Read it again: "And LOL at all of the cowardly Americans (including, but not limited to Apple leadership) for making this movie an example of how to surrender to terrorism."
Facts can be tricky.
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Apple Said to Have Declined Offer From Sony to Host 'The Interview' on iTunes
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Read it again: "And LOL at all of the cowardly Americans (including, but not limited to Apple leadership) for making this movie an example of how to surrender to terrorism."
Facts can be tricky.
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You a member of Tim's Rapid Response Team?
The fact is that this is no one's fault but Sony's. Their product became tainted. No one wanted to touch it. The only saving grace was that it became mixed with politics. Besides that, Sony is responsible for making this product and they should assume full responsibility for what they produce. It's absurd to blame everyone else for one company's problem.
This could have been solved with better security. However, they were too lazy to do so, and no one in America should be liable for THEIR mistake no matter how politicized it is.
I mean look, Google is hosting the film and they haven't been taken down yet.
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This is where your argument ends because it's been revealed that this is personal to you for some reason.
Tim Cook's favorite leader just disagreed with you.
Obama applauds The Interview's Christmas Day release
This is a statement provided by the White House to various news outlets:
The president applauds Sony's decision to authorize screenings of the film. As the President made clear, we are a country that believes in free speech, and the right of artistic expression. The decision made by Sony and participating theaters allows people to make their own choices about the film, and we welcome that outcome.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/23/7442939/obama-applauds-the-interviews-christmas-day-release
Yep and you felt the need to challenge it so if you don't agree then show proof otherwise or move on.
You're mistaken. You made the claim so provide the evidence to support it. Otherwise you should refrain from posting quixotic nonsense.
Rolling your eyes like a child doesn't add any credibility to your argument.
Wow could have seen that coming. Apple's largest manufacturing supplier is China. Think Apple wants to get into it between China and North Korea? Ya right.
That statement says nothing about Christmas Day as the release date for this film. The title of that article was created by The Verge (obviously) but the statement says nothing about the specific release date, only the decision to actually release the film.
Whoever at Sony thought that they could make millions making a movie based on killing the North Korean Leader is a complete idiot and should be fired. Hell, I would fire all who green lit this movie to move forward. Not only that, they decided to compound this stupid decision by making another one trying to release it on Christmas Day.
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Watched the movie last night on my Apple TV with no thanks to Apple.
Overall the movie IMO is more a must see than enjoyable to watch. It's one of those movies you need to see to feel like you're in the loop, not sure if I'd sit down to watch it again unless it just happens to be on TV or something.
Overall the movie IMO is more a must see than enjoyable to watch. It's one of those movies you need to see to feel like you're in the loop, not sure if I'd sit down to watch it again unless it just happens to be on TV or something.
And its primary message is "Be careful... your actions have consequences and no one acts in a vacuum"... so... yeah, pretty good message.
It's just as well. I barely managed to get through half of the movie before I had to turn it off. It's not too offensive or anything... just incredibly dull and unfunny.
Exactly, when you have no way to backup your foolish posts you attack with insults. This is a discussion board. Guess you didn't know that huh? I can post what I want as long as it's within the MR guidelines. If you disagree with my post challenge it and prove me wrong. I can see that you couldn't since all you have are petty insults.
I won't go down your level because I don't get personal like some of you here. Typical.
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HAHA, I should've known. Your type of reply against me is just priceless. Well as some (or according to you, ME) must defend Apple, the others (YOU) must show your undying hatred towards Apple. Good job showing yourself. Ah, it's always fun to watch people hide behind their computers and throw insults when they would never do it facing the very people they insult.
Do you imply children have no credibility in their arguments?
I agree with the rest you stated, though.
I watched this on my AppleTV last night.
I'm quite disappointed that Apple didn't offer this through iTunes. I certainly hope it wasn't a political decision, rather a logistics issue. Though it is likely the former. I don't see much Apple would gain by not offering the movie.
I watched this movie on my AppleTV last night. I had to rent it though YouTube first on Safari then watch it with the YouTube App on the AppleTV. I have never seen YouTube stream so good when it comes to a true 1080p picture with proper bandwidth. It was better than broadcast quality (1080i or 720p) and certainly better than cable or satellite tv.
YouTube doesn't offer the movie in high definition within a browser, but seems to be in HD on any other source. Perhaps its so it's not as easy to make a copy of it? It's not offered on the AppleTV 2nd Generation either, because it can be jailbroken?
I'm quite disappointed that Apple didn't offer this through iTunes. I certainly hope it wasn't a political decision, rather a logistics issue. Though it is likely the former. I don't see much Apple would gain by not offering the movie.
I watched this movie on my AppleTV last night. I had to rent it though YouTube first on Safari then watch it with the YouTube App on the AppleTV. I have never seen YouTube stream so good when it comes to a true 1080p picture with proper bandwidth. It was better than broadcast quality (1080i or 720p) and certainly better than cable or satellite tv.
YouTube doesn't offer the movie in high definition within a browser, but seems to be in HD on any other source. Perhaps its so it's not as easy to make a copy of it? It's not offered on the AppleTV 2nd Generation either, because it can be jailbroken?
No some children have credibility. I have heard more cogent arguments in classrooms.
As for the above poster attempting to obfuscate, he can't produce any credible evidence or events that would bolster his crackpot theory. So he's now trying to save face.
It's just as well. I barely managed to get through half of the movie before I had to turn it off. It's not too offensive or anything... just incredibly dull and unfunny.
You're right about it not being offensive, but if you didn't think it was funny then you must not find many movies funny. I was laughing through the whole thing. From gay M&M to stinkdick, to honeypot.
How could we say this? We genuinely don't know almost anything about the interaction between Apple and Sony. This is all speculative.
I agree this is Sony's fault. But the lack of security was not do to laziness it was do to Sony being CHEAP. A lazy person can be secure if he hires out the work. Sony could have had better security but it would have cost them a few bucks.
Even today with companies seeing what happened to Sony they will do almost nothing. Maybe a few tiny tweaks but mostly nothing because they don't want to spend any money on something like "security" that only has a negative effect of this quarter's profit.
It's actually easy to keep information safe. Anyone who has work for or wit the US military knows how they do it. You just NEVER place sensitive information on a computer that is connected to the Internet. Many times this means you need two computers, then so be it, you use two computers. Even the company I used to work at kept there Human Resource computers on a disconnected network with no connection to the Internet.
There are many things you can do like using ONLY encrypted disks or these little dongles that create single use passwords for employees. There are so many things that companies could do but do't want to pay for.
I expected it to be funny, which it wasn't.
And by the way, us gays can take a joke.
One movie?
Someone's forgetting Annie!
Who the Hell would bother watching such a crap remake or such a crap movie, if not for people hearing about it from this story?
The money made on Annie, that it otherwise wouldn't have, due to the publicity, surely makes up for any losses...
