Don't you know, Apple has determined that it is a bad business practice to support older products or OSes, anything more than a few years old. But you're free to buy the new version that will be supported!
India is hardly a zero-tax country; likewise China and most of the Middle East. Low tax is nice; zero tax is great. Georgia also has an abundance of English speakers, unlike most of Asia. It has a large population of computer scientists and engineers, unlike Africa. And it's geographically close to the EU.
Lower cost of developers. Lower cost of facilities (housing, offices, power). Lower cost of living. If you can charge close-to-EU or close-to-US prices, and relocate to Georgia, your net take-home and keep-in-the-bank dollars skyrocket.
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It's not how much you make; it's how much you keep.
Water sources can effect many counties, and sometimes states.
Yes, and I've never heard of people complaining that an upstream user ISN'T adding stuff to the water. Is your contention that other counties in Nevada are being negatively affected by another county NOT adding treatments to their potable water system?
Should people vote on hos much chlorine is used to keep the water safe? should they vote on how much UV to use to help clean the water? of course not. No more the people should vote on how to design a bridge.
That's not what is being done here. The people of the county have voted already for their leadership, who have decided what should be done. What is the right of the Federal Government to come in and force a county to add something to the water that the people have not needed - nor is required for health - for the last 100 years?
What Constitutional authority does the Federal Government have in forcing a county to ADD chemicals to its potable water system?
Not have a country wide education programs mean poor states and counties have an efen worse time educating people. It means more ignorance. It means no standards, it means universities have no common way to measure the quality of incoming students. It means less progress in education. An educated populace means less crime, more jobs, healthier people, more technological developments. It is the lynch pin the keep society from coming apart. It is the sole reason we became a super power and aren't living in mud huts.
Except that universally test scores in the US have fallen as Federal involvement has increased. Enrollment in the sciences has plummeted as Federal dollars have kicked in.
And again, what's the Constitutional justification for the Federal Government dictating and funding education?
>"What's crazy for scaling back the US Government to its constitutional limits "
it is within in constitutional limits. The problem is you have no clue about the constitution.
OK, educate me. Tell me what's the constitutional basis for the Federal government mandating treatment of potable water prior to discharge into public waterways.
You ever stop and think about WHY healthcare is public? When you allow people with more money to have better healthcare you are putting their lives at a greater value than those less fortunate. I don't care where you live but that's not right.
Now take and apply that to must-haves, like shelter, food, and water. Why do you allow some people to live in tiny, crowded apartments and others in empty mansions? Why do some people have to subsist on mac-and-cheese and others eat filet mignon every night? Why does Canada charge for water - something you cannot live if you don't have?
And what about income? Why do some people get to earn $100K/yr whilst others are scraping by on $30K/yr? How about just mandating that the Government will give you all the same house, food, water, and income, so that everyone has the same benefits, no one has better than another? Wouldn't that be even more "right"?
What's crazy about letting a county decide if it wants to fluoridate it's own water source? What's crazy for scaling back the US Government to its constitutional limits (getting it out of Education)? What's wrong with pulling out of an ineffectual world body that's really good at spending our money and writing strongly worded letters?
"Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands." - Judge Learned Hand
Don't worry, he's in good company. The professor-in-chief in the US is also killing the country, and is doing quite a bit of kissing of foreign leader asses...
Microsoft: Here's our new tech. We have a single working prototype in the lab and maybe in 2-3 years (if ever) you will be able to buy a watered down version with less features than this one.
Apple: Here's our new tech. You can get-it from the Apple Store starting now.
Of course you can only use Apple-approved media, bought from the iTunes store, and developed only with Apple-approved tools by Apple-approved partners.
And it does cost three times what comparable systems from other vendors cost, but ours is sleek and black and shiny, even if it has trailing-edge hardware for your price.
Oh, and we'll charge you the equivalent of a new product with your 3 years of AppleCare, so when you want to upgrade you've already bought a new unit. But we'll charge you for that new unit anyway.
And we reserve the right to break compatibility with all your purchases at any time, for any reason, and then over-charge you for new 'features' which replicate the purchases we broke.
Not to mention that your product will be obsolete and not compatible with future versions in about 3 years, no longer supported in about 4 years.
