Who lied about what? They used AMD GPU's in 2011. You typed 6 paragraphs and didn't even read the 4 paragraphs in the OP's linked article.
"The issue appears to affect 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pros that have discrete graphics cards. All of the 2011 MacBooks use AMD cards, including the AMD Radeon HD 6490M, the AMD Radeon HD 6750M (both 512MB/1GB variants) and the AMD Radeon HD 6770M."
Then you sir lack reason and good judgement. Every other weekend my truck is covered head to toe in mud, snow or whatever challenging conditions I was seeking. Guess what I do when I get home.. I wash the mud off the truck... Brilliant huh? who saw that coming.. But I'm still an idiot because obviously seeing an SUV drive past you on the street makes you an expert on how that vehicle and owner spends their time..
Well actually not really! The market has already adjusted for the Mall rated 4x4 crowd. How many real SUV's are left on the Market? not many - most SUV's are now crossover vehicles with decent gas mileage and car like ride. The only real SUV's left are some land rovers, the 4 runner and a jeep.
They discovered this again? Haven't we known this for a long time? I remember seeing a show in the 80's. I think it was Blue Peter on the BBC - a childrens science show. Where they simulated what a Fly sees with a Slow motion camera and explained how perception of time is different for insects and humans.
Why is it morally questionable for countries to offer competitive tax rates? Tiny nations like Ireland are competitive to try keep their people employed. You can moral this and moral that but Apple have employed over 4,000 people in Ireland and been there for quite some time. The morality of other nations tax laws are not really an issue here, small nations do what they must to survive in a financial world largely driven by the United states. - Apples duties as an American company is the only place there can be a moral question. It's sheer ignorance that would compare Ireland to pacific island tax havens.
Listening to congressmen go on about this - It's like a Shark crying because a goldfish stole it's lunch.. Really America? Blame the Paddies because of your deregulated financial ecosystem that empowers corporations to act like they are above the people and often the law.. Keep handing out welfare checks to oil companies and friends while doing nothing as competitive tax incentives from other countries have seen the exodus of many industries and sources of employment in the US. The whole thing is so shallow and pathetic.
The Big Rigs do cause more road damage, but where I live I'd blame Cal Trans for building poor quality roads. An 11 inch thick road bed is not thick enough and I believe that's the standard around these parts.
"No man is responsible for the sins of his father" That's a cool slogan for a movie but on the flip side.. Most sons WILL take up arms because of what was done to their fathers. People don't forget and forgive that quickly and often rightly so.
The empires are far from ancient history... that's some stunning ignorance.. That's what the sons of empires tell themselves so they feel better.. It's not too long ago in Northern Ireland where Catholics were second class citizens.. For all the Brits development as a powerful first world nation - even in the 1970's a catholic couldn't vote. British army shooting unarmed civies in the street.. You won WW2 and learned what? What was learned was easily ignored when it suited the empires prejudices.. Ireland, South Africa, Falklands.. yea, ancient history my ass...
It cracks me ups when Brits / Euros take some superficial higher moral ground to the US... Read a history book folks..
An H1-B takes a low paying job that would traditionally go to an entry-level local worker, works for several years, and returns home with enough money live on comfortably for the rest of his life due to the exchange rate.
That's hysterical. I don't know what countries you think all these people come from for that to be possible. Your American dollar is not worth that much to the vast majority of countries.. You need a good education to get a job in America and so American jobs are not being lost to developing nations where your statement might have a chance at relevance. (with the exception of the ones being outsourced by "loyal" American companies which is a far bigger problem.) How long do you think 50k would last in Europe or most of Asia?
Irishmen exaggerate - I know this because I am one. Low corporation tax has little to do with any of Irelands troubles and those tax rates are a gross exaggeration. Low corporation tax is one of the few things keeping jobs in the country. Google is probably a better resource for accurate information than some bloke you had a chat with at the pub.
haha, your all killing me here. Simply put, We're talking about a delivery company having a device that might make "delivery" of Your package more efficient. hmmm, delivery - GPS, I see a totally reasonable equation there. Common teamsters, find something legit to bitch about. This is Tard!
