And it's also worth noting that on the basis of all that tempting full pay deal, In the last 4 years I've had 5 days off total. The year before that I was very ill with post viral fatigue and had 5 weeks off. Point being, the system worked for me when I was genuinely ill and in return, I don't take advantage of it unless I really need it. You know, everyone being grown up about it.
Seriously. I get full pay for 6 months then half pay for six months if I'm off sick. Does that make my country a filthy commie country? Does that make me a freeloader? A loser? No it's treating people like humans. Sometimes people get sick. That's bad enough without making them fear for their jobs and homes as a result. It's inhumane.
When browsing in private mode, if you then switch back to normal, when you close Firefox and as the tabs shut down, you usually get one of the supposedly private pages flash up briefly. Clearly not all buffers are cleared when exiting privacy mode.
Exactly. ISTR reading that at any one time, most people have dozens of small 'cancers' but in most cases, the body destroys them before they get a hold. It's only when our own defences fail that the cancer goes on to become a 'proper' one and become a health hazard.
The reason it's so hard to treat and there are so many treatments is that each and every cancer has it's own unique fingerprint in terms of how it works, what it responds to.
It would be nice but I can't see any one test being able to identify all possibilities any time soon. As the article says, it's a step.
Spot on. The original Usenet archive was a great resource, especially the older stuff. A fantastic history and repository of knowledge that was starting to be lost. When google first took it over, it was ok but slowly it had been made harder and harder to find the actual Usenet posts amongst the ads,forums etc. Heck, even forcing it to a specific newsgroup by name often fails to find tuff you know damned well is there.
That means, if you start December 1, then on January 1 you can submit your invoice for December. At the end of January you get paid for that invoice (for the work you did in December).
But on the plus side, the other end you can put your feet up for a few weeks and still get paid!
Yep, from 40% to about 35%. Not quite the same as reducing it to 0.0007% is it? it's the sheer scale that people object to. Is that so hard to understand?
Most schemes are not just legal, they've been rubber stamped by the very tax collection agencies who are supposedly now up in arms about it, as though they didn't know.
Indeed. The company I work for was in the press a while back for fairly creative tax affairs. The government kicked off when it entered the public domain and then it was disclosed the Inland Revenue had been fully briefed on it and signed it off in writing as OK.
I pay 40% tax plus National Insurance. I also used to work freelance and yes, deducted reasonable expenses. I did not claim for stuff that wasn't directly related to my work so no, not really a hypocrite. Being crazy, I tend to think of the wider picture, not just myself.
Good on any company for minimizing their tax liability.
Even if that tax is used to provide healthcare, schools, roads and benefits for those on low wages or unable to work? Or does that crazy idea make me a commie?
There's been a lot on this in the UK news. Yes, they are avoiding rather than evading but to take Starbucks as an example, in the UK, when asked by the government, stated that they paid GBP8.6m in total UK tax over 13 years during which it recorded sales of GBP3.1bn. At the same time, they told investors the UK had been a successful venture for them. Ermm...
Google's filings show it had GBP2.5bn of UK sales last year, but despite having a group-wide profit margin of 33%, its main UK unit had a tax charge of GBP3.4m in 2011. br>
Yes there are tax loopholes BUT this sort of behaviour is immoral.
Quite like them and there were quite a few good ones pre Mario - Miner 2049er, Mr Robot etc.
As for it appealing to younger people, I'd have thought that those that grew up on NES/SNES *are* older people now:--)
My friend's firm were quoted GBP8K to upgrade their VAX's hard drive from 15Mb to 30Mb (around 1985). I think the raw HD prices back then indicated around GBP500 for the part. Plus they (DEC) kept the old 15Mb drive.
At 20c per message (160 bytes), works out at $1310 of income per megabyte of traffic. for the telcos. Talk about a cash cow.
Except no one really charges that unless you have a rubbish contract. I get 5,000 texts a month (plus truly unlimited data and 500mins) for GBP28, plus the phone (HTX One X) was free.
I suspect all the Mario love is a generational thing. For me, he peaked at Donkey Kong. I grew up with the Apple II/Atari 800/TRS 80/Pet etc so really didn't get that interested in Nintendo at all, that entire NES period passed me by. I did have a Dreamcast, which was me getting back into games then jumped to the 360.
My son had a Wii so I downloaded Mario 64 to see what all the fuss was about as I remembered that being a landmark game and frankly, really couldn't see why people thought it was so great. Maybe you just had to be there at the time.
