This sort of dispute is common in the horse world. You buy a farm, spend thousands each month feeding and caring for your horses, then try to write off your hobby by claiming you are a horse trainer or breeder. The IRS has clamped down. I don't know if there are hard standards, but I do know you can get the stink-eye from the IRS if they are not convinced you are making an honest effort to turn a profit with your horse business.
And I can't say I disagree entirely. Why should the taxpayer subsidize your business if in effect the only thing keeping you in business is the tax benefit?
Which reminds me of the joke, how do end up a millionaire in the horse business? Start with 2 million.
My son mentioned on FB that he made Dean's List with a 3.75. But he isn't at UVA Law School, he is a freshman at a public liberal arts school.
He got one comment. It was me grounding him for not getting a 4.0 :)
Given the quality of a lot of the crap I see on FB, somebody mentioning they killed it in school that semester seems like a non-issue. Hell, out local paper calls out local kids that make Dean's List or Honors or whatever it may be called at their school.
The NRA has never let looking ridiculous stand in the way of their policy decisions. There constituents are not really the hunters and assorted gun nuts that join the organization. Their primary concern is to protect the profits of gun manufacturers. Everything else is window dressing.
//The obvious solution for record labels is to charge less for whole albums.//
The artists have already figured this out. Non RIAA Indie artists frequently can be found selling albums for $5 on their web site, or on Bandcamp, or wherever.
I've pointed out that I think the real breakthrough opportunity is in figuring out ways to get "students" to teach the subject matter themselves
2 million homeschoolers in the US have already figured this out. Make sure kids have the core skills they need to learn, reading, writing, and math up through about Algebra I and Geometry. Then get the hell out of their way and let them follow their interests. Both of my kids had advanced college level knowledge of the stuff that interested them while they were high school age, in subjects I know little about.
I would expect anybody running for President to back off any promises related to civil liberty once elected. Once they get into office and see what they can do, why would they ever give that power up? The President would have to be completely selfless, and selfless people don't get elected President.
Stripping the DRM from Kindle files is a trivial exercise. I buy Kindle books, clean the DRM, then load it onto my Kindle, and store a backup off site.
If I'm paying $14.99 for the movie (or $9.99 for an album) it has to either be delivered as a shiny disc, or end up existing on my hard drive, free of any DRM. If those two conditions are not met, I don't buy. It's as simple as that.
I bet she is lying. Her online accounts would have to be priority one targets for everybody from China to Anonymous. Claiming to have none is probably part of the security plan for her.
Not really, but telnet into a Unix shell account was my first email account. Of course, back then I barely knew anybody else with an email account, so it was sort of pointless.
Common in the horse world
This sort of dispute is common in the horse world. You buy a farm, spend thousands each month feeding and caring for your horses, then try to write off your hobby by claiming you are a horse trainer or breeder. The IRS has clamped down. I don't know if there are hard standards, but I do know you can get the stink-eye from the IRS if they are not convinced you are making an honest effort to turn a profit with your horse business.
And I can't say I disagree entirely. Why should the taxpayer subsidize your business if in effect the only thing keeping you in business is the tax benefit?
Which reminds me of the joke, how do end up a millionaire in the horse business? Start with 2 million.
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My office is located one floor below Arnold & Porter. I wonder how they would react to somebody from the Internet showing up at their reception desk?
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Eating a pop-tart knock-off is far more dangerous than pretending it is a gun.
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The guy sounds like your garden variety conspiracy theorist. Whoever booked him for this event is either a complete failure, or an evil genius.
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Can we pile on Monster a bit? The story of the beatdown on Monster delivered by Dr Dre.
http://gizmodo.com/5981823/
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My son mentioned on FB that he made Dean's List with a 3.75. But he isn't at UVA Law School, he is a freshman at a public liberal arts school.
He got one comment. It was me grounding him for not getting a 4.0 :)
Given the quality of a lot of the crap I see on FB, somebody mentioning they killed it in school that semester seems like a non-issue. Hell, out local paper calls out local kids that make Dean's List or Honors or whatever it may be called at their school.
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After reading the Jobs biography, and multiple stories like this, I have lost all respect for the guy.
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The NRA has never let looking ridiculous stand in the way of their policy decisions. There constituents are not really the hunters and assorted gun nuts that join the organization. Their primary concern is to protect the profits of gun manufacturers. Everything else is window dressing.
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//The obvious solution for record labels is to charge less for whole albums.//
The artists have already figured this out. Non RIAA Indie artists frequently can be found selling albums for $5 on their web site, or on Bandcamp, or wherever.
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When somebody finally cures diabetes I'm sure they'll have to fend off a lawsuit from Medtronic before they can release the cure.
Re: Re:
Only if your Kevin Bacon number is <=3.
Re: Is any email sacred?
If your email is sacred shouldn't you be willing to pay for it?
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You'd think the head of the CIA would be familiar with the acronym PGP.
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I've pointed out that I think the real breakthrough opportunity is in figuring out ways to get "students" to teach the subject matter themselves
2 million homeschoolers in the US have already figured this out. Make sure kids have the core skills they need to learn, reading, writing, and math up through about Algebra I and Geometry. Then get the hell out of their way and let them follow their interests. Both of my kids had advanced college level knowledge of the stuff that interested them while they were high school age, in subjects I know little about.
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I would expect anybody running for President to back off any promises related to civil liberty once elected. Once they get into office and see what they can do, why would they ever give that power up? The President would have to be completely selfless, and selfless people don't get elected President.
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Stripping the DRM from Kindle files is a trivial exercise. I buy Kindle books, clean the DRM, then load it onto my Kindle, and store a backup off site.
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If I'm paying $14.99 for the movie (or $9.99 for an album) it has to either be delivered as a shiny disc, or end up existing on my hard drive, free of any DRM. If those two conditions are not met, I don't buy. It's as simple as that.
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I bet she is lying. Her online accounts would have to be priority one targets for everybody from China to Anonymous. Claiming to have none is probably part of the security plan for her.
I'm pining for Pine
Not really, but telnet into a Unix shell account was my first email account. Of course, back then I barely knew anybody else with an email account, so it was sort of pointless.
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I'm surprised that a French judge is not willing to surrender to reality.