* Posts by R J Tysoe

57 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Aug 2008

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Why Theresa May’s hard Brexit might be softer than you think

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Re: Plausible

Where is the evidence that those who voted to leave were voting for an end to open borders?

EE springs Wi-Fi phone calls on not-spot sufferers, Tube riders

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General topic of conversation in my brother's village at the weekend:

"I've got no signal"

"Neither have I"

"Who are you with?"

"EE"

"Me to"

...

"I just came round to tell you I've got no signal"

..

"She's got no signal, you'll have to call her on the landline"

"I can't, I've got no signal"

Wanna quote tweets without manual faff? HAVE AT IT, sez Twitter

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Re: Other things to fix

How will they know how far back you want to go, telepathy?

Crack Army pilot to be first PROPER British astronaut IN SPAAAACE

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Mushroom

I think Sarah Brightman is the next Brit in space.

Bitcoin gets a $100 haircut on rollercoaster trading run

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Mushroom

My lord! Success! After literally an hour's ceaseless searching I have succeeded in creating gold! Pure gold!

Ice sheets may stabilise for centuries, regardless of warming

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FAIL

It's funny...

... How global warming sceptics only believe in computer simulations when they agree with them.

Can't watch Flash vids in Firefox? It's not just you

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Re: Alternative approach.

Also, it now asks if you really want to go fullscreen when you choose the fullscreen option in Chrome.

BoJo backpedals on Twitter hijack in mayoral glory bid

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FAIL

I think you need to check the @mayoroflondon twitter account

Robot NIGHTMARE sets new leggy-bot speed record

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I think it's more of a Slam hound from Neuromancer than a Rat Thing

Lego space shuttle hits 114,000ft

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Well that explains the Lego nose cone embedded in my skull.

NHS strikes new deal with CSC for electronic patient records

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Facepalm

"The letter of intent provides for an interim Lorenzo related standstill arrangement and contemplates that a mutual release of all accrued claims with respect to the Lorenzo deployments will be included as part of the interim agreement"

Well I'm glad they've cleared that up.

Oceans gaining ACID faster than last 300 MILLION YEARS

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FAIL

Re: So where is CO2 going

Had they invented the Carbon Cycle when you were at school or were they still on the Penny Farthing?

Teen net addicts pee in bottles to stay glued to WoW

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Pint

Kids nowadays...

... don't even know they are born. In the good old days we had to piss into bottles while playing D&D.

Mail Online is broken

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For those missing there Daily Mail news fix, I'll sum it up for you:

Everything causes cancer.

People from Essex are publicity whores.

Everything causes cancer.

Carry on and keep buying things that cause cancer.

Nipples and teen lesbians sexy even when ironic, ASA rules

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Paris Hilton

"sexist, violent and overly explicit and included imagery which was likely to harm children and vulnerable people" - so a fair advert for the game then.

The ASA have banned them from showing an advert again, for a game that's already tanked. How likely were they to throw good money after bad by showing the advert again anyway? Oh wait... This is Duke Nukem we're talking about, throwing good money after bad was in the project plan.

Drone nerve centre malware was Mafia Wars' infostealer

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FAIL

Standalone

"standalone systems on Creech Air Force Base, Nevada." Does this not mean that the system is not connected to the internet and so the keylogger has no means of reporting back the logged keystrokes?

Amazon revamps E Ink Kindle line

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FAIL

"Didn't know Stirling was so low against the dollar! $79 in USA £89 in UK... What's that about?"

Your lack of comprehension?

Has UK gov lost the census to Lulzsec?

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Maybe they'll just release a few choice records

Like Helen Bray's for example.

As for "according to source ive been relibale informed that the data hasnt been processed by the government yet. so there isnt anything for lulsec to steal." I guess the data that people entered online just went to a big printer to be printed out and re-entered by hand, rather than being stored somewhere. I think your source is as relibale as your spelling.

Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade

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I didn't realise it was a Lewis article until I got to the last sentence. Why spoil a good, science based article with a complete bullshit conclusion?

Creationists are infiltrating US geology circles

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Facepalm

Crucifixion's too good for them.

@ David Dawson "Violence, that'll change minds. Good idea, well done. After all, its worked so many times before, hasn't it?"

Maybe a rock to the head will enable your sense of humour?

Endeavour docks with space station for the last time

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Coat

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It's a bit of a let down to see that the ISS personel wear chinos and polo shirts. Surely someone could have designed a suitable spandex all in one suit? No wonder other intelligent life in the galaxy is shunning us.

Mines the silvery spandex one with the epaulettes

Would putting all the climate scientists in a room solve global warming...

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@Ministry of Truth

"Legend has it that there was a king who decided he was so powerful, he could command the tide to stop. Not much to add, other than he drowned."

There's no such legend. I think you need to get your facts straight. Perhaps you are thinking of King Cnut, who, according to Henry of Huntingdon, ordered the tide not to wet his feet to prove that he had no power over nature. He didn't drown.

Sun attempts to ID entire FA Cup Final crowd

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@inselaf

"Here in Germany it would be not so easy to do anything like this. Unless of course you have waivered your rights through buying a ticket etc."

Yes, those 88,000 people just turned up at Wembley without buying a ticket and luckily manged to sneak in through the back door just behind the burger van. Again.

Fiat 500 TwinAir

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How Much?

