"...other taxes may zoom upward instead, warned Sen. Michael Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. "Are we implicitly blessing a situation where states are forced to raise other taxes, such as income or property taxes, to offset the growing loss of sales tax revenue?" Enzi said. "I want to avoid that.""
How about we impose new fiscal responsibility laws on government instead.
You may have read that in some wishful-thinking blog somewhere. MS has killed IE and WMP for Mac but I don't remember them ever saying they would kill Office for Mac. There is also no mention of killing it on their official Mac Office website (updated May 2007) -- where announcements about the death of other products are usually placed.
"The next version of Office for Mac - named Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - is under development and scheduled to be available in the second half of 2007."
"Do you have a better estimate or any reason to dispute this one?"
First of all, I haven't disputed anything. Second, what you "think", without any concrete evidence on which to base your estimate, is completely worthless. Sorry.
Periodically I see this claim (that Office is critical to the Mac) on various forums and blogs. Unfortunately, I NEVER see ANY evidence to back up these claims. It's all idle speculation based on nothing more than personal bias. Therefore it is completely without foundation.
If you have facts lets see them please. Otherwise you have nothing.
I could give you all kinds of anecdotal evidence that completely refutes everything you have speculated, but that would also be completely worthless because I also have zero facts to back up what I say. So I just don't say it.
No, you look it up and tell us how much it is since it is you who is making the argument that Office so important. Claims without references are pretty much hollow and useless speculation.
What flipping out? I'm being assertive, there is a difference.
There is no implication about portable products. TFA clearly says "all Apple product".
Though I do notice that the wording of TFA has changed slightly from when this was first posted on/.. So apparently somebody at ZDnet even had second thoughts about making such an outlandish prediction.
"I was questioning YOUR assertion that you know what all "professionals" need."
Since you appear to have reading comprehension issues, let me quote myself:
"Somehow I just don't see the practicality of having a high-end workstation with a touch screen. All consumer products maybe, but not professionals products."
NOWHERE does this say ANYTHING about what ALL professionals need. There is a BIG difference between what I wrote and what you wrongly claim I meant. And since you apparently have forgotten what this thread is about -- a PREDICTION by ZDnet -- you should read what I wrote again with that in mind. Now, do you automatically accept that ALL Apple products will eventually have a touchscreen interface? I don't. Maybe I'm wrong but I doubt it. If I am it certainly won't be the ONLY interface.
"High-end digital graphics artists have been using stuff like this for years already"
SOME high-end digital graphics artists may have been have using stuff SOMEWHAT like this for years. Many, maybe even MOST others, like me, have NOT been using tablets and the like at all. I don't sit at a workstation all day doodling on a touch pad. I work on dozens of jobs in a high end environment where efficiency and quality are as important as design and creativity. There are tens of thousands of technicians and artists just like me out there. Why is questioning the usefulness of a touch screen in our environment met with such hostility and sarcasm? I am open to new ideas. I am also very skeptical of ANY prediction that says that ALL Apple products will someday use a touch screen interface. To think otherwise is to blindly accept whatever change is predicted to be coming your way.
"ZDNet even thinks that this patent can hint about future touch interfaces for all Apple products."
Somehow I just don't see the practicality of having a high-end workstation with a touch screen. All consumer products maybe, but not professionals products.
Well war on something anyway. The war on drugs is so stale the public has basically forgotten all about it. So no political hay to be made there. The war on Iraq is very unpopular now as people are just tired of the same ol' some and dance from the white house, as the beat goes on. The war on global warming hasn't really heated up yet and is still pretty tepid, so not much hay there either. Yes, it's time for a NEW war. A nice clean one that can galvanize large portions of the population and focus the blame for something, anything, on another country (preferrably a smallish one that can't fight back very well). Copyright might just be that war that the US feels is can finally win.
