If Apple had any balls, they'd pull out of Europe, push a firmware update to brick any devices there that they can reach, and literally burn to the ground any assets that they are unable to smuggle out.
Ah, the rage of the thwarted ideologue!
Imagine how intimidated other multi-national trading blocs would be by such a performance! Thank goodness the countries comprising such organizations don't have weapons, armies and places where they make law. That might mean Apple could wind up with its assets frozen and its property held hostage to prevent further incidents should a country decide to exercise its sovereignty by enacting legislation Apple doesn't like.
And of course, there wouldn't be any lawsuits from customers who bought their device in good faith not from their government, but from Apple. We've seen ample evidence that angry customers are delighted to take a loss, if it means furthering the objectives of the corporate kleptocracy.
Let me make a wild guess: your job doesn't include anything having to do with strategic planning...am I right?
Since the EU clearly believes corporations operating on its soil should actually pay taxes, an opportunity is raising its one-eyed head. Maybe the UK can set itself up with Jersey and the Isle of Man to become the Cayman Islands of the North.
I bet you just love the way Apple knows you're so cool and tech savvy you'll never need to choose between charging your phone and listening to music.
And the convenience of having a pair of headphones that work on just about any device anywhere in the world capable of producing sound kind of sucks, too.
"The [Association of American Physicians and Surgeons] is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative, and its publication advocates a range of scientifically discredited hypotheses, including the belief that HIV does not cause AIDS, that being gay reduces life expectancy, that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer, and that there are links between autism and vaccinations".
Way to go. Slashdot has been reduced to giving anti-vaxxers and homophobes and fundamentalist nut cases an uncritical platform to publish propaganda about a presidential candidate.
As a very young boy, I exhausted the children's area of our small-town library in no time. With my parents' permission and a wonderful librarian, I was allowed to start getting books from the Adults' floor. I was a complete science fiction addict. I went through the whole section. I was even allowed to read stories like Farmer's "The Lovers" and Sturgeon's "Venus Plus X", which at the time were considered very definitely not for children.
I was thoroughly familiar with concepts that are now almost trite, but at the time were pretty much limited to the science fiction community: preserving time lines to preserve reality, the implications of faster-than-light spaceships, matter transmission, parallel universes and a lot more. Television science fiction (except Outer Limits and Twilight Zone) bored me to tears, and Lost In Space made me sick. My parents couldn't figure out why I loved SF books so much, but had no time for "Fireball XL-5".
Then, just as summer was winding down, the networks started promoting the new TV shows for the coming season. And there was Star Trek. Even the very limited "trailers" made it clear this was going to be something different. It delivered in spades. All of the stuff I'd been reading about was brought to life, and I got to watch my family and friends catch onto the same things that had held me spellbound for a good part of my short life. And most important, Star Trek made it clear that we'd get through all the evil and ugliness we saw around us...Vietnam, the assassinations, the Cold War. It was looking pretty bleak there, for a while.
And it also did what science fiction was supposed to do: hold up a mirror to problems in our own world we didn't often discuss openly. Plus (huge bonus) some of the seriously imaginative science fiction writers whose work I loved were writing episodes. My mother, who was a tough, capable woman, cried like a baby at the end of "The City at the Edge of Forever", and my dad was very quiet. They'd both lived through WWII (my dad served with the RAF), and they both knew just how close Hitler came to winning.
But it was that first view of the first promo I remember best...when my sister and I were sitting on the living room floor playing a card game and I looked at the TV and just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
All these years later, I know how lucky I was to see it happen through a child's eyes.
The energy to make them is paid back in 2-4 years, and they last 30 years. That's in Australia, which is roughly the same distance from the Equator as Sri Lanka.
Wrong. Spotify has no inherent right to break new music. They pay the artists sweet fuck all in any case. They have no case for screwing them even worse just for not being given first crack at them.
So if other songs released when yours was and roughly as successful as yours was get preferential treatment because you didn't kiss Spotify's ass, you're OK with that?
Let me guess...you're not exactly a threat to become a millionaire. Am I right?
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If Apple had any balls, they'd pull out of Europe, push a firmware update to brick any devices there that they can reach, and literally burn to the ground any assets that they are unable to smuggle out.
Ah, the rage of the thwarted ideologue!
Imagine how intimidated other multi-national trading blocs would be by such a performance! Thank goodness the countries comprising such organizations don't have weapons, armies and places where they make law. That might mean Apple could wind up with its assets frozen and its property held hostage to prevent further incidents should a country decide to exercise its sovereignty by enacting legislation Apple doesn't like.
And of course, there wouldn't be any lawsuits from customers who bought their device in good faith not from their government, but from Apple. We've seen ample evidence that angry customers are delighted to take a loss, if it means furthering the objectives of the corporate kleptocracy.
Let me make a wild guess: your job doesn't include anything having to do with strategic planning...am I right?
Sorry, that comes with the package. You'll find it in a folder called "Not Suffering Fools Gladly".
