* Posts by Winkypop

5642 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2008

China in the grip of a 'NUCLEAR WINTER': Smog threat to crops

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Gimp

China: Breathtaking views!

Cough, cough, splutter....

Gas mask --->

Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations stall again

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Unhappy

Whatever they decide

The man/woman on the street will get screwed over.

Battle of Bletchley Park: TNMOC chief calls for review of museums' Mexican standoff

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Megaphone

"Change is necessary to..."

WARNING: weasel-words and spin ahead!

Pics: 'Bitcoin ATMs' spring up in the US

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Trollface

Next: California

"You can deposit any time you like, but your coins can never leave"...

Muslim clerics issue fatwa banning the devout from Mars One 'suicide' mission

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Devil

Nut jobbery versus nut jobbery

Please don't export religion to a second planet.

One is bad enough.

Missing matter found by squinting through gravitational lens

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Science is never satisfied!

Great, isn't it?

French youth faces court for illegal drone flight

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Black Helicopters

Nice work

Pity about the legal issues.

But good job!

Elon Musk ADMITS he met Apple: iCar 'great idea', keeps schtum on Tesla hookup

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Coat

But

Who wants a car without windows?

Turnbull waters down broadband black spot fix promise

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FAIL

Murdoch/Turnbull's NBN is already here

No Bandwidth Nation

Meanwhile, I'm living squarely in zone E: (A capital city no less)

"Lowest quality rating: Typically premises will only have access to ADSL services. This rating also includes regions that have no access to any form of fixed broadband service. A small proportion of premises may have access to fixed wireless networks."

SkyDrive is dead! All hail Microsoft OneDrive! Happy now, Uncle Rupe?

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Trollface

Rupert Murdoch

The original troll.

Top Brit docs wade into GP data grab row, demand 'urgent' NHS England talks

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Big Brother

Relax

Their implanted RFID chips will be scanned as they leave the hospital...

Google warns Glass wearers: Quit being 'CREEPY GLASSHOLES'

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Big Brother

"Explorers"

Really?

How very cultish.

Syrian Electronic Army slurps a MILLION reader passwords from Forbes

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Happy

Re: I made the Forbes list !!!!

Read it again..think about it.

Whoosh indeed.

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Re: I made the Forbes list !!!!

Ahhhhh nooooo, it's secret.....

(geddit?)

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Joke

I made the Forbes list !!!!

Oh...

London calling: Date set for launch of capital's very own domain name

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Rome'n the web

.londinium surely?

MtGox claims to have a fix ready for Bitcoin withdrawal woes

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Trollface

Get in now!

Or miss being fleeced forever!

NBN to be built even if cost-benefit analysis shows no ROI

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FAIL

RIP NBN regardless

These LNP philistines couldn't find their own arse with two hands, a mirror and an over paid consultant.

I want my NBN

IT'S ALIVE! China's Jade Rabbit rover RETURNS from the DEAD

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Should have sent up two rabbits

Then there would be a heap of them to carry on the science.

Treasure hunters dig up LOST RELIC of dead Steve Jobs

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Alert

Lucky it contained anything

In the old days, dignitaries, mayors, etc, used to place gold coins and other valuables under Foundation Stones of newly commissioned buildings.

The problem was, the builders would often rob these caches just after the official party had left for drinks and canapes.

Citation:

A City Lost and Found - Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne

Robyn Annear

Pub date: August 2005

ISBN: 9781863953894

Someone's snatched my yummy Brit COTTAGE PIE – Viv Reding

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Devil

Some say...

...the NAZIs never invaded due to the English weather and the food...

Not me, of course, but some...

'No, I CAN'T write code myself,' admits woman in charge of teaching our kids to code

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Megaphone

"PR chief for the Conservative think-tank"

Now THERE'S ya problem!

MtGox takes heat as reasons for Bitcoin FAIL surface

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Trollface

Ah well

At least its not real money, eh?

Mars Orbiter spots FRESH IMPACT CRATER

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Mushroom

We come....

....in pieces...

Think British weather is bad? It's nothing to this WOBBLY ALIEN planet

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Headmaster

Re: 2300 light years distance.. just 4 years to change anything from here?

Sorry, your argument from ignorance does not advance the conversation.

I suggest you read up some science regarding the Transit Method of detecting exoplanets.

