Comment Boxing? (Score 1) 284
whats wrong with the same method used by boxing?
Amazon Botches Sales Tax, Overcharges NJ 179
Hodejo1 writes "On July 1 Amazon started to charge sales tax to NJ residents, which is 7% in the state. But something was not right when I attempted to buy a book for my daughter. Just as I was about to finalize the order I noticed the charges were way off. The book cost $8.09. The tax I was to be levied was $0.85. That's a 10.5% tax rate! Why am I being charged 10.5%? It turns out that Amazon is also charging me tax on the $3.99 cost of shipping and handling. That's a problem, because New Jersey does not tax shipping and handling as I confirmed on the state's web site. I then checked a purchase I made from Amazon on October 7th of this year. Guess what? I was taxed on the $13.50 shipping and handling charge for that order. Now it is very possible — probable most likely — that this is nothing more than a coding error on Amazon's site. But it's a whopper! Just consider the hundreds-of-millions of dollars in sales Amazon makes in New Jersey each year. These extra dimes add up very quickly. Has Amazon been overcharging NJ residents' sales tax since July? If so, why haven't they picked it up by now?"
Submission + - Russia spying on USA, and others at G-20 (nypost.com)
Dthief writes: Crafty Russian operatives gave goodie bags to world powers at the G-20 summit with USB drives and phone chargers — but they were “Trojan Horses” designed to download info and send it back to the motherland.
Submission + - FAA uses common sense (cnn.com)
Dthief writes: Airplane travelers will soon be able to watch videos and play games with their electronic devices throughout their entire flight — and not just above a certain altitude — the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday in a long-anticipated announcement.
Comment Termoelectrics (Score 4, Funny) 86
electronic crap that only works for one semester
Comment Re:Time to update California laws (Score 1) 172
yeah....they often have candy (ore ice cream) so pretty good yield.....and its free when you steal it, so also really economical
Submission + - Google Glass Expanding (time.com)
Dthief writes: Google announced that it’s expanding its Glass Explorer program, allowing more people to try out the high-tech glasses. While this isn’t the first time Google has allowed Explorers to invite friends, new users no longer have to be located in New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles:
Comment Re:Question 1 (Score 1) 47
they also may want local teachers because the language in SA varies hugely from place to place, and there arent a ton of people outside that speak (for example) Afrikaans
Comment Re:"Saved" them money? (Score 1) 47
So make a friend (or even more).....and do the problems in their book on the assigned pages......
I know friends are scary.....but thats part of the college experience.
Sometimes its just that wording one certain questions was unclear such that lots of students misunderstood the question, or new information or a better way of explaining a section (or realizing a section was being glossed over too quickly) is often the motivation. Education, like science, is not static, and sometimes one idea of how to present a concept seems really good if you are a professor who understands it, but lacking for someone who has no clue whats going on.
Note: My experience is from a chemist whose PI wrote an intro chem book for college, might not be the same in other fields.
Comment Re:This is getting tiring (Score 1) 258
every other post is about apple, AND every other post is about facebook.
its 50-50 since 3D printing and bitcoin became old hat.
Comment Re:This just IN!! (Score 1) 258
this
Comment Re:Really? .. and a concious choice not to use it (Score 1) 258
are you trying to convince us, or yourself, that it was a good idea for you to not join.
Comment Re:works fine for me (Score 2) 258
citation needed
Submission + - Solar Surpassed Only by Natural Gas For New Electrical Generating Capacity (solarbuildermag.com)
mdsolar writes: "According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, water, wind) accounted for 30.03% of all new domestic electrical generating capacity installed in the first nine months of 2013 for a total of 3,218 MW.
That is more than that provided thus far this year by coal (1,543 MW – 14.40%), oil (27 MW – 0.25%), and nuclear power (0 MW – 0.00%) combined. However, natural gas dominated the first three-quarters of 2013 with 5,854 MW of new capacity (54.62%).
Among renewable energy sources, solar led the way for the first nine months of 2013 with 146 new “units” totaling 1,935 MW followed by wind with 9 units totaling 961 MW. Biomass added 57 new units totaling 192 MW while water had 11 new units with an installed capacity of 116 MW and geothermal steam had one new unit (14 MW).
The newly installed capacity being provided by the solar units is second only to that of natural gas. The new solar capacity in 2013 is 77.36% higher than that for the same period in 2012."
That is more than that provided thus far this year by coal (1,543 MW – 14.40%), oil (27 MW – 0.25%), and nuclear power (0 MW – 0.00%) combined. However, natural gas dominated the first three-quarters of 2013 with 5,854 MW of new capacity (54.62%).
Among renewable energy sources, solar led the way for the first nine months of 2013 with 146 new “units” totaling 1,935 MW followed by wind with 9 units totaling 961 MW. Biomass added 57 new units totaling 192 MW while water had 11 new units with an installed capacity of 116 MW and geothermal steam had one new unit (14 MW).
The newly installed capacity being provided by the solar units is second only to that of natural gas. The new solar capacity in 2013 is 77.36% higher than that for the same period in 2012."
Submission + - Neanderthal Dental Records Suggest Prehistoric Man Ate Animal Stomachs (ibtimes.com) 1
Philip Ross writes: Neanderthals, modern man’s close primitive relative, may have favored the flavor of a food-gorged animal gut now and then, according to scientists studying Neanderthals’ dental records. Anthropologists from London’s Natural History Museum describe the plant material found in the plaque of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth as having come from the stomach contents of their prey. Researchers revisited the dental records of Neanderthals from El Sidrón Cave in Spain, where Neanderthal remains were first uncovered in 1994. The records were assembled last year as part of a study into Neanderthal diets.
