Posts by codejunky

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"funny that all your views just happen to coincide wtih the bs that the Mail/Express spews out."

Again I dont read them so if you see similarities between what you read there and what I type I can only take your word for it.

"I repeat"

That might be your problem

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"I would have preferred it if the UK had stayed in the UK, yes, but my stating facts is separate from that, it is just that I do not like liars."

Step 1, present some facts. Hell you even call my simple question lying. How the hell am I lying asking you such a simple question? I dont even know how you could interpret the question, which isnt a statement, as a lie.

"If Brexiteers stopped lying about how superior and world beating the UK is in every respect, honest people would have no need to tell you the facts, would we."

Except I havnt been saying that and you havnt been telling us facts. You have been complaining lying and insulting but bereft of fact.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@AC

"https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Traitorous-Critic-Fallacy"

And how does that apply? Seriously. Based on your link-

There is nothing disingenuous about my question as he is stating his preference for the EU and not only that but actively complaining about Britain after brexit. Now he states he is an expat which makes this conversation moot as it seems he has gone to where he would prefer to be (and so theoretically should be happier).

Assuming you are the same AC of accusing me of saying "Throwing everyone who disagrees with them/isn't like them out of our country?" then I have already explained how you are wrong and that I am not talking about throwing anyone out (appeal to force), only on acting out their preference so this example doesnt apply.

Sometimes a question is really a question. Often an answer can lead to further discussion. However if you read his comments that isnt his forte

Re: What exactly did we get from the EU for £40bn divorce settlement?

@tip pc

"It’s fair to pay something, not sure £40bn for something we won’t have access to is fair."

True. I think the 'strictly speaking' part of your link is the UK just not being willing to give the EU a penny as we tell em to sod off. I do think that a bit harsh myself although the thought of us not paying seemed to make the EU twitch when it was suggested.

You are right we could have cut all ties with the EU and maybe got away without paying anything. I imagine their vaccine tantrum would have been worse though.

"I’m glad we can split hairs on this without resorting to childish name calling :)"

I am appreciating the mature conversation too ;)

Re: We're slashing red tape!

@gandalfcn

"Taking the piss is not a sticking point, it is taking the piss."

Ahhh so your saying remainers are taking the piss when they are writing anti-foreigner posts. And that its not a sticking point that remainers cant get past passports being made in a foreign country but when they are complaining about it they are just taking the piss out of the group who is not anti-foreigner and doesnt care the passports are made in foreign lands?

And then you call me a lier, ignorant and a loser. How far does your parody account go? Do you also have a twitter where you post all your inane ramblings like Titania McGrath? You really do seem to have that persona down well.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"You claim "decided against EU membership" but the fact, not your lies, is it was a "cooperation agreement with the EU,""

It was an agreement to pull the Swiss closer to the EU, the Swiss rejected it and that impacts any possible future EU agreements and those already established as they expire. Technically not membership, just the same buggery they like to pull on members.

https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerland-eu-talks-partnership-treaty-end/

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"yu seem to be avoiding the fact that UK had far more deaths than other countries"

No it hasnt. As an absolute number we are 7th which is a worthless stat anyway as it ignores population. Per 1M we are 20th in the world. In Europe we are 15th.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

"SARS has been around for a while"

At what point does that change the fact that we are in an unprecedented situation? This is a global pandemic in the modern world.

"You should try reading what it says and then what the government does."

To be honest I dont read the mail unless someone posts a specific link to an article and even then I look for another reference if I can find one.

"You should try it. I do and get downvoted, as do others. Maybe you should stop lying and stop downvoting facts."

You do get downvoted I see that. And I downvote some of your hilarious crap too on occasion. But your insistence that I am lying while not being able to demonstrate a single lie isnt facts.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"A lying Grammar Nazi to boot."

I am guessing you realised how wrong your comment was. Or your remaining braincells just crashed.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@AC

So if you do understand then you know it was a question and your comment was for stupidity? Assuming your the same coward who seriously misread my comment and claimed I said different things.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"The government was responsible for all the deaths, The government was not responsible for the vaccines, that was scientists."

The government is responsible for the deaths? Within reason I agree, which also applies to every country with an unprecedented situation. The government also being responsible for facilitating the scientists and ordering vaccine. So within reason of blaming the UK gov we also do the same with the EU who failed miserably at procuring the vaccine necessary and then making the situation worse.

"All you do is bang on about the vaccine"

Again am I not to mention the most recent and still very relevant screw up of the EU? Which follows their pattern of dealing with crisis?

"you disngeuous twatwaffle"

I am seeing a lot of insults in your comments and they are amusing (not heard twatwaffle in a while). But if you focus on putting some valid content in your posts too that would be nice.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"So you have no answer, because you know you are a liar."

The answer is we left the EU. You just dont like the answer.

"Firstly, stating facts and taking the piss out of lying Brexiteers is not moaning it is the antithesis"

To you it might seem like your taking the piss, and I would agree if you are a parody account (kinda like Titania McGrath taking the piss out of woke stupidity). But if you actually believe what you are posting I can only feel sorry for you.

