* Posts by Winkypop

5635 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2008

Bury council defends iPads for binmen

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Windows

Bin collection is a one man game here

Bin is out, it gets collected by mechanical grabber on truck

Bin is not out, not so much.

Not an iPad or a pair of gloves to be seen.

El Reg's NAOMI rocket throws launch-pad strop

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Alert

"Somewhat rain-lashed and chilly outskirts of Glasgow"

The guy in the back (left) of the last photo clearly thinks it's summer.

Or is that the obligatory El-Reg hair shirt?

Space junk at 'tipping point', now getting worse on its own

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Flame

I wonder how long

...it would take for all the crap to become captured by Earths gravity and burn up in the atmosphere.

Assuming nothing new was launched of course. 100 years, 1000 years???

I see NASA are helping to keep space clear.

Ohio man cuffed for shagging inflatable pool raft

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Ohio

Are women so hard to find there?

Oz teachers lugging obsolete lappies

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Teachers are great!

Like nurses, pay 'em more I say!

(I'm not a chalky)

Google+ is an identity service, Schmidt says

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I am not a Google number...

I am a human being!

<-- elephant-man like icon

Samsung will add cross-suits in Oz

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And the winner will be....

....as always, the legal fraternity.

US Marines not allowed to fart in Afghanistan

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FAIL

Shoot 'em, but don't fart at 'em.

WHATEVER you do!

Political correctness gone mad (Daily Mail, etc...)

Kremlin green lights Siberia-Alaska tunnel

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Trollface

Not only but also...

....Not only can we see Russia from our porch, we can pop over by train and buy some cheap vodka.

Ofcom mulls smackdown for rogue religious TV channel

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WTF?

Why does god need a TV channel?

No really.

Serious question.

Let alone why he needs to flog trinkets and magic potions.

Amateur balloonists hit record 40,575m above East Anglia

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Pint

West End perhaps?

"I much prefer Australian beer (and I'm not talking about Fosters, that stuff is horrible)."

Now West End, THAT is one disgusting (South Oz) brew.

Oz A-G to host ISPs and copyright industry in ‘three strikes’ confab

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Big money will win the day

It always does.

Harvey Norman drops HP’s TouchPad

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Hardly Normals

I'd get my money back.

If it was bought at HN, then you paid way too much*.

* even if they were the only distributor.

AES crypto broken by 'groundbreaking' attack

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Alien

Trillions of years

So, no time to grab a cuppa then?

Sulphur-loving microbes might be oldest life

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Trollface

Strelly pools

Don't expect a dip: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=6664

Although you can get a beer at the Marble bar water ski club...

Average sozzled Brit sinks 5,800 pints during life

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Pint

Isn't that why....

....the "Pint-Triathlon & Hurl" will be a demonstration sport at London 2012?

Gerard Depardieu takes piss on plane, gets tossed off

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Megaphone

Please return to your seat and...

...ensure your penis is in the fully retracted position....

Facebook flashplodder to appeal against 4-yr cooler stint

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Facepalm

Feckless typing

What a maroon!

Will all crimes be solved via FaceBook in the future?

Hackers breach website for SF transit agency police

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Holmes

Is this how Skynet comes about?

Rememer the Golden Rule.

Those with the gold, rule....

COMET WILL DEFINITELY NOT HIT EARTH – NASA

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Alien

Cheated by Halley's?

Not here in the southern hemisphere!

On top of Falls Creek (ski resort) at 3am, HC was amazing...

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Alien

Take away pizza

Relax, it's just an intergalactic pizza delivery.

I hope it's still hot.

Innocent passengers targeted to protest subway agency

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Coat

Bart

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

I must not publish insecure websites.

....

Wikipedia: It's not for girls

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Devil

You don't hear much from the wiki-whackies these days

Not that that's a bad thing.

It's just an observation.

Might just go over and make some edits.....

AFACT vs iiNet round 3

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Pirate

Snivelling, money hungry toadies!

Go iiNet !!!

Go and sic em once again.

Surely these legal-liggers cannot succeed at their tiresome trawling.

No, I'm not a pirate.

I'm not even an iiNet customer.

Joe Public invited to hunt God particle

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Happy

Yay!

I'm the tired old hat stand over in the corner.

:wave:

Will the looters 'loose' their benefits?

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Windows

Yes please, send us more

The last load was delicious!

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Stop

Sorry, something went wrong.

Civilisation has left for a holiday.

Please come back later when the hoards are asleep and civility may return.

NSW buckles: R18+ game rating clear for take-off

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Devil

No more nasty games for you young man

Fewer nasty games for you old man.

This will change little.

The xtian loonies still hold too much sway.

Glaswegian arrested for pro-riot Facebook posts

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FAIL

It was a joke Joyce!

Crikey.

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Big Brother

It's only illegal if you get caught...

..and you only get caught if the coppers show up.

Sony distribution centre engulfed by fire

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It's just hair-brained thuggery

Morons

Anonymous and LulzSec spew out largest ever police data dump

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WTF?

I'm calling the script kiddies the dolts

Not the poster.

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Facepalm

"anarchist script kiddies throwing a temper tantrum"

We need a 'cry-baby' emote for these dolts.

Police procurement deal means cops pay more

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Facepalm

Bean-counters paradox

The numbers state that is SHOULD be cheaper.

But it NEVER is.

Activision rolled for too much avatar rock

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FAIL

These guys can't lose

Paid to perform as an avatar

Paid when said avatar performs....

Antimatter close to home

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Joke

Just as well it's not......

....over the Vatican, eh?

Cheapskate Aussie net-shoppers safe from GST for now

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Windows

They wanted free markets

So what's the problem?

I'm free to shop where it's cheapest.

Apple sues NYC mom & pop shops

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WTF?

So if I only sold particular green and red fruit

I couldn't call my shop 'The apple shop" ?

Shagbook won't take Facebook thrust lying down

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Who GivesaFuckBook

Sheesh!

Facebook facial recognition tech 'violates' German privacy law

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FAIL

Your invasion of privacy......

....turned on by default.

Turnbull lays out alternative architecture

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FAIL

Philistine

As above

GOP darling Newt Gingrich accused of Twitter fraud

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FAIL

She turned me into a newt

But I got better

Murdoch's PIE BOY jailed for six weeks

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Pirate

On that scale.....

The real crims should get 500 years!

I'm looking at you old man.

Scareware scammers now phishing for punters

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Pirate

When I'm king

The scanners will first agin the wall.

Isolated human genes can be patented, US court rules

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Big Brother

If they can't tax the air

It seems they can patent our genes..

'Work from home' spam scam floods Twitter

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Scams on the intertubes

What will they think of next?

'Topiary' suspect bailed

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Boffin

Balls!

Are these tag thingies programable I wonder....

iPad maker to replace 1 million staff with robots

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Terminator

This is were the robots will arise

I for one.....

Police charge Scottish teen over Soca attack

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Big Brother

Imagine not having net access

It would be horrible being in custody.

No internet is punishment enough!

Aussie ALDI withdraws infected greybox offering

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Black Helicopters

Comes with free software

Bargain!!