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Submission + - Why Do All Hollywood Movies Lose Money? (priceonomics.com)

walterbyrd writes: Buried in paperwork. Hollywood’s lack of profits exists only on paper, the result of creative accounting practices so institutionalized and infamous that a Wikipedia page on “Hollywood Accounting” includes the inside joke that Hollywood’s most creative minds are the accountants. Instead of cooking the books to hide losses and inflate profits, Hollywood accountants inflate costs to ensure that even smash hits stay in the red.

Comment GOOGLE IS EVIL!!!!! EVIL!!!! EVIL!!!! EVIL!!!!! (Score 0) 100

All the MS shills on slashdot know this.

FYI: MS is, by far, a worse privacy violator than Google.

As to "net neutrality" I doubt you even know what you are posting about.

Any excuse to piss and moan about Google, I guess. Really consider the article in question, what is google doing that sooooo very horrible?

Submission + - Feds say $2.3M in bribes paid to CIO, database chief (computerworld.com.au)

walterbyrd writes: The scheme worked like this: One vendor would receive $105 to $115 per hour from the medical cost management firm for database administrators. The vendor then kept $62 per hour, while the balance, $43, was allegedly paid as a kickback to two co-conspirators: the medical firm's CIO and its director of database administration, according to court documents.

Comment Not going to look anything like the simulation... (Score 2) 143

If the mountain is a 2km away the reflection from the mirror is going to be very broad indeed. The sun is a half-degree across, and half-degree times 2km means that the edges of the mirror beam will be about 20 meters wide, nice soft edges and not the harsh ellipse shown. The ends of the ellipse will have edges more like 100 meters wide.

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