"because you won but actually lost"

Lost what? The thing we actively didnt want? That does sound like a win.

"As you know so much about me"

I dont know anything about you except your a parody account or fanatical about the EU. Which is why I keep pointing out your assumptions about me are wrong because you really dont know me.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@AC

"It isn't even a question"

Sorry if English isnt your first language. The question mark at the end of the bit you quoted is due to it being a question- if the EU means so much to you why didnt you move to it?

"Throwing everyone who disagrees with them/isn't like them out of our country?"

Who is throwing anyone anywhere? It is a very legitimate question for staunch remainers who believe the EU to be the land of hope and light while the UK is a doomed hell hole.

"Can Brexit backers think of any new/real ideas to get the UK out of this mess?"

We did get out of the mess. We left the EU. And just in time as its in another crisis.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@AC

"Even after "winning", the flag botherers are still trotting out this old chestnut?"

If its such an old chestnut then you surely can answer then? If the EU is such a wonderful land of light and utopia while the UK is some doomed hell hole due to brexit then surely the moaners like gandalfcn would move to the EU.

That you cant answer it and spout crap is probably why you posted AC.

Re: What exactly did we get from the EU for £40bn divorce settlement?

@gandalfcn

"You continue to prove you aren't too bright. Or honest. Perfect Brexiteer."

So no answer? Nothing you can possibly think of a reasonable argument against or in your case even unreasonable argument? Just an acceptance that you have nothing and so an empty comment? Really hoping for your sakes you are a parody account.

Re: I see no ships

@gandalfcn

"Why are you conflating two separate things?"

I dont. Hence my reply to the AC. Was that you?

"Do you approve of the principle that Britain and Spain should share sovereignty over Gibraltar?"

That is surely up to the residents of Gibraltar who voted to remain part of the UK.

"Hmmmmm. but they recognised a purely advisory one as an instruction. Amazing isn't it."

Not really.

"Gibraltar is not part of the UK"

First few words- 'Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory' source- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_Gibraltar

"I suggest in the very near future the UK will negotiate fr Gib to be part of the EU. Or else."

Or else what? If Gibraltar wants to remain part of the UK the UK will continue to tell Spanish ships to shove off when they break the international laws governing the territory.

Re: We're slashing red tape!

@gandalfcn

"Try learning English."

I am starting to wonder if you are a parody account or something. That you could type that with the excessive character substitution you have going on is amusing to me and I am dyslexic.

"The agreement to print said passports has been made, so there can be no "sticking point.""

It seems to be a sticking point for remainers who keep bringing it up as though its a bad thing. As I said it seems nationalistic and anti foreigner, and from remainers.

"Why is it that Brexiteers are not only dishonest and ignorant but also semi-literate?"

If you are a parody account you deserve a beer my friend for making me laugh so hard. If not then you probably shouldnt kill any remaining braincells with alcohol.

Re: Roaming Charges ?

@gandalfcn

"Erm, The UK has dropped as an economic force both within Europe and globally you numpty. Damn! What universe are you in?"

Eh? The EU that is bending over to Russia? The UK aint doing that. Hell Russia slapped them about a bit for fun before Turkey left one of the presidents on a sofa. The EU still is behind in vaccinations due to incompetence while the UK is vaccinated.

"Covid. Covid. Covid. That is all you have. What about all those who died because of BoJo?"

Is this a 'dont mention the virus' moment because the EU failed badly? I do agree people died from BoJo implementing such a strict lockdown policy and should have gone more Sweden model. But as far as UK gov vs EU gov, had we remain we would have the same situation but without vaccine (EU procurement). In fact countries in the EU are trying to open up even without being vaccinated while the UK locked down until vaccinated. If you want to blame our gov for mismanagement then same applies abroad.

"Yes, the EU has had problems but is rapidly catching up, but the Mail doesn't tell you that, does it."

Dont read the mail. But catching up is what you do when your behind. Same as the global financial crisis where the EU was catching up after gravely failing.

"If,as you believe, the UK is doing so well why has it's economic position fallen so dramatically?"

Go on, show me your source. Lets see what your looking at.

"If,as you believe, the UK is doing so well why has boJo signed such pathetic trade deals that have disadvantaged the UK"

Disadvantaged how?

"If your comment had any merit whatsoever then all other countries would be having exactly the same economic problems as the UK. They aren't."

I really am wondering where you are getting your information. The UK is doing pretty well, look beyond its borders.

Re: I see no ships

@AC

"(But England told them all to shut their mouths and just do as they're told.)"

No, its the same Gibraltar that voted to remain in the UK territories.

Re: Shock

@LDS

"use any smartphone and you can only decide if your data are sent to Apple or Google. There's no way to pay and have a phone without slurping."

This is where paying customers could use Blackberry as a smarter than dumb phone. Now its dumb phone or Apple/Google. There are alternative OS's out there but for all their effort to start up they cant really compete. Even microsoft couldnt.

"Heck, even my bank is full of tracking"

Your bank can track transactions limited to what you use them for. Its a convenience vs logging transactions with the bank.

