refurbished is a technicality used in the the consumer goods business.
Legally, they cannot sell something as new if the produce was offered
for sale (i.e. sold to a retailer). So if it comes back to the
manufacturer for any reason, even if the package was never opened, it
has to be sold as
You mean it's patriotic to not pay you taxes!?
Why didn't I think of that!
No wonder the radical right loves the lying Joe the non-plumber.
Larry Sacks wrote:
Interesting statistic floated by MS to flog Silverlight.
While Adobe claims that the Flash Player is installed on 98% of
computers, MS
Well the gentleman at the Boston Tea Party certainly thought so, and
there was a rebellion (Called a revolutionary war) fought over that concept.
Stewart
At 07:58 AM 10/18/2008, you wrote:
You mean it's patriotic to not pay you taxes!?
Why didn't I think of that!
No wonder the radical right
You mean it's patriotic to not pay you taxes!?
Well the gentleman at the Boston Tea Party certainly thought so, and there
was a rebellion (Called a revolutionary war) fought over that concept.
It's not patriotic to pay taxes to a government in which you have
no representation.
Wait a
On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:51 PM, mike wrote:
What if your brakes go out? What if your steering locks up...
That can happen. At least I'll be at the controls if it does
happen and be in a position to possibly do something about it.
Aircraft use automated flight control systems, but
On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
What if your brakes go out? What if your steering locks up...
What would the average driver do in such a situation? The computer
would
probably make the better decision.
IF the computer is working and is not responsible for the failure
Morning - I am asked to do a 15 minute presentation as part of a
panel on business blogging. Whether or not you are blogging, would
you share one question or a thought or two on how/why to use blogging
for business?
I blog as a personal diary and for business purposes, as an outreach
of
On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Stephen Brownfield wrote:
Steve,
What is the Mac program?
Here are two links, the first to The Amazing Slow Downer which
will do exactly what you are looking for, though only on the
Macintosh, and the second is Praat, actually a lingusitics
On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
What if the computer suddenly ceases to function either in the car
or within the system? And don't tell me that cannot happen.
The car stops. The AAA autonomous vehicle comes to get you. So?
Come, come now. AAA is only for members. If a
I have no representation in Congress.
Whiner. If you read the papers of the Founding Fathers, the actual quote is,
No taxation without representation unless you consistently vote
Democratic.
DC has never voted Republican in a presidential election. It is the ONLY
state to have voted for
On Oct 18, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Gayley Knight wrote:
Morning - I am asked to do a 15 minute presentation as part of a
panel on business blogging. Whether or not you are blogging, would
you share one question or a thought or two on how/why to use
blogging for business?
Are you speaking of
Whiner.
DC has never voted Republican in a presidential election.
Well, DC citizens COULDN'T vote in Presidential elections
until 1964. 23rd Amendment. You'll note that this was basically
a take it and shut up deal.
I have no problem with the concept of a Federal District. In fact
I
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Oct 18, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Gayley Knight wrote:
Morning - I am asked to do a 15 minute presentation as part of a panel on
business blogging. Whether or not you are blogging, would you share one
question or a thought or
The whole issue of taxes is complicated if you dig into it very deeply.
At dinner last night, the only known McCain voter at the table, the
part owner of a custom manufacturing business, was complaining
bitterly that high taxes were destroying the entrepreneurial spirit in
our country.
This is the kind of food fight that nobody can win. But there is a BIG
difference between the nominal (35%) corporate tax rate and the amount
of taxes actually paid by most corporations. There are loopholes and
deductions in the tax code that make the effective tax rate very much
less than the
Why in the last 12 hours have I received over a dozen emails from the
list dated 10/14/08 along with the ones dated for today and yesterday?
Steve
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I believe this is a matter of blogging on the part of management.
I agree. I can tell you that it is not in my opinion an appropriate
format to share thoughts or opinions on business plans, direction
or content of intention, or other materials that are not approved for
release.
I'll tell you
Why don't they focus more on corporate taxes?
Because there are more than enough corporate tax breaks to effectively
lower that marginal rate to acceptable levels?
If US corporations were actually paying 35% across the board
there wouldn't be business in the US.
It's high on paper, and I'm
Why in the last 12 hours have I received over a dozen emails from the
list dated 10/14/08 along with the ones dated for today and yesterday?
We have been over this ground before.
Why are you still using Verizon for your email?
Use one of the services that were suggested. I like GMail. Many use
Verizon dug a ditch for our cable, then left and never returned to fill
it in. When we had Comcast, they put their cable in the trench, and
didn't cover it over, either. My cats helped. I filled it with stinky
kitty litter.
You should have had you lawyer write them that you were tripped by
i would think the only difference between buried and surface is the
possibility of mechanical damage for the surface run.(passing motocross,
deer stomps the cable). we have underground streams, so up or down does
not make a difference.
It is also a trip hazard. Leaving a cable on the surface
Come on Stewart. You know that they were protesting a tax imposed
by fiat by King George. You know, the whole Taxation without
representation thing.
Taxes are the dues you pay for living in relative safety and freedom.
