Posts by Googyflip

It's not just Elon building bridges to the brain: The Internet of Things is coming to a head

Re: initially for therapeutic purposes...

Surely USB-C would be much better...

Leaked Windows 10 build hints at peer-to-peer patching

GREAT!

This would be a great feature! A large cost to business is a comms link and slow links introduce issues with patching (and software installs) so anything that enables PC's to peer their patches locally would be an enormous boost to business.

Cray-cray Met Office spaffs £97m on very average HPC box

Shiny

Don't get me wrong, it's always nice to have shiny! An this is something shiny indeed, but when the Met Office often struggle to get a forecast correct for an entire region for the next day ("no rain"... rain!), never mind getting down to 300m cells I would get your house in order first and refine the current models before going into more detail.

Kids hooked up with free Office subs at Microsoft-addicted schools

Re: Joking, yes?

No there aren't institutions who would "spend that much just to allow students to have free software".

Institutions that already have their FTE licensed for Office suite will benefit from this at no additional cost. It's not always about money as well and the governors will usually decide if this type of activity is a good investment.

FE/HE is very competitive and for what could be seen as a small investment in licensing could offer that institution a competitive advantage over others. Reasons aren't black & white, there's generally multiple factors in deciding a course of action. And every institution is also different, so what is good for one may not be good for another.