* Posts by Frankee Llonnygog

1433 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Dec 2012

Tales of infiltration from Fight Club man Chuck Palahniuk, Peter Carey and Anonymous

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Ah, cocaine and saccharine.

Stirred into coffee, it really brings the zing. Snorted, it invokes pink nightmares where Katie Price rides My Little Pony (note the capitalisation - lowercase would mean something else entirely) through the mind of Barbara Cartland

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game: Glimpses of Turing's life, but that's all ...

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FAIL

Is the movie still the scene where ...

... He gets Colossus to run Tetris?

Just checked the full cast list. No Tommy Flowers

Apple CEO Tim Cook: My well-known gayness is 'a gift from God'

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Re: Great to hear. @Frankee Lionnygog

Funny you say that - I used the built in feedback app to comment that Helvetica Neue was less legible than Lucida, and that it's way past time for the Accessibilty Prefs to give more control over system fonts. (Rolls sleeves up, launches Terminal...)

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Re: Great to hear.

Have you filed a bug report?

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Pride

Since gays have been stigmatised for centuries, pride at having won (if it has been won yet...) the hard-fought battle for equality is entirely understandable

Lenovo completes Motorola purchase for $2.9bn – $10bn less than Google paid for it

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In my dreams

Moto +Lenovo = Melon.

Samsung's flagging phone fortunes hit profits hard

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Re: "halve in the third quarter"

Not to be divisive but only the lowest common denominator would puzzle over that for more than a fraction of a second

Ex-Soviet engines fingered after Antares ROCKET launch BLAST

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@RU37

So, your ex-chick is ex-Czech, check?

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Re: Wallops is out of action

Ah happy, innocent days. Gone is the era when a popular entertainer could happily sing the refrain. "Stick it in your family, stick it in your family, stick it in your family, al-bum!"

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Wallops is out of action

In the interim, we'll be launching from Crashes and Bangs

Banksy denies Banksy impostor's claim to Banksy.com – which isn't owned by Banksy

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My sympathies

talent-free-stencil-jockey.com is available

Hate the BlackBerry Z10 and Passport? How about this dusty old flashback instead?

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Now if I can just get one with

A built in daisy-wheel

PEAK APPLE: iOS 8 is least popular Cupertino mobile OS in all of HUMAN HISTORY

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Re: Nerd release?

Yeah - it's crap that you can't make phone calls like this any more:

Frankee's iPhone:~ Frankee$ dial -n 08448544970

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Peak Apple

This 'peak Apple' thing is getting embarrassing. It's like seeing a needy comedian flogging an unfunny catchphrase. What's the opposite of a meme?

Maybe Jasper could rebrand - Sid Surface or Dan Droid perhaps. Chris Moyles is looking for a new sidekick.

Yes, Virginia, there IS a W3C HTML5 standard – as of now, that is

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Re: Does this make any difference?

@sabroni: You think may it was awe before a toothless standards body that forced IE into compliance. Users deserting in droves would also be something to do with it

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And in reality

Does this make any difference?

Apple spent just ONE DOLLAR beefing up the latest iPad Air 2

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Facepalm

Re: Same old chips???

Yes I'm sure that must be the reason.

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Re: Pah!

And, in the red corner, Mr Brenner, armed with insight, measurements and reasoned argument!

Hiding in the dressing room, Mr Hammill, who is still trying for his Wolf Cubs badge in Sarcasm

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Judging by the comments...

I think MC Hammill has finally humped the shark

Top research shop releases free boffinware for all

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Re: I will probably not install this

Indeed - most of us can get by with a pair

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I will probably install this

I won't understand it or have any idea what it's for or how to use it, but having it will make me feel clever. Like having a fat unread popular science paperback on the shelf.

Tim Cook: The classic iPod HAD TO DIE, and this is WHY

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Good idea

Also compatible with all the docks people had to replace when Lightning connectors arrived.

Knock Knock tool makes a joke of Mac AV

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Re: @AMBxx

"Apple toys" counts as impartial?

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Re: your favourite distro?

LinuxKidX?

Even a broken watch is right twice a day: Not an un-charged Apple Watch

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It won't tell the wrong time when the battery's flat

Since itt doesn't have an eInk screen, it will just go dark

Microsoft has Windows Server running on ARM: report

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WinArm doesnt sound good?

