You pronounce 'vase' like the Americans? And you call yourself British?!
OP was trying to say that vase is pronounced in the US to rhyme with laze, and in the UK to rhyme with stars. He used "vaaze" to represent the British pronunciation, but that is open to confusion itself.
But a native English speaker (are you?) is almost certainly going to pronounce "waze" identically to "ways".
Actually, no. At first glace I would pronounce it with a hard Z sound, more like "was".
You are not any sort of normal native English speaker then. Words ending in "aze" like daze or craze or laze are all pronounced the same, and they are perfect homophones of days, crays or lays.
Last time I installed a windows system off a CD, after installation it couldn't see the CD or network until I'd found appropriate drivers and installed them from floppy. Of course, this is going back a few years - I've not installed Windows since Win98:)
Indeed, and last time I installed MSDOS 3.3 on a system, it wouldn't even connect to my broadband so I could download Office 365!
Yeah, it's a political removal. The only reason to do this is to force people to go to the Store to download it and get them used to get "apps" of which any sales Microsoft will keep a 30% cut
So when Microsoft make a decision to open an app store it's "political", but when Apple or Google do it it's just good business?
Luty's SMG is an open breech design. Don't even think about building one. But the book is a good read. It will help you understand how the Taliban held off two global super-powers mostly using guns they made themselves. In caves. With hand tools.
The Taliban's success against foreign armed forces was because they fought a guerilla war, rather than try to take them on in open conflict. This is an eminently sensible strategy, but it tells you nothing about how effective home made guns are compared with manufactured ones.
The day the Stasi come to collect your registered guns,
People with this attitude express it with the fervent hope that it will happen. I suppose mainly, so they can experience going out in a blaze of glorious he-man bullets, Peckinpah-style.
Whereas in reality they'd hand over their toys and just get on with their otherwise mundane lives.
If Hastert's lobbying career is over, he may find it worthwhile to sue the blackmailer to get his money back.
Couldn't the blackmailer then counter-sue him for the trauma caused by the rape, evidence of which would be the fact that Hastert was prepared to pay money to prevent it being revealed? Or do statutes of limitations apply in civil cases?
Now, Hastert stands accused of improper sexual contact with a boy he knew years ago while teaching high school and trying to hide that sordid history by paying the young man to keep quiet.
I have not seen anybody make an accusation that they were molested. Citation needed. All I have seen are buzz and rumors.
Yeah, obviously he was just paying him all that cash in recognition of his nice smile because he was feeling in a generous mood.
What's wrong with political powers supporting NAMBLA or NAMBLA-like activities?
Well, nothing if you're a paedophile I suppose. The OP's point is that most people wouldn't want to be identified as paedophiles. It's sort of generally unpopular, you know?
A cash business that does frequent deposits simply reports they have frequent cash receipts. That's not structuring and is almost never considered structuring.
So long as the business owner knows enough, or has a banker/adviser who knows enough, to have them fill out the necessary document to show this.
I'm pretty sure the bank where you're depositing your $9,999 a day has advisers on hand to assist you.
We could get rid off the reason for money laundering laws in the first place. End the stupid drug war already. Have a tax system that does not require tracking one's every financial transaction. Then there's no excuse for this part of our garbage heap of a legal code.
I hate to use this guy as a catalyst for reform, but if that's what it takes so be it.
There are plenty of other money-making crimes than selling drugs.
If all drugs were legalised tomorrow, the gangsters would just concentrate more on other activities.
When the US repealed prohibition, organised crime didn't suddenly disappear.
and nearly all those "activities" are made up crimes as well
First, things like extortion/ protection rackets, arms smuggling, people trafficking, and production/sale of child porn are not made up crimes.
Second, drug related crimes broadly punish those who make money from selling drugs, not "recreational" users. (I know that this is not the case so much in the US, but in most of Europe, simple possession of drugs doesn't usually result in a long jail sentence). The only reason drug dealers make money is because it's illegal, so they can't complain when the law is used against them.
I actually don't see why money laundering itself is even a crime. It seems to be a way to hide actual crimes. Maybe "hiding a crime" should be considered a crime, rather than money laundering. For example, if one were to launder money to hide something embarrassing, rather than something that was a crime, should it still be illegal?
The reason money laundering is a crime is because the original cash was obtained as a result of crime, and therefore doesn't belong to the criminal, and therefore the "laundered" money doesn't either.
Otherwise, the criminal gets to keep the proceeds of their crime consequence free once they have washed it throught the system sufficiently.
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...isn't Olympia the capital of Washington state?
Isn't an apple different from a wardrobe?
About as relevant.
It's a problem that will occur with most "hip" app names which sound like a common word, but which are spelled differently.
Yes, the problem is with the stupid app names. You shouldn't be allowed to create a trademark simply by mis-spelling an existing word.
You pronounce 'vase' like the Americans? And you call yourself British?!
OP was trying to say that vase is pronounced in the US to rhyme with laze, and in the UK to rhyme with stars. He used "vaaze" to represent the British pronunciation, but that is open to confusion itself.
But a native English speaker (are you?) is almost certainly going to pronounce "waze" identically to "ways".
Actually, no. At first glace I would pronounce it with a hard Z sound, more like "was".
You are not any sort of normal native English speaker then. Words ending in "aze" like daze or craze or laze are all pronounced the same, and they are perfect homophones of days, crays or lays.
I got a security blocking message trying to download it at work, which is not encouraging. Is it chock full of dodgy flash adverts or something?
