, the Code of Conduct superseded legal rights. You can sign away legal rights in a contract.
Utter bogus bullshit. You BELIEVED that nonsense? It's been ruled, again and again, that you cannot sign away any of your rights with a contract. No TOS, no code of conduct, no contract, no employer's regulations, NOTHING supersedes your rights as established by law. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, the right to be secure in your person and your home, all of that is LAW, and nothing supersedes it.
Good God, how can ANYONE roll over and play dead, just because some arrogant bastard tells them to? This is America, not some warlord's regime in the outback of Africa.
The governments didn't offer these loopholes out of the blue, for the benefit of the companies. Instead, those companies have had professional tax dodgers searching for loopholes, and using one nation's tax laws to set up artificial loopholes in other nation's tax laws. Money, millions and billions of dollars at a time, are moved around the globe, to create the illusion that this branch of this particular company doesn't have money, or didn't generate revenue. All the revenue was generated by that other subsidiary over yonder, which is not subject to taxation over here.
Smoke and mirrors.
You can search for my opinions on George Bush - I dislike the guy tremendously. But, he handed out an economic stimulus check to taxpayers. The government offered it, I took it, I spent it. So yeah, the first half of your little analogy fits. But, I am not, cannot, and would not put all my money in an account in Bermuda, then pretend that I was penniless, to avoid paying taxes.
I want rich individuals to carry a proportionate share of the tax burden. If you only earn $10,000 this year, you pay about $3000 in taxes. If you earn FROM ANY SOURCE $10,000,000, then you get to pay 3,000,000.
Ditto for corporations. Some of those tax dodges my not be "illegal", but they need to be made illegal, and very quickly.
Granted, you probably cannot tax gross profits. That would be terribly unfair to a lot of companies, depending on how the business is run. But, net profits, and the methods used to calculate them, need to be closely scrutinized - AND TAXED!!!
As much as I hate most everything I hear of Australian politicians - they are right this time around.
. No president in modern US history has taken this arrogant attitude toward people who disagree with him.
Except, of course, Herr Bush, with his infamous "Either you're with us, or you're against us", without so much as a possibility of an ignorant, uninformed middle ground where people needed to be persuaded.
Arrogance. That was George Dubyah, for certain.
Lest anyone get the wrong idea, I don't like Obama very much. I've repeated that several times, in several places - I've probably said it here before. But, as big an ass as Obama is, he is far less revolting than Herr Bush was. Bush the Crusader. "I don't understand, why do those Ay-rabs hate me for calling for a crusade?"
No, boo fucking hoo for crybabies like yourself, who seem to believe that writing a few words or a few notes should give you a guaranteed income for the rest of your miserable life.
If you're an entertainer, then entertain people. Stop signing stupid fucking contracts that guarantee that only douches can ever profit from your work. I don't even like the fat fuck, but he was breaking no law that made any sense.
Sea conditions are felt more than a "few meters down". Anecdotal evidence suggests that a storm's actions can be felt at 500 feet, and really severe storms even further. I've never been underway in a sub, so I have no firsthand knowledge. Bubble heads will tell you that they dive when the seas are rough. The rougher the seas, the deeper they want to dive.
I don't think any storms are likely to be felt past 500 meters, or yards.
No credentials other than 5 years of sea duty with the US Navy. A few months of that time were spent on "rough seas". At least a month of that were on seas that came close to those described in "The Perfect Storm" - often exceeding 60 feet, and at times exceeding 80 feet. No hundred foot seas for me, 80 was enough.
Now - are you ready for it?
Neither the waves nor the swells are very random. I don't believe that anyone can predict them with very much accuracy, as of now, but they are generally predictable. Chop is another matter, entirely. If there is any way to predict chop, I can't imagine what it is. But, chop has very little energy, and has almost zero effect on the stability of a ship, or any other large platform.
I highly doubt the effectiveness of this cloaking device, but if it is somehow capable of mitigating some of the water's force, then we can and will develop the software to better predict the actions of swells and waves.
That said - I don't believe any software will be able to take rogues into account. They are named rogues, because they run counter to prevailing seas, seemingly at random.
Anonymous Douche fails to understand GP's points. An open internet would prohibit and prevent the abominations of "justice" that have been perpetrated on Kim Dotcom and on Wikileaks. The United States has gone out of it's way repeatedly to prevent an open internet. ACTA and NPP are two fine examples of that. In effect, both are government blessings on corporate attempts to strangle the internet.
