* Posts by Les Matthew

543 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Apr 2007

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Acquisition-happy Game not anti-competitive

Les Matthew

@The last bastion

http://www.cex.co.uk/Stores/

Computer exchange has been doing 2nd user and retro for longer and is still going.

Government piles filesharing pressure on UK ISPs

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Re: Re: So does this mean...

"ISPs can tell the difference between P2P and non-P2P packets."

But can they tell the difference between legal P2P packets and illegal P2P packets?

Why do women get plastered at fancy dress parties?

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@The Other Steve

"Dr Clapp ? Investigating drunken chicks at sexually themed parties ? For real ?"

Clapp Traps? ;)

Drivers on the phone face the slammer

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@Scott

If it's those car stereo's that you can hear coming a mile off I'm all for it. ;)

NHS frets over Brits' genitalia

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What a load of

bollocks, or not as the case may be.

US surgeon snaps patient's tattooed todger

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I had to laugh

They could only fit six letters on it? ;)

BusinessWeek novel turns Google's cloud into epic hero

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Shameless plug

for Vulture Central 2.2

http://folding.stanford.edu/

Team Id: 69263

Only 190 members when we had a cast of thousands with grid.org

And it is kind of on topic. ;)

HMRC mislays 1.5kg of Bolivian marching powder

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I keep getting this image

Of somebody chopping out lots of lines on the back of a couple of CD jewel cases. ;)

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That's an amount

not to be sniffed at.

Gollum to play Haddock in Tintin

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Eurotrash anyone?

I'm sure I remember seeing a pr0n version of a Tin Tin comic previewed on that tv program sometime back in the 90's.

That's today's bit of useless trivia out of the way then.

London PR outfit in sex-on-desk email shocker

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"Rock Up & Play"

Or "Cock Up & Play"?

Warner Bros to remake Clash of the Titans

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@Andy Hards

To coin a much used phrase form another well known IT news Site.

You must be new here. ;)

Brit workers: The Xmas skive starts today

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Re: None of that, here...

"But then again, I can skive off when I take my holidays for New Year. :)"

You skive off on your holidays?

Do you sneak off back to work? ;)

Drink-drive chain gang obliged to bury dead alcoholics

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Do drunk drivers in the USA

get a 12 month ban or more like they do here in the UK?

BBC redesigns and 'widgetizes' homepage

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Re: Overdesigned

Did you take a look at the top left of the page?

US gov silent robot white (?) helicopter prangs itself

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@Stu Reeves

"I demand a White helicopters logo !"

On a white background?

Paris Hilton cavorts naked in middle of desert

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Am I the only person

that doesn't find Paris Hilton attractive? ;)

UK.gov data review calls for... data

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@Tawakalna

"nah, you Scots are way better off than us now, apart from the Paris Hilton coverage of course."

More money and no Paris Hilton?

Now that is what I call a win win situation.

Wigan man traps todger in metal ring

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Re: Is it my imagination...

Is there ever an IT angle in Lesters articles? ;)

IBM buys Arsenal...

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Re: Got me worried there

you mean it's worse than the questionable Russian? ;)

Paris and Britney top US kids' Santa naughty list

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Coat

There is no way

that I'd ever want Santa discharging his sack in my bedroom.

US judge debenched for jailing entire courtroom

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Coat

Who will be first to give him

a ringing endorsement?

Lost HMRC discs pop up on eBay

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@Nano nano

Hate to burst your bubble (yes I lie) Winrar can open tar.bz2 files. ;)

Iowa house swallowed in grain bin collapse

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Re: I was...

"going to post a witty comment but I decided it was too corny."

There is more than a grain of truth in that.

Is it just me or is El Reg running like a dog atm?

Lifelike, sexy robot infiltrators influence Belgian mobs

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Re: It looks just like a "telephunken U-47"

"May contain highly technical content requiring degree-level education or above"

Or knowledge of Frank Zappa and related work. :P

Reckless loss of laptop data? ICO calls for stiff fines

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@NRT

"Just scan in a doctors handwritten notes. If they are anything like their prescription forms, it will be impossible to read the data."

