Posts by Sacha
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OnPoint: It's real, in reply to Dave Howell,
NZ companies, listed ones at least, pay relatively high dividends and have relatively low share price growth.
Would a CGT affect that tendency over time? (serious question)
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Speaker: The great New Zealand phone…, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Apple apparently continue to deny that their logo has anything to do with the image of Turing's mode of death, but one wonders.
Now there's an image that's sticking. Wow.
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Hard News: Angry and thrilled about Arie, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Community service would be most appropriate should anyone require punishing
I'll defer to a trained judge, thanks. In Arie's case that may well be true, but not those pricks who stole generators from a civil emergency zone. And please don't go trying ADHD as an excuse for that - it demeans everyone else with the condition.
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In last night's episode of Radler Live (4 mins), at the halfway mark John Campbell quotes IPONZ guidelines: "A trademark must be distinctive of a single trader's good or services".
IPONZ seem to have got that wrong (especially if there were imported Radlers in the NZ market at the time). Maybe their procedures need to allow for the possibility they made a fundamental error?
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Field Theory: It's not yours, but you…, in reply to Scott A,
required proof that Radler was a common or generic term in New Zealand in 2003
But using a survey conducted in the present (after years of protected exclusive use of the term) to prove the public's understanding? Puhlease. What sort of crack are IPONZ on? Sure gives a lot of confidence about any future IP disputes.
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Cracker: Another Capital Idea..., in reply to Danielle,
dumb movie jokes
welcome here
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Income adequacy often looks at housing expenses as a proportion of income, doesn't it?
By my reading, Rik's 25% puts him in the OK category compared with many low income earners who are paying 50% and more (and usually for rent so they get no capital gain either).
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Cracker: Another Capital Idea..., in reply to Rik,
First time ever
I believe they were more common in my earlier work..
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Cracker: Another Capital Idea..., in reply to Rik,
What I have asked in the past (and got nowhere with) is what is the definition of rich?
I prefer relativities - richest, not 'rich'. Top 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% seem reasonably uncontentious example thresholds for most things. Though with a government fond of lying about the 'average' and 'vast bulk' of people, levels like 50% and 70% also seem useful.
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Cracker: Another Capital Idea..., in reply to Rik,
Not bad for an IT guy, huh
Good to see you can put that edukashun to use when you want to