I have been working in the animation industry for twelve years and this problem is industry wide. Be it games, commercials or film most of the big studios are the same. The fact is, there are very few places a digital artist can go to get the same labor rights as other workers.
Because my skill is artistic, I am considered exempt from many californian labour laws, the Law does not require that I'm payed time and a half for overtime. The law does not require a 40 hour week, in fact, at my current job at a large effects studio I work a 50 hour mandatory week. Even with my 50 hour work week I get NO benefits, I'm not even considered fulltime. I am technically a contractor, even though for two years i have been sitting in the same seat and worked exclusively for them! I love my job, I love the work, much of the time. But it's the same as everywhere else. Some Fat cats, riding on our backs, the backs of the skilled people who actually provide the skill that makes the money. I'm so sick to death of this. The creative arts industry needs to have it's labour laws looked at big time. But like most things in america. It's about the little man making the big man rich. We can try get unions going, but then you'll see the work being outsourced. There are no simple solutions simply because we're dealing with people who's sole objective is Greed, and thats what most problems these days come down to.
In the real world of movie making this programs possible uses are extremely limited. As a simulator this is a great piece of work and hats off to all involved. But until they create a simulation that can conform to the average inane request by hollywood directors these days, we won't see very much of it in actual production use. It could be handy for crowd sims and the likes.
Also, some have referred to this as Virtual acting. This is purely a dynamic simulation of how the body reacts in the real world. Virtual acting it is not! When is the last time you saw real world anything in an action movie? The reason CG is slowly replacing the real stuntman (aside from safety issues) is because the directors want more than real world physics! I see this having a much better application for things like Car crash simulators for motor manufacturers and such where real world physics actually matter.
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Who lied about what? They used AMD GPU's in 2011. You typed 6 paragraphs and didn't even read the 4 paragraphs in the OP's linked article. "The issue appears to affect 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pros that have discrete graphics cards. All of the 2011 MacBooks use AMD cards, including the AMD Radeon HD 6490M, the AMD Radeon HD 6750M (both 512MB/1GB variants) and the AMD Radeon HD 6770M."
Then you sir lack reason and good judgement. Every other weekend my truck is covered head to toe in mud, snow or whatever challenging conditions I was seeking. Guess what I do when I get home.. I wash the mud off the truck... Brilliant huh? who saw that coming.. But I'm still an idiot because obviously seeing an SUV drive past you on the street makes you an expert on how that vehicle and owner spends their time..
Well actually not really! The market has already adjusted for the Mall rated 4x4 crowd. How many real SUV's are left on the Market? not many - most SUV's are now crossover vehicles with decent gas mileage and car like ride. The only real SUV's left are some land rovers, the 4 runner and a jeep.
They discovered this again? Haven't we known this for a long time? I remember seeing a show in the 80's. I think it was Blue Peter on the BBC - a childrens science show. Where they simulated what a Fly sees with a Slow motion camera and explained how perception of time is different for insects and humans.
Why is it morally questionable for countries to offer competitive tax rates? Tiny nations like Ireland are competitive to try keep their people employed. You can moral this and moral that but Apple have employed over 4,000 people in Ireland and been there for quite some time. The morality of other nations tax laws are not really an issue here, small nations do what they must to survive in a financial world largely driven by the United states. - Apples duties as an American company is the only place there can be a moral question. It's sheer ignorance that would compare Ireland to pacific island tax havens. Listening to congressmen go on about this - It's like a Shark crying because a goldfish stole it's lunch.. Really America? Blame the Paddies because of your deregulated financial ecosystem that empowers corporations to act like they are above the people and often the law.. Keep handing out welfare checks to oil companies and friends while doing nothing as competitive tax incentives from other countries have seen the exodus of many industries and sources of employment in the US. The whole thing is so shallow and pathetic.
