Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Paris Sinclair
On 23 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ask Bjoern Hansen) writes: > > > On 23 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: > [...] > > > "no money" implies "unethical" > > > > Yes, if compensation was promised or implied. > > No! > "no money" implies "no money" > it's a

payment not in $$ (s/$$/your local currency symbol)

2002-01-23 Thread Vicki Brown
At 17:14 -0800 1/23/02, Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: >On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Marty Landman wrote: > >[...] >> The same is true of stock as compensation. Worse still, if you accept stock >> from a company that isn't publically traded you may not have any way of >> selling it, or fairly valuating it. Howe

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Uri Guttman
> "VB" == Vicki Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: VB> I _really_ hate to break this to you and your friend, but the IRS VB> would like to see its cut of the value of that Perl Whirl cruise. VB> The IRS taxes compensation that has value - a computer or car you VB> win; a computer your

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Michael R. Wolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ask Bjoern Hansen) writes: > On 23 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: [...] > > "no money" implies "unethical" > > Yes, if compensation was promised or implied. No! "no money" implies "no money" it's a personal preference But "compensation promised or implie

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Marty Landman wrote: [...] > The same is true of stock as compensation. Worse still, if you accept stock > from a company that isn't publically traded you may not have any way of > selling it, or fairly valuating it. However there will be a valuation, and > a 1099 and you

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Marty Landman
At 04:07 PM 1/23/02 -0800, Vicki Brown wrote: >I _really_ hate to break this to you and your friend, but the IRS would like >to see its cut of the value of that Perl Whirl cruise. The IRS taxes >compensation that has value - a computer or car you win; a computer your >company "gives" you (to keep

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Vicki Brown
At 18:09 -0500 1/23/02, Michael R. Wolf wrote: >One company "employed" a buddy to "work" on >Saturdays for *NO MONEY* in exchange for his Perl Whirl >passage. At 17:43 -0600 1/23/02, Dave Rolsky wrote: >A trip on the Perl Whirl is most definitely compensation, as opposed to >stock in a company wh

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Dave Rolsky wrote: > > We're in a community centered around "free" software. Larry > > Wall, himself, does not currently have an income stream. > > Yes, he does. He works for O'Reilly. (no, not anymore). - ask

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Casey West
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 05:43:04PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote: : :On 23 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: :> We're in a community centered around "free" software. Larry :> Wall, himself, does not currently have an income stream. : :Yes, he does. He works for O'Reilly. But that's irrelevant. Actua

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Vicki Brown
At 18:09 -0500 1/23/02, Michael R. Wolf wrote: >"no money" implies "unethical" > >Non-sequitor!!! > >We're in a community centered around "free" software. There is a difference between "unwilling" and "unable". There is a very fine line between what you describe and "trying to get something f

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Dave Rolsky
On 23 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: > "no money" implies "unethical" > > Non-sequitor!!! My point was that in my experience there is a corrolation between the two. > We're in a community centered around "free" software. Larry > Wall, himself, does not currently have an income stream. Y

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On 23 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: > > > > Don't like jobs like that? Don't apply to 'em. > > > > > > But don't filter them, either. > [...] > > > TMTOWTDI - it applies to cash streams, careers, work > > > choices, too. > [...] > > The problem is that I think that places that aren't > > wil

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Michael R. Wolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Rolsky) writes: > On 22 Jan 2002, Michael R. Wolf wrote: > > > Don't like jobs like that? Don't apply to 'em. > > > > But don't filter them, either. [...] > > TMTOWTDI - it applies to cash streams, careers

talk openly [Was: Please tattle on bad employers ;)]

2002-01-23 Thread Michael R. Wolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terrence Brannon) writes: > On Wednesday, January 23, 2002, at 10:48 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote: [...] > > They did the work and have yet to be paid. But until > > Vicki brought QCI up on this list we never heard about > > it. > > Ouch, now *that* is a whole different story. I

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Uri Guttman
> "ABH" == Ask Bjoern Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ABH> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Uri Guttman wrote: ABH> [...] >> so the rule is that if we get complaints, then we will remove the >> listings. ABH> uh, no. We'll consider removing the listings. :-) minor nit accepted. :) uri

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Uri Guttman wrote: [...] > so the rule is that if we get complaints, then we will remove the > listings. uh, no. We'll consider removing the listings. :-) - ask -- ask bjoern hansen, http://ask.netcetera.dk/ !try; do();

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Douglas Wilson wrote: [...] > On another note, I wouldn't mind posts, say, from > charitable organizations looking for 'freebie' work, > as long as they say up front that they're only > paying with their goodwill, but I agree that > commercial enterprises wanting a month of

moderate this?

2002-01-23 Thread Uri Guttman
well, speaking of moderation of the jobs list i rejected 2 spanish spams (1 each to jobs and discuss) today. but this one i need help with: Delivered-To: moderator for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Incredible Information Sen

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Uri Guttman
> "ML" == Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ML> At 01:28 PM 1/23/02 -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: >> nah, we already crossed it. i take bribes to accept posts. i need the $$ ML> Funny Uri. Only having a blacklist as per one suggestion is against the ML> law, isn't it? Even on a

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Paris Sinclair
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Marty Landman wrote: > At 01:28 PM 1/23/02 -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: > > >nah, we already crossed it. i take bribes to accept posts. i need the $$ > > Funny Uri. Only having a blacklist as per one suggestion is against the > law, isn't it? Even on a privately owned list as

Re: scam warning (redux)

2002-01-23 Thread Marty Landman
At 01:28 PM 1/23/02 -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: >nah, we already crossed it. i take bribes to accept posts. i need the $$ Funny Uri. Only having a blacklist as per one suggestion is against the law, isn't it? Even on a privately owned list as was pointed out this is? Personally I think barring f