Given the top chap in the FBI stood in a press conference and went through some of the stuff they found, your credibility must be treated with derision.
1 - you don't want your 'best' scenes in the trailer or people will go 'that film was shit, just watch the trailer' 2 - you don't want plot spoilers in the trailer 3 - your trailer will be targeted at specific audiences. Different elements from different scenes will appeal to different audiences 4 - you want to convey specific messages with a trailer, and so its creation is an inherently creative task to assure this 5 - trailers can be cut and edited differently to the film. E.g. cutting the middle from a scene to hide a plot spoiler 6 - trailers can use scenes not included in the film. Some directors shoot scenes for the trailer 7 - trailers need to make narrative sense in their own right. Shit, even people posting crap on Youtube do more than post a sequence of scenes from a film 8 - trailers can fuck with a film's running order to support the above
That's before you add in a trailer voiceover, interstitial text/images, the need for trailers to provide consistency between Cinema (three minutes of trailer) and TV (30 seconds), the need for trailers to keep consistency with other marketing and PR (cast interviews, written reviews, press releases, 'fluff' pieces, astroturfing, all the other shit the media industry do).
But sure, just fucking slap together a trailer. Go for it. You clearly have a sparkling career ahead of you.
Yeah, about that. You don't want to be relying on a Slashdot subject.
It's accurate, but only in a "Windows only" context. Other operating systems have different constraints and options; you're not forced to use a Windows variant. You just wont get older consumer Windows variants supported by Microsoft.
Older server variants are a more interesting question, and one I'm going to go and track down. Professional implications..
Making the sample representative of the population would probably take longer than scanning the full set.
Write it, start it running, go out on the piss, black out, wake up, shower, start to cook breakfast, scream in agony, pull on clothes, dash to take the fried egg out of the pan before it overcooks, eat breakfast, go out for the day, get home, check results.
Or you could've skipped the entertainment and worked out how to pick a representative sample.
you can't handle properly using tabs and spaces, we won't hire you. If you can't handle and follow such a simple concept, how can we trust your programming skills?
Maybe because I automated the fuck out of this shit a long time ago and you'd get my salary back with dividends just for the productivity gains I'd force onto your backward fuckwit team.
If (as Ireland and Apple claim) there hasn't been any special treatment then there is no subsidy and the regulator will get overruled.
a kleptocracy
As I said, malformed and malignant. You're making shit up, projecting motivations and overlaying your own warped viewpoint on the facts. The regulator believes there has been a transgression of agreed rules, and has responded by identifying a correction mechanism. Where's the fucking theft?
So, until the EU can demonstrate that laws have been broken, Apple should owe zero
At this moment in time the regulator has ruled that the laws have been broken, and so Apple do owe the money that they have retained due to the illegal subsidy.
An appeal is almost certain, and a court will rule. At that point it may be determined that there is no illegal subsidy and at that point Apple will owe nothing. We haven't yet reached that point but surely this is the simple rule of law you're demanding?
if it turns out that the Irish government violated a treaty, unless Apple can be shown to have persuaded them to do so, they (Apple) owe zero
If the Irish Government have illegally subsidised a company then that subsidy should be reversed.
If I steal a car and sell it to you for a bag of peanuts, are you saying that you should be allowed to keep it, because you didn't steal it?
Laws in this country disagree with you. The EU disagree with you. Shit, Ireland disagrees with you; their claim is that the law wasn't broken.
Yeah, it's an odd situation where the British government are demanding companies pay tax in the UK but not supporting some of the international changes (not just in the EU) that would help achieve that.
On the flipside now that Corrupt Cunt Cameron has gone we might get some movement that meets the needs of the country and not his cronies.
I was using intentionally fake names because I can't be arsed to properly research the actual Apple corporate and tax structures.
I do agree that the profit should be taxable where it's generated, but right now transfer pricing rules allow it to be generated in lower tax regions.