Most importantly you'll have to buy this TV from Blockbuster stores only, and it will only work on the Blockbuster instant movie network because they're paying us a lot of money to work on their substandard network.
But it does have a shiny Apple logo, so your friends will know you are "in the know".
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, etc. would disagree. Seems they made a good amount of money off their natural mineral resources. What makes a country rich is its resources - people and natural. How it's squandered by the owners of that resource (in the case of natural resources, that would be the Government) dictates how well the wealth is spread around.
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In each of your examples - Brazil, Nigeria, Angola - the wealthy ruling class is wealthy (fabulously so) because they have deemed that the benefits from the sales of natural resources should flow not to the country in general, but to the rulers in particular. But immense wealth was made for each of these countries (and is still being made today) from their mining and mineral resources.
If you make more than $91K overseas, then you get the unique (unique in that only the US does this) privilege of paying income taxes in your country of work as well as in the US. And the tax rate in the US on that income is started at the $91K income level (not the 10% tax bracket, but the 28% tax bracket).
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Additionally, if you come back to the US for more than 35 days a year (basically do not stay out of the US for at least 330 days a year) you are no longer considered a foreign worker and must pay US income taxes on ALL your income, you don't get the $91K exclusion.
And of course, any exclusion of income cannot result in savings of income taxes above and beyond what would be in the US; if you live in a high tax jurisdiction, and would pay a lot more in income taxes on that first $91K than you would in the US, you can only use that excess to reduce future years tax loads, not this years; you cannot lower your tax load to the US less than if you had earned everything in the US.
Take a look at any of the annual reports of any of the "Big Oil" players; ExxonMobil, for example. You'll find that for every dollar in net profit, they paid between 2.5 and 3 dollars in taxes. Who makes the money from Big Oil? The Government. One for you (the guy who does the work), and 3 for me (the guy who has the fortune sitting in his ground). If they are using bribes to get these taxes and royalties reduced, they're doing a really bad job.
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And I won't even mention who was the biggest beneficiary of Big Oil in the 2008 elections. It's not who you think it is...
We're supposed to be able to force everyone else bow to our individual demands at any time, for any reason, no matter what the demand. And if that doesn't happen then clearly everyone else is trampling my rights and I need the Government to step in and force everyone to do exactly as I demand. Going elsewhere or waiting a week until the next shipment arrives at another vendor means I don't get my Constitutionally Guaranteed right to immediate satisfaction on my own terms and thus must break hundreds of UN resolutions and human rights!
We're supposed to be able to force everyone else bow to our individual demands at any time, for any reason, no matter what the demand. And if that doesn't happen then clearly everyone else is trampling my rights and I need the Government to step in and force everyone to do exactly as I demand. Going elsewhere or waiting a week until the next shipment arrives at another vendor means I don't get my Constitutionally Guaranteed right to immediate satisfaction on my own terms and thus must break hundreds of UN resolutions and human rights!
Actually, it's very similar to laws against car companies forcing you to use only factory parts to maintain your warranty. It's damaging to the consumer who OWNS the product. Ford, Toyota, BMW cannot restrict your rights as an owner of that car by mandating you must use Ford/Toyota/BMW brand oil filters or tires or fuel pumps when servicing your car to keep your warranty/functionality of the vehicle.
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This isn't about Apple and Google duking it out, this is about Apple mandating that developers must only use Apple-approved solutions on a device that you own outright (not Apple).
I suppose you'd like to be restricted to only using Honda factory parts installed by Honda certified technicians using Honda manufactured tools at a Honda licensed repair shop to work on your Honda? I mean, it's not like Discount Tire isn't qualified to put new tires on your Honda; oh no, only Honda's chain is allowed to do that. You're free to add to your car and work on it as you want, provided it's only with Honda factory parts, using Honda factory tools, and done by Honda certified people.
Apple's terms do not exclude 3rd party ad networks, including AdMob:
3.3.9 You and Your Applications may not collect, use, or disclose to any third party, user or device data without prior user consent, and then only under the following conditions:
- The collection, use or disclosure is necessary in order to provide a service or function that is directly relevant to the use of the Application. For example, without Apple’s prior written consent, You may not use third party analytics software in Your Application to collect and send device data to a third party for aggregation, processing, or analysis.
