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You may end up spending a lot more - given the choice of two I'd certainly go Apple route
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If you're a teenager maybe. It's cool, but being a productive software developer isn't. Something clunky with lots of buttons is clearly better for people like us...Originally posted by NickFitz View PostBe disowned. It's worth it
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+50 Xeno Geek Points
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Ouch!!! Friggen hell you have to be made of tough stuff to last in here lol!!Originally posted by d000hg View PostComment
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BN66. I saw the news earlier. Poor sods. My situation is tulipe, but I am now suddenly far better off than any of them in that I have hope. Theirs has been taken away and replaced with their living nightmare. And that is frightening and very upsetting. I feel awful for being on the edge whilst they have just been kicked off the cliff.
<--- does not do justice to how I feel for them and their families.
My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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You don't have to do COBOL to be too uncool for an iPhone.Originally posted by Zippy View PostOh dear
Are you a COBOL programmer?
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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BlessOriginally posted by d000hg View Post
You're never too uncool for an iPhone. FFS, Steve Jobs launches them, and he had a liver transplant last year
You know how you grew old waiting for the future? It's here; you can relax and enjoy it
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Indeed; however, from what I've gathered on the thread, this is a terrible blow from a psychological perspective but in some ways is simply one side of a coin which was going to lead to further legal machinations either wayOriginally posted by RichardCranium View Post-------------------------------------------------------------
BN66. I saw the news earlier. Poor sods. My situation is tulipe, but I am now suddenly far better off than any of them in that I have hope. Theirs has been taken away and replaced with their living nightmare. And that is frightening and very upsetting. I feel awful for being on the edge whilst they have just been kicked off the cliff.
<--- does not do justice to how I feel for them and their families.
If our friends on the BN66 thread had won the JR, HMRC would have appealed. As it is, our friends have to appeal instead. Either way, it would not have been over yet.
A good explanation of the decision and the implications thereof has already been posted (props to Emigre
) on the first post of the latest BN66 thread over in A/L. If I understand matters correctly, the judgement really comes down to the judge saying that there are outstanding considerations, but they are outside the remit of his court's jurisdiction: he is restricted to consideration of how the system is administered, whereas the salient points relate to how the system is structured.
Therefore he dismissed the JR and stated that he would not hear an appeal in his court, meaning that it is now necessary to seek a hearing at the Appeals Court concerning the system per se (as opposed to the administration thereof). This will (all things being well) be referred to the Supreme Court, which has the power to decide over the nature of the system as opposed to the mere administration of it in its current form.
Even if the Supreme Court were to rule in favour of the mixture of HMRC's interpretations and Parliament's supposed intentions, that would still leave open the option of making a further appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, which could decide that this retrospective imposition of legislation placed an undue burden on those citizens affected by this matter, and order HMG to back down.
So this battle may have been lost, but the war is not over. It may not be nice to have the axe hovering overhead, but it's still better than it falling.
Those embroiled in this matter (or those who understand that this may spread further to affect those who hitherto thought they were safe) should also be aware that HMRC have apparently indicated that they will not commence punitive action until all the legal avenues have been explored. If they hold to that, then nobody will be losing their home in the immediate future.
This is still no reassurance that the worst may not eventually happen, but as some wise chap once said: Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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That's why I'm looking forward to my pint(s) with 'the lads' (ie - some of you lot) next Friday.Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
I must admit - it's only CUK that I talk to apart from Mr C at the moment...
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STOP WITH THE FRICKEN LOL'ING!!! IT DOIN' MY 'EAD IN!!!!Originally posted by NeverBeenNorthOfTheM25 View Post
<and breathes....>Last edited by cojak; 29 January 2010, 07:54. Reason: Just in case I didn't make myself clear... >:-("I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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