Dropbox FAQ: http://www.getdropbox.com/help/category/Getting%20Started
Dropbox download: http://www.getdropbox.com/install
> -Original Message-
> > Watching you guys fail to ask any of the right questions is quite
> > funny. A clear-thinking Mac person would want to know...
> >
> > Why i
> Thanks for the info on Dropbox. I was only familar with Yousendit.
>
> What I prefer to do is setup an FTP site and upload my file there for
> others to get. But you must ba able to do this.
De nada. I prefer Box.net (Box) because it has features that work better
for businesses, but Dropbox
> ...goes with magical thinking about free markets goes with ...
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
*pt* Tom, It only looks like magic if you don't understand it.
[Waits for cranky, bilious rant filled with capitalist boogeymen, free
market strawmen, nume
> Economics was one of my major fields in grad school. It was a top
> school -- one of our faculty won the Nobel Prize in Economics and was
> Carter's Economics advisor. I then spent a decade doing forecasting
> and analytical work. So that would not apply to me.
Ah, appeals to authority. I left
> We call this trying to shove 10 pounds of shit into a five-pound bag.
This may be so, but it was not the question, nor the topic.
Feel free to offer your advice to Marcio once you're done cat-calling.
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> Paul Krugman offers a great explaination today...
I'm sure he does a fantastic job on your confirmation bias. He stopped
being an economist long ago.
If you like, we can post conflicting authorities for days. Won't that be
fun?
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> So now we need to seek your approval before we answer technical
> questions?
I thought maybe you could, oh, I don't know, help, instead of, you know,
not.
> His last post clearly indicated frustration with the try-it-again-
> harder type of advice he was getting.
His post clearly indicated it
> You constantly reject insightful analysis by knowledgeable people in
> favor of magical thinking. That is your belief silo. Q.E.D.
I only reject insightful analysis from your belief silo, Thomas. Of course,
my term for it in your case is "article of faith."
Oh right, you don't have a silo. It
> I finally jumped in with 1 post to move things in a better direction
> and you attacked me.
Let's see now, you said: "Watching you guys fail to ask any of the right
questions is quite
funny." And: " We call this trying to shove 10 pounds of shit into a
five-pound bag."
And I said: " This may be
That's so cool Rev, that I want it on a hat.
This can't be the place:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_World_Headquarters
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> I would rather join the local Armadillo lodge.
>
> We get to join every so often at "Armadillo World Headquarters"
>
> Stewart
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Looks like a great place, Rev, it's a shame that it's gone. What a list of
bands that played there!
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:15 AM
> To: COM
> My preference, under any circumstances, is to show only finished
> pieces of writing that have gone through multiple drafts (making
> blogging even more time-consuming). A blog, for me, is 1) a way to
> have a set of on-line writing samples for prospective employers to
> see; and 2) a way to bui
> An even better forced "upgrade" for IE6 users would be a mandatory
> upgrade to IE7 or IE8. Neither is great, but IE6 is so full of
> security
> problems that it's not even clear it's really supported anymore.
Windows 2000 tops out at IE6. It's a solid and stable OS and is what the
7-year old
> -Original Message-
> The basic problem
> is
> that it gave Firefox the same kinds of security hole that Explorer has.
[citation needed]
**My note: Logging on as the admin would have enabled the uninstall, which
makes me wonder what all the sturm and drang was about, since LUA users
(Le
> Yet one more reason why only fools overreact to non-issues resolved last
month.
FTFY.
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> It is times like these when we can discover who is objective and who is
just an M$ minion.
Oh, do tell. We're itching to know how you found out.
> Why am I not surprised?
Why am I not surprised that you're not surprised?
This could be said of any big-name company that sics the hype-machine o
> You reinforce my point. It is precisely because information is thin
> and events have yet to evolve that make this a good time to out the Mac
> press minions. It is like those astronomical observations that can
> only be made during a total eclipse of the sun.
>
> This is the time when you can m
> There is this quote from annoyances.org <
> http://annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-600>:
Yes, I saw that. That's where I found the MSDN blog that describes the why
and that an update is out. Unfortunately, the Annoyances page, which all
other pages seem to quote verbatim, doesn't offer any d
>From Gail….
Subject: Computer Guys Pls Help me get this to List ...
Hi ... I've had my mouse die on my computer and I can't access my email program
very well to send message to the list about what i might do about this short of
reformating the drive. If you could forward an SOS for me I'd be g
Done.
Gail—That's the standard response when they have no idea what the problem is.
It sounds like it could be something as simple as a mouse driver. Have you
tried plugging in the mouse to other USB ports or a known, good mouse to the
original port? Have you tried rolling back to a system r
> I would
> get the same kind of hostile reaction as I just got from Rich.