Rupert Murdoch personally paid off celebs in the UK, for them to NOT bring charges against the companies he owned there. It's not an "incident in a subsidiary" company. Rupert was directly involved. Rupert made the decision that it was cheaper to pay people off, then to continue with "business as usual". Rupert did NOT direct his underlings and cronies to stop breaking the law - he paid off, and gave his tacit consent to keep on keeping on.
Not to mention that your geography isn't real good. 6000 miles? It's less than 6000 miles from Los Angeles to London.
I kinda think that you're the one who is missing something. The FCC does have authority over SOME of Fox's news outlets. Television stations, specifically. Shutting down some TV stations won't stop Fox spewing their poison over cable, or internet, but it will shut down those three television stations.
"Don''t like" Fox Noise? Dude, it's not even news. It's nothing more than a propaganda channel, funneling the wishes and opinions of one of the richest and crookedest bastards in the world into American living rooms.
Have you noticed how divisive American politics has become? There is plenty of blame to lay at the feet of liberals and conservatives alike. Lots of blame for ALL of the big media channels. But Fox? Fox gets the lion's share of the blame for that. Those rotten bastards come into the living rooms of millions of Americans every day, to explain why Obummer is the Anti-Christ, and to explain for all the morons that America's end is nigh.
News? Fox is adamantly opposed to offering news. It's all propaganda noise.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), asking the agency to deny renewal of three broadcast licenses held by Fox television stations. Because their licenses are set to expire in October, two Fox stations in Washington, D.C. and one in Baltimore – which are wholly owned subsidiaries of News Corp. – filed to renew the licenses this past June.
CREW is objecting to the renewals because under U.S. law, broadcast frequencies may be used only by people of good “character,” who will serve “the public interest,” and speak with “candor.” Significant character deficiencies may warrant disqualification from holding a license.
Haven't read TFA yet - but it says "may face" corruption charges in the title. Meaning, if Rupert can apply enough pressure and cash at strategic points, the charges are going to disappear. That will probably take all of his pocket change though, and he may have to do without a few gourmet meals. It would sure be rough if he had to eat plain old filet mignon, like some commoner!
Despite bmo's bravado, the answer to your question is "No". I'm male, and I learned no cooking in school. I learned at home, and out in the woods. Females? Well - when I was in school, they had Home Economics. I'm not real sure that they learned anything in Home-Ec, because a lot of those girls couldn't boil water without scorching the pan.
I don't even think they have Home-Ec anymore. Due to the fact that they can't beat a young man into wearing an apron in Home-Ec, they decided that the class is sexist. It just encourages girls to cook, which makes them even more desirable to horny young teens, effectively guaranteeing that women remain barefoot and pregnant, in the kitchen.
I like XFCE - but - well, this is a little embarrassing. See, I don't have much use for eye candy. 80% or more of eye candy is just waste, IMO. But, XFCE is just a little to plain. Barren. Stark. Ehhhh - I really love Enlightenment, but no one is actively developing it. So, it's Mate for me. I turn it down to minimal settings, and it has enough eye candy left over to keep me happy.
Losing a customer base does not equate to death - it's as simple as that. Death. There is no recovery from that. Businesses? People walk away from businesses daily, and recover from the experience, whether they went bankrupt, were victim of a hostile takeover, willingly sold out, were fired, just quit, regulatory shutdown, or whatever. No deaths involved.
Why in the FUCK do people attempt to equate any business situation to DEATH.
If you can't make a reasonable argument, you can always spout ridiculous nonsense.
Profit is not the single driving motive that should override any and all other considerations. Sure, you've got to make a profit. But, if you're not willing to make a minimal effort to ensure you are dealing with honest people, then you don't DESERVE that profit!
Oh - wait! Have I just stumbled over something here? Do you think that you have a RIGHT to profit at other people's expense? "We hold these rights to be self evident" etc. Yeah, there it is, at the top of the list, "Corporate Profit above all else!"
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, the Code of Conduct superseded legal rights. You can sign away legal rights in a contract.
Utter bogus bullshit. You BELIEVED that nonsense? It's been ruled, again and again, that you cannot sign away any of your rights with a contract. No TOS, no code of conduct, no contract, no employer's regulations, NOTHING supersedes your rights as established by law. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, the right to be secure in your person and your home, all of that is LAW, and nothing supersedes it.
Good God, how can ANYONE roll over and play dead, just because some arrogant bastard tells them to? This is America, not some warlord's regime in the outback of Africa.
Royal flaming cheese head?
Don't mine me. I'm monolingual, but I thought that almost made sense.
Your analogy suffers.
