If you thought Arizona was bad enough, start thinking if about every state (to some degree) starts responding to China like that state responds to illegals.
While foreign programmer are willing to work for less money, they don't work for a lesser lifestyle.
They work for less freedom - the amount of freedom that a business wants US citizens to have, but cannot have courtesy of protections.
It just costs less to live at the median level in India and China than it does in the U.S.
Unlike the US, those backwaters are filled with junk products and bad infrastructure. In addition, living conditions are worse off than the US.
As Maxo-Taco said, where would companies like Walmart or Target be if China and India could sell directly to the public?
Since WMT is already an arm of the PRC after the pro-American founder died, you're already looking at it.
Imagine that you bypass Amazon and buy directly from China. DealsExtreme does it very cheaply. Walmart and Target are the real constituency of your senators and congressmen.
You get a lot of unreliable products - with inconsistent quality - that are shipped very slowly and might as well be an IED by manufacture.
The time's coming when American retailers and businesses will be completely bought out or displaced by Chinese companies as will the management that runs those companies. Then the wailing and gnashing of teeth will begin.
Followed by literal tons of dead Chinese that made the mistake of crossing to the United States - with nobody caring to prosecute (or surviving the attempt). If you want a possible scenario, think of Red Dawn, except with the Chinese in play. Same kind of threat, same kind of response.
Those places exist at the pleasure of larger countries that could just take them out and end their status as tax domiciles.
How long until those places end up with a surprise loss of connectivity that is complete, followed by a takeover of the area? This could apply even moreso to places that are near the US given the overwhelming weight of the military.
If the UK is so important, then perhaps it's time for them to consider penalties for creative accounting that does not provide the full amount of revenue.
The more hidden and convoluted it is, the higher the penalty.
Unlike the HDHP's, a real plan won't leave you hanging when something major wipes out the account. That and all the "tax savings" don't do any good when they cause more problems.
At least you were lucky enough to catch it in time. If you look at the FCC ID of units from both revisions, you'll see the RX-51X that I'm talking about.
The other sure way to tell is if you have to use Pali's bootloader in the place of the bootloader used to load Nemo(Meego) or Android(GB/ICS if you want a strict tablet w/o non-VOIP data services)
Take away all the dishonesty and watch the cost "differential" evaporate into thin air.
In addition, those guest workers are sought for having the status as indentured servants, something not associated with citizens in the properly functioning (and non-distorted by guest workers/illegals) job markets of First World countries like the US.
A few decades ago, McCarthy would have rightfully put you and these companies in their place for siding with enemies of the United States of America.
All the force on K Street won't matter if Wipro/Infosys/etc. and their lobbyists have a very bad day with the explicit disclosure of why. Just explain to the public that their fraud and all their misdeeds (public and otherwise) on national television if someone complains. It's a desperate measure, but someone brave enough to do it would gain the confidence of millions of US citizens defrauded out of jobs; it would be the "Icarus falling out of the sky" moment for the abuse of guest workers of any skill level.
It just takes one Trojan Horse of a President to get in and do the deed.
Given that it's from one of the most un-American entities out there, I'd say that it'll end up doing the exact opposite. It'll be shoddily coded and maintained as well as run.
If there's a way to identify an IPsoft/install, the best thing is to get a human and to get one not from a Third World country.
By any chance are those the RX-51, or the more recent RX-51X, which had some sort of radio fix? Not sure if that's why they made a second version of the N900, but that might be something to check out.
Surprised that you're not complaining about the USB port - I've got two of them thanks to that issue alone. One of them works, the other will have to be charged by the debug port.
They sold even more to First World destinations than the WhorePhone, the intended First World device. Nokia was just trying to do everything to kill it for the US and Europe in deference to the crippled WinMo WhorePhones.
Nokia made the point of striking the balance between open and usable before Android existed, especially with the Maemo platform. For example, I've yet to see Android get the connection UI right - where it detects that you're making an internet connection and provides you with a dialog box of available connections (versus quitting or opting for automatic connections).
