Posts by u2358 posts • joined Friday 9th November 2007 11:10 GMT
It's like this. Some security guy makes an idiot of themselves by making a really stupid decision or saying something outrageous. They won't back down as they'll lose face. The supervisor is called over and as the security guy is their friend and colleague they're unlikely to say the initial action were the actions of a loopy loop. They then defend the action using further dubious excuses and so the chain of idiocy continues right up to the top if necessary.
Because no one else wants to and it might encourage more suckers to buy the soon-to-be-defunct DAB sets. The pirates should be sponsored by Currys & Co so they aren't left with surplus DAB stock along with the pile of HD DVD players.
Until more teenagers take the test it is difficult to have any perspective on the level of accomplishment or indeed the true measure of the qualification. If a gorilla passes the test does that mean the gorilla is a genius or the test is poor?
I think we should start building Ark Ship B.
In addition to the poor bit-rates and expensive sets, there is also the rather big risk that a new codec will be rolled out in a couple of years and that £90 DAB radio will turn into a useless paper-weight/brick overnight. (I just spotted that someone else has pointed this out but I'll say it again).
The government is always keen to suggest that a spectrum sell-off benefits the tax-payer when in fact it is the tax-payer (as a consumer) that always pays in the end.
Or have they all been done by now?
The 'article' implies that this is HP's first 8 core workstation range. HP has been selling dual, quad core 'Woodcrest' based workstations since that chip's release (i.e. just like the Mac Pro) and the workstations described here are the same ones but with the newer 'Harpertown' Xeons. Nothing to see here but a Xeon technology refresh.
