Posts by Elmer Phud

Re: "Ponce"

And there was me thinking it was a someone who lives off the earnings from prostitutes -- and from that my first recollection which is of scrounging something off someone else. 'Can I ponce a ciggie off you?'.

For a government post he is perfectly suited to the job.

He can't hear a bloody thing from anyone else.

Re: The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages for themselves

"Soon (or late) we will hear about the settlement for an "undisclosed amount", etc."

not sure about that, there are Judges in the U.S. who say 'Oh FFS, grow up' to those with dollar signs in thier eyes.

Re: There are other ways

"Just post it back to the bar stewards. It's their junk, they can dispose of it."

But be creative -- mix up the envelopes first.

Never send it back to where it came from.

But anything to 'The Householder' goes straight in the recycling unopened as it's Virgin spam.

Re: Not again!

"The article was written, edited and published in the US. Why write two words when one will do."

That's the winningist comment I've seen on this subject.

We'd acccuse them of 'chucking' like we usually do.

"if they were capable of convincing a target to click a link."

Re: ORLY, DCI Stokes?

"Complete rubbish. Still, today, some banks will ring you up and start the conversation with "I just need to ask you some security questions before we start..." "

And I say that to ensure security I need a reference number from them, then I'll ring back on thier usual number.

I've refused to talk to people who demand security details but without them being able to prove to me who they are.

Re: Optional

There isn't the time to do it.

Re: So this a week after the Yahoo email failure

I thought BT had moved away from Yahoo mail recently

Re: Slowly but surely...

Yes, it's surprising how many people don't hear the intro of a cash register working.

Noddy Holder usually says his little tune pays for a decent holiday each year.

"Vodafone said in a statement would not confirm or deny whether the cock-up was due to a switch failure, but said it has "identified the issue"."

So, not admitting to trying to save money and opting for 'Live testing' instead?

Re: How long before

"Candy Crush Cabbage Saga"

Very popular in Sto-Lat

Re: Thicker ice is a sign of increased temps

Your theory is crap --- 2.9 litres disappear. (3.6 - 0.7)

Get it right!

Re: Are Ofcom a complete waste of space?

"Anon, 'cos we're not supposed to do this sort of thing, but instead pay BT to do what they should have done in the first bloody place as part of the installation."

To be honest, most phone engineers are grateful for someone to tidy up the clag that accumulated over the years.

I took it back to where the O/H feed comes in and moved that box to somewhere more easy to get at for all. Never had any issues with engineers - I were one, once, so they get a cuppa as well as not having to work in crap conditions.

Re: Caviar in spaaaace?

Think that's bad?

Wait until the open the bubbly.

Re: Stop calling it National Security

With cattle you can take away the battery from the shock system and they will still keep away from the fence.

Yup, and regularly from then to now we get told that these devices are vulnerable.

There ought to be another news category for the Reg -- 'Haven't we heard this one before . . .' , or 'we told you so . . .'

Re: Today you need a supercomputer

"Can I be the first to mention that our reality is just an @Home project running 40 years from now?"

I'm not sure about that - I'll go and ask the mice.

Re: "Hacking"?

Time for a competition to see who can guess the KKK password?

KKKKKKKK

or kKkKkKkK - the more secure version

Re: Stadiums

BT gives me MotoGP -- I'm happy.

I refuse to pay for the stuff I used to enjoy on telly.