I'm fairly certain it does mean NYS isn't getting their cut. It's 4%, by the way. Generally NYS counties have sales taxes of their own near-ish 4% so, cumulatively, to a NYS citizen, it feels like 8%.
Anyway, it isn't too likely that Newegg suddenly became a socialist organization and is now spreading the cost of a NYS sales tax on to the other 49 states. Unlike, say, NYS does who pass the cost of NYC on to the rest of the state...but that's because New York is a socialist state.
I think that's a somewhat nearsighted view of the effect. While it's accurate to say it shifts the problem, it's more accurate to say it centralizes the problem. Once the problem is centralized to, relatively speaking, a few locations (power plants) you can then, as thermian points out, deal with those few problem areas by generating power in a more efficient/renewable/clean manner.
Yeah, I thought of that a little later in the day. It sounds elitist, but I'm glad there are people like him who view the ads and subsidize the much better Internet experience the select few of us enjoy. Whether or not he is delusional enough to believe he's "filtered" the ads or whatever is immaterial in light of your point! I guess I wasn't trying so much to change him as understand him, but the paradox made my brain hurt.;)
I was hoping they would be paid by the overwhelming arrogance of you and those who think like you (e.g. those who have "trained" themselves to block ads). I'm not sure how a metaphysical concept such as "arrogance" translates into hard currency, but I have faith you and those of your ilk will make it work. Thanks.
So you like ads? Honestly, vanilla feature sets aside, yeah, FF and IE are similar. I think IE took one more major release to get tabbed browsing though. That's a big one. But AdBlock is the real reason I use FF. AdBlock is like the DVR of the Internet for me in that it saves me from commercials and makes its respective medium bearable. But then, I abhor ads too.
Don't be insulting. There is no reason to call people obtuse/stupid/whatever.
You bring up a valid point, and one that doesn't go assumed. I agree fully that heavier (not fat) people can be healthy. I also think there are plenty of skinny people who are most definitely NOT healthy. Frankly, I don't think anyone should eat McDonald's every day, even if they could remain skinny doing so. Obviously, the saturated fat is destroying their arteries, etc.
So yes, in this instance, I am assuming that thin/trim (not fat) is directly equivalent to "healthy" It's not. But nonetheless, in 99% of cases, being overweight is unhealthy. A champion power lifter, for example, is at the far opposite end of the "heavy but healthy (maybe)" curve that you speak of.
My "norm" that you speak of is that norm defined by medical science. I'm not asking people to look like the models in A&F ads. Normal people don't look like that. I don't think people should look like runway models (that's just way too skinny). I just think people should be a "healthy weight" which is, to be best of my knowledge, defined by prevailing medical knowledge.
You're right, this is America. Why should I insist anyone work hard? Oh, and since when is eating healthy and exercising conforming? Frankly, it would seem that, in America, those are actually atypical activities. I don't think anyone is being non-conformist by eating fast food.
Also, you're wrong in your assumption that I was born thin. I actually wasn't, I have to work at it. I won't make any assumptions on your weight.
There you go, you're smarter than me (if you take IQ tests as an end-all measure of intelligence). I only have in IQ of 150ish.
Do you think that I'm not supportive of people around me? I'm not sure how you make that assumption. I'm never that guy that makes fun of a fat person in the gym. I think that's where they should be and I'm very willing to help them with anything. I am that guy that makes fun of fat people leaving McDonald's. Actually, not really...that's mean. But I do judge them negatively.
I am in no way denying genetics are a factor. I agree that they are. However, I still don't understand why people don't grasp the concept of: calories in == calories out. I mean, it's not difficult.
See? It's that sense of entitlement that kills me. Life isn't fair. Maybe the guy next to you can eat pizza. It doesn't mean you can. Heck, maybe you're smarter than that guy...who knows. Or better looking? More emotionally stable? Life isn't fair.
I agree fully that some people need to work harder to maintain a healthy weight, but we all have things that we have to work harder at. Your logic doesn't do anything to persuade me. Personal responsibility would. It is an irrefutable fact that weight can be controlled through diet and exercise. Full stop.
I am completely willing to open up this can of worms. People shouldn't be held responsible for things they can't control. However, people can control the amount of food they put down their throats. They can also control whether or not they choose to sit idly at their computer or in front of their TV, or exercise occasionally. No one is predisposed to being obese. People weigh different amounts, for sure, so you'd have to have decent weight envelopes to account for this (not everyone should be model skinny) but it could be accounted for. Nonetheless, as a previous poster pointed out, it's just calories in, calories out. Simple math.
I hold no one responsible for what they can't control, but I firmly believe that people can control weight, within reason.
Until I got to your link, I really thought you were joking. Life imprisonment?! Wow. "intended" copyright crimes? When does Tom Cruise come crashing into your house to arrest you for "future crimes" with a **AA patch on his shoulder?!
