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[soze]

That is a shame an Android Nokia was always top of my wish list. But now MS own them they could develop a device like the Ubuntu Edge but with Windows 8.1 when docked and 8.1 mobile while out and about.

 

[DaGaffer]

I just find it amazing that a former MS man can come into Nokia, oversee a 70% drop in the share price (yes I know it was in decline already, but still), get bought out by his "former" employer, get taken back on by his "former" employer, and is seen as a potential CEO of the whole shooting match in a years' time, and no-one seems to bat an eyelid.

 

[TdC]

tbh I've been thinking that about most very senior management positions for years dude. I'm (indirectly) in finance and the shit these guys get up to is simply unreal. it's almost as if they compete to do the worst possible job while coming away with the best possible future. the sad part is that the people who care and work their arses off usually get completely overshadowed by the bad apples.

 

[DaGaffer]

tbh I've been thinking that about most very senior management positions for years dude. I'm (indirectly) in finance and the shit these guys get up to is simply unreal. it's almost as if they compete to do the worst possible job while coming away with the best possible future. the sad part is that the people who care and work their arses off usually get completely overshadowed by the bad apples.

I'm not thinking about it from a competency point of view, quite the reverse in fact, a suspicious person might think its almost as if he'd been working for MS all along... (not that I think that Mr Microsoft lawyer sir, obviously).

 

[rynnor]

Not sure why they bothered to buy it tbh - could have just waited for it to die? Maybe it has some useful patents?

 

[rynnor]

Looks like internet piracy is still decimating Film profits - don't they realise they are risking the future production of classic films such as the Lone Ranger!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23941923

 

[Chilly]

Not sure why they bothered to buy it tbh - could have just waited for it to die? Maybe it has some useful patents?

They have an exceptional manufacturing and supply chain division. They're sitting on some of the industries most valuable mobile patents, they have good hardware and software in the high end as well as the low end. MS can now push their wares to the feature phone users that make up the majority of nokia's customers. There's a lot of value to be had.

 

[DaGaffer]

Not sure why they bothered to buy it tbh - could have just waited for it to die? Maybe it has some useful patents?

Yes it does. The money is just under 4bn for the manufacturing division and the rest for the patents. I don't think its a coincidence that they've bought shortly after Ballmer announced his retirement; calling Elop back to the mothership.

 

[TdC]

I'm not thinking about it from a competency point of view, quite the reverse in fact, a suspicious person might think its almost as if he'd been working for MS all along... (not that I think that Mr Microsoft lawyer sir, obviously).

nah Mr Gaff, nobody would deliberately cripple their company's value in order to have their future employer save billions. how dare you think such a thing!

 

[rynnor]

Expensive library! Last one to ever get built? Decent web access deal would have cost them a fraction of that - still now the homeless have a nice new pad

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23934792

 

[Hawkwind]

It looks like a wedding cake with a bog roll on top

 

[Hawkwind]

So John Venables is now out of prison. We should start a book on how long he stays out this time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23941699
Also wonder how his doll collection is doing these days. One one mess up mofo!

 

[Ormorof]

That is a shame an Android Nokia was always top of my wish list. But now MS own them they could develop a device like the Ubuntu Edge but with Windows 8.1 when docked and 8.1 mobile while out and about.

This crowd are all former Nokias in a small startup - http://jolla.com/

it seems to be simply an N9 with android to me but they claim to do things differently

edit: well it was a small startup when i first heard about it a year ago, now they have 80+ people in several offices

 

[Job]

 

[rynnor]

Expensive library! Last one to ever get built? Decent web access deal would have cost them a fraction of that - still now the homeless have a nice new pad

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23934792

Oh and apparently the smaller local Birmingham libraries have all had their hours cut - kewl

 

[BloodOmen]

 

[soze]

Expensive library! Last one to ever get built? Decent web access deal would have cost them a fraction of that - still now the homeless have a nice new pad

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23934792

That is so stupid. Why not put it in a normal building and forget all the cunty "we are trying to be hip" neon lights. Then they could have put in more computer or more book or more staff. As is they have put in some eye sore of a building and it will probably cost a fortune more in regular maintenance over a standard building with some fucking bricks.

 

[Gwadien]

That is so stupid. Why not put it in a normal building and forget all the cunty "we are trying to be hip" neon lights. Then they could have put in more computer or more book or more staff. As is they have put in some eye sore of a building and it will probably cost a fortune more in regular maintenance over a standard building with some fucking bricks.

Funny thing is, I bet all the outer city smaller libraries are getting shut down, like there was literally a 'temporay' mobile unit one near my house for about 20 years, and it was shut down due to funding, it had like 1 person working there, and there was always people going in there.

She was a lovely person, she always helped out people and spoke to -everyone- now the nearest library is a computer based one and all the staff just sit at PCs typing away as they're talking at you.

It's a bit of a joke tbh.

edit;- ooh bisto, from the article; Marge has seen six of her 12 local libraries close since 2011 due to spending cuts and said she was angry so much money had been spent on just one.

 

[rynnor]

Our local council spent hundreds of thousands on a library computer system to automate returning and taking out books - then reduced all the library hours

This big brum library is largely bought on the never never - the council will be repaying the money at exorbitant interest rates for the next 30+ years.

 

[caLLous]

 

[Bigmac]

 

[Fweddy]

So I've spent the last few days digging out a leylandii hedge. The next step in my garden improvement plan is to demolish the concrete patio at the bottom of my garden for which I could do with some help.

How do I invite my friends over to smash in my back patio without sounding gay?

 

[caLLous]

Put on a barbecue or something, telling them your alterior motive. Get a couple of cases of beer in and then you can (uphill) garden with them til your heart's content. Make sure to specify on the invite that they have to be in good shape, big muscles and all that. Maybe you could ask them all to send you topless pictures in advance, y'know, just to make sure they're up to scratch?

 

[Chilly]

So I've spent the last few days digging out a leylandii hedge. The next step in my garden improvement plan is to demolish the concrete patio at the bottom of my garden for which I could do with some help.

How do I invite my friends over to smash in my back patio without sounding gay?

Offer them victory beer and pizza. And don't send them this URL:

Spoiler

/edit before the nazi mods arrive: that url is NOT SAFE FOR ANYTHING

we're here!

http://ridinspinnas.ytmnd.com/

 

[old.Tohtori]

Put on a barbecue or something, telling them your alterior motive. Get a couple of cases of beer in and then you can (uphill) garden with them til your heart's content. Make sure to specify on the invite that they have to be in good shape, big muscles and all that. Maybe you could ask them all to send you topless pictures in advance, y'know, just to make sure they're up to scratch?

Yeap, get them drunk and offer them sausage before asking them to smash your back patio. It's the polite way

 

[Madmaxx]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LyiGXfO8VU

 

[Gwadien]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't we be learning from American prisons when doing things like this; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23958223 ?

 

[Hawkwind]

Why not build a wall around wales, I woudln't miss it.

 

[Gwadien]

Also; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23960711

This sickens me, we go to a war that we shouldn't even gone to, soldiers start killing people, and now they're getting a bollocking over it. Also cost like what, £14million so far for this inquiry.

Blair should be in the stocks for this, not the fucking pawns.

 

[Scouse]

Blair should be in the stocks for this, not the fucking pawns.

Blair should be in the stocks for it. AND the fucking pawns who murdered people after they'd won.

And the beeb should be in the dock for allowing this:

Lawyers acting for several Iraqi clients claim some were taken alive and mistreated or unlawfully killed

Unlawfully killed? You mean murdered, don't you?