Hostile? You were solidly pwned, classily, I would add, by experience and
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> I'm trying to help my husband. (First mistake.)
>
> We try to log into https://employees.faa.gov
>
> In Chrome and Firefox, half the buttons don't work (obviously done by
> someone in love with IE).
>
> So, when I try to open it in my brand new IE8, the page opens,
> Here in Brazil the news are in the papers. Microsoft will start selling
> Windows 7 on October 22. To my dismay no upgrade from XP. Only from
> Vista. And I have a brasilian XP Home and a US XP Professional. I have
> a Vista to put on the top of the XP Professional...and...then...
> Windows 7? I
> I do wonder if this is going to wake the forces of Anti-trust again. I
> expect the EU to go after them for and who knows about the current US
> administration.
Seriously? This is pretty meaningless stuff in the end, especially since
they corrected the issue.
I never asked Apple to install Bo
> 1) You don't want Win7 right now. It will be a year or two before M$
> works out the defects. Meanwhile you will you will be using XP, a
> version that has been worked on long enough to have fixed many of the
> worse defects.
I can hear Tom now at home now, whimpering like Dr. Smith from "Lost i
> Bonjour is a component of iTunes. ,Net isn't a component of Firefox.
That's some mighty fine hair splitting.
Bonjour is not a component of Windows. .Net is.
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> Good point. This is the discovery mechanism that iTunes uses to share music
> on the subnet.
Except that I have no need for this and Apple thinks it below them to
even deign to ask the lowly user if they don't want to install
Bonjour.
> If the iTunes installer starting dropping patches into oth
> It's the EU they take this portion of law enforcement seriously. They
> already told MS not to do similar things. Yeah it should get some attention
> at least a phone call.
Ring!
MS: Hello?
DOJ: We hear that you installed a .Net component into Firefox and made
it impossible for the user to un
> I also tell Mac folks to not adopt new versions too quickly. When OS X.5 was
> released I told folks to wait for X.5.2 or X.5.3. For most of my clients we
> waited for X.5.5. Back at Apple's big transition I entirely skipped X.0,
> X.1, and X.2 as not ready for prime time. The first good version
> You are not installing Bonjour. You are installing iTunes. To do that you
> had to download iTunes and run the installer. In the process you read and
> assented to lots of conditions. Nobody is forcing you to use iTunes. There
> are lots of alternatives.
Ah, how very lawyerly of you Thomas. "Di
> This is just advertising for a operating system that is still in beta. You
> have no way to know that it is true. Spouting such marketing blather reduces
> your credibility to zero.
O Rlly? You and others keep telling us how 7 is little more than
Vista 2nd Ed. and Vista is many times more secur
> Your statement (security) may only be true because it is new and no one has
> built attacks against it yet.
Not so. Not running with admin rights by default, as you do with XP,
is much more secure, period. YMMV.
With Vista and 7, you run with reduced rights until you need to
perform an action
> I get it. I is sort of like robbing a bank because you are short on cash and
> then giving the money back after you have a job. Happens all the time.
> Rght.
Or, like a major OS update from Apple that (twice!) deletes entire
hard drives, which requires a later update so it doesn't and in the
> Given what security features that are switched on in Vista/Win7 when first
> installed that were off by design in XP it isn't that high a hurdle to
> jump.
Even so, this doesn't detract from the validity of the statement.
Vista/7 are far more secure than XP in a default installation, what
the v
> And people wonder why you aren't on the radio anymore. Only you could link
> a software glitch to being in favor of child molesting. You need serious
> help...get some.
Nah mike, I'm going to give Tom a golf clap for that one. It's some
of his better work.
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> Let me put it another way. What makes this wrong is the same reasoning that
> bans convicted child molesters from areas around schools and playgrounds.
> They can't be trusted.
But yet, you'll continue to trust another company which has such
shitty QA *on their own OS on their own hardware*, tha
an
> apology.
>
> Matthew
>
> On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:03 PM, t.piwowar wrote:
>
>> On Jun 8, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
>>>
>>> Here, let me put it in a way that is connected to reality: people who
>>> get their panties all wadded up ov
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM
(IS) wrote:
> Early news - just items I thought interesting:
>
> Upgraded, faster MacBook Pro models - with prices cut $300 (each model)
On behalf of all the WFB's, you're welcome.
> Accordingly Apple will charge $29 for the upgrade. How many zeros will we
> need to add to that to get M$'s Win7 price?
None. Though a '1' at the bginning would do it most likely.
