* Posts by dervheid

1194 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Dec 2007

Employees sue for unpaid Windows Vista overtime

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Problem not just the OS...

It's probably a lot to do with all the corporate 'bloatware' that *has* to get up and running before the user can log on.

Typical call centre attitude to timekeeping though.

German bawdy house offers free entry for life

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Free membership, as opposed to...

Free 'Entry'!

Oz driver pulled with todger in pasta sauce jar

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Nobby's Beach!..

LMFHO!

What a Tosser / jerk / wanker!

Hitler had one ball: Official

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I remember it as...

"Hitler, has only got one ball.

Goring, has two but very small.

Himmler, has something similar,

and poor old Goebblels, has no balls, at all"

Anyway, if it's in 'The Sun', it MUST be true...

BT silences customers over Phorm

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tells you all you need to know

If it (webwise) was a good thing, then BT would be able to defend any criticism of it.

Bad move BT, now we REALLY think you've something to hide!

Nissan: buy our electric cars... rent our batteries

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Well said...

"Great we can all drive electric cars, but nobody really seems to be thinking of how we will manage to charge millions of electric cars."

...that man (or woman, sorry moderatrix)!

UK health records should not be flogged off

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Anonymised files?

Right...

How about this;

Just leave things as they are.

Gov to Manchester: No new trams without road pricing

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The thin end...

of the wedge.

Nothing like a bit of governmental blackmail (or, in these PC days, should that be referred to as 'African-ethnic-origin' mail) to get the ball rolling. If this starts in Manchester, it'll only be a matter of time before... yadda yadda yadda...

Unhappy people watch more telly

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And just to make people feel even more wretched...

those cheeky geordies are back with another dose of televisual diarrhoea.

'Meh' makes Collins English Dictionary

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Pftt!

And?

BOFH: The paperless cafeteria

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I have tears...

(of laughter!!) running down my face!

BOFH of the year (so far).

Arizona boffins get a grip on their newly-fat pipe

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The "Kilowrist Barrier"

LMHO

Brilliant.

Profanisaurus contender, beyond doubt.

Universities reject Stasi role

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So...

just how often are they 'allowed' to miss classes, before the *Border Agency* comes looking for them with a one-way ticket 'home'?

"I'm sorry <insert politically correct gender identifier>, you appear to have missed two lectures this term. You have failed to comply with your student visa conditions, and are booked on the next flight to <insert destination>."

"Sick, you say, ah well, too bad"

Honda debuts groin-clutching walker exoskeleton

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Can't help thinking...

about the "Custody Boots" in the Red Dwarf 'Justice' episode.

Or 'The Wrong Trousers'

Imagine the bag snatcher's face when the 'doddery old dear' who's bag he's just nicked comes sprinting after him though!

MPs (finally) debate cybercrime

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Makes a change

And there was me thinking they only debated the latest BBC broadcasting 'outrage'.

Gadget Show competition spews text spam

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Caution! Bandwagon Alert!

I can just hear the cries of "Sack the fucking lot of em" beginning.....Now.

MP calls for Jezza Clarkson's head

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You'd have thought...

that he maybe had more important things to worry about, like how the current global financial 'crisis' was going to affect his constituents.

Still, nothing more important than a bandwagon, eh?

Must have missed the last one.

Dickhead.

Jacqui Smith prints seized by No2ID in daring dabs grab

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"Jackboot Jacqui"

LMFAO!

Brilliant.

And SO appropriate.

Study clears cannabis of schizophrenia rap

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Woo Hoo!

I knew it didn't!

<no you didn't>

<yes he did, shut up you>

<jeez, will you two chill out>

<no> <fuck off hippy>

<FFS, you three, keep the noise down, he'll HEAR us>

<sorry> <shhh> <bummer>

Did someone say something? I thought I heard voices a moment ago. Must be my imagination. Need to relax....

North Korea photoshops stroke from Kim Jong Il

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"I suspect some photoshop jokey in N Korea...

is going off for 'reeducation' (sorry, I mean, 'retraining') right now..."

"But of course digging six foot deep hole out here in jungle is good preparation for re-learning. Now, please to lie face down for next exercise"

Yes! It's the Darth Vader breakfast toaster

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I sense a disturbance...

in the toast.