The governments didn't offer these loopholes out of the blue, for the benefit of the companies. Instead, those companies have had professional tax dodgers searching for loopholes, and using one nation's tax laws to set up artificial loopholes in other nation's tax laws. Money, millions and billions of dollars at a time, are moved around the globe, to create the illusion that this branch of this particular company doesn't have money, or didn't generate revenue. All the revenue was generated by that other subsidiary over yonder, which is not subject to taxation over here.
Smoke and mirrors.
You can search for my opinions on George Bush - I dislike the guy tremendously. But, he handed out an economic stimulus check to taxpayers. The government offered it, I took it, I spent it. So yeah, the first half of your little analogy fits. But, I am not, cannot, and would not put all my money in an account in Bermuda, then pretend that I was penniless, to avoid paying taxes.
Unfortunately, you are correct.
I want rich individuals to carry a proportionate share of the tax burden. If you only earn $10,000 this year, you pay about $3000 in taxes. If you earn FROM ANY SOURCE $10,000,000, then you get to pay 3,000,000.
Ditto for corporations. Some of those tax dodges my not be "illegal", but they need to be made illegal, and very quickly.
Granted, you probably cannot tax gross profits. That would be terribly unfair to a lot of companies, depending on how the business is run. But, net profits, and the methods used to calculate them, need to be closely scrutinized - AND TAXED!!!
As much as I hate most everything I hear of Australian politicians - they are right this time around.
. No president in modern US history has taken this arrogant attitude toward people who disagree with him.
Except, of course, Herr Bush, with his infamous "Either you're with us, or you're against us", without so much as a possibility of an ignorant, uninformed middle ground where people needed to be persuaded.
Arrogance. That was George Dubyah, for certain.
Lest anyone get the wrong idea, I don't like Obama very much. I've repeated that several times, in several places - I've probably said it here before. But, as big an ass as Obama is, he is far less revolting than Herr Bush was. Bush the Crusader. "I don't understand, why do those Ay-rabs hate me for calling for a crusade?"
That was one IGNORANT and arrogant jackass!
No, boo fucking hoo for crybabies like yourself, who seem to believe that writing a few words or a few notes should give you a guaranteed income for the rest of your miserable life.
If you're an entertainer, then entertain people. Stop signing stupid fucking contracts that guarantee that only douches can ever profit from your work. I don't even like the fat fuck, but he was breaking no law that made any sense.
If the artist has no say in how or when or to whom the music might be distributed - then the artist has become a slave.
Imagine that - slavery in Europe?
So, who in their right mind is actually PAYING FOR an operating system?
Oh, never mind. The insane usually have little idea that they are out of touch with reality.
Sea conditions are felt more than a "few meters down". Anecdotal evidence suggests that a storm's actions can be felt at 500 feet, and really severe storms even further. I've never been underway in a sub, so I have no firsthand knowledge. Bubble heads will tell you that they dive when the seas are rough. The rougher the seas, the deeper they want to dive.
I don't think any storms are likely to be felt past 500 meters, or yards.
No credentials other than 5 years of sea duty with the US Navy. A few months of that time were spent on "rough seas". At least a month of that were on seas that came close to those described in "The Perfect Storm" - often exceeding 60 feet, and at times exceeding 80 feet. No hundred foot seas for me, 80 was enough.
Now - are you ready for it?
Neither the waves nor the swells are very random. I don't believe that anyone can predict them with very much accuracy, as of now, but they are generally predictable. Chop is another matter, entirely. If there is any way to predict chop, I can't imagine what it is. But, chop has very little energy, and has almost zero effect on the stability of a ship, or any other large platform.
I highly doubt the effectiveness of this cloaking device, but if it is somehow capable of mitigating some of the water's force, then we can and will develop the software to better predict the actions of swells and waves.
That said - I don't believe any software will be able to take rogues into account. They are named rogues, because they run counter to prevailing seas, seemingly at random.
Anonymous Douche fails to understand GP's points. An open internet would prohibit and prevent the abominations of "justice" that have been perpetrated on Kim Dotcom and on Wikileaks. The United States has gone out of it's way repeatedly to prevent an open internet. ACTA and NPP are two fine examples of that. In effect, both are government blessings on corporate attempts to strangle the internet.
Rupert Murdoch personally paid off celebs in the UK, for them to NOT bring charges against the companies he owned there. It's not an "incident in a subsidiary" company. Rupert was directly involved. Rupert made the decision that it was cheaper to pay people off, then to continue with "business as usual". Rupert did NOT direct his underlings and cronies to stop breaking the law - he paid off, and gave his tacit consent to keep on keeping on.