Its all trade and trade offs. Convenience often wins for most people.

Re: Ha

@gandalfcn

"Brought by the stunningly incompetent then-health secretary Jeremy Hunt."

And how many decades has he been in charge of the NHS? Do you believe the health secretaries actually go and develop the required systems personally?

As I said at some point 'the administrative bureaucracy will be split from the actual health providers when discussing the institution'.

Re: International tax rules?

@Cynic_999

"Not unless we also have some sort of international exchequer."

You are probably right. Its a cartel attempt to extort more money and only needs one to 'fiddle' or break from the pack to gain the benefits. I do wonder how long it would take for countries not in the cartel to take advantage.

Re: Box ticking exercise

@gandalfcn

"Thank you junky for proving me correct."

I think you need to address that hard on you have for me. Your replying to your own comment on a thread I havnt even commented on.

Re: EU backs it...

@gandalfcn

So other countries dont consider Ireland as stealing their tax revenue?

https://www.independent.ie/business/budget/ireland-stealing-eu-tax-revenues-nobel-economist-says-40371482.html

or the longer version-

https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-corporate-tax-rate-davos-stealing-3817678-Jan2018/

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20466283.html

Ireland is considered a tax haven. So you may have problems with his use of caps but still he isnt wrong.

Re: EU backs it...

@gandalfcn

You appear to have posted the same link twice but as it says-

"When asked if this would be looked upon favourably, Mr Tusk said there would be enthusiasm but he warned the country would not be automatically accepted."

In fact apart from saying there is some enthusiasm (brexiters shocked I tell you) it basically says Scotland would have to agree to no opt outs, would be just another country waiting to get ascension and would have to meet the criteria for joining. So the situation hasnt improved for Scotland joining it seems.

Re: This proposal is not worth the paper is might get printed on

@AC

"A sovereign citizen then? I comprehend."

I had to look that up. No

Re: This proposal is not worth the paper is might get printed on

@AC

"Apologist or wannabe elite?"

Wanna not have my money stolen. I work for the incentive of trading my time for money.

Re: EU backs it...

@gandalfcn

"You really do need to see a shrink to sort out your psychotic behaviour."

Typing is psychotic behaviour? If you think so you should go see a shrink.

Re: EU backs it...

@gandalfcn

"There is hyperbole and there are shouty inanities."

And yet msobkow isnt wrong-

https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-commission-puts-hold-plan-digital-services-levy-2021-07-12/

Re: EU backs it...

@gandalfcn

"The truth, as usual is readily available to all but Brexiteers"

That being the truth that Scotland doesnt meet the required criteria to join the EU? Especially under the proposed independence voted on last time. That Scotland wants to join with the opt outs the UK had, which is a pipe dream.

Re: This proposal is not worth the paper is might get printed on

@AC

"The best bit about the anti-tax brigade is"

They probably dont want their earnings to be stolen. These tax's having a bad habit of working their way down to the little people.

Remember that income tax is only on the rich land barons as a temporary measure to pay for the war against France.

Re: EU backs it...

@msobkow

"Funny. But the rest of the world outside Ireland considers the Irish to be thieves who are STEALING THEIR TAX REVENUE."

Of course they do. Hard to steal whats already been stolen.

Re: EU backs it...

@Yet Another Anonymous coward

"How screwed is Ireland when Scotland gets independance and joins the Eu?"

If Scotland decides to do that to themselves I expect there will be a lot of disbelief and sympathy as reality hits them. Independence is tough but joining the EU (or thinking they will even be accepted) is just economic suicide. Ireland will probably be sympathetically watching as will the rest of the world.

Re: Surely they knew?

@Big_Boomer

"Then all we need to do is find a way get fair taxes from the other serial tax avoiders. If they all paid their fair share, we would all pay less taxes."

I dont know of tax falling due to the government collecting more. I know the government has collected more by reducing some tax's. Amazingly without collecting this theoretical 'fair' amount of theft the govs still manage to spend more.

The only way we pay less tax is when the government is scared it will take less by charging more.

Re: EU backs it...

@IGotOut

"Oddly Ireland, the big tech tax haven, decided not to back it."

Good on em. Money does not belong to the government. Offering lower tax in one country keeps the thieving governments from ramping up tax in their own countries.

Re: If you can't tax 'em fine 'em

I have 4 downvotes but nobody suggesting that robots.txt exists on those news sites nor that it wouldnt solve the problem.

Its a serious question. If they dont want google offering up their news (with links to drive them more traffic as I understand it) then why not just exclude pages from the web crawling?

Re: If you can't tax 'em fine 'em

@WanderingHaggis

"you plagiarizer or treat my hard work as free and kill my living then you deserve it."

Is there a robots.txt to tell search engines to ignore the content?

Re: Linux Bloatware

@89724102172714182892114I7551670349743096734346773478647892349863592355648544996312855148587659264921

Nice name btw. I do believe there can be issues running Mint >17.3 on some dual core processors. The boot up and shutdown seems to take much longer although I dont think it affects the running of the machine beyond that.

If you are using XP its probably an old enough machine to be dual core.