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Comment: Re:Translation ... (Score 1) 893

by Sunshinerat (#43360941) Attached to: Massive Data Leak Reveals How the Ultra Rich Hide Their Wealth

Yet, in the United States you are required to report to the IRS all your foreign bank accounts if the total value is over $25k, every year.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f90221.pdf

If you don't, they may not find out, but of they do its a problem for you.
To avoid this, hiding money in shell companies is frowned upon at least.

Comment: "Searching for missing people" is the coverup (Score 1) 158

by Sunshinerat (#43224309) Attached to: FAA Grants Arlington Texas Police Department Permission To Fly UAVs

The use of "Searching for missing people" is obvious the cover for any misconduct. You can always be looking for missing people, everywhere and at any time. Do something you should not be doing with a drone, use the excuse of searching for missing people.

Comment: Re:You get what you pay for (Score 1) 339

by Sunshinerat (#40245805) Attached to: Online Courses and the $100 Graduate Degree

Not all students will do the final test.
The assumption here is that if 160000 students enroll and pay their fees, a (much?) smaller number of students actually follow through to the end.
Because the fees are so low, why not give it a try? I suspect the dropout rate is much higher with a low entry fee.

Comment: Re:The client is always right (Score 2) 384

I would provide x amount of time for warranty (say two months) and provide the option to buy into service (monthly fee) that covers feature and security fixes.
The best part of a service model is that you keep contact with the customer and you can up-sell them to the next feature release.
This model does not work as well for all custom work.

For custom x months of warranty plus $x per hour for changes and fixes. Providing them with a lifetime support option is very unpredictable and may scare the customer away. They may plan on using the solution for 3 years where you are covering your ass when you need to fix it 20 years from now (current year equivalent: you need to keep that prehistoric server running to make minor changes in COBOL...) and account for that somehow. Be specific what lifetime warranty is when you go that route, sometimes it is just educating the client on expectations.

Mother is the invention of necessity.

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