Paying taxes is also the Christian thing to do, if I understand the
I know that many list participants are business owners. Just how bad
is the problem? Are the numbers misleading? Why did this happen, and
who is to blame? It seems to me that when Republicans rail against
high taxes, they usually cite income and capital gains taxes as the
primary evil. Why
This is the kind of food fight that nobody can win. But there is a BIG
difference between the nominal (35%) corporate tax rate and the amount
of taxes actually paid by most corporations. There are loopholes and
deductions in the tax code that make the effective tax rate very much
less than the
I have no problem with the concept of a Federal District. In fact
I think it's a good idea. What I have a problem with is paying
taxes that my (nonexistent) representatives don't get to vote on.
What the heck is a shadow Senator or a non-voting Representative.
Actually I think your non-voting
Whether or not you are blogging, would you share one question or a
thought or two on how/why to use blogging for business?
Example: http://blogs.sun.com/ I've found it quite useful in
finding out what's coming down the pike from Sun. At times, I've
gotten code/script parts, ideas, etc. for
Come, come now. AAA is only for members. If a big hunk of the
system fails, there could well be thousands of vehicles that are
suddenly inoperative.
Sounds like a great argument for abolishing the electric grid and
municipal water. Unfortunately, the facts prove otherwise.
We are actually
I'm not sure that the idea of a business blog is all that great of an
idea, frankly. I know that my competitors would like to know what I plan
to do and where I plan to do it and when.
Sorry, that's proprietary information.
You forget the business value of spreading FUD.
Assuming the information on this site is accurate, I would say it goes
a long way towards answering my question.
What I mean is, (some) big corporations are able to dodge their tax
responsibility, whereas Joe in Manufacturing from last night is
probably paying every cent, because he is a little
Yes it does.
It is called MS Streets and Trips with a GPS receiver. They also
make a European version called Auto Route
They buy maps from the same companies that TomTom and Garmin and the
rest of the GPS manufacturers buy them from (I think it is Navteq in
particular)
Stewart
At 01:40
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/01/september-shows-upward
-trend-for-mac-os-x-iphone-usage
In the last year, Mac users in the survey increased from 6.80 percent to
8.23 percent, a 21 percent gain... Meanwhile, Windows users have dropped
from 92.42 percent to 90.29 percent.
Actually I think your non-voting Representative is doing a better job
for you than my voting Representative. (And she has never punched her
spouse even when she had a real good reason to do so.) She is always out
in front on issues that matter to DC and on the backs of Federal
officials who
I thought dynastic rule ended with the abolishing of the Monarchy.
Why is it some names constantly turn up generation after generation?
Do they think it is a birth rite?
Stewart
At 03:34 PM 10/18/2008, you wrote:
Eleanor Holmes-Norton is on the job. She happens to not be of
my ideology but
Eleanor Holmes-Norton is on the job. She happens to not be of
my ideology but she is an effective representative.
You don't even support her move to exempt DC residents from Federal
taxes? Should we not at least get the same terms as other non-voting US
colonies?
But this is mere legalistic tokenism as the Constitution devolves all
authority over the District of Columbia on the Congress. Home Rule
is a freaking joke.
Post Barry, DC has actually been doing a very good job or at least trying
very hard. They do many things better than surrounding
I have heard of them interviewed a few times on NPR I think.
That job is tough in any school district.
You are trying to please everyone and get the job done with usually a
limited budget, with unrealistic expectations.
Stewart
At 04:09 PM 10/18/2008, you wrote:
But this is mere
They would withstand a lot
more punishment than advertised. But in the software industry, it
is customary to have if condition then statements in fairly
critical parts of the program and the condition can be quite
complex and convoluted logic. And, that's the only check.
If, then, else logic is
Indeed..antilock brakes...the computer could compensate for oversteering.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What if your brakes go out? What if your steering locks up...
What would the average driver do in such a situation? The computer would
probably
Thanks, everyone. Lots of food for thought.
/gayley
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Tony,
Yeah, to do it easily would be nice, but my original post
stated: Is there a way to do this with Windows Media Player? If not,
do you have any other ideas? Audacity is another idea. I'll try it
and see if does what he wants. If it does, then I'll see if I can teach
him to
Steve read through my responses and no where do I link student
performance with amount spent.
One of the reason student performance increases the closer one gets
to the Canadian border is sometimes money. (I would posit it is
mostly expectations both familial and cultural.)
Contrast the
That is a good point.
I have hearing problems, and I have a hard time hearing certain
ranges of voice.
Certain radio stations (sometimes NPR) and some books on tape use
speakers whose voice range is in the lower end which makes it hard
for me to always understand what they are saying. (I
On Oct 18, 2008, at 6:23 PM, mike wrote:
Indeed..antilock brakes...the computer could compensate for
oversteering.
All this talk of computers operating the car instead of a driver
brings me to some obvious question. Will we no longer need driver's
licenses? Who would be charged were
Recently the new school super is getting good press
both locally and nationally.
Humorous story: Michelle Rhee, the DC school super, is a former neighbor of
mine.
She and her family lived across the street from me and my wife when both of
our families were just starting out in Silver Spring.
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