I dunno - gives me a WArm feeling

Apple's OS X Yosemite slurps UNSAVED docs into iCloud

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Pretty sure it used to do this

from Mountain Lion onwards

FATTIES: Boffins say their miracle sunshine skin cream 'prevents obesity'

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Re: Why don't mice live for ever?

I meant the mice's backs, not the boffins'. Though, come to think to of it...

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Why don't mice live for ever?

It seems boffins have cured them of all known diseases. Is it because of the human ears growing on their backs?

Mozilla hopes to challenge Raspbian as RPi OS of choice

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Maybe

A robot that than can post selfies to Vine as it chases kittens down staircases?

An 'embed' link isn't a new infringement, says EU Court of Justice

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Confused

Did they just legalise torrent searches?

The Flash lives up to its name with a fast-paced pilot full of potential

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Why are the men

Wearing so much makeup?

SHOW ME THE MONEY! Ballmer on Amazon: 'They're not a real biz, they make NO cash'

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Hope he's better at being a shareholder

Than he was at being a chairholder.

Happy 2nd birthday, Windows 8 and Surface: Anatomy of a disaster

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Re: I suspect that the vast majority of Mac users have no inkling

I suspect most computer users think there's a mutant mathematical inclined gerbil inside the box.

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Re: Best Version of Windows

Yes. And it's been true every time. If that progress continues, they will one day attain 'good' and 'secure'

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Re: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...

I thought the same - a bunch of lightbulbs

Revealed: The amazing magical innovation in the iPad Mini 3 – a lick of paint

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Fixabilty - inversely proportional to thin and light

The intersection of mobile device consumers and flow soldering workstation owners ain't gonna be a profitable niche.

Kingston's aviation empire: From industry firsts to Airfix heroes

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Re: Kingston Polytechnic

A band I was in played there! We played on even while the stage was invaded by rugby players dressed as Roman soldiers. Happy days.

Not a loyal follower of @BritishMonarchy? You missed The QUEEN*'s first Tweet

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Is that really her first tweet?

So who's been tweeting all that stuff about corgis as @DirtyBrenda?

Would you blow $5.6m to own a dot-word? Meet a bloke who did just that

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How do you make a small fortune?

Invest a large fortune in a gTLD

Google Glassholes are undateable – HP exec

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Date too sedate?

Ditch the nosh bit for the mosh pit. Even a nerd's nerd won't crowd surf in their precious nerdwankspecs

DOUBLE BONK: Fanbois catch Apple Pay picking pockets

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Never let logic get in the way of a good rant

Or an opportunity for boy reporters to rewrite a press release into propaganda that would be rejected as unbalanced by the lowest Sixth Form College magazine

Google opens Inbox – email for people too thick to handle email

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Re: Invitation-only, for now...

The only function of GMail I hold dear is it's ability to forward the stuff I want to my real email account

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Re: Bloody hell!

@Ruli Manurung - why not send it to Mark as an attachment - and stand back!

Forget the $2499 5K iMac – today we reveal Apple's most expensive computer to date

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Re: Now that's just going too far

Impressive ignorance of the history of personal computing - keep those thought shields up!

Really... an iKeyfob? Apple continues war on fanbois' pockets

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Re: It's an Apple car patent

I assume the two downvoters will back up their downvotes with examples?

Chinese hackers slurp iCloud passwords, Apple's CEO jumps into his jet for China

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Jasper does geopolitical analysis

Sheesh! Jasper offers an insight into what adults do at work.

For all we know, the Chinese Gov are doing an FBI and complaining about iPhone encryption.

Apple grapple: Congress kills FBI's Cupertino crypto kybosh plan

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I have just one thing to say to Mr Comey

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- so there!

Yes, yes, Steve Jobs. Look what I'VE done for you lately – Tim Cook

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Re: That should probably be "führer"

And when we hear the word, our first thought is of a cheery troop of cub scouts...

Fruit is jock-ular US homophobic slang, as I'm sure I don't need to point out.

I think the Reg writers know exactly what they are doing with this needlessly provocative epithet.

Godwin's law is an indicator that a debate has reached rock-bottom. If the Reg's articles are already there, what chance for enlightened debate in the comments?

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Re: That should probably be "führer"

I don't mind how the Reg spells slang that can be construed as 'gay Nazi'. I just wish they'd stop it referring to Tim Cook as that.