Please feel free to comment further when you develop a sense of humour. Perhaps also if you lose your virginity...to a human.
It's a joke, kid. Like the ability to talk to girls, a sense of humour is something you'll have to develop.
They'll hear nothing from me (Hiding Isle of Man TT hoodie).
Um...that's why I said "Cayman Islands OF THE NORTH".
Is there anything else I can help you with?
Brexit just might work out after all.
Since the EU clearly believes corporations operating on its soil should actually pay taxes, an opportunity is raising its one-eyed head. Maybe the UK can set itself up with Jersey and the Isle of Man to become the Cayman Islands of the North.
Worse weather. Better tax haven. Everybody wins!
I bet you just love the way Apple knows you're so cool and tech savvy you'll never need to choose between charging your phone and listening to music.
And the convenience of having a pair of headphones that work on just about any device anywhere in the world capable of producing sound kind of sucks, too.
You're very welcome.
"The world's first computer printer was a 19th-century mechanically driven apparatus invented by Charles Babbage for his difference engine."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_%28computing%29
Babbage was English. Anything else I can help you with, Sparky?
"The [Association of American Physicians and Surgeons] is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative, and its publication advocates a range of scientifically discredited hypotheses, including the belief that HIV does not cause AIDS, that being gay reduces life expectancy, that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer, and that there are links between autism and vaccinations".
Way to go. Slashdot has been reduced to giving anti-vaxxers and homophobes and fundamentalist nut cases an uncritical platform to publish propaganda about a presidential candidate.
Nice work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons
Yuppers! CTV...and I was tuned in 10 minutes early to make sure I didn't miss one second of it. And it converted my whole family into SF fans, too.
As a very young boy, I exhausted the children's area of our small-town library in no time. With my parents' permission and a wonderful librarian, I was allowed to start getting books from the Adults' floor. I was a complete science fiction addict. I went through the whole section. I was even allowed to read stories like Farmer's "The Lovers" and Sturgeon's "Venus Plus X", which at the time were considered very definitely not for children.
I was thoroughly familiar with concepts that are now almost trite, but at the time were pretty much limited to the science fiction community: preserving time lines to preserve reality, the implications of faster-than-light spaceships, matter transmission, parallel universes and a lot more. Television science fiction (except Outer Limits and Twilight Zone) bored me to tears, and Lost In Space made me sick. My parents couldn't figure out why I loved SF books so much, but had no time for "Fireball XL-5".
Then, just as summer was winding down, the networks started promoting the new TV shows for the coming season. And there was Star Trek. Even the very limited "trailers" made it clear this was going to be something different. It delivered in spades. All of the stuff I'd been reading about was brought to life, and I got to watch my family and friends catch onto the same things that had held me spellbound for a good part of my short life. And most important, Star Trek made it clear that we'd get through all the evil and ugliness we saw around us...Vietnam, the assassinations, the Cold War. It was looking pretty bleak there, for a while.
And it also did what science fiction was supposed to do: hold up a mirror to problems in our own world we didn't often discuss openly. Plus (huge bonus) some of the seriously imaginative science fiction writers whose work I loved were writing episodes. My mother, who was a tough, capable woman, cried like a baby at the end of "The City at the Edge of Forever", and my dad was very quiet. They'd both lived through WWII (my dad served with the RAF), and they both knew just how close Hitler came to winning.
But it was that first view of the first promo I remember best...when my sister and I were sitting on the living room floor playing a card game and I looked at the TV and just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
All these years later, I know how lucky I was to see it happen through a child's eyes.
So what you're saying is that it's sort of like a Third World version of the US?
The energy to make them is paid back in 2-4 years, and they last 30 years. That's in Australia, which is roughly the same distance from the Equator as Sri Lanka.
http://www.solarchoice.net.au/blog/news/solar-energy-myth-buster-1-they-take-more-energy-to-manufacture-then-they-will-ever-generate-161209/
You're welcome. No charge. I educate idiots every day.
Leaving the EU was the right move for anybody with even an ounce of self-respect.
Well said.
I have little doubt that your vision of the future is both accurate and demonstrative of a deep understanding of the human condition.
Sooner or later, somebody's going to look at this acronym and ask to buy a vowel.P>
Wrong. Spotify has no inherent right to break new music. They pay the artists sweet fuck all in any case. They have no case for screwing them even worse just for not being given first crack at them.
So if other songs released when yours was and roughly as successful as yours was get preferential treatment because you didn't kiss Spotify's ass, you're OK with that?
Let me guess...you're not exactly a threat to become a millionaire. Am I right?
Your hand will no doubt be delighted to learn you intend to be true to her.
As Beyonce says, "Put a ring on it".
Skynet jokes starting in three, two, one...
Yeah, Kindle's just some unknown device from a flyspeck company in the middle of Krgystan.
Why should Windows test a compulsory update that winds up crashing the computers of some of the millions of people who have such a device?
You really are a special kind of stupid.
If I had mod points right now, you'd be getting one.