* Posts by Michael 28

333 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Jun 2009

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Spitzer 'scope spots Buckyballs in spaaace

Michael 28
Alien

meh!

where are the Diamonds at?

Hitachi hides Magic Wand vibrator under a bushel

Michael 28
Unhappy

Argos...

....sell a similar one. I bought one for that purpose, until my Mum borrowed it last time she visited.

Extraterrestrials strafe Bosnian with meteorites

Michael 28
Unhappy

could be worse ...

http://www.mosnews.com/society/2009/05/08/1550/

apparently this happens a lot.

Linux to eclipse Microsoft's 'all-in' tablet enthusiasm

Michael 28
Happy

Remember xp?

5 years is a long time in OS years!

UK.gov may cut BBC licence fee in 2012

Michael 28
Badgers

Same result as the RBWM bin collections then?

.....the fee will be frozen at £145 , but you get free M&S vouchers (aka food stamps).

BTW.... Blind people get the licence at half price .. WTF? .Never understood that. And why can't you get a bill in braille at the allpay places?

ps ... can we have a "Bodgers" icon?

(Bodgers Senor? we don' need no steenkin' Bodgers!)

Torrent sites: Here today, gone tomorrow and no one even cares

Michael 28
Happy

Looking to the future....

.....in-car wi-fi? Even with a short range , you could turn the daily log-jam on the M4- M25 into a big LAN party. And if it's just the.torrent files you're swapping, even better.

Digital ad portrayed Catholic Queen as 'flesh-eating zombie'

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Coat

I wasn't expecting the.....

....er .....I'll come in and do that one again....

I wasn't expecting the Spanish inquisition.!!

Our chief weapon is ? anyone?

New dinosaur dubbed 'Mojoceratops' - 'over a few beers'

Michael 28
Pint

Powerpuff girls?

......Mojo Jojo????????

George Lucas rattles lightsabre at Jedi laser firm

Michael 28
Happy

meh! I'm more of a 2000ad fan .

(Strontium Dog)..... i'll wait for the particle-beam equivalent , with the hafnium gamma grenades thrown in for free.

Fanbois love sex toys: Official

Michael 28
Coffee/keyboard

Can we have a "shocked" icon?

....how did you KNOW??????

Renault DeZir: 'leccy sex machine

Michael 28
Happy

one thing i love about the leccy tech obsession.

.... they haven't considered the requirements of the future economy. Most people won't buy one unless they HAVE TO. (ie, no more oil. )

.... now just bear with me, and imagine one of these parked behind the business end of a horse at a roundabout.

On the other hand, why bother with batteries at all, and go the "scalextric" route?

Microsoft patches Freetard-by-design bug

Michael 28
Happy

Anyone done this?

Type "lol limewire " into google and hit "i feel lucky" .... don't do it in chrome, cos it spoils it .

Brighton NIMBYs complain over BT broadband upgrades

Michael 28
Happy

Won't someone think of the...

....property prices. Honestly, some people do run on autopilot sometimes.

'The internet's completely over', declares petulant Prince

Michael 28
Happy

wasn't he also better known....

....as the artist formerly known as "non-ascii squiggle" ??????

Microsoft goes AC/DC with Instaload battery tech

Michael 28
Coat

Microsoft know their target market!

(...idiocracy). 'nuff said.. it's friday.

Brace yourself for 4TB drives next year

Michael 28
Linux

DPM? ...

....prefer AMANDA or Clonezilla myself!

Seagate's 3TB external drive

Michael 28
Unhappy

most aren't

..i lost a 1.5tb drive recently as it fell over when spinning up. Luckily it just had ... er... some home movies on it . Hot -swappable NAS boxes are definitely the way to go with media centres

and drives. Any news from Synology on compatability? Toshiba is usually compatable , but don't know if the firmware would be up to this level.

BT boss brands Britain illiterate

Michael 28
Happy

Could be worse..

"BT's chairman Sir Mike Rake has joined Tesco and M&S in slamming standards in British schools"......

No mention about Royal Mail or Macdonalds there, i notice?

BTW... who or what are we being compared to?

..this is an emotive, semanticallly null statement if ever there was one ... unless he's using the term "standards" ironically?

(....he's not comparing us to the...GERMANS? is he???)

'Toothed' condom hits rapists where it hurts

Michael 28
Happy

Prior art...

..............don't bother with the patent app.

There was a young lady from Crewe

Who filled her vagina with glue!

