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I didn’t setup my svn in the standard way. Standard convention would say it looks something like this:

projecta/trunk/src
projecta/trunk/docs
projecta/branch/betabranch/src
projecta/branch/betabranch/docs

As I have previously posted, I don’t like the tools dictating how I should setup my source tree. So I have:

projecta/src
projecta/docs
projectb/src
projectb/docs

etc… projecta and project b interact with other (one is libraries).

but now I need a branch. So what I did was create a “branch” project for my “betabranch”.

So now I can easily branch the code with

I haven’t done the merge yet, so I might be in for some pain. We will see..

Cameron

G’Day,
I’m thinking of adding iptable rules to block out various countries from connecting to various ports/services on my machines. Does anyone have any experience on this? Is there a noticable difference between < 100 rules and > 2000, > 10000?

Cameron

G’Day,
The menu bug that caused gimp to crash on all platforms is fixed now.

ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.6/

Here is the excerpt from the changelog:

Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.9 to GIMP 2.6.10
==================================================

* Bugs fixed:

 613328 - TGA files saved with incorrect header yOrigin data
 623290 - Save As... does not save Windows Bitmap as default in dialog
 621363 - CMYK decompose broken
 595170 - brush - color from gradient works wrong in greyscale
 613838 - Error in gimp-hue-saturation PDB call
 622608 - GIMP crashes when clicking any scroll bar from combo boxes
 565459 - newly opened images are put into the background

* Updated translations:

 German (de)
 Italian (it)
 Romanian (ro)
 Portuguese (pt)

I’m almost certain this is wrong, but I’m keeping it as a note for myself:

I bought a macbook in October last year. It obviously cost more than $1000, and since I did not buy it in Australia there is not GST component (however, you might need to pay customs duty on entry to the country .. depending).

How do I depreciate this asset?

After some research, it seems that you depreciate laptops over 3 years.
Reference:

Using flat line depreciation: (equal each year).
Let’s say it’s $2001, and I bought it 18th October, 2009

First calculate number of days I didn’t have it
31+31+30+18 (number of days in july, aug, ..) = 110
Depreciation per year – $2000/3=$667.
Depreciation year end 2010: 2000/3*(365-110)/365 = $465
Depreciation 2011: 667
Depreciation 2012: 667
Depreciation 2013 (110 days) = rest = 201 (2000/3*110/365 = 200)

Also note that as far as I know, there is no rule to say it has to be bought in Australia! Crazy, so you also get the 50% small business tax concession
(so you can claim an additional $1000 in this case (2000*50%) on your tax return for 2010).

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This is not tax advise, nor financial advise, and I am not qualified to give either. But if you need help loosing money on the stock market, follow my lead.

After running out and buying a bunch of assets that I needed for my small business in 2009 and to take advantage of the Small Business Tax break (claim 50% extra depreciation). I now need to do all the accounting for these computers.

I bought a computer that costs $1038. And the rule says the asset must cost $1000 or more to be elligble. So since there was $94.36 in GST, is my asset is less than $1000 excluding GST. Is it: 1) a depreciating asset, and 2) elligible for the tax break?

Short answer: no to both. The item has to be at least $1000 exclusive of GST (so $1100 or more inclusive of GST).

Reference: http://minister.innovation.gov.au/Emerson/Pages/SMALLBUSINESSTAXBREAKBOOST.aspx

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This is not tax advise, nor financial advise, and I am not qualified to give either. But if you need help loosing money on the stock market, follow my lead.

There is a bug in gimp 2.6.9 which causes it to crash when you use the menus in a certain way.

It happens on linux and windows.

Cameron