Clocks in satellites already need to be re-synched periodically. The velocity of a satellite orbiting the earth is enough to make clocks go noticeably out of sync with earth.
Actually it puts them ahead of the US (for MANNED spaceflight) at the moment because the US has no means of putting people into space anymore. Non-manned spaceflight they have a long way to catch up.
Not many countries have put their own independent space labs in orbit though. China is moving forwards all the time. Given this progress a decade or two from now and they will surpass the US in just about everything "space".
SUPPOSEDLY, this one is supposed to be web standards compliant. I'll believe that when I have to start supporting it and I don't have to fiddle with css to get it to look right.
I mostly listen to music for free too. I download 6 songs completely free from the Library each month using Freegal. I listen to Pandora (free). I sell my (inaccurately if they ask too personal questions) soul to Google to get the google rewards money for downloading music from google play.
All free. All legal.
On the flipside though Pastafarians will tell you that pirating will help reverse global warming, and that's a good thing.
The problems you list for the Americas is moreso for Russia.
I think you don't realise how many countries there are in the world. There are about 200 countries, and that count doesn't include countries like Taiwan, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands etc. If you include semi-autonomous countries then that list goes over 240. There are over 50 countries in Europe alone. All but 4 or 5 of them would be preferable to Russia.
Without doing a line-item count of all the world's nations I couldn't give an exact count, but absolutely I'm sure there is 100 (or at least close to 100) countries that would be better places to live than Russia.
Not 100 countries in Europe no, but there is most of North and South America, Australasia, most of the Carribean, most of Asia, One or two countries in Africa. A number of South Pacific nations.
I remember people writing things on Slashdot along the same lines of what Snowden later revealed to the media. It wasn't really "new" to me by the time I read about his revelations. Seeing it on the general media confirmed it though- because we all know there are Slashdot posters who just make things up.
There is no way that Putin approves of government transparency and civilian privacy. Putin just liked sticking his thumb up Obama's arse and laughing at the fact he was protecting an "American dissident". Putin is no hero to privacy and anti-corruption. I'm glad he is protecting Snowden, but Russia is worse than the US for this crap.
You can thank George Washington for that. A lot of people wanted to crown him king- there was pressure to make him one but he turned it down.. He could have gotten away with it if he were a lesser man. America was lucky they had Washington in charge of the army at that point instead of someone else.
He spoke out to fight government oversight and abuse of government power. He could barely be in a worse country for government abuse of power and invasion of privacy. Besides, Russia is a bit of a craphole of a place to live, regardless of obesity.
The average lifespan of a man in Russia is 65. Yes, 65. No freedom of press. A government constantly at odds with the rest of the world. No true democracy.
I wouldn't want to be exiled in Russia- there are probably over 100 countries I would choose to live in before Russia.
There is actually a reason why Ukraine is called "The Ukraine" by some. In Russian "Ukraine" means borderland. Russians referred to the territory as "The Borderland".
It's actually incorrect (and culturally insensitive) to refer to Ukraine as "The Ukraine" now- doing so implies that Ukraine is not a proper country but a region belonging to Russia. Once Ukraine gained its independence then the word "the" was dropped.
True, but it's not the megacorps fault that such tax laws are allowed. It's the politicians fault. If the law stated that NO government (state, city, county or federal) were allowed to offer tax exemption then megacorps couldn't demand it.
If Nike couldn't avoid taxes elsewhere- they'd be forced to accept Beaverton's taxes.
Now, whether Apple knew that this was illegal is the matter.
If they did, then, yes, they are complicit in tax evasion, and the penalties should apply. If they didn't know, i.e., they were acting in good faith, then no, Apple should not be on the hook retroactively.
I find it highly unlikely that a company as litigious as Apple with such a well stocked "lawyer inventory" did not know that Ireland was breaking EU laws. They probably assumed that they were untouchable- at worst EU would ask Ireland to stop the tax cuts and force Apple to pay taxes going forwards (but not retroactively).
Regardless of whether or not they knew the law though, ignorance of the law is not a legal defence in any EU country.
I am curious if they will have any "Ship To Store" options for those of us who choose not to use Amazon Prime. The $49 rate before free shipping kicks in has seriously dented how much I buy from Amazon.
I went into a Best Buy for the first time in about a year a few weeks ago. I was amazed. Not-exaggerating, over 25% of the store was devoted to Samsung Phones, Another 30% devoted to various other phones. I was dumbfounded that they've been reduced to just a cell-phone store with a few other items here and there.
It's the same kind of feeling I get when I walk into sports/athletics stores and realize that they don't actually sell much sports equipment anymore, they're all just clothing stores now.
It's $49 before free shipping on Amazon in the US. Used to be $25- then bumped to $35. I do find myself buying less and less from Amazon every time they bump up their cut-off barrier for free shipping.
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I fail to see any problem here.
There was a man in the picture as opposed to two women.
Clocks in satellites already need to be re-synched periodically. The velocity of a satellite orbiting the earth is enough to make clocks go noticeably out of sync with earth.
Actually it puts them ahead of the US (for MANNED spaceflight) at the moment because the US has no means of putting people into space anymore. Non-manned spaceflight they have a long way to catch up.
Not many countries have put their own independent space labs in orbit though. China is moving forwards all the time. Given this progress a decade or two from now and they will surpass the US in just about everything "space".
