* Posts by Winkypop

5635 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2008

Kepler continues exoplanet bonanza

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Re: Moons

That's no moon.

Malwarebytes declares Windows 'malicious', nukes 1,000s of PCs

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Testing eh?

Always, it's the testing!

NBN Co still on budget, CEO claims

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Don't Panic!

Or if you are a Coalition supporter:

- Misdirect

- Slander

- Exaggerate

You know the drill.

Hardware hacker unifies 15 retro consoles in format frenzy

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Nice box

Shame about the knick knacks!

Apple branded porno-peddling perverts by Chinese Pravda

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Dear 'The Register'

Can we have MORE of the 'Foxconn rebrander' when talking about Apple?

It makes me smile.

Thank you.

Malware and domain-squatters target Boston Marathon bombing

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Re: Westboro = Tax Free

Why stop there?

Religion = Tax Free.

(God must really need the cash I guess)

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This god fella sure is nasty

Imagine, this 'god' needs to plant bombs to send a message?

It must be very nasty and vindictive.

Must have an inferiority complex.

Who'd worship such a thing?

TomTom brandishes new strap-on in Amsterdam: The wristnav

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But it's so B I G

The watch looks like a 1970s sci-fi prop, maybe Space 1999.

Applicants sought for one-way trip to Martian Big Brother house

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It would be great

Until the target audience was distracted by the next shiny thing or PR stunt....oooh look, celebrity X has a baby bump!

Raspberry Pi space jaunt ends in dramatic mountain rescue

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More

We need more of this kind of thing!

Entangled matter the next big thing in qubits

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Wow!

I didn't understand any of that.

CSIRO backing broadband app comp

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Devil

Meanwhile...

The Lib Nat coalition has announced a 5 shilling competition, winner takes all.

Design a new telegraph system using copper.

Entries on papyrus, quill only, no fountain pen.

Flexible flywheel offers cheap energy storage

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Red flag alert

Just a lot of spin!

Coalition's NBN plan: where's the cost of the copper?

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Re: It's just flannel

LOOK!

OVER THERE!!

Boat People !!!!!

Facebook Home gets SMACKDOWN from irate users

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Is the new App compulsory?

No.

Is Facebook compulsory?

No, not yet.

Then what's the problem?

Mars orbiter finds remains of pioneering Soviet Mars 3 probe

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If it had any wheels

What's the bet they've been nicked?

Bitcoin gets a $100 haircut on rollercoaster trading run

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Re: WeeXchange

<-- Here's mine.

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Hard landing?

Those credulous men in their ponzi schemes,

They go up diddley up-up, they go down diddley down-down!

Australia's alternative NBN plan: some taxpayer-friendly questions

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It's a second-rate plan by a second-rate bunch of luddites.

Sadly, they will soon form a second-rate Government.

I'd simply like to know the real cost, in the near future, say 10 years.

British LulzSec member pleads guilty

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Beware

The Peckham/Shetland crew!

Operators look on in horror as Facebook takes mobe users Home

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Facebook

I've heard of it.

Australia's coalition launches new broadband policy

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Re: Speaking Of Australian ISPs

Sorry, we can't say...

News Corp prez threatens to pull Fox TV off the air

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I've never watched Fox News

I probably never will.

They can do whatever they like.

Australia's coalition reveals bits of broadband plan

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What next: Cars too expensive?

"Horse and Carriage industry to be revived and protected by import protection tariffs"

These guys really need to think about the future a bit more.

And Turnbull's the best they have.

Parking ticket firm 'exposed private info' - ICO making enquiries

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Car Parking companies

Modern day Robber Barons.

Bitcoin exchange: Greedy traders to blame for DDoS attack

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WTF?

I just don't get it

See title

NASA rules out leading new human lunar expedition

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It's not the same without Neil anyway

<-- see

Publishing ANYTHING on .uk? From now, Big Library gets copies

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But more importantly

El Reg comment tard wisdom will be retained for maybe 200 years.

History preserved.

German ransomware threatens with sick kiddie smut

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Catch the bastards

Add some nasty kiddie pron charges to the mix!

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Re: Devious and Disgusting

Angus does pron?

60-inch Apple iTV to be controlled by iRing remote?

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The fan bois will squeeeel with delight

With this iRing, i thee wed...

To have and to hold...

From this day onwards...

Till the singularity us do part.

Scottish SF master Iain M Banks reveals he has less than a year to live

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A Master

See title.

Card skimmers targeting more than ATMs, says EU

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Careful with that card Eugene!

One must be careful where one places one's 'card'.

- Public transport kiosks, no.

- Car park machines, no.

- Street vendors, no.

People, standards, please!

US funds Europa mission

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Best part about NASA

- All that spacey exploring stuff

- New science and knowledge

But best of all:

- Americans pay for it!

World's first petaflops super dumped on scrap heap

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Just checking in

I had to make sure the obligatory reference to playing Crysis was included.

Good job.

Carry on.

Music resale service ReDigi loses copyright fight with Capitol Records

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Home taping is killing music

Lest we forget!

Public cloud will grow when experienced IT folks DIE

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I'll stay off your cloud if...

...you'll stay off my fucking lawn!

</Grumpyoldman>

'I've read all the Harry Potters - and I'm proud to have done so for adverts'

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Mr Orlowski a "twat"

Hmmmm, quite interesting.

Entire internet credits snapper for taking great pic while actually dead

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Its a very lovely picture

Yes indeed.

Torygraph and Currant Bun stand by to repel freeloaders

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Dear Papers

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (wrapping)

Egyptian navy captures divers trying to cut undersea internet cables

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"Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said on his Facebook page"

World.

Gone mad.

Oz shop slaps browsers with $5 just looking fee

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What about the vision impaired?

Maybe they'll get a discount on the entrance fee.

$2.50 for people with one glass eye perhaps?

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Enforcement

How on earth do they collect their $5 ?

- On entry a one-way turnstile with Credit Card reader?

- On exit a steel door / doberman?

Surely this is insanity.

No Skype traffic released to cops or spooks, insists Microsoft

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Nothing to see here, move along.

Yesterday upon the stair

I met a man who wasn't there

He wasn't there again today

I'll bet he's from the CIA

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Apols to: William Hughes Mearns

Curiosity out of safe mode, doing science again

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WTF?

Re: cryptic missive

Muppet!

(AKA: Pigs iiiiiiiiin Spaaaaaace)

GoPro accused of using DMCA to take down product review

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Re: This comment is protected by DCMA

....except for replies mentioning upvotes and beer!

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This comment is protected by DCMA

Unauthorised replies will be subject to legal proceedings.

You have been warned.

Microsoft, Adobe, wilt during Australian price gouge grilling

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Gouging

Plain and simple.

Because they can.

Amazon boss salvages Apollo engines from watery grave

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The US Government sure is thorough

They faked all the Moon missions, but to make sure no one found out they even sunk some 'damaged' rocket engines in the ocean. That's very thorough.

</sarcasm>

Voyager goes off a (helio) cliff

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Imagine

Maybe there's a probe from some place else headed our way!

Then again, probably not.