Whatever, Bill saved their asses. I'm no MS fan but that is the straight unadulterated truth. Apple was headed straight to the cleaners, Bill saved them with money and Steve breathed life into it from there.
IRS has been cracking down on companies that use contractor status to avoid payroll taxes and benefits.
The IRS doesn't care if you get benefits or not. Furthermore, they do not crack down on businesses for using contractors unless people stop paying their taxes. The businesses, after all, issue 1099 forms so they can deduct the expenses. If those 1099s stop yielding taxes, the IRS will take it out on the businesses that issued them. The IRS doesn't care what status you claim as long as the taxes get paid. Period. There is always this stupid pedantic argument about the status of workers and it has no basis in reality.
The technicality is wielded as part of the language used by the IRS when hunting down a revenue source, but that is the extent of it. People are obviously confused about this. In other words: If you worked all year as a "contractor" and received a 1099, and you were a good little slave and filed your tax return, and paid your taxes, there is no foul regardless of the "rules" defining a contractor or employee. But, if you received a 1099 and at the end of the year and did not pay your taxes, and instead blamed your "employer" the IRS will charge the employer. If the employer produced a signed contract stating you were not an employee, it is still up in the air and the IRS will just lodge the charges against the company because they know they will get the money from them. It is simple: Business doesn't pay payroll taxes == business will have the funds drafted from account. They usually settle in submission to the bully IRS.
We need to get on a "bring your own device" model. If it is laden with viruses, your problem, grades will suffer. People need to own and maintain their own devices anyway. ITS FOR THE CHILDREN! Children have parents--sometimes. If we start with the BYOD model people will adapt. It is not that big of an inconvenience.
You must have stepped through the stargate because in my world public servants don't give a rat's ass about saving money unless we are talking about THEIR budget. Many times the wasteful spending happens outside the realm of a departmental budget. Special projects are always justified and then the money is spent.
Yes, but information is available now and people have licensed doctors to consult. The snake-oil salesman argument is dumb. In the time of snake-oil salesman the doctor was just someone who studied a little anatomy and maybe some chemistry. If you could pull him away from his job at the post office or barber shop he would come around with the latest tools to drain your blood or hack something off for a small fee. You posture that by having a choice over medical treatments I instantly tele-port back in time. You sir, are an idiot.
I got a nice Sony Blueray player off amazon for $78. It has netflix, hulu, and all that crap and a USB port on the front. It is a little buggy (Linux after all) but nothing a reset doesn't fix. Small too. I send audio from it on RCA cables to a cheap PC speaker set (35W Eagle Orion) for a sound upgrade (buggy as well) and use HDMI for the LG 42" LCD TV. Good solid system for less than $700.
Is not the safety of a child the responsibility of the parents? I know I don't trust the safety of my children to anyone else besides close family members. I'm getting real tired of the government nanny busy-body bullshit. In fact, I view it as my ultimate responsibility to keep government away from my children.
What you guys ask is so ethical one could hardly expect a conglomeration of humans (corporation) to consistently exhibit such behavior. But, yeah, this is exactly how anyone would want to be treated. In another vein, if a governmental entity was trying to extract money from my bank account I would love for the bank to tell them to go fuck themselves, but instead they cheerily cough it up like a wide-eyed lap dog. There are no ethics in government, and any company that grows beyond the control of one person is effectively a governmental entity.
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Next year I'll debut a car interface made for a semi-truck, and everyone will be happy.
Someone just smacked the 800lb gorilla.
Delicacy?! It's a goddamned behemoth. My triumph is delicate. The iPhone looks cooler though. Why do we still use "cool?" Hmm...
NT was a rehash of VMS of course. MS had to pay for the ability to keep shipping it after all.
You don't understand wealth management in the US.
Whatever, Bill saved their asses. I'm no MS fan but that is the straight unadulterated truth. Apple was headed straight to the cleaners, Bill saved them with money and Steve breathed life into it from there.
IRS has been cracking down on companies that use contractor status to avoid payroll taxes and benefits.
