* Posts by MichaelC72

5 publicly visible posts • joined 11 May 2012

FinFisher spyware goes global, mobile and undercover

MichaelC72
Stop

Re: "FinFisher spyware has been updated to evade detection"

This isn't the spyware you're looking for...

White House rejects Death Star petition: '$850qn too pricey'

MichaelC72
Facepalm

Not a rounding error

"...a full $2 quadrillion higher that the figure Shawcross cites."

Well, he does say "has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000." and I'm fairly sure that $852qn is more than $850qn.....

Facebook's Eduardo Saverin: I'm not a tax-dodger

MichaelC72
Happy

Re: Insult to middle class Americans?

Oh, I agree with you Graham - I wasn't agreeing with the sentiment or the actions, just that some politician deems the action to only be insulting to *one* class of citizen rather than all :)

[Part of me wonders whether they're just miffed that they didn't think of it first :D]

MichaelC72
WTF?

Insult to middle class Americans?

"Renouncing citizenship to simply avoid paying your fair share is an insult to middle class Americans and we will not accept it."

Hmmm, I may not be American, but shouldn't this sort of action (if indeed, that was his intention) be insulting to *all* Americans?!

BOFH: Siri, why do users lie?

MichaelC72
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Oh that's so good...

...makes it a happy Friday :)

As an aside, I don't recall ever seeing the words "fishburger", "aliens" and "uterus" used in the same sentence before!