* Posts by seanj

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City Police still using Terror Act to bother photographers

seanj
WTF?

I think, therefore you're nicked.

'According to Smith, PC374 said: "The very fact you were here at all is the reason we’ve stopped you."'

What the FUCK kind of country do we live in where simply being at a place is reason to be detained, forcibly searched and have your property stolen?!

These so-called Police Officers should be arrested and charged with various acts of thuggery, and potentially with carrying out a terrorist act against a member of the public.

Jacqui Smith and Charles Clarke shown the door

seanj
Joke

Account hijack...

It would appear that Just thinking's account has been hijacked by the Snake Lord Mandelson...

Gyration Air Mouse Elite

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Logitech MX Air...

Any idea how this compares to the Logitech offering? I'm in the market for one for my HTPC...

CEOP renews attack on Facebook

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Flame

Facebook.

Good on Facebook for standing up to this sorry, useless bunch of arseclowns. It's high time that the CEOP and the Home Office can't get everything it wants by contantly yelling "Do as we say or you love paedophiles".

I'm so sick to death of this "won't somebody think of the children", bully-boy approach to stifling debate and getting your own way. Alan Johnson and that stupid cockfag non-entity in charge of CEOP ought to simply Fuck Off And Die - if you want to blame anyone for Ashleigh Hall's death, take a good close look at your own departmental failings that allowed Chapman to slip your net and stop trying to blame Facebook. Cunts.

Arrgh, the rage!!!!

Brown promises no change to basic tax rate

seanj
Stop

"Brown promises...."

And?

We all know that Brown's promises are made of his belly-button fluff and will be casually thrown to the wind when he gets a chance...

Mandybill: All the Commons drama

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Thumb Up

List of MPs...

The meagre, pathetic list of 236 of 650 MPs who voted, having been dragged from their taxpayer subsidised bar by their party whips, is here:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmdebate/32.htm#hddr_2

If you need anyone to chip in for the cost of the bricks, I'm in.

Cash-strapped trolley dollies in nude calendar protest

seanj
Joke

Re: NSFW

Perhaps, judging by the second picture, NSFW stands for Nipple Stickers Foil Wankplan...

seanj
Joke

re: splashing out...

Indeed, but I wouldn't recommend splashing out on it unless it's confirmed to be "wipe-clean".....

Segway + motorbike = futuristic dorkmobile

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Coffee/keyboard

Street Dork...

Fantastic...

You've now tipped me over the edge and am now ordering the DVD set of that 80's series from Amazon. I hope you're proud of yourself!

Facebook gives you the clap: Official

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Pirate

Yarr.

This is the same spurious logic that prompted Bobby Henderson (of Flying Spaghetti Monster fame) to write the letter about "decrease in pirates on the high seas linked to increase in global warming" to prove that "correlation does not imply causation", right?

For shame, Telegraph, for shame.

Oops: Chief Climategate investigator failed to declare eco directorship

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<Title>

I bet you'd be shouting your little bollocks off about "conflict of interest" if he was currently (I say currently, as he clearly spent some time in the past at Shell) in bed with an oil company though, wouldn't you?

Regardless, "forgot" to declare interests isn't an excuse, much the same way as "forgetting" to pay your taxes would get you off the hook with HMRC (unless you're a politician called Hazel Blears and you've scammed the taxpayer of several thousand pounds!)...

Heathrow security man cops perv scanner eyeful

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Stop

One month...

So it took one month for someone to be found to be abusing these things, and he's hardly what you could consider to be a perverted criminal genius for shouting "lovely tits" or whatever at the poor woman, so there's probably plenty of other instances where someone has gotten some sort of jolly from viewing these images and not been caught.

Well done Gordon, yet more masterful management of our nation, you fucking idiot. If you could just masterfully manage curling up and dying somewhere, that'd be just great. k thanks bye...

Facebook stands up to UK.gov's cyberbullying

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Flame

Indeed.

"More prescient questions over police inaction in response to Peter Chapman's failure to update the sex offenders' register when he moved house were largely obscured by the storm - a politically convenient side-effect for Johnson."

Perhaps demanding a giant "Do your fucking jobs properly" button be installed on the Home Office website may prevent future tragedies such as the young Ashleigh Hall befell?

Blunkett: 'The dog howls when I whip out my ID card!'

seanj
FAIL

Some things are critical, like vigilance....

... for everything else that isn't (like democracy), there's New Labour.

There you go Gordon, you fat fuck, there's your campaign slogan.

