If you read the paragraph quoted, the Senate’s complaint is basically that Apple gives its international earnings to its international subsidiaries which put it back into supporting their international operations. Congress would rather they bring all that money home so the US can tax it. Not only is what Apple is doing not illegal, it’s completely logical on Apple’s part. If you earn money overseas and you plan to spend it overseas, why are you going to bring it back into the US parent corporation for it to get taxed? Especially when you already paid taxes on the money in the countries where you earned it.
There seems to be a subtext here that Apple is doing something complicated, when in actuality it’s as simple as leaving their overseas earnings in their overseas subsidiaries.
To me the gist of the article is that the author is disappointed that Canonical is building replacements for existing OSS projects like GNOME and Xorg, even though the obvious reason is right there in the article: they couldn't get the teams behind these projects to align with their priorities.
So in summary the author is upset because Canonical is prioritizing the quality of their own distro over some ideal of "community involvement."
He goes on to argue that the bicycle program is only a gateway into bigger policies including, but not limited to, forced abortions and population control.
Someone else said that, not Crazy Maes.
I don't think the summary summarizes the story very well...
The story itself doesn't summarize things well. The person it's quoting is Nate Strauch, but we're never told that he's the spokesperson for Maes's campaign.
Or if you have your own server you could write your own online SSH client using javascript and your server side scripting language of choice. (Insert some buzzwords here to make this idea sound more impressive.)
Having seen the old GameCube with digital out in action on a large HDTV, I can honestly say I'm not too disapointed by this decision. The games still look wondeful. Just don't sit closer than 3 feet from the television.
now THAT is a game that needs to be ported to osx.
...although maybe it would be easier to port the linux clone than the original. too bad the linux version is only available as an executable. if only it were open source. it's gameplay is also a litte rough compaired to the original's. you can still open all your old map files though.
i wish stuart cheshire had not stopped development on the game. it has always been a blast to play.
-megli
With only a couple thousand dollars at stake and the worry of court time interfering with schoolwork, I know that I would settle. Given the difficulty of finding a good lawyer, the time involved and of course the expenses, it just doesn't seem worth it to seek one out. The reason this would never happen to Google or any other major search engine is that they actually have the time and resources to expose the RIAA.
So here's my question, are there any lawyers out there angry enough about this (maybe some that are part of the/. community) to go out of their way to offer their sevices, for little or no money, to students bullied by the RIAA? I mean, I know they have to make a living of it, but it seems that the RIAA is taking advantage of college students because they know they can get away with it. That's a situation that I think needs to change.
Slashdot Mirror
If you read the paragraph quoted, the Senate’s complaint is basically that Apple gives its international earnings to its international subsidiaries which put it back into supporting their international operations. Congress would rather they bring all that money home so the US can tax it. Not only is what Apple is doing not illegal, it’s completely logical on Apple’s part. If you earn money overseas and you plan to spend it overseas, why are you going to bring it back into the US parent corporation for it to get taxed? Especially when you already paid taxes on the money in the countries where you earned it.
There seems to be a subtext here that Apple is doing something complicated, when in actuality it’s as simple as leaving their overseas earnings in their overseas subsidiaries.
I think that all of us on slashdot can agree
You haven't been here long, have you?
To me the gist of the article is that the author is disappointed that Canonical is building replacements for existing OSS projects like GNOME and Xorg, even though the obvious reason is right there in the article: they couldn't get the teams behind these projects to align with their priorities.
So in summary the author is upset because Canonical is prioritizing the quality of their own distro over some ideal of "community involvement."
He goes on to argue that the bicycle program is only a gateway into bigger policies including, but not limited to, forced abortions and population control.
Someone else said that, not Crazy Maes. I don't think the summary summarizes the story very well ...
The story itself doesn't summarize things well. The person it's quoting is Nate Strauch, but we're never told that he's the spokesperson for Maes's campaign.
The obvious solution is for everyone to use speaker-phone.
Because cows don't produce enough methane already.
Hm, a simple PHP-based server. Perhaps you were thinking of this one?
Or if you have your own server you could write your own online SSH client using javascript and your server side scripting language of choice. (Insert some buzzwords here to make this idea sound more impressive.)
That and Final Fantasy Tactics.
Having seen the old GameCube with digital out in action on a large HDTV, I can honestly say I'm not too disapointed by this decision. The games still look wondeful. Just don't sit closer than 3 feet from the television.
we don't need new parties, we just need people to vote for the other parties we already have.
...although maybe it would be easier to port the linux clone than the original. too bad the linux version is only available as an executable. if only it were open source. it's gameplay is also a litte rough compaired to the original's. you can still open all your old map files though.
i wish stuart cheshire had not stopped development on the game. it has always been a blast to play. -megli
So here's my question, are there any lawyers out there angry enough about this (maybe some that are part of the /. community) to go out of their way to offer their sevices, for little or no money, to students bullied by the RIAA? I mean, I know they have to make a living of it, but it seems that the RIAA is taking advantage of college students because they know they can get away with it. That's a situation that I think needs to change.