Posts by MoleStrangler

Amid all the fanfare and cheerleading, Amazon's AWS growth is slowing

Hence Amazon expanding into new markets, recently bought souq,com in the Middle East and reciting.

UK taxpayers should foot £2bn or more to adopt Snoopers' Charter, says Inquiry

They give mega companies tax breaks allowing them to keep more that their fair share of their profits and the gov holds the public hostage.

The reason for tax is for governments to pay for stuff like national defence and education and healthcare and....these mega companies have no duty of care to how any country is to pay for and protect itself.

So it's not in any governments or public interest or give these tax breaks when there is lots of stuff the country needs to pay for. Many of the companies enjoy a safe and protected country to conduct their business inside, because the public pays tax to pay for running and protecting the country and its citizens.

It's only the short term interests of politicians and the people around them who benefit. Also those who run these companies who's main revenue stream is paying as little tax as possible. It's a game, but when the politics and the people in the politics get involved the countries interested are second to their careers and of those around them.

The ten SEXIEST computers of ALL TIME

Ah! blast from the past, I loved my Elan (Or Flan) Enterprise. Owned a Specie and ZX80. Would have liked a Next box but too expensive and

Never owned a Cray but enjoyed using their X-MP, I think the X-MP and Y-MP are far sexier with the seats.

Like others, wondering why the PS3 is in the list.

And why the C128, why no the A1000? Maybe not from looking at (like the C128) it but the OS was so far out there when compared with anything else on the market at the time.