Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

2012-12-16 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:58:40 +0100, mP wrote: It's not an obligation, it's just common sense, which extends to individuals as well. Why wouldn't you strive to pay as little tax as possible while remaining within the law? Its simply being a good citizen. So why don't we act as better cit

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

2012-12-16 Thread Joseph Ottinger
Even better, why doesn't mP lead the way in doing so - maybe the rest of us will be inspired. On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Fabrizio Giudici < fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:58:40 +0100, mP wrote: > > >> >> It's not an obligation, it's just common sense, whic

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

2012-12-16 Thread Kevin Wright
Stop corporation tax entirely. Tax is NOT a cost, even though it's typically accounted as such. Tax is a "distribution" just as dividends are, and you don't very often see companies seeking to minimise dividends because they're cash leaving the company that should be treated as a cost. Corporati

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

2012-12-16 Thread Joseph Ottinger
Plus, the idea of the government being a de facto shareholder sounds like some of the nastier governmental systems from the last hundred years. On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Kevin Wright wrote: > Stop corporation tax entirely. > > Tax is NOT a cost, even though it's typically accounted as suc

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

2012-12-16 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:51:20 +0100, Joseph Ottinger wrote: Plus, the idea of the government being a de facto shareholder sounds like some of the nastier governmental systems from the last hundred years. I think that Kevin was thinking of a sort of "partial" shareholding, that is that 5% w

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

2012-12-16 Thread Jon Kiparsky
So long as companies like Google are dodging their taxes, the rest of us are in fact paying our taxes twice - once for us, and once for them. On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Fabrizio Giudici < fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:58:40 +0100, mP wrote: > > >> >> It's

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Don't be evil(?)

2012-12-16 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:54:01 +0100, Jon Kiparsky wrote: So long as companies like Google are dodging their taxes, the rest of us are in fact paying our taxes twice - once for us, and once for them. You guys still avoided (or evaded?) my question: where's the "right" number of the taxes Go

[The Java Posse] Keeping Track of Multiple Passwords

2012-12-16 Thread vjosullivan
Has anyone found a reasonably accessible (yet secure) way of keeping track of multiple password across different systems, retrievable from various locations (e.g. at home, work or on the road)? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To