* Posts by Pedigree-Pete

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Ireland goes Big Brother as police upgrade IT snooping abilities

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Re: OK, all sounds funky....

More likely more IT Contractors who are vetted to work for the Garda and so more competition for you. Sigh.

Hobbits really did exist – and endured erectus shrinkage, say boffins

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Big Sheep.

Looking at the title photo, that's either not a Hobbit or it's a REALLY big Sheep (singularly known as Shoop in our family). PP

One entire US spook base: Yours for $1m+

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Domes....

...if your into domes you can buy one just outside of Kinross, Scotland. No. Really. PP

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Re: Trumped

Awesome read Rich 11. Thanks for the link. PP

Brexit threatens Cornish pasty's racial purity

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Re: FFS STOP!!!

Don't the Bretons have something similar?

If The Register made reality music TV, this is what it would look like

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Paris Hilton

Cats

Robert Smith in a Vetenarian theamed show involving Cats. YouTube videos optional. PP

Smartwatches: I hate to say ‘I told you so’. But I told you so.

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Re: Dissent

I put my wristwatch and (my employer supplied) iPhone on my bedside table every night and charge the iPhone (in that mode, it's my alarm clock as the Casio speaker seems to have blown).

After years of uncomfortably and dangerously sticking my head down floor boxes to see possible cable runs I final realised my clip on 6 LED web cam and a VidConf application would do the same job without the gymnastics or the risk of slashing my carotid on the floor box edge. PP

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Re: There is *something* somewhere ...

Holy Cow! That HYT H3 is, according to Google.

The new HYT H3 is limited to 25 pieces. Sticker Price $290,000 USD. For more info on HYT click here. Posted on March 21, 2015 by Editor & Publisher and filed under Baselworld, HYT, News and tagged HYT H3 Baselworld 2015 Top Baselworld.21 Mar 2015

I'll have 2 please. PP

Scots denied Saltire emoji

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IT Angle

Cum ere, there's more.....

N. Ireland..Cornwall, Devon IoM wouldn't surprise me if the Isle of Wight has a flag too. Whered'ya stop.

For balance see article about the St Georges Tabard at sporting events.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/07/bbc_crusader_rumpus/

A rather different view of a UK nations flag. Odd isn't it? PP

Q: Is it wrong to dress as a crusader for an England match?

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Ulster Fry

No-one could be offended by an Ulster Fry.

Bloke flogs $40 B&W printer on Craigslist, gets $12,000 legal bill

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Ukranian

...perhaps its time to tip off some of his former friends. They have a way of getting justice.

Winston Churchill glowers from Blighty's plastic fiver

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Made in China... I think not(e)

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjN3qiT_4vNAhWGIcAKHTfJDaAQFgg2MAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBanknotes_of_the_pound_sterling&usg=AFQjCNG1H7ha-J-vefieHtLx04y0p11wmw&sig2=GX0-xa5P3gp9M4JMg_TCkA&bvm=bv.123664746,d.ZGg

Thai bloke battles jumbo python in toilet todger thriller

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Re: I'm writing the script now

Shirly Alan Alda....Hawkeye Pierce.

Speaking in Tech: Microsoft's 'Bing concierge bot' appears in the job ads

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Side effects of New Zealand rocket launches..

Rolast Mutton, Hmmm Mint Sauce.

ISS 'nauts to inflate pump-up space podule

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Towel Day....

phew! Thanks for that. I almost missed it. PP

Electric Babel Fish swims into crowdfunding

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Chinese Whispers

"send 3 and 4 pence, we're going to a dance" Apparently WW1. PP

Airbus to build plane that's even uglier than the A380

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Re: aerosexuals

Shirley should be "aerophile" like Anglophile and Francophile but definitely NOT like paedophile. PP

icon 'cause it's Fridayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

5% of drivers want Nigel Farage to be their in-car robo butler

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Sir Tel

No option for the late, great Sir Terry Wogan. I thought that used to be a Sat Nav voce over option. (or was just that my radio stuck on BBC R2!) PP

Russia faces Ukraine and Georgia in Eurovision deathmatch

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Who cares.

Britain sure punches way above it's weight when it comes to measuring song writing in commercial terms.

One for The Beatles, The Stones actually pick almost anyone. PP

Label your cables: A cautionary tale from the server room

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Believing users....

.... I have to be suspicious of the outpourings of some of the "techs & engineers" I deal with. PP

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Re: It was Working Yesterday.....

Pfizers main Security Gate guys has a poster up stating "your lack of planning does not equate to a situation requiring priority from us" or words to that effect. I've used that a few times since. PP

Lie back and think of cybersecurity: IBM lets students loose on Watson

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RTFA

1st line "IBM is teaming up with eight North American universities "

Stop resetting your passwords, says UK govt's spy network

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Re: Simple choices for complexity

I for one like old car reg numbers mine and my Dads going back decades. Chuck in a few !s and $ or £ if you prefer and Robert is indeed your Mothers brother. PP

UK govt admits it pulled 10-year file-sharing jail sentence out of its arse

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Joke

Re: Alice...

*Who the fsck is Alice*

Tokyo rebrands 2020 Olympics

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Paralympic Logo...

