* Posts by Mat

140 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Jul 2007

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US lag sues over prison crash diet

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Crikey!

A prison that isn't run like a holiday camp.

Home Office defends 'dangerously misleading' Phorm thumbs-up

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@ Matt Sidall

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As far as I can see, all that remains to be determined is how big a fine and how grovelling an apology BT should have to face...

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Nope - Don't fine them! That cost will only be passed on to the innocent consumer.

Jail time for the executives concerned is the only way.

Microsoft kicks out third Windows XP service pack

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@ Matt Thornton

is that a euphemism? I knew that Mac owners were tossers but don't you think you are taking it a bit too far?

Pro-Tibet rootkit Trojan poses as cartoon

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Here we go again...

<beavis and butthead>

Huh huh huh..... Windoze lusers... huh huh huh.... stupid... huh huh huh...

</beavis and butthead>

FFS.

Phone insurance firm reveals Sharia rules policy

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@ AC

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So is this why we don't ever see Muslim countries like Iran & Pakistan investing in weapons programs, such as developing nuclear weapons?

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Remember kids, as far as Jihad is concerned - Anything goes!

HSBC e-payments system limps back online

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It wouldn't happen..

.. if HSBC were using Macs!!

E-passport security flaw allows remote ID of nationality

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@ Herby

Or just bung it in the microwave for a while..

HSBC pops thousands of customer details in the post

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I'll be interested to see

what punishment the FSA metes out to HSBC; 370,000 << 20,000,000

Carphone Warehouse stares down BPI and UK.gov on three strikes

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@ Ash

Two words.

"Ballistic" "striation"

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Flame

Quick..

Let's also make Smith & Wesson responsible for people shooting people.

How an app called WarmTouch nailed a grenade-stockpiling cyber extortionist

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Joke

I've sussed it.

amanfromMars writes a perfectly coherent missive and then uses Babalfish.altavista to translate it from coherent English to another language and translates that translation back to English again (with random capitalisation)

Tool makes mincemeat of Windows passwords

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@ kain preacher

Pssssst..

Re-read what Joey Y wrote

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It is nice to see that the 1394 spec is an equal opportunity offender, hitting Linux (what about BSD?) and OS X, too.

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See those brackets.. They are important to the meaning of the post.

Quake rocks Britain

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@ All the Kiwi's...

.......... Yeah... But you shag sheep!!!!! lol!!!!11!!eleventyone!!11!

Microsoft releases latest XP SP3 build

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@ JayKay

You're obviously an artist baby......

Seriously, I'm pleased you are enjoying your Mac so much

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

Enraged vegan spitroasts Reg hack

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A title is required.

..... And Rachel's name is an anagram of

"Incrusted as ill-health."

Marvellous!

Canonical scoops up KVM for Ubuntu virtualisation

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Phew..

I thought I was going mad..

KVM has always been Keyboard, Video, Mouse

NPfIT director general hands in his scrubs

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Whoopee

More work for me!!! (When it does eventually die...)

Scientists warn on climatic 'tipping points'

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They are not scientists anymore..

They are political evangelists

HMRC still waiting for EDS cash

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Hmmm.

EDS seem to be a total pile of shite.. Didn't Derby County FC drop them as their sponsor a while back?

BitTorrent admin's police bail extended (again)

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Well done Paul.

Nicely done.. Oooh I can feel the heat from here!!

MoD asks UK Forces personnel to submit DNA samples

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Secured??

"The MoD adds that the DNA "can be destroyed on written request by the Service person, when they leave service, or after 45 years, whichever is sooner", and that it will be kept in a "secured environment""

Yup - it will be secured on a laptop... and then lost...

Accenture and BAE pull out of ID card project

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EDS??

Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!

Brazil bans the evil sold in EverQuest and Counter-Strike

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Ahh..

Brazil - The country where 'street children' are routinely shot.. It seems that the authorities there have been playing the banned games for a while now..

MySpace reveals child predator blocks

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Madness.

The worrying thing about all of this is that because people think this is adequate security, they will reduce their vigilance accordingly...

YouTube biker clocked at 189mph

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re: I wonder if radar guns work at that speed

Surely most 'talivans' utilise cameras that photograph the front of the vehicle..

Could someone please tell me where the numberplate (Licence plate for the septics) is on a bike?

Brit violinist does a Radiohead

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So we are pretty much agreed

leslie is a gormless git!

Well done leslie!

Office update disables MS files

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Has anyone picked up.

..that 'auto-correct' (as you type) does not work in Office SP3? - For a retard like me that is a real pain in the arse!

DVLA coughs to data slip

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RE: I wonder how much HMRC is making from the help line?

Well.... They need to cover the cost of sending out millions of letters apologising for the balls-up!

Appraisals are dishonest, waste of time

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The thing with HR is..

HR = Human remains...

I have yet to work for a company where the HR Dept. are actually any good.

Google preps magic GDrive

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@ J

Us blokes will never find our files again! ;-)

Darling could backtrack on capital gains

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@amanfromMars

OK! who are you and what have you done with *our* amanfromMars?

The Pirate Bay absconds with domain name of its nemesis

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Paris Hilton

re:Am I the only one... by Michael

No - you are not.

But I'm a perv.. What's your excuse?

This emergency alert has been cancelled by Hotmail

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re: Not an idiot, just a student

Same thing - Surely! ;-)

Apple sued over i-Bricks

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Not the biggest Apple fan but....

I have no sympathy for people whose iphones are bricked. If they were crazy enough to buy a phone that was tied into AT&T and then, even after the reports that an update could brick a hacked phone, proceed to hack it. Tough shit!

First RIAA file-sharing trial begins

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@Phil Saulnier

The loss of the verb 'to lose' coincided with the French stealing it as a name for one of its cities.

Japanese Wii sales rain on PS3 parade

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Surely...

The Wii would piss on the PS3's parade rather than rain on it.

Note to despots: You can't kill the internet

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I guess.

the UN will help Burma in the same way it has helped the people of Zimbabwe..........

Chuck Norris to do battle in El Reg Arena of Death

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@Daniel Winstone

Sense of humour anyone??

Must be fun being you..

Google avoids AdWords jury trial as opponent backs down

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@Andy S

You are assuming a modicum of common sense!

Brit spooks: Yanks are frightful cowboys

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@Mike Morgan

You don't really think the UK is any better do you?

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