Posts by Graham Marsden
4081 posts • joined Friday 19th January 2007 17:59 GMT
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Re: lets see someone sacked for this.
Lol! That's a good one...!
Re: I'll take em off their hands...
I'll split them with you 50/50 :-)
@Rampant Spaniel
It never ceases to amaze me how little respect some people have for others' privacy.
If you were helping a friend move house would you have a good rummage through their stuff whilst doing so? No? So would you do it to a complete stranger? Would you then tell take copies or tell other people about it?
Just because you can does *NOT* mean you should.
How about...
... #whogivesashit?
"This might be one of the reasons no extraterrestrials have yet dropped round for a chat."
Apart from those bloody teasers...
Posted in We don’t talk any more... on the commute
Re: Nicely put
Go into a shop that sells motorbike equipment and buy yourself a decent set of earplugs! :-)
Tex evasion?
Sure thing, pardner!
What's the Ethiopian equivalent...
... of a 419 Scam...?
Well there's a surprise...
... NOT!
"In Space"...?
No, really? And I thought they'd left the ISS to fix one just down the road from me...
"Gullible idiots...
"...The Movie!"
So...
... this has nothing to do with the lamentable state of sex education in the USA and the influence of the Moral Minority who think that promoting abstinence whilst ensuring ignorance is actually a good way of preventing teen pregnancies...
Ok, very nice but...
... how long before some idiot starts flashing one of these at passing cars/ aeroplanes/ whatever?
@Stratman Re: Never mind 'where are the scams?...'
Ask Joss Whedon... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo
Re: @Evil Auditor @Jim Booth
> It means stop pandering to them *in your own country*.
Yes, because Freedom of Expression only applies to people who have views we like...
> In point of fact, there actually wouldn't even *be* as many hardline muslim countries without the West (i'm thinking Egypt and Libya here) - the overthrow of their governments was done with the help of the West, after the incumbent populations started the ball rolling."
And I'm thinking of eg Iran where the West colluded to overthrow the Shah (and then *got* a hardline Muslim country!)
Re: The Holy Jellyfish?
Hail Cthulhu!
@Evil Auditor Re: @Jim Booth
See Jim Booth's comment " We pussy foot around them, pander to them and then let them shit on us. Maybe, just maybe we need to start growing a pair" for details.
Posted in Apple turns off Siri’s potty mouth
Re: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
/me dials MYCROFTXXX :-)
Posted in Apple turns off Siri’s potty mouth
@Robert Carnegie
"Has everybody read the classic science fiction story, [A Logic Named Joe]?"
I hadn't, but I have now. It's a very interesting and thought provoking little story, so thanks for the pointer :-)
Posted in Apple turns off Siri’s potty mouth
@Chris W
Here's a search for you to try: "Siri, what is a Straw Man argument"?
"While some will no doubt point to Fukushima...
"...as a sign the UK should be looking to scale down its reliance on nuclear"
Yes, because it's only been around 400 years since we had a Tsunami in this country...
@Mystic Megabyte
Presumably, then, they didn't have a Sky+ box.
The only thing I watch "live" (ie as it's broadcast) is the News. Everything else is stacked up on Sky+ waiting to be watched at my convenience and the ads get fast-forwarded through.
I pay £20 a month for Sky which gives me Discovery, History, National Geographic, Sky 1, Atlantic, SyFy, Watch etc etc plus all the Freeview channels which is well worth the money to me.
Posted in Japanese toilet can save penalty kicks
So...
... You're sitting on the loo, minding your own business and one of your "mates", for a laugh, kicks a ball under the loo door...!!!
Re: @Jim Booth
"I merely point out that leave us alone and we will leave you alone. Clearly, this is too much to ask to some people."
And have you ever considered that *THEY* might be saying exactly the same thing???
Imagine someone started interfering in your country's political affairs? Imagine if they invaded your part of the world because they thought they knew best about how things should be run? What would you do?
Do you think you might say to them "leave us alone and we will leave you alone"?
Still, clearly, this is too much to ask to some people...
Re: Really?
@ the second AC
I don't know where you live, but it's pretty clear that the first AC lives in the USA. Now I don't know what their Data Protection legislation is like, but in the UK you actually have some pretty good rights under the Data Protection Act to get it corrected, so perhaps it was easier for you than for him.
Oh you believers...
... you are free to believe what you want.
Just remember that so are we.
Thanks.
@Jim Booth
I was going to upvote you until you got to your intolerant last couple of sentences which appear to suggest that you want *us* to impose *our* way of life on them (or shoot them if they don't like it) which is probably the cause of these problems in the first place.