So here I am, a 3rd party developer, and you, Mr. Consumer want my product. But I cannot even create my product (let alone sell it to you Mr. Consumer who OWNS the phone) unless Apple - who does not own the application, device, or delivery medium - approves of what I do. And Apple - who has a strong and long history of banning applications which it feels "competes" with its own applications, will suddenly allow me - Mr 3rd party developer - to use AdMob.
The world must look pretty different through Jobs colored glasses...
I don't own Google.com, and neither do you. I can own an iPhone, and so can you. Apparently ownership no longer conveys the right to do with the product as you please, or for others to create applications for you as they please.
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You pay: Monthly for a cellular package with unlimited texting You get: 20 baud
What's so new about this? Seems that's what AT&T gives most iPhone users anyway...
Obama topped Chevron, ExxonMobil, and BP for the 2008 Election cycle. Even though he swore he would would not take money from oil lobbyists.
Don't you know, Apple has determined that it is a bad business practice to support older products or OSes, anything more than a few years old. But you're free to buy the new version that will be supported!
India is hardly a zero-tax country; likewise China and most of the Middle East. Low tax is nice; zero tax is great. Georgia also has an abundance of English speakers, unlike most of Asia. It has a large population of computer scientists and engineers, unlike Africa. And it's geographically close to the EU.
Unless the cause was an error in programming some system that failed.
It's not how much you make; it's how much you keep.
Water sources can effect many counties, and sometimes states.
Yes, and I've never heard of people complaining that an upstream user ISN'T adding stuff to the water. Is your contention that other counties in Nevada are being negatively affected by another county NOT adding treatments to their potable water system?
Should people vote on hos much chlorine is used to keep the water safe? should they vote on how much UV to use to help clean the water? of course not. No more the people should vote on how to design a bridge.
That's not what is being done here. The people of the county have voted already for their leadership, who have decided what should be done. What is the right of the Federal Government to come in and force a county to add something to the water that the people have not needed - nor is required for health - for the last 100 years?
What Constitutional authority does the Federal Government have in forcing a county to ADD chemicals to its potable water system?
Not have a country wide education programs mean poor states and counties have an efen worse time educating people. It means more ignorance. It means no standards, it means universities have no common way to measure the quality of incoming students. It means less progress in education. An educated populace means less crime, more jobs, healthier people, more technological developments. It is the lynch pin the keep society from coming apart. It is the sole reason we became a super power and aren't living in mud huts.
Except that universally test scores in the US have fallen as Federal involvement has increased. Enrollment in the sciences has plummeted as Federal dollars have kicked in.
And again, what's the Constitutional justification for the Federal Government dictating and funding education?
>"What's crazy for scaling back the US Government to its constitutional limits " it is within in constitutional limits. The problem is you have no clue about the constitution.
OK, educate me. Tell me what's the constitutional basis for the Federal government mandating treatment of potable water prior to discharge into public waterways.
So like, that's what the time-traveling phone booth is for, eh!
You ever stop and think about WHY healthcare is public? When you allow people with more money to have better healthcare you are putting their lives at a greater value than those less fortunate. I don't care where you live but that's not right.
Now take and apply that to must-haves, like shelter, food, and water. Why do you allow some people to live in tiny, crowded apartments and others in empty mansions? Why do some people have to subsist on mac-and-cheese and others eat filet mignon every night? Why does Canada charge for water - something you cannot live if you don't have?
And what about income? Why do some people get to earn $100K/yr whilst others are scraping by on $30K/yr? How about just mandating that the Government will give you all the same house, food, water, and income, so that everyone has the same benefits, no one has better than another? Wouldn't that be even more "right"?
What's crazy about letting a county decide if it wants to fluoridate it's own water source? What's crazy for scaling back the US Government to its constitutional limits (getting it out of Education)? What's wrong with pulling out of an ineffectual world body that's really good at spending our money and writing strongly worded letters?
"Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands." - Judge Learned Hand
Don't worry, he's in good company. The professor-in-chief in the US is also killing the country, and is doing quite a bit of kissing of foreign leader asses...
Microsoft: Here's our new tech. We have a single working prototype in the lab and maybe in 2-3 years (if ever) you will be able to buy a watered down version with less features than this one.
