At the preset time, the 20% Levy is bearable, if you work it out it still comes to only a few pennies to store an MP3 on HDD or CD-R. The real danger here is that the Dark Forces are setting a precedent and in future will simply jack-up those Levies on an as-needed (by them) basis.
Why is the Canadian Government behind the move? Because GST (sales tax) will be charged on the overall higher bottom-line price (Levy included). So the government essentially becomes a profiting partner in this scam.
This crime is already being perpetrated in the existing Rebate scam, where you buy a $200 product, then pay GST on $200, and later get a $100 rebate, but the government happily keeps all the sales tax. This is why no government action is ever taken to stop rebate scams. They're in on it !!!
The only way to fight this is via total consumer boycott. I already do this. I never, never, never, buy a product which teases consumers with a Rebate offer. I will also boycott all Levied products in future, even if it costs me more to import equivalent products at higher prices.
One must firmly adhere to high moral principles (regardless of cost) in order to win the battle against the Dark Forces.
At the risk of being labelled anti-semitic, I must draw attention to the fact that the most ardent supporters of Globalization are for the most part Jews. But why?
It's no secret that the beneficiaries of Globalization will be large powerful companies, many of which are jewish owned or controlled. This includes Microsoft (Paul Allan), and countless others.
I don't resent the wealth and positions that Jews have attained. They are intelligent, ambitious, and successful people. What bothers me is that the world is being told a lie, - that somehow globalization is good for the poor starving masses out there, when in truth globalization is just more expansionism and gouging by those who already appear to have it all.
OK. I'm done. Start spamming Cohen, Goldberg, Katz, Soros,....
Come on, Joel. Engage brain before opening mouth:
You said: "... at some point I spend some time rearranging all that code to make it more maintainable. I like refactoring..."
That's exactly the point Stepen Eick was making.
Call it refactoring, call it oogabooga, YOU'RE WRITING CODE !!!
The fact that you do quite a bit of this "refactoring" would seem to point to code that was fairly stinky in the first place.
Canada is drowning in debt and it's citizens suffer increasing taxes, rising unemployment, and declining currency value.
It's very nice to spend a few million to save a Chinese temple. But why do we poor Canadian taxpayer schmucks have to foot the bill?
What we will get in return is another 1 or 2 million illegal Chinese immigrants bringing us cultural diversity in the form of counterfeiting, infanticide, animal abuse, gang wars and more. Fun Wow.
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At the preset time, the 20% Levy is bearable, if you work it out it still comes to only a few pennies to store an MP3 on HDD or CD-R. The real danger here is that the Dark Forces are setting a precedent and in future will simply jack-up those Levies on an as-needed (by them) basis. Why is the Canadian Government behind the move? Because GST (sales tax) will be charged on the overall higher bottom-line price (Levy included). So the government essentially becomes a profiting partner in this scam. This crime is already being perpetrated in the existing Rebate scam, where you buy a $200 product, then pay GST on $200, and later get a $100 rebate, but the government happily keeps all the sales tax. This is why no government action is ever taken to stop rebate scams. They're in on it !!! The only way to fight this is via total consumer boycott. I already do this. I never, never, never, buy a product which teases consumers with a Rebate offer. I will also boycott all Levied products in future, even if it costs me more to import equivalent products at higher prices. One must firmly adhere to high moral principles (regardless of cost) in order to win the battle against the Dark Forces.
At the risk of being labelled anti-semitic, I must draw attention to the fact that the most ardent supporters of Globalization are for the most part Jews. But why? It's no secret that the beneficiaries of Globalization will be large powerful companies, many of which are jewish owned or controlled. This includes Microsoft (Paul Allan), and countless others. I don't resent the wealth and positions that Jews have attained. They are intelligent, ambitious, and successful people. What bothers me is that the world is being told a lie, - that somehow globalization is good for the poor starving masses out there, when in truth globalization is just more expansionism and gouging by those who already appear to have it all. OK. I'm done. Start spamming Cohen, Goldberg, Katz, Soros, ....
Come on, Joel. Engage brain before opening mouth: You said: "... at some point I spend some time rearranging all that code to make it more maintainable. I like refactoring ..."
That's exactly the point Stepen Eick was making.
Call it refactoring, call it oogabooga, YOU'RE WRITING CODE !!!
The fact that you do quite a bit of this "refactoring" would seem to point to code that was fairly stinky in the first place.
Canada is drowning in debt and it's citizens suffer increasing taxes, rising unemployment, and declining currency value.
It's very nice to spend a few million to save a Chinese temple. But why do we poor Canadian taxpayer schmucks have to foot the bill?
What we will get in return is another 1 or 2 million illegal Chinese immigrants bringing us cultural diversity in the form of counterfeiting, infanticide, animal abuse, gang wars and more. Fun Wow.