Giving the schools more money does not automatically make them better.

or .local

Is this a Schrodinger's cat type thing?

If you look up the law in FL it explicitly says it does not apply if you're already in the middle of an illegal activity.

Services for Unix is prepackaged in Win 7, but under a different name. I can't remember what it is...but i know it's there (check the Win 7 equivalent of add / remove windows components)

By inserting the ads without telling the site owner (and obtaining approval) the ISP is creating an copyright-infringing derivative work.

the problem is that you can't magically make a web app look metro-y on windows 8 and ios-y on ios using THE SAME CODE BASE.

by the time you do the relevant coding to polish it up well enough you might as well do a native app.

write-once, run-anywhere is the biggest load of bullshit to ever appear in computing.
it's a sham, it's a joke, it's a lie, it's a hoax, it's a scam, and anyone who pushes for it should be ashamed of themselves for basically *LYING* to whoever's paying them.

Actually I think Apple already applied for that patent.

If you think the technology for chest xrays has been the same for 50-80 years you are so wrong.

But if you cap profit margins as a fixed % how will they increase net profits?

Simple.

Charge more for the same service (or lack thereof).
It's basic math...15% of 20 billion is *DOUBLE* 15% of 10 billion.

They'll have to pass along more to doctors but they'll still get to tell Wall Street their profits went up (yet again).

You're correct, unless you count their own people.
Then those governments have us beaten by an order of magnitude.

You own an IBM Model M keyboard?

No law should be 100% universally enforced. No human mind (or minds) can write a law that covers every physically possible situation.

$275,000? where do you live?

And with government run healthcare the excuse for screwing you changes from "making money" to "keeping the budget deficit down". Either way you're still screwed.