Archive for March 18th, 2007

Sony Vaio FS315S - broken. Yet again.

Posted by David Hurst in Hardware, Issues, Personal, Rants, Technology on March 18th, 2007

I bought the Sony Vaio FS315S just over a year ago, and was initially impressed with the quality of construction and general performance of the machine. I looked after it and used it regularly until I bought my MacBook Pro, at which point it was used in my company. Read the rest of this entry »

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Staying sane in a litigious world - a little knowledge is dangerous

Posted by David Hurst in Personal, Rants on March 18th, 2007

We have the Americans to thank for a lot of things. Not all of them are bad. In fact, some are astonishingly good - I give you Harley Davidson. One thing that’s particularly unpalatable to me is the notion that all business disagreements are a matter for courts. This mentality has been made ever more pervasive with tales of huge compensation payouts from large corporates to freeloading individuals. Is it really reasonable to eat nothing but Big Macs and then sue McDonalds for making you fat…? Read the rest of this entry »

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