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Comment Re:Uh, debate is where? (Score 1) 173

Material for which no source can be found should be validated the same way you would verify any other data. A minute or two of searching can usually locate sources. The reader can update the page to include the source, or delete the offending statement if no verification appears to exist.

This is the constructive way to handle the issue. To blindly delete without attempting to validate is simply vandalism.

Comment Re:So why was it deleted? (Score 2) 432

There are lots of people who auto revert every change they see, in order to get their own change count up.

I gave up on Wikipedia after a struggle to get an entry for a local hiking trail updated with correct information; the article cited a several year old blog post about parts being closed for construction.

Every time I updated the entry to indicate that the trail was open (as the construction had finished years ago), and changed the references to point to current news articles and recent blog postings, it would be reverted within minutes by the same user.

Graphics

Is StarCraft II Killing Graphics Cards? 422

An anonymous reader writes "One of the more curious trends emerging from last week's StarCraft II launch is people alleging that the game kills graphics cards.The between-mission scenes onboard Jim Raynor's ship aren't framerate capped. These are fairly static scenes, and don't take much work for the graphics card to display them. Because of this, the card renders the scene as quickly as possible, which then taxes your graphics card as it works to its full potential. As the pipelines within your graphics card work overtime, the card will heat up and if it can't cope with that heat it will crash."
Canada

Submission + - The Pirate Party of Canada is official! 3

wasme writes: The Pirate Party of Canada (PPCA) has become the first Pirate Party outside of Europe to become an official political party. Elections Canada confirmed with the party on the 12th that the PPCA has gained "eligible for registration" status, and can run in elections starting June 14, 2010. Read the Party's official announcement:

"We are pleased to announce that as of April 12, 2010, the Pirate Party of Canada (PPCA) is officially eligible for Party Status.

After ten months of dedication and hard work, we have reached eligible status, which only leaves a 60-day “purgatory” period. After that, we will field candidates in subsequent federal elections, and begin the real work of a political party."

Comment Re:Was it a cause of his legal trouble? (Score 1) 691

FYI: the IRS does pay interest if they owe you enough.

I had a mixup with unneeded backup withholding being withheld from the total proceeds of a stock sale, so I had a rather large refund last year.

I was pleasantly surprised to receive an additional check and statement in the mail shortly after I filed my return.

The statement said that the additional payment was for interest, and the IRS sent me a 1099G for the interest this year.

Comment Re:This is how it's done where I'm from... (Score 1) 613

Actually it's not necessarily an interest free loan.

I had a rather complicated tax situation last year, and as part of it, I ended up massively overpaying, and then claiming back the overpayment. I'm not sure what the threshold is, but there was a line item for "Interest Paid" on the statement, and the IRS actually paid pretty decent interest for the couple of months they had my money.

I'm also amused by the letter I got from the IRS the other day reminding me to declare the interest they paid me. I may frame it.

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