With the taxes here in Netherlands and the dollar/euro conversion this is a midd class car for a really reasonable price! Make a station wagen model and you are set to go at least here in NL. As a company car this would give you only 4% taxable value versus 22% for a diesel or electric car (% of the consumer value of the car you need to add to your income every year). Electric cars only have VAT and not the additional 45% or so uplift. In densly populated Netherlands (and for that matter a big part of Europe): Really good offer!
If you think about it what has been happening here it is insane. Companies like Apple are getting into an effective tax range of 1-5% on their profit.
The purpose of paying taxes is that you get a benefit out of it. I am happy to pay taxes as long as I then have very good roads, a good school system for my kids, decent healthcare, etc, etc.
When you want to do business in a country and that country has a tax setup where companies also pay taxes in their profit, the pay it! It equalises the playing field for all and truly makes the competition fair. The better product, service, setup will win.
In this case companies move money between countries by using the tax rules agains eachother. In the case of StarBucks the royalties on the brand and the profit on that are not taxable in Ireland. Profit in the UK on their actual operation are taxable in the UK. If I now increase my costbase by charging just enough royalties (the right to put starbucks on the window and use the brand) to make the profit close to zero......... we are all smart enough to do the math I presume.
The rule should be that when you make profit in a country, you pay taxes in that country: Period! This way we all get an equal playingfield and companies actually start to contribute to the societies they are making a profit on. I am sure that with this system we will all benefit, including the companies themselves.
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I agree with the math right to the point where you made the money you earn equal to the amount of mass you launch. There is a base cost per launch and that makes the first "kilo" very expensive, but the last kilo very cheap. Its like saying a truck which can carry 40 tons will earn 2 times more money then a truck which carries only 20 tons. It all depends ( basic logistics ) on the size of the shipments you have and then a truck of 20 tons could be just perfect.
How about a combination? I can fully imagine that for a large part of the population (or for that matter area) an electric car would be absolutely great...... if you are close to the grid. When it comes to storing energy then maybe a pressurised canister of hydrogen will do the trick better if your not close to the grid or have no time to charge for a few hours. I can even imagine that we will see some kind of hybrid a.k.a. hydrogen storage/fuel cell for the "rapid deploy" and then a battery combined with it which can also be charged from the grid. Drive train and technology stays the same, it is only the energy generation (Fuelcell with hydrogen storage or Battery) which changes
40 to 41 Gb of space needed for an operating system to run a tablet.
Sorry microsoft, but here is where I jump off. I am not sure what fancy operating system you build here, but 40 Gb just is a bit to excesive. There must be a way to bring this back a lot!
To answer the question: YES!
Not sure how it is in the USA, but here in the Netherlands this is basically a nogo for corporations.
By Dutch law a contract can never , ever go above the law and starting a lawsuit is a basic right by law.
There is even a real danger for the corporation in questions that having such a clause in he contract invalidates the whole contract and the transaction falls back to "standard" terms.
maybe i am a bit optimistic here but would this principle not also apply in any country, include the US of A?
This guy is proposing something using one of the most powerfull images / analogies we have as his inspiration. Yes , the design might be horrible, and there are a lot of reasons why some elements of his proposal would not work, frankly speaking we don't know! There are also a lot of the elements would work! If you look at his roadmap he is proposing 11 years of research and within those 11 years technologies are proposed, prototypes build etc, etc, etc. Then there is the moment of final ship design, not before! What he is envisioning is a huge platform (the amount of room we have will make it possible to use this for all kinds of things) which we can use to really explore our solar system and use the industry and momentum that this creates to get a sustainable program of the ground which will make us an true spacefaring species. He is not saying we should leap ahead and only do this when we have the 1G drive or when the Warp drive is invented. He is saying we should start with what we already are capable off and learn from it.
