There's nothing illegal about doing business overseas, so long as you declare all of the income to the US IRS and pay US taxes on it. (You're allowed to deduct any overseas taxes you've already paid.)
However, I strongly suspect that if these companies were going to be declaring all the income to the US government, there wouldn't be any point in their having set up overseas shell companies.
It's kinda like seeing someone break into a house through a window. Sure, it could be his house, but if it was, wouldn't he have gone in through the door?
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Uh, yeah, how exactly do I set it to do that? That was the question I was asking.
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I believe I was clear that what makes something part of the full Gnome desktop is whether it's part of the full Gnome desktop as distributed by the Gnome project--not what Debian decides to do.
(Similarly, irb and RubyGems aren't part of Ruby according to Debian, but they most definitely are according to Matz.)
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So is there some easy way to get rid of the useless new KDE 4 desktop and replace it with a folder view that works like every other GUI? Like you can rip off the useless new launcher and replace it with a hierarchical one?
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I am not seeing a real problem in that bug report...
If you don't think it's a problem that two identical-looking icons on the desktop behave in a completely different way, or that an object dropped on top of something falls underneath it and becomes non-selectable, then you shouldn't be designing GUIs.
There are only about 3 or 4 well known Gnome apps that use Mono, and all have alternatives. It is easy to run a full Gnome desktop without having any Mono installed.
By definition, a full Gnome desktop includes the full set of standard Gnome desktop applications, as shipped by the Gnome project. You can't run a full Gnome desktop as shipped by the Gnome project unless you have Mono installed.
To put it another way: to get rid of Mono you have to rip out applications which are a standard part of Gnome as shipped by the Gnome project. I opted to rip out the whole of Gnome and replace it with KDE.
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First off, there's Java. As the old saying goes, if you want an application framework that does everything, maybe C++ isn't your language. Java is portable, has several very good IDEs for it, from NetBeans 6.5 is nice and I think JBuilder is actually good as well.
Yes, but have you tried making a good-looking UI with Swing? It's like teaching a dog to walk on its hind legs--you feel accomplished when you get something that looks even passable.
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Fact is, KDE 4, even 4.2, still has some horrendous UI issues that the developers just dismiss. I switched from GNOME to KDE to avoid Mono/.NET, but with KDE 4 I feel like they're heading even further in the wrong direction as far as UI design is concerned. KDE 3 had too many settings but behaved more or less as you'd expect from other UIs; KDE 4 has hardly any settings and behaves in weird and freaky ways unlike any other desktop environment.
I played Resident Evil 4 (Wii Edition). I played Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I played Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy. I'd have played Okami if I hadn't finished it on the PS2. I played Bully: Scholarship Edition.
Then at some point, it seems the industry decided to stop trying. I haven't seen a new Wii game that appeals to me in months. It's all casual games and shovelware. So I've mostly been focused on the PS3.
But give me another Resident Evil or Metroid Prime on the Wii and I'm in. Or how about some RPGs?
And what really makes me bitter here is that the goal isn't to make their website easier or quicker or more available to use, it's just a political campaign to increase the number of people who use some crappy, poorly-designed, technology.
On the contrary, having to register yet another unique login/password in order to use a web site is a major usability problem.
Checking my password management application, I see that I now have 434 different sets of login/password credentials. As you might guess, this makes me reluctant to create any more unless I see a fairly compelling need.
Worse, many users get around the problem by using the same login/password for many web sites, hopelessly compromising security.
OpenID is an excellent option for situations where you need a persistent identity for something like a forum, but don't want to have a single centralized trusted authenticator as gatekeeper. If you have a better solution, I'd like to know what it is.
If you're really someone at Time Warner, I have a suggestion:
Work out how to unbundle the news and sports channels.
Right now I'm paying for dozens of news and sports channels I literally never watch. And I know those fuckers are expensive, especially ESPN etc.
I know you are getting the shaft from ABC, who say they won't let you carry ABC unless you force me to buy ESPN--but if you don't work something out with them, in a few months I'm going to switch to AppleTV or some similar solution, and cut the TV subscription, and save money doing so even buying episodes at $2 each.
Do users really need an open source desktop suite when they can meet their needs using a server based suite?
Last I checked, Google Docs couldn't even handle paragraphs (vs linebreaks). Has that changed, or is there some other server based suite you're referring to?
I was wondering if Python 3000 would end the whitespace problem by (say) adding an "end" keyword like Ruby, but apparently not.
Given that Guido von Rossum allegedly said he now viewed the whitespace thing as a big mistake that has crippled Python adoption, it's a pity religion prevented it from being fixed in Py3K.
Yup. I have a Kill-A-Watt device, and tested the PS3 to see how much electricity it wastes when switched off (but with the red LED on so it can be powered up from the controller).
The answer was that it was so little that the Kill-A-Watt still read 0 after 24 hours. So it's an utterly trivial amount in the grand scheme of things, and I'm inclined to believe the 1-2W figure.
I also once worked out the amount of CO2 emitted by my Mac, assuming I left it asleep (3W) instead of powering it off completely, and assuming that all the electricity came from coal. The answer was that I was emitting more CO2 per year by breathing.
Chicken pox may not kill as many people, but it is extremely unpleasant if you have it during your teenage years or in adulthood. (Speaking from personal experience.)
So, what, exactly are you planning on doing with your OS which makes the GPLv3 more attractive than the CDDL?
Using it.
I'm not interested in giving developers more right over their contributed code. I'm interested in making sure that the community of users can continue to use contributed code freely, and not see it locked away by patents or TiVoized.
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There's nothing illegal about doing business overseas, so long as you declare all of the income to the US IRS and pay US taxes on it. (You're allowed to deduct any overseas taxes you've already paid.)
