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Comment FATCA - And Assets (Score 1) 734

No, because of FATCA.

Many banks in Europe will not let them have an account if their US Citizenship is know because of FATCA.

Further, they would be considered an expat, and have to file regularly.

Some good articles on the Tax situation:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/tax...
http://taxprof.typepad.com/tax...
http://taxprof.typepad.com/tax...

Comment If it blocked UV instead (Score 2) 163

Blocking UV would have some benefits as well.

I seem to recall IR it is blocking is also a major part of heat transference. There could be some definite savings on cooling bills throughout the sun belt/southwest.

Anybody else reminded of the Heinlein stories where Solar panels took off when they started generating energy from the full range of cosmic radiation bombarding the Earth? Led to commuter roads in "The Roads must roll".

Submission + - Internet Access While Sailing? (Revisited) (slashdot.org) 1

El Genio Malvado writes: 10 years ago the question was asked, what is the best way to get Internet while at sea..
After reading the responses.. and a decade of technological advancement is there a better more reliable method?
If someone had the ability to telecommute 100% of the time then the idea of Sailing around the world with a Paycheck direct deposited is getting more and more tempting..

What does the community at large have for modern resources for constant streaming internet at sea?

To quote the original posting..
"Who needs land anyway? Give me a boat, the stars, working global wireless Internet and a wind to sail by!"

Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 782

Yes, any number of iPhones linked to sync with your computer.

Or you can redownload for free with an account that purchased it on another phone. (limit on number of different accounts on the phone).

3 iPhones, 1 iPod Touch all have apps from my account (immediate family members).

Comment Re:Most of the Apple distribution is Free (Score 1) 322

webkit is the core of Safari, and Open Source. It is based on KHTML, when Safari first passed the Acid 2 test, and those changes uploaded to the webkit tree, the KHTML guys complained about lack of documenting each incremental change. Heck, if you want to use Webkit as the basis for your own browser, you wouldn't be the first. Look at Chrome for example.

The compliler Xcode uses is gcc.

Couple of good sites:
www.apple.com/opensource/
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html

Education

Journal Journal: Best Online Bachelor's degree with Open Source / Unix Focus? 2

I have been working in IT for over 10 years. I never completed a college degree. My career has seemed to peak. I was looking at online courses in MIS or Comp Sci, but most of them seem to focus on using Microsoft Visual Studio for the compiler / IDE for any programming portions. I would prefer something more *nix / Free Software friendly. Anybody know of such a program?

EDIT: Updated to reflect looking at degree program's not certificates.

Caldera

Submission + - Novell Bombards SCO with Summary Judgment Motions

rm69990 writes: Novell has filed 4 motions for Summary Judgment against SCO, which essentially ask the court to toss the remainder of SCO's case that isn't already being arbitrated between SUSE and SCO. One seeks a ruling from the court that Novell transfered none of the copyrights in Unix to SCO, which is backed up by many exhibits and declarations from people who negotiated the deal. Another, along the same lines, asks the court to toss the portions of SCO's Unfair Competition and Breach of Contract claims pertaining to the Unix copyrights. The third asks the court to rule that Novell did not violate the Technology License Agreement between SCO and Novell, and last and also least, the fourth seeks to toss the Slander of Title for the additional reason that SCO has failed to prove any special damages. These motions follow 2 motions for summary judgment filed by Novell late last year on 2 of their counterclaims.

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