Posts by BossHog

Boohoo

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Nothing to hide....

All the non-crooks have got their cards then :D

LOL!

LOL!

Gah...

Now we have even fewer principled politicians!

"The victorian era called"

Did they call on their Transchronomic Phonoreverberator?

"Root mean signal strength is down to 184 years; inform the engineer that we need more power!"

Heh heh heh!

Terrific! Had me chuckling gleefully! Worryingly workable too!

@Am I the only one who wants a ID card?

Yes.

@UTC == GMT

Quite. Everyone knows that Time is manufactured in Greenwich. It flows forth from the 1884 Transmagnetic Chronoelectromovitator mounted on top of Greenwich Hill, which is powered by two immense steam engines situated down on the Thames.

If you are running late for an appointment, simply ask the operator to place a call to the Greenwich Temporal Powerhouse, and request that they brake the flywheels for twenty minutes or so.

Manouevre? Maneouvre? Manuoevre?

I always liked "manoeuvre" as a tough spelling.

Of course you'd have to be an "oeuf" not to have a mnemonic for it...

Grey Squirrels

Problem solved.

@ Louis

Chuckle! Gold star for the astute observation about Croydon.

Want one!

Send it to meeee!

Magnetic stripes...

Oh no - my ID card was in my pocket... :)

Re-posted from another article - but I'd be interested to know your thoughts

One question: When we eventually "apply" for our ID cards, how will they know that the identity information we provide is correct?

There are three possibilities:

1) They can't really check the identity info, in which case, surely we can all apply as "Gordon Brown" and see what happens...

2) They can check the info based on existing records, which raises the question of why we 'need' ID cards in the first place.

3) They don't care whether the information is correct, but whatever you send will become your new identity - there for tracking you from now on. This clearly signifies a shifting of the balance between subject and state. It also allows people to reinvent themselves (say, illegal immigrant to 3rd generation British subject).

Since (1) is completely pie-shop, and (3) raises far too many nasty questions, I am sure the Government would suggest (2) as the correct answer. The reasoning would be something like "currently it *can* be done, but it's complex and painful - this will make it much easier". To me, that isn't reason enough!

Thoughts

One question: When we eventually "apply" for our ID cards, how will they know that the identity information we provide is correct?

There are three possibilities:

1) They can't really check the identity info, in which case, surely we can all apply as "Gordon Brown" and see what happens...

2) They can check the info based on existing records, which raises the question of why we 'need' ID cards in the first place.

3) They don't care whether the information is correct, but whatever you send will become your new identity - there for tracking you from now on. This clearly signifies a shifting of the balance between subject and state. It also allows people to reinvent themselves (say, illegal immigrant to 3rd generation British subject).

Since (1) is completely pie-shop, and (3) raises far too many nasty questions, I am sure the Government would suggest (2) as the correct answer. The reasoning would be something like "currently it *can* be done, but it's complex and painful - this will make it much easier". To me, that isn't reason enough!

IWOOT

RC flying combat droids - surely *the* present for xmas 2008?

I hear you're having some trouble...

.. with your TPS reports. Didn't you get the memo?

Wii + GH3

I've got my Wii and Guitar Hero III - and it's completely awesome!

For those of you who can't get hold of one: come round, play guitar hero - we'll have some beers!

It's 16:54

16:54 - come on baby, you can do it! A cold pint of London Porter awaits!

@James Delaney

Mmm.. super scampi! Now the pertinent scientific questions are:

a) "Was it any good?"

b) "Is there any left?"

@Jonathan Richards... heheh! .. coat, surely?

"You always were an *sshole, Gorman!"

Not sure I'm impressed by this survey - some of these quotes are far too wordy to actually get used in conversation. It all seems a bit contrived. Also, what about:

"How do I get out of this chicken-sh*t outfit?" Aliens

"Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen!" Aliens

"Watch those corners!" Aliens

"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit - it's the only way to be sure" Aliens

"Get away from her you b*tch!" Aliens

"Not bad, for a human" Aliens

"It's game over, man, game over!" Aliens

"Ease down Ripley, you're just grinding metal." Aliens

"We're on a express elevator to hell.... going down" Aliens

"All I need to know, is where they are." Aliens

"What are we supposed to use, man, bad language?" Aliens

"A day in the corps is like a day on the farm!" Aliens

"I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid" Aliens

"Hey, Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?" / "No. Have you?" Aliens

There are many more!

"Paris Hilton leaves Rwanda; Hits Japan; Misses Universe."

Also, did anyone else misread a line in the article as the following:

"[PH] was airlifted yesterday into a media thong"

Point Blank

All we need now is for someone to port Namco's awesome "Point Blank" (but not "Point Blank II" cos it was too hard! ;). Also a new version of NES Duck Hunt - preferably where you can shoot your pesky dog and, perhaps, hen harriers?

Only £20 too - good stuff. Along with Guitar Hero III, I reckon this will have Wii's flying off the shelves this Xmas!