* Posts by Paul Louth

12 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Jan 2008

Google goes dark for 2 minutes, kills 40% of world's net traffic

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Google turned it off then on again.

ICO tries to justify hefty NHS data breach fines

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Re: Rumsfeld

Didn't 'Yes, Prime minister' get there first?

New science: seas will rise due to CO2 ... but not for centuries

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Balance?

So Mr Page, how about a bit of balance in your relentless quest to convince us all that climate change isn't happening/isn't a big deal?

I consider myself a sceptic on some of the evidence that is presented about climate change - purely because I think the modelling of a climate system over 10/20/50 years is incredibly difficult and prone to huge error the further out you go... however I think it's important to bring all of the evidence to the table, not this relentlessly one sided view.

If Lewis Page isn't going to provide balance, how about El Reg employs a second reporter who can give the other side of the argument?

Google's vanity OS is Microsoft's dream

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At last

Great piece. Finally some sanity in between the mania.

Apple sued over 'inflated' iMac claims

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Jobs Horns

Sooo...

...Apple are having a bad week then?

MPs pile pressure on ISPs over Phorm

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Pirate

Too late

I've already left Virgin. I would encourage everyone else to just sack off any organisation that thinks it can opt it's customers into any scheme without their consent.

Virgin Media in premium rate U-turn

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I don't care anymore...

""We have been working hard to improve customer service and listening to what our customers say, so will now be removing this charge from the outset."

I really don't care what they do anymore. As soon as I read about the Phorm story I arranged for a new line with another provider. I hope they rot in hell (or at least go bust).

Google's riches rely on ads, algorithms, and worldwide confusion

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Cheats...

As of two months ago I make approximately a third of what I used to make from hosting Adsense on my site. The content is roughly the same (it's a forum), the impressions and the clicks are roughly the same, and the ads themselves all look to have a similar theme to 2 months ago.

It seems pretty clear to me that Google just decided they wanted some more of the money for themselves. But obviously I have no way of proving it.

Top security firm: Phorm is adware

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Coat

Virgin

Virgin will be getting my cancellation call as soon as my new line is up and running (currently penned in for next week).

ISP data deal with former 'spyware' boss triggers privacy fears

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Final nail

Well if Virgin squeezing my connection whilst using useful net features (VPN connections for example) wasn't bad enough! I am calling them first thing tomorrow to cancel my account.

LG shows gadget based on next-gen Intel UMPC chip

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@Nicholas Ettel

You must be loads of fun at parties! ;)

Microsoft opens Server 2008 licensing a smidge

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WISA

How about WISA?

Windows

IIS

SQL Server 2005

ASP.NET

;o)