What you're trying to say is that you don't like Bush.

Erm...

You do know that Ireland's economy is up the shitter and they're relying on handouts from the EU right?

So this isn't working out good for Ireland either.

Also, doesn't the disallow dual citizenship?

Australian/Irish dual citizenship would be a better example and here if you're earning a wage in Australia or living in Australia but earning a wage overseas you have to pay tax. But if you are an Australian citizen living overseas and earning overseas, the ATO cant touch you.

It is also illegal for a corporation to try to move their profit overseas. Even if a loophole is legal, the ATO will still take them to court and the intent of Apple will come into play. Also the loophole will likely be closed as a result of the case.

This.

Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer once said "Of course I am minimising my tax. And if anybody in this country doesn't minimise their tax, they want their heads read" and I agree with Packer on this one. Whether or not you agree with how the govt is spending tax money, you've got to have rocks in your head for not trying to minimise your tax.

However there is a huge difference between tax minimisation (I.E. deductions, amortisations and re-investment) and tax evasion (I.E. moving profit overseas), Apple is doing the latter (and probably the former too, but its only the latter that concerns us).

And the ATO (Australian Tax Office) is picking on Apple because their a high profile target and a powerful target. If the ATO is successful against Apple it will scare other companies into not defying the ATO.

Technically, wages are all profit anyway.

As much as I'd love to be able to offset my living expenses against my tax it would just lead to massive abuse as people and keep toys just to write them off on tax instead of investing money which would only drive up the prices of the toys I want. I can already offset some of my expenses on tax, but that's limited for good reason.

Also most places in the world have a sales tax, which is a flat tax on most if not all sales (I.E. Australia excepts essential items like milk from sale tax).

Conversely, if there's another power draw, they'll blink slower. Which why I said working correctly, not blown.

But I suspect its just a design flaw on his car as Japanese and European cars changed the design of the circuits changed decades ago to alleviate this.

Or maybe Apple is complying with the law?

Which law?

I realise that in the American legal system a corporation is allowed to do whatever it likes, but in England the device owner has some rights and protections.

Apple would be closer to violating the law here by not unlocking the device as the lock is controlled by Apple. But in the UK this is a civil matter not a criminal one so criminal laws do not apply however the owner can still take Apple to court and I'll bet Apples entire fortune that if it goes to court, the judge will order Apple to unlock the device.

Didn't read the summary huh, he presented Apple with the will, a legal document that transferred ownership. The only thing that has more power than that is a letter from the Executor accompanying the will.

It may be that cars are different in the US, but isn't Randal's turn signal blinking a little slow. If he's got an old car, he might want to check the bulbs are all working correctly.

I'm not sure, when I drove in the US I only saw about 2 others use their turn signals at all.

Actually, the box says "Your Apple iPad" inferring that Apple still own it and you're just using it. Besides this, your soul is the minimum price for any apple product. The bequeathed couldn't inherit this agreement as the agreement was for his grandmothers soul, he'll need to bequeath his soul to Apple (signed in blood, in triplicate) before they can do anything.

Jokes aside here, Apple is just being a dick, which is really what we can expect from Apple. The inheritor is legally entitled to the data on that device (as they would to any other intellectual properties like writings, patents and works of art created by the deceased) and Apple have the capacity to unlock the device (which is scary enough on its own) but refuse to do so because, because, shut up, thats why.

Also this is in the UK, consumer protection will not be kind to Apple.

Erm, roll bars and spoilers (proper spoilers) change the performance characteristics of a car. So yes, they can turn an ordinary car into a race car that's legal for street use. In fact, if you're going rallying, an upgraded roll cage is a must (unless you're not to attached to this life) and spoilers create downforce (which is quite important at high speed).

That wont make it rare, that will only ensure we have accurate accounting.

Even then, you'll still have people who'll want to avoid the clinics because their name will be taken down and recorded forever. So they end up doing it with a coat hanger in a back alley or travelling to countries where they can get an abortion without the stigma. So even then, whilst it appears abortions are rare, they're just outsourced and this happens a lot with young pregnant girls from countries where the government is run by some deeply religious retards... Like Ireland.

What makes abortions rare is proper sex education removing the stigma of contraception (also not throwing up political/medical/religious roadblocks between girls getting the pill). However to do this you need to get rid of the religion that is so perversive in your political system.

Prevention is far better than cure, better contraception education results in fewer unplanned pregnancies leading to fewer abortions.

Yes, this is the larval stage of a Sysadmin.

And yes, they will remember anyone who insults or annoys them.

The buyer and the seller will be the least harmed.

If the data is inaccurate and used to demonstrate the the surveilled did something wrong when they really didn't, the buyer and seller come out virtually unscathed.

People automatically think that the police will the primary audience for this data. Hell no, most of it will end up in the hands of private corporations and investigators. P.I's don't give a shit if the data's accurate as long as it gets them another payday, neither do corporations if it helps them sell something or even a perspective employer who makes a judgement on bad data.

Recording, no.
Publishing, yes.
Selling, yes.

Australia solved this problem years ago, we cant stop people from recording in public so we give our implied consent to be recorded in public. However we can stop people from publishing or selling those images and any related data about me without my express consent, more over, it's easy to find and charge them when they sell data.