I think there's some sort of requirement for tax that's around 7. Beyond that most things get written off, but someone who knows better than me should give a more concise answer. I believe in England there's a limit to reclaiming tax-back that's around five years, so you need to keep employment slips (P45/P60) til at least that in-case HRMC cocks up your tax, or vice versa, and they don't tend to tell you about it for years - for instance, there was a large tax claim against teachers when their tax got messed up and everyone owed about 3 grand to HMRC, but there is a limit for both parties on settling those sorts of things.
Whilst I currently don't have a system in place, that's essentially the one I'd opt for, except on the 7 year boundary I'd scan and then shred the documents. For instance my OH's business will probably follow that, once she hits the 7 year limit, scan and destroy. Neither her business nor my paperwork is old enough to hit that boundary yet (being mid 20s) but I agree that it's best to start now.
I'm the sort of person who likes things easy to find, and properly filed. For instance, when sorting through huge piles of mess, I scatter it all out on the floor and then sub-pile and sub-sub-pile until I get it into some crazy neat order. I actually find it quite fun.
Personally, I watch out for envelopes. I always rip in half envelopes once delt with, and file the condensed paper elsewhere, else I accidentally might look at an envelope and think it's something that needs dealing with (or more likely, the opposite and not deal with something important).
Yo, you do know we're being "tracked" by our phone companies. In most major cities you're now being tracked by a gigantic number of CCTV cameras every where you go. When you drive, plate tracking cameras can ID your car, your GPS device whilst your driving also knows where you are and where you've been. It's nothing new, it's just data. Going all out retard on Apple products is not going to stop you being tracked, unless you live in the middle of the desert. Granted, the US is bigger than most countries, so the camera tracking is less likely except in the cities, but in Europe that's far more likely. So just pop your tin foil hat back on and you'll be fine, right? Oh wait.
If it's anything like broadband in the UK, it means it'll last 100 years most of the time, and then on occasion it'll last 3000 years but you're capped at 1 use per day except at lunch time when you can only see it from a distance.
Yo Dog, I herd you like crowdsourcing your crowdsourcing. So we crowdsourced your crowdsourced crowdsourcing so you can crowdsource crowdsourced crowdsourcing while you crowdsource crowdsourcing.
EULAs don't trump consumer laws, especially in europe. You don't have a signature on a EULA, they don't mean jack shit over here. The ICO (information comissioner's office) - responsible for the data protection laws in the UK is already looking into this.
Possibly it's pre-alpha and is just a hash of component parts in various dev builds. Who knows. Personally I'd call an alpha build the start of combining structures of the OS to aim for a workable beta build. For instance, any ARM stuff is probably kept completely out of the way for now and I'd hope eventually the ARM and x86 builds will combine into a single windows version (! one can hope - I hate the Basic/Premium/Business/Ult fragmentation as it is. Don't add an Arm variant to that too)
Wait... the passwords/security answers should have been encrypted
Emphasis: mine
This will be fun. I'm hoping some form of external inquiry will take place post mop-up operation to confirm that Sony was indeed using best practices for securing it's data.
Isn't there a PSN+ service that is non-free? I figure even though they have, what 75 million accounts, if even 1% of those had a PSN+ account, that's a lot of data.
Yeah, unfortunately you're right but I found it funny to write non the less. On the other hand, if only my botnet of PS3s were working, I could try more hashes at a time...[shakes fist] Damn You Sooonnnnyyyyyyyy!
So basically "all your personal data, which we hold, because reams of data is fun, was probably copied by someone." As Barney says, "Good luck out there buddy, you're gonna need it."
Whilst I see your point, I'd figure the system should have multiple messages depending on severity/reason rather than one $law that may or may not apply message, especially with implications of said law.
Why is there even a default DMCA notice in the system in the first place? Surely these things should be manually handled, rather than essentially "spammed" out. This is the sort of realm of Auto-Lawsuits where everyone got a letter through their mail box. This sort of thing should not be automatic in any sense of the word.
If that form of media appeared over here, it would be interesting to see if it would hold up to anti-competitive scrutiny. I'm already quite convinced the movie companies operate as a cartel if you look close enough at their consumer pricing, yet no one has picked them up for it (I don't think).
As long as you have a Max1KV connector, a Max3KV connector etc you can mix standards. If you have identical connectors you lead to the Petrol in a Diesel tank problem where connecting a substantially higher voltage to a car that can not transform or handle safely, potentially damaging the car's electrical infrastructure.
It will be interesting to see how this evolves, now we've got the three headed hydra of music streaming. I would like to see the Big GAA (google, apple, amazon) get so intertwined with the RIAA that the RIAA can't exist without them, then merely change the ball game in a way that the RIAA can't possibly prevent, or even just kill the RIAA off entirely. This may be the only real way to destroy that copyright monster, by eating it away from the inside.
Only if you're watching it AS it is being broadcast do you need a TV license. If you're watching it After it's been broadcast, i.e. a video on iPlayer you do not need a TV license.
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I think there's some sort of requirement for tax that's around 7. Beyond that most things get written off, but someone who knows better than me should give a more concise answer. I believe in England there's a limit to reclaiming tax-back that's around five years, so you need to keep employment slips (P45/P60) til at least that in-case HRMC cocks up your tax, or vice versa, and they don't tend to tell you about it for years - for instance, there was a large tax claim against teachers when their tax got messed up and everyone owed about 3 grand to HMRC, but there is a limit for both parties on settling those sorts of things.