Student loan system failure could happen again

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Megaphone

Saw this on BBC this morning.

They had an interview with the head of the Student Loans Company - what a sleazy, typical stereotype of a senior civil servant he was. He attemped to weasel out of every question posed to him, not by the legendary Jeremy Paxman, but by Charlie Stait, the Friday morning stand-in for Bill Turnbull.

He was questioned on whether he and his management would receive any bonuses for their abysmal performance last year, and he weaseled out saying "any bonuses would reflect performance", he weaseled out when he was asked if he'd resign if the same problems arose this year, and it appears their solution to the problem with late processing of student loans was to hire more non-executive directors and managers - as if either of those two groups of people ever solved a fucking operational problem anywhere ever!!!

Moron.

Net downloads cause 'millions of lost jobs'

seanj

Let's play "useless comment" Bingo.

I predict that the comment I reply to will be someone thinking they're really smart by trying to put down any argument they don't personally agree with, and they'll hide behind the Anonymous Coward button to do it.

I wasn't even going to comment in this topic today - I'm worn out from saying the same things over and over again, but your attempt to belittle anyone who doesn't agree with your way of thinking just riled me up.

Besides, my latte costs me £2.95, moron.

Minister: Banks should give ID cards to people with no money

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Go

Title.

"And that last bit could be seen as flagging another critical flaw in Meg's plans to fight social exclusion. It is not, surely, difficulties in proving their identity that stop the socially excluded opening bank accounts and getting credit - might not the fact that they don't have any money have something to do with it?"

I love this paragraph, and were I gifted with a womb, would gladly bear it's children.

This single paragraph neatly lays out the proof of our government's complete lack of mental acuity, regardless of the area to which they apply their unimaginable ignorance.

LibDems drop net blocking, blame activists

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Incorrect words and lack of knowledge...

Yep, you're right, I meant misogynist...

... didn't know the rest.

"Kind of surprised you don't know that, actually"... Not quite sure where you're going with that one, but will assume you didn't catch the sarcasm in my tone (regarding bum-slapping and jubblies) and leave it be.

Sigh.....

seanj
FAIL

Sexist posturing.

I'd say let's ask the Moderatrix, but she's no doubt getting her bum slapped by mysanthropic editors while they comment on her jubblies...

hysterical [hɪˈstɛrɪkəl], hysteric

adj

1. of or suggesting hysteria hysterical cries

2. (Psychiatry) suffering from hysteria

3. Informal wildly funny

hysterically adv

Fail to see how the word hysterical implies sexism, but there's always someone willing to take random offence these days...

Home Office, EHRC rap top cop knuckles

seanj
Go

Interesting concept.

"I am well aware of my rights and would promptly remind any mis-guided police officer of the laws around my photographic rights and question why I was being stopped/searched."

Let us know how it works out for you.

Every other example of people exercising their rights leads to a detainment on other, flimsy grounds - for instance, being too tall in the presence of a mini-she-plod...

EU fails to shift unwanted perv scanners

seanj
Big Brother

Power mad? Despot? More money than sense?

All three of those things perfectly describe the UK "government".

And yes, I know the country is broke - I still stand by the more money than sense part!

Lib Dem candidate admits to unnatural vice

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Go

Refreshing...

So, she's someone who's seen a niche market, appealed directly to it, and ran a successful business. Makes a change from the professional politicians you usually get to choose from - the failed lawyers and PR managers...

If she were standing in my constituency, I'd vote for her on that basis alone!

Ad industry OKs climate porn

seanj
WTF?

overwhelming consensus

"overwhelming consensus in the global community of climate scientists"?

In the same way that there's "overwhelming consensus in the global community of turkeys that Christmas ought to be banned"?

HMRC may get hands on missing bank data

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Stop

So basically.....

Leaked document embarrasses government == hunted down and jailed.

Leaked document brings in cash for same government == hunted down and paid.

Nice to know that government departments are practicing good double standards....

Jesus Phone to exhibit holy gift of bilocation

seanj
Joke

Nothing wrong with it, but.....

"fag packets are cigarette boxes, for our North American friends, not cling-film wrapped homosexuals...not that there is anything WRONG with that, mind you."

... ensure you leave an airhole available (I said airhole, pipe down in the back! - oh wait, pipe? down? back? ...no pun intended there either!), or you'll end up with a dead homosexual wrapped in clingfilm, and that is definitely frowned upon.

UK pol touts canine chip implants

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Pirate

Sure...