Yes the Veterans of Foreign Wars hand out poppies in return for a donation but they look quite different than the flattened Canadian version. From what I can tell however, most Americans are quite unfamiliar with the practice of using poppies for veterans' memorials and the tradition isn't nearly as entrenched as it is in Canada.
Interestingly, they also use the poem "In Flanders Fields", the famous first world war poem written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, but fail to acknowledge that his was Canadian, only that he was a Lieutenant Colonel.
"You must have a work permit in order to work in Sweden. If you are going to work for less than three months you also need to have a visa and if you are going to work for more than three months you also need a residence permit.
A work permit can usually be granted if there is a shortage of labour in a specific field, or if you have obtained employment as part of an international exchange programme.
Your application for a work permit should be made to the Embassy of Sweden or the appropriate Consulate General (see right). If the Embassy finds it necessary you will be summoned to a personal interview, in which case the Embassy will contact you. Your application may then be forwarded to the Swedish Migration Board for decision.
The Swedish Migration Board or the Embassy will make a decision in your case when all the necessary documents have been received. The Embassy will inform you when a decision has been made in your case.
You are required to enclose the following documents with your application (note that all documents must be submitted in original)
* Two fully completed and signed application forms
* Two passport photos taken within the past six months
-Photos that do not conform to these standards will be rejected and may cause delay in processing the application. For more information please see
> photo guidelines
* A valid passport and two photocopies of the identity page of the passport. Please note that even if you are not yet a holder of a valid passport it is possible to apply for residence permit. You can forward your passport to the Embassy later
* If you are employed by an institute or company in China, you should enclose a letter of introduction from this institute or company, as well as a copy of the letter. The letter should state your position at the institute or company, and should also include the address of your employer, contact person and telephone number. The letter must be signed
* An "Offer of employment". The Offer of employment should be made on the appropriate form from AMS that your employer in Sweden can receive from the Employment Office, if possible this should be signed by the local trade union representative and must of course be approved by the AMS. Important: The minimum salary required at present is SEK 13000 a month before tax. Some form of accommodation must have been arranged for you in Sweden
* Written documentation in English of your education and/or work experience and a photocopy of the said document
* You are required to pay an application fee. If your application is rejected, the fee will not be refunded. The application fee is currently 1120 RMB.
You should hand in your application to the Embassy at least 10 weeks before your departure to Sweden. If you fail to supply the necessary documents mentioned above, the decision-making process of your case may be delayed. The Embassy may call you for additional documents or information if necessary.
For further information concerning residence permit for studies you may contact the Embassy of Sweden or see the website of the Migration Board."
Well? Where are these "tons" of countries hmm? You should do some research and know what you are talking about before you chime in with your uninformed opinion.
Oh I'm sure you'll probably come up with Sierra Leone or something. Come to think of it Sierra Leone wouldn't even work if he doesn't have any employable skills beyond cartoonist. Well maybe he could just get a job illegally somewhere. That should provide him with lots of career prospects. Lets just hope he knows a language other than English.
Virtually EVERY English speaking country has the requirements I have already outlined. His only real opportunity is to apply while in the States for a job in another country and let them get a permit for him. Just showing up and expecting to stay and work will get him nowhere, except maybe deported.
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There are add-ons for Safari too, but they tend to be buggy and slow down Safari considerably. I stick with Firefox unless I have no other choice.
Maybe it has something to do with import taxes and duties.
"...other taxes may zoom upward instead, warned Sen. Michael Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. "Are we implicitly blessing a situation where states are forced to raise other taxes, such as income or property taxes, to offset the growing loss of sales tax revenue?" Enzi said. "I want to avoid that.""
How about we impose new fiscal responsibility laws on government instead.
You may have read that in some wishful-thinking blog somewhere. MS has killed IE and WMP for Mac but I don't remember them ever saying they would kill Office for Mac. There is also no mention of killing it on their official Mac Office website (updated May 2007) -- where announcements about the death of other products are usually placed.
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"The next version of Office for Mac - named Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - is under development and scheduled to be available in the second half of 2007."