Wrong.

My pharmacist can crack them in seconds. :P ;)

Don't give booze to elephants, sobs Paris Hilton

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My twisted mind

Do Elephants suffer from the beer goggle effect too? ;)

Hardcore Dalek builders plan galactic domination

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'hardcore'

for sure that is some serious geek/nerd pr0n. ;)

Manhunt, mods and maddened mothers

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"I'm crossing my fingers"

A much safer bet than holding ones breath on this one methinks. ;)

iPhone rubber fingers not a hoax, inventor insists

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Joke

Is it just me

rubbers in the "Hardware" section?

Jordan mulls mamtastic epitaph

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Here I lie

when it all goes tits up.

Sick Brit yobs graffiti dog

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She is lucky

If a dog was left on its own outside a shop in North London it would have been stolen in less than ten minutes.

Cops and Home Office plot uber-CCTV network

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@Tawakalna

I see plenty of hooded chavs on the street, but what are these "coppers" you talk about?

Met's de Menezes photo 'manipulated', says prosecution

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Gives a whole new meaning to

Photofit.

@Mad Mike

"does it matter whether the photo was changed or not"

I don't know in what context the photograph was used but tampering with evidence springs to mind. If it doesn't matter in this case will it matter in any other?

US Patent Office decimates Amazon's 1-Click Patent

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As he worked on Lord of The Rings.

One click to rule them all. ;)

Unimpressed Sheilas mock boy racers' todgers

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@Ron Hughes

"I drive slowly & carefully, but the pink 'un is still diminutive."

Ron, the "Post anonymously" check-box is there for a reason. ;)

DA suppressed Alabama Baptist pastor autopsy

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Since when

has one less Tory MP been sad news? ;)

BT home router wide open to hijackers

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@@Anonymous Coward

To me the green icon looks like the invisible man with his raincoat on getting a hand job from some obliging fellow.

I'm definitely not going near any tooltip for that. ;)

MS admits Halo 3 'disc unreadable' errors

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Gates Halo

If only for the icon

I couldn't resist. ;)

Lawmaker shows nudie pic to high school seniors

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@ Rob McDougall

"Does anyone remember when Richard & Judy (british "celebrities") went up to get an award at some contrived show and Judy's nipple was hanging out?"

You know, some things should be against the law. ;)

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A couple of

unexpected points in that powerpoint presentation then.

Pipex-Intel WiMAX emerges as Freedom4

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Jings, crivens and help ma bob.

It's Friday and there is no "Beer" icon!

Late, fast and pricey: O2 broadband is go

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@ Unlimited does NOT have a new meaning.

"But the chances of anybody intelligent ever being employed by OFCOM or ASA ???"

Find the answer below. ;)

http://www.batterseapowerstation.org.uk/floyd/animals2.jpg

US men wrangle over three-year-old amputated leg

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Endless mileage

for bad jokes with this one.

He hopes to form a partnership with Wood and leg.

Somebody is going to have to stump up some readies.

This case doesn't have a leg to stand on.

There's three to be going on with. ;)

Opportunity goes panoramic on Victoria

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Re: wot?

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/targetFamily/Mars

MS confirms Halo 3 Limited Edn box scratch bug

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Shock horror

Halo 3 is up to scratch.

Now where did I leave my coat.

China spots 42 new glaciers

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Re: How technology changes in 100 years, eh

Perhaps they used these.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/25/mesopotamian_nil_cubit/

Judge parks 172mph Porsche driver for 10 weeks

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Re: re: 10 Weeks in Jail...

"But then again, how can we expect 'Justice' to be meted out, when the people, 'meting' it out, are all over 70yrs old(well nearly) and have never driven their own cars. Oh my word, when will we get some common sense in our law courts."

Indeed, let's have teenage muggers, burglars and joy riders sitting on the bench.

At least they will know what they are on about. ;)

Smiley celebrates 25th birthday

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Re: The art of tossing

You can always rely on Lester to pull it off.

Microsoft sets spinners on court verdict

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Re: Here's the latest from our sponsors...

And mine smells of roses! ;)

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