@Zoredache As in the key to operate "protected" functions on the control panel (like, say, an IPL)
IBM charges a small fortune for the new fancy electronic ones, and if you can't get a replacement key you have to replace the panel (at which point it may make sense to just upgrade the machine)
@voretaq7 Well, I have no idea which tab I was on because none of them were selected. However when I went to /questions and redid my search, I got the 246 from @Zoredache.
Also, @Zypher, please don't kidnap me. I had pop eyes chicken for lunch and have the immediate need to be within 20 feet of an unoccupied restroom at all times for the remainder of the night.
@voretaq7 I'm trying to decide what to queueueueueueueueue up for my next show to watch. I'm nearly halfway through La Femme Nikita now. I'm enjoying it, but it's not as good as I remembered.
@MDMarra Yeah he does seem that way. I asked him some really dumb questions, because I know nothing about NY or the USA in general. I had to ask him to explain to me where New Jersey is...
@MarkHenderson Not understanding the taxes, is a very important point of how the system works. You are just supposed to blindly let the government take money.
@MarkHenderson Here the the federal government takes between 30 and 45% of your income, the states take another 3-9%, and your locality may try to snatch another 1-3%, also there's sales tax.
I had a friend that lived in Hoboken, NJ for a couple of years and took a train into New York City daily. She ended up moving into the city after a while, though
@MarkHenderson I tend to expect about 25% of my income to go towards taxes and such. Since buying a house and having a child (both of which greatly reduce my taxable income) I tend to get a bit of a refund.
@MarkHenderson Employers usually do withholding for you. You CAN elect to have them just give you all your money and you pay the government, but that's painful.
@ScottPack NO! I'M SICK OF YOUR BUREAUCRACY AND YOUR LINES! STORM THE DMV! LICENSES FOR EVERYONE - GOD KNOWS WE CAN'T HAVE ANY WORSE DRIVERS THAN WE ALREADY DO! :-D
A huge, huge part of any decision I make about if I even go to NY for a face-to-face if I'm invited will be involved in "Can I afford to live there, on your salary, so that my wife doesn't have to work"
@ScottPack The cost of living in NYC is comparable to where I live now, if rent is anything to go by
Say your take-home pay is gross $50,000 but then your employer gives you a phone + insurance + a poodle worth a combined total of $10,000, do they tax you on that extra 10k?
@voretaq7 That forbes article is interesting. I'll have to ask my controller what our final numbers were, but I think our deductions actually dropped is down a tax bracket.
@MDMarra Yeah, I commute for a 20-min drive where I work now, and that's considered unbelievably short in Sydney. I used to commute for 65 minutes on the train, and thats considered "normal", so commuting is something Im quite used to
@voretaq7 The standard deduction might have done it, but between child care, home stuff, student loan interest, etc.... I stopped taking the standard deduction a few years ago.
@voretaq7 Yeah, they used to reimburse up to a certain amount. Since they stopped that, I haven't actually bothered to figure out what to deduct. I figure it can't possibly be enough to matter.
You can be reasonably close to subway/bus service, reasonably close to parks, and in the right area you might even be able to get away with a zipcar membership
@MarkHenderson Hey, if you're looking for a great area to raise kids and have a backyard, might I point you at a java/coldfusion job at a lovely university?
@ScottPack Are they willing to pay re-location costs and wait several months while I tie up my current job? And fly me to the other side of the world to do an inteview?
@ScottPack Not really the best choices. Education in Australia is free, and university used to be free too. And we already have free universal health care :p
@ScottPack Well, it wouldn't be difficult for housing to be cheaper than where I live. The 2br, 90m2 apartment I bought a few years ago is worth about $350,000 these days. And I'm a 60-min commute to the city.
A house here is about $800,000 - $1m for an average one
@MarkHenderson Seriously though, look at Cobble Hill / Caroll Gardens / Park Slope brooklyn, or Forest Hills / Rego Park / Astoria in queens. You can find places with back yards (they'll be kerspensive tho)
@voretaq7 I'm going to copy and paste that into notepad and save it :) Thanks. Insider knowledge is always so much better than typing "Is Queens a shithole" into google and seeing what it says
@MarkHenderson Visit the neighborhood during the day, at night, and on friday/saturday (morning and night) -- It'll be pretty obvious if it's a shithole :)
Like I didn't list Jackson Heights in queens -- there are some really nice parts of Jackson Heights, and there are also places I won't walk through at night.
@MarkHenderson I wouldn't either. Although, we've had professors come from places like DC where they pay cash for their home with the profits from their old homes.
Its amazing that I see people recommend certain areas for people with families, but a quick google and a crime report shows multiple stabbings, fatalitis, gang wars, etc.
@MarkHenderson Crime statistics are pretty widely aggregated though -- Freeport (the village I'm in) has some gnarly numbers, and you'd think where I am would be bad (right off a highway), but it's great.
This MSDN article lists the virtual address space limits for current versions of Windows.
I notice that for 32 bit systems the address space is divided into 2 GB user and 2 GB kernel, which makes sense. Likewise on amd64 systems the (presumably 44 bit) address space is divided into 8 TB user spa...
