Hey, if exploring the solar system a la Gattaca can be done in Armani suits then going into orbit could at least involve a shave and haircut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca
If the PM cuts Banks free then he will either have to rely on the Maori Party for support of legislation, that would be make for a difficult 2 years with the water-rights issue etc boiling away. It would give Pita Sharples a chance to prove he is not senile though.
You earn $100K in NZ your marginal tax rate is 33c which kicks in at $70K. The other main source of Govt revenue is GST (sales tax) which is now 15% thanks to the National Party Government.
There are few exemptions from GST (interest, rent & mortgages. Exports are zero-rated) so the lower paid sure pay their whack.
Netflix have just started advertising on TV in NZ.
However content will be drastically limited as Sky TV (the resident Murdoch monopoly pay TV service) have most of the content providers in their pocket.
9. Treat our trading partners in exactly the way we are treated. Japan can export as many automobiles as we can sell in Japan. China the same. As is stands now all this type of trade is doing is stealing bread off our tables.
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In NZ we produce Meat, dairy products etc far cheaper than the UK even when taking into account shipping costs. That's shipping by sea BTW, save your food-miles for when you are getting flowers air-freighted from Kenya.
All this would do is make food more expensive for everybody involved.
In the 'Nuclear War' board game the Space Shuttle can be used in 2 ways:
1) To re-load the Space Platform with missiles
2) To operate as a bomber with a 50 Mt total payload.
Do you think the chaps from Flying Buffalo made this stuff up?
From TFA: How many games are not sequels, fight games, drivers, or FPSes?
Few. Just like Hollywood (to which the games industry is endlessly compared) the suits control the expenditure and they lack not only the vision but also the cajones to do anything but look backwards and extrapolate from there. If and when there is a correction the next breed/ style of games will come through.
Please understand that the reason the coffee was so hot was that they could use a lower grade of bean and the taste would be disguised. Evidence was also presented that Maccas had also done a risk/ reward analysis for this and decided that the amount of money saved was greater than that would be spent on lawsuits.
Then again this chap is benefitting from an infrastructure supplied by those taxpayers in New York and is leveraging off that. Remember at the end of the day taxes are cheaper than state subsidised razor wire.
Currently sourced hydrogen does not come from electricity. It comes from hydrocarbons, it CAN come from elctricity/ water but it is much easier to extract hydrogen from oil, natural gas etc. Then again shifting the pollution off the rods and back towards the generating plants could make it easier to control in countries that give a s**t about the enviroment. You could always look at power stations that do not run on fossil fuels.
Interesting to see the changes that PC/ console gaming has wrought upon the film industry. It has given them a new line up of tired ideas to create pretty, but dull, movies.
Especially in the action genre are we far from where the films are basically promos for the game? After all it allows the financiers able to cash in not only on the movie (NZ$15) but also the game as well. The games (NZ$100) are always much longer and give a more immersive feel than the movies and keep interest alive until the inevitable sequel.
Not all peoples have the time or money to go to University/ College to get a shiny degree. Certification via CCNA, A+, MCSE etc is a comparitively cheap and time-effective manner of getting specific and relevant training on a particular topic.
Also it shows a minimum level of competency and understanding and also that you have enough gumption to get off your ass and do some work.
Certification & Tertiary qualifications are similar in that all they do is give you a framework or skeleton of knowledge to further develop.
Certification necessarily is a smaller framework due to its time & topic limitations but still a basically complete runthrough.
Those who are trained but not qualified may find it difficult to convince prospective employers that they have the requisite skills.
Also from TFA:
I think the hype has been excessive," said Philip Kotler, a professor of marketing at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. "If there are bugs in this program, or if the extra performance doesn't deliver substantial benefits, this could be a disaster."
Just to prove that some University academics still do not have a clue about their speciality. How many Critical patches did Win95 require?
Pfizer would isolate the active ingredient(s) in dandelions that give them therapeutic qualities. Then enhance it, stick in some nice food colouring, sugar etc and sell it. It would be as far removed from dandelion tea as Asprin is from willow bark.
Goods & Services Tax also exists in New Zealand levied at 12.5% as opposed to the Australian 10%. It is a consumption tax similar to the UK's VAT but is on pretty much all goods and services. A range of exclusions exist (in NZ) on rent, exports, financial services etc. It replaced a raft of Sales Taxes of differing rates and has made tax collection that much easier and efficient. It is not mandatory to show a GST exclusive price but consumers expect the final price to include GST and get snotty when it is not.
As to EBay, ha, we have http://www.trademe.co.nz/. EBay never got any traction and Trademe is the one used. It was suggested that the Trademe website be blocked at our large company, but not imposed due to fear of a riotous mob descending on the IT Dept.
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Hey, if exploring the solar system a la Gattaca can be done in Armani suits then going into orbit could at least involve a shave and haircut. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca
This may be poor for consumers but it is good for people.
