Post by Matthew Of Canberra on May 10, 2013 9:25:00 GMT 10
Woah ... now THAT'S a howler ...
Blair cites an article at the guardian, not spotting the problem that made me laugh out loud ...
Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli conference in protest at the state’s 46-year occupation of Palestine was derided as hypocritical by some, who pointed out that the celebrated scientist and author uses Israeli technology in the computer equipment that allows him to function …
According to Shurat HaDin, an Israel law centre which represents victims of terrorism, the equipment has been provided by an Israeli hi-tech firm, Intel, since 1997.
Er, Intel's an Israeli firm? No. No it isn't. It has research centers in israel, absolutely. But it has those in a heck of a lot of countries.
But actually it's an american company. You know, like Apple, and Microsoft, and HP and IBM and Ford and GM and Harley Davidson and .... so on. It's possible that Blair has heard of at least one or two of those.
It's possible that the CPU in that baby is using an Israeli design - I'm not sure where the latest iterations have come from, and I think the core II was designed in Haifa. But if that worried him he could switch to something based on an ARM - a BRITISH design - and probably extend his battery life along the way.
I'm disappointed that the guardian fell for that. They've posted a correction. I wonder if Blair will.
Blair cites an article at the guardian, not spotting the problem that made me laugh out loud ...
Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli conference in protest at the state’s 46-year occupation of Palestine was derided as hypocritical by some, who pointed out that the celebrated scientist and author uses Israeli technology in the computer equipment that allows him to function …
According to Shurat HaDin, an Israel law centre which represents victims of terrorism, the equipment has been provided by an Israeli hi-tech firm, Intel, since 1997.
Er, Intel's an Israeli firm? No. No it isn't. It has research centers in israel, absolutely. But it has those in a heck of a lot of countries.
But actually it's an american company. You know, like Apple, and Microsoft, and HP and IBM and Ford and GM and Harley Davidson and .... so on. It's possible that Blair has heard of at least one or two of those.
It's possible that the CPU in that baby is using an Israeli design - I'm not sure where the latest iterations have come from, and I think the core II was designed in Haifa. But if that worried him he could switch to something based on an ARM - a BRITISH design - and probably extend his battery life along the way.
I'm disappointed that the guardian fell for that. They've posted a correction. I wonder if Blair will.