Pretty much every other country in the world charges income taxes on income earned in that country.
So if I'm based in the Cayman Islands and I make $1,000 selling in the US, $1,000 selling in England, and $1,000 selling in Mexico I pay US taxes on the US part, English taxes on the English part, and Mexican taxes on the Mexican part.
However, if I'm based in the US, I pay US taxes on the FULL AMOUNT. So in the above example, I pay English taxes on $1,000, Mexican taxes on $1,000, and US taxes on $3,000. I've paid taxes on $5,000, even though I only made $3,000.
The bigger my presence in other countries, the more insane it becomes to stay in the US.
Let's fix this huge tax problem before we complain about companies getting a better deal elsewhere.
Mostly it was synchronization. We tried a few different packages, but none of them seemed to handle the vast and mysterious Registry 100%, and this meant we had to visit each workstation too frequently.
I'm not saying our Windows machines were set up perfectly for this, but trying to get that working was like trying to get a dog to ride a bike, and it works fine now with Linux.
Plus now we can guarantee that nobody put a keystroke logger on the system by going to kbb.com. I'm sure there are an awful lot of public workstations around with that little goodie running...
I'm right with you there. The total sales tax still has to be under the state limit (8.25% I think; and there's no income tax, remember), and that hasn't changed in a while.
It's independent in the sense that it has its own taxing district, not tied to another municipality. Until about five years ago, it was funded entirely by donations, but we helped push for legislation enabling Library Districts and became the first such entity in the state. I think there are now 10 or so.
We don't do any content filtering, no. We have hexagonal tables out in the middle of the floor and keep six computers on each. That means each screen has a certain amount of privacy, but the computers are still open enough to discourage teh pr0n.
I could count the number of times this problem has come up on one hand. (Er, no pun intended.)
Right, they all sync with the image server at night. Well actually, the image server SSHes to each in turn and issues the sync command... To make sure they don't all hit it at once. We've got 25 of these things.
I'm using SystemImager and it works great. It's basically rsync with extra trappings to make this easy.
All I do is overwrite the home directory with the prototype home directory after the user logs out (or times out) of KDE. That way the user can set Firefox however he wants, but it'll be back to normal for the next patron.
The same is true for KDE, although I do have kiosk mode locking down some features. Most notably, any kind of shell/command line access is disabled... NO reason to have that can of worms open!
I'm the administrator at a medium-sized independent public library in the Austin area. Several months ago I switched all our public access computers to Firefox (and Linux, and KDE).
There were some sites that wouldn't work, although we haven't run across that problem recently. And with the systems set up this way, we can guarantee patrons' privacy from each other (wiped home directory every logout), we can easily synchronize the machines with a central image at night, and we're immune from 99%+ of software exploits on the 'Net. It also means I can spend my time creating new programs and systems for the library, rather than dinking with Windows all day.
Not long ago, every public access computer in the Austin library system was paralyzed for several days by a wandering Windows virus. We were sitting pretty at that point!:-)
It's pretty easy to argue that the l33t h4x0r who grabs the video and then puts it out for Kazaa or torrenting does more damage to the producers than the guy selling CDs for $5 a copy.
Today marks my first State of the Union address to you, a constitutional duty as old as our Republic itself.
President Washington began this tradition in 1790 after reminding the nation that the destiny of self-government and the "preservation of the sacred fire of liberty" is "finally staked on the experiment entrusted in the hands of the American people."
For our friends in the press who place a high premium on accuracy, let me say: I did not actually hear George Washington say that.
Situada en el Real del Windows 2000/XP Arrabal en el barrio judio, Joel daba paso al recinto islámico de la epoca.
Aunque no se puede datar su fecha de origen, se tienen noticias de la misma a partir del siglo, API se reconstruye sobre el siglo y esta influenciada por el estilo mudejar, Microsoft aspecto que destaca notablemente en la actual y bien conservada en Windows XP.
