People and companies respond to incentives -- it is really surprising that the bizarre tax structure in the US pushes companies to form subsidiaries? Apparently it is, to either clueless or grandstanding politicians.
The tax structure could be as simple and fair as possible, corporations would still find ways not to pay it, just due to sheer greed.
From what I've seen of MMO, more likely is that the game consists of playing one note over and over again for six hours, until you level up, then get a new note to play for another six hours. And you get to pay a monthly subscription for the privilege.
We don't need an additional "TAX." In the aviation world, we already pay through the nose for regulations and adding more is just complicating the burden.
Surely anything that encourages less flying in already crowded and polluted skies is a good thing? Flying is one of the most expensive hobbies that exists in this world, to people who fly, the cost of this new beacon is the cost of a typical corporate lunch!
What? Within a desktop, everything is more or less consistent. Yes, there is some inconsistency *between* desktops, but if you avoid using programs from another desktop, it's not a problem.
Yes, because I choose my apps based on the toolkit they use...
But in all seriousness, even if they were consistent, you've still got Firefox, Open Office, iTunes etc. screwing everything up.
Because the silkworm turns its food into stuff that's more nutritious for humans. It's hard to find sources of protein that lasts for a several-years space mission.
I'm all for a more proportionate form of representation, but don't make the mistake of thinking that PR is nirvana. It can often end up handing disproportionate power to coalition partners, who have tiny percentages of the votes. More proportional yes, but is it fairer?
You're missing the point. Someone accused us of voting for Labour, I was pointing out that we didn't.
What's the point in having elections if you don't even have to win them?
If you don't think being the first game to sell a billion dollars isn't anything special, then if I start a games company I really don't want you running it.
I could go on, as several more top that sales amount. In short, nothing groundbreaking about this. I'm sure if Super Mario Bros. cost $100 a pop, it would be permanently the biggest moneymaker in gaming history.
If that was the case, they would have sold it for $100.
Then vote the fucking assholes in the Surveillance^WLabour Party out of office
We only get to vote once every five years, and then they only need 35% of the vote to win power.
I'm growing weary of hearing Britons whine about your surveillance soceity while you keep electing the same assholes who are busy setting it up.
Two thirds of us voted Labour out in 2005 yet they're still here. You must have confused Britain with a democracy or something.
Perhaps you made a mistake when you stripped them of all their power?
It was the Labour government who reformed the House of Lords and filled it with their own friends and donors. Like I said, you're thinking of democracies. Even the Germans got to vote for Hitler.
If you are going to be deterred from coming to the US over the requirement that you register online and cough up some fingerprints I suppose you really didn't care that much about coming in the first place anyway, did you?
It's called the 'final straw'. The other straws being waiting three hours in security lines, having your baggage smashed by pissed-off hispanic handlers, and being treated like a terrorist at immigration.
Global tourism is an insanely competitive business nowadays, treat your customers like shit and they'll go elsewhere.
Most of those companies went bust before anyone heard about it. And hardly any of them are actually viable. The credit crunch has just kicked them over the edge they've been leaning over for several years.
So, one game that's coming out, and another that came out ten years ago that's popular in a country that sends women to jail for adultery and things fans are lethal. Now that's what you call a thriving genre!
I'd imagine such a thing would be such a giant ballache it'd cost far less in terms of time and money to simply hook up a console with four controllers. I suppose you'd also need four desks, unless people are supposed to try to balance and keyboard on their laps and a mouse on the cushions at their side.
World of Warcraft is the only MMO played in more than niche numbers, FPSes sell more on consoles than PCs, and the RTS is pretty much a dead genre. I'd say that's pretty niche.
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Companies would move abroad to places with lower consumption taxes. Or merely deal cash in hand so the tax authorities can't collect the taxes.
You're confusing the tax rate with the tax take, two very different numbers.
The tax structure could be as simple and fair as possible, corporations would still find ways not to pay it, just due to sheer greed.
Yes, Internet Explorer. The way I see it, those of us savvy enough to recognise the superiority of other browsers already know how to download them.
From what I've seen of MMO, more likely is that the game consists of playing one note over and over again for six hours, until you level up, then get a new note to play for another six hours. And you get to pay a monthly subscription for the privilege.
Surely anything that encourages less flying in already crowded and polluted skies is a good thing? Flying is one of the most expensive hobbies that exists in this world, to people who fly, the cost of this new beacon is the cost of a typical corporate lunch!
Apple and Reiser? It'll be a marriage made in heaven.
Yes, because I choose my apps based on the toolkit they use...
But in all seriousness, even if they were consistent, you've still got Firefox, Open Office, iTunes etc. screwing everything up.
The question there is really if those things are denser, and more importantly lighter, than silk-worm feed.
Because the silkworm turns its food into stuff that's more nutritious for humans. It's hard to find sources of protein that lasts for a several-years space mission.
You're missing the point. Someone accused us of voting for Labour, I was pointing out that we didn't.
What's the point in having elections if you don't even have to win them?
If you don't think being the first game to sell a billion dollars isn't anything special, then if I start a games company I really don't want you running it.
If that was the case, they would have sold it for $100.
Obviously not the 60 million who voted Republican.
We only get to vote once every five years, and then they only need 35% of the vote to win power.
Two thirds of us voted Labour out in 2005 yet they're still here. You must have confused Britain with a democracy or something.
It was the Labour government who reformed the House of Lords and filled it with their own friends and donors. Like I said, you're thinking of democracies. Even the Germans got to vote for Hitler.
It's called the 'final straw'. The other straws being waiting three hours in security lines, having your baggage smashed by pissed-off hispanic handlers, and being treated like a terrorist at immigration.
Global tourism is an insanely competitive business nowadays, treat your customers like shit and they'll go elsewhere.
It's not the depth so much as the surface area. The iPhone then is 11.25 sqin.
My phone is 3.25" x 1.75" = 5.68 sq in, or half the size of an iphone.
Most of those companies went bust before anyone heard about it. And hardly any of them are actually viable. The credit crunch has just kicked them over the edge they've been leaning over for several years.
Damn right, I prefer women who dress like shit and don't know how to put make-up on. It's a bonus if she's overweight.
Down with women looking after their appearance!
When I see some delicious-looking grapes on a branch, the same thought goes through my head:
What businesses in the UK that have gone bust were actually viable?
If no-one's heard of these games then it's pretty obviously a dying genre.
So, one game that's coming out, and another that came out ten years ago that's popular in a country that sends women to jail for adultery and things fans are lethal. Now that's what you call a thriving genre!
He blamed them for Germany's problems when he got into power. By the time he started the war, Germany had undergone a complete transformation.
I'd imagine such a thing would be such a giant ballache it'd cost far less in terms of time and money to simply hook up a console with four controllers. I suppose you'd also need four desks, unless people are supposed to try to balance and keyboard on their laps and a mouse on the cushions at their side.
World of Warcraft is the only MMO played in more than niche numbers, FPSes sell more on consoles than PCs, and the RTS is pretty much a dead genre. I'd say that's pretty niche.
Surely this depends on the engines rather than the plane?