Yes Luke, I am your Toaster!

May the farce be with you.

German court curbs data collection law

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How the world has turned.

'Freedom' for the Germans; psychotic, power crazed control freak dictators for us!

BlackBerry Storm to blow in next week - minus Wi-Fi

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Yet another launch

of a crippled ship.

Don't see the point of this without the wi-fi capability.

Vodaphone; FAIL

Windows 7: One compatibility label, no confusion

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"It's too early to say what the final sticker would look like"

Looks like a starter for a 'Reg Competition.

as you can see, I've already selected mine!

Guy Fawkes stunt arrives early

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@The Other Steve

Too true my friend.

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@ Chris Matchett

"MPs are elected peers not appointed slaves"

NO.

MP's are elected *representatives*, not peers. It's just that most of this lot give the impression that they believe they have a God-given right to 'be in charge'. This baw-heid is a prime example of this arrogance.

They need to be reminded, regularly, that this is NOT the case.

Unfortunately, most of the "I've always voted <insert party>, just like my father, grandfatther..." sheeple have forgotten that their MP should be putting them first, and the 'party' second.

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Typical...

of the attitude of the current crop of self-obsessed NuLabourian politicians.

A total Baw-heid!

Microsoft's 'M' treads on US veterans' toes

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Hypocrites!

If anyone had dared to do that to a Microshaft product name, they'd have set the legal hounds on them.

The VA should sue the shit out of them.

Roadpricing satnav spybox trials under way

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@ David Wiernicki

Congrats on getting rid of your resident numpty. Just remember;

BHO ain't actually Prez 'til Jan 20, and I'm sure there's a mess of good ol' boys muttering things like "You ain't President yet, Boy!"

Do you really think that all the lovely *tools* your Security Agencies now have are going to be given up lightly? Or in a hurry?

It's a small step you've taken. The end of the trip is a LONG way off.

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@ Paul, Jonathan Richards

You misunderstand somewhat, in regard to motorbikes.

They won't bother installing them on the bikes, they'll just insert them in the bikers!

Eventually, they'll inset them in us all.

Theory is, if the traffic is moving at a slower maximum speed, there is a lower frequency of 'shockwaving' (car brakes slightly, car behind a bit harder, car behind a bit harder still, then eventually a car stops, then the next, you get the picture, doesn't require an 'incident', hence when you do eventually get moving you get that "WTF was that all about" feeling) and the traffic actually moves quicker on average, therefore travelling a greater distance.

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The 'Road Toll Troll' didn't die...

it just went away to lick its wounds and come up with a new, friendlier* approach. This will, ultimately result in free, Gov't approved and issued SatNavs for all.

Whether you want one, or not.

* The friendlier approach involves the Road Toll Troll replacing its stick with nails in, for a more modern, shiny electronic one. At the end of the day though, it's still a bloody great stick. And it still wants to beat the shite out of us with it.

Road Pricing (by whatever means)

Restricted Air Travel (not 'green')

ID cards (if they get their way)

All communications logged / tapped (if they get their way)

Spot the pattern.

Welcome to NuLabouria

Travel Authorisation and Identity Papers Please, Citizen.

Smith's airport ID card plans cut back to small pilot scheme

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This has as much chance of success...

as Celtic do against Manchester United tonight.

(Lights blue touchpaper and stands back to admire the fireworks)

Defra drafts proper pet practice for the daft

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One can only conclude...

that since cats have been singled out for particular attention, that Hilary Benn must be disposed to sitting stroking his pussy, just like the Evil Genius, Blofeld.

Truly, this country has gone to the cats.

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@ Admiral Grace Hopper

I suggest you update your info. Last time I looked, whales, dolphins, seals and porpoises, which are all mammals, don't have elbows.

Terrible lack of basic seafarers knowledge, just what we've come to expect from the average Admiral these days.

The Independent gets the wrong end of Jacqui's gIMP

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The gIMP...seriously?

LMFAO.

Not going to quote lines from 'Pulp Fiction', I believe most are well enough aware of them.

But now I have to try and erase the mental image of Wacky Jacqui in a Gimp suit (Nooooooooo....)

