In my example, all tax is calculated in the BSI software. It talks directly to the ERP. There are a handful of tax software companies like this. Very few HR/Payroll systems actually calculate their own taxes. Too much to keep up with, especially if you had to keep up with all of the crazy county/parish/municipality taxes for all potential places where any of your employees live.

This is exactly it. And almost every shop that processes payroll subscribes to a service that updates the tax tables for you as the laws change. www.bsi.com is one.

I'm sure they have the tax tables written up either way the vote goes so they can get it out the door.

So how are we to know that this isn't anti-FUD?

"Yes, Citizen, your full disk encryption is just too much for us to crack. I guess you're in the clear."

YOU-fee?

YOU-fi?

you-EF-ee?

Thanks, Mom and Dad.

So my 3.12 CNE is no good any more? Dang!

I'm getting a kick out of this because I have use of only one eye.

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As was I. ;)

Man. There English sucks.

The quality of the many recent graduates I interview from traditional colleges and universities is atrocious. They have no analytical skills what so ever and expect to come in making big bucks and leading projects. The ones that I did hire sit around all day worrying about how they could have used super duper new programming paradigm X and take forever to complete what should be simple development tasks. They shut down if a design spec given by a customer is not perfect rather than working with the customer to clarify or work through the issue.

Argh! You kids get off my lawn!

Subscribe to a checkout service similar to PayPal that could calculate the taxes and adds them as appropriate?

Hrm. I smell a business opportunity.

Ignore this reply, please.

Ever try to read an iPad in the sun? If they do this and go with anything other than an eReader we will all know it is a publicity stunt.

And what about when it snows or rains? Do they print out copies of the playbook just in case, or hand out ziplock bags?

I must comment on the synopsis of this story. y2k was basically a non-event because thousands of people like me worked our butts off for a couple of years to bring forward our legacy systems and come up with creative ways to do so.

It gets my goat every time I hear somebody who wasn't involved say such ridiculous things.

Now get off my lawn you darn kids!

So I can't use it as a DVR unless I am on Dish? It says it integrates with my existing cable box? What is it talking about there?

I think I'll stick to my TiVo if this is the case. TiVo paired up with pyTivo gives me everything I need and has for years.

Hmmm... It seems like the author of TFA would have known this. Thanks for the clarification.