....anyone else see the Millennium Falcon? PP

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Unhappy

Re: The whalesong is deafening where I work...

..or you're desperately trying to remember the name of the actor(ress) you just saw and they shrink the credits so you can't read them while they chuck stuff at your screen you didn't request. Tsk! PP

Woz says wearables – even Apple Watch – aren't 'compelling'

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Holmes

Re: Matter of personal taste

I have a pocket watch. It doesn't fit in any of my Jeans "Zippo" pockets. Maybe they made them smaller when pocket watches went out and Zippos came in.. Who knows? PP

Video folk, you'll love the 96TB, 2.6GB/sec LaCie 12big HDD

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Re: Leap into failure

24hrs off for Christmas :) PP

You won't believe this, but… nothing useful found on Farook iPhone

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Re: @RIBrsiq "I am absolutely flummoxed and flabbergasted at this most unforeseen development!"

Yeh! You politico creeps.

Stop in the name of Love.

Dropping 1,000 cats from 32km: How practical is that?

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Re: Acceleration pedantry

This is El Reg. Whilst I'm aware a kilometre is 1000 metres a kilobyte is 1024 so how many cats in a klilocat?

Bavarian town rescinds Hitler's honorary citizenship

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Re: vegetarian dog-lover

Hitler has only got one.....sing along

Icon./.'cause it's round.

We bet your firm doesn't stick to half of these 10 top IT admin tips

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Re: Nowhere to hide

Passwords. Wot like iThingy accounts. Bloody Apple.

Blighty starts pumping out 12-sided quids

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Re: Today????

The guys who print £ UK sterling paper currency also print for many foreign currencies so we're already pretty good at "exporting". Good job Kent(?). PP

Woman scales Ben Nevis wielding selfie stick instead of ice axe

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Re: Least She lived to tell the tale

....and in "coming out" she may deter other idiots even in July & August. PP

Police create mega crime database to rule them all. Is your numberplate in it? Could be

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Big Brother

Cameras..

we just need cameras in every room in every home to protect our fellow citizens.

Apple stuns world with Donald Trump iPhone

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Re: Miniature big iPad

I had the same thought about Kindle. A double sided Kindle hinged like a book would cut down the double page turn required a possibly illicit more £$€ from the user base. PP

Pope kicks off Easter week by triumphal entry into ... Instagram

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Dave Allen....

Can't find the clip of his joke about the Pope blessing the tramp who'd taken up residence in the Square so whilst I keep looking enjoy..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYXenjpefNU

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Hands on with the BBC's Micro:Bit computer. You know, for kids

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Re: Damn! I thought they were just for Christmas.

Fortunately, 7 year old kids have a shelf life of ....erm 1 year.

FBI backs down against Apple: Feds may be able to crack killer's iPhone without iGiant's help

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Govt Property.

What kind of IT Manager issues a Govt owned device where he doesn't know the pw? Sounds like none of this is Apples fault and they, and others should strive to at least give the illusion of privacy. PP

Off to Mars this summer? Don't forget your map

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Re: Old OS maps online.

Wow! I can see my Dads hose on there!

Bloody Danes top world happiness league

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UK Breakup...

wouldn't achieve small countries of <10million. Population inside the M25 is reported between 7 and 8.6 million, let alone M'cr, B'ham, Leeds etc.

ExoMars mission thunders aloft from Baikonur

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Launch Video.

Thanks El Reg. My nephew has science stuff on board that and I missed the live ESA feed. Let's see what happens around 10PM when we'll get more live news.

Verizon fined just $1.4m for stalker supercookies

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Positive approval for doing something bad then un-doing it.

"We would like to acknowledge Verizon Wireless's cooperation during the course of this investigation and its willingness to make changes to its practices for the benefit of its customers."

That's what that sounds like. Would they have brought this great benefit to customers if someone hadn't forced them to. I doubt it.

Flying blind: F-35's radar software fails in the air

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Paperclip.

Mine is already unfolded because emergencies tend to happen rather quickly...

GCHQ: Crypto's great, we're your mate, don't be like that and hate

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Meh

Re: Due process

GCHQ: Here's an encryption tool you can use that we can't crack, honest guv.

Us: Great, thanks a lot, that's that settled then. :)

Dirty data: Tech-heavy Thames Valley scores big in adultery index

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Re: Location location location

Have an upvote for getting sexy and High Wycombe into the same paragraph. One of the attached for anyone fitting it in the same sentence.

Brit firm unleashes drone-busting net cannon

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In or out of the UK.

Is "airside" of any airport in the UK actually in the UK & therefore subject to UK gun law, air powered or otherwise?

McDonald's Sweden adds fries to VR

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Just for balance....

Burger King Whopper. mmmmmmm, now I'm lovin' that.

Photographer hassled by Port of Tyne for filming a sign on a wall

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Re: In Italy, you should not take photos of railroads and stations...

I believe VAT was to be a temporary tax too, oh and death duties.

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Irony

You want irony. A mate of mine sent me a web link ,years ago (which I've lost) which shows the movements, names, flags and cargo of everything coming in and out of British Ports. Something similar to this.

http://www.abports.co.uk/Marine/Live_Shipping_Movements/Planned_Shipping_Movements/

So what were the Muppet Guards protecting?

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