2012-10-30, 16:18 | Link #24422 | |
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Google is a monster in term of economy, it's based in Ireland but most of its profit are international, it pays no redevance to the countries where it gains (neither it pays to Ireland but it's their problem) and as such it deserves to be taxed as any tertiary sector. Control of internet has nothing to do with it, actually I'm surprised you could say this, how did you go from tax to control? I don't follow the logical link. And yeah, they are searching for money, even beer get taxed hue hue hue. On a side note, it's quite amazing so far the giant of the web weren't taxed (or barely), they provides service in countries, the moment they do they have to pay as if they were based in the country. But the means it's done, ie by the newspaper lobby is bad and utterly stupid, they managed to transform a logical tax into a political issue. /clap clap clap./ |
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2012-10-30, 16:26 | Link #24423 |
I disagree with you all.
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Google makes money (or at last, attracts eyeballs, which for them comes to the same thing) by copying the contents of the newspapers, even if it's just first page stuff and the rest of the article is a members only area (which hardly ever happens).
The only way for the papers to stop Google would be to ask to be dereferenced. But I'm sure you can see the problem: no Google referencement, (almost) no visitors. It's a symbiotic relationship, but it doesn't mean it's necessarily a fair one. (A lot like the relationship between farmers and supermarket chains, for example.) And they may be looking to make it more symbiotic by pushing out the competition from smaller enterprises... (For example: Google does give them money, and maybe pride of place in search results, but the papers ask to be dereferenced from smaller search engines.) |
2012-10-30, 16:31 | Link #24424 | |
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2012-10-30, 16:33 | Link #24425 | |
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i don't think i have ever first the first page form google, usually just the first paragraph.
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2012-10-31, 18:30 | Link #24427 | |
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Eurozone unemployment hits record high
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2012-11-01, 08:28 | Link #24429 |
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Lucas originally wrote treatments for nine episodes. The last three, I believe, feature a female protagonist who is one of Leia's offspring. Whether they will use these as the basis for episode seven, or write something new, only Disney knows.
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2012-11-01, 12:07 | Link #24430 |
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Sharp warns that it may not survive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...forecast-japan Looks like they're undergoing significant restructuring -- article points to sale-leaseback transactions, cost cutting and monetization of downstream assets as a condition for bank support -- still, seems like the cost structure and shifting consumer demands is making the company uncompetitive. Looks like the least competitive members of the "low-mid" consumer electronics space are starting to fall which will hopefully allow more efficient and lower cost producers to benefit with the commoditization of the space without unsustainable liquidation competition |
2012-11-01, 13:03 | Link #24431 |
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Putin lays low, spokesman's reasons seem odd
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-01-13-36-59
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2012-11-01, 13:18 | Link #24432 |
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Might be time for me to evaluate my future..
Banking May Lose Its Allure for the Best and Brightest As UBS announced plans to chop 10,000 staff this week, many traders reacted with shock. Little wonder: during the past three decades, it might have seemed inconceivable that any bank could slash its workforce so far, so fast. The young(ish) traders who suddenly found themselves locked out of UBS this week built their careers in an era when finance seemed to keep inexorably growing; investment bankers were woven into the fabric of the modern economy, along with ultra-high levels of banking pay. But viewed through a long lens of history — say 100 years —this week’s news does not seem so unusual. For while finance might have swelled in recent decades, it is often forgotten that in earlier periods it also shrank, to a startling degree. http://www.cnbc.com/id/49635044 |
2012-11-01, 13:33 | Link #24433 | |
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of course i can't even remember the last time i went into a electronic store.
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2012-11-01, 13:59 | Link #24434 |
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We have a Sharp hdtv and it can't die horribly soon enough (shitty tuner, hdmi cable has to be unplugged/replugged periodically). They used to be a "go to" but a google or two shows the quality has gone to shit over their product line. There there's Sony with all their "ip" and "region code" crippling. :P Just driving me over to the Koreans, guys. It isn't the cost, its what you *design*.
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2012-11-01, 14:48 | Link #24437 | |
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now most of my stuff is Samsung.
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2012-11-01, 15:32 | Link #24439 | |
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A mans brain is 11% bigger than a woman's on average.
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2012-11-01, 15:32 | Link #24440 |
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Right now, Samsung and LG are roaring across the market, both in terms of reliability and customer satisfaction.
edit: on the brain article, simple size comparison is misleading, you have to count neural clusters, which can be indirectly done by comparing the *surface area* (all those crinkles, ridges, and valleys). Not to mention the comparative complexity of certain internal structures. And ... wow, that was a really dumb article, probably produced by a really insecure guy
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