Unlike Firefox OS, you'll have a terminal (and more direct access to hardware). Unlike Android, it has no carrier-driven limitations. Unlike iOS, you won't have to break into your own phone to get it to do what you want it to do.
One of the things about the N900 (and the N950) was that it not only packed a ton of those features, it also had the hardware keyboard.
I'd rather reflash an N900, warts and all, since this is just an N9++. Let me know when they make something like the N950 with that software on it, except that it's available to all this time around.
Never had to take or structure a deduction in a manner that wouldn't cause a competent accountant to take a long time to explain(without any prior involvement), involve jurisdictional games, nor would rely on untested territory of the tax code. I don't make a point of having my tax forms hit the proverbial hornets nest of Federal, State, and City revenue collections.
If you're suggesting that taking a simple deduction on one's 1040 and receiving a negative sum or a lowered positive sum is the same league as things like Double Dutch, you would be mistaken. That's like asking an amateur in a sport being taken in at the professional level and thinking they won't get outclassed.
If you want an example, consider that lowest-bidder defense contracting hasn't exactly worked out as well in terms of quality versus a government-run alternative.
While there is a very good case for tax cuts, the enforcement of existing tax code comes first along with a permanent disincentive against evasion/"avoidance".
Not only do you evade taxes (which if you were to hit the hornets nest enough, you would find out that nobody and nothing is out of reach of the US), you deal with the US's enemies.
GITMO would be too good for you since it's too close to a few tax domiciles.
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If you thought Arizona was bad enough, start thinking if about every state (to some degree) starts responding to China like that state responds to illegals.
While foreign programmer are willing to work for less money, they don't work for a lesser lifestyle.
They work for less freedom - the amount of freedom that a business wants US citizens to have, but cannot have courtesy of protections.
It just costs less to live at the median level in India and China than it does in the U.S.
Unlike the US, those backwaters are filled with junk products and bad infrastructure. In addition, living conditions are worse off than the US.
As Maxo-Taco said, where would companies like Walmart or Target be if China and India could sell directly to the public?
Since WMT is already an arm of the PRC after the pro-American founder died, you're already looking at it.
Imagine that you bypass Amazon and buy directly from China. DealsExtreme does it very cheaply. Walmart and Target are the real constituency of your senators and congressmen.
You get a lot of unreliable products - with inconsistent quality - that are shipped very slowly and might as well be an IED by manufacture.
The time's coming when American retailers and businesses will be completely bought out or displaced by Chinese companies as will the management that runs those companies. Then the wailing and gnashing of teeth will begin.
Followed by literal tons of dead Chinese that made the mistake of crossing to the United States - with nobody caring to prosecute (or surviving the attempt). If you want a possible scenario, think of Red Dawn, except with the Chinese in play. Same kind of threat, same kind of response.
Those places exist at the pleasure of larger countries that could just take them out and end their status as tax domiciles.
How long until those places end up with a surprise loss of connectivity that is complete, followed by a takeover of the area? This could apply even moreso to places that are near the US given the overwhelming weight of the military.
If the UK is so important, then perhaps it's time for them to consider penalties for creative accounting that does not provide the full amount of revenue.
The more hidden and convoluted it is, the higher the penalty.
Unlike the HDHP's, a real plan won't leave you hanging when something major wipes out the account. That and all the "tax savings" don't do any good when they cause more problems.
Going rarely screws you as much as going often.
At least you were lucky enough to catch it in time. If you look at the FCC ID of units from both revisions, you'll see the RX-51X that I'm talking about.
The other sure way to tell is if you have to use Pali's bootloader in the place of the bootloader used to load Nemo(Meego) or Android(GB/ICS if you want a strict tablet w/o non-VOIP data services)
Take away all the dishonesty and watch the cost "differential" evaporate into thin air.
In addition, those guest workers are sought for having the status as indentured servants, something not associated with citizens in the properly functioning (and non-distorted by guest workers/illegals) job markets of First World countries like the US.
A few decades ago, McCarthy would have rightfully put you and these companies in their place for siding with enemies of the United States of America.