Located in Real of Windows 2000/XP the Suburb in the district judio, Joel took step to the Islamic enclosure of epoca. Although its date cannot be dated from origin, have the news of the same one as of the century, API reconstructs on the century and this influenced of the sort to mudejar, Microsoft aspect that emphasizes remarkably in the present one and conserved well in Windows XP.
I'll agree with you there. Probably the best way to make sure the Right Thing gets done with e-voting is to not bring up specific people or parties if at all possible.
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Anybody who runs a web site has to be a subscriber, or else they won't know when to remove high-bandwidth content.
This must is the real reason they don't do any caching or advance warning...
So why does he vote to limit the ability of others to be generous with _their_ own money?
Nothing like being generous with other people's money to give you the warm fuzzies!
It says that the totals are calculated at intervals, presumably to avoid overloading the web server.
Those 400sc machines are whisper quiet. You can barely tell they're on.
So if I'm based in the Cayman Islands and I make $1,000 selling in the US, $1,000 selling in England, and $1,000 selling in Mexico I pay US taxes on the US part, English taxes on the English part, and Mexican taxes on the Mexican part.
However, if I'm based in the US, I pay US taxes on the FULL AMOUNT. So in the above example, I pay English taxes on $1,000, Mexican taxes on $1,000, and US taxes on $3,000. I've paid taxes on $5,000, even though I only made $3,000.
The bigger my presence in other countries, the more insane it becomes to stay in the US.
Let's fix this huge tax problem before we complain about companies getting a better deal elsewhere.
Mention that you heard about us on Slashdot, and we'll give you... well, nothing, I guess. But come check it out!
I'm not saying our Windows machines were set up perfectly for this, but trying to get that working was like trying to get a dog to ride a bike, and it works fine now with Linux.
Plus now we can guarantee that nobody put a keystroke logger on the system by going to kbb.com. I'm sure there are an awful lot of public workstations around with that little goodie running...
Sure, swing by when you're in town!
It's independent in the sense that it has its own taxing district, not tied to another municipality. Until about five years ago, it was funded entirely by donations, but we helped push for legislation enabling Library Districts and became the first such entity in the state. I think there are now 10 or so.
I could count the number of times this problem has come up on one hand. (Er, no pun intended.)
I'm using SystemImager and it works great. It's basically rsync with extra trappings to make this easy.
I do what I can. :-)
The same is true for KDE, although I do have kiosk mode locking down some features. Most notably, any kind of shell/command line access is disabled... NO reason to have that can of worms open!
There were some sites that wouldn't work, although we haven't run across that problem recently. And with the systems set up this way, we can guarantee patrons' privacy from each other (wiped home directory every logout), we can easily synchronize the machines with a central image at night, and we're immune from 99%+ of software exploits on the 'Net. It also means I can spend my time creating new programs and systems for the library, rather than dinking with Windows all day.
Not long ago, every public access computer in the Austin library system was paralyzed for several days by a wandering Windows virus. We were sitting pretty at that point! :-)
Let's hope this clause doesn't show up in the final version!
It's pretty easy to argue that the l33t h4x0r who grabs the video and then puts it out for Kazaa or torrenting does more damage to the producers than the guy selling CDs for $5 a copy.
Don't use Exchange!
President Washington began this tradition in 1790 after reminding the nation that the destiny of self-government and the "preservation of the sacred fire of liberty" is "finally staked on the experiment entrusted in the hands of the American people."
For our friends in the press who place a high premium on accuracy, let me say: I did not actually hear George Washington say that.
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Holy moley, I just maxed out at 800KB/s! Torrent is AWESOME. Thank you!!
You'll probably have to get the MST3K version, but that's okay; it's the only way it's watchable.
Located in Real of Windows 2000/XP the Suburb in the district judio, Joel took step to the Islamic enclosure of epoca. Although its date cannot be dated from origin, have the news of the same one as of the century, API reconstructs on the century and this influenced of the sort to mudejar, Microsoft aspect that emphasizes remarkably in the present one and conserved well in Windows XP.
I'll agree with you there. Probably the best way to make sure the Right Thing gets done with e-voting is to not bring up specific people or parties if at all possible.