The next step, to follow this to the point of absurdity, would be for this organization to sue radio manufacturers, for manufacturing and selling devices which allow these copyright infringements to take place. Under this logic, only radios equipped with ear-buds would be allowed.
I REALLY wish I had mod points. This cuts right to the heart of the matter, and sums it up nicely. Superbanana, your post deserves to be much higher than the 2 it's at now.
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"When we do begin to explore and colonize Mars we need to keep the profiteering parasitical corporations out of it."
Obviously, because Governments can do it SO MUCH better!
Waitaminnit....
Roger that.
I am currently serving overseas in Afghanistan, but when I was back stateside, I played plenty of funerals, both military and civilian. I am a bagpiper, and was called upon usually for Amazing Grace or Flowers of the Forest. In almost every case I didn't know the family or the decedent, but funeral details require the same dignity and respect that we would wish for ourselves or our own families.
Semper Fi!
"The jalapeno cheese spread was pretty good, too."
Hell yeah! If you're lucky, you get the vegetable crackers (and not the wheat snack bread crap) and you've got a damn nice snack!
Disclaimer: I am not a Tax accountant, but I AM an Expat
It's also exempt from Income Tax. I think you also have to be on an overseas payroll. If you're on the payroll of a US company, they still take out FICA/Medicare.
HOWEVER, you MUST be out of the US 330 out of a 365 day period. For example, if I leave the US on 01-NOV-2005, then until 01-NOV-2006, I can only be in the US a total of 35 days, or else I owe taxes on that 80,000. There's a form you fill out with your employer (I think its form 679... I just did mine for 2006) that will keep your employer from deducting any taxes on the first 80,000.
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Turtlenecks and jeans are probably more comfortable than a suit (only turtlenecks is soo seventies...
I must have missed the part of the seventies when people wore turtlenecks and no pants.
I'm currently in a country where Malaria prophylaxis is required... recently we switched from daily Malarone tablets to weekly Mefloquine HCL tablets. "Malaria Mondays" are also known as "movie night" because of the really bizarre dreams this shit induces.
One of my co-workers woke up in the middle of the night, standing in the middle of his B-Hut (basically a wooden tent, sleeps 8-10 with about 9'x7x per man), screaming his head off at nothing.
Last night, I dreamed I was accosted by a giant rooster wearing a shaggy fur coat, a wide brimmed velvet hat, gold chains, and big gold rings. He was giving me shit for eating eggs, and was really pissed off at me. He forced me to sit on this egg until it hatched. When the egg hatched, it was a miniature version of myself, dressed like the rooster, and carrying a pizza!
"Americans are not the obedient kind of lemmings that the Germans were under Hitler."
Don't be too sure of that.
Recall the conditions that led to the rise of Hitler in the first place: Following the Great War, The US, Great Britain, and France decided to pump over Germany, and instead of helping them rebuild, destroyed their economy and national pride. Hitler only gave the German people what they needed: full employment, food in their children's mouths, and a restored sense of national pride. He also, unfortunately, gave them a scapegoat.
This is a great step forward in re-abilitating the handicapped cockroach and enabling him to regain his place as a useful, contributing member of society!
Some years ago, I used REXX extensively as part of an automation package (OPS/MVS, later Automate/XC) to automate a large MVS/JES3 Complex. We also used it on an outboard Automation package, and later some VX-REXX.
The savings we were able to achieve, both in availability, job restarts, and operator headcount were astounding.
A really powerful language, and a lot of fun to write.
First they need to stop boiling their vegetables into a shapeless grey goo or deep-frying them (like their candy bars) and try steaming or sauteeing instead
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The next step, to follow this to the point of absurdity, would be for this organization to sue radio manufacturers, for manufacturing and selling devices which allow these copyright infringements to take place. Under this logic, only radios equipped with ear-buds would be allowed.
I REALLY wish I had mod points. This cuts right to the heart of the matter, and sums it up nicely. Superbanana, your post deserves to be much higher than the 2 it's at now.
OK... how about a compromise and we send a pack of RIAA execs and lawyers to a Thai prison for 15 years instead?