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I'm fairly certain it does mean NYS isn't getting their cut. It's 4%, by the way. Generally NYS counties have sales taxes of their own near-ish 4% so, cumulatively, to a NYS citizen, it feels like 8%. Anyway, it isn't too likely that Newegg suddenly became a socialist organization and is now spreading the cost of a NYS sales tax on to the other 49 states. Unlike, say, NYS does who pass the cost of NYC on to the rest of the state...but that's because New York is a socialist state.
The only thing holding Bush back from being a true tyrant is probably intelligence.
all it does is shift the problem
I think that's a somewhat nearsighted view of the effect. While it's accurate to say it shifts the problem, it's more accurate to say it centralizes the problem. Once the problem is centralized to, relatively speaking, a few locations (power plants) you can then, as thermian points out, deal with those few problem areas by generating power in a more efficient/renewable/clean manner.
Yeah, I thought of that a little later in the day. It sounds elitist, but I'm glad there are people like him who view the ads and subsidize the much better Internet experience the select few of us enjoy. Whether or not he is delusional enough to believe he's "filtered" the ads or whatever is immaterial in light of your point! I guess I wasn't trying so much to change him as understand him, but the paradox made my brain hurt. ;)
I was hoping they would be paid by the overwhelming arrogance of you and those who think like you (e.g. those who have "trained" themselves to block ads). I'm not sure how a metaphysical concept such as "arrogance" translates into hard currency, but I have faith you and those of your ilk will make it work. Thanks.
So you like ads? Honestly, vanilla feature sets aside, yeah, FF and IE are similar. I think IE took one more major release to get tabbed browsing though. That's a big one. But AdBlock is the real reason I use FF. AdBlock is like the DVR of the Internet for me in that it saves me from commercials and makes its respective medium bearable. But then, I abhor ads too.
Don't be insulting. There is no reason to call people obtuse/stupid/whatever. You bring up a valid point, and one that doesn't go assumed. I agree fully that heavier (not fat) people can be healthy. I also think there are plenty of skinny people who are most definitely NOT healthy. Frankly, I don't think anyone should eat McDonald's every day, even if they could remain skinny doing so. Obviously, the saturated fat is destroying their arteries, etc. So yes, in this instance, I am assuming that thin/trim (not fat) is directly equivalent to "healthy" It's not. But nonetheless, in 99% of cases, being overweight is unhealthy. A champion power lifter, for example, is at the far opposite end of the "heavy but healthy (maybe)" curve that you speak of. My "norm" that you speak of is that norm defined by medical science. I'm not asking people to look like the models in A&F ads. Normal people don't look like that. I don't think people should look like runway models (that's just way too skinny). I just think people should be a "healthy weight" which is, to be best of my knowledge, defined by prevailing medical knowledge.
You're right, this is America. Why should I insist anyone work hard? Oh, and since when is eating healthy and exercising conforming? Frankly, it would seem that, in America, those are actually atypical activities. I don't think anyone is being non-conformist by eating fast food. Also, you're wrong in your assumption that I was born thin. I actually wasn't, I have to work at it. I won't make any assumptions on your weight.
There you go, you're smarter than me (if you take IQ tests as an end-all measure of intelligence). I only have in IQ of 150ish. Do you think that I'm not supportive of people around me? I'm not sure how you make that assumption. I'm never that guy that makes fun of a fat person in the gym. I think that's where they should be and I'm very willing to help them with anything. I am that guy that makes fun of fat people leaving McDonald's. Actually, not really...that's mean. But I do judge them negatively. I am in no way denying genetics are a factor. I agree that they are. However, I still don't understand why people don't grasp the concept of: calories in == calories out. I mean, it's not difficult.
See? It's that sense of entitlement that kills me. Life isn't fair. Maybe the guy next to you can eat pizza. It doesn't mean you can. Heck, maybe you're smarter than that guy...who knows. Or better looking? More emotionally stable? Life isn't fair. I agree fully that some people need to work harder to maintain a healthy weight, but we all have things that we have to work harder at. Your logic doesn't do anything to persuade me. Personal responsibility would. It is an irrefutable fact that weight can be controlled through diet and exercise. Full stop.
I am completely willing to open up this can of worms. People shouldn't be held responsible for things they can't control. However, people can control the amount of food they put down their throats. They can also control whether or not they choose to sit idly at their computer or in front of their TV, or exercise occasionally. No one is predisposed to being obese. People weigh different amounts, for sure, so you'd have to have decent weight envelopes to account for this (not everyone should be model skinny) but it could be accounted for. Nonetheless, as a previous poster pointed out, it's just calories in, calories out. Simple math. I hold no one responsible for what they can't control, but I firmly believe that people can control weight, within reason.
Until I got to your link, I really thought you were joking. Life imprisonment?! Wow. "intended" copyright crimes? When does Tom Cruise come crashing into your house to arrest you for "future crimes" with a **AA patch on his shoulder?!
You don't even have to RTFA, it's in the Slashdot description..."unlimited cell calling, SMS, and data"