Your second example is not valid (assuming you mean MS is donating the money).
Unlike individuals, corporations don't get a deduction for something like that. What corporations do get a deduction for is every single expense they have. They only pay taxes on their profit, not their income.
So, a corporation pays somebody to clean the office, that's a tax deduction. I pay somebody to clean my office at home (that is used mostly for pleasure, and a hypothetical, as I don't actually pay people for cleaning, or have an office) it is not a tax deduction.
If I give something away that has value, I get a deduction. If a corporation does, they can deduct the cost to produce it, but they get that anyway, even if it was sold at a profit.
This is actually why your first example works. Paying for everything Steve Jobs does costs the company money, and therefore is not taxed (even though it is not charity). Technically if this money is paying for Steve to do personal stuff he should report it as income (non cash compensation for his job) and pay taxes on it. These things get very ambiguous though.
I don't see any credible evidence that an attempt will be made to balance the budget in my lifetime, so it's either unborn paying more than their fair share, or bankruptcy, in which no one pays their fair share..
I'm willing to bet the Dell streak would be two handed for me too. Even the G2 is on the big side of one handed use (slightly larger bezel, slightly thicker, and 30% heavier).
Which is probably where the differing opinion comes from.
Hmm, I use auto, and it does consistently appear too bright indoors, but at the same time, I don't want to have to brighten it outside, especially if it's low, as I won't even be able to see it.
I don't think I'd be worried about my lawyer being corrupted by the 15k though.
I would definitely want a different lawyer and firm to represent me than Wikileaks, and would have serious concern if it came out my lawyer was given money secretly, but 15k of open money is not going to buy a violation of ethics like that from a serious lawyer (it's a day or two worth of work).
Maybe you never carry things by the handle while using your phone, but I do some, and 1-handed operation is why I wanted an on-screen keyboard (much easier to type one-handed on).
I personally tap out 1-5 word messages at red-lights sometimes, but I also go a little over the speed limit sometimes too, and in my area they are similarly weighted crimes, so I am not too worried about it).
I agree to a point that it is only a convenience thing, but it is a convenience thing that is big to me. I purchased a G1 specifically because I "needed" a physical keyboard, and withing 2 weeks of the update to android 1.6 I had essentially stopped using the physical keyboard (exceptions SSH (non-words, punctuation), VNC (in landscape mode usually))
one-handed phone operation is a great convenience. On the iPad I imagine not so much, as it it too big to hold and type with one hand.
When I check battery history it uses 65% - 85% since last unplugged.
followed by cell standby that is currently 9% (display is 67%).
This leaves the CPU at 24% of total battery use (we're ignoring memory, and assuming my number 3 battery user, phone idle, primarily uses CPU as the drain).
Considering my phone screen is 65%-85% of the battery, I am not too worried about a dual core.
Also, I imagine with the ability to kill off cores when not needed a slower dual-core could use less than a single core, and run better.
The iPad has massive battery because of the screen, which I bet is over 90% of the power used. Especially in one that is being used as a browser tablet without 3G (less going on when not being used).
My current (4 hours since unplugged, not too much usage today vs a normal morning) has 65% display, 10% cell standby, 8% phone idle as the top 3. Not having the phone function would save 10% of my battery, but still the screen is the real killer. And on a typical day I use the screen a lot more in the morning.
In my circle it's well over 66% (probably closer to 90% honestly).
It's a great way to share activities (such as vacation) with families, and see interesting things to maybe do.
It's a great address book too. Even the people I know that didn't have one over concerns of getting burned by an employer have relented, as any employer that is checking those things will find lack of account odder at this point.
I dont know how the keyboard compares to the n900, but the g1 has a fantastic physical keyboard. I am currently using a nexus one because overall it is a better phone, but the g1 keyboard was great. The g2 keyboard is only three rows, and the screen can encroach on the top row, but it does have diagonally arranged keys (unlike droid), spaced out keys (a semi rarity), and good feeling keypress (unlike all other keyboards I've touched, excepting the g1).
Note, have tried mytouch slide, Droid, Samsung gravity, and a smattering of feature phones. Never an n900 though.
I believe that I read the gingerbread keyboard is milti-touch capable (not on my nexus one with a custom firmware though), if so I expect a keyboard with ctrl and although pretty shortly.
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I thought she did it to star on reality TV.
The sound makes it a good game.
Also, the repetitiveness and then accomplishment of finishing a level.
It's similar to playing Ikaruga over and over again to get just a little bit further, but forgiving enough for the masses.
This leads me to believe there is a bug (as everyone is kinda saying the same thing).
I don't have bluetooth or Wifi on very often.
I am also somewhat concerned it may open the keyboard slightly in pocket (it doesn't stay closed very well) turning the display on.
I generally use the phone actively for 4 hours or so a day.
I simply meant that before spending any more we need to cut the deficit.
The 3.5 trillion spend does not get covered but the 2.1 trillion collected. A tax raise to increase spending is irrispionsible.
Your second example is not valid (assuming you mean MS is donating the money).
Unlike individuals, corporations don't get a deduction for something like that. What corporations do get a deduction for is every single expense they have. They only pay taxes on their profit, not their income.
So, a corporation pays somebody to clean the office, that's a tax deduction. I pay somebody to clean my office at home (that is used mostly for pleasure, and a hypothetical, as I don't actually pay people for cleaning, or have an office) it is not a tax deduction.