Any argument that we have other problems which we as humanity should solve first (hunger, desease, war) are all true, but that would mean everybody should also stop doing other things, like going on vacation and buying this just to big car, etc, etc. Just think about how many launch sites we would need to get te stuff to build this Enterprise up there and where these launchsites are best located. Also think about how many jobs this creates and inventions it requires and what that does to solve te forementioned problems. There is nothing more powerfull then a common goal
I for one applaud the effort he put in here and he gets my vote. I sincerely think that we as humans should make the trip. Other proposals like sending probes is like watching a football match on the television. Yes it is very exciting and maybe cheaper, but it is no where near the experience you get by actually being in the stadium!
(when his website is back up a.k.a. can handle the load again i am going to read further on what his thoughts are)
Reading this something came to mind. This satelite/probe/spacecraft would be the first spacecraft earth has build that would be equiped with a kinetic weapon......
Only one remark here: COOL!
Seconded here also:
I have an airport extreme screwed to the wall in my power closet (where all the electrical stuff, phone and television comes into my house) and it has been running flawlessly for the last 3 years. I had to do two reboots in two years and for the rest it just works. And I am streaming video over it from my Readynass, doing timemachine backups, routing (slowely I admit) my storage for Imovie over it (to the readynass), connect to the corporate network and use it to surf the internet.
Basically anything Microsoft and Apple can throw at it and it still works.
Yes you are (sorry can't help myself. Just need to rub it in.).
Correction::s/\$/4
Yours just replaced the end of the line with a 4 (effectively adding it to the end of the line)
Actually there is. There is a ASAP method, not sure if it is from SAP, but i think it was. It is a method to "quickly" implement SAP. Guess they did not use it here.
While finding te story very interesting, there is no real solution at the end of it.
In one or two sentences: what would facebook have to hoose as the database and then : why that option , or weigh the alternatives.
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However: Would like a little bit more background here. Too much conspiracy theory going on now..
With the taxes here in Netherlands and the dollar/euro conversion this is a midd class car for a really reasonable price! Make a station wagen model and you are set to go at least here in NL. As a company car this would give you only 4% taxable value versus 22% for a diesel or electric car (% of the consumer value of the car you need to add to your income every year). Electric cars only have VAT and not the additional 45% or so uplift. In densly populated Netherlands (and for that matter a big part of Europe): Really good offer!
http://tech.co/top-15-alternat... Just to name a few on top of normal creditcards?
You could of course choose not to use it. This is a playing field with enough alternatives.
And the rest of your post is just as much of a lie.
One word: Why?
As the code is real the rest of the movie now also must be real..........
If you think about it what has been happening here it is insane. Companies like Apple are getting into an effective tax range of 1-5% on their profit. The purpose of paying taxes is that you get a benefit out of it. I am happy to pay taxes as long as I then have very good roads, a good school system for my kids, decent healthcare, etc, etc. When you want to do business in a country and that country has a tax setup where companies also pay taxes in their profit, the pay it! It equalises the playing field for all and truly makes the competition fair. The better product, service, setup will win. In this case companies move money between countries by using the tax rules agains eachother. In the case of StarBucks the royalties on the brand and the profit on that are not taxable in Ireland. Profit in the UK on their actual operation are taxable in the UK. If I now increase my costbase by charging just enough royalties (the right to put starbucks on the window and use the brand) to make the profit close to zero......... we are all smart enough to do the math I presume. The rule should be that when you make profit in a country, you pay taxes in that country: Period! This way we all get an equal playingfield and companies actually start to contribute to the societies they are making a profit on. I am sure that with this system we will all benefit, including the companies themselves. Reply to This
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As it is only once I do it in a software project I will indulge any style that is requested.......
Bring it on!
I agree with the math right to the point where you made the money you earn equal to the amount of mass you launch. There is a base cost per launch and that makes the first "kilo" very expensive, but the last kilo very cheap. Its like saying a truck which can carry 40 tons will earn 2 times more money then a truck which carries only 20 tons. It all depends ( basic logistics ) on the size of the shipments you have and then a truck of 20 tons could be just perfect.
Somehow your logic does not add up. Fuel is nowadays a lot cheaper then a whole stage. Even if the payload goes down by a lot, it makes sense.
Elon and crew: Congrats! Can we now go to Mars?
