This on its own won't help me. I need to call land lines and mobiles. If this would be just about a very restricted set of people I probably could direct them to use some technology. But - it's not. I need to call people that are 'offline'.
2/ If you must do QR code "enhancement" please use Overlay and not embedding. Overlay positions the QR code "within" a logo and builds a surrounding design.
Want to see some examples of what that means - check out www.Cognation.net/QR particularly the IronMan2 example from Warbasse design.
Bury your room key...-why LV hotels dont use RFID for room keys.
Scan your credit card remotely - not if they are mag stripe.
FUD articles like this is why people dont know to use VPN or HTTPS, what a waste of CNN's money sending him there for this - sorry but it has to be said could have been a much better more accurate article covering actual security issues.
This seems vaguely similar to what people leaving Canada for tax purposes - they're assumed to logically sell all of their goods that year so as to pay tax on the gain/loss. The US taxes citizens all the time, which has an advantage in this case. Doesn't cost $$, merely requires extra forms and filings.
Renouncing citizenship, to first order, sounds like leaving Canada.
Can someone explain how this is enforceable if a citizen renounces citizenship while they are abroad? Would that be similar to renouncing citizenship while you owe taxes (I'm not really sure what would happen in that case either)?
That's enough time to get citizenship. The argument is probably "If you are going to stay, get involved, make a commitment. If you don't think its worth that, then by all means leave."
The US is the only country in the world that does this. Tax it's citizens even if they don't live there for years and own no property in it's borders, or people who have lived there. It's the big wrench in me wanting to get a green card in the USA unfortunately.
The HEART act is also very ironic, since it is basically taxation without representation, one of the founding reasons of America.
Unless you live in a country with lower tax rates than the US, the annual cost of such taxation is paper, toner and postage. The advantage is that you can enter/leave without having to resolve your holdings with the IRS (at least as a citizen, no idea whether this applies to green card holders).
