* Posts by Destroy All Monsters

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Last moon landing was 40 years ago today

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Pint

Re: Scary thing is ...

The scary thing is that all the future money has already been spend. Including the money for social programs.

> We need to get back to basics & reality.

Basics & reality will get back to us.

Meanwhile, beer in the morning.

Facebook T&Cs vote falls 299.5 million short of quorum

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Re: Facebook Marketing Dept. Response

Like

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Re: which vote?

Yep, that's the program being implemented by the Mayor around here how is tyring to get out his debt crater by increasing taxable headcount. He's selling "not informing anyone" as "streamlining the democratic process" though.

Is 'activestor' Icahn circling sickly HP?

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Re: Painfully naive

I guess what would happen is that someone takes out an addy saying "I will buy your shares for current market value + 1 USD and the deal goes through if I can collect x% in total. Phone number is yadda yadda.". He wouldn't phone his broker to attempt to hoover up shares openly.

Toshiba reveals spin transfer RAM

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Paris Hilton

Schrödinger's Cat is now DOWN

"by imparting spin – the angular momentum possessed by an electron – to a storage medium"

I'm not sure that what really occurs is all that well expressed with this sentence.

That square QR barcode on the poster? Check it's not a sticker

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Devil

Re: using nutmeg as an hallucinogen.

There was an article in NewScientist back in the 90's about bad tripping on nutmeg.

und.. und..... MUSKATNUSS! MUSKATNUSS HERR MÜLLER!! HABEN SIE VERSTANDEN, HERR MÜLLER?

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Black Helicopters

Snowcrashing!

As as you brain doesn't explode when you look at the sticker's white noise, I can live with this.

Brit physics student debuts zombie flick shot inside LHC

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Re: They're waiting for you, Gordon...

"Oh you wanna know why? It's symbolic. The management wants you to know that you are their dog, so they keep you on a leash."

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Re: Nobody expected

You prefer your Zombies fresh?

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Re: They're waiting for you, Gordon...

"This is bad. We are BAD PEOPLE! Why did we usher in the GREEN APOCALYPSE??"

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Mushroom

Re: Eh, everyone knows that when the inadvertent LHC dimensional rift opens....

We can handle a few shoggots. [Chomps cigar]. But lawyers ... get me the President on the phone!

Saudi Aramco: Foreign hackers tried to cork our gas output

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Devil

"The miscreants accused the ruling royal family of interfering in the affairs of neighbouring countries, such as Syria and Bahrain."

Because photos of tanks being driven around and weapon crates being dropped off are just not enough, these are "accusations" made by miscreants.

Whereas hyped hearsay about the Iranian nuke program are "grave accusations" made by "reliable anonymous sources".

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Re: Cultural differences...

Nah, it's the same bearded guy from the Desert Vision Extravaganza. If he thanked Amaterasu, that would be newsworthy.

Tor node admin raided by cops appeals for help with legal bills

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Childcatcher

Holy sh*t, downvotes!

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Holmes

You seem to be firmly in grip of the spirit of the 21st century, my good sir. I can only applaud this.

Have you applied for a civil servant place at the Ministry of Smoke an' Fire already? I'm sure your reptile eyes will uncover quite a few edgy cases...

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Re: Blimee...

And apparently for "legally held firearms".

Valve chief confirms Steam-centric console-killing PC

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Alert

Re: Here we go

I threaten you with a crowbar!!

Pakistan Cyber Army declares war on Chinese, Bangladeshi sites

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Re: Doesn't work, anyway

Crushed bear liver in Sezuchan tea leaves?

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Re: Interesting how as I get older

Welcome to the desert of the Real.

This is out of hand now: Apple attempts to trademark the LEAF

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Nah, they are just extremely innovative.

US drops ‘net regulation bombshell, threatens WCIT exit

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Re: We are very fortunate

Come now. The day the US Presidency managed to unify a Constitution Shredder with a Constitution Scholar, well, things just jumped the shark.