YES, it is an issue and nobody even try to convince me otherwise! I need (a) Steve back whole will kill these "compromises" immediately!
Finally, they found a way to make my HBI (Human Brain Interface) possible. No more IBM model M for me! Where do I apply?
How about a combination? I can fully imagine that for a large part of the population (or for that matter area) an electric car would be absolutely great...... if you are close to the grid. When it comes to storing energy then maybe a pressurised canister of hydrogen will do the trick better if your not close to the grid or have no time to charge for a few hours. I can even imagine that we will see some kind of hybrid a.k.a. hydrogen storage/fuel cell for the "rapid deploy" and then a battery combined with it which can also be charged from the grid. Drive train and technology stays the same, it is only the energy generation (Fuelcell with hydrogen storage or Battery) which changes
i think the story gives the answer already, but it of course depends whether the company can carry the loss
40 to 41 Gb of space needed for an operating system to run a tablet. Sorry microsoft, but here is where I jump off. I am not sure what fancy operating system you build here, but 40 Gb just is a bit to excesive. There must be a way to bring this back a lot! To answer the question: YES!
And I should login first before I hit post!
Not sure how it is in the USA, but here in the Netherlands this is basically a nogo for corporations. By Dutch law a contract can never , ever go above the law and starting a lawsuit is a basic right by law. There is even a real danger for the corporation in questions that having such a clause in he contract invalidates the whole contract and the transaction falls back to "standard" terms. maybe i am a bit optimistic here but would this principle not also apply in any country, include the US of A?
Headshot!
This guy is proposing something using one of the most powerfull images / analogies we have as his inspiration. Yes , the design might be horrible, and there are a lot of reasons why some elements of his proposal would not work, frankly speaking we don't know! There are also a lot of the elements would work! If you look at his roadmap he is proposing 11 years of research and within those 11 years technologies are proposed, prototypes build etc, etc, etc. Then there is the moment of final ship design, not before! What he is envisioning is a huge platform (the amount of room we have will make it possible to use this for all kinds of things) which we can use to really explore our solar system and use the industry and momentum that this creates to get a sustainable program of the ground which will make us an true spacefaring species. He is not saying we should leap ahead and only do this when we have the 1G drive or when the Warp drive is invented. He is saying we should start with what we already are capable off and learn from it. Any argument that we have other problems which we as humanity should solve first (hunger, desease, war) are all true, but that would mean everybody should also stop doing other things, like going on vacation and buying this just to big car, etc, etc. Just think about how many launch sites we would need to get te stuff to build this Enterprise up there and where these launchsites are best located. Also think about how many jobs this creates and inventions it requires and what that does to solve te forementioned problems. There is nothing more powerfull then a common goal I for one applaud the effort he put in here and he gets my vote. I sincerely think that we as humans should make the trip. Other proposals like sending probes is like watching a football match on the television. Yes it is very exciting and maybe cheaper, but it is no where near the experience you get by actually being in the stadium! (when his website is back up a.k.a. can handle the load again i am going to read further on what his thoughts are)
Reading this something came to mind. This satelite/probe/spacecraft would be the first spacecraft earth has build that would be equiped with a kinetic weapon...... Only one remark here: COOL!
Seconded here also: I have an airport extreme screwed to the wall in my power closet (where all the electrical stuff, phone and television comes into my house) and it has been running flawlessly for the last 3 years. I had to do two reboots in two years and for the rest it just works. And I am streaming video over it from my Readynass, doing timemachine backups, routing (slowely I admit) my storage for Imovie over it (to the readynass), connect to the corporate network and use it to surf the internet. Basically anything Microsoft and Apple can throw at it and it still works.
Yes you are (sorry can't help myself. Just need to rub it in.). Correction: :s/\$/4
Yours just replaced the end of the line with a 4 (effectively adding it to the end of the line)
Actually there is. There is a ASAP method, not sure if it is from SAP, but i think it was. It is a method to "quickly" implement SAP. Guess they did not use it here.
While finding te story very interesting, there is no real solution at the end of it. In one or two sentences: what would facebook have to hoose as the database and then : why that option , or weigh the alternatives.