Not to mention that your geography isn't real good. 6000 miles? It's less than 6000 miles from Los Angeles to London.
http://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between-london_-uk-and-los-angeles-california_-usa.htm
Hmmmmm - the same page also says that Anchorage and Honolulu are both less than 6000 miles. Honolulu? Hmmm . . . Whatever - your geography sucks.
I kinda think that you're the one who is missing something. The FCC does have authority over SOME of Fox's news outlets. Television stations, specifically. Shutting down some TV stations won't stop Fox spewing their poison over cable, or internet, but it will shut down those three television stations.
"Don''t like" Fox Noise? Dude, it's not even news. It's nothing more than a propaganda channel, funneling the wishes and opinions of one of the richest and crookedest bastards in the world into American living rooms.
Have you noticed how divisive American politics has become? There is plenty of blame to lay at the feet of liberals and conservatives alike. Lots of blame for ALL of the big media channels. But Fox? Fox gets the lion's share of the blame for that. Those rotten bastards come into the living rooms of millions of Americans every day, to explain why Obummer is the Anti-Christ, and to explain for all the morons that America's end is nigh.
News? Fox is adamantly opposed to offering news. It's all propaganda noise.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-filings/entry/crew-petition-fcc-deny-renewal-news-corp-fox-broadcast-licenses-murdoch
Washington, D.C. – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), asking the agency to deny renewal of three broadcast licenses held by Fox television stations. Because their licenses are set to expire in October, two Fox stations in Washington, D.C. and one in Baltimore – which are wholly owned subsidiaries of News Corp. – filed to renew the licenses this past June.
CREW is objecting to the renewals because under U.S. law, broadcast frequencies may be used only by people of good “character,” who will serve “the public interest,” and speak with “candor.” Significant character deficiencies may warrant disqualification from holding a license.
Haven't read TFA yet - but it says "may face" corruption charges in the title. Meaning, if Rupert can apply enough pressure and cash at strategic points, the charges are going to disappear. That will probably take all of his pocket change though, and he may have to do without a few gourmet meals. It would sure be rough if he had to eat plain old filet mignon, like some commoner!
Despite bmo's bravado, the answer to your question is "No". I'm male, and I learned no cooking in school. I learned at home, and out in the woods. Females? Well - when I was in school, they had Home Economics. I'm not real sure that they learned anything in Home-Ec, because a lot of those girls couldn't boil water without scorching the pan.
I don't even think they have Home-Ec anymore. Due to the fact that they can't beat a young man into wearing an apron in Home-Ec, they decided that the class is sexist. It just encourages girls to cook, which makes them even more desirable to horny young teens, effectively guaranteeing that women remain barefoot and pregnant, in the kitchen.
Dafoq's a "Weegie"?
Never mind - Google seems to thing it's a GlasgoWEEGIan.
I'm offended by your inability to recognize the fact that you're being offensive to those of us who are not easily offended.
I like XFCE - but - well, this is a little embarrassing. See, I don't have much use for eye candy. 80% or more of eye candy is just waste, IMO. But, XFCE is just a little to plain. Barren. Stark. Ehhhh - I really love Enlightenment, but no one is actively developing it. So, it's Mate for me. I turn it down to minimal settings, and it has enough eye candy left over to keep me happy.
Damned ribbon... It's not a ribbon. It's a tabbed toolbar interface.
That's exactly what GP said, isn't it? Ribbon.
http://mate-desktop.org/
Gnome should have learned how to play chess. They are out of moves.
Losing a customer base does not equate to death - it's as simple as that. Death. There is no recovery from that. Businesses? People walk away from businesses daily, and recover from the experience, whether they went bankrupt, were victim of a hostile takeover, willingly sold out, were fired, just quit, regulatory shutdown, or whatever. No deaths involved.
Why in the FUCK do people attempt to equate any business situation to DEATH.
If you can't make a reasonable argument, you can always spout ridiculous nonsense.
Profit is not the single driving motive that should override any and all other considerations. Sure, you've got to make a profit. But, if you're not willing to make a minimal effort to ensure you are dealing with honest people, then you don't DESERVE that profit!
Oh - wait! Have I just stumbled over something here? Do you think that you have a RIGHT to profit at other people's expense? "We hold these rights to be self evident" etc. Yeah, there it is, at the top of the list, "Corporate Profit above all else!"
Give it a break. Fences belong in prison.
Sorry, that doesn't equate to the draft. The similarities end where the bullets and shrapnel start flying.