The IRS doesn't care if you get benefits or not. Furthermore, they do not crack down on businesses for using contractors unless people stop paying their taxes. The businesses, after all, issue 1099 forms so they can deduct the expenses. If those 1099s stop yielding taxes, the IRS will take it out on the businesses that issued them. The IRS doesn't care what status you claim as long as the taxes get paid. Period. There is always this stupid pedantic argument about the status of workers and it has no basis in reality.
The technicality is wielded as part of the language used by the IRS when hunting down a revenue source, but that is the extent of it. People are obviously confused about this. In other words: If you worked all year as a "contractor" and received a 1099, and you were a good little slave and filed your tax return, and paid your taxes, there is no foul regardless of the "rules" defining a contractor or employee. But, if you received a 1099 and at the end of the year and did not pay your taxes, and instead blamed your "employer" the IRS will charge the employer. If the employer produced a signed contract stating you were not an employee, it is still up in the air and the IRS will just lodge the charges against the company because they know they will get the money from them. It is simple: Business doesn't pay payroll taxes == business will have the funds drafted from account. They usually settle in submission to the bully IRS.
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Gawd....I had never seen it! It does look like a big pile of pudding!
We need to get on a "bring your own device" model. If it is laden with viruses, your problem, grades will suffer. People need to own and maintain their own devices anyway. ITS FOR THE CHILDREN! Children have parents--sometimes. If we start with the BYOD model people will adapt. It is not that big of an inconvenience.
You must have stepped through the stargate because in my world public servants don't give a rat's ass about saving money unless we are talking about THEIR budget. Many times the wasteful spending happens outside the realm of a departmental budget. Special projects are always justified and then the money is spent.
Granite! Granite?! When I was a boy we used clay tablets and cylinders.
Define "a long time." Sorry if you have to sit on your ass for an hour and search for an answer. Now you are pedantic and stupid. See how that works?
My brother has cystic-fibrosis and he can straight pwn the noob doctors. It is hilarious. He has never graduated high-school.
That sounds like a great plot for a South Park episode. The super best friends do battle with terrible lizards with Jesus packing an A-K.
Yes, but information is available now and people have licensed doctors to consult. The snake-oil salesman argument is dumb. In the time of snake-oil salesman the doctor was just someone who studied a little anatomy and maybe some chemistry. If you could pull him away from his job at the post office or barber shop he would come around with the latest tools to drain your blood or hack something off for a small fee. You posture that by having a choice over medical treatments I instantly tele-port back in time. You sir, are an idiot.
I'm still waiting for Magnum PI in HD. How long am I going to have to wait!?
Shut up and go to the library. They have all this stuff for free.
I got a nice Sony Blueray player off amazon for $78. It has netflix, hulu, and all that crap and a USB port on the front. It is a little buggy (Linux after all) but nothing a reset doesn't fix. Small too. I send audio from it on RCA cables to a cheap PC speaker set (35W Eagle Orion) for a sound upgrade (buggy as well) and use HDMI for the LG 42" LCD TV. Good solid system for less than $700.
If the carriers can't control the dang OS they will not use it. End of story.
I'm sure there are specialist iPhone and Android porn sites.
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Just deactivated my account. It is becoming too intrusive.
Is not the safety of a child the responsibility of the parents? I know I don't trust the safety of my children to anyone else besides close family members. I'm getting real tired of the government nanny busy-body bullshit. In fact, I view it as my ultimate responsibility to keep government away from my children.
What you guys ask is so ethical one could hardly expect a conglomeration of humans (corporation) to consistently exhibit such behavior. But, yeah, this is exactly how anyone would want to be treated. In another vein, if a governmental entity was trying to extract money from my bank account I would love for the bank to tell them to go fuck themselves, but instead they cheerily cough it up like a wide-eyed lap dog. There are no ethics in government, and any company that grows beyond the control of one person is effectively a governmental entity.
Their LCD TVs are of high quality and affordable. Good stuff. Monitors too.