However, I strongly suspect that if these companies were going to be declaring all the income to the US government, there wouldn't be any point in their having set up overseas shell companies.
It's kinda like seeing someone break into a house through a window. Sure, it could be his house, but if it was, wouldn't he have gone in through the door?
Guitar Hero, the text adventure
Uh, yeah, how exactly do I set it to do that? That was the question I was asking.
I believe I was clear that what makes something part of the full Gnome desktop is whether it's part of the full Gnome desktop as distributed by the Gnome project--not what Debian decides to do.
(Similarly, irb and RubyGems aren't part of Ruby according to Debian, but they most definitely are according to Matz.)
So is there some easy way to get rid of the useless new KDE 4 desktop and replace it with a folder view that works like every other GUI? Like you can rip off the useless new launcher and replace it with a hierarchical one?
If you don't think it's a problem that two identical-looking icons on the desktop behave in a completely different way, or that an object dropped on top of something falls underneath it and becomes non-selectable, then you shouldn't be designing GUIs.
By definition, a full Gnome desktop includes the full set of standard Gnome desktop applications, as shipped by the Gnome project. You can't run a full Gnome desktop as shipped by the Gnome project unless you have Mono installed.
To put it another way: to get rid of Mono you have to rip out applications which are a standard part of Gnome as shipped by the Gnome project. I opted to rip out the whole of Gnome and replace it with KDE.
If all he does it reinstall Windows, he knows he'll have more work in future.
Time for the Human League to release a megamix of "Being Boiled" and "The Dignity of Labour"
Yes, but have you tried making a good-looking UI with Swing? It's like teaching a dog to walk on its hind legs--you feel accomplished when you get something that looks even passable.
Fact is, KDE 4, even 4.2, still has some horrendous UI issues that the developers just dismiss. I switched from GNOME to KDE to avoid Mono/.NET, but with KDE 4 I feel like they're heading even further in the wrong direction as far as UI design is concerned. KDE 3 had too many settings but behaved more or less as you'd expect from other UIs; KDE 4 has hardly any settings and behaves in weird and freaky ways unlike any other desktop environment.
I played Resident Evil 4 (Wii Edition). I played Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I played Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy. I'd have played Okami if I hadn't finished it on the PS2. I played Bully: Scholarship Edition.
Then at some point, it seems the industry decided to stop trying. I haven't seen a new Wii game that appeals to me in months. It's all casual games and shovelware. So I've mostly been focused on the PS3.
But give me another Resident Evil or Metroid Prime on the Wii and I'm in. Or how about some RPGs?
One great thing about OpenID is that nobody's stopping you from having a lot of OpenID accounts that are separate for a reason.
On the contrary, having to register yet another unique login/password in order to use a web site is a major usability problem.
Checking my password management application, I see that I now have 434 different sets of login/password credentials. As you might guess, this makes me reluctant to create any more unless I see a fairly compelling need.
Worse, many users get around the problem by using the same login/password for many web sites, hopelessly compromising security.
OpenID is an excellent option for situations where you need a persistent identity for something like a forum, but don't want to have a single centralized trusted authenticator as gatekeeper. If you have a better solution, I'd like to know what it is.
Well, the thing is, I don't actually want any Disney/ABC channels. But somehow it seems impossible to get the channels I do want, without them.
If you're really someone at Time Warner, I have a suggestion:
Work out how to unbundle the news and sports channels.
Right now I'm paying for dozens of news and sports channels I literally never watch. And I know those fuckers are expensive, especially ESPN etc.
I know you are getting the shaft from ABC, who say they won't let you carry ABC unless you force me to buy ESPN--but if you don't work something out with them, in a few months I'm going to switch to AppleTV or some similar solution, and cut the TV subscription, and save money doing so even buying episodes at $2 each.
Last I checked, Google Docs couldn't even handle paragraphs (vs linebreaks). Has that changed, or is there some other server based suite you're referring to?
1. MacBook Pro from last year. Try not being patronizing. Java startup still has major performance issues.
1. It needs to be an order of magnitude faster to load. I don't have to wait 20 seconds for Flash movies to start playing.
2. It needs to not require a new runtime, with two nuisance security/license agreement dialogs.
3. It needs to not crash Firefox.
I was wondering if Python 3000 would end the whitespace problem by (say) adding an "end" keyword like Ruby, but apparently not.
Given that Guido von Rossum allegedly said he now viewed the whitespace thing as a big mistake that has crippled Python adoption, it's a pity religion prevented it from being fixed in Py3K.
(So I'll stick with Ruby.)
I'm waiting for America's Army: Abu Ghraib. C'mon, someone's got to do it.
Or perhaps a Gitmo Camp Commander sim game.
Yup. How they expected to compete with Second Life with a Windows-only client I don't know. Good riddance.
Yup. I have a Kill-A-Watt device, and tested the PS3 to see how much electricity it wastes when switched off (but with the red LED on so it can be powered up from the controller).
The answer was that it was so little that the Kill-A-Watt still read 0 after 24 hours. So it's an utterly trivial amount in the grand scheme of things, and I'm inclined to believe the 1-2W figure.
I also once worked out the amount of CO2 emitted by my Mac, assuming I left it asleep (3W) instead of powering it off completely, and assuming that all the electricity came from coal. The answer was that I was emitting more CO2 per year by breathing.
On the contrary, if it's in Kecks, it might be Uranus.
Chicken pox may not kill as many people, but it is extremely unpleasant if you have it during your teenage years or in adulthood. (Speaking from personal experience.)
Using it.
I'm not interested in giving developers more right over their contributed code. I'm interested in making sure that the community of users can continue to use contributed code freely, and not see it locked away by patents or TiVoized.