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141) 留言板 : Politics : The USA shuts down (消息 1434768)
发表于:28 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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Guy, then you disagree with the concept of diminishing marginal utility. That will get you a failing grade in all micro economics courses.

I'll remind you that Deleware has an income tax rate of around 4%. Seems odd that Texas Parade around a premise that income tax is bad sales tax is good.

Please note that the 4% is the starting point for the Deleware income tax make more pay a little more etc. The wonderfully sneaky fact is that tax paid is deductable straight off the top of your federal income. So in essense you aren't getting taxed on the tax.

You can itemize your sales tax and if it hits critical mass you can send in a 1040. Good luck getting the average person to keep every receipt through the year in an attempt to deduct it. Again, simplicity and ease of use go hand in hand with the Income tax. Frankly, I get tired of Ignorant Texans bragging that they don't pay income tax. I also get tired of explaining how 4% is much lower than 6.25 or even 8.25%

Both the rich person and the poor person can buy the same thing with one dollar. If one person has fewer than the next person and wants more, then that person needs to do something about it other than to complain he doesn't have as many as the next person.

And there are too many gaps in logic with whatever you're trying to say about taxes and Delaware. I noticed you didn't mention anything about the local property taxes in Delaware. And I noticed you didn't mention anything about the standard formula available for use to estimate the amount of sales tax in Texas to deduct from your taxable income. I don't know what you're trying to say.

And as for ignorant Texans, I won't claim all Texans are smart, but I'll take an ignorant Texan over just about anybody else on the east coast or the west coast.

It seems your only argument is that people should get off their lazy low paid asses and get a better job. What you neglect to say is that there are only so many well paying jobs. There are however many more low paying jobs for people with little or no education, a criminal record or low IQ. Thats not to say we dont have a problem with low IQ at higher paying jobs.
You can make a one man stand that a dollar to a rich man is worth less than it is to a poor man. You'd also be surprised at how much more a low income person goes through to earn that dollar and his need for the most efficent use of that dollar. A rich man will buy what he wants because he knows he has plenty of cash to throw at his bills/troubles. A poor man must be frugal with every penny unless they want to be living without heat,lights or a roof over their head.

It saddens me to hear some incredibly self righteous claptrap about "just go make more money" argument. Some people just can't and that is that. Please stop insisting that they just need more money to solve their problem with not having more money. It's a silly circular argument.
142) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1434762)
发表于:28 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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gabba gabba doo doo . whatevs narf
what are we doing tonight Brain?
143) 留言板 : Number crunching : 4x HD7990 + 2x E5-2630v2 (消息 1434757)
发表于:28 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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skildude wrote:
I keep 2 cores idle just for my single 7970. since each card is equal to 2 GPUs you might have to free up more CPU cores. YOu'll need to monitor things.

I was reading more about the AMD line and they are putting out the next series of GPU's soon. You might consider holding off to get the newest ones.

So you mean the two CPUs can feed/support the 8 GPUs (24 apps)?

Maybe it would be difficult to crunch also on CPU?


It's very likely that you'd be running the GPU's only and leaving the CPU completely free to feed the GPU's
144) 留言板 : Science (non-SETI) : New galaxy 'most distant' yet discovered (消息 1433581)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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If you, too, are trying to suggest non-sequitur logic is being used in the non-rational thinking, then I think you're doing a great job! ;)

Put it this way: we know wormholes are theoretically possible. If we somehow can open one and safely travel one, great. Which opens the doors to all those discussions about aliens, ancient or not. In the meantime, we have not one shred of evidence that wormholes actually exist, let alone that we can open one and travel through one. So, for now, it's wishful thinking. And, for me, I do watch "Ancient Aliens", because it's better than something like "Honey Boo Boo" or "The Voice."

One thing one of their guest had, I think, correct is (for whatever reason): we have amnesia. What happened in the time from being able to speak until we could also write and record thoughts and history?


from what little I've read on wormholes, they'd be infinitely small. So you'd have to have technology to breakdown a person to fit into one then rebuild them as they left it. Much like the transporters in Star Trek
145) 留言板 : Politics : The USA shuts down (消息 1433572)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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And in Texas, yes, it's true, we do *not* have a state income tax. We have a state sales tax of 6.25%. If you buy something in Texas, you pay 6.25% to the state of Texas in taxes. Your city gets to tack on additional sales tax and confiscate that if the voters are fooled into doing that


I'll remind you that Deleware has an income tax rate of around 4%. Seems odd that Texas Parade around a premise that income tax is bad sales tax is good.

Please note that the 4% is the starting point for the Deleware income tax make more pay a little more etc. The wonderfully sneaky fact is that tax paid is deductable straight off the top of your federal income. So in essense you aren't getting taxed on the tax.

You can itemize your sales tax and if it hits critical mass you can send in a 1040. Good luck getting the average person to keep every receipt through the year in an attempt to deduct it. Again, simplicity and ease of use go hand in hand with the Income tax. Frankly, I get tired of Ignorant Texans bragging that they don't pay income tax. I also get tired of explaining how 4% is much lower than 6.25 or even 8.25%
146) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1433436)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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I know it makes no difference
To what you're going through
But I see the tip of the iceberg
And I worry about you...