Coppers nab more mobe-yapping drivers

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How fucking stupid..

do you have to be to continue to do this.

Go to your local Tescosainsburymorrisonsasda supermarket

Buy a bluetooth headset (from about a tenner upwards)

Either use it or don't use the phone whilst you drive.

(and if you're mobe hasn't got bluetooth, buy one of the wired hands-free kits @ about £2)

Is the internet going down down under?

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"although to be honest, we need to understand better what the government is actually proposing."

Two Words;

State Censorship.

Sky channels return to cable

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So, how many deserters...

will now return to VM?

Exactly.

Win / Win for Rupe again.

It's all in the tactics. You only have to remember what happened to ITV Digital after Rupe 'let' them outbid him for the footie ("Oh, shit, we bid HOW MUCH? We're screwed!). And who picked up a lot of the pieces?

Berlin bans handy iPhone metro app

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It's astounding...

that so many bodies like BVG and NS have their heads so far up their own corporate arses.

Of course, the fact that they both appear to be developing or releasing their own 'versions' of these apps has absolutely no bearing on the matter whatsoever.

Does it?

Jezza Clarkson cops flak for 'truckers murder strumpets' gag

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Look out, look out...

the Thought Police are about!

No doubt the 'meja' will blow this all out of proportion. Again.

Has this country completely lost it's sense of humour since the 70's?

Wait... oh. Apparently it has.

Bugger.

Ubuntu 8.10 - All Hail new Network Manager

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Dear boltar

Just a note to remind you to take your medication, as you have clearly forgotten.

What's that you say, you're not on medication, you're just fed up with all the whining noobs.

Well, congratulate yourself for being ever so clever as to be able to use all those complicated ifconfig, iwconfig and dhcp command line tools.

Give yourself a pat on the back, Mr Clever Clogs.

I'm sure your long, hairy simian arms can reach all the way round there, no problem.

CIO surveys murdering IT budgets

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They don't employ...

Robert Peston on a freelance basis by any chance!

Virgin sacks the Facebook 13, BA customers stink

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Harsh...

but fair.

That's what happens when you bite the hand that feeds you.

The moral of the story;

Think it, just don't publish it!

MPs decry Heathrow T5 fiasco

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If by "National" they mean...

"South East Engerlund" then yes.

Personally I was LMFCO, especially after all the build-up, hype and fanfares.

Did feel sorry for the poor fuckers caught up in it all though, with the exception of a few, well publicised, 'celebrity' incidents of course. (No names, no pack drill, for legal reasons obv.)

Don't think anyone else up here in the Land of Jock was 'embarrassed' by it either.

Free WinMo 7 phones to lure punters to desktop Windows 7

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"Exactly how the bundle pack will be presented is also still unknown"

Hopefully, for those gullible souls who rush to buy this, an old school "plain brown paper wrapper" will be the order of the day.

Sticking with the 'old school' theme, maybe it'll come in a "Lucky Bag".

or if you're 'really old school', that'd be a "Jamboree Bag" (come on, don't be shy, I know that there are LOTS of you out there old enough to remember those)

The amazing, endless, bioterror pork conveyor

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And the award for...

"World's Most Paranoid Nation - Terrorism" goes to...

The 'Global War on Terror.' Another gravy train, just like the 'Global Warming' gravy train.

"All Aboard the Handcart to Hell"

Well, at least the greenies will approve of the eco-friendly handcart.

Motorola legal tie to pull pricey Aura phone off eBay

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If I were Motorola

I'd be more worried about actually being able to sell more than half a dozen of these overpriced fashion statements (it states "I'm a tw*t with no fashion sense and more money than brains") in the first place, than them actually being sold on "for a profit" (LOL) anywhere.

Top aero boffin: Green planes will be noisy planes

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Live close to an airport...

expect it to be noisy!

Either invest in a decent set of ear protection or move elsewhere.

If you were there before the airport, then I DO sympathise with you, if you 'chose' to live there after it was built, then you just have to DEAL WITH IT!

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@ Lateral Thinking

Methinks you watched way too much "Fireball XL5" as a child.

Sky 'to bid' for Tiscali

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Nice to see..

Rupe's drive for world (multi) media domination continues apace!

and apparently unopposed.