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Re: US Strategy of Negotiation: Our Way or the Highway

While I'm waiting for the backup to finish .... C.M. Kornbluth and the Syndicate:

"They had what they called laissez-faire, and it worked for a while until they got to tinkering with it. They demanded things called protective tariffs, tax remissions, subsidies — regulation, regulation, regulation, always of the other fellow. But there were enough bankers on all sides for everybody to be somebody else's other fellow. Coercion snowballed and the Government lost public acceptance. They had a thing called the public debt which I can't begin to explain to you except to say that it was something written on paper and that it raised the cost of everything tremendously. Well, believe me or not, they didn't just throw away the piece of paper or scratch out the writing on it. They let it ride until ordinary people couldn't afford the pleasant things in life.

Let me point out what the so-called Government stands for: brutal "taxation," extirpation of gambling, denial of life's simple pleasures to the poor and severe limitation of them to all but the wealthy, sexual prudery viciously enforced by penal laws of appalling barbarity, endless regulation and coercion governing every waking minute of the day. That was its record during the days of its power and that would be its record if it returned to power. I fail to see how this menace to our liberty can be condoned by certain marginal benefits which are claimed to accrue from its continued existence."

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Re: US Strategy of Negotiation: Our Way or the Highway

> Don't forget what makes a country, people with a military.

I am sorry to say that I totally disagree with your national-socialistic worldview.

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Devil

Comparing apples and oranges, you are.

"Internet" aka. "The Pipes" are the "Delivery Vans" of the "Media"

Control the delivery van, there is no need to control the "media" or ensure that an accident burns down the print shop.

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Paris Hilton

You must have been living under a stone avalanche for the last 15 years or so?

Watch out, there may be some sand in your shoes.

Behold ATLAS, the fastest computer of 50 years ago

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Devil

Re: Shows the best and the worst of UK high tech development.

That's why UK Standard BS 5750 was invented - to slow the Japanese down.

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Pirate

Re: Wonder if I actually used it??

> I still remember the smell.

Don't remind me. And there were large pirate symbols on the orange bottles. I somehow don't think you could use these in classrooms today without looking at jailtime.

Report: Apple, Google, Microsoft join forces to buy Kodak patents

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Unhappy

Re: An amicable agreement

> I've always thought that the duration of a patent should be based on returns.

> Two downvotes, no upvotes

MFW

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Trollface

Re: only reason why

"Psst, Stalin!"

"What!"

"You know about Poland?"

"Yeah. I still want to f*ck them good for what they did to our glorious army in 1920."

"Don't mention it, I though Berlin would be a goner. So, you know .... I wanna have Prussia back?"

"Kay? So?"

"Maybe we could, you know. Share costs?"

"Hmm..."

"Come on. You know want it. I can even leave you the biggish parts."

"Hmmmmm...."

"It will be like 1914 again! Joined along a common border!"

"Okay, but no funny business this time!"

"Sure. So, deal?"

"Deal!"

The best tablets for Christmas

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Re: "And don’t forget, the Surface comes with Microsoft Office pre-loaded."

"which isn't licensed for commercial use either"

I I wasn't a libertarian scumbag, I would place a phone call to the Towers of the Antitrust Taxfeeders.

I pay for it, I use it as I like. Suck it up, Microsoft.

Hey, on second thoughts, I won't pay for it.

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WTF?

Re: re-sale value

> you may pay £400 for an iPad but after 3 years probably still get £200 for it

In what universe does that happen?

Dell storage boss Topgun Thomas leaves 'to pursue a new opportunity'

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WTF?

What about managers who once drove EMD GP7s for miles and miles?

Is it relevant whether he once flew a taxpayer-provided Magic Incinerator™ at taxpayer's expense at the behest of superiors fishing for medals?

Not it isn't.

Having a good sense of 3-D navigation and being adept at integrating into a hierarchical organization that is borderline mental does not translate into skills you need for Winning In The Marketplace. At all.

It may elicit Warm Crotch Feelings and Awe but they are out of place.

Excuse my rant, I will continue reading Jeff Huber's "Bathtub Admirals". Thank you.

Apple, Samsung patent judge: 'I feel like I'm in Groundhog Day here'

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Trollface

Re: Whats funny

> your some nerd

> your

Hey spotty, how's life? You out of neet-ness yet?