Cruising under your radar
Watching from satellites
Take a page from the red book
Keep them in your sights
147) 留言板 : Science (non-SETI) : New galaxy 'most distant' yet discovered (消息 1433385)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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I liked stargate but they canceled it
148) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1433382)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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Whoa Ted we're not in San Dimas anymore
149) 留言板 : Politics : The USA shuts down (消息 1433380)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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WHile a dictionary defition might suffice for some I prefer a bit more formal of an explanation

Please note my adhoc definiton also fits nicely into the Wikipedia version

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regressive_tax
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Regressive+Tax

Please note that when one talks "rate decreasing as ones income rises" it is a definition of what I explained. A wealthy person pays less of their money(percentage of income) versus an lower income person.
thus the heavier burden of a regressive tax is felt mostly by the poor.

The only way a flat tax could work is if you have a minimum income rate for the tax. Say $65,000 a year then tax every dollar over that. BTW a flat tax would have to be about 25% or higher for it to even work. Most wealthy people would say no to this.
150) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1433345)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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I am such a tool

When I'm sober
I can only cause more trouble


What do you mean, "I don't believe in God"?
I talk to him every day.
What do you mean, "I don't support your system"?
I go to court when I have to.
What do you mean, "I can't get to work on time"?
I got nothing better to do
And, what do you mean, "I don't pay my bills"?
Why do you think I'm broke? Huh?

What do you mean, "I hurt your feelings"?
I didn't know you had any feelings.
What do you mean, "I ain't kind"?
I'm just not your kind.
What do you mean, "I couldn't be the president of the United States of America"?
Tell me something, it's still "We the people", right?

151) 留言板 : Politics : The USA shuts down (消息 1433304)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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Since a person in a low income bracket spends all they make those on the margin are then pushed over the edge and are now below the margin.

Adjective: progressive
3. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

Adjective: regressive
1. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases.

By this, flat can not be regressive, nor can it be progressive.

I do know that the above definition from the dictionary is not what is generally meant when talking about a change in tax policy, which is why I asked for the meaning to be ascribed before we start with the invectives.

incorrect. A regressive tax is one that affects a persons wealth less as they earn more. The easy example is the carpenter that makes $1000 and pays $90.90 for a hammer that has a 10% sales tax. he pays $100 of his money. he pays 1% of his wages in taxes a guy making $10,000 will pay about 0.1% of his wages. You can see that the guy making less money pays a higher percentage of his wages in tax.

The state of Texas has this form of taxation(no Income Tax) 8.25% in most areas and it is quite backward and if the economy tanks so does the tax revenue.
The state of Deleware has no sales tax but has a mild income tax (usually less than 4% on average)that quite easily pays for everything the state needs.
152) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1433282)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work to elevate you
Just enough to bring you down.
153) 留言板 : Number crunching : SETI@home Enhanced v6 is now done, finito, kaputt. (消息 1433233)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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14 tasks in progress now.
1 users in last 24h.

Getting closer and closer to zero. Not much left now, of the once mighty MB v6.

1 user? Do we know who that is? Or does that mean 1 user has had a scheduler contact concerning a v6 in the last 24 hours?

yes 1 user contacted the server reporting or downloading a task
154) 留言板 : Number crunching : 4x HD7990 + 2x E5-2630v2 (消息 1433231)
发表于:25 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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I keep 2 cores idle just for my single 7970. since each card is equal to 2 GPUs you might have to free up more CPU cores. YOu'll need to monitor things.

I was reading more about the AMD line and they are putting out the next series of GPU's soon. You might consider holding off to get the newest ones.
155) 留言板 : Politics : The USA shuts down (消息 1432840)
发表于:24 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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For any trickledownsupplyside economics to work the tax reduction given to the wealthy(and it is given to them exclusively) must also be accompanied by job grown by those receiving the benefits. DOn't create jobs you don't get tax relief. pretty simple honestly. This prevents what we currently have with the offshore accounts and hiding money.
156) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1432837)
发表于:24 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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That confirms something I thought. He seemed to be intentionally obtuse on subjects.
157) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1432776)
发表于:24 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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History recalls during times of war
Legend has been traced back inside these castle walls
The soldiers came to hide in barrels filled with wine
Never to escape, these tombs of oak are where they died

Down the cellar stairs I disappear
Like the angel's share the end is near
Come and have a taste, a rare vintage
All the finest wines improve with age



158) 留言板 : Number crunching : AMD Socket / Processor for new PC (消息 1432707)
发表于:24 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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yes, it does.
159) 留言板 : Politics : We Are Family (消息 1432608)
发表于:24 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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Flying off the handle be careful with
That axe Eugene gene the dance machine
Messiah light my fire gabba gabba
Hey hey my my generation's home again

Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a sound

160) 留言板 : Number crunching : AMD Socket / Processor for new PC (消息 1432607)
发表于:24 Oct 2013 作者: Profile skildude
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AMD looks to almost be ready to put out the 8XXX series cards. I checked out the specs on the 8970 and it appears to be a slight inprovement in streaming process but now has dual precision.


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