BN66/S58 update

[proggy]

All bollocks, like fat boy. No evidence at all he existed, but plenty that there was a man who wondered about making tulip out of wood...

Fat boy, you not doing this ironing again are you, liek, following me about

You couldn't be more stupid if you were Scottish.

Oh, hang on.

Errrr.. put down the crack pipe and call an ambulance.

[Old Hack]

Errrr.. put down the crack pipe and call an ambulance.

Is that aimed at yourself? I thought it was drink that was making you act like this, but that would explain a lot, and you being a jock as well.

[d000hg]

It's easier for a Camel to pass through the eye of a Needle than for a Rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

That has nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with what you consider important in life.

Two parables about money:

Matthew 25:14-30 NIV - The Parable of the Bags of Gold - Bible Gateway
Matthew 20:1-16 NIV - The Parable of the Workers in the - Bible Gateway

[AtW]

No, but take this scenario:
1. programmer writes code with security hole
2. during testing they find the bug and publicly debate it
3. they decide not to fix it
4. it is declassified as a bug and classed a feature
5. it is publicised in the professional press and put in the user manual
6. people make use of the feature
7. some of them are written letters asking to explain their use of it but after explanation the use is further validated
8. many others utilising the feature are ignored (even though they fully declared its use)
9. 21 years later the project team decides to reclassify the feature as a bug
10. the team mislead parliament (by declaring 1. and 6. above only, purposely ignoring the others and saying they always meant it to be a bug) persuading them to change the law retrospectively so that those who used the feature will owe an exceptional amount of money
11. people lose their livelihoods/lives as a result

... slightly different picture.

No, it's not a different picture - it's still Computer Misuse Act violation, people who did not close the bug might be incompetent idiots, but the person who'd take advantage of it to steal money would be doing time in jail (if found).

Same principle should apply to tax laws.

It's not like it's accidental action - BN66 and other schemes are all deliberately found and used loopholes in the system to gain financial advantage. It should be no more legal than doing the same to online banks.

[proggy]

Is that aimed at yourself? I thought it was drink that was making you act like this, but that would explain a lot, and you being a jock as well.

I don't drink at work, and I am only 25% genetically Scottish.

[Old Hack]

I don't drink at work, and I am only 25% genetically Scottish.

I'd keep that quiet, the 25% bit. If you blag enough, you could cover that up very easily.

[ZARDOZ]

That has nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with what you consider important in life.

Jesus said "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's " i.e. pay your taxes. He clearly saw it as a moral issue.

[proggy]

Jesus said "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's " i.e. pay your taxes. He clearly saw it as a moral issue.

Yeah and we do pay our taxes, otherwise we would all be locked up.

[AtW]

Jesus said "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's " i.e. pay your taxes. He clearly saw it as a moral issue.

He did not need to finish the phrase with - "OR else!"

Apparently the punishment dished out to tax evaders in ancient Rome was so horrible that no historian dared to write about it!

[proggy]

He did not need to finish the phrase with - "OR else!"

Apparently the punishment dished out to tax evaders in ancient Rome was so horrible that no historian dared to write about it!

He also didn't say "also give to Caesar what might be his but its not clear and might change in the future"