Robert Synnott commented on We can't even afford chicken feed

"@miss_msry: What you must learn about government policies on technology is that they're not required to make sense, and they're not even required to be POSSIBLE."

Robert Synnott commented on Temptress of Silicon Valley shuts down useless site

"But what will happen to her wacky blog posts showing how she read the first chapter of the Python tutorial, badly?"

Robert Synnott commented on Leah Culver has been wronged, totally wronged!

"Is Silicon Valley all that bad?"

Robert Synnott commented on The recession in the EU might

"@shufflemoomin: To a large extent, yes; certainly in Ireland, a major problem is that a lot of banks hold a lot of bad US debt."

Robert Synnott commented on The recession in the EU might

"@god_forbids: Erm, sorry, that's nonsense."

Robert Synnott commented on According to the Boy Genius

"@HeyApples: Erm, Apple's recent big break in the computer market was that they brought out a laptop with a proper operating system which worked properly."

Robert Synnott commented on According to the Boy Genius

"@howie_in_az: Interestingly, this may sort of be the case. The iPhone is already made in China, but Apple is rather unusual in its sector in that most of its products comply to new EU regulations on poisonous substances in electronic devices (this is less a user protection thing and more a disposal issue)."

Robert Synnott commented on Yahoo's Prop 8 donor outed

"@Drunken Economist: Sorry, what exactly does marriage have to do with Christians, exactly?"

Robert Synnott commented on NASA's shame: Hubble Space Telescope runs on a 486 chip

"@macbeach: 486s didn't produce that much heat; considering the thing uses hundreds of watts, it is probably not their biggest heat issue."

Robert Synnott commented on NASA's shame: Hubble Space Telescope runs on a 486 chip

"@giddieup: Producing a radiation-hardened processor for use out there takes time."