If you don't like this, step one is to force standard corporate tax rates across the EU. Fuck it, that's only a small step towards the European superstate that's so dearly desired by Merkel and friends, as soon as the UK's out you can steam on ahead.
While your use of the term 'nonce' is correct English, it's probably worth checking other uses for the term in the UK if you're planning to speak to international audiences.
Erm, no. Apple's profit margin in Germany is approximately 0%. Revenue is totally irrelevant.
Why do you think the German operations are as profitable as those in other countries? Why should the Apple Germany subsidiary get to use IP from other companies without having to pay for it?
Those phones aren't free. If you want to start haggling about price, welcome to the UK Government's approach.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, tell me. What the fuck is with the 'drumpf' shit?
Seriously, it's not a word. It has no meaning. It's less insulting than Trump, which is an East Lincolnshire word for a fart.
I just don't get it.
They haven't found anything yet
Given the top chap in the FBI stood in a press conference and went through some of the stuff they found, your credibility must be treated with derision.
'muricans are stupid as shit.
The sheer fucking irony.
Hmm, no.
1 - you don't want your 'best' scenes in the trailer or people will go 'that film was shit, just watch the trailer'
2 - you don't want plot spoilers in the trailer
3 - your trailer will be targeted at specific audiences. Different elements from different scenes will appeal to different audiences
4 - you want to convey specific messages with a trailer, and so its creation is an inherently creative task to assure this
5 - trailers can be cut and edited differently to the film. E.g. cutting the middle from a scene to hide a plot spoiler
6 - trailers can use scenes not included in the film. Some directors shoot scenes for the trailer
7 - trailers need to make narrative sense in their own right. Shit, even people posting crap on Youtube do more than post a sequence of scenes from a film
8 - trailers can fuck with a film's running order to support the above
That's before you add in a trailer voiceover, interstitial text/images, the need for trailers to provide consistency between Cinema (three minutes of trailer) and TV (30 seconds), the need for trailers to keep consistency with other marketing and PR (cast interviews, written reviews, press releases, 'fluff' pieces, astroturfing, all the other shit the media industry do).
But sure, just fucking slap together a trailer. Go for it. You clearly have a sparkling career ahead of you.
The internet, where 2012 is 'Oldie'.
Anyway, trying to kill off general-purpose computing will merely accelerate innovation and creativity. After all..
Geometry was invented that we might expeditiously avoid, by drawing Lines, the Tediousness of Computation
-- Isaac Newton
I have one of those in my laptop of similar vintage and it's still on Windows 7.
I use it for ripping DVDs these days.
Yeah, about that. You don't want to be relying on a Slashdot subject.
It's accurate, but only in a "Windows only" context. Other operating systems have different constraints and options; you're not forced to use a Windows variant. You just wont get older consumer Windows variants supported by Microsoft.
Older server variants are a more interesting question, and one I'm going to go and track down. Professional implications..
I'm not clear what he should have done otherwise.
Acted with ethics and integrity?
Is it really too hard to use Government money for Government business and Foundation funds for Foundation work?
Working with a team providing Git to over 40 development groups, some of them over a hundred developers strong.
Absolutely can and do expect good software engineering, and if they want to label it DevOps then go for it.
Not at all. If Apple accepted an illegal subsidy then they've clearly misbehaved.
Irish law is irrelevant here; it's availability and applicability to all companies is the issue.
This would be like ...
No, it wouldn't. You appear to be upset about your own misinterpretation of the situation.
Cheer up. It's all about something else, and as a result it's not political crap. Unusual for the EU, sure, but not this time.
Wait? It sucks that Americans wont be able to claim tax from Apple for sales and activity that occurred outside of the US?
You're going to have to work a little on this if you're seeking some sympathy.
Making the sample representative of the population would probably take longer than scanning the full set.