I also recommend you consider downloading the Exoplanets app, a visual and interactive catalogue of all known exoplanets.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/exoplanet/id327702034?mt=8

Google views, reviews YouTube viewers' views with view to killing off spam shams

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Windows

People READ the reviews on YouTube?

That's like sorting through a garbage can.

I guess some people do that too.

Crafty French hackers tweak 'My Account' page, slurp 800,000 Orange users' details

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FAIL

Your privacy....

....is not our priority.

California high school hackers expelled for grade tampering, test thievery

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Headmaster

Computers?

When I were a lad...... the only way to cheat on an exam was to either sneak into the teachers staff room and steal the used Roneo master copy from a bin OR ask an older sibling for their old test results as certain teachers at my school rarely changed the tests from year to year.

* We called them Roneos, exactly what they were I have no idea.

Bletchley Park spat 'halts work on rare German cipher machine'

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Facepalm

Brittas Empire?

When I read about the exploits of CEO Ian Standen - I see, in my minds eye, Chris Barrie in the TV show "Brittas Empire".

Anyone else?

NHS website hit by MASSIVE malware security COCKUP

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Devil

Nurse!

Matron!!

Anyone.....

Windows 8.1 becomes world's fourth-most-popular desktop OS

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Devil

That basic table in the article

Ick!

What, no style sheet?

Is modern life possible without a smartphone?

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Potty time dilema

Smart phone

Book

Magazine

Newspaper (remember those?)

Crossword/Sudoku

The TRUTH about LEAKY, STALKING, SPYING smartphone applications

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Meh

Smart phones

Dumb users?

Cameron: UK public is fine with domestic spying

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Flame

Re: Look on the bright side

Prime Minister David Cameron is Einstein when compared to Aussie Primate Tony Abbott !!

Google bus protests are Kristallnacht against the rich – tech VC legend

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Devil

Eat the rich

A good source of protein.

I like mine medium-rare.

Department of Human Services removes Medicare from internet

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Trollface

Not to worry

The current LNP Government is trying its best to kill off Medicare altogether.

Apparently poor people are using it.

Quivering, spine-tingling wearable tech: Strap it on and don't look back

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What next?

A strap-on device that alerts my boss when I'm asleep at work?

1.1 MILLION customers' credit card data was swiped in Neiman Marcus breach

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Safe Sex-urity

Be careful where you insert your card.

I'll get my raincoat.

The internet is 'a gift from God' says Pope Francis

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FAIL

Religion

Nothing but special pleading all the way down.

Australia floats plan for national social media regulator

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Meh

Re: Don't underestimate the power of lobby groups

You are correct.

The very same lobbyists were in play with Conroy.

But I think the current mob are much further to the right than the central/right Labor Party.

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Devil

Don't underestimate the power of lobby groups

Australia too has it right wing Christian lobby groups.

The LNP government in Aus is the US Republican Party Lite [TM]

If it's not the Christian lobbyists, it's Uncle Rupert messing with domestic politics.

Reading this headline? You and 9.47 million others

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Trollface

And 11% of visits were Eadon knocking Microsoft

It's a joke, ok?

MPAA spots a Google Glass guy in cinema, calls HOMELAND SECURITY

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Big Brother

People still go to the movies?

Wow

Our Milky Way galaxy is INSIDE OUT. Just as we suspected, mutter boffins

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It's just a theory!!!

And a bloody good one at that.

Thanks astro-boffins, enjoy a cup of tea, and maybe a Milky Way.

KCOM-owned Eclipse FAILS to cover up the password 'password'

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Trollface

Whenever a PR drone comments

The truth is buried.

Mystery 'doughnut' materializes in front of Mars rover: 'OH MY GOD! It wasn't there before!'

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Windows

I don't know what it is but...

... I'd step over it if I saw it on the footpath.

Here or on Mars

'Climate change' event dishes up sous vide supercomputers

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...and what's even worse!

My pool water temp hit 28oC, which is less than refreshing on a stinking hot day.

But don't worry, the beer was icy.

Smog-hit Beijing shows sunsets on a giant TV to remind people what the sun looks like

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You should have seen it yesterday

You couldn't see a tank right in front of you.

Techies CAN sue Google, Apple, Intel et al accused of wage-strangling pact

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Re: Suing, a career enhancing move?

Exactly Mr/Ms/Miss Velv,

Have a beer.

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WTF?

Suing, a career enhancing move?

Not