I mean, there's no possibility of all the major insurance brokers, upon hearing the word "mandatory", unscrupulously raising their prices knowing that you had no choice but to buy their product, right?

Pirates, as there's no highwaymen icon...

Aussie hoaxer strikes again

seanj
Grenade

Michael Harding

What a humourless, jobsworth waste of carbon. I pity his family for having suffered this moron for whatever his current lifespan is, and I pray to any magical beings that he doesn't have children, with which to pass on his genetic failure.

Seriously, take a length of rope and go out for a one-way trip to the barn, you fucking twat - you are the living embodiment of all that is wrong with power-tripping police officials in this world, so go set an example for the rest.

SeaWorld killer killer whale must die, Bible insists

seanj

Bible ignored, nightswimmer molested.

Regarding the 1999 case of the poor chap/stupid retard who decided to sneak a little nightswim with creatures prefixed by the word "Killer", according to the AFA "His body had been bit and the killer whale had torn off his swimming trunks after he had died."

So it's not actually a run-of-the-mill Killer Whale, it's also a sick, perverted, interspecies necrophiliac killer whale.

Hang your head in shame, Seaworld, Tilly's about to have sexual assault and "interfering with a corpse" added to her rap sheet. Man, she's going to the chair.

Acer H5360 3D projector

seanj

White projector...

You're not supposed to be looking at the projector anyway, you're supposed to be looking the other way. Also, a projector is usually mounted on the ceiling, behind your seating location, so the white is usually to help it blend in with the ceiling a little more in non-dedicated cinema rooms (and let's face it, if you've got a dedicated cinema room, chances are you're not buying a £500, 720p projector!)....

My HD20 is currently, temporarily, set up on a small bedside table, sat about a foot from the side of my bed, and I don't find it at all distracting when I'm watching something.

Mandybill petition puts hacks in a spin

seanj
Joke

Re: termination through the back-door...

Sounds painful? As opposed to suspension through the back door?!

Let us legally rip discs, campaigner tells govt

seanj

Not sure it's a good idea...

Personally, I'd think twice before asking this bunch of incompetents to amend anything to do with copyright law, considering past form - they'd likely just amend the law to state that the Dark Lord, whether in government or not, can amend copyright law as he (or more accurately his "holiday sponsor" Dave Geffen) sees fit.

MPs bash broadband tax

seanj
Grenade

BT Top-Up Fee.

Please, the broadband tax, from day one, has stunk to high heaven of nothing more than MPs jockeying for directorships in BT when they're left jobless in May/June. Why else would we be forced to pay a tax on our landlines to provide funding for maintenance on a privately-owned infrastructure?

We've been taxed to the hilt under this disgraceful attempt at government, and yet, in their dying hours, they come back demanding their final pound of flesh.

Airport scanners face double exposure

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This is a title, and I hear it's mandatory....

"...we might as well not bother at all with any limitations on police powers."

The only limitation of police powers currently in evidence is the limit of whichever Officer PowerTrip you're faced with's imagination to make up new laws on the spot...

Recession exacerbated Jobcentre computer woes

seanj
FAIL

Awww, diddums....

I find it laughably ironic, considering that it was probably the poor sods from IT departments across the country whose jobs were being outsourced quicker than you could say "Indian call centre" that were putting them under strain - I know I was one of them....

New cig peril: Third-hand smoke coats puffers in poison

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Stop

Discrimination.

"Anonymous Coward".

Maybe it's because I only quit smoking a few months ago, but I haven't got to the point where I feel it my God-given right to look down on an entire group of people who are merely enjoying a legal pastime.

Replace the word "smokers" in your sad little hatespeak with some other minority group, like "blacks" or "asians", and you'd, quite rightly, fall foul of discrimination laws in the UK, but you take a pop at smokers, and it's not only acceptable, but actively endorsed by our political "leaders", and wholeheartedly encouraged within the parameters of the politically correct social experiment we're currently undergoing - it's something that disgusts me about the state this country is in, and the mentality of the people who have brought us to this point.

Not AC, because unlike some, I have the courage of my convictions to stand behind what I say.

Think Aussie election rules are draconian? Look at the UK's

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Stop

My fault?

"ultimately it's Joe Public that actually screws the country up, not the politicians"

Yes, I agree.