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=mac
"Do you have a better estimate or any reason to dispute this one?"
First of all, I haven't disputed anything. Second, what you "think", without any concrete evidence on which to base your estimate, is completely worthless. Sorry.
Periodically I see this claim (that Office is critical to the Mac) on various forums and blogs. Unfortunately, I NEVER see ANY evidence to back up these claims. It's all idle speculation based on nothing more than personal bias. Therefore it is completely without foundation.
If you have facts lets see them please. Otherwise you have nothing.
I could give you all kinds of anecdotal evidence that completely refutes everything you have speculated, but that would also be completely worthless because I also have zero facts to back up what I say. So I just don't say it.
"Look it up and tell us how much it is."
No, you look it up and tell us how much it is since it is you who is making the argument that Office so important. Claims without references are pretty much hollow and useless speculation.
"I mean outside of Best Buy, are there really any PC retailers worth mentioning?"
Apple?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Store_(retail)
You pay them $120 a year to send as many text messages as you want. Brilliant. What was the famous expression popularly attributed to P.T. Barnum?
I have no idea what "Cho" means, and frankly I don't care, dude.
Thanks for your contribution.
Either that or they just get out of the beleaguered 1990s.
Easy for you to come by, drop an accusation, then leave. Thanks for contributing nothing.
What flipping out? I'm being assertive, there is a difference.
/.. So apparently somebody at ZDnet even had second thoughts about making such an outlandish prediction.
There is no implication about portable products. TFA clearly says "all Apple product".
Though I do notice that the wording of TFA has changed slightly from when this was first posted on
"I was questioning YOUR assertion that you know what all "professionals" need."
Since you appear to have reading comprehension issues, let me quote myself:
"Somehow I just don't see the practicality of having a high-end workstation with a touch screen. All consumer products maybe, but not professionals products."
NOWHERE does this say ANYTHING about what ALL professionals need. There is a BIG difference between what I wrote and what you wrongly claim I meant. And since you apparently have forgotten what this thread is about -- a PREDICTION by ZDnet -- you should read what I wrote again with that in mind. Now, do you automatically accept that ALL Apple products will eventually have a touchscreen interface? I don't. Maybe I'm wrong but I doubt it. If I am it certainly won't be the ONLY interface.
"High-end digital graphics artists have been using stuff like this for years already"
SOME high-end digital graphics artists may have been have using stuff SOMEWHAT like this for years. Many, maybe even MOST others, like me, have NOT been using tablets and the like at all. I don't sit at a workstation all day doodling on a touch pad. I work on dozens of jobs in a high end environment where efficiency and quality are as important as design and creativity. There are tens of thousands of technicians and artists just like me out there. Why is questioning the usefulness of a touch screen in our environment met with such hostility and sarcasm? I am open to new ideas. I am also very skeptical of ANY prediction that says that ALL Apple products will someday use a touch screen interface. To think otherwise is to blindly accept whatever change is predicted to be coming your way.
That's right, ANY questioning of ZDnet predictions deserves a condescending, smart-ass sarcastic answer. Get a grip.
"ZDNet even thinks that this patent can hint about future touch interfaces for all Apple products."
Somehow I just don't see the practicality of having a high-end workstation with a touch screen. All consumer products maybe, but not professionals products.
Well war on something anyway. The war on drugs is so stale the public has basically forgotten all about it. So no political hay to be made there. The war on Iraq is very unpopular now as people are just tired of the same ol' some and dance from the white house, as the beat goes on. The war on global warming hasn't really heated up yet and is still pretty tepid, so not much hay there either. Yes, it's time for a NEW war. A nice clean one that can galvanize large portions of the population and focus the blame for something, anything, on another country (preferrably a smallish one that can't fight back very well). Copyright might just be that war that the US feels is can finally win.
"except that there aren't."
Huh? Aren't what?
You seem like someone who doesn't really know and is just repeating someone else's uninformed opinion.