How much are FIAT paying to plug this car? There seems to be an endless stream of ads and reviews for it over the last couple of months.

Steven Moffat fumes over Doctor Who plot leak

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FAIL

@christoph

"He hates all fans of the show because of one idiot?" No, try reading the article. If that doesn't make it clear, try reading the original on the BBC site.

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FAIL

Hmmm...

Simple solution - don't have previews. It's a TV program, not some Hollywood blockbuster. Send out review copies on DVD to critics just like every other TV program does.

ICT classes in school should be binned – IT biz body

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Have they tried...

... turning it off and on again?

Calling all readers: Want some new icons?

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we need...

Julian Assange angel and devil icons.

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And probably...

Lewis Page angel and devil icons.

Hunting of incredibly rare two-horned 'unicorns' forbidden

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required

I wouldn't want to meet your family if that's what your cousin looks like.

A fifth of Europeans can't work out how much a TV costs

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I'm waiting...

... for the inevitable responses to this post from people who don't have english A levels.

Eurofighter Typhoon: It's EVEN WORSE than we thought

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Grenade

Can't we just...

...bring back a few BAE Lightnings. They looked nice and would probably be more than a match for any enemy we're likely to come across for the next few years, particularly after we wait for the Americans to soften them up. Toss in a few Vulcans too. Job done.

Grenade, because the ground attack pilots will have to be chucking them out of the cockpit.

IT job seekers can't smell spell

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Well done

I'm sure you'll have 5 gold stars in no time

iPhone to whup Sony PSP 2

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WTF?

Xperia Play

Surely the Xperia Play is what should be compared to the iPhone? I'm not really sure of the point of the NGP.

TalkTalk silenced over anti-BT comparison

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WTF?

Value?

I wonder where the added value is that Talk Talk thinks it is adding? Is it having my wife in tears from constant phonecalls to them trying to get them to stop our TV contract? Their customer service is the worst I have come across.

Tube to get phone coverage by the Olympics

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Thumb Down

Great, more witless blabbering on the Tube

Must remember to put a jammer on my shopping list.

US may disable all in-car mobile phones

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@flybert

"this day several major European counties do not require their automobile manufacturers to fit safety belts, Britain among them ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation"

Unfortunately, you can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia. All new UK cars must be fitted with a seatbelt for each passenger.

It is correct in saying they must be worn at all times if they are fitted. In fact, it shows that the law is stricter than in the US, where it is not mandatory to wear seatbelts in the rear passenger seats.

Glacier boffins rubbish IPCC apocalypse claims

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@jake

So, what exactly is your education? Was it as pointless as your comment?

Former student jailed for US political hack attacks

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Coat

"former" student

Why "former student"? If the headline was "Former student Jailed for university hack attacks" it might make sense, since he was a former student of the university, but in relation to the political attacks, it doesn't.

I'm sure many, if not all of your readers are "former students", as I expect we all went to school at some time.

Mines the one with the badge and Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus on the breast pocket.

Vulcan bomber lives to fly another day

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Great to hear!

I missed the Vulcan flying at Farnborough this year as I went on the Sunday when it was grounded due to a brake problem.

Cameron cocks up UK's defences - and betrays Afghan troops

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It's not often...

... I read an article by Lewis without ending up foaming at the mouth, but I can't find any flaws in this one. I'm no defence expert, just an interested bystander, but what Lewis has to say seems credible. He's not just knocking the decisions made but giving reasoned alternatives to those decisions.

Cinema iPhone pirate escapes jail in test case appeal

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Pirate

Why?

Really, who would want to watch a film that's been recorded on an iPhone in a cinema? I think the courts are doing the film viewing public a favour here, let alone FACT.

I wish I could use the Pirate icon with the FAIL icon...

Serpent imprisons rattled Yorkshire family

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1. They try to run away.

Then they remember they have no legs and try option 2.

London bike hire scheme suffers pre-launch wobbles

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I might check this out

I need to figure out if I can cycle to or from work in 30 minutes or less. If so, £45 a year sure beats £99 a month on the Tube. There are plenty of docking stations near work, haven't seen any near home yet, but I haven't been looking.

Then I just have to work out if the time taken to cycle + shower makes it worthwhile also.

I might end up richer and fitter, even if I only do it during the summer month(s).

BT signs first smart meter deal

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Perhaps it would be cheaper to read my meter if they didn't send someone around to read it every 2 weeks...

2012 Olympic mascots cop a shoeing

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The title is required, and must contain letters and/or digits.

Surely they could have come up with something that would have insulted our European neighbours? With a bit of thought they could have insulted the Americans too.

Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari

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FAIL

@ukforest

"Why don't people in this contry put people down when they've done well?"

Why don't people in this country read what they type before hitting the submit button?

Vote Lib Dem, doom humanity to extinction

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Stick to IT

It's about time you got rid of Lewis. His lunatic rants are lowering the tone of the place.

Lord of the Rings man made a Knight

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It's a shame...

... he's not a British citizen so he can't take up his seat in the Upper House. Then he could claim to kick arse for the Lords.

Wide-eyed kiddies in Scarface school play shocker

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Sane and realistic people?

"now to drink coffee. and remind myself that there are other sane and realistic people in the world!!"

Judging by your comment, there's one less sane and realistic person in the world than you think.

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