All the force on K Street won't matter if Wipro/Infosys/etc. and their lobbyists have a very bad day with the explicit disclosure of why. Just explain to the public that their fraud and all their misdeeds (public and otherwise) on national television if someone complains. It's a desperate measure, but someone brave enough to do it would gain the confidence of millions of US citizens defrauded out of jobs; it would be the "Icarus falling out of the sky" moment for the abuse of guest workers of any skill level.
It just takes one Trojan Horse of a President to get in and do the deed.
Given that it's from one of the most un-American entities out there, I'd say that it'll end up doing the exact opposite. It'll be shoddily coded and maintained as well as run.
If there's a way to identify an IPsoft/install, the best thing is to get a human and to get one not from a Third World country.
By any chance are those the RX-51, or the more recent RX-51X, which had some sort of radio fix? Not sure if that's why they made a second version of the N900, but that might be something to check out.
Surprised that you're not complaining about the USB port - I've got two of them thanks to that issue alone. One of them works, the other will have to be charged by the debug port.
They sold even more to First World destinations than the WhorePhone, the intended First World device. Nokia was just trying to do everything to kill it for the US and Europe in deference to the crippled WinMo WhorePhones.
I was just preempting the usual responses about attaching a keyboard - whether by OTG host or by Bluetooth.
At least with a GPIO-based keyboard, there is some more control over power usage without the need for the baggage of Another Protocol below it.
Nokia made the point of striking the balance between open and usable before Android existed, especially with the Maemo platform. For example, I've yet to see Android get the connection UI right - where it detects that you're making an internet connection and provides you with a dialog box of available connections (versus quitting or opting for automatic connections).
Unlike Firefox OS, you'll have a terminal (and more direct access to hardware).
Unlike Android, it has no carrier-driven limitations.
Unlike iOS, you won't have to break into your own phone to get it to do what you want it to do.
Which is one of the problems, unless you're trying to sneak in some anti-American snark.
Whether it is by Bluetooth or by something like USB-OTG, a non-native interface would be power-hungry.
One of the things about the N900 (and the N950) was that it not only packed a ton of those features, it also had the hardware keyboard.
I'd rather reflash an N900, warts and all, since this is just an N9++. Let me know when they make something like the N950 with that software on it, except that it's available to all this time around.
Would be a change for them to have another product that isn't as Third-World encumbered as most electronics seem to be.
Ouch! And hey, like a lawyer, a plumber can always dabble in politics."
Unfortunately it didnt go well the first time around, since the unstoppable leaks gave us Watergate.
Given your use of the "global competition" euphemism. to suggest that it is something akin to a perpetual sports playoff, I am.
You show a contempt for the US that is typical of countries wanting to see the US fall.
Never had to take or structure a deduction in a manner that wouldn't cause a competent accountant to take a long time to explain(without any prior involvement), involve jurisdictional games, nor would rely on untested territory of the tax code. I don't make a point of having my tax forms hit the proverbial hornets nest of Federal, State, and City revenue collections.
If you're suggesting that taking a simple deduction on one's 1040 and receiving a negative sum or a lowered positive sum is the same league as things like Double Dutch, you would be mistaken. That's like asking an amateur in a sport being taken in at the professional level and thinking they won't get outclassed.
If you want an example, consider that lowest-bidder defense contracting hasn't exactly worked out as well in terms of quality versus a government-run alternative.
While there is a very good case for tax cuts, the enforcement of existing tax code comes first along with a permanent disincentive against evasion/"avoidance".
It might not have the adjectives you wish to see, but it describes the evaders.
Not only do you evade taxes (which if you were to hit the hornets nest enough, you would find out that nobody and nothing is out of reach of the US), you deal with the US's enemies.
GITMO would be too good for you since it's too close to a few tax domiciles.
The problem is that evasion (aka avoidance) as you describe it indicates a likelihood of hiding something that shouldn't be happening.
To suggest that "average" people have them is to provide the rhetorical equivalent of a human shield.
They're hiding behind the "we're not required to" statement of convenience when it comes to actual proof.
So until there is definite proof (such as the information "not required"), they could say anything.