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[ Originally from Vep. A bit hard to understand, but go here:
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To get more information... -Rek ]

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SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 — Uncle Sam is wearing a Santa cap this year, doling out billions in special tax rebates to select corporate citizens. Thanks to a law Congress passed this spring, Cisco is in line to get around $350 million, United Airlines $1.2 billion and CNF Inc. roughly $337 million. And those are just a few examples.
UNDER THE NEW LAW — H.R. 3090, a.k.a “the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002” — companies that posted a net loss for fiscal year 2001, but were profitable in previous years, can dig back as far as their 1996 tax returns and apply 2001 losses against income and reduce taxes accordingly. Previously, companies could only apply losses two years back.
Individual companies’ tax records are sealed, but their published financial information shows the benefits are potentially enormous.
For example, San Jose-based Cisco posted a $874 million net loss before taxes for 2001. Under the new law, it can subtract that from its $1.46 billion net income for 1996, reducing it to $590.8 million.

[ Yeah, well, I sure would like to see the numbers on job creation. If you can't sell in today's market why would you hire more people? Seems like this would have been more useful if applied in such a way that a middle-tier of companies had an influx of cash. The people who buy products. -Rek ]

New law gives firms huge tax break

Open source article--what would happen to web if free software removed?

[ Kind of preaching to the choir considering the current memestreams demographics, but definitely worth a read for re-inforcement. -Rek ]

Information Wants to be Valuable

Cool. I'm feeling nostalgic. I'm a "Chaotic Good Human Ranger Bard." What are you?

Drizzt's Grove - Test

Make your own music on a website!

modifyme.commodfiyme.com . . . . . . . .

""Star Wars" despots vs.
"Star Trek" populists"

David Brin rocks. . .

Salon Arts & Entertainment |

Dependancy links of what UNIX flavor came from each other.

Interesting point: note that Apple's OSX is in there.

[Nifty to look at it, but hard to read. I suggest printing it and hanging it on your wall. Highlight those versions you have used. :) --Randy]

UNIX history (preview)

SBC has also asked the California PUC to allow it to enter the state's $17 billion long distance market. To get approval, SBC has to prove that SBC's control over California's telephone facilities properly supports competition among Internet service providers, including independent ISPs. CISPA's original complaint claims that SBC has failed to provide fair and non-discriminatory access to the phone networks.

Well, it's about time...

News: California PUC To Regulate State DSL

The inventor of Java is switching to the Mac too. Considering recent M$ and Intel idiocies, I would say it's high time for you to start thinking about it as well. . .

:

Q: Some corporate users have expressed an interest in using .Net for the front end and Java on the back end. How does that strike you?

A: It's certainly the case that Microsoft pretty much has an absolute monopoly on the client. Certified and convicted. And so in some sense that makes it sort of easier for them on the client end. I think these folks would be amazed to discover how easy it is to write client software on the PC in Java. That works very well. And from a personal point of view, I personally actually read the [Windows] XP license and decided I couldn't sign it. So I've been shifting over to Mac.

Q&A: Java creator Gosling says .Net falls short of expectations | Computerworld News & Features Story

Home espresso. Ah yeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhh.....

Coffee: Resources for home espresso