Re: "to outlaw general purpose computers"

On 10 July 2002, Bill Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your box can support current PC100 / PC133 SIMMs, you can probably > upgrade it with enough memory to run the newer applications ok, but > the generation of machines with Fast Page Mode 72-pin memory tends to > be limited to 32MB or som

Re: "to outlaw general purpose computers"

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 10:11:58AM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: > At 08:49 PM 07/09/2002 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:17:52PM -0400, Sunder wrote: > >> Sure, you can revive old hardware with Linux, but you'll find it runs KDE > >> 3.0 or GNOME slower than windows 95 did

cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com

Nomen Nescio wrote: > > Are you saying that if someone is legally resident in the US > > for a while, the US IRS will attempt to get his assets all > > over the world forever? I find this hard to believe. On 10 Jul 2002 at 15:40, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote: > Not necessarily "get" them, but tax th

Re: OT: old hardware - was Re: "to outlaw general purpose computers"

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 10:30:13AM -0400, Sunder wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Harmon Seaver wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:17:52PM -0400, Sunder wrote: > > > > > > Sure, you can revive old hardware with Linux, but you'll find it runs KDE > > > 3.0 or GNOME slower than windows 95 did on

Re: "to outlaw general purpose computers"

At 08:49 PM 07/09/2002 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: >On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:17:52PM -0400, Sunder wrote: > > Sure, you can revive old hardware with Linux, but you'll find it runs KDE > > 3.0 or GNOME slower than windows 95 did on the same hardware. So unless > > you're willing to also go to ol

The long, rubber-gloved arm of Uncle Ern^h^h^hSam

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 2:12 AM + 7/10/02, anonimo arancio wrote: > On reflection, I did not make my situation clear. > > I made a fair bit of money in my home country, despite a corrupt > kleptocratic government that that does its best to prevent people > from earnin

Microsoft censors Newsweek - and new version of TCPA FAQ

I see that MSNBC has pulled the original article on Palladium: http://www.msnbc.com/news/770551.asp Anyway, I have just put up version 1.0 of the TCPA / Palladium FAQ at the same URL: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html Enjoy! Ross

Re: Fwd: Re: CP meet at H2K2?]

According to the TimeOutNewYork eating and drinking guide: Blarney Rock 137 W 33rd street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue 212-947-0825 Let's say midnight for *sure* as a meeting time, and perhaps people can dart out there earlier if they feel like it. I plan to arrive at the con around 2pm o

Fwd: Re: CP meet at H2K2?]

Sounds like a plansomeone try to remember to put a sign up on-site for this. An actual address for the bar would be nice - is this the one on 33rd? - Forwarded message from dmolnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: dmolnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Greg Newby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: R

OT: old hardware - was Re: "to outlaw general purpose computers"

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Harmon Seaver wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 03:17:52PM -0400, Sunder wrote: > > > > Sure, you can revive old hardware with Linux, but you'll find it runs KDE > > 3.0 or GNOME slower than windows 95 did on the same hardware. So unless > > you're willing to also go to older

Re: Why we must stay silent no longer

The overall message isn't all that bad, but the body of the document is so replete with errors, misrepresentations and misconveyance as to be unreadable. I almost gave up on it at the line, "More than 75 per cent of Americans would boycott stores selling goods produced in sweatshops." This

tcpa paper (fwd)

The academics think that TCPA technology is already solved. I haven't read the whole paper, but y'all might find it interesting. --Begin Forward --- From: Sean Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:18:22 -0400 You know, as long as we're dis

Re: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen.

On Tue, Jul 09, at 05:11PM, Tim May wrote: | Mexico does not allow _any_ noncitizen to work! Two point. I did not know that about Mexico (I did say it was made about the countries I knew about.) Switzerland and Brasil both allow student visa holders to work, albeit with restrictio

Re: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 07:22:30PM -0700, Tim May wrote: | On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 06:30 PM, Anonymous wrote: | | > On 9 Jul 2002 at 14:02, Tim May wrote: | >> Unless one's stay is a short one (see below), income or other | >> money earned while in the U.S. (and maybe earned outside the | >

Re: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen.

> >>years after you leave the U.S." tax scheme. (Yes, any U.S. citizen who > >>moves anywhere in the world must, technically, file U.S. tax returns > >>for > >>10 years after leaving. And pay various kinds of taxes, though the > >>amount may be different from what he would have paid had he remain

RE: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen.

> Greg Broiles[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > At 11:52 AM 7/9/2002 -0400, An Metet wrote: > >What are the tax implications of a US resident green card holder, with > >substantial assets both in his original nation and in the US, of becoming > > >a US citizen? > > Take a look at

Re: CDR: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen

Nomen Nescio wrote: > Are you saying that if someone is legally resident in the US for a > while, the US IRS will attempt to get his assets all over the > world forever? I find this hard to believe. Not necessarily "get" them, but tax them. Believe! Marc de Piolenc -- Remember September 11

Re: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen.

At 11:52 AM 7/9/2002 -0400, An Metet wrote: >What are the tax implications of a US resident green card holder, with >substantial assets both in his original nation and in the US, of becoming >a US citizen? Take a look at . Non-US citizens may be classified as

Re: cypherpunks@lne.com

On Wed, Jul 10, at 02:12AM, anonimo arancio wrote: | I am considering becoming a US citizen immediately before I leave. My concern is |that if I become a US citizen, the IRS might want to tax me wherever I go. We're starting to beat on dead horse. Yes, the IRS will tax you anywh