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> I see things as they are. WFBs can't get their brains around the fact
> that I'm not a MFB. When Apple screws up I am not afraid to say so. I
> don't automatically swallow whatever Apple (or M$) dishes out.
Bull, you're an MFB of the first order.
You criticizing Apple occasionally as evidence t
> Here is another. When our WFBs fail to win on the merits their next
> move is to feign offense. Very predictable.
Oh please. You've been a whiney, little b*tch lately with your faux
outrage, every time you get backed into a corner. The first arrow out of
your quiver is an accusation that you'v
> Here is another. When our WFBs fail to win on the merits their next
> move is to feign offense. Very predictable.
FurthermoreYou earn a FAIL, since Matthew Taylor brought this to begin
with and while I'm sure he is many things (and an OK guy in my book), he is
no WFB.
And since I was the WF
> (I'm a little confused now - there was Windows 3.0, Win98,
> Windows NT, etc.)
The past 10 years, not 15-20 years.
> Apple also comes out with Service Packs, MS does theirs on a
> monthly basis with the occasional "Oh! Crap!" tossed in for
> good measure. Apple's patches aren't as frequent but
> So Apple is guilty of some of the crimes that the Redmond Menace is
> guilty
> of. Both are sinners and deserve a time out for it.
Agreed, but that was in answer to Tom's assertion that Apple would NEVER do
such a thing, when, in fact, it already has.
> The problem is that M$ did something t
>> The problem is .net is a one click to run code. It is almost trivial to
> get that one click clicked by a bit of creative social engineering on a
> malformed web page.
No, .Net is not a "one click" to run code, it is a programming
foundation. This particular function and addon is designed for
> Note how blasé WFBs are about product defects.
>
> But there is a big difference here. If M$ wants to have gross defects in its
> own products that is their business, but when they go insert defects into
> competitor's products that is something completely different. That's a
> drive-by shooting.
> A real example please. Bonjour is not what you claim it to be.
Actually, it is. I know, I know, your programming won't allow you to
admit that. I don't blame you personally.
Here, chew on these:
http://cyberinsecure.com/apples-safari-downloads-websites-resources-without-asking-for-permission
> You keep trying to change the subject. The issue is that this vulnerability
> was inserted into a competitor's product by M$.
Sorry, but you haven't established yet that there actually is a
vulnerability. Repeating it does not make it so.
> By doing so it removed a
> major advantage of using t
>> I have used it successfully to move PC's from one machine to another with
>> a clean install and the former install.
>> I t does want two machines though, but it works great, only draw back is
>> it is a once use program.
>> Must buy a separate license each tome you move it.
>
> Limited and cost
Most mobos have temp throttling too to prevent damage to the CPU. So, if the
proc's temperature goes over a preset threshold in the BIOS, it throttles
back CPU activity.
> -Original Message-
> It's certainly possible. Especially if the CPU fan isn't working, or
> is dirty, or the thermal p
> -Original Message-
> > Then use what comes with Windows.
> > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!23641.entry
>
> And what about my applications? This does the easy part and leaves me
> stuck with the hard part.
There you go again. "Who's going to cook the fish for
This Intel PDF should have the answer. They certainly don't make it easy to
find.
http://download.intel.com/design/PentiumXE/datashts/31030607.pdf
945D page:
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=27520&processor=945&spec-codes=SL9QB,SL
9QQ
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> I found that page in my s
> I would not use a term like "savvy" to describe our WFBs. Their
> loyalties are more like to a political party. They never see anything
> wrong with anything M$ shoves out. All their software -- even Vista
> -- is double plus good. They love the Zune and those crummy WINCE
> phones. I was recentl
> I'll probably get clobbered now, but hey, that's what I think. Yes,
> I know that many Windows users HAVE TO use Windows based machines
> because of work requirements, but those are not the individuals I am
> talking about here.
The smug arrogance and asshattery displayed regularly by a subst
> Exchange is just one more proof of un-savvyness. Big, bulky,
> expensive, and fragile. The only reason to buy it is to keep upper
> management terrified of what will happen if IT is not around to
> constantly tend it. (I guess that is a perverse form of savvy.)
Funny, my Mac users are jealous of
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/obama-makes-a-grave-mistake/
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> (Psst, hey Jeff. It's 2009, going on 2010. You can't fake being savvy
> if you don't know that.)
I don't think my Mac users are even trying to fake being savvy any more. We
call that "learned helplessness."
What can I say? They just insist on being troglodytes.
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> You missed a step.
>
> If someone has not yet purchased an Intel based
> Mac they have to now buy an Intel based Mac so it would be even more
> costly.
Is this what you call Tomonomics?
