If I can't trust H&R Block to handle my financial data, I have a very big problem, and so do all those people who use them for accounting (and in-person tax handling).
If you have the sort of tax situation where software can make/break that kind of deduction or over/underpayment, you really shouldn't be using tax software yourself anyway. You can probably (and should!) have a professional helping you to handle your taxes.
If you just need to file a 1040-EZ and don't want to print and mail in the paperwork yourself, it works just fine.
I'll have to look again at what it says about the batteries. I know I was suprised, and I'm fairly certain it was nicad instead of hydride. I could be misremembering, though.
The fucking point is we're talking about a collision at speeds that usually involve totaling cars, and people are trying to act like someone ran over a pepsi bottle in the parking lot and the car bust into flames.
1) You don't think this happens with propreitary software? The end-users still have to learn the software, whether you train them or you require them to come "pre-trained."
2) This is bullshit. I don't think you realize how much FOSS is written/maintained with no expectation or want of compensation. These people do it because they like doing it - and generally they feed themselves doing something else.
Everyone who brings this up keeps failing to mention how they hit that debris hard enough for it to punch a large hole though 1/4" of steel to find that battery...
A 5.56x45 NATO round will just barely make it through that much steel. Consider that.
I believe they have thermal sensors in there - perhaps more than just "BATTERY HOT" could be in order - maybe some thermistors designed to register fire temperatures, and something to make the detection of such a bit more obvious. Example, in an A-10 aircraft those fire extinguisher handles along the top light up like Christmas trees. Airliners have similar features as well - why not a car?
Depends where it hits. Sure, the arms and fuel storage would be armored and the hull tough as hell, but what about all those sensitive electronics up above deck?
I know what they are. (for the record I don't like POV-Ray's results that I've seen - I'm a fan of unbiased renders like Lux though Blender's Cycles is looking pretty damn good as well these days)
Doesn't change the fact that it was a shitty summary.
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I assume you tried in in PWR mode?
Tax code changes year to year. It would have been irresponsible to allow you to do that.
That said, it sure was awfully nice that they waited until the end of the process to tell you that...
H&R Block's stuff prints out all the worksheets and such too, not just the final return. Not sure if others do it, but it's handy.
1, you have all the data available
2, you know how they calculated things
Both very handy items to have around.
You've heard of this wonderful thing we call encryption, right?
If I can't trust H&R Block to handle my financial data, I have a very big problem, and so do all those people who use them for accounting (and in-person tax handling).
If you have the sort of tax situation where software can make/break that kind of deduction or over/underpayment, you really shouldn't be using tax software yourself anyway. You can probably (and should!) have a professional helping you to handle your taxes.
If you just need to file a 1040-EZ and don't want to print and mail in the paperwork yourself, it works just fine.
Hey, my '13 has plenty of oomph.
When the gas engine is running :P
I'll have to look again at what it says about the batteries. I know I was suprised, and I'm fairly certain it was nicad instead of hydride. I could be misremembering, though.
The fucking point is we're talking about a collision at speeds that usually involve totaling cars, and people are trying to act like someone ran over a pepsi bottle in the parking lot and the car bust into flames.
The cloud is useful for two things and two things only:
1. Additional offsite backup.
2. Scalable processing.
Office 365 can fuck right off.
1) You don't think this happens with propreitary software? The end-users still have to learn the software, whether you train them or you require them to come "pre-trained."
2) This is bullshit. I don't think you realize how much FOSS is written/maintained with no expectation or want of compensation. These people do it because they like doing it - and generally they feed themselves doing something else.
Oh, so we should all just throw our hands up and give up? Because the establishment doesn't have room for us?
Everyone who brings this up keeps failing to mention how they hit that debris hard enough for it to punch a large hole though 1/4" of steel to find that battery...
A 5.56x45 NATO round will just barely make it through that much steel. Consider that.
Correct, mine has ni-cad cells in it.
That is not a normal consideration of "high speed." I should think you'd recognize this.
I believe they have thermal sensors in there - perhaps more than just "BATTERY HOT" could be in order - maybe some thermistors designed to register fire temperatures, and something to make the detection of such a bit more obvious. Example, in an A-10 aircraft those fire extinguisher handles along the top light up like Christmas trees. Airliners have similar features as well - why not a car?
Woosh. That was a pun, and you missed it completely.
Yes, it is. It's not like it was a hubcap, and you've got a strange definition of "high-speed" - this is miles per hour, not kilometers per hour.
Except that Mint has both Mint repositories and Ubuntu's in it's configuration. What am I missing?
Nice job Oliver - we really needed more ammunition in the Everyone vs Canonical battle.
Depends where it hits. Sure, the arms and fuel storage would be armored and the hull tough as hell, but what about all those sensitive electronics up above deck?
That's because those low-velocity projectile are -heavy- where these are not.
You have to consider mass*velocity, and not just one or the other.
WTF is that garbage? DO NOT WANT.
Why the hell does SF even need an installer?
Don't. Just don't. Serve the files people upload into their projects, and hands-fucking-off.
I'm a fan of unbiased rendering honestly, though Blender's Cycles is looking pretty spiffy lately.
Have a look at what luxrender can do - this is one of the unbiased ones. It's GPL, btw.
I know what they are. (for the record I don't like POV-Ray's results that I've seen - I'm a fan of unbiased renders like Lux though Blender's Cycles is looking pretty damn good as well these days)
Doesn't change the fact that it was a shitty summary.