* Posts by randomtask

53 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Jul 2007

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Irish deputy PM: You want more tax from Apple? Your problem, not ours

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Re: I got an interesting idea

That 'Idea' is about as relevant as the Tax Issue.

Boss of Irish-based R&D hub: Man, this place is the back of beyond

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Re: Letterkenny

I think that's east belfast and the titanic "quarter" you're thinking of.

I've got a fleg in my coat pocket.

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Letterkenny

Working in Derry, Letterkenny always seems like the grass is always greener.

Dub government shouldn't have backed out of the motorway through the north to Derry/Letterkenny!

Shower of shitebags!

Climate scientists link global warming to extreme weather

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First Sentence... "ongoing increase in global temperatures"

Stopped Reading.

4GEE data marketing campaign accidentally gets Irishmen salivating

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Must be a West-Brit Dub thing

Sounds like something the Dub4 or Dub4 wannabees might come out with...

ITV wrist-slapped for showing video game as IRA attack

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Lucky they didn't use a shot of the gravity gun in Half Life 2....

DUP website translated into Irish by mischievous hacktivist

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Arrogant Name?

It's hardly arrogant when the Irish Government laid claim to the whole island of Ireland, only to relinquish this claim (in part) as part of the Good Friday Agreement. How verrry dare they claim the northern 6 counties which were partitioned from them in the early 20th Century.

The question over a persons nationality (by AC) is also just wrong. It'd be nothing like someone calling themselves a Labourian. I've never once heard of someone in the north claiming that they are DUP British or Sinn Fein Irish. It's got nothing to do with party politics, you either see yourself as Irish or British and some see themselves as Northern Irish. Fair play to them all, you are what you are!!

MS store staff in spontaneous electric boogie

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I can't see the video in work...

...but I fully 'get' the fact that this guy is a cock/ballbag*.

*Delete as appropiate.

NZ council to scrub Muff Road

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Living in Derry near Muff, Co.Donegal

I used to travel down on a weekly basis to "Top Muff" filling station for my cheap diesel. Their advertising signs used to disappear quite frequently also, and their keyrings are worth their weight in.... well.... keyrings...

Brit firm stops anti-tank warheads with cloth

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Gives a whole new perspective on...

...touching cloth.

Mine's is the one with Andrex Super Absorbent in the pocket....

Ron Howard accuses Pope of scuppering Dan Brown movie

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Not So Happy Days...

Maybe Richie should head to Arnold's for a quick cheeseburger and seek council from the Arthur Fonzerelli in the mens room like days gone by. I do remember the Fonz blessing himself from time to time so maybe he'll put in a kind word with the Pope... Oul Benny XIV is quare craic if you get him on a good day.

Mine is the one with the Rosary Beads, that double up as a garrotte, in the pocket...

Can you talk and drive?

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RE: Who the fuck uses a 'phone to send text messages?

Well the royal mail simply refuses to deliver mail to moving vehicles and until such a service becomes available people will continue to use SMS to communicate whilst on the move.

Mines is the coat with the letterbox strapped to the back....

Pink-slipped sysadmin admits to threatening ex-employer's network

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@ Sticks and stones...

"People threaten to kill people don't they and nothing happens, bizarre."

Ummm no, its actually an offence to threaten to kill someone. They usually end up with a sentence for that as well.

Mine is the one with the 'Get out of jail free card' in the pocket...

ISPs eye role in Jacqui's mass surveillance system

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Black Helicopters

I don't know why...

Anyone cares if there is one central database or 10 smaller databases. Whatever way they choose to do it they will still have access to all of the data. Multiple databases may make it harder, or less likely, that the information will be lost. Needless to say this is merely a way of putting people's minds at ease whilst not actually doing anything about it. It is a high price to pay for the "hopeful" capture of a few criminals. How long will it be before these laws are used to check what we are spending and how and then asked "How can you afford that sir?". I had better not mention that I may have overloaded my bin to a friend on facebook or the council will be all over me like a rash.

Aussie firms makes Surface-readable business cards

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Paris Hilton

'instead of throwing it into a draw'

Rolf : Can you tell what it is yet???

ArseASA rules 'Feck' non-offensive

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@ AC

"Being from the Emerald Isle, Feck does indeed mean Fuck.

Nice one Magners :)"

Snap. I for one find it hilarous that the change of a vowel turned an everyday word in Ireland into an everyday word throughout the UK.

It does mean fuck, but sure what odds?!

Feck/Fuck it!