That's interesting, never heard of such a thing. Anywhere else employ a similar system?
Whilst I currently don't have a system in place, that's essentially the one I'd opt for, except on the 7 year boundary I'd scan and then shred the documents. For instance my OH's business will probably follow that, once she hits the 7 year limit, scan and destroy. Neither her business nor my paperwork is old enough to hit that boundary yet (being mid 20s) but I agree that it's best to start now. I'm the sort of person who likes things easy to find, and properly filed. For instance, when sorting through huge piles of mess, I scatter it all out on the floor and then sub-pile and sub-sub-pile until I get it into some crazy neat order. I actually find it quite fun. Personally, I watch out for envelopes. I always rip in half envelopes once delt with, and file the condensed paper elsewhere, else I accidentally might look at an envelope and think it's something that needs dealing with (or more likely, the opposite and not deal with something important).
Oh, wait no it's just an aerial photo of Dresden after it got bombed in WW2...
Yo, you do know we're being "tracked" by our phone companies. In most major cities you're now being tracked by a gigantic number of CCTV cameras every where you go. When you drive, plate tracking cameras can ID your car, your GPS device whilst your driving also knows where you are and where you've been. It's nothing new, it's just data. Going all out retard on Apple products is not going to stop you being tracked, unless you live in the middle of the desert. Granted, the US is bigger than most countries, so the camera tracking is less likely except in the cities, but in Europe that's far more likely. So just pop your tin foil hat back on and you'll be fine, right? Oh wait.
What, seriously? Good god...I presume this is somewhere in America right? No other sane country would ever do anything like that, I hope...
If it's anything like broadband in the UK, it means it'll last 100 years most of the time, and then on occasion it'll last 3000 years but you're capped at 1 use per day except at lunch time when you can only see it from a distance.
Yo Dog, I herd you like crowdsourcing your crowdsourcing. So we crowdsourced your crowdsourced crowdsourcing so you can crowdsource crowdsourced crowdsourcing while you crowdsource crowdsourcing.
EULAs don't trump consumer laws, especially in europe. You don't have a signature on a EULA, they don't mean jack shit over here. The ICO (information comissioner's office) - responsible for the data protection laws in the UK is already looking into this.
Possibly it's pre-alpha and is just a hash of component parts in various dev builds. Who knows. Personally I'd call an alpha build the start of combining structures of the OS to aim for a workable beta build. For instance, any ARM stuff is probably kept completely out of the way for now and I'd hope eventually the ARM and x86 builds will combine into a single windows version (! one can hope - I hate the Basic/Premium/Business/Ult fragmentation as it is. Don't add an Arm variant to that too)
TPB won't lose all your data either, as they don't have any of it.
Wait... the passwords/security answers should have been encrypted
Emphasis: mine
This will be fun. I'm hoping some form of external inquiry will take place post mop-up operation to confirm that Sony was indeed using best practices for securing it's data.
Isn't there a PSN+ service that is non-free? I figure even though they have, what 75 million accounts, if even 1% of those had a PSN+ account, that's a lot of data.
Yeah, unfortunately you're right but I found it funny to write non the less. On the other hand, if only my botnet of PS3s were working, I could try more hashes at a time...[shakes fist] Damn You Sooonnnnyyyyyyyy!
So basically "all your personal data, which we hold, because reams of data is fun, was probably copied by someone." As Barney says, "Good luck out there buddy, you're gonna need it."
On the other hand, PSN can't actually get worse by being down.
That's like playing a DropBox one-armed-bandit
... Porn ... Porn ... Movie ... Porn ... Illegal Porn ... MegaCorp Design Files ... Porn
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Actually yeah someone make a script to poll the server, lets see what the casino of files gives us.
I was talking specifically about torrents.
No, jonner's point is still valid. It's just a protocol.
Whilst I see your point, I'd figure the system should have multiple messages depending on severity/reason rather than one $law that may or may not apply message, especially with implications of said law.
Why is there even a default DMCA notice in the system in the first place? Surely these things should be manually handled, rather than essentially "spammed" out. This is the sort of realm of Auto-Lawsuits where everyone got a letter through their mail box. This sort of thing should not be automatic in any sense of the word.
...and it still won't exist in Europe.
If that form of media appeared over here, it would be interesting to see if it would hold up to anti-competitive scrutiny. I'm already quite convinced the movie companies operate as a cartel if you look close enough at their consumer pricing, yet no one has picked them up for it (I don't think).
How does a group with no centralized leadership do anything? Simple answer: It doesn't.
Yeah the on going middle-eastern rebellions have something to say to you about that.
As long as you have a Max1KV connector, a Max3KV connector etc you can mix standards. If you have identical connectors you lead to the Petrol in a Diesel tank problem where connecting a substantially higher voltage to a car that can not transform or handle safely, potentially damaging the car's electrical infrastructure.
It will be interesting to see how this evolves, now we've got the three headed hydra of music streaming. I would like to see the Big GAA (google, apple, amazon) get so intertwined with the RIAA that the RIAA can't exist without them, then merely change the ball game in a way that the RIAA can't possibly prevent, or even just kill the RIAA off entirely. This may be the only real way to destroy that copyright monster, by eating it away from the inside.
Only if you're watching it AS it is being broadcast do you need a TV license. If you're watching it After it's been broadcast, i.e. a video on iPlayer you do not need a TV license.