"the small and rather underpowered PPK"
"really would have been an unlikely choice for an undercover service to be issuing to its assassins"
Really?
An assassin doesn't want to have a face to face shoot-out with his target, he doesn't want to talk to him or make a witty comment, he wants to get the job done as quickly and safely as possible.
The .25 Beretta would be fine for this: Walk up behind the target, a single swift shot into the back of the head which probably won't even penetrate out the front of the skull, and while anyone nearby is wondering what that "crack" sound was and why some bloke has fallen down, the assassin is walking away, job done.
Ghostery + Adblock
+ Refcontrol
"Wireless Association, formerly the Cellular Telephone Industry Association (CTIA)"
Defined by the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy as "Another bunch of mindless jerks who'll be second against the wall when the revolution comes..."
"it does not accurately reflect user intent"
So how do they expect users to express their intent??
If I decide I want a browser that has DNT on by default or if I switch it on, how is Yahoo going to know the difference?
"For a while...
"... they flew on, motionless against the starry sweep of the Galaxy, itself motionless against the infinite sweep of the Universe. And then they turned round.
``It'll have to go,'' the men of Krikkit said"
I bought a product a few weeks ago...
... and was offered a £5 discount by the company if I clicked their Facebook Like button.
So I clicked the button, took the discount, bought the product and then Unliked the company!
"Dead or alive...
"...you're coming with me!"
(Ok, that was Robocop not The Terminator, but WTH!)
It's been up and down like a yo-yo...
I've been trying to check if I've received a payment, but it keeps telling me there's a problem and to try a different browser!
Re: Translation
The bottom one is the EULA.
DRM = Draconian Rights Management
We're right, you're wrong.
We can take away the stuff on your Kindle because you don't own it, you only have a licence to read it and we can revoke that at any time without needing to provide any justification or real explanation for our actions.
It's great to be us and it sucks to be you!
Great!
You can spend *ALL DAY* being pestered by people who want an *INSTANT* response from you!
No more them sending an e-mail and having to *wait* for you to reply! No, now they just go on Skype and keep hassling you until you reply just to get them to SHUT UP!
Who could fail to love such a setup???
Cheops?
Was the award for the project or the most contrived name...?
What's the betting...
... that a big chunk of their edits will be thrown out by the self-important idiots who "moderate" Wikipedia and think they know better than people who actually study a subject?!
"I suppose you expect me to walk...?"
"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to wait for the AA! That's what you get for driving a Lotus..."
Posted in New Oz road rules forbid touching mobes
@Larry F54 - Re: cyclist's perspective
>> and don't get me started on the f*ckwits at night without lights.
> Well, I agree with you there.
Me too, especially all those drivers out there who are in control of unroadworthy vehicles.
To all drivers: A non-working headlight, rear light or brake light will cause your vehicle to fail its MOT test of roadworthiness, so try *checking* them every now and again!
Posted in New Oz road rules forbid touching mobes
@Da Weezil Re: cyclist's perspective
Yes, cyclists have to obey the rules of the road like everyone else, but if they do something stupid in the vast majority of cases it's only themselves they put in jeopardy, unlike those who use mobiles whilst driving.
So, please, stop trying to obfuscate the situatino or move the goal posts, let's concentrate on *this* issue, thank you.
@NukEvil
Next time just don't stop to pick up a hitch-hiker!
@AC Re: Err...
"Let's say you were stupid enough to go out and leave your house unlocked. I walk in and have a good old rummage through your smalls drawer...no crime there then?"
No, actually there is no crime. There is a civil offence of trespass, but that is *not* a criminal offence!
And were you to claim (as the US did) that adding extra locks on each of your doors would cost $5000 per lock (or whatever their made-up figure was) simply to get the offence to be serious enough to warrant extradition, you'd be laughed out of court.
"we are getting rid of our earthly form and ascending into the next stage"
So they're saying they're Subliming?
Re: excuse me
@excuse me
It did happen, but, as I said, it was later rescinded.
See the article which I linked to in my post www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bt-blocks-direct-access-to-telephone-porn-lines-personal-code-will-be-needed-for-adult-premium-rate-numbers-1494484.html
Posted in Vote NOW for the vilest Bond villain
Re: In my book
Well, of course, in Fleming's Book he was an ex-Nazi who wanted to collude with the Russians to nuke London!
Posted in Vote NOW for the vilest Bond villain
Re: Hugo Drax needs more love
Not forgetting "You defy all my attempts to plan an amusing death for you!"
