I can see that. But no.

Like I said, not sure how it works with software. Was only involved with that once and it worked pretty much the same as hardware.

We are in agreement sir.

MF’er bankrupted a CASINO for crying out loud and the majority of Americans think he’d do better with the economy than Harris.

All I said was that it was not the normal way. I’m not paying judgement either way.

Ummm, very different. The tens of millions of Americans dodging collection agencies have bad credit and are denied future purchases. Their houses are foreclosed on. Cars are repossessed. And most importantly it’s difficult for these tens of millions of Americans to shout out to the world, “Hey look at me! Look how great I am with money! You should totally put me in charge of the largest economy in the world” and have ANYONE believe it.

Exactly. Why don’t they get payment up front and ban him in the future until the debt is paid?

Well I can’t say how it works with software since my experience is only with hardware, but that’s not the way the government usually receives a product.

Usually the government puts out a Request for Proposal (RFP). Companies will respond with a proposal and the government chooses one. The product is developed and ultimately delivered to the government for it to use as it sees fit. If new technology is created during the development, the company providing the product can usually patent that technology.

It’s possible other models for this exist, but I’m not aware of any product the defense contractor I worked for ever telling the government how or where to use a product. On the other hand, I’m not aware of the government ever wanting to expose that knowledge either. Usually it’s the other way around. So it would be a non-issue.

But to me it makes no sense that the RESULTS of the model can’t be shared. The real important stuff is HOW the model works. I admit I did not read the article, only the piece at the bottom. Please disregard if this is based on false information.

Of course that goes without saying.

Dude, nothing can protect us from Santa.

It’s ok. He has his beer.

LOL. Guess I’m on borrowed time.

Thanks. I’ll look again.

OMG! Nailed it dude!

Well…I drink decaf. The internet seems to think coffee=caffeine. I can never find info about drinking decaf coffee.

My favorite: Stranger than Fiction

Also, Fandango, Passengers, Life or Something Like it, Birdy, Home Office

Some can be hard to find.

You know, I heard that rich people need air to live, we should totally tax the crap out of that. That would show them.

I love the way people on the internet have to insult to make a point.

I’m just glad you’re not the one making the tax laws.

I love the way you think I don’t understand these things. It’s just another tablet of condescension you dole out of your anti-social Pez dispenser. Have you actually READ and DIGESTED anything I’ve posted?

And still no reasonable argument on how/why to tax unrealized gains. Just more rich people suck and so do you for daring to suggest that not EVERY law allowing it is horrible.

I’m out of touch with reality for suggesting that we actually just tax people equally but OP isn’t out of touch for suggesting we suddenly put a tax on an imaginary number because many rich people might be able to abuse it. Classic.

I see, so if I don’t want to see a users posts and I block them, I won’t see them, but everyone else will? I mean in a thread we are both contributing to?

That’s a really nice view point. I agree with what you said completely. The problem is, it doesn’t stress the issue we’re discussing.

I say, you should tax an unknown value. You say, billionaires are bad.