It's entirely my fault that we sent troops to Iraq

It's entirely my fault that we sent troops to Afghanistan

It's entirely my fault that we are being force fed ID Cards

It's entirely my fault that I run the risk of being arrested for the crime of being too tall in possession of a recording device in public

It's entirely my fault that innocent bystanders are beaten to death by police

It's entirely my fault that a man was murdered by the police for the crime of "being in a rush and looking a bit too dark"

It's entirely my fault that we're the most surveilled society in the world

It's entirely my fault that my freedoms are being removed one by one in the name of preserving "freedom"

It's entirely my fault that politicians are corrupt, thieving filth

It's entirely my fault that the UK has been sold out without say to the EU in an attempt to make Tony Blair the first Emperor of Europe

None of that was anything to do with those poor, hard done by politicians, we were asked how we felt about every single one of those issues, weren't we? And the voting population stood up and in one voice shouted "Yes please, Mr Brown, sir, arse-rape us hard!".

Yes! It's the iPad jacket!

seanj
WTF?

Sleeves?

What kind of crazy-arsed waistcoats have you been wearing that have sleeves? Maybe you're thinking of a smoking jacket... or a reguar coat...

Austrian army cans Benny Hill recruitment ad

seanj
Headmaster

Re: Cutbacks?

Nope, it's the Steyr AUG.

Not pedantic grammar nazi alert, pedantic gun-pr0n nazi alert.

California school pulls 'oral sex' dictionary

seanj
Joke

Re: Rita Peters

Hey, she's the finest girl you'll ever wanna meet!

Entire UK will be on ID database sometime in next 3 millennia

seanj
Paris Hilton

Re: chapped!

At any rate, our Dear Moderatrix, whilst proof-reading, could assume you thought that NuLabour may actually want the entire population wearing chaps at some point... It's a vastly more sensible prospect than some of the other half-arsed (no pun intended!) stupidity they've already legislated for.

Paris, chaps... need I say more?

seanj
Joke

Re: Mugs

No, and nor should they. They should also be forced to continue to update their details as promised on signup.

Why, you ask?

Well, the majority will be made up of Civil Servants arse-licking to keep their jobs and die-hard NuLabour faithfuls, the rest just idiots. Arse-licking Civil Servants ought to have a taste of the shit that they've been dishing out under this government, NuLabour faithfuls should be made to suffer for the shit they've eaten and spouted in defence of The Party, and well, it's always a good idea to keep track of idiots....

Why Bono is wrong about filesharing

seanj
Pint

Thank you.

I was wondering whether it was the Bono insult or the cutting insight into the music business which had garnered my post with so many positive votes...

I'll happily send a post-dated cheque for the keyboard... For now, have a beer for me, it's Friday, it's 9pm, and I'm still working!

seanj

My guest opinion?

Bono is a great big floppy donkey dick. Go pay your taxes, you two-faced hypocrite.

The reason the music industry won't sign up to fee-based subscriptions is simple. They'd rather spend all their money making criminals of the average person on the street than appear to capitulate, thereby admitting their business model is obsolete, and their place in the world is as irrelevant to music distribution as the horse-drawn carriage is to mass transit.

MPs frozen out of super-secret copyright talks

seanj

Nope, not a secret.

The other countries are Sony, EMI, Warner and Universal.

Oh, and the Sovereign State Of Mandelson...

Home Office advises Police to break the law

seanj
Alert

Terrorism suspect?

"...as if, of course, a terrorism suspect is in a position to sue anyone."

You do realise, don't you, that (assuming you live in the UK), you are already a terror suspect merely for existing? Even moreso should you choose to do anything with your aforementioned existence, like walk down a street or, God forbid, take a photograph.

Is Mandy right to cut science funding?

seanj

Scientists?

I'm guessing the Labour policy-makers want less of their type getting in the way of good policy-based evidence.

NuLabour 'Bribo' laptop pops up on eBay

seanj

Supplier, eh?

Then perhaps you can explain why we're paying for laptops, rather than handing out refurbished desktops which will dramatically lower the cost of ongoing maintenance?

Or have I maybe answered my own question?

World braces for Lindsay Lohan sex tape

seanj
Joke

Short sighted?

Or just going blind?

New Labour bring old Nuremberg Laws to Britain

seanj
Grenade

Tool?

"Stop and search powers are an important tool..." - so says the self-important tool, to harummphed agreements from all the other self-important tools currently masquerading as the "Cabinet", occupying space where a real government would otherwise sit.

Labour MP experiences nasty video shock horror

seanj
Stop

Certainly not!

That could possibly lead to an outbreak of people "thinking for themselves" - a terrifying prospect for any Labour MP to consider, I'm sure you'll agree...

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