NXE fans tempted with refurb Xbox HDD offer

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Heart

FAN BOI ALERT!

*Points at anonymous coward whilst doing a fanny dance*

"He rubs his PS3 upon his skin"

Wierdo.

Retro piracy - Should the Royal Navy kick arse?

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Dead Vulture

I honestly hope...

... you've finished creaming yourselves over the Military.

Oki okays release of 'jumping robot leg' chair

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Olympics

Do you reckon if i strapped two of these bad boys to my existing legs that I could propel myself into the record books ahead of Usain Bolt in 2012?

If not at least i'll be able to be comfortable whilst watching said event.

-- Mine is the coat that give you a clip round the ear and tells you to "wise up" from time to time.

Windows Mobile on iPhone a cruel joke?

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Sonic Emotion

Are they related in any way to the company, Sonic Emoticon, which have built up a veritable monopoly of Sega based emoticons?

Mines is the coat with the spikes down the back...

Sainsbury's launch console price war

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Pirate

Forget Sainsburys...

...if you have a local PC World (who doesn't). They should give you 10% more off than sainsbury's prices as they won't be beaten on price, apparently.

Ivan O'Toole? That's nothing, snorts Hugh Jass

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192.com

Do a search for the name on 192.com and a number of Hugh Jass's come back!

iPhone 3G isn't necessarily

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Paris Hilton

iPhone 3G isn't neccesarily

...isn't neccesarily what???

Ofcom confirms Freeview will get HD next year

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CAM Module for thsoe with Freeview TVs?

Would those of us with freeview TVs not be able to purchase a CAM module that will allow us to receive the HD content? I think a trial was carried out in Dublin using this technology where people chosen were given the CAMs to install into the TVs port.

Nintendo Wii 'like a virus', games boss sniffs

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@ Anonymous Coward

'Now all we need is the Wii & Xbox "fanboys" trying to justify their pitiful existence....'

Pot Kettle Black.

Sony picture frame-style HD TVs a work of art?

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Which one...

...of those pictures on the wall were the tv? :| :| :| :|

Mines is the jacket made out of OLED Fabric.

Nokia N96 to land in August

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@Simon

The law surrounding FM Transmitters has been cleaned up to allow FM transmitters over a low range. I got one, legally, for my iPod.

*not an Apple fanboi*

The phone looks good. I'm due a new one around october or november so hopefully it wont be too pricey!

'Magnet boy' freezes Xbox

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What...

...a load of shite!

Tell him to lift his feet when he's walking.

Asus 8.9in Eee PC surfaces

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Interesting

I was nearly going to but a 4GB EeePc the other day, but I want to wait and see if ASUS are bringing out the desktop version so I can use a web browser on my TV without needing a big tower or unsightly box!

Porsche to challenge London CO2 penalty in court

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@ Anonymous Coward

"Well, I've been around a little, and so far, the public transportation system in London are among the best, quickest, cleanest in large cities in Europe, as well as comparatively affordable. If you want a laugh, try public transportation in, say, Hamburg, Germany or for a real hoot, Marseille. If you want to get stuck halfway to the railway station with the next bus dropping by at four the next morning, try Luebeck, Germany"

Remember that London is the Capital city so its unfair to compare it with regional hubs. Compare it with other Capitals and you will find the public transport system in london lacking. It costs a bloody fortune for one! In Paris you can get from A (anywhere in paris) to B (anywhere else in paris) for €1.50 and its fast, efficient and clean!

Forth Bridge painters to down brushes in 2012

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IT Angle

@FlatSpot

Considering the Surface Area of the bridge is estimated at around 45 Acres I dont think that they would get very far with a few tins of paint and a solitary brush.

There is obviously a business model for this!

Freeview lobby cries foul on Ofcom HDTV plans

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It is what it is

Why not leave freeview alone, and let people willing to pay the premium for HD go with SKY or Cable services. I have freeview on 3 televisions at home (two of which on indoor aerials, and the third connected to the main aerial in the attic) and receive all the channels available with perfect clarity. I don't think there is a need to over complicate the issue with a new freeview service that not a lot of people really want or need.

Do we really need Eastenders in HD, it's bad enough catching a brief glimpse of Heather in SD as I quickly channel surf!

Second-gen O2 XDA Orbit goes on sale

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The Original...

...had Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB connectivity also.

This one looks a bit more sleek that the last one, is it any smaller?

Tech support gets religion

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Boffin

Stop the madness...

