My wife and I make 70K before taxes... that comes out to roughly 50K take home. We have one kid. We cut up our credit cards, paid off all of our debt (except the mortgage) and now we have about 16K free each year that we put on the mortgage.
The current house will be paid off in two years. We'll buy anohter and rent this one out when it's paid for. Hopefully, we'll do this 5-6 times before retirement. So, we'll have some cash flow form rents when we retire (besides our state pensions and SS).
The 'good old days' are over. If you're 35 or younger, you're gonna have to take care of yourself with less pay... that's the bottom line. China and India are coming on line. They want two car garages, houses in the burbs, etc. Americans *will* see a decrease in the standard of living... better prepare for it now;)
IBM opens up a few of their patents ( they have thousands, don't they? ) and Tridgell gets, deservely, funding to continue his work.
Tridgell gets an academic-like job where he's called a 'fellow' while he does business programming that directly competes with companies such as MS and directly benefits IBM, HP, etc. One of the companies that pay for his 'research' is IBM. They (IBM) aren't a charity. And they don't do things because they have a big heart.
First, Big Blue opens up 500 patents to OSS developers and OSS companies. Then we hear that Tridgell (the guy who makes Linux interoperate with Windows computers) gets a job at OSDL... is it just me or is something BIG about to go down?
Isn't panix known for allowing questionale activity ? IIRC, Kevin Mitnick had a shell account with them before he was busted by the Feds. Mitnick used the account in his online crimes.
Any ISP that allows people like this to have shell accounts and then turn away while they do wrong, deserves whatever they get.
They got a taste of their own medicene and now they're upset... too bad.
Perhaps some places have policies where the camera is on only for certain periods of time that vary weekly and IT departments that verify access logs, but I saw no such plans when I checked.
You're joking, right? Daycare jobs pay below the poverty level. Their workers are a big percentage of the 'working poor'. You think they have enough money to pay 'IT Departments'... what planet are you from;)
You mean you have to pay over and above the price of the software to file electronically? Is it better to just buy the basic edition (19.99) or the deluxe edition (49.99)?
I'll take a break from Linux and boot into WinXP Home (which I bought a $89 OEM license for). I'll buy a copy of Turbo Tax from Walmart for $30 bucks and submit my return online.
It's not all or nothing. Windows is great for stuff like this. Don't let your ideology get in the way of cheap, efficient, widely avaiable software that'll make your life easier.
I stated my opinion and a few reasons behind it and you respond that I'm a moron? Do you see the irony. How about countering my opinion in some way besides calling me names? Perhaps you cannot?
What's moronic about believing that governments use chemical/biological weapons to kill people for political reasons? The new president of the Ukraine was poisoned with a biological agent (dioxin) just last year before the election. This stuff happens all the time w/o anyone knowing about it. It's not moronic... it's real and the stakes are big.
I believe that AIDS is man made although I cannot prove it. IMO, South African scientists worked with American military scientists on developing and testing AIDS. In America it was tested on homosexuals, in Africa it was tested on black women.
We know for a fact that South Africa had nuclear weapons... the Americans probably helped them gain that technology too. We also know that AIDS affects blacks more than whites and that at one time SA was really trying to reduce the population of blacks for political reasons.
I wonder how fast this CIO is going to be on his butt.
Probably never. Our CIO is an idiot when it comes to technology. He has a law degree from a big college. He earns six figures for sitting in his office and trading stocks (his stocks) all day. I'll never forget the day he picked up a WordPerfect Office11 box looked at it and then said, "So Tom... who is it that makes Word?"
These guys are dumber than dirt, but they're well-connected in the "good ole boy club"
I wanna watch the insurance agents sweat, shake and cry to the feds that they can't pay all the claims that they've underwritten when the mega-tsunami hits. They love taking money, but hell has to freeze over before they'll part with it!
Let's look at the big picture. Whether this rock slams into earth or not, the sun is going to use up all of its fuel someday. Either way, the earth will not exist as we know it forever.
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Don't feel too bad... everybody's gotta work somewhere.
25,000 students at VT don't use login scripts... see what I mean?
You mean this is a manual upgrade? How insane is that? We can't do this manually on hundreds of machines.
Microsoft Patents One's and Zero's... Sun & IBM Scared. The US Patent Office says, 'We're just doing our job.'
Relax. Don't get so uptight about this stuff. The sun will burn out one day and we'll all be dead. Keep things in perspective... OK ;)
Great post.
;)
My wife and I make 70K before taxes... that comes out to roughly 50K take home. We have one kid. We cut up our credit cards, paid off all of our debt (except the mortgage) and now we have about 16K free each year that we put on the mortgage.