She said with a grin,

If they pay to get in,

They'll pay to get out of there too!

Killer piranha stalk Folkestone pond

Michael 28
Unhappy

I wouldn't worry about the Pirhana

.....it's the Candiru you have to worry about... you can't catch 'em in a net remember.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

BTW... there any pubs open near this lake ?

Microsoft justifies lost Office 2010 upgrades

Michael 28
Happy

I would...

.... if it came with suitable support for these other "proprietary" systems ... what would that cost? Anyone?

NHS still rubbish at caring for data

Michael 28
Happy

naughty boys!

....no cloud computing for you then. .......no, srsly, no budget!

Sneaky bin chipping still in the bag for UK.gov

Michael 28
Happy

I Agree!

As a Maidenhead resident, I was very dissapointed with the con-servatives when they ..finally... introduced the scheme. M&S vouchers and coffee vouchers? (No Lidl, Asda,Tesco vouchers? or how about some of MY cash back?...no? )

Asda reading has a pretty decent recycling area, unlike Sainsburys maidenhead. or Tescos.

My workplace also has decent recycling, so if I prepare food at work, i generate little waste.

In fact , the only thing I use is the civic amenity site in stafferton way for garden waste and white goods disposal .Haven't put a bin out since September 2008, after i got a snotty note about not putting stuff in the correct container.

Michael 28
Happy

I can see a problem.

1. Councils post out RFID tags.

2. Daily mail readers throw a strop , throw RFID chip into bin in disgust.

3. DOH!

South African Bill to block all porn

Michael 28
Happy

The Americans tried this before...

...in some local legislation, for what state , I can't remember.

The result was , the legislation was VERY detailed, and, as a result, the legislative paper itself was declared obscene by its own standards.

Think it's either a brown bag or blue pencil job at crown publications again.

ID cards poster girl laments her £30

Michael 28
Happy

betamax?

They dont have hdmi slots.... that'll be the problem then

Captain Cyborg sidekick implants virus-infected chip

Michael 28
WTF?

BSOD on pacemaker???

Serves him right for using ... that...os!!

German bank robbers in Italian Job moment

Michael 28
Happy

The Building was.....weak!

....dosen't say who made the cash machine. (Wasn't a Nixdorf, By any chance?)

BT quotes pensioner £150,000 to get broadband

Michael 28
Happy

BT has heard of "competition", hasn't it?

Satellite Broadband, and the Scottish 'Leccy Broadband

http://www.satsig.net/uk-satellite-broadband.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication

then again. she could always go outside the EU for her broadband

http://www.wimanx.com/edonline.asp

Carmakers boost e-car noise standards for vision-impaired

Michael 28
Happy

Bluetooth???

Maybe EU regulations could make hands free mandatory/standard in new cars, and with that new emergency button they were going to install.... might even be good for cyclists too... you'd get speed , distance , and possibly licence plate too, if properly coded.

Michael 28
Happy

Makink noise? ...i got your noise right HERE!!!

Jet bikes are the future !

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/readers-send-us-photos-of-your-commuter-bike.php

US boffins synthesize self-replicating bacteria

Michael 28
Flame

BTW.. From a purely Nationalist point of view...

... i'm wondering who EXACTLY seems to be the most paranoid about these artificially-created-not-in-Genesis-type pandemics? ...and where are they likely to happen ? ( Quote from this guy says he will earn billions of us dollars as a result....)

All I can say is thank FSM for the ash cloud.

Flames...volcano.

(Theme tune to Hawaii five -o plays in the background)

Michael 28
Happy

Not lightning exactly...

..I'm sure some electrophoresis was involved at some stage, which does involve some high voltage gradients: Lightning is more Physical Sciences forte.

And as for the "spinally challenged" technician, he/she is more likely to be the Safety Officer.

PS .... can we have a smiley icon wearing Safety Specs???

Remember what happened to Peppa Pig!!

Tories buy YouTube home page

Michael 28
Happy

ExcUUUUUUse me BUT!!!!!

......not all so-called "Yobbos" are in the BNP, and i'm replying to say how shocked and apalled I am at such cultural profiling , and offer the following links for your personal consideration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_(Scottish)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racaille

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopnik

and me fave, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanger

.... chavs, on the other hand? does this include cornish individuals?

UKIP suspends Scouse candidate over sado smut movies

Michael 28
Coat

Did I mishear or did someone say "Election"?

