* Posts by ukgnome

2085 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jun 2011

Donald Trump wants Bill Gates to 'close the Internet', Jeff Bezos to pay tax

ukgnome

The scary thing

Is that a very large swathe of people buy into the Trump Extremism. As that is what he is, an extremist, a terrorist, he orchestrates chaos.

This man is dangerous, people listen to him because he lauds his extreme views with immunity to prosecution. his vitriolic hate diatribes paint a dangerous picture for the future.

ukgnome

Re: Is this the guy ...

No, he said that "Isn’t it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world?"

But this was about the Hebdo shootings.

It is important to differentiate between the attacks, misquoting him is as bad as him misquoting.

BOFH: Taking a spin in a decommissioned racer? On your own grill cam be it

ukgnome

Re: Lotus

I still lust after a MK2 Lotus Cortina

EE plans to block annoying ads on mobile network

ukgnome

Does this also include annoying texts, because EE are particularly great at them.

Irish electricity company threatens to cut off graveyard

ukgnome

Graveyard receives leccy bill

Shocking!

Terrorists seek to commit deadly 'cyber attacks' in UK, says Chancellor Osborne

ukgnome

Re: Chancellor Osborne?

And you can say what you like about Palpatine, but he was not a Tory, but he was a damn fine trade negotiator.

ukgnome

So George Osborne is now a terrorist then?

In its broadest sense, terrorism is any act designed to cause terror, so by suggesting that IS is planning an attack is in a narrower sense, terrorism. Especially as it can be understood to feature a political objective.

This constant scaremongering is pretty pathetic, I doubt that enough zealots have the ability to hack the UK. And surely if they went down the road of hiring skilled attackers then they would presumably have to put themselves to death immediately for paying for this foreign workforce. It should also be worth pointing out that when it comes to terrorism and the UK it is not very effective. During the London bombings on 7/7 there was a range of emotions, but the resounding emotion was akin to mild ambivalence. And that will never do!

Reg reader achieves bronze badge, goes directly to jail

ukgnome

Well prison and IT departments are quite similar

Judge bins Apple Store end-of-shift shakedown lawsuit

ukgnome

Re: I wouldn't work at a place...

Back in the 90's I would search my staff at the pub I managed.

Not because I thought they had stolen anything, but because a few of them were well fit.

Faked NatWest, Halifax bank sites score REAL security certs

ukgnome
Trollface

All fake sites can be found by visiting the serch engine www.groogle.com

Facebook's UK wing paid just £4k in corporation tax last year

ukgnome

Has anyone set up a just giving site - I feel the need to help out this ailing company.

LOHAN chews the fat with US TV station over Spaceport's FAA-ilure

ukgnome

FAA

Fuck All Avionics

BT to shoot 'up to 330Mbps' G.fast into 2,000 Gosforth homes

ukgnome

Conducted in Norfolk earlier this year, and then forgotten about.

Just like the fibre in my village.

Playmobil cops broadside for 'racist' pirate slave

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Childcatcher

Won't somebody think of the children....

When I was one, I sucked my thumb, the day I went to sea

I climbed aboard a pirate ship and the captain said to me

I’m going this way that way, forwards and backwards, over the Irish Sea

A bottle of rum to fill my tum, now that’s the life for me.

Vodafone joins calls to pry Openreach from BT's hands

ukgnome

Sky doesn't want to add LLU to my village exchange

Vodafone don't want to pay back tax

Both companies have sour grapes because they are charged as open reach customers.

Both companies are slimier than a tupperware box full of eels.

So, what's happening with LOHAN? Sweet FAA, that's what

ukgnome

I don't wish to be mean Lester, as a backer I just wan't to be sure that my money is well spent. At the moment it doesn't feel that way.

ukgnome
FAIL

Failed like so many kickstarters.

All in all, it's just another hit in the stalls: Roger Waters The Wall

ukgnome

Re: "The Wall" was never the best Floyd IMHO

I think that Dave G was right to stop touring when he did.

Except he's currently touring....

As McAfee runs for US President – we ask a crucial question: Will Reg readers back him?

ukgnome

Tony Stark has let himself go a bit.

BOFH: Power corrupts, uninterrupted power corrupts absolutely

ukgnome

Re: This rings too true...

The only way you can get your fizzy lager from a cellar is with a pump. The ale should go up hill nicely, but anything that requires a hit of nitro or CO2 needs a pump assist.

Squawk, squawk: Today is Vulture Awareness Day

ukgnome

Thank you for not mercilessly mocking me when I sent the news item in before checking El reg.

The most tragic thing about the Ashley Madison hack? It was really 1% actual women

ukgnome

Re: Rule 29

Meow

Parrot drone pwned (and possibly killed) with Wi-Fi log-in

ukgnome

Beautiful plumage

Has anyone lost 37 dope plants, Bolton cops nonchalantly ask on Facebook

ukgnome

Re: Does plod know?

@cornz 1

Is this the monsanto strain?

More UK broadband for bumpkins, but have-nots still ain’t happy

ukgnome

The main problem with rural broadband is that a lot of houses in villages connect directly to the exchange.

BAD things happen to GOOD robots in America: hitchBot DECAPITATED

ukgnome
Terminator

Didn't this happen to Brian?

*who says advertising doesn't work!