Heh... It's great for audio books too. And whatever your local branch does not have, you can find through either another branch or Interlibrary Loan!
Are you at Victory North or South? Any need for DB guys? (Oracle/SQL Server & C#?) I'm at South, not far from Dodge City & the little PX.
Hmm... Don't you wish your parents felt that way at your age?
Sorry to be a geography nazi, but Dubai is only one Emirate in the United Arab Emirates. The Capital is Abu Dhabi.
But what if they were made of wood?
"When we do begin to explore and colonize Mars we need to keep the profiteering parasitical corporations out of it."
Obviously, because Governments can do it SO MUCH better!
Waitaminnit....
"inconcieveable"
You keep using that word. I don't think you know what it means.
Only if he were a pirate. Ot if it were talk-like-a-pirate day. TARRRDIS indeed, matey! Otherwise it's just TARDIS. And Doctor, for that matter.
Roger that.
I am currently serving overseas in Afghanistan, but when I was back stateside, I played plenty of funerals, both military and civilian. I am a bagpiper, and was called upon usually for Amazing Grace or Flowers of the Forest. In almost every case I didn't know the family or the decedent, but funeral details require the same dignity and respect that we would wish for ourselves or our own families.
Semper Fi!
The Burj-al-Arab is a 7 Star, methinks...
When I read the headline I thought this had something to do with saltines.
A great big HOORAH! from a fellow slashdotter in Afghanistan.
"The jalapeno cheese spread was pretty good, too."
Hell yeah! If you're lucky, you get the vegetable crackers (and not the wheat snack bread crap) and you've got a damn nice snack!
Disclaimer: I am not a Tax accountant, but I AM an Expat
It's also exempt from Income Tax. I think you also have to be on an overseas payroll. If you're on the payroll of a US company, they still take out FICA/Medicare.
HOWEVER, you MUST be out of the US 330 out of a 365 day period. For example, if I leave the US on 01-NOV-2005, then until 01-NOV-2006, I can only be in the US a total of 35 days, or else I owe taxes on that 80,000. There's a form you fill out with your employer (I think its form 679... I just did mine for 2006) that will keep your employer from deducting any taxes on the first 80,000.
Turtlenecks and jeans are probably more comfortable than a suit (only turtlenecks is soo seventies...
I must have missed the part of the seventies when people wore turtlenecks and no pants.
I'm currently in a country where Malaria prophylaxis is required... recently we switched from daily Malarone tablets to weekly Mefloquine HCL tablets. "Malaria Mondays" are also known as "movie night" because of the really bizarre dreams this shit induces.
One of my co-workers woke up in the middle of the night, standing in the middle of his B-Hut (basically a wooden tent, sleeps 8-10 with about 9'x7x per man), screaming his head off at nothing.
Last night, I dreamed I was accosted by a giant rooster wearing a shaggy fur coat, a wide brimmed velvet hat, gold chains, and big gold rings. He was giving me shit for eating eggs, and was really pissed off at me. He forced me to sit on this egg until it hatched. When the egg hatched, it was a miniature version of myself, dressed like the rooster, and carrying a pizza!
you mean ad nauseam ?
Don't be too sure of that.
Recall the conditions that led to the rise of Hitler in the first place: Following the Great War, The US, Great Britain, and France decided to pump over Germany, and instead of helping them rebuild, destroyed their economy and national pride. Hitler only gave the German people what they needed: full employment, food in their children's mouths, and a restored sense of national pride. He also, unfortunately, gave them a scapegoat.
This is a great step forward in re-abilitating the handicapped cockroach and enabling him to regain his place as a useful, contributing member of society!
Never marry a pretty woman. A pretty woman will cheat on you and leave you. Marry an ugly woman instead. And if an ugly woman leaves you, who cares?
The savings we were able to achieve, both in availability, job restarts, and operator headcount were astounding.
A really powerful language, and a lot of fun to write.
First they need to stop boiling their vegetables into a shapeless grey goo or deep-frying them (like their candy bars) and try steaming or sauteeing instead