If the PM cuts Banks free then he will either have to rely on the Maori Party for support of legislation, that would be make for a difficult 2 years with the water-rights issue etc boiling away. It would give Pita Sharples a chance to prove he is not senile though.
You earn $100K in NZ your marginal tax rate is 33c which kicks in at $70K. The other main source of Govt revenue is GST (sales tax) which is now 15% thanks to the National Party Government. There are few exemptions from GST (interest, rent & mortgages. Exports are zero-rated) so the lower paid sure pay their whack.
Netflix have just started advertising on TV in NZ. However content will be drastically limited as Sky TV (the resident Murdoch monopoly pay TV service) have most of the content providers in their pocket.
At the Port Massacre Arthur in 1996 in Tasmania 35 people were killed and 21 wounded. Is that enough for you?
9. Treat our trading partners in exactly the way we are treated. Japan can export as many automobiles as we can sell in Japan. China the same. As is stands now all this type of trade is doing is stealing bread off our tables.
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In NZ we produce Meat, dairy products etc far cheaper than the UK even when taking into account shipping costs. That's shipping by sea BTW, save your food-miles for when you are getting flowers air-freighted from Kenya. All this would do is make food more expensive for everybody involved.
In the 'Nuclear War' board game the Space Shuttle can be used in 2 ways: 1) To re-load the Space Platform with missiles 2) To operate as a bomber with a 50 Mt total payload. Do you think the chaps from Flying Buffalo made this stuff up?
From TFA: How many games are not sequels, fight games, drivers, or FPSes? Few. Just like Hollywood (to which the games industry is endlessly compared) the suits control the expenditure and they lack not only the vision but also the cajones to do anything but look backwards and extrapolate from there. If and when there is a correction the next breed/ style of games will come through.
Please understand that the reason the coffee was so hot was that they could use a lower grade of bean and the taste would be disguised. Evidence was also presented that Maccas had also done a risk/ reward analysis for this and decided that the amount of money saved was greater than that would be spent on lawsuits.
Then again this chap is benefitting from an infrastructure supplied by those taxpayers in New York and is leveraging off that. Remember at the end of the day taxes are cheaper than state subsidised razor wire.
Currently sourced hydrogen does not come from electricity. It comes from hydrocarbons, it CAN come from elctricity/ water but it is much easier to extract hydrogen from oil, natural gas etc. Then again shifting the pollution off the rods and back towards the generating plants could make it easier to control in countries that give a s**t about the enviroment. You could always look at power stations that do not run on fossil fuels.
Interesting to see the changes that PC/ console gaming has wrought upon the film industry. It has given them a new line up of tired ideas to create pretty, but dull, movies. Especially in the action genre are we far from where the films are basically promos for the game? After all it allows the financiers able to cash in not only on the movie (NZ$15) but also the game as well. The games (NZ$100) are always much longer and give a more immersive feel than the movies and keep interest alive until the inevitable sequel.
If you think softball is slow, try Cricket. Test matches take up to 5 days and then the game may still be a draw. http://www.cricinfo.com/
Not all peoples have the time or money to go to University/ College to get a shiny degree. Certification via CCNA, A+, MCSE etc is a comparitively cheap and time-effective manner of getting specific and relevant training on a particular topic. Also it shows a minimum level of competency and understanding and also that you have enough gumption to get off your ass and do some work. Certification & Tertiary qualifications are similar in that all they do is give you a framework or skeleton of knowledge to further develop. Certification necessarily is a smaller framework due to its time & topic limitations but still a basically complete runthrough. Those who are trained but not qualified may find it difficult to convince prospective employers that they have the requisite skills.
Also from TFA: I think the hype has been excessive," said Philip Kotler, a professor of marketing at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. "If there are bugs in this program, or if the extra performance doesn't deliver substantial benefits, this could be a disaster." Just to prove that some University academics still do not have a clue about their speciality. How many Critical patches did Win95 require?
In other news: Common sense is not really that common. It just should be.
Pfizer would isolate the active ingredient(s) in dandelions that give them therapeutic qualities. Then enhance it, stick in some nice food colouring, sugar etc and sell it. It would be as far removed from dandelion tea as Asprin is from willow bark.
Windows is great! If it wasn't for Bill and his sloppy code writing pals I would not have a job as a Support Tech!
Goods & Services Tax also exists in New Zealand levied at 12.5% as opposed to the Australian 10%. It is a consumption tax similar to the UK's VAT but is on pretty much all goods and services. A range of exclusions exist (in NZ) on rent, exports, financial services etc. It replaced a raft of Sales Taxes of differing rates and has made tax collection that much easier and efficient. It is not mandatory to show a GST exclusive price but consumers expect the final price to include GST and get snotty when it is not. As to EBay, ha, we have http://www.trademe.co.nz/. EBay never got any traction and Trademe is the one used. It was suggested that the Trademe website be blocked at our large company, but not imposed due to fear of a riotous mob descending on the IT Dept.
Why destroy some of the few untrammeled eco-systems with housing before getting the hint that LaGrange points or the Moon are within reach?