Posts by TheProfessorY

The completely rational take you need on Europe approving Article 13: An ill-defined copyright regime to tame US tech

How are algorithms going to detect parody? Criticism? Review? Basically everything will now get blocked on IP address. VPNs at the ready,

Bungling Microsoft singlehandedly proves that golden backdoor keys are a terrible idea

I wonder...........

........if this would work on the XBox? A few tablets sold will not be a huge deal. If 50M+ Xbox suddenly can be rooted and be used to play compromised games that would not be good for that platform.

UK gov says new Home Sec will have powers to ban end-to-end encryption

Re: Wow

I think Larry would know quite a lot. Does No. 10 have a cat flap in the back door?

Three non-obvious reasons to Vote Leave on the 23rd

That is democracy. If you don't agree with the laws then you vote out the lawmakers.This is only possible if we leave the EU.

Inside the EU, the laws being passed are proposed by un-elected commissioners , voted on by MEPs from 27 other countries of which the UK has around 7% of the vote, and once the law is passed it can never be revoked or modified.

I much prefer the first option.

Brexit: UK gov would probably lay out tax plans in post-'leave' vote emergency budget

Re: I doubt the government will move as fast

And see all of the search results from Google, Max Mosely and all.

Tech titans demand free speech law to head off President Trump

Re: Wow

I was about to write the same thing. The gaul of these companies, on the one hand, to say that the US must have the right to free speech and, on the other, to sign up with the EU to force citizens there to be moderated and vetted for what they say, is appalling. I am sure that they cow-towing the line with the EU commissioners has nothing to do with an investigation into them that has been recently opened by the EU mandarins............. That, along with Microsoft recently giving its support to a remain in the EU campaign shows where the loyalties of these Tech Companies lie.

UK's 'superfast' broadband is still complete dog toffee, even in London

Re: FFS - it is NOT fibre.

Yes, a reduction of the journey time from London to Leeds of around 20% compared to an increase in broadband download speeds of around 10 times (and upload speeds of around 100 times). Hmmmmmmm.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Wanna walk the plank voluntarily? You got it

This, I think, is also applicable not just to offshoring, but also "onshoring" when it comes to the EU. Not to get too political, but offshoring to lower paying countries and the corresponding loss of skills and tax revenue can equally be applied to the EU single market, only in a not so obvious way. From the Government viewpoint it will still keep more of the money in the UK rather than giving it indirectly to employees who are working outside of the Exchequer's grasp, as those who come to the UK from the EU will pay UK taxes. But they are generally working for less money than someone already in the UK would earn. This lowering of the pay affects the cost base for that skill and so dampens wages overall. Lower wages mean less in direct income taxes, employees have less money to spend so there is lower indirect taxation though consumption, and higher profits for companies which are being diverted to overseas subsidiaries who pay reduced or no taxes on that.

A magic bracelet that unlocks PCs, dancing robot spiders, and more in Intel's circus

Re: Do you want chipzilla with that?

Don't you mean just out of Sprite?