The problem, as I see it, is that the original poster is comparing the wrong things; namely, he's looking at MySQL for some odd reason, when several other people have here already pointed out that the de-facto OSS solution to this is PostgreSQL and PostGIS. Sounds pretty much like a drop-in solution to me.
2nd on the PostgreSQL and PostGIS. The OP should also consider using the google maps as a base map through their API
So in other words, you're an idiot that doesn't do any research on the products you buy. If people refuse to buy unsafe cars *gasp* then no businessman in his right mind would make them. Smarten up, dummy.
You know that the auto companies fought vociferously against seat belts,safety glass and air bags right?
He said "I don't mean that in the sense of photography as a hobby or a profession, but simply as a method for taking images" and you recommend an SLR? Seriously?
Have you dealt with the shutter lag on a point and shoot? They are largely useless if you want to take a photo of anything that moves faster than a grandmother.
Here's an idea, why don't we just shut down 20 of the 21 sections of the Department of Agriculture so they only have one email system?
We can keep food safety inspections, at least until an adequate private inspection regime is in place (like the one that inspects food and facilities for Kosher and Halal dietary requirements).
The last time "food safety inspections", was privatized, the outcome was detailed in "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. A rollicking read, but not something that I would like to return to.
I think this librarian is just upset because he/she is realizing how irrelevant the idea of a library is anymore. Seriously, when was the last time any of you actually used a library?
This week. I never understood why they are not utilized even more than they are in these economic times. Your taxes have already paid for the books on the shelves, why buy another copy?
You got modded insightful, which shows the mods are as ignorant as you are. Rich people buy more things and more expensive things a sales tax is the only fair tax there is.
Not necessarily. Warren Buffett has always stated his secretary pays more taxes as a percentage of income than he does. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062700097.html Also a poor person by definition lives from paycheck to paycheck, spending 100% of any take home pay, which is then taxed. A rich person, may save 20% of their take home salary, negating any sales taxes collected on the portion saved.
Yes, but Amazon will no longer have a physical presence in the state, thus Texas will not be able to collect on any future sales tax. Texas needs to cut some sort of compromise deal with Amazon or they will lose out in the long run, but in lost revenue from jobs and physical infrastructure, as well as potential future sales tax.
See the problem is Amazon did not collect sales tax for Texas from those past sales, thus this money has to come out of their bottom line, instead of literally just taking money from the state population and giving it to the state government when sales tax is tacked on as normal.
They should put a lien on the property and the physical assets for the full amount of the taxes due. Wake them latte drinkin' Internet types up real quick.
Your fault -- core dumped