Perhaps the aerospace industry is more corrupt?
To be fair, it's probably not as corrupt as the oil industry.
It's all about the climate change nutballs trying to stop ANYONE that disagrees with them. Heck they already want climate change deniers put to death.
I'm guessing you don't have any citations for that?
Government control keeps companies from abusing each other, the public and the environment
Blasphemy. Adam Smith's Invisible Hand is turning in its grave.
Last time I installed a windows system off a CD, after installation it couldn't see the CD or network until I'd found appropriate drivers and installed them from floppy. Of course, this is going back a few years - I've not installed Windows since Win98 :)
Indeed, and last time I installed MSDOS 3.3 on a system, it wouldn't even connect to my broadband so I could download Office 365!
Fucking M$...
Yeah, it's a political removal. The only reason to do this is to force people to go to the Store to download it and get them used to get "apps" of which any sales Microsoft will keep a 30% cut
So when Microsoft make a decision to open an app store it's "political", but when Apple or Google do it it's just good business?
Luty's SMG is an open breech design. Don't even think about building one. But the book is a good read. It will help you understand how the Taliban held off two global super-powers mostly using guns they made themselves. In caves. With hand tools.
The Taliban's success against foreign armed forces was because they fought a guerilla war, rather than try to take them on in open conflict. This is an eminently sensible strategy, but it tells you nothing about how effective home made guns are compared with manufactured ones.
People with this attitude express it with the fervent hope that it will happen. I suppose mainly, so they can experience going out in a blaze of glorious he-man bullets, Peckinpah-style.
Whereas in reality they'd hand over their toys and just get on with their otherwise mundane lives.
The streets are a battlefield.
Unless you're posting from Syria or somewhere, that is just pure hysteria.
If Hastert's lobbying career is over, he may find it worthwhile to sue the blackmailer to get his money back.
Couldn't the blackmailer then counter-sue him for the trauma caused by the rape, evidence of which would be the fact that Hastert was prepared to pay money to prevent it being revealed? Or do statutes of limitations apply in civil cases?
Now, Hastert stands accused of improper sexual contact with a boy he knew years ago while teaching high school and trying to hide that sordid history by paying the young man to keep quiet.
I have not seen anybody make an accusation that they were molested. Citation needed. All I have seen are buzz and rumors.
Yeah, obviously he was just paying him all that cash in recognition of his nice smile because he was feeling in a generous mood.
it's a requirement that banks report cash transactions of $10k or more
In Soviet Russia, it was a requirement to report suspicious neighbors to the NKVD.
In East Germany it was a requirement to drive a Trabant until the US liberated them from communism.
In China it is a requirement to ride a bicycle since the US hasn't properly liberated them from communism yet and they can't afford cars.
If you're going to do stupid analogies, at least use the slashdot car model.
What's wrong with political powers supporting NAMBLA or NAMBLA-like activities?
Well, nothing if you're a paedophile I suppose. The OP's point is that most people wouldn't want to be identified as paedophiles. It's sort of generally unpopular, you know?
For the last few years, Slashdot has been running slightly to the left of Mao
Someone forgot to renew their prescription for anti-psychotic drugs yesterday.
the libertarian in me wishes to suggest that stopping the mob was the WRONG priority
The rationalist in me wishes to suggest that this proves that libertarianism is absurdly wrong headed.
A cash business that does frequent deposits simply reports they have frequent cash receipts. That's not structuring and is almost never considered structuring.
So long as the business owner knows enough, or has a banker/adviser who knows enough, to have them fill out the necessary document to show this.
I'm pretty sure the bank where you're depositing your $9,999 a day has advisers on hand to assist you.
What happens if you have a business that happens to generate about $9000 in cash per day, and you deposit it every day? Well, sucks to be you.
I'm sure that genuine businesses who deposit $9000 in cash per day manage to get round this by doing the fucking paperwork.
Boring, I know.
Most criminals are libertarians regarding their own behaviour.
We could get rid off the reason for money laundering laws in the first place. End the stupid drug war already. Have a tax system that does not require tracking one's every financial transaction. Then there's no excuse for this part of our garbage heap of a legal code.
I hate to use this guy as a catalyst for reform, but if that's what it takes so be it.
There are plenty of other money-making crimes than selling drugs.
If all drugs were legalised tomorrow, the gangsters would just concentrate more on other activities.
When the US repealed prohibition, organised crime didn't suddenly disappear.
and nearly all those "activities" are made up crimes as well
First, things like extortion/ protection rackets, arms smuggling, people trafficking, and production/sale of child porn are not made up crimes.
Second, drug related crimes broadly punish those who make money from selling drugs, not "recreational" users. (I know that this is not the case so much in the US, but in most of Europe, simple possession of drugs doesn't usually result in a long jail sentence). The only reason drug dealers make money is because it's illegal, so they can't complain when the law is used against them.
I actually don't see why money laundering itself is even a crime. It seems to be a way to hide actual crimes. Maybe "hiding a crime" should be considered a crime, rather than money laundering. For example, if one were to launder money to hide something embarrassing, rather than something that was a crime, should it still be illegal?
The reason money laundering is a crime is because the original cash was obtained as a result of crime, and therefore doesn't belong to the criminal, and therefore the "laundered" money doesn't either.
Otherwise, the criminal gets to keep the proceeds of their crime consequence free once they have washed it throught the system sufficiently.