Comment Re:That is *not* "free" software (Score 1) 75
I think charging Windows users was a dick move, and their excuse for doing so rather flimsy.
I think charging Windows users was a dick move, and their excuse for doing so rather flimsy.
Being an aspie, as I suspect both of them are to a certain extent, is not a get-out-jail-free-card for asshattery and not learning social niceties.
I needed a USB A to mini A. I ended up getting the cable at WALGREENS!! for $4.
Yep, if you need batteries/SD cards/cables/mice in an emergency, walgreens is good. Especially if you have a 24hr one. Usually that stuff is near the front too, unlike wal-mart.
If the government wants us to pay taxes, why doesn't the government set up an online system so that we can pay our taxes without this added fee?
The IRS is actually forbidden by law from doing so. They have to, by law, hand you over to Intuit/HRblock/etc. (The IRS free file site is basically just a gateway to the preparers)
However, Intuit/HRblock/etc weren't quite able to prevent some states from doing so.
Don't bother with "free file" unless you work in a state without income tax. That's where they charge you.
That's where they charge you if you don't live in a state that has it's own system bypassing the tax preparers, like Illinois does.
So I free-file the federal, and go to Illinois own website to do the state, and I don't pay a thing.
Good to hear that GNUCash has improved so much over the years.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Thought that sounded familiar so I looked it up...Sneakers.. Though the quote I remember most is: "My name is Werner Brandes, my voice is my passport."
You only had to pay $9.95 if you wanted a PDF copy of your taxes.
What? hrblock.com gives you the federal PDF for free! Not only that but my state (Illinois) has it's own website, bypassing the tax preparer industry entirely, and they also hand over a PDF.
AFAIK, they didn't sue, but were part of a consortium of tax preparers who sucessfully lobbied Congress to limit the IRS's ability to make filing easier.
The IRS had wanted people to file electronically for years. The original plan was for the IRS to produce software and just give it away for free and have everyone, and I do mean "everyone" file for free.
But when they set up their original e-file program, it was limited as to WHO could access it, meaning it was limited to tax professionals, who charged a pretty penny for the service. Eventually the IRS had just enough clout to get free e-filing for lower income taxpayers, in exchange for essentially handing them off to Intuit/HRBlock/etc for an upsell of services they don't really need.
However, the states aren't limited in that way, and some states were able to implement their own systems independently without Intuit/HRblock/etc interference. This is why, for example, no tax filing company offers free-filing of state returns in Illinois, it's essentially revenge for Illinois having it's own system...which works very well.
Music Radio WLS Chicago.
VxWorks.
Unless the Nokia 215 is aiming to be the next Obamaphone
You mean Reaganphone, since it was Reagan that signed the law creating "Lifeline service" not President Obama.
Even when signed in, I could not play any games, due to a too-tight reliance on PSN's services.
"Any" games? Or just multiplayer ones, because single player games and single-player modes worked just fine. I played Diablo UEE on the PS4 during some of the outage, it defaulted to LAN mode when it couldn't reach PSN.
The "TEAM" owns the original rights to that video and they have probably sold the viewing rights to another company (Perhaps a sports broadcaster/TV network/website) You've probably seen the disclaimer at the end of live TV broadcasts referring to rebroadcast/retransmission.
If that team is american it has probably sold the rights to an american company...who may not have the rights to "re-broadcast" in Canada.
Not that one. This one is the closest to me now:
On New Years, one of my digital sub channels had a Cary Grant day. No action or violence, no CGI, no gratuitous nudity, just a story - and they were wonderful and funny.
I think he himself said he was a comedic actor trapped in a leading man's body. Pair him with some competent co-stars, like Kate Hepburn in her rapid-fire delivery prime and watch magic happen.
Old programmers never die, they just hit account block limit.
