Posts by katrinab 7102 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Aug 2016
It is probably better than my Pixma 8500 which has 8 colours, but then, it is 14 years old.
But then, there hasn't actually been that much improvement in printing technology since then. If I go to Jessops today and ask them to sell me a replacement for it, they would sell me a Pixma 100S, which also has 8 colours, at the same resolution and roughly the same speed. The only improvement seems to be in connectivity options.
"The real problem is the insistence of the ad companies to engage in ubiquitous surveillance as part of their business model. You can absolutely do advertising without spying on everybody, it's just less lucrative."
I'm not even sure about that. In the old days of dead-tree publications, there was no ad tracking, everyone saw the same ads. That was actually a lot more lucrative. People actually bought local newspapers etc to look at the ads, and if you had an advert in a newspaper, that meant you were a big trustworthy company. Now it seems to mean you are a bottom-feeding, clickbaity scammer.
Like the husband of the Chief Magistrate at Westminster Magistrates Court[1] who has given favourable rulings[2][3] in court cases against them?
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/18/uber-judge-steps-aside
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/26/uber-case-licence-london
[3] http://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35993%3Aprosecution-of-uber-driver-dismissed-amid-claims-app-was-plying-for-hire&catid=61&Itemid=29
I can log in OK, but then I get a system error when I try to do anything. Fortunately, I don't need to do anything. Bill payment day is next weekend. I know there is plenty of available credit on my Amex and Mastercard should I feel any desire to spend money on the first day of Black Friday that is actually a Friday.
Some of the reasons why you might be required to register even though you are below the registration threshold
You are a non-resident trader
Certain types of foreign / EU trade
Part of a VAT group
In all of those cases, you won't be able to register for MTD at the moment, because it can't cope with those scenarios yet.
Could it be a LibreOffice macro?
At the moment, if you need to file a MOSS return, one of the options is to put the details in a spreadsheet template and upload it to them. The templates are available in Excel and Libreoffice formats, which between them, cover most operating systems.
What will happen to MOSS after Brexit? Right now, nobody knows. Will UK traders have to register in another EU country to report sales after 29th March? I expect most will chose Ireland so that they can communicate with the tax office in English. Are they ready to handle loads of applications?
What happened was that last Friday, people were looking round the shops, not buying anything, and told them they weren't going to buy now because they were waiting for Black Friday. So, on Saturday, they decided to declare that it was now Black Friday in the hope that they would get some actual sales.
I was planning to buy a new coat, because, it's winter and I need something a bit warmer. I didn't buy it a few weeks ago because I knew Black Friday was coming and it would likely be cheaper then. Yesterday, the shop that had the coat I want announced it was Black Friday despite it being a Wednesday, and the coat was available at a more reasonable price, so I bought it.
Having you and your accountant able to access the data at the same time is useful. They can do all their accounting adjustments, depreciation and so on while you continue to put your sales and purchases into it.
Clouds are one way to do this, there are other ways such as give them a login on your remote desktop server.
Sage Drive is supposed to allow you to do this, however, it is not reliable enough to be of any use, so you will need to find another solution, such as an rdp server.
It is not at all clear that MTD is going to happen. They are way behind schedule, it doesn't work for a lot of use cases, eg anyone, who at any time, has ever traded with someone in another EU country. Also, there is a very large Brexit-shaped object heading their way which needs more urgent attention.
"It's not clear what exactly motivated the utter scum to chose to compromise the website of a charity that performs acts of kindness for seriously ill children"
I don't think the malware script cares what sort of website it is infecting.
Also, in my experience, big multinational charities tend not to care about anything other than their director's massive salaries.
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