The beauty is when you do declare they lock up your case and its becomes very very unlikely that your case will be searched again and contents stolen while in transit (they have security precautions because they don't want baggage handlers to steal a gun though stealing other things, meh), this means your belongings in the same suitcase as your checked gun is much safer.

There is also the issue of Guaranteed Delivery. I've found more and more SMS messages seem to get dropped on the wire and don't make it to the persons phone. Facebook messaging has a higher % chance of making it to the recipient.

Hell, you Can get into Harvard with B+ averages. It takes a really good SAT and a bit of showing off, but its certainly doable. Very few doors are permanently closed just because you screwed up in High School, I hate the fact that Guidance Counselors and the media in general make adults think they can't get a good education just because they didn't do awesome when they were in high school.

False, its already a combined Department

http://www.cise.ufl.edu/

It contains

Computer Engineering (CEN) (ABET Accredited)
Computer Science (CSE)
Computer Science (CSC)
Digital Arts and Sciences (DAS)

Yeah, I realized that after I typed it I was overstating. I just meant SOMEONE is going to have to pay that SS, its just an argument over wither its you or the employer.

But your right, if this is a Bonus that's connected to your W2 employment they can't legally say your a contractor for just the purposes of the Bonus. Filing this is effectively a legal fight against the employer via the IRS.

Self employment tax is just your share of Social Security match. Normally your employer pays X% in social security and you also pay the same X% in social security. When the employer pays you 1099, they don't withhold anything AND they don't pay their share of X% SS. So in effect you are paying it for them. If SS wasn't paid you must pay it, there is no "I wasn't self employed" defense unless the total is under $600 you've got to pay it.

It is possible for them to, but they don't. In the early days of the App store things like browsers were blocked as "Duplicating core iOS functionality".

He doesn't mean freelance by building some geocities website or by fixing your neighbors computer. There are a ton of ways to freelance via work at home opportunities that can get your real experience and real money. Its almost become a form of apprenticeship. I got started out doing freelance web programming and really enjoyed it. I would still be doing it because it allows me to work from anywhere in the world. But I had to eventually move on to a real job in a boring office to support my family, but if I was single I'd freelance solely.

You do realize that the shuttle flies like a brick with wings. It can't possibly do a flyover of DC on its own. Technically it could be strapped to a 747 then released as they did in early test flights. This is extremely dangerous, shuttles are landed over large uninhibited areas, on very long runways as their flight paths are unstable.

Technically the money from the government goes to pay for broadcasting in rural areas that aren't profitable. Some of this money certainly flows from the broadcast towers to pay for programming. The urban areas don't need this funding assistance and they pay for programming as well. Then combined with charitable donations is how NPR survives.