29 + [cost of new Intel Mac] = 29
BTW, I think it's downright rude how we Windows people haven't heard one
> "Vista-Ready" New computer + cost of Vista + (oops!) new computer (that
> can actually run Vista and all of its marvels). WFBonomics, I suppose.
Actually, that's Intelonomics (or maybe markting-troll-o'nomics), since they
were the ones pushing for that idiotic monkier. Any WFB could have told
> Let's put this all into a certain perspective. Market forces have
> made it abundantly clear that the Windows operating system and the
> computers that come supplied with that OS are absolutely superior in
> every way, shape and form. The sales figures have made this an
> indisputable fact acc
> I have discovered that some of my external hard drives have been marked as
> active when I converted them from FAT32 to NTSC. Each drive has one
> partition only, and there are no OS on these drives.
>
> Will having active partitions on multiple drive cause me a problem? If so,
> is there a way
> But, doesn't marketplace dominance determine what is best? I thought
> that concept was the whole theory of how the almighty marketplace
> sorts out the wheat from the chaff.
Best? I don't know if it determines what is "best." A market gives choices
from which to choose. Products and servic
> So much smarter than those regulators from "Old Europe," M$ has
> announced that the European version of Win 7 will ship with no
> software to access the Internet. Take that you croissant eaters who
> think you would simply download FireFox. Maybe you'll be able to get a
> copy via the post?
The
> I had a call about this same thing too. The client's connection to
> the DNS were blown away. Once restored everything worked fine. The
> computer in question had not been used much of the week so it was
> easier to trace the problem back to a cause. That was M$'s Tuesday
> patches. The Tuesday p
> Why wouldn't an EU computer vendor just put Firefox or other browser on
> the computers they sell? What's the problem? Am I missing something?
>
> t.piwowar wrote:
> >
> > Looks more like M$ arrogance to me.
Jordan wins the prize for figuring out the really obvious and likely solution
that elu
> -Original Message-
> I looked endlessly last night to find one. Every website I looked said
> I had to download software and, for it to fully work, I had to buy it.
>
> I would really appreciate, someone pointing me in the right direction.
Why can't you just go to your computer's mfr s
> Overall, I am quite pleased with the price and performance with this
> computer.
> This computer would be a very poor choice for Windows gaming or heavy
> graphical jobs but for "normal everyday" tasks it works great.
Sounds nice and you weren't torpedoed by unreasonably high expectations.
I
> Where does it say that he was "killed"?
>
> "The technician began to drive away and as he did, the homeowner
> reached in through the van window and grabbed onto the steering wheel,"
>
> "The man then fell onto the ground and was transported to a hospital,
> where he later died of his injuries.
This is a consequence of the inability of our elected officials to behave
like adults and not repeatedly overspend the current levels taxation. And
that is a consequence of the squealing hogs who insist that anything is a
worthy expenditure: the state as God crowd.
FTFY
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> Using words to hide true meaning. What is "the State." This is not
> North Korea or Iran. This is a democratic state.
That only shows how little you know of our system. It is a republic, not a
democracy.
If it were a democracy, the citizenry would be voting every single thing up
or down.
> T
>From what I understand of the Amazon TOS, this is kosher.
But, since the recording labels get screwed out their cut on the 2nd, 3rd
and 17th rounds, this is a bad thing.
> -Original Message-
://www.houstonpress.com/2009-06-18/music/byte-this/
>
> Interesting article about web sites crop
> This is only a bad thing if you happen to own stock in or own one
> of
> these record labels. It's good for everybody else. Can you imagine
> owning a Ford car and when you sold it or traded it in having to send
> a portion of the sale or trade in value back to Ford? I understand how
> copy
IP is out of control Rev.
It's time we take it back.
I never bought any crippled music during the 7-odd years the RIAA tried to
cram DRM down our throats. Not so ironically, music piracy brought them to
their senses and they finally backed off of the DRM demand. But, I did buy
used CDs and ripp
> http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Metered-Billing-Fight-Is-About-
> To-Get-Ugly-103043
>
> Interesting story on how the industry wants to kill flat rate billing
> for the Internet.
I couldn't have said it better:
"However well intentioned, regulation limiting pricing models is never goi
> Well somebody has to pay for the yacht and the mansion in the
> Hamptons. Don't you believe in the operation of the Free Market, Mike?
I know I do. Good thing this is nothing of the sort.
It's rent-seeking corporatism at the very least, something Congress and the
president, including the curre
> Yes CALEA was signed into law by Clinton, but the problems really
> stem from what Bush did with it.
You are correct in your assessment of Bush, but I don't give Bubba a pass.
His hostility to the civil liberties wasn't limited to Carnivore.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.10/netizen.htm
> The cons/neocons never want to take responsibility when their nutty
> theories are observed in practice.
