The IRS rules on this are quite specific and, IIRC, Microsoft lost a huge case on this in the early 90's for hiring contractors that were, in essence, 2nd class employees.
From the article:
Huntley's lawsuit cites all 20 criteria and claims that in every case HP treats contract workers as employees.
Among them:
Does the worker have assistants whom the company supervises and pays?
Does the company furnish tools, materials and other equipment sufficient to show control?
Is the worker required to devote substantially full time to the company?
Kaupins advises companies to check with the IRS if they have any questions about contract workers vs. employees, because companies can be held liable for back taxes if worker status changes from contractor to employee.
You're right. After reading that, he certainly sounds like a douchbag to me. They should of just hired some muscle for a couple hundred bucks to kick the shit out of him. Amazing what that will do to arrogance.
If it's a container filled with vinegar and water....
Unless, of course, many ISPs start doing it. Then what happens is those that don't start finding that they're not allowed to peer with those that do, etc...
I'm sure one could automate the entire process so that if they got reinfected, they'd get disconnected again. If it happens to somebody a couple of times, I'd expect they'd get the message about a firewall right quick.
If Joe User were required to start by using Linux or BSD, it would set computing back 10 years. It would however probably have the positive side-effect of vastly improving ther desktop experience much more quickly than it is now.
I'm not proposing Windows or Linux for that matter. The number speak for themseleves. Linux is getting adopted quickly in the server room because the people who manage are trained professionals in computer-related fields. Joe User, for the most part, is not.
Of course, the are Windows machines. But Linux has a long way to go before widespread desktop acceptance? Why? Joe User will expect it to work just like Windows, because Joe User views his computer as a tool, not a hobby and therefore does not want to be bothered with taking the time to learn something new.
it really speaks well for how well Toyota has done with their hybrid engine. While there's lots of talk about hydrogen (here in California they say it will be possible to drive from end to end using hydrogen-powered autos in a couple years), their problem remains setting up a vast distribution network that rivals that of gasoline. That's not cheap. I think that they hybrid will be the predominant player for the immediate future.
Opera is an increasingly marginalized player in the browser market. The only thing Opera can expect to get out of this is a little PR that only delays the inevitable for them (non-player).
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The issue behind this suit is that the contract they signed is also illegal. See the aforementioned IRS rules.
Yes, MS changed the rules and contractors no longer fulfill any of the 20 items denoted on the IRS page.
The point here is that HP is breaking the law. That pretty much makes the contract, or at least the provisions that are illegal, null and void.
The IRS rules on this are quite specific and, IIRC, Microsoft lost a huge case on this in the early 90's for hiring contractors that were, in essence, 2nd class employees.
From the article:
Huntley's lawsuit cites all 20 criteria and claims that in every case HP treats contract workers as employees.
Among them:
Does the worker have assistants whom the company supervises and pays?
Does the company furnish tools, materials and other equipment sufficient to show control?
Is the worker required to devote substantially full time to the company?
Kaupins advises companies to check with the IRS if they have any questions about contract workers vs. employees, because companies can be held liable for back taxes if worker status changes from contractor to employee.
What do you think they're going to do? Take a pint of your blood or something? I suspect you're looking at a saliva swab or something similar.
And yes, using not-so-modern photolithography techniques, you can use inked fingerprints to plant fingerprints at a crime.
I didn't know Canada adhered to the US Constitution, which was what was quoted in the article that I replied to. Try to stay focused here.
Eugenics went out of fashion post-WWII.
This obviously doesn't apply to having one'spicture taken and being fingerprinted as that happens to everybody who get arrested, felon or not.
How is DNA any different?
Apropos of nothing.
Apple makes a great product, but I seriously doubt it will see double-digit market share any time soon.
Go ahead Apple zealots, mod me into oblivion for speaking heresy.
Both will tell you just what you want to hear and do just about anything to make a buck.
The largest ISPs have the most to gain from this in the form of reclaimed bandwidth.
when pirated, uncrippled ones can be had for less.
The cultural stigma around using pirated goods is even weaker in a lot of the 3rd world than it is here.
You're right. After reading that, he certainly sounds like a douchbag to me. They should of just hired some muscle for a couple hundred bucks to kick the shit out of him. Amazing what that will do to arrogance.
If it's a container filled with vinegar and water....
What, do you think everybody openly peers with everybody now? If so, you are sadly mistaken about how the Internet really works.
Peer pressure is a wonderful thing.
if I'm going to need a party hat.
Unless, of course, many ISPs start doing it. Then what happens is those that don't start finding that they're not allowed to peer with those that do, etc...
I'm sure one could automate the entire process so that if they got reinfected, they'd get disconnected again. If it happens to somebody a couple of times, I'd expect they'd get the message about a firewall right quick.
If Joe User were required to start by using Linux or BSD, it would set computing back 10 years. It would however probably have the positive side-effect of vastly improving ther desktop experience much more quickly than it is now.
I'm not proposing Windows or Linux for that matter. The number speak for themseleves. Linux is getting adopted quickly in the server room because the people who manage are trained professionals in computer-related fields. Joe User, for the most part, is not.
Better yet, why don't ISPs disconnect them until they can demonstrate they've been cleaned up?
Of course, the are Windows machines. But Linux has a long way to go before widespread desktop acceptance? Why? Joe User will expect it to work just like Windows, because Joe User views his computer as a tool, not a hobby and therefore does not want to be bothered with taking the time to learn something new.
Yes, I'm speaking in generalities.
for VB6 programmers everywhere. Learn the new language, become a consultant and charge big bucks to migrate code for companies.
Think of it as Y2K for VB programmers. You remember how much money consultants made back then?
it really speaks well for how well Toyota has done with their hybrid engine. While there's lots of talk about hydrogen (here in California they say it will be possible to drive from end to end using hydrogen-powered autos in a couple years), their problem remains setting up a vast distribution network that rivals that of gasoline. That's not cheap. I think that they hybrid will be the predominant player for the immediate future.
I suspect that this is just MS responding to their corporate customers' requests.
Opera is an increasingly marginalized player in the browser market. The only thing Opera can expect to get out of this is a little PR that only delays the inevitable for them (non-player).
Story here.