Bingo... that's what probate is for.

...and my coworker found that someone overseas filed taxes for him. The IRS can't figure it out, so he's now got two returns filed this year, one valid and one forgery. Efile for over seas is a boon to the scammers, eh?

Until you make enough money so that the fee your accountant charges isn't deductible... nor is child care credit... meanwhile the person dressed up as the statue of liberty on the side of the street is giving away $9600 a pop of (un)earned income credit to people who had more kids than they can afford. I'm supposed to feel good about taking care of my fellow (irresponsible) man.

I got a letter from the IRS in 1993 that said they'd found a math error on my 1040. I had over paid my tax by $17. Some months later I got a letter from a different department of the IRS saying that since my 1040 had been altered after April 15th, there was a $20 penalty. I owed them $3. I spoke to several layers of supervisors and finally one of them told me that they would waive anything less than $5. I never paid that "debt". Only the IRS can turn +17 into -3.

Errr... I thought that was 400hz for aircraft AC?? That meant smaller transformers.

Gosh, I just put an IR emitter on my dash flashing at 14.025hz and the lights are always green for me.... what's so new in TFA?

Am I the only one who wants to know more about how they ruled out the northern arc with doppler data? If the satellite is sitting over the equator, it would seem each arc would have the same phasing between two antennas... .or are there three to make a spot beam?

What about the other pings? What angle did they come from? What degree of uncertainty is there in the receiving phased array on the bird? My current hypothesis is that they fly south easterly to Sri Lanka and then skirted the west coast of India and landed in coastal Iran. My (primitive) calculations say that's possible. If the last ping was heard at approx 40 from the Inmarsat located at 25 E, that would place them in the area of southern Iran, which supports my hypothesis from last week which was based solely on the distance they could fly.

Midgets and Oompahloompahs report and elevators smell differently to them than other people.

DC stops the phasing errors due to the >24,000 mile line length to encircle the earth. ABB is developing switch mode power supplies to buck and boost to the 500kV range, so we don't need transformers to buck/boost voltage, so we don't need AC power.

Amen brother... I wish I had mod points for you today. Amazing how we pick and choose crimes that make you a perpetual felon.

Shockingly, recently release stats say that by the age of 25, 40% of men will have been arrested. Could it have anything to do with us continuing to pass more and more laws which in turn make ordinary citizens into criminals? Naww....

There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted—and you create a nation of law-breakers—and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.

We simply couldn't allow the racing stripe. Remember Ted Kennedy saying the offshore wind turbines were an eyesore?

I've often thought about that.... we have 3 major desert areas on earth... each about 120 apart... The American southwest, Australian outback and the Sahara. If we built a solar station on each of these three deserts, at any time, two would be producing power. A DC intercontinental power grid and we'd solve our energy problems.

It is not the cop's responsibility to help the guy. Of course they can on their personal time, but not on the clock. What about where the food he guy stole came from? He's denied me the sale or use of that food. Honestly with so many government programs, he could get help, and if he hasn't then the police arresting him would cause his kids to be placed in foster care where they will be fed. Problem solved. I don't like his kids being taken from him, but face it, he wasn't able to provide for them and at least in that regard, they are better off.