Politicians don't want to admit to their failures in public? No WAY!
You're pulling my leg.
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> Why am I not surprised?
Why am I not surprised that you found a trivial and largely meaningless nit
to pick with a MS product?
HTML email? Seriously?
You really need a different hobby. I hear stamp collecting is very
relaxing.
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> To my clients, standards compliance and easy to execute HTML email is
> very important. Newsletters delivered via email are a royal pain to
> execute when M$ makes its email work differently from what everybody
> has been doing for years. This makes my clients lives more difficult
> and therefore
> I can't recall any other vendor giving its customers barely 2 weeks
> to place orders. To what can we attribute this? Does M$ need the
> money that bad? Are they doing this for their own personal amusement?
> Are they trying to keep ahead of the product reviews? Why? Why? Why?
Seriously? You're
> Going to feign a difficulty with reading comprehension? Why am I not
> surprised?
I don't have to feign finding you incomprehensible.
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> I guess my question, after reading all the various specifications and
> comparison charts, is: why should I upgrade from XP? It looks as if I
> would have to buy a new machine with more memory and faster processor
> speed, when the machines I have now work just fine with under 1 GHz and
> under 1
> I know I'll regret asking...how do you link your made up political
> bogeymen
> to this?
I was wondering the same after reading the linked article, since it doesn't
even touch on ideology at all. But, it has a simple explanation:
Tom is green. Anyone putting forth an idea that doesn't fit wit
> (Though recent events prove that even cons/
> neocons may not be as righteous as they claim to be.)
You thought they were? ::larf::
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> "A problem caused the program to stop working correctly."
"We know this to be impossible. Please stop what you are doing wrong and
immediately consult your local Genius(t)."
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> Will Apple disable the iPhone's telephone function if somebody starts
> to talk dirty? What's the Libertarian position on that?
Apple is a private business. They can allow, or prohibit, anything they so
choose on their products. You're free to take your money elsewhere of you
don't like it.
I
> Yeah, but who is going to grab the scarf from around your
> (or Tom's) neck??
>
> Yes, this relates to the story where the Drazi purple
> and green fought - it's amusing in places...
Hey...whoa! I'm more of a Marcus or Garibaldi type. That task falls to
you, Mr. Ivanova.
Actually, I picture
http://gizmodo.com/5303771/blackberry-saves-man-from-falling-700-feet-and-dy
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> My brother keeps getting this msg popping up on his screen, sometimes
every 20
> seconds.? Google & Bing searches haven't pointed to a cause/cure.? Any
help??
> Thanks!
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread199605.html
Search on domain, plenty of hits:
http://www.google.com/search?q=rmd.atdmt.co
> I am now on my third time reinstalling to factory build. It now no
> longer goes past the Windows XP setup screen. I'm giving up for a
> while. I'll be swapping out memory, hd, etc. to try to get this thing
> working again. It had 2-512MB chips in it, and I've replaced them with
> 2-256MB chip
> *** or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the
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Let me introduce you to my little friend.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment01/
I find it a little more than frightening that a well-known Appeals Court
judge thinks
The link to the original post (while it's still legal!):
http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2009/06/the_future_of_n.html
Many of the comments rebut Posner's flawed logic on this matter very well.
> -Original Message-
> > *** or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materi
> It seems to me that an internet link is the same thing as informing
> someone about what page in a book a particular sentence or paragraph
> can be found. How is either, and particularly an internet link,
> possibly a copyright infringement?
It's not. But, Posner is having an favored ox gore
> A frustrated WFB no doubt...
More likely an iPhone early adopter.
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I don't think this is analogous. Computer code can be (and often is) a
trade secret. News can't.
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> I agree with you. However, what is meant by your use of the word
> "we"? We, i.e., those of us here at the Computer Guys, are but a
> small part the great big "WE" that is out there. There are plenty of
> "we" people who would, for one reason or another, be fully involved in
> the death of M
> Yes, he is busily working on buying his stairway to heaven (with our
> money).
>
> Did you know that Walmart also has a "Good Works" program. Also using
> our money.
Are they using tax dollars to do this?
No? Then it's *their* money.
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> Or is advertising money and a tax dodge disguised as charitable donation?
> Probably still legal.
The Gates Foundation was set up with shares of Gates' MS stock at the outset
and works off of the endowment it created. The Howard Hughes Medical
Institute started the same. It was to shelter Hugh
> So it is just a tax dodge to keep us from getting some of our money
> back? Why am I not surprised?
You own stock and they haven't been sending you your dividend? You should
bring that up at the next shareholder meeting.
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