The current house will be paid off in two years. We'll buy anohter and rent this one out when it's paid for. Hopefully, we'll do this 5-6 times before retirement. So, we'll have some cash flow form rents when we retire (besides our state pensions and SS).
The 'good old days' are over. If you're 35 or younger, you're gonna have to take care of yourself with less pay... that's the bottom line. China and India are coming on line. They want two car garages, houses in the burbs, etc. Americans *will* see a decrease in the standard of living... better prepare for it now
Good thing old Arnold is still around ;)
IBM opens up a few of their patents ( they have thousands, don't they? ) and Tridgell gets, deservely, funding to continue his work.
Tridgell gets an academic-like job where he's called a 'fellow' while he does business programming that directly competes with companies such as MS and directly benefits IBM, HP, etc. One of the companies that pay for his 'research' is IBM. They (IBM) aren't a charity. And they don't do things because they have a big heart.
First, Big Blue opens up 500 patents to OSS developers and OSS companies. Then we hear that Tridgell (the guy who makes Linux interoperate with Windows computers) gets a job at OSDL... is it just me or is something BIG about to go down?
;)
I smell trouble and it smells like Sun and MS
Honest mistake. I confused one of Mitnick's passwords with the panix domain name. I looked it up... it was escape.com, not panix.com.
My mistake.
Isn't panix known for allowing questionale activity ? IIRC, Kevin Mitnick had a shell account with them before he was busted by the Feds. Mitnick used the account in his online crimes.
Any ISP that allows people like this to have shell accounts and then turn away while they do wrong, deserves whatever they get.
They got a taste of their own medicene and now they're upset... too bad.
Buy a mini mac ($499) or a cheap linux PC. Done.
They sell for 60 bucks a pop in the US.
Don't you have anything better to do with your money? Like invest in retirement or something?
Four or Five year old HW is still very useable you know.
Perhaps some places have policies where the camera is on only for certain periods of time that vary weekly and IT departments that verify access logs, but I saw no such plans when I checked.
;)
You're joking, right? Daycare jobs pay below the poverty level. Their workers are a big percentage of the 'working poor'. You think they have enough money to pay 'IT Departments'... what planet are you from
You mean you have to pay over and above the price of the software to file electronically? Is it better to just buy the basic edition (19.99) or the deluxe edition (49.99)?
Thanks!!!
I'll take a break from Linux and boot into WinXP Home (which I bought a $89 OEM license for). I'll buy a copy of Turbo Tax from Walmart for $30 bucks and submit my return online.
It's not all or nothing. Windows is great for stuff like this. Don't let your ideology get in the way of cheap, efficient, widely avaiable software that'll make your life easier.
too bad that nobody's shell on a smart person's box is /bin/false
I stated my opinion and a few reasons behind it and you respond that I'm a moron? Do you see the irony. How about countering my opinion in some way besides calling me names? Perhaps you cannot?
What's moronic about believing that governments use chemical/biological weapons to kill people for political reasons? The new president of the Ukraine was poisoned with a biological agent (dioxin) just last year before the election. This stuff happens all the time w/o anyone knowing about it. It's not moronic... it's real and the stakes are big.
I believe that AIDS is man made although I cannot prove it. IMO, South African scientists worked with American military scientists on developing and testing AIDS. In America it was tested on homosexuals, in Africa it was tested on black women.
We know for a fact that South Africa had nuclear weapons... the Americans probably helped them gain that technology too. We also know that AIDS affects blacks more than whites and that at one time SA was really trying to reduce the population of blacks for political reasons.
Too much circumstantial evidence for me.
I wonder how fast this CIO is going to be on his butt.
Probably never. Our CIO is an idiot when it comes to technology. He has a law degree from a big college. He earns six figures for sitting in his office and trading stocks (his stocks) all day. I'll never forget the day he picked up a WordPerfect Office11 box looked at it and then said, "So Tom... who is it that makes Word?"
These guys are dumber than dirt, but they're well-connected in the "good ole boy club"
I wanna watch the insurance agents sweat, shake and cry to the feds that they can't pay all the claims that they've underwritten when the mega-tsunami hits. They love taking money, but hell has to freeze over before they'll part with it!
Ocean front property in North carolina. From my front porch you can see the sea...oh hell... is that what I think it is?
Let's look at the big picture. Whether this rock slams into earth or not, the sun is going to use up all of its fuel someday. Either way, the earth will not exist as we know it forever.
Have a good day!
In a few million years, the sun will burn up all its fuel... humankind is ultimately doomed no matter how you look at it.