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Trollface

She's on her period?

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Terminator

Re: Easy answer

> Give the robot a vaguely sexist acronym

This, Sir, is demeaning to robots. I demand satisfaction!

'Build us a Death Star, President Obama' demand thousands

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Re: It's a joke

> Hey, don't diss Krugman, he's an island of common sense in a sea of madness.

HöhöHöhöHöhö .... inflation too low for you?

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Re: Morons wasting time.

> a huge investment like this would lower unemployment and the country could work itself out of recession.

Unfortunately this is NOT how reality works.

The money to paid the guys and the goods to build that has to come from somewhere.

It comes from tax dollars. Or, which is another way of putting, from the printing press.

This makes it impossible for people to buy what they want or desire (a house, a new car, eggs for the fridge) if it's personal tax, and impossible to invest (into jobs or new plant) if it's company tax. Additionally, savings are being destroyed - so future activities will be curtailed, so will pension payouts etc.

In effect, you are burning down the country. It would be just another bubble.

Some people, those very near state, would of course get tremendously rich and powerful as in any command economy.

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Re: That's not a moon... @GitMeMyShootIrons

> The state funded infrastructures (science, art and manufacturing)

Ah no, sir.

Go back to "You didn't build that" state paternalism, please.

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Re: Morons wasting time.

> would be a far better option.

Would have been a far better option.

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Re: Texas nuke'em

So you have to rename it "SPACE STATION ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

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Re: It's a joke

No it's not.

Pseudo-Economic cranks like Krugman, regular columnist at the New York Times have actually argued that preparing for a "Space Invasion by Aliens" would create jobs and bring the US out the recession.

Yep, no problem!

Data gobbling app lands Delta Air Lines in the dock on privacy charge

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Big Brother

Re: App deleted! Delta deleted!

Is that your name on this no-fly list? Please step this way, Mr McFly.

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Re: Good for California!

Daily reminder that the only one who "gets away with murder" is the government and its cronies. Then you pay for the privilege.

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Big Brother

Those "Delta partners" are the NSA

I hope they have good privacy policy concerning Passenger Name Records down at Crypto City.

Australian Prime Minister: Mayan calendar 'true'

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Re: I can fell the anger rising within me

> we

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I can fell the anger rising within me

"the left-leaning Labor Party (are there any others?) sees younger voters as a natural constituency"

Yoof and the Left. Two derelicts out for government dripfeed. Made for each other.

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Childcatcher

The wisdom of the crows

> The noir-lipsticked gent is apparently David Gerard, the erstwhile public face of Wikipedia in the UK.

But is it ALSO the true face behind "Verity Stob"?

Your non-denial denials won't faze me!

Intel prepping Atom bombs to drop on ARM microservers

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Cool writeup, Tim

No-one ever comments because one cannot have fun and silliness with stories about hardware and specs.

But here....

"Geez, it just hurts my head to think about all of the opportunities this could provide if we can realize it"

Yeah Andy. Then take a Valium but just stop playing the Überguru. Stuff that computes and is small. Woah, ey!

'HP has just days to cough what it knew about Autonomy'

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Mushroom

"Tim Selling - a former aide to SEC, the US financial watchdog [more like a Pomerian with severe myopia unable to detect pyramid schemes even if told they are there] - said HP has complied with regulators over the debacle 'but there are still far too many unknowns to conclude that HP has been adequately forthcoming'."

Why dontcha get hired into a management position at HP, clown?

UK climate expert warns of 3-5 degree warmer world by 2100

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Re: China and other developing nations MUST conform to EXISTING Western Emission standards...

Don't know whether troll or just plain dumb.

> the rest of the world agrees to place emission tarrifs on all goods from non-complying nations.

The "rest of the world". Um. US+UK... anyone else? Hello. Oh yeah, Yurope can join too.

Yeah, it's good we have catalytic converters and particulate filters on all of our military hardware. One might suddenly fear we are not environmentally conscious. 1.2 million barrels of oil per month for years and years.... Yes we can.