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News and Reviews / Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Reader - Mini-Review
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on: March 14, 2013, 03:30:44 PM
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Mostly a preference issue for me (as for everyone?) - One Gmail feature I really like is keeping unread on top no matter how old it is.
- Other web options are not adequate, for example Yahoo mail doesn't even load the inbox (tab) properly the (increasingly) occasional times I use it.
- My ISP provided email? I don't want to use it long term at the risk of changing ISPs and dealing with its spam flood requires extra software or is impossible
The only viable alternative is perhaps my own domain. I guess we can split this into its own thread?
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Main Area and Open Discussion / Living Room / Re: Crowdfunding a life goal.
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on: March 06, 2013, 09:16:13 PM
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(My posts should always come with a disclaimer: English not my mother tongue + not smart = bad combination)
I wouldn't call it self promotion. If it is helping you achieve something it's a good thing. Plus it can also help someone else.
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Main Area and Open Discussion / Living Room / Re: Microsoft may be after-taxed $1 Billion by Denmark
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on: March 05, 2013, 07:34:33 AM
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Microsoft bought Navision for 10.8 billion DKK, then sold it to Microsoft Ireland for a lot less than that - and substantially less than it's worth. That's tax evasion - and it's illegal.
It think that would depend on who's tax code you're basing that argument on. Laws vary greatly. There's no universal agreement since each nation so fiercely defends its own sovereignty and niggling 'cultural identity' that any attempt at establishing a uniform set of laws gets torpedoed less than a day after it's proposed. Doesn't stop the psychopathic megacorps from using all sorts of tricks to try and do it, and they often get away with it due to loopholes. Might make it technically legal, but it doesn't make it morally acceptable. A large part of the ethical conundrum with this is that taxes are assessed by governments and based on laws written by them. And we all know ethical our governments are. To say nothing of the incredibly moral and ethical ways our tax monies often get used.  So tempted to make this a basement thread 
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