.......or am i mixing up BBC parliament 3 line whip coverage with babestation? They are a bit close on my remote ... maybe I nodded off....

say that looks a lot like my jacket .

US Navy plans self-building floating fortresses

Michael 28
Happy

Playmobil reconstruction....

or it won't happen.

Commodore 64 reincarnated as quad-core Ubuntu box

Michael 28
Happy

Could be a tough audience

......wonder what the purists will think????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welle_Erdball

Facebook gives you the clap: Official

Michael 28
Unhappy

How come...

...they never had this problem with msn messenger?

Former model sues Universal over 'x-rated prop' outrage

Michael 28
Thumb Up

Brings back fond memories...

.... of Cosmo and the Littlewoods catalogue back in the 70's...

Kentucky woman breastfeeds sheriff's deputy

Michael 28
Unhappy

Don't forget.....

.....mastitis!!!!!

Nazi-doodlebug-powered father of all paintball guns patented

Michael 28
Coat

As an Irishman....

.... i have some misgivings as to where this might be going.

( Is the hand grenade a weapon of ....mash...destruction?)

..all right officer, i'll come quietly!

Fujitsu strike is off

Michael 28
FAIL

Pension deficit bubble.

I have a feeling that pensions are going to be a real issue in the next two or three decades.

5% pay increase to compensate for pension changes only benefits the taxman.

Minimum earnings £13500????? .... and how long before people start talking up the next house price bubble? I'm going to take a leaf out of the german's book on that score, and use a Euro-SIPP to put a down-payment on a place in Bora-Bora, or somewhere... certainly won't be in England... too many old people.

BBC iPlayer rejects open source plugins, takes Flash-only path

Michael 28
Alert

You mean " Lucky" freetards...

No support for iPlayer means that i DON'T need to pay a licence fee. Poor windows users have to pay, because they CAN access iplayer. (wether or not they do)

I'm looking for the app that allows content streaming over something like VLC from a fixed server , or maybe i'll just use ol' fashioned Bittorrent . XVID's only... i hate bluray.

Either way, no loss.

BTW... what OS do the PVR's mainly use ?

US must redesign killer hot dogs

Michael 28
Happy

@ A word of warning

I did........comes with mayonnaise apparently..! Very continental! :-)

'McDonalds' burger-lers making millions

Michael 28
Coat

@ Do you want fries with that?

.... in the context of the article.. should be .. " do you want chips with that?"

...hat .. coat ... i'm here all week!

Woman sues rail line for 'exploding' toilet

Michael 28
FAIL

Risk Assessment????

A MANDATORY requirement when using a public convenience on any form of public transport.

(And some train / bus stations and Airports too)

Did she make a visual check of the pan for blockage and potentially biohazardous material?

Did she make sure the door was capable of being secured?

Did she ensure there was sufficient sanitary material ( bog roll) to ensure she didn't place her fellow passengers at risk?

etc etc.....

Silicone implants that generate 'leccy invented for US spooks

Michael 28
Happy

I,for one.....

.....welcome our new Tazer wielding Fembot overlords.

Fifty Strikes and… we'll tell your Mum

Michael 28
Terminator

Mandelson again?

we're DOOMED....doomed, i tell ye!!!!!

Cadbury flakes in face of Kraft bid - cuts expected

Michael 28
Happy

actually....

that's not strictly true ..... ever wonder about flavoured milk here in the uk? Pasteurisation lowers any bacterial load , but not all the milk resulting is pure white... BTW, the farmyard is NOT a clean place . pasteurisation is good.

Mastitis is an STD here , and farmers are under severe pressure to make sure it dosen't occur on THEIR farm.

Elf 'n safety etc.

WRT the hormones, most (not all ) are denatured in the cooking process . The problem is the slaughterhouses, farms, etc, become a selective environment for resistant "superbugs" ,

MRSA etc .

As for the fate of the uk dairy industry, i'm going back to watch "zombieland" with relish......and chips !!! :-)

Michael 28
Unhappy

I do work for cadburys,

But not at selly oaks. I had the feeling of impending doom as soon as soon as mandelson got on board. I also felt that it was a shame todd stitzer (he's american, by the way) was retiring in the next year or two... he would've missed all the growth he was promising investors .

I've also heard Irene Rosenfeld (our new boss) talk about "the best of both" ....and then talking job losses (sorry .."efficiencies")

The best of both? sounds like " the best of the best" ... Maybe theyll play top gun or MIB at full volume when she arrives , so we don't hear the gunshots from behind the bike sheds!

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