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And it's also worth noting that on the basis of all that tempting full pay deal, In the last 4 years I've had 5 days off total. The year before that I was very ill with post viral fatigue and had 5 weeks off. Point being, the system worked for me when I was genuinely ill and in return, I don't take advantage of it unless I really need it. You know, everyone being grown up about it.
Seriously. I get full pay for 6 months then half pay for six months if I'm off sick. Does that make my country a filthy commie country? Does that make me a freeloader? A loser? No it's treating people like humans. Sometimes people get sick. That's bad enough without making them fear for their jobs and homes as a result. It's inhumane.
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When browsing in private mode, if you then switch back to normal, when you close Firefox and as the tabs shut down, you usually get one of the supposedly private pages flash up briefly. Clearly not all buffers are cleared when exiting privacy mode.
Seriously, when you have to pass a law to ensure fairy tales aren't taught as facts in school, something is horribly wrong with society.
Exactly. ISTR reading that at any one time, most people have dozens of small 'cancers' but in most cases, the body destroys them before they get a hold. It's only when our own defences fail that the cancer goes on to become a 'proper' one and become a health hazard.
The reason it's so hard to treat and there are so many treatments is that each and every cancer has it's own unique fingerprint in terms of how it works, what it responds to.
It would be nice but I can't see any one test being able to identify all possibilities any time soon. As the article says, it's a step.
Spot on. The original Usenet archive was a great resource, especially the older stuff. A fantastic history and repository of knowledge that was starting to be lost. When google first took it over, it was ok but slowly it had been made harder and harder to find the actual Usenet posts amongst the ads,forums etc. Heck, even forcing it to a specific newsgroup by name often fails to find tuff you know damned well is there.
But on the plus side, the other end you can put your feet up for a few weeks and still get paid!
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Or just plain 'burgle' if you're English.
Chewbacca begs to differ.
I see what you did there. Ho, ho.
Elite too.
Fair point.
Nice try. Google's employees pay tax on their salaries, not Google.
Yep, from 40% to about 35%. Not quite the same as reducing it to 0.0007% is it? it's the sheer scale that people object to. Is that so hard to understand?
Indeed. The company I work for was in the press a while back for fairly creative tax affairs. The government kicked off when it entered the public domain and then it was disclosed the Inland Revenue had been fully briefed on it and signed it off in writing as OK.
I pay 40% tax plus National Insurance. I also used to work freelance and yes, deducted reasonable expenses. I did not claim for stuff that wasn't directly related to my work so no, not really a hypocrite. Being crazy, I tend to think of the wider picture, not just myself.
Even if that tax is used to provide healthcare, schools, roads and benefits for those on low wages or unable to work? Or does that crazy idea make me a commie?
There's been a lot on this in the UK news. Yes, they are avoiding rather than evading but to take Starbucks as an example, in the UK, when asked by the government, stated that they paid GBP8.6m in total UK tax over 13 years during which it recorded sales of GBP3.1bn. At the same time, they told investors the UK had been a successful venture for them. Ermm...
Google's filings show it had GBP2.5bn of UK sales last year, but despite having a group-wide profit margin of 33%, its main UK unit had a tax charge of GBP3.4m in 2011.
br> Yes there are tax loopholes BUT this sort of behaviour is immoral.
He's just sold a big tranche of shares in News International
Quite like them and there were quite a few good ones pre Mario - Miner 2049er, Mr Robot etc. :--)
As for it appealing to younger people, I'd have thought that those that grew up on NES/SNES *are* older people now
My friend's firm were quoted GBP8K to upgrade their VAX's hard drive from 15Mb to 30Mb (around 1985). I think the raw HD prices back then indicated around GBP500 for the part. Plus they (DEC) kept the old 15Mb drive.
Except no one really charges that unless you have a rubbish contract. I get 5,000 texts a month (plus truly unlimited data and 500mins) for GBP28, plus the phone (HTX One X) was free.
I suspect all the Mario love is a generational thing. For me, he peaked at Donkey Kong. I grew up with the Apple II/Atari 800/TRS 80/Pet etc so really didn't get that interested in Nintendo at all, that entire NES period passed me by. I did have a Dreamcast, which was me getting back into games then jumped to the 360.
My son had a Wii so I downloaded Mario 64 to see what all the fuss was about as I remembered that being a landmark game and frankly, really couldn't see why people thought it was so great. Maybe you just had to be there at the time.