If I give something away that has value, I get a deduction. If a corporation does, they can deduct the cost to produce it, but they get that anyway, even if it was sold at a profit.
This is actually why your first example works. Paying for everything Steve Jobs does costs the company money, and therefore is not taxed (even though it is not charity). Technically if this money is paying for Steve to do personal stuff he should report it as income (non cash compensation for his job) and pay taxes on it. These things get very ambiguous though.
I'd pay more taxes if they would cap spending and start paying the debt.
We under pay by about 30% as it is, I want to see the budget balanced, then we can talk about more services.
Only if they believed it was right to ignore laws you don't agree with.
Perhaps.
I don't see any credible evidence that an attempt will be made to balance the budget in my lifetime, so it's either unborn paying more than their fair share, or bankruptcy, in which no one pays their fair share..
I don't know why .ogg was not used, as according to Matroska.com this is where .ogg excels.
MKV is definitely superior to OGM though (Matroska is modest on this point int their faq).
look at the table here: http://www.alexander-noe.com/video/documentation/containers.pdf to see MKV vs OGM
4.3 in the linked PDF is probably why WebM was created (a pure subset of Matroska I believe).
I can't find any support, but I believe I read somewhere that OGM was week in seeking vs MKV (don't know how this compares to WebM).
I'm willing to bet the Dell streak would be two handed for me too. Even the G2 is on the big side of one handed use (slightly larger bezel, slightly thicker, and 30% heavier).
Which is probably where the differing opinion comes from.
Hmm, I use auto, and it does consistently appear too bright indoors, but at the same time, I don't want to have to brighten it outside, especially if it's low, as I won't even be able to see it.
I don't think I'd be worried about my lawyer being corrupted by the 15k though.
I would definitely want a different lawyer and firm to represent me than Wikileaks, and would have serious concern if it came out my lawyer was given money secretly, but 15k of open money is not going to buy a violation of ethics like that from a serious lawyer (it's a day or two worth of work).
Maybe you never carry things by the handle while using your phone, but I do some, and 1-handed operation is why I wanted an on-screen keyboard (much easier to type one-handed on).
I personally tap out 1-5 word messages at red-lights sometimes, but I also go a little over the speed limit sometimes too, and in my area they are similarly weighted crimes, so I am not too worried about it).
I agree to a point that it is only a convenience thing, but it is a convenience thing that is big to me. I purchased a G1 specifically because I
"needed" a physical keyboard, and withing 2 weeks of the update to android 1.6 I had essentially stopped using the physical keyboard (exceptions SSH (non-words, punctuation), VNC (in landscape mode usually))
one-handed phone operation is a great convenience. On the iPad I imagine not so much, as it it too big to hold and type with one hand.
No,
When I check battery history it uses 65% - 85% since last unplugged.
followed by cell standby that is currently 9% (display is 67%).
This leaves the CPU at 24% of total battery use (we're ignoring memory, and assuming my number 3 battery user, phone idle, primarily uses CPU as the drain).
Considering my phone screen is 65%-85% of the battery, I am not too worried about a dual core.
Also, I imagine with the ability to kill off cores when not needed a slower dual-core could use less than a single core, and run better.
The iPad has massive battery because of the screen, which I bet is over 90% of the power used. Especially in one that is being used as a browser tablet without 3G (less going on when not being used).
My current (4 hours since unplugged, not too much usage today vs a normal morning) has 65% display, 10% cell standby, 8% phone idle as the top 3. Not having the phone function would save 10% of my battery, but still the screen is the real killer. And on a typical day I use the screen a lot more in the morning.
This is Tmobile G2 for reference.
I would be pretty upset if I couldn't use my phone with one hand.
I don't own an iPhone, so it may be better without home button, but I use it quite a lot on my android phone (long hold to change apps).
And would hate to need to hands to copy text out of an email into a search box, or a name from an email into a contact.
or to simply tap out a text and then call someone while web-browsing.
None played on stations that declare themselves alternative.
And I hope one puts some money in escrow first too, as I don't want to pick-up the bill for the clean-up if one dies outside.
I actually feel this is pretty well implemented with the groups.
In my circle it's well over 66% (probably closer to 90% honestly).
It's a great way to share activities (such as vacation) with families, and see interesting things to maybe do.
It's a great address book too. Even the people I know that didn't have one over concerns of getting burned by an employer have relented, as any employer that is checking those things will find lack of account odder at this point.
The word bloat implies slowly growing.
This is a piece of description that "excessive packet buffering" Does not include. I also think packet buffering is pretty clear from the context
I dont know how the keyboard compares to the n900, but the g1 has a fantastic physical keyboard. I am currently using a nexus one because overall it is a better phone, but the g1 keyboard was great. The g2 keyboard is only three rows, and the screen can encroach on the top row, but it does have diagonally arranged keys (unlike droid), spaced out keys (a semi rarity), and good feeling keypress (unlike all other keyboards I've touched, excepting the g1).
Note, have tried mytouch slide, Droid, Samsung gravity, and a smattering of feature phones. Never an n900 though.
Am i missing something with full keyboard? It took me 4 key presses to get ctrl+c
There's an app for wifi proxy, couldn't you use that plus SSH forwarding to accomplish what you want?
App is asproxy.
I believe that I read the gingerbread keyboard is milti-touch capable (not on my nexus one with a custom firmware though), if so I expect a keyboard with ctrl and although pretty shortly.