* Posts by The last doughnut

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David May, parallel processing pioneer

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I've met Brian nice chap

Yes, worked with a pair of T414's on my final year project at Uni, never could get the board to work though (my fault entirely). Also used them in experimental systems at the MoD in the following few years. Great for embedded systems.

These days I work in the Bristol area on CPU's. When they let me.

Italian boffins to robo-grapple space junk

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Happy

A better plan

Send up an Italian robotic engineer. At each rendevous-with-junk, the robot waves its arms around wildly for up to half an hour whilst emitting a continuous stream of rubbish. The space junk then voluntarily de-orbits itself out of sheer incomprehensive overload.

Rogue character space tripped Scottish exam results

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Pint

Paper clip says

You seem to be in the process of f---ing up badly. Do you want some help with that?

And from what I know of popular Scots culture, "celebrate/drown their sorrows" are the same thing anyhoo.

To the pub!

Swede cuffed for cooking nuclear reactor on kitchen stovetop

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Childcatcher

Boron + hydrogen?

Has nobody considered the carbon emissions?

Boffins shine 800Mbps wireless network from flashlight

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Boffin

Amazing ...

Why do people think that hospitals are a no-go region for wireless or radio networks?

Russia’s space telescope in orbit

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Wrong

After the War we were bust, plain and simple.

Geez more uninformed comment on here. Why do I bother?

McAfee head vanishes, replaced by two more

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Flame

Two for the price of one

That's great for McAfee.

The opposite applied to my renewal - I paid for two years and got none.

Diary of a cameraman at the last shuttle launch

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Meh

What country is that then?

Doesn't sound like the USA.

Obama is not a "socialist" nor is he related to Osama Bin Laden or Satan.

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FAIL

Interesting article

And I would have loved to have seen it. BUT that main pic of the shuttle taking off is just awful. All you can see are two strips of bright yellow. Bump up the exposure next time, mate!

Terrafugia flying car gets road-safety exemptions

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Gimp

Simple solution

A recumbent bike with suitable turbo-charged engine. Either that or a small air cooled nuclear reactor. In yellow please.

Proper scientists: Old folk should drink more, not less

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Pint

I for one

Look forward to my mid fifties, when I am allowed to have another half-measure between Flog-it and whatever replaces the Jeremy Kyle show.

Liverpool cops compulsively snooped footballer's record

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Stop

I heard of an Avon and Somerset plod

Who uses the PNC to check out his daughters boyfriends. Apparently this is a criminal offence but that doesn't stop him.

New Cassini pics of Saturnian 'Ice Queen' Helene

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Go

I for one

Would like to see this giant ice cube inserted roughly into Rutland. Probably the best thing that would ever happen to the place.

I thank you.

Yuri Gagarin lands at Royal Albert Hall

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Meh

Didn't help him when it mattered, tho

If he hadn't crashed that fighter jet while pi$$ed he might still be around to day.

Does a flash motor make a man more desirable?

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Holmes

I for one

Welcome this opportunity to use the new "No sh!t, Sherlock" icon.

Latest Hubble Snaptastic goodness: Centaurus A

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Go

James Webb space telescope

Just wait until the Hubble replacement goes up there. You ain't seen nothing yet ...

Panasonic preps outdoor Android slate

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Gimp

Can I eat my dinner off it

And is it dishwasher proof?

Boffins grow brains in petri dish

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Childcatcher

Yes, but

Given its 12-second lifespan, it is likely to have a second thought. Then it really is time to worry.

Naked cyclist streaks through Suffolk village

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Unhappy

How typical

Getting a bit prudish about nudity is very British.

Sadly it seems covering our own prudishness in a blanket of fake child-protection is also.

Extragalactic black hole particle fountain awesomeness

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The image

The false colours applied to the image, I would guess, represent the different wavelengths in the received radio signal.

Maybe the radio image has been overlayed onto a visible-wavelength image, to show where the stars are and give context. And to make it pretty. This may explain the diffraction lines.

Haumea: Mysterious radioactive rugby-ball world

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Dead Vulture

Would prefer it, El Reg

If you would clearly label the pic, "Artists Impression" or somesuch. This is clearly not a telescope image.

Has it got an inscription in Sanscrit?

Galleon hedge fund founder convicted on all 14 counts

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Stop

Stop thief!

Does he also have to return all the money he stole from other investors? That is likely to include you, me and anyone else who has a pension fund.

Star Wars: From dream sci-fi bride to perfect Blu-ray wife

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Coat

Someone had to say it ...

These aren't the DVD's you're looking for.

Hunting of incredibly rare two-horned 'unicorns' forbidden

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Go

Barbeque time?

I say, that does look rather tasty.

Officials scoop up bacteria bubbling away in Playboy hot tub

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FAIL

Ew

Hot tubs are filthy enough, but these geeks actually used one at the Hefner place? I pity the fools.

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