SUPPOSEDLY, this one is supposed to be web standards compliant. I'll believe that when I have to start supporting it and I don't have to fiddle with css to get it to look right.
If larger animals are going to be hit harder- it doesn't sound good for Americans. The African Pygmy tribe will inherit the earth.
I mostly listen to music for free too. I download 6 songs completely free from the Library each month using Freegal. I listen to Pandora (free). I sell my (inaccurately if they ask too personal questions) soul to Google to get the google rewards money for downloading music from google play.
All free. All legal.
On the flipside though Pastafarians will tell you that pirating will help reverse global warming, and that's a good thing.
The problems you list for the Americas is moreso for Russia.
I think you don't realise how many countries there are in the world. There are about 200 countries, and that count doesn't include countries like Taiwan, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands etc. If you include semi-autonomous countries then that list goes over 240. There are over 50 countries in Europe alone. All but 4 or 5 of them would be preferable to Russia.
Without doing a line-item count of all the world's nations I couldn't give an exact count, but absolutely I'm sure there is 100 (or at least close to 100) countries that would be better places to live than Russia.
Most Asian women I see in the US are no longer pixelated.
Not 100 countries in Europe no, but there is most of North and South America, Australasia, most of the Carribean, most of Asia, One or two countries in Africa. A number of South Pacific nations.
Sure there are 100 better.
If I were Snowden, I'd wait until Obama visited Russia and then ask Putin if I could sit in on the talks. When I met Obama I'd speak really quietly.
Obama: Excuse me
Snowden: mmdsmadm msdm admasdm
Obama: Pardon?
Snowden: AHA! Thank you Obammy!
I remember people writing things on Slashdot along the same lines of what Snowden later revealed to the media. It wasn't really "new" to me by the time I read about his revelations. Seeing it on the general media confirmed it though- because we all know there are Slashdot posters who just make things up.
I wonder if he was in any of those conversations.
There is no way that Putin approves of government transparency and civilian privacy. Putin just liked sticking his thumb up Obama's arse and laughing at the fact he was protecting an "American dissident". Putin is no hero to privacy and anti-corruption. I'm glad he is protecting Snowden, but Russia is worse than the US for this crap.
Joan was banging Susan so they were both helping each other out.
*The US never had a monarchy*
You can thank George Washington for that. A lot of people wanted to crown him king- there was pressure to make him one but he turned it down.. He could have gotten away with it if he were a lesser man. America was lucky they had Washington in charge of the army at that point instead of someone else.
He spoke out to fight government oversight and abuse of government power. He could barely be in a worse country for government abuse of power and invasion of privacy. Besides, Russia is a bit of a craphole of a place to live, regardless of obesity.
The average lifespan of a man in Russia is 65. Yes, 65. No freedom of press. A government constantly at odds with the rest of the world. No true democracy.
I wouldn't want to be exiled in Russia- there are probably over 100 countries I would choose to live in before Russia.
Welcome to the 21st century. The USA is one country now and not a cluster of confederate entities- and that is a good thing.
The federal government has the power to set tax policies.
Because it's not Utah. It's Texas.
Sort of like how people say "The Ukraine" ;)
There is actually a reason why Ukraine is called "The Ukraine" by some. In Russian "Ukraine" means borderland. Russians referred to the territory as "The Borderland".
It's actually incorrect (and culturally insensitive) to refer to Ukraine as "The Ukraine" now- doing so implies that Ukraine is not a proper country but a region belonging to Russia. Once Ukraine gained its independence then the word "the" was dropped.
True, but it's not the megacorps fault that such tax laws are allowed. It's the politicians fault. If the law stated that NO government (state, city, county or federal) were allowed to offer tax exemption then megacorps couldn't demand it.
If Nike couldn't avoid taxes elsewhere- they'd be forced to accept Beaverton's taxes.
Now, whether Apple knew that this was illegal is the matter.
If they did, then, yes, they are complicit in tax evasion, and the penalties should apply. If they didn't know, i.e., they were acting in good faith, then no, Apple should not be on the hook retroactively.
I find it highly unlikely that a company as litigious as Apple with such a well stocked "lawyer inventory" did not know that Ireland was breaking EU laws. They probably assumed that they were untouchable- at worst EU would ask Ireland to stop the tax cuts and force Apple to pay taxes going forwards (but not retroactively).
Regardless of whether or not they knew the law though, ignorance of the law is not a legal defence in any EU country.
I'm offended that you didn't point out that there were no Hispanics either.
I am curious if they will have any "Ship To Store" options for those of us who choose not to use Amazon Prime. The $49 rate before free shipping kicks in has seriously dented how much I buy from Amazon.
I went into a Best Buy for the first time in about a year a few weeks ago. I was amazed. Not-exaggerating, over 25% of the store was devoted to Samsung Phones, Another 30% devoted to various other phones. I was dumbfounded that they've been reduced to just a cell-phone store with a few other items here and there.
It's the same kind of feeling I get when I walk into sports/athletics stores and realize that they don't actually sell much sports equipment anymore, they're all just clothing stores now.
It's $49 before free shipping on Amazon in the US. Used to be $25- then bumped to $35. I do find myself buying less and less from Amazon every time they bump up their cut-off barrier for free shipping.
It's only $75 delivery fee if the electronic gadget comes with a giant cement block attached to it.
As a general rule, I ignore products that have superfluous cement blocks attached.