BOFH: My diary is MINE and mine alone, you petty HR gimps

ukgnome

It the dark distant past a Director after hearing the names we slung at each other if we had a name for him. Aww bless, he wanted to be one of us. The look on his face when one of the Data Control lads called him a cnut is a picture that lives with me.

The Breakfast (Table) of Champions: Micro Machines

ukgnome

This is one of the best games ever on the Mega Drive.

My fondness for this whilst high as a kite and listening to slayer is only eclipsed by my love of fried bread!

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Southern biscuits and gravy

ukgnome

Jizzy Scones!

We refer to Biscuits and Gravy as jizzy scones in my household....whilst tasty we don't have them often due to the arguments about pronunciation.

HP slaps dress code on R&D geeks: Bin that T-shirt, put on this tie

ukgnome

Oh look - Spider-Man T-Shirt, cargo pants, yellow dunlop hi-tops.

Then again it is friday, and that makes it naturally OK

Happy NukeDay to you! 70 years in the shadow of the bomb post-Trinity

ukgnome

Maybe the Reg should send a reporter to the Atomic Testing museum in Las Vegas. Truly a terrible, terrifying and informative place. Maybe it's just me, but they seem almost cocky about dropping bombs on Japan. Even though it was quite clear that the wind had gone from Japans sails.

Reading anything about the blasts and testing upsets me. Its an avenue best left well alone.

Daisy Group seals Phoenix IT Group buy, exec set for exit

ukgnome

I used to work for Phoenix, I am so glad that I don't now.

Malwarebytes slurps startup, hopes to belch out Mac malware zapper

ukgnome

This is sexist!

Where is Uncle Malware?

IBM to offer breast milk delivery-as-a-service for staff

ukgnome

What's the betting this service is sold off in a years time and the breasts are TUPE across to new german owners?

A quarter of public sector IT workers have never used the cloud

ukgnome

Born from an egg on a mountain top,

Funkiest Monkey that ever popped,

He knew every magic trick under the sun,

Tease the Gods and everyone can have some fun.

Monkey magic, Monkey magic,

Monkey magic, Monkey magic,

Monkey magic, Monkey magic ooh!

Goodbye Vulcan: Blighty's nuclear bomber retires for the last time

ukgnome

She flew over my village and it was very exciting seeing my boys watch it.

Giant male member spontaneously ejaculates over Norway

ukgnome

So is this the realization of a Richard Herring emergency question given erm flesh?

Apple apes Microsoft with iPhone BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

ukgnome

Re: Unicode of death

And what a jolly prank it still remains to be.

Although sending it to your wife isn't big or clever.

Apple pulls Civil War games in Confederate flag takedown

ukgnome
Black Helicopters

Oh America

dear oh dear oh dear .......a flag, A FUCKING FLAG!

I cannot comprehend you and your dull witted ways.

Maybe, just maybe you should ....um....ban guns.

And for the American NRA idiots don't go giving me second amendment bullshit without first reading what the second amendment is. As owning a gun is not the same as forming a militia to oust the forces of the British monarch. Especially as we have already decided that you are entirely too much bother, heck even the Australians are more favorable. And they, unlike yourselves were the descendants of criminals. Granted you're the decedents of idiots, so like I say, too much bother. Of course we will still happily accept the tax you keep paying for the use of sovereign land. Like I said, idiots.

ukgnome

Re: The response to another mass shooting is to ban.....

to be fair, you could have someones eye out with one, if you waved it particularly roughly.

Or maybe shot it from a cannon.

It reeks of desperation doesn't it.

Google to take another shot at a free Wi-Fi business

ukgnome
Trollface

Norwich in 2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5297884.stm

I do hope they manage quicker speeds though...

DEATH by VEGETABLES: Woman charged with killing boyf using carrots. And peas

ukgnome

What ever next?

Death by squirrel!

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Nasi goreng pattaya

ukgnome

As it happens I make these for the kids, well sort of. I use baked beans, butter cooked mushrooms and chopped up vege sausages. Although when I partake myself I tend to dash in some green chili sauce and an extra grind of pepper.

Post-pub nosh neckfillers: Reader suggestions invited

ukgnome

Basically anything Mexican

If it can be rolled in a burrito or sandwiched in a quesadilla then its totally awesome.

I will also accept Nacho, soft taco or if I am feeling up for a balancing act then tostadita.

Of course if I trusted myself around serious hot oil then chimichanga every day of the week please and thank you.

ukgnome

Re: Cheesey Chips

with gravy!

Filthy filthy sorts.

The traditional recipe from the Land of the Prince Bishops demands that it is the magical garlic sauce that is used, and it must be bought from the dirty shop.

*Sadly Penis's is no longer opposite Rixy's

Apple! and! Yahoo! fight! the! man!, claims! EFFing! daftness!

ukgnome

Awesome! to! see! that! the! exclamation! is! still! in! use!

Free ethical upgrade offered as Fairphone launches mobe No 2

ukgnome

Re: Unfair phone

I can't even be bothered to supply a link, just cut and paste. And then bore off.

https://www.apple.com/uk/supplier-responsibility/labor-and-human-rights/

The Martian: Matt Damon sciences the sh*t out of the red planet

ukgnome

I was first introduced to Andy Weir through the Galactic Netcasts podcast called scifi geeks club when they had him on as a guest. It is totally worth a listen, the dudes awesome!

Capita wins four out of five stars for 'good', 'inexpensive' service

ukgnome

Link bait

With garlic and hot sauce please