won't hurt! :-)
"The Facebook page attracted more than 1,200 fans in one week."
The bad news is that they were all registered sex offenders....
A Wii for the disabled? :-)
We buy TVs for prisoners...why not?
And, of course, the popular "all natural" alternative to artificial lighting, Sol, has been found to cause cancer as will. Put it out! Furthermore, the government has been well aware of this for years, yet they continue to allow sunlight to reach the general citizenry, in spite of its harmful affects. A conspiracy? Perhaps, but I think a class-action suit is definitely in the making!
It's not only the client -- the servers must support it, and unfortunately, not too many do. Good idea to try, though!
Yes, in fact there seems to be more content these days on KU band (which can be picked up on big or small dishes) than C band (which requires ~ 6' minimum). The equipment is a lot more popular in Europe, but you can get it in the US too.
Googling "free to air" will net you all sorts of links, some of which *may* even be useful or entertaining.
I believe that that behavior, while still available, was turned off by default some time ago.