* Posts by redroof

4 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Jun 2018

Apple hands €14.3bn in back taxes to reluctant Ireland

redroof

Re: Dear Sir,

"Dear Sir,

I have been requested by the Irish Corporate Tax Escrow Fund to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter...."

- ^ this ^ really made my morning, nothing better than a cup of black coffee and a good laugh! Thank you

I predict a riot: Amazon UK chief foresees 'civil unrest' for no-deal Brexit

redroof

Re: make up your minds

"What leavers would like..."

Who in EU cares? They want out, then stop whining, demanding and get the hell out.

"... is a reasonable agreement that works for both sides, but the EU will never agree to that."

Why would EU have to agree to anything? Whether it hurts EU more or less, it's not a Brexiter's problem, is it. Leave, walk away, bon voyage and do what you please.

Western Digital formats hard disk drive factory as demand spins down

redroof

Re: news is that they still have two hard drive plants

"do consumers really buy hard drives these days? 1 TB on Google for €9.99 a month. Cloud storrage is as cheap as chips!"

Of course.

36€ 7200rpm Barracuda. Private. Virtually infinite. Fast. Working offline.

What 36€ buy me online? Funny 3 months on Google's servers with a view to pay and pay and pay forever? C'mon...

Facebook's Trending news box follows fired freelancers out the door

redroof
Meh

"Trending" and "You may also be interested in..." are on the top of the list list of my most hated features of the Internet media. I know what I am interested in, I know how to find it if and when I want and need no pushers tell me what I "may" or "may not" like.