Write it, start it running, go out on the piss, black out, wake up, shower, start to cook breakfast, scream in agony, pull on clothes, dash to take the fried egg out of the pan before it overcooks, eat breakfast, go out for the day, get home, check results.
Or you could've skipped the entertainment and worked out how to pick a representative sample.
you can't handle properly using tabs and spaces, we won't hire you. If you can't handle and follow such a simple concept, how can we trust your programming skills?
Maybe because I automated the fuck out of this shit a long time ago and you'd get my salary back with dividends just for the productivity gains I'd force onto your backward fuckwit team.
Think of it this way. Would you want to have a $100 steak every night for dinner?
Fuck no. Sometimes I want the lamb, or a good bit of gammon. Maybe something lighter like scrambled eggs on toast.
Well, you may want to, but how long until you end up in the poor house?
Ah. Ok, maybe I _am_ well paid.
Wait? Automated prettify-on-check-in isn't standard these days?
Shit, had that set up 15 years ago and felt embarrassed about taking so long then.
If (as Ireland and Apple claim) there hasn't been any special treatment then there is no subsidy and the regulator will get overruled.
a kleptocracy
As I said, malformed and malignant. You're making shit up, projecting motivations and overlaying your own warped viewpoint on the facts. The regulator believes there has been a transgression of agreed rules, and has responded by identifying a correction mechanism. Where's the fucking theft?
So, until the EU can demonstrate that laws have been broken, Apple should owe zero
At this moment in time the regulator has ruled that the laws have been broken, and so Apple do owe the money that they have retained due to the illegal subsidy.
An appeal is almost certain, and a court will rule. At that point it may be determined that there is no illegal subsidy and at that point Apple will owe nothing. We haven't yet reached that point but surely this is the simple rule of law you're demanding?
if it turns out that the Irish government violated a treaty, unless Apple can be shown to have persuaded them to do so, they (Apple) owe zero
If the Irish Government have illegally subsidised a company then that subsidy should be reversed.
If I steal a car and sell it to you for a bag of peanuts, are you saying that you should be allowed to keep it, because you didn't steal it?
Laws in this country disagree with you. The EU disagree with you. Shit, Ireland disagrees with you; their claim is that the law wasn't broken.
That's odd, all three of my nexus branded phones are still working fine - power buttons, usb ports, everything.
Maybe you've been unlucky or possibly it's a wetware issue.
I like the Samsung sketch/note application on those too. But I agree, it's a shame you can't uninstall the other Samsung shovelware.
I remember when I needed the additional capacity provided by the SD Card.
These days the phone has adequate storage. I don't need to back up all 400 of my Youtube videos on it; an SD Card just isn't needed.
My current phone does have a slot for one, it just wasn't a factor in my decision to buy it.
Yeah, it's an odd situation where the British government are demanding companies pay tax in the UK but not supporting some of the international changes (not just in the EU) that would help achieve that.
On the flipside now that Corrupt Cunt Cameron has gone we might get some movement that meets the needs of the country and not his cronies.
I was using intentionally fake names because I can't be arsed to properly research the actual Apple corporate and tax structures.
I do agree that the profit should be taxable where it's generated, but right now transfer pricing rules allow it to be generated in lower tax regions.
If you don't like this, step one is to force standard corporate tax rates across the EU. Fuck it, that's only a small step towards the European superstate that's so dearly desired by Merkel and friends, as soon as the UK's out you can steam on ahead.
While your use of the term 'nonce' is correct English, it's probably worth checking other uses for the term in the UK if you're planning to speak to international audiences.
You don't want to be labelled a nonce.
Erm, no. Apple's profit margin in Germany is approximately 0%. Revenue is totally irrelevant.
Why do you think the German operations are as profitable as those in other countries? Why should the Apple Germany subsidiary get to use IP from other companies without having to pay for it?
Those phones aren't free. If you want to start haggling about price, welcome to the UK Government's approach.
I think Nvidia may have Intel beat when it comes to adding numerics though.