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Comment Re:Remote access == unnecessary virus vector (Score 1) 16

Why are you limiting all this to a single streaming application for the Xbox? Do you have a router connected to the Internet? I mean obviously you're clever enough to secure it all, having hand-built the hardware and written the firmware yourself but what about all those other idiots out there? Does your house have doors and windows? Anyone could get in! You should probably cut all lines coming into your house just in case, and line the whole place with tinfoil so the government can't tune into your thoughts. Why isn't everything done without taking your personal situation into account? My Internet connection is great but now that I know yours isn't I'm going to have it cut off.

Comment Only a fool would have expected otherwise (Score 1) 91

Those games running in BC-mode would have to be tested for compatability, do you think Sony is going to spend the money to have teams sit and make sure some random PS1, PS2 or PS3 game actually runs correctly in their software emulator or doesn't do something worse like crash the console or open a back door into the OS? Or maybe they should just stick the emulators on there and cross their fingers? Microsoft did it because they needed an extra tick box for their console that was more expensive and less powerful, not out of the goodness of their hearts and even then it was only rolled out on a per-game basis as they tested them. The actual number of customers who would actively use BC is obviously not worth the financial hit Sony would take to implement it properly. I simply don't believe this many people were genuinely expecting anything more than PS4 compatability. If they were then they hadn't actually thought it through. More likely people just enjoy having something to complain about (and in some worrying cases be absoulely enraged about) and will move on to something else in a few days. No matter how evil you might think Sony are, they aren't stupid and they haven't been hugely successful in the gaming industry for over 20 years through sheer blind luck.

Comment Re:OMG (Score 1) 57

BTW you CANNOT call-in sick for more than one day without a doctor's note, and even those one-day sick leaves can get you Bradford-ed based on an undisclosed algorithm if you abuse them (so try to avoid them if possible).

Not true in the UK public sector, you can "self-certify" for up to 3 days (effectively write yourself a note saying you were too sick to work). Good luck firing someone for being sick for too long or too often, try proving someone wasn't suffering from a chronic mental health or pain problem when you're hauled in front of an emplyment tribunal. Getting a note from your doctor to say you were sick is trivial because not only are they so overworked that they just sign it without even reading the details but they also charge for each letter and that's money directly into their medical practice's bank account rather than from the government so it's very profitable.

Comment Re:Which is more important, life or money? (Score 1) 277

(Actually, there is one major factor missing from SARS-CoV-2, but I don't want to give any bad actors any bad ideas.)

I'm sure those with the capability of manufacturing bio-weapons are very frustrated that you aren't revealing the One Weird Trick they are missing to make it truly deadly.

Comment Re:Amanda Holden Thinks 5G Casues CoronaVirus ?! (Score 1) 92

She got famous by cheating on her Z-list husband with another Z-list actor, in the UK this has somehow made her the arbiter of who has enough "talent" to be pushed as the public's newest flash in the pan entertainer. Now that the show is off the air she's desperate to remain in the public eye but this is a new low even for her. I wonder if her husband has been through her phone yet, I doubt they're married for actual love but rather a cut of the money from selling the wedding photos to some rag that somehow still has customers.

Comment Re:Isn't this like estimating the impact of... (Score 2) 285

Do you have any idea how horribly insidious this sounds? I really hope you're taking the piss because the idea of UBI with someone like you in charge is terrifying. The first thing you want to do is effectively bring by debtor's prisons and round up the homeless, Christ only knows what bright idea you'd have once you saw how badly that backfired.

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