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* Posts by Crisp

1292 posts • joined Monday 16th January 2012 14:00 GMT

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Re: Artists are being forced into poverty

Yes, I remember seeing Stan Lee begging for spare change in the subway this morning.

At least... He looked like Stan Lee.

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Trollface

Say UNCLE Apple!

SAY IT!

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Re: Now I hate Win 8 as much as the next man

I was hating Windows 8 back when it was still called Metro

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Re: Now you've done it

Emulator, Roms, Kempston Joystick and a usb adapter and you're done :D

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This whole cunning plan has one fatal flaw

It requires women to know what they actually want.

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Faraday Cage

Suddenly your multi billion pound weapon is a very expensive paperweight.

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Simply Amazing

And the best thing to come out of Vista ever.

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So Bernard Manning was wrong?

“A police recruit is asked during an exam, “What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother-in-law?” He replies, “I’d call for backup.”

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Re: How can you patent something that's "Standards Essential"?

So that's what the issue is.

The more you know...

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FAIL

Lack of connectors on the back plate.

And where exactly is the parallel printer port? How does Apple expect graphics designers to print anything out?

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Flame

The most important information is missing from the article

Did the insurance company actually fulfill their contractual obligation and pay out on the insurance policy?

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IT Angle

How can you patent something that's "Standards Essential"?

Can't mobile phone operators just agree to a slightly different standard?

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Wouldn't it be easier

To grab a bit of plastic and just chip away the bits that you don't want?

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Re: Coming soon the 'SubNet'

It's called Tor. Learn to love it.

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Terminator

Is the robot getting a medal?

And if not, why not?

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Re: Thin end of the wedge.

Then if you want to do anything interesting, it will have to be on a .onion site.

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FAIL

Those must be really good sites if the BPI want to shut them down

I bet they are really grateful for all the free advertising too!

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I'm genuinely shocked!

Spending government money north of London?

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Does anyone really give a fuck?

I know of 12 Escorts nearby, 5 of which are fairly close to you.

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Big Brother

Having an opinion

May soon become an arrestable offence.

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What happened to the laptop?

Was it still working afterwards?

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Re: What's inside the racks?

Pigeons. Hundreds of thousands of pigeons.

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"in some instances customers may be able to hear a subtle noise whilst in use"

WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IS IT ON? I CAN'T TELL!

IT'S WHISPER QUIET!

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Re: But it all looks blue to me in that pic?

Well, the thing about a bit of dark matter - its main distinguishing feature - is it's dark. And the thing about space, the colour of space, your basic space colour, is black.

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Alien

"the biggest military computer hack of all time"

Uh? What?

No.

Browsing unprotected Windows 95 shared folders is not hacking.

But great news for Gary. It's about time this whole matter was laid to rest.

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Re: Exploding Drop Bears?

The Koala thing was an analogy! Not a suggestion for a new weapons platform!

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Re: If only we could...

I'd be happy just to see one launched within my lifetime.

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Big Brother

"16% of the reports ISPs received were not based on "valid" IP addresses"

It's almost as if they are making the evidence up.

No wonder they don't want people seeing their secret evidence.

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Re: Well, it's a start

No, it's more like strapping C4 to a koala bear and then detonating it when it hugs an enemy soldier.

It's worse than training kids to be soldiers. It's weaponizing cuteness.

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It looks like a massive cube!

And it's coming straight for us!

Raise Shields!

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Can someone send me teh codez?

kthxbye!

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That's a lot of money

For code that was mostly copied and pasted from windows 7.

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Why is Jay against this?

Doesn't he care about the animals that aren't badgers?

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Re: quick! overreact!

Because he's an easily caught individual.

Not a massive faceless corporation where blame can be so diluted it's impossible to actually finger anyone behind this cock up.

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Important questions need to be asked.

What's the phone number for this line, and how much are they charging?

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Looks like Facebook hired better accountants this year.

I think it's time to move corporations on to a PAYE tax system.

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It's only 40ly away!

You could be there an back in a lifetime!

(Lifetimes may be as long as 80 years as seen from by an observer on Earth. Observers in other inertial frames of reference may vary.)

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The giant eye

It *never* blinks!

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Alien

Pyramids on Mars

There's no way any human could have built a structure like that...

Cue Twilight Zone music.

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"it seems to be a genuine concern for these believers"

Believers are genuinely concerned about a lot of things.

Most of it doesn't exist though, and so doesn't affect the rest of us.

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FAIL

It's a sad day for religion

When gods need protection under the law. It used to be that gods would just hurl a lightning bolt and smite people they didn't like. It seems that todays modern god prefers to hurl lawyers instead.

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Re: One step closer

This is surely The Enterprise that will usher in a new era of commercial space flight.

And you can bet your arse that pun was intended.

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Re: Just the answer?

Where's your working out?

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Growth, year on year

It's got to come to an end at some point.

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Re: "high-profile single man prison"

Number 6.

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Re: Lynch mob mentality

The Pedofinder General, by the power vested in him by knee jerk British Tabloids, has found him guilty in the court of public opinion.

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Re: velocity addition

Hey I didn't say he was wrong. I just wanted a more exact figure.

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Re: velocity addition

Oh Really?

Someone get me a calculator. And a slide rule.

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It's not really that small

It's just very far away.

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Re: No different from a Frankie Boyle joke

Apparently there is a difference when you charge someone a £35 entrance fee.