... you sir are like a more scary version of the masked magician! Don't you realise that the average pleb in an office could possibly end up seeing that page and never need IT support ever again!?!?!?

High Court orders Manhunt 2 release to be re-evaluated

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Pirate

No Country for Old Men

I went to see the above at the cinema during the week. Not once have I felt the need to kill anyone with a bolt gun since. I also have not "gone on the run", driven a pickup, or picked up a Texas drawl.

I just thought I'd let you all know, that the world is safe....... ish!

Bikini-clad pin-ups cover old school jailbreak

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@ Edwin

Stacking bricks like building blocks??? Madness!!!!!

Steve McClaren secures 2007 Foot in Mouth award

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Missing the Point

I think most people commenting here are missing the point. They all make sense of some kind, its just they are over elaborating on their use of english to make that sense. Hence the "Plain English" society.... or whatever the fcek it was called.

Dell moves 40,000 Ubuntu PCs

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Am I the only one to notice...

the correlation between the 40,000 Ubuntu PCs sold by dell and the 40,000 pints of Guinness stolen recently. Is this some crazed marketing ploy by Guinness and Dell, a free Ubuntu with your pint or vice versa!

Fasthosts customers blindsided by emergency password reset

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Not happy...

I only run a small local forum and fasthosts have caused nothing but problems over the last year or so. First of all I lost all my content (luckily it was backed up to my home PC). A few months went by and then my SQL server just upped and left, it appears it had enough of fasthosts. Then I went to login this morning and it appears that my SQL database has shat itself as my site is showing nothing but SQL errors :(

This is bad enough for someone like myself running a simple forum, imagine the hassle people must have trying to make a living on the back of all this!

Greenpeace slams Apple Nintendo over eco-credentials

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Greenpeace...

Pah! Who gives a flying FCEK ;) what green peace say or do. they run around claiming to be eco friendly and whatnot but surely all their collective bluster and hot air must be contributing to "Global Warming". And global warming, what another load of old bollucks! Its a global cycle which would happen whether naturally occuring carbon was in the atmosphere or not!!! Remember a few millenia ago britain was a desert, and a few more before that it was inder a mile of ice and not a Combustion Engine, Nintendo Wii or ecowarrior in site!

They are all cNUTS!

Tumbleweeds outnumber punters, as iPhone's First Night flops

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Obviously Giles

Thanks for the infferrence that it would sell more if it was cheaper, I'm not a market analyst but I assume the same would go for all "exclusive" things. If a Merc was 5 grand i'd guess they would roll off the forecourts like, well, big wheeled things!!!

BTW I dont have an iPhone, I don't need one nor have any desire to have an overrated phone with a, perhaps, nice GUI.

*sigh*

*flogs shergar*

BBC.com begins commercial push

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Alien

Would you all...

...stop riding AdBlock Plus!!!!

One mention was enough!

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I was wondering!

I was wondering why my BBC new was rendering with a big gap below the main bar at the top and then everything moving up. Its really been doing my head in this last few days. Why not have it so that it has no ads by default and then checks your IP to see if it can populate your page with ads, so that us licence payers dont get fecked off with moving pages that are going nowhere!!!!

On a side note, good luck to whoever gets the "Congratulations you're the 999,999th Visitor" prize. I guess this wont be open to UK and NI residents :( :( ;)

Paris Hilton exits missionary position to save Universe

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Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton Eats Baby Seal

"Thats Hot" she fumed as she asked for a glass of water!

Underwear was nowhere to be seen.

Man wrongly detained for 50 days has ISP to thank

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Unhappy

50 days!!! What about the old days of internment

Back in the days of the troubles if you looked like ye might even think about protesting against the police/army/status quo (ie civil rights for catholics in NI) you were thrown into Internment camps! :?

Indefinitely!

German law smites Warhammer fan flick

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Once Smitten...

...Twice Shy

:|

Jailed terror student 'hid' files in the wrong Windows folder

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First TV-Links...

has been taken down and now we lose the startlingly underused terror-links.co.uk Where will they draw the line???

Content delivery firm trials novel authentication method

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Joke

Jason C...

should wind his neck in!!!

UK company presents the pop-out post-a-phone

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Paris Hilton

I'm Guessing...

that whilst this phone is an excellent concept, it will not be compatible with Royal Mail!

PC superstore puts Microsoft on sale for under £150

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Using a dollar sign when typing MS...

...totally invalidates any otherwise good points in your posts!

As does "guesstimate", although MGuestimate doesn't have quite the same ring as MDollar Sign!

*gives up hope for humanity*

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