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Comment Re:One of the things I learned doing IT for doctor (Score 1) 242

Anyone setting a scheme to run like this should know that it is wrong. If they think that it is acceptable to code this, then they don't fit the bill of someone that we want in society. There's a place where antisocial deviants belong. It's called prison.

Comment Re:Funny how every time this happens (Score 1) 142

Whoever prepared the file probably received the XLS file and could open the latest version. Why wouldn't the export from the database system be able to export to xlsx? The format has been around for a number of years. The first version of the supporting Excel has been on desktops for years. Sounds like a deliberate mistake by someone.

Comment Re: Really? (Score 3, Interesting) 79

No one seems to point out that this is not UHF. There are stock ham gear for UHF, but I don't know about all of the gear in this range. 237mhz is in that special area that the Military and others fought to keep clear for years. Let's see how many secret satellites are still operating in this range due to the lack of equipment and the obscurity.

Comment Re: It is the Internet (Score 1) 51

It isn't the bean counters. Focus on the MBAs and Wall Street. they make the plans. Those plans always focus on the next few quarters. The stock will actually tank if numbers don't move upwards. We need to remove the need for "constant inflation." A company doesn't need to make more revenue each year. It needs to make its stakeholders whole. Raising the revenue should not be a consideration. Most companies are not growth companies. For instance Intel and AMD are so old. Their products really are commodities. There is nothing that is revolutionary in terms of a product release from one year over the release of the prior year. They shouldn't be anticipating massive revenue increases. Harvard BS pushed the metrics of improving ROE AND EPS every quarter. Don't blame the bookkeepers. Accountants just run the numbers.

Comment Re:Democracy is a peaceful way to remove a governm (Score 1) 772

America in general looks at the immigration as unsustainable. It costs more to house a person in the US than in another country. When a person flees Syria, then they are facing huge linguistic and social barriers when resettling here. They would never see their family again. Wouldn't a closer location be more suitable? ie Turkey? Turkey can not handle it. Nor can Germany. Now, the retreads - those that failed to win asylum in Germany - are pushing for visas in France. Germany shut the door because its budget can not handle the payments for any more. So why can not Americans ask if they can pay for this? I think that many are saying that the country can not pay for it. We have a national debt that is at the one of the highest percentages of GDP in the world. Few other countries even have a significant yield from corporate taxes. We have a third of national revenue coming from corporate taxes, when most European countries have effectively zero. Only Ireland has a significant amount of revenue coming from corporate taxes(most of those corps are actually American). So why can not an American ask how to pay for it? Or to decide that it is not sustainable? The budget can not be met and each immigrant's health care costs more in America than elsewhere.

Comment Re:Just curious (Score 1) 113

Lidocaine would be useful in treatment of various problems. A topical lidocaine ointment would be applied to an area prior to performing any work on the area. Benadyrl might be helpful. Valium and Prozac are very different to me. I think that they selected formulas that have been around for a long time.

Comment Re:Revolutionary (Score 1) 454

People seem to think that these technologies should be adopted in order to create societal change. Some have even made recommendations to force these technologies upon the Public to achieve the societal changes. Who authorized you to create societal upheaval? How do you know that you are right? Would it not be better to encourage living within the urban core for those that work in the core? Massachusetts has lost significant population over the years. The density within Boston has actually dropped. All of this really started from the failing school system. Would it not be better to rectify the school system? This is the root issue in many communities.

Comment Re:Wait, what's the problem here? (Score 1) 66

These types of systems should be implemented by the school system. Colleges of today rely upon software with similar features. Several of the packages are open-source. Management of the schools should be cognizant of the issues behind the ClassDojo. Good principals should be against ClassDojo. They should be actively working to eliminate it by ban and the fabrication of a suitable replacement. Recordkeeping should be a principle concern of the management.

Comment Re:Simple fix (Score 1) 158

This principle is dangerous. Most companies do align with each other on ROI and margin. Within two separate industries we could have 10 companies with the same level of gross receipts but wildly different net income amounts. We could actually impose a tax that one of these companies could not bear. Most of the companies would probably have a rate of taxation in excess of the normal range. Such a principle would lead to a tax burden far in excess of the burden held by companies in foreign nations.

Comment Re:Simple fix (Score 1) 158

I believe that corporate tax receipts in the US are higher than the receipts for corporate tax in Japan. Most other countries have significantly lower collections from corporate income taxes. Most of the other countries do not tax income earned by a corporation in another nation. Why should America penalize the corporations with the imposition of a disadvantage? The European countries have a high amount of taxation as a percentage of overall GDP. This is due to their higher rates of taxation on individual incomes. Those tax schemes are more progressive. Corporate income tax serves as a regressive taxation on the middle class. The middle class would bear more of the burden from any increase in corporate income tax versus the rich. The real problem in the system lies with the offspring of liberal institutions such as Harvard. Those schools mint managers that have no sense of fair play. Look at the article in today's WSJ. The problem with Medicare remains on the shoulders of the Doctors. Is the Doctor really ethical when he or she orders a $2500 panel of tests on an 80 year old man in order to evaluate the patient for illegal drug addiction? Is the said Doctor ethical when this doctor places the order on the chart of every patient over 65? Nothing is wrong with Medicare in such an instance. It is a particular person that is taking advantage of the system. Such people should be punished. People should be punished if they set up structures to create transfer pricing. They should face charges for fraud. This does not mean that a loophole exists. Nor is there a need to change anything in the tax structure.

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