The Big Rigs do cause more road damage, but where I live I'd blame Cal Trans for building poor quality roads. An 11 inch thick road bed is not thick enough and I believe that's the standard around these parts.
"Indeed the X-37 is being studied by boeing" Didn't Boeing build it?
"No man is responsible for the sins of his father" That's a cool slogan for a movie but on the flip side.. Most sons WILL take up arms because of what was done to their fathers. People don't forget and forgive that quickly and often rightly so. The empires are far from ancient history... that's some stunning ignorance.. That's what the sons of empires tell themselves so they feel better.. It's not too long ago in Northern Ireland where Catholics were second class citizens.. For all the Brits development as a powerful first world nation - even in the 1970's a catholic couldn't vote. British army shooting unarmed civies in the street.. You won WW2 and learned what? What was learned was easily ignored when it suited the empires prejudices.. Ireland, South Africa, Falklands.. yea, ancient history my ass... It cracks me ups when Brits / Euros take some superficial higher moral ground to the US... Read a history book folks..
An H1-B takes a low paying job that would traditionally go to an entry-level local worker, works for several years, and returns home with enough money live on comfortably for the rest of his life due to the exchange rate.
That's hysterical. I don't know what countries you think all these people come from for that to be possible. Your American dollar is not worth that much to the vast majority of countries.. You need a good education to get a job in America and so American jobs are not being lost to developing nations where your statement might have a chance at relevance. (with the exception of the ones being outsourced by "loyal" American companies which is a far bigger problem.) How long do you think 50k would last in Europe or most of Asia?
Irishmen exaggerate - I know this because I am one. Low corporation tax has little to do with any of Irelands troubles and those tax rates are a gross exaggeration. Low corporation tax is one of the few things keeping jobs in the country. Google is probably a better resource for accurate information than some bloke you had a chat with at the pub.
haha, your all killing me here. Simply put, We're talking about a delivery company having a device that might make "delivery" of Your package more efficient. hmmm, delivery - GPS, I see a totally reasonable equation there. Common teamsters, find something legit to bitch about. This is Tard!
I have been working in the animation industry for twelve years and this problem is industry wide. Be it games, commercials or film most of the big studios are the same. The fact is, there are very few places a digital artist can go to get the same labor rights as other workers. Because my skill is artistic, I am considered exempt from many californian labour laws, the Law does not require that I'm payed time and a half for overtime. The law does not require a 40 hour week, in fact, at my current job at a large effects studio I work a 50 hour mandatory week. Even with my 50 hour work week I get NO benefits, I'm not even considered fulltime. I am technically a contractor, even though for two years i have been sitting in the same seat and worked exclusively for them! I love my job, I love the work, much of the time. But it's the same as everywhere else. Some Fat cats, riding on our backs, the backs of the skilled people who actually provide the skill that makes the money. I'm so sick to death of this. The creative arts industry needs to have it's labour laws looked at big time. But like most things in america. It's about the little man making the big man rich. We can try get unions going, but then you'll see the work being outsourced. There are no simple solutions simply because we're dealing with people who's sole objective is Greed, and thats what most problems these days come down to.
In the real world of movie making this programs possible uses are extremely limited. As a simulator this is a great piece of work and hats off to all involved. But until they create a simulation that can conform to the average inane request by hollywood directors these days, we won't see very much of it in actual production use. It could be handy for crowd sims and the likes. Also, some have referred to this as Virtual acting. This is purely a dynamic simulation of how the body reacts in the real world. Virtual acting it is not! When is the last time you saw real world anything in an action movie? The reason CG is slowly replacing the real stuntman (aside from safety issues) is because the directors want more than real world physics! I see this having a much better application for things like Car crash simulators for motor manufacturers and such where real world physics actually matter.