Comment Re:Will this affect overseas profits tax evasion? (Score 1) 749
I would never voluntarily pay more tax than I am legally required.
Really? What if you could direct where a voluntary overpayment went (NASA for example)?
I would never voluntarily pay more tax than I am legally required.
Really? What if you could direct where a voluntary overpayment went (NASA for example)?
This isn't a case of the U.S. reaching across a border. Microsoft is _here_. Microsoft is doing business _here_. The court _here_ is ordering microsoft _here_ do produce documents _here_. Microsoft's claims that the docuements are "in their other pants" (e.g. on a server in Ireland) is immaterial because microsoft is _here_ and _microsoft_ owns those documents.
But what if, under Irish law, that data cannot leave Ireland without Ireland's say-so. Then it becomes a case of the court _here_ is ordering microsoft _here_ do produce documents _that-are-not-here_.
But ultimately yes: the USA government has the right to tell a USA corporation to violate the laws of another country.
... and presumably the USA government (or agents thereof) can thus be held on conspiracy charges in those other countries.
exploded the instant it touched the water.
How would that not make the highlight reel for the launch?
Because nobody was there to film it?
"my Mum had sex. At least once because, you know, I'm here"
Not really, you could be adopted or the result of artificial insemination. It's far from clear.
Could even be a 'bot for all we know.
Actually, modern OLED screens are fine outside.
I'll believe it when I see it. Besides that, there's the power requirements. My phone needs to be charged daily, whereas my e-ink Kobo can go for a month between charges. Granted, the Kobo is monochrome and is only switching between pages. whereas the cell phone is contacting cell towers periodically, and such, but still, the display on the phone eats up an extraordinary amount of energy.
So not only are you completely wrong to say if you can prove you don't have a key you can be jailed for it...
I refer you to my sig. Thanks for your cooperation.
To do nothing is to be nothing.
