* Posts by Matdamon

8 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Jan 2015

HP's CEO spells it out: You're a 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies

Matdamon

You can't engage with crazy, and Brother printers are just better

Has this man been forgetting to take his special pills?

Maybe he should be finding something additional and new for his company to be doing if it wants to make some extra money.

It's been 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system

Matdamon

Driving on the right

The UK still drives on the wrong side of the road…

Amazon founder Bezos to donate 'majority' of $126bn fortune

Matdamon

Is this how billionaires now brand a Patagonia-style inter-generational wholesale tax dodge? Bet you a billion dollars he sets up a foundation and appoints his kids to the board. Kids who will rub shoulders with global leaders well beyond his death...

Russia drags NASA: Enjoy your expensive SpaceX capsule, our Soyuz is the cheap Kalashnikov of rockets

Matdamon

Actually only the booster is reusable. The Dragon crew capsule is not reusable per se. This is because NASA were not interested in booster development for crew capsule landing (using the liquid fuel abort rockets). So Dragon splashes down into Salt water. So while certain crew module assemblies may be recyclable, the capsule as a whole is not reusable.

Apple’s facial recognition: Well, it is more secure for the, er, sleeping user

Matdamon

New ways to have a car crash

Google has every price of obscene functionality in Maps: The "bonging" "would you like to go the quicker route" and 25 button pressed to begin navigation.

Apple now needs you to hold the phone in front of the road ahead of you.

Yes people will use it whilst driving..

World-leading heart hospital 'very, very lucky' to dodge ransomware hit

Matdamon

Prepare

Why do we even have state-provided health insurance? I would have thought that if hospitals were run as actual businesses preparedness for attacks would be much better.

BT rebuked for attributing some EE acquisition costs to 'all UK lines of business'

Matdamon

Who guards the guards

Have you ever met anyone who works for a regulator? They are all idiots. I bet the charges are fine

Renault Captur: Nobody who knows about cars will buy this

Matdamon

Why are you reviewing cars?

Review an S-CLASS or a flying Delorean and I'm with you. But a particularly rubbish random Renault for wives of people who have no concept of how things work? I'm not sure that's a demographic you should be targeting.