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Comment requires driver's license and SS number (Score 1) 558

by onetwentyone (#48239933) Attached to: Rite Aid and CVS Block Apple Pay and Google Wallet
http://support.currentc.com/

Step 5. Adding a New Payment Account - Checking Account (ACH)

Enter your checking account information - Note: This information is not stored in your phone.
Enter your personal information - Note: Driver's license number and social security number are used to confirm your identity. This information is not stored in your phone.

Submission + - Microsoft Launches Office For iPad: Includes Word, Excel, And PowerPoint

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new suite, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go live in Apple's App Store at 11:00AM PDT (2:00PM EST). Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPad feature a ribbon interface just like the one featured in Office for Windows and OS X. The trio of apps are much more powerful on the tablet than the smartphone, but naturally aren't comparable to the desktop versions.

Submission + - College Board To Rethink the SAT, Partner With Khan Academy (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: According to the NY times, 'Saying its college admission exams do not focus enough on the important academic skills, the College Board announced on Wednesday a fundamental rethinking of the SAT, eliminating obligatory essays, ending the longstanding penalty for guessing wrong and cutting obscure vocabulary words. ... The SAT’s rarefied vocabulary words will be replaced by words that are common in college courses, such as “empirical” and “synthesis.” The math questions, now scattered widely across many topics, will focus more narrowly on linear equations, functions and proportional thinking. The use of a calculator will no longer be allowed on some of the math sections.' The College Board will also be working with Khan Academy to provide students with free, online practice problems and instructional videos. The new version of the SAT will be introduced in 2016.
Privacy

NSA WhistleBlower Outs Himself 860

Posted by samzenpus from the man-behind-the-curtain dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell. The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. 'I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong,' he said."
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft sued over Windows Live Tiles (cnet.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft is already facing lawsuits related to the just-launched Windows, with an operating
system technology designer accusing Microsoft of ripping of its patent for "tiles."

SurfCast, in a complaint filed yesterday in a U.S. District Court in Maine, said Microsoft infringes
one of its four patents — No. 6,724,403 — by "making, using, selling, and offering to sell devices
and software products" covered by SurfCast's patent. That includes mobile devices using the
Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 operating systems as well as PCs using Windows 8/RT.

Comment Re:Tax planning and rich people (Score 1) 2115

by onetwentyone (#37444734) Attached to: White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax"
You're right. I did forget business taxes. As for "average Democratic [constituent]" you might want to leave it as "average [constituent]". I don't know of any information offhand which demonstrates republicans are more likely to be small business owners or vice versa. I could be wrong, I've only done a few quick searches on the subject this morning.

Comment Re:Tax planning and rich people (Score 1) 2115

by onetwentyone (#37444232) Attached to: White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax"
Listing everything out as you have done makes the situation look much worse than what actually occurs. I've taken the liberty of consolidating the above in to the various tax categories thus putting this into a much more realistic light.

All fall under sales tax:

I get taxed when I buy materials to build a shop.
I get taxed on the goods I purchase to sell in the shop.
I get taxed on the goods I sell to others.
I get taxed on the heat in the shop.
I get taxed on the water I use in the shop.
I get taxed on the power consumed by the shop.
I get taxed on the suppliments that I feed the horses.
I get taxed on the fee for delivery of the hay I bought.
I get taxed on the hay I buy to make up the difference in what I cant grow on my own.
I get taxed on the materials to build the hay barn.
I get taxed on the work vehicles I purchase.
I get taxed on the fuel for my business vehicles (tractors, trucks, trailors).
I get taxed on the old vehicles I sell to replace.
I get taxed on the vet bills for the horses. I get taxed on the services of the farrier.
I get taxed when I charge someone to board their horse.
I get taxed when I charge someone to train their horse.
I get taxed when I charge someone to transport their horse.
And taxed to buy food.
And taxed to buy fuel.
And taxed to buy clothes.
And taxed to go to a movie, or to dinner, or to a ball game, or to a play, or ... or... or... or...

Property taxes: (vary depending on where you live or your store is located)

And I get taxed to buy my house.
And I get taxed to STAY in my house.
And taxed to send my kids to school.
I get taxed on the property the shop sits on.
I get taxed by the school district in the county the shop is in.
I get taxed on the hay I grow.
I get taxed on the building I constructed to store the hay in.
I get taxed when I open the shop.

State / Federal Income Taxes: (state only if applicable)

I get taxed on the pay I give to my employees.
And THEN I get taxed on what I take for myself out of MY business.

Now a bunch of these can be combined even further which, you'll find, I also took the liberty of doing for you:

Sales Tax:
I get taxed when I purchase goods or services at a rate my state has decided.

Property Tax:
I get taxed for owning property at a rate my state and local county have decided.

State / Federal Income Taxes
I get taxed on my income and I'm responsible for making sure my employees have the appropriate taxes taken out of their income.

You're welcome.
The Courts

Submission + - Oregon AG Seeks to investigate RIAA tactics

Submitted by
NewYorkCountryLawyer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Turning the tables on the RIAA's attempt to subpoena information from the University of Oregon about the identities of the university students, the Attorney General has now filed additional papers requesting permission from the Court to conduct immediate discovery into the RIAA's 'data mining' techniques, such as the use of unlicensed investigators, the turning over of subpoenaed information to collection agencies, the obtaining of personal information from computers. The AG pointed out (pdf) that "Because Plaintiffs routinely obtain ex parte discovery in their John Doe infringement suits.....their factual assertions supporting their good cause argument are never challenged by an adverse party and their investigative methods remain free of scrutiny. They often settle their cases quickly before defendants obtain legal representation and begin to conduct discovery...... and have dropped cases, such as their case against Tanya Andersen, in which their methods and practices have been challenged through counterclaims...... While the University is not a party to the case, Plaintiffs' subpoena affects the university's rights and obligations. Plaintiffs may be spying on students who use the University's computer system and may be accessing much more than IP addresses." As one commentator succinctly put it, "They'll be going bananas in RIAA land" after reading this filing."
Intel

Submission + - Intel V8 Octa-Core System, Full Performance Tests

Submitted by MojoKid
MojoKid writes: In the April time frame, details of Intel's dual-socket 8-core system dubbed "V8" became available but only preliminary performance numbers were shown. The platform consists of quad-core Xeon processors in an Intel 5000X chipset-based motherboard, along with FBDIMM (Fully Buffered DIMM) serial memory. This follow-on article goes into significantly more detail on the platform and showcases many more performance metrics on a Windows Vista 64-bit installation. The POV-Ray and Cinebench 95 benchmark numbers alone are something to smile about.
Networking

Submission + - US falls to 24th place for broadband penetration (pressesc.com)

Submitted by
amigoro
amigoro writes: "US fell to 24th place in terms of broadband penetration with 53%. South Korea led the pack with 90% having highs peed connections.

The US remains the largest broadband country in the world with more than 60.4 million subscribers in the quarter with 2.9 million new broadband additions but China is fast catching up and has cut the gap to the US from 5.8 million at the end of 2006 to 4.1 million at end of March 2007."
Censorship

Submission + - Attorney sues website over his online rating (nwsource.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that a local attorney is suing legal startup Avvo.com over a rating that was algorithmically assigned. The story touches over the controversy of computers grading humans. Such practices are not new: the New York Times earlier this year reported on Google using algorithms to determine applicant suitability. But what happens when you don't like the result? Can a computer program be considered defamatory?

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