Apple: Here's our new tech. You can get-it from the Apple Store starting now.
Of course you can only use Apple-approved media, bought from the iTunes store, and developed only with Apple-approved tools by Apple-approved partners.
And it does cost three times what comparable systems from other vendors cost, but ours is sleek and black and shiny, even if it has trailing-edge hardware for your price.
Oh, and we'll charge you the equivalent of a new product with your 3 years of AppleCare, so when you want to upgrade you've already bought a new unit. But we'll charge you for that new unit anyway.
And we reserve the right to break compatibility with all your purchases at any time, for any reason, and then over-charge you for new 'features' which replicate the purchases we broke.
Not to mention that your product will be obsolete and not compatible with future versions in about 3 years, no longer supported in about 4 years.
Most importantly you'll have to buy this TV from Blockbuster stores only, and it will only work on the Blockbuster instant movie network because they're paying us a lot of money to work on their substandard network.
But it does have a shiny Apple logo, so your friends will know you are "in the know".
In each of your examples - Brazil, Nigeria, Angola - the wealthy ruling class is wealthy (fabulously so) because they have deemed that the benefits from the sales of natural resources should flow not to the country in general, but to the rulers in particular. But immense wealth was made for each of these countries (and is still being made today) from their mining and mineral resources.
Additionally, if you come back to the US for more than 35 days a year (basically do not stay out of the US for at least 330 days a year) you are no longer considered a foreign worker and must pay US income taxes on ALL your income, you don't get the $91K exclusion.
And of course, any exclusion of income cannot result in savings of income taxes above and beyond what would be in the US; if you live in a high tax jurisdiction, and would pay a lot more in income taxes on that first $91K than you would in the US, you can only use that excess to reduce future years tax loads, not this years; you cannot lower your tax load to the US less than if you had earned everything in the US.
How did that turn out in Iraq? Who got the lion's share of the oil leases? It certainly wasn't the US or its companies...
And I won't even mention who was the biggest beneficiary of Big Oil in the 2008 elections. It's not who you think it is...
Oh wait...
We're supposed to be able to force everyone else bow to our individual demands at any time, for any reason, no matter what the demand. And if that doesn't happen then clearly everyone else is trampling my rights and I need the Government to step in and force everyone to do exactly as I demand. Going elsewhere or waiting a week until the next shipment arrives at another vendor means I don't get my Constitutionally Guaranteed right to immediate satisfaction on my own terms and thus must break hundreds of UN resolutions and human rights!
We're supposed to be able to force everyone else bow to our individual demands at any time, for any reason, no matter what the demand. And if that doesn't happen then clearly everyone else is trampling my rights and I need the Government to step in and force everyone to do exactly as I demand. Going elsewhere or waiting a week until the next shipment arrives at another vendor means I don't get my Constitutionally Guaranteed right to immediate satisfaction on my own terms and thus must break hundreds of UN resolutions and human rights!
This isn't about Apple and Google duking it out, this is about Apple mandating that developers must only use Apple-approved solutions on a device that you own outright (not Apple).
I suppose you'd like to be restricted to only using Honda factory parts installed by Honda certified technicians using Honda manufactured tools at a Honda licensed repair shop to work on your Honda? I mean, it's not like Discount Tire isn't qualified to put new tires on your Honda; oh no, only Honda's chain is allowed to do that. You're free to add to your car and work on it as you want, provided it's only with Honda factory parts, using Honda factory tools, and done by Honda certified people.
Apple's terms do not exclude 3rd party ad networks, including AdMob:
So here I am, a 3rd party developer, and you, Mr. Consumer want my product. But I cannot even create my product (let alone sell it to you Mr. Consumer who OWNS the phone) unless Apple - who does not own the application, device, or delivery medium - approves of what I do. And Apple - who has a strong and long history of banning applications which it feels "competes" with its own applications, will suddenly allow me - Mr 3rd party developer - to use AdMob.
The world must look pretty different through Jobs colored glasses...
I don't own Google.com, and neither do you. I can own an iPhone, and so can you. Apparently ownership no longer conveys the right to do with the product as you please, or for others to create applications for you as they please.
Bing and other ad engines work great in Chrome.