Once a poor man walked down the streets, weak with hunger. As he passed a bakery, he paused to smell the aroma of baking bread. Hmmmm.....it was delicious. I took another deep breath. Ahhhh. Wonderful. Straightening, he took one last deep breath and prepared to move on.
Before the poor man could move, the baker ran out of the store yelling "Stop Thief!" Siezing hold of the startled poor man the baker shook him roughly and said "Pay thief."
"For what?" Asked the poor man.
"For the smell of the bread." Answered the Baer.
"What?" Said the poor man. "Whoever heard of paying for the smell of the bread? Now if I had taken your bread and eaten it, I would of course have paid. But I have no money, so I merely smelled the aroma of the bread baking as I passed."
"Aha!" Said the Baker. "You admit you went out of your way to smell the aroma of my baking bread. Now let me tell you, I work hard to make the smell of the bread. I rise at four in the morning. I gather the wood for the fire. I pay for the finest flour and the best ingredients. I mix everything just so. Only after all this labor do I put the dough in the oven, where it makes its smell. Yet you would compensate me for none of this labor! Thief, I say. I will not let you go until you pay."
"But you do not do this labor to make bread smell! You do this labor to make bread, which you sell for a good price. In this way are your efforts repaid. The smell comes whether you want it or not. You cannot have the bread without making the smell, which drifts on the wind free as air."
Still the baker would not let him go. "Maybe so, maybe so," said the Baker. "But you did more than just walk by. You stopped to smell the bread. You got benefit from my labor. Why should you not pay."
A crowd had gathered as the men spoke. And while some said the Poor Man spoke truth, others said the Baker also spoke truth. After all, should the poor man enjoy the sweat of te Baker's brow for free? So they resolved to take the matter to King Solomon, the wisest man on Earth, for him to judge.
The Baker and the Poor Man went to Solomon and each told their tale. When Solomon had heard their tale, he thought a moment. Then, he took some coins from his pocket and gave them to the Poor Man.
"Take these coins," said Solomon. "And jingle them by the ear of the Baker." When the Poor Man had done so, Solomon looked at the Baker and said: "As you have now received your payment, why do you stand about here? Depart!"
The Baker looked at the King astonished. "But our majesty," said the Baker. "I have received nothing."
"Nonesense," replied the King. "Just as the Poor Man received the smell of the bread, you have been paid with the sound of the money."
If you actually look at his kids' foundations' IRS form 990s (go to guidestar.org) you'll see that's not the case. One of them was paid $30,000 for 40 hours/week work. The other one I looked at had 0 compensation.
Exam 1 - nice tables for each student...hmmmm
Exam 2 - bring table cloth and candles for relaxing atmosphere. Prof (http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/users/gjs/gjs.html) walks by and asks "Where's your martini?"
Exam 3 - ok then, same setup but this time cocktail shaker full of vodka/vermouth and two martini glasses.
The good old days of MIT when you could be 18 and drink responsibly.....
Not really since they are one-time use numbers. So as long as the merchant uses it for the item/service you intended to buy, you're all set.
Also, it is nice because you can give them the number (as a deposit for example) and then revoke it - though this may be fraud, so use at your own risk:)
Technically, most states have a USE TAX which you are supposed to pay on items which you have not paid sales tax - either in your home state or if you bought it and paid taxes to another state.
So that shiny new Dell you bought and had shipped to Boston? Well you should be sending a check to MASS for 5% of the cost. There is even a box on the MA tax forms for this.
So small that it can drop a sugar cube...
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Couldn't a Chinnook or a B2 Bomber drop a sugar cube into my coffee?
I'm not sure this really says much about how small these coptors are.
I was in China earlier this month and found it ironic that the Internet Cafe I was using was located in the southeast corner of Tianamen Sq - about 200 meters from Chairmen Mao's Maosoleum.
There wasn't any obvious filtering of my content (unless you count slow speed).
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Sort of like this fable (http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/403):
Once a poor man walked down the streets, weak with hunger. As he passed a bakery, he paused to smell the aroma of baking bread. Hmmmm.....it was delicious. I took another deep breath. Ahhhh. Wonderful. Straightening, he took one last deep breath and prepared to move on.
Before the poor man could move, the baker ran out of the store yelling "Stop Thief!" Siezing hold of the startled poor man the baker shook him roughly and said "Pay thief."
"For what?" Asked the poor man.
"For the smell of the bread." Answered the Baer.
"What?" Said the poor man. "Whoever heard of paying for the smell of the bread? Now if I had taken your bread and eaten it, I would of course have paid. But I have no money, so I merely smelled the aroma of the bread baking as I passed."
"Aha!" Said the Baker. "You admit you went out of your way to smell the aroma of my baking bread. Now let me tell you, I work hard to make the smell of the bread. I rise at four in the morning. I gather the wood for the fire. I pay for the finest flour and the best ingredients. I mix everything just so. Only after all this labor do I put the dough in the oven, where it makes its smell. Yet you would compensate me for none of this labor! Thief, I say. I will not let you go until you pay."
"But you do not do this labor to make bread smell! You do this labor to make bread, which you sell for a good price. In this way are your efforts repaid. The smell comes whether you want it or not. You cannot have the bread without making the smell, which drifts on the wind free as air."
Still the baker would not let him go. "Maybe so, maybe so," said the Baker. "But you did more than just walk by. You stopped to smell the bread. You got benefit from my labor. Why should you not pay."
A crowd had gathered as the men spoke. And while some said the Poor Man spoke truth, others said the Baker also spoke truth. After all, should the poor man enjoy the sweat of te Baker's brow for free? So they resolved to take the matter to King Solomon, the wisest man on Earth, for him to judge.
The Baker and the Poor Man went to Solomon and each told their tale. When Solomon had heard their tale, he thought a moment. Then, he took some coins from his pocket and gave them to the Poor Man.
"Take these coins," said Solomon. "And jingle them by the ear of the Baker." When the Poor Man had done so, Solomon looked at the Baker and said: "As you have now received your payment, why do you stand about here? Depart!"
The Baker looked at the King astonished. "But our majesty," said the Baker. "I have received nothing."
"Nonesense," replied the King. "Just as the Poor Man received the smell of the bread, you have been paid with the sound of the money."
If you actually look at his kids' foundations' IRS form 990s (go to guidestar.org) you'll see that's not the case. One of them was paid $30,000 for 40 hours/week work. The other one I looked at had 0 compensation.
Exam 1 - nice tables for each student...hmmmm
Exam 2 - bring table cloth and candles for relaxing atmosphere. Prof (http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/users/gjs/gjs.html) walks by and asks "Where's your martini?"
Exam 3 - ok then, same setup but this time cocktail shaker full of vodka/vermouth and two martini glasses.
The good old days of MIT when you could be 18 and drink responsibly.....
Not really since they are one-time use numbers. So as long as the merchant uses it for the item/service you intended to buy, you're all set.
:)
Also, it is nice because you can give them the number (as a deposit for example) and then revoke it - though this may be fraud, so use at your own risk
Technically, most states have a USE TAX which you are supposed to pay on items which you have not paid sales tax - either in your home state or if you bought it and paid taxes to another state.
So that shiny new Dell you bought and had shipped to Boston? Well you should be sending a check to MASS for 5% of the cost. There is even a box on the MA tax forms for this.
I'm not sure this really says much about how small these coptors are.
You mean here
Linux users must memorize and type commands and forgo compatible software applications.
No wonder there is no customer demand!
There wasn't any obvious filtering of my content (unless you count slow speed).
What makes you think such enccryption enabled digital televisions will even have an analog out?