There are plenty of choices. More than enough that it would impossible to play them all.
http://www.insidemacgames.com/
Everquest for Mac. I simply love this game and its first class community. I hope it lasts forever.
"Hey, don't American's use poppies for anything?"
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Yes the Veterans of Foreign Wars hand out poppies in return for a donation but they look quite different than the flattened Canadian version. From what I can tell however, most Americans are quite unfamiliar with the practice of using poppies for veterans' memorials and the tradition isn't nearly as entrenched as it is in Canada.
Interestingly, they also use the poem "In Flanders Fields", the famous first world war poem written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, but fail to acknowledge that his was Canadian, only that he was a Lieutenant Colonel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields
Bollocks. You will still need a Work Permit. Virtually EVERY single Nordic country has similar rules.
Here is what he would need, fluency in Swedish notwithstanding (source - Embassy of Sweden http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____21904.aspx):
"You must have a work permit in order to work in Sweden. If you are going to work for less than three months you also need to have a visa and if you are going to work for more than three months you also need a residence permit.
A work permit can usually be granted if there is a shortage of labour in a specific field, or if you have obtained employment as part of an international exchange programme.
Your application for a work permit should be made to the Embassy of Sweden or the appropriate Consulate General (see right). If the Embassy finds it necessary you will be summoned to a personal interview, in which case the Embassy will contact you. Your application may then be forwarded to the Swedish Migration Board for decision.
The Swedish Migration Board or the Embassy will make a decision in your case when all the necessary documents have been received. The Embassy will inform you when a decision has been made in your case.
You are required to enclose the following documents with your application (note that all documents must be submitted in original)
* Two fully completed and signed application forms
* Two passport photos taken within the past six months
-Photos that do not conform to these standards will be rejected and may cause delay in processing the application. For more information please see
> photo guidelines
* A valid passport and two photocopies of the identity page of the passport. Please note that even if you are not yet a holder of a valid passport it is possible to apply for residence permit. You can forward your passport to the Embassy later
* If you are employed by an institute or company in China, you should enclose a letter of introduction from this institute or company, as well as a copy of the letter. The letter should state your position at the institute or company, and should also include the address of your employer, contact person and telephone number. The letter must be signed
* An "Offer of employment". The Offer of employment should be made on the appropriate form from AMS that your employer in Sweden can receive from the Employment Office, if possible this should be signed by the local trade union representative and must of course be approved by the AMS. Important: The minimum salary required at present is SEK 13000 a month before tax. Some form of accommodation must have been arranged for you in Sweden
* Written documentation in English of your education and/or work experience and a photocopy of the said document
* You are required to pay an application fee. If your application is rejected, the fee will not be refunded. The application fee is currently 1120 RMB.
You should hand in your application to the Embassy at least 10 weeks before your departure to Sweden. If you fail to supply the necessary documents mentioned above, the decision-making process of your case may be delayed. The Embassy may call you for additional documents or information if necessary.
For further information concerning residence permit for studies you may contact the Embassy of Sweden or see the website of the Migration Board."
If you walk into say, spain, and say "I claim asylum" from the United States they would laugh at you.
"I'm betting the person responsible for firing him was female. I can't stand working under a woman..."
So you experience one obviously bad female supervisor and therefore all female supervisors are bad huh.
Well? Where are these "tons" of countries hmm? You should do some research and know what you are talking about before you chime in with your uninformed opinion.
Oh I'm sure you'll probably come up with Sierra Leone or something. Come to think of it Sierra Leone wouldn't even work if he doesn't have any employable skills beyond cartoonist. Well maybe he could just get a job illegally somewhere. That should provide him with lots of career prospects. Lets just hope he knows a language other than English.
Virtually EVERY English speaking country has the requirements I have already outlined. His only real opportunity is to apply while in the States for a job in another country and let them get a permit for him. Just showing up and expecting to stay and work will get him nowhere, except maybe deported.