* Posts by Winkypop

5635 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2008

Violence, vandals and vomit: London's naughtiest tech Tube stations revealed

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Hot, smelly, urine soaked, rat infested and noisy

I still love the London Underground.

MIND THE GAP

Private moonshot gets the green light from US authorities

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Alien

Just goes to show...

How dang difficult and amazing it was when Apollo took 12 men to and fro in the 60's and 70's.

Mozilla 404s '404 Not Found' pages: Firefox fills in blanks with archive.org copies

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Meh

404.5

I can see some end-users getting mightily confused, more so than normal anyway.

Australia hires former head of controversial UK care.data plan

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Facepalm

If it doesn't work out for him (us)

There's always a job at The Australian Bureau of Statistics....

First Wi-Fi box ever is chosen as Australia's best contribution to global history

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Joke

Bravo!

Although I'd like to think us Aussies invented WiFi because we couldn't be arsed to run any wires....

Crocodile well-done-dee: Downed Down Under chap roasted by exploding iPhone

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Trollface

Guilty!

I didn't watch the hyped-up trash either, but I heard at one point the phone put a hand over the camera and then ran off. (see title)

Reminder: IE, Edge, Outlook etc still cough up your Windows, VPN credentials to strangers

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Facepalm

What the actual

fuck!

Don't want to vote for Clinton or Trump? How about this woman who says Wi-Fi melts kids' brains?

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Anti-vaxxers

Child endangering scum.

Black Hats control Jeep's steering, kill brakes

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Devil

Yeah, maybe

But who drives a Jeep?

What's ordered in Vegas, doesn't stay in Vegas? $6.7m of printer ink 'stolen by office worker'

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Devil

Could have been much worse

She could have sold it back to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, with a mark-up for handling of course.

Giant Musk-stick test-firing proves a rocket can rise twice

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Ahhh musk sticks

That quintessential Aussie lolly!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_stick

Milk IN the teapot: Innovation or abomination?

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Meh

As a non tea drinker

No one cares what I think, however, adding the milk to the pot does seem rather odd.

I wouldn't do it with coffee.

Juno turns around and heads off to graze Jupiter's clouds

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Brilliant science

Mankind at it's best.

Death of 747 now 'reasonably possible' says Boeing

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A worthy work horse

I have spent too much time inside 747s in my 35 years of travelling. Way too much time.

Australia <-> UK, some 14 return trips + across the Pacific to the US some 5 times. And countless cross-country hauls on some rather geriatric and unreliable (since retired) jumbos.

Still, the old 747 is why I was able to afford to travel so much. Plenty of seats meant cheaper seats. Heck, seats are cheaper today than they were 30 years ago (in relative terms).

My preferred long-haul-caboose is now the A380. A wonder of space, comfort and quiet. Makes a 777 seem like the old 747s.

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Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy

Taxi to the terminal zone,

Cut your engines, cool your wings,

And let me make it to the telephone.

Don't use a VPN in United Arab Emirates – unless you wanna risk jail and a $545,000 fine

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FAIL

His Highness Sheikh Rattle and Roll

Is advised by very silly men (definitely not women)

Did Donald Trump really just ask Russia to hack the US govt? Yes, he did

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Re: What's the male equivalent

Thank you

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Devil

What's the male equivalent

What's the male equivalent of: "All fur and no knickers"?

Whatever it is, it describes Donald Trump well.

Oz regulator eyes broadband marketing

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Unhappy

"limp along at under 10 Mbps"

Oh how I wish I could even get 5 Mbps!

Oh how I tire of constant buffering and also...

....... loading.................

Iraqi government finally bans debunked bomb-finding dowsing rods

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Mushroom

"about as reliable as homeopathy"

BoooOOOOOoooom!

Cryptography vs. bigotry: The debate Australia needs to have

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Hanson is the threat

Her followers are the concern.

World religions stake out positions on Pokemon Go

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Devil

What a very silly activity

religion is.

Oh, and Pokemon.

Data retention grants still not flowing to Australia telcos

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Malcolm in the muddle

Apparently all you need is "innovation", oh and Jobs and Growth [TM]

Hardball hacker thrown in the cooler for 46 months for guessing rival team's password

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Linux

Surely

It's 3 strikes and you're out?

Australia gets one-quarter of a minister for national infosec

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Facepalm

More wasted time

Further down the 'advanced country' list.

