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"In a thorough report that is well-worth reading, the Detroit Free Press indicates Moroun owns at least 625 parcels in the city, many purchased at Wayne County's annual tax foreclosure sale for as little as $500." - τorƍue

"Since Apple doesn’t have access to Flash CS5’s runtime library code or compiler frontend, they might be put in a position where they would need to coordinate with Adobe to resolve those issues. Shipping a new release where Apple breaks any specific application, even a top seller, is not an issue if the release is compelling, most apps work, and Apple has the option of working with the vendor to help them fix their app. Shipping a release where they break a large percentage of apps is not generally an option. Letting any of these secondary runtimes develop a significant base of applications in the store risks putting Apple in a position where the company that controls that runtime can cause delays in Apple’s release schedule, or worse, demand specific engineering decisions from Apple, under the threat of withholding the information necessary to keep their runtime working." - τorƍue

"No mac is currently the fastest computers, but this one http://www.arc.vt.edu/arc... is pretty fast, the fastest cluster put together by a university at one time. It's common in accedemia and the government to use XServs as clusters like this because it has Xgrid, the easiest to operate grid software. Every US Navy sub also has 39 Xservs in a cluster sitting on it to run the sonar analysis software, both for Xgrid, and because it's one of the quietest rack mounted servers available; important on a modern sub." - τorƍue

"The boot-132 method is the holy grail of the OSx86 community. Apple can't do anything about this, short of introducing special DRM chips in their machines. However, those will get cracked rather quickly, meaning it'll only be a waste of money. The only possible problem here is the EULA, which forbids installing Mac OS X on hardware that is not "Apple-labeled". I solved that issue by placing an actual apple on top of my machine, and I've got various Apple stickers here as well which could solve the problem in a more permanent fashion (I ate the apple...)." - τorƍue

Reminds me of Matrix. - τorƍue

"The purpose of the credit is to offset the reduced federal withholding you paid in over the year with the adjusted tables. If you qualify for the full Making Work Pay credit (and most taxpayers should qualify), you should end up with no difference at the end of the tax year. The tax rates did not change -- you just paid in less." - τorƍue

Although I wouldn't bet the farm on it, I'm pretty sure that information discovered that way would be inadmissible, and Intuit would be held criminally liable. "IRC Section 7216 makes it a misdemeanor for any tax return preparer to release any tax information obtained or generated in the course of a preparer-client relationship, unless the preparer has express client consent, or a court order has been issued. Violation of this rule is subject to a fine or imprisonment or both." (c.f. http://www.irs.gov/efile...) - Mark Trapp

On the other hand, Intuint makes great effort in the TOC to say that they are not giving any kind of tax advice. - τorƍue

No data is safe. - τorƍue

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - τorƍue

"India is launching what could be its most ambitious national project next month when it will attempt to identify every member of its 1.2 billion population in a national survey. Starting on April 1 an army of 2 million data collectors will start the National Population Register (NPR), which will build a colossal digital database of fingerprints and other personal data, officials say." - τorƍue

Segway Park! - Anika

the future? - SAM

supposedly woz was in attendance - τorƍue

"A brief rift in the Facebook privacy shield has been healed, but not before dozens of people documented it. For about 30 minutes late Tuesday, private email addresses were revealed—and then, just as suddenly, they were hidden again." - τorƍue

I swear one of these days, I'm just going to tap out and delete my FB account. - Derrick

"It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000." - τorƍue