Ad blockers responsible for rise in upfront TV ad sales, claims report

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Stop

A lot of TV content is pure advertising

Masquerading as editorial, news and current affairs.

That's why I don't watch TV.

Africa's MeerKAT looks at the sky, surprises boffins with 1,300 galaxies

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Bravo

Applied boffinry is way cool.

It's not our fault we don't hire black people, says Facebook

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Meh

Blind selection

Let the panel short-list candidates without any prior knowledge of:

- Physical appearance

- Vocal impression

- Sexual identification

- Cultural background

- Religious adherence (if any)

Let the entire shortlisting process be a paper exercise, based solely on the individual's claim and qualifications for the job.

In-person interviews, afterwards, would highlight any bias that may be present.

Student Loans Company burns £50 million in IT project superfail

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"robust and agile customer-centred student finance system."

Follow a good bit of the money to the PR consultants.

Those executive retreats charge a fortune for whale-song, joss sticks and chakra cleansing.

Google slammed over its 'free' school service

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It's Google

Of course they are doing shit with your data.

Tesla whacks guardrail in Montana, driver blames autopilot

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Terminator

That's right!

Blame the A.I.

What do we want?

Rights for A.I

When do we want it?

NOW

White hat banned for revealing vulns in news sites used by London councillors

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Nero called

Wants his fiddle back...

Juno probe spins up its sonic screwdrivers for Jupiter flyby

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Inspirational team effort

I dips me lid to the clever men and women of the Juno probe project.

Teen thugs lure, rob Pokemon Go gamers

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Great

More eejits wandering around in people's way engrossed with their mobile device!

I call them iZombies.

Bomb-disposal robot violently disposes of Dallas cop-killer gunman

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Unhappy

Re: slight correction

Assault rifle or assault weapon, neither are necessary in a civilised community.

It's the "assault" bit that's the hint.

Wannabe Prime Minister Andrea Leadsom thinks all websites should be rated – just like movies

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Joke

Late running candidate...

The ghost of Mary Whitehouse.

Science non-fiction: Newly spotted alien world bathes in glow of three stars

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Joke

Triple sunrises!

To coin a new phrase:

Busier than a rooster on HD 131399Ab!

1 in 20 Wendy's burger joints hacked? No, make that 1 in 3 – 1,025 in total

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Devil

I have no sympathy!

...for people who choose to eat at Wendy's.

Attention, small biz using Symantec AV: Smash up your PCs, it's the safest thing to do

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Alert

Symantec Anti-Virus?

Them's fighting words around here buster!

Many years ago my PC was borked one last time by Symantec.

I dropped them and threw away the rest of my subscription.

Sysadmins: Use these scripts to fully check out of your conference calls

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Conference calls

The first circle of hell.

NASA curious about Curiosity's fourth 'safe mode' event

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Alert

So, you want to install Windows 10?

Downloading....

Uber opens up on Oz deactivation policies, just a little

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Booked an airport transfer from a hotel the other day

Turned out to be UBER.

100% (fixed rate) taxi.

UK.gov wants to fine websites £250,000 if teens watch porn vids

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Number twelve. The naughty bits of a lady

Someone will have to glue down all the page 3s in the Sun *

* Before being sold

Australia's ABC suspends presenter over 'Wi-Fi is dangerous' claims

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Facepalm

Catalyst has form - especially Presenter Dr Maryanne Demasi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Demasi - Statin report

It's a science show, right?

5 years, 2,300 data breaches. What'll police do with our Internet Connection Records?

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Re: "prompting concerns about the increasing amount of data they're holding"

^^^ this

By Jove! NASA's Juno prepares to slip into orbit around Jupiter

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Science for the win!

Boffinry rules.

Liberal Party of Australia: why are you paying so much for ancient software?

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FAIL

They are not called conservatives for nothing....

No wonder the NBN has been so effectively boondoggled.

Last panel in place, China ready to boot up giant telescope

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"put away the hex key"

To find an assortment of spare nuts, bolts and other sundries.

But seriously, good job China.

Let's go searching.

Here's how police arrested Lauri Love – and what happened next

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Windows

The law only exists for the wealthy

For the rest of us we take our (rather thin) chances....

BA 'offers' IT bods extra leave, flexible working - unpaid of course

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Check in staff too

Checked in at a major UK airport last week with BA.

One (1) check in person on duty for all BA flights.

One.

Patriotic Brits rush into streets to celebrate… National Cream Tea Day

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I don't like tea

Sorry, I'll get my coat....