* Posts by Aladdin Sane

2727 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Jun 2015

Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car aims to wake up Newquay: Rocket work restart in August

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Re: Should it happen?

That man Andy Green again.

Julian Assange said to have racked up $5m security bill for Ecuador

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Re: Ecuador

Because it's seen as bad form to kick out people you've granted asylum to.

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Re: 'Love, exciting and new Come Aboard. We're expecting you...'

It both is and isn't a thing.

America's forgotten space station and a mission tinged with urine, we salute you

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Re: "Who's the best pilot you ever saw?"

Hell of a book/film.

Oh Capita! Thirsty outsourcing titan finds small oasis in contract desert

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prolonging customer service phone and online support for a further five years

That's just the time spent on hold.

Britain to slash F-35 orders? Erm, no, scoffs Lockheed UK boss

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Re: The curse of the F-35.........@John Brown

Pups were predecessors of the Sopwith Triplane and the legendary Camel. All were single seat fighters (though may have been used for operational training once obsolete).

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Re: The curse of the F-35.........

Don't need steam anymore. The powerplant of the QE class has more than enough juice to run EMALS.

Airbus windscreen fell out at 32,000 feet

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Re: Hero ?

This level of skill definitely calls for tea and medals.

We've found it! A cloud-and-AI angle on the royal wedding

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Trollface

Former colony?

IP freely? What a wind-up! If only Trevor Baylis had patent protections inventors enjoy today

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"Multiple exclamation marks," he went on, shaking his head, "are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

Terry Pratchett, Eric

Obligatory request for a Sir Pterry icon.

#GNUTERRYPRATCHETT

Did I say Chinese jobs? I meant American jobs says new Trump Tweet

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Could we not use this behaviour

To induce some sort of feedback loop until he has a breakdown? Would anybody notice if he did?

Uber says it's changed and is now ever-so ShinyHappy™

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Re: Changed?

It's worse around here, they all drive Prius Mk2s. A vomit inducing drive if ever there was one.

Navy names new attack sub HMS Agincourt

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Re: can probably only afford longbows

To be fair, the Apache is still a pretty decent helicopter.

German IKEA trip fracas assembles over trolley right of way

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Re: The Scandinavian Hel is Cold, ice Cold

No, the beer is ice cold in Alex.

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I think I'll be able to fashion a wooden exercise horse out of the flat packs.

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Cooler, 3 veeks.

First SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket lobs comms sat into orbit

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Where I grew up, it would be the "Fuck-Off Gert Rocket". Assuming the locals could comprehend what a rocket is.

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Pint

Always this---------->

NASA will send tiny helicopter to Mars

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Black Helicopters

Get to da choppa!

The link between Predator and Total Recall finally becomes clear.

Sort your spending habits out, UK Ministry of Defence told over £20bn black hole

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Re: Simple solution

How to solve the Brexit negotiation problems? Reclaim the historic territories in what is now France.

Chap charged with fraud after mail for UPS global HQ floods Chicago flat

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I do now have a great idea for a practical joke.

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How the hell did USPS let that happen?

Virtue singing – Spotify to pull hateful songs and artists

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Re: Spotify to pull hateful songs and artists

The Sex Pistols didn't do a song literally called "Hateful".

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Trollface

Spotify to pull hateful songs and artists

That's The Clash banned then.

Fixing a printer ended with a dozen fire engines in the car park

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Re: I, for one, welcome our insectile overlords...

Anthill inside

#gnuterrypratchett

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Re: He'd seen steam

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

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Re: Had the fire brigade called to a five star hotel, in Malta....

Didn't set anything on fire, but, when I worked at Burger King, we used to put slices of gherkin in the microwaves and get them to spark. Fun times.

Zookeepers charged after Kodiak bear rides shotgun to Dairy Queen

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Is ice cream

a bear necessity?

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Re: New old lyrics

I know a bear that you don't know.

Consent, datasets and avoiding a visit from the information commissioner

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Re: How does that work?

They'll see that you play the lottery and infer that you're an idiot.

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Re: Have you seen the credit reference parasites' answer to this?

So you'd prefer things like mortgages to be provided based on an individual's firm handshake and steady gaze?

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Re: Have you seen the credit reference parasites' answer to this?

What do you propose as an alternative to credit reference agencies?

T-Mobile owner sends in legal heavies to lean on small Brit biz over use of 'trademarked' magenta

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'Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.' - Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man.

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Pink

it's my new obsession.

Let's kick the tyres on Google's Android P... It's not an overheating wreck, but UX is tappy

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Not surprised that Samsung aren't on the list, but I would've expected HTC and Moto to make an appearance.

Trademark dispute by Dr Dre against Dr Drai the gynaecologist dismissed

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I thought Dr J was a basketball player?

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Neil Fox is probably bricking himself.

SpaceX Bangabandhu-1 launch held up while Dragon splashes down on time

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Where to find dark matter? $34m says go look 2km under Canada

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Re: (-459.6° Fahrenheit, about -273° Celsius).

Come on, we're all grown ups here.

Chronologically, if nothing else.

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(-459.6° Fahrenheit, about -273° Celsius).

Why the precision in Fahrenheit, but not Celsius? Those undereducated fools should not be pandered to.

For anybody wondering, it's -273.11°C.

New Monty Python movie to turn old jokes into new royalties

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Same with Hairspray.

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A method of government where the ruler is decided by a watery tart distributing swords is looking pretty good right about now.

LESTER looks up, spins its wheels: The Register’s beer-butler can see ...

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I do hope that the camera lens is red, and that LESTER responds to incorrect input with "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that".

BOFH: But I did log in to the portal, Dave

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Re: Returns policy

Mine's on an Amazon Dash button.

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I'll check with my Lime Manager.

(Sorry/not sorry).

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Apparently, I can't invoice the company for the quicklime I use in these situations.

Texas residents start naming adopted drains

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Coat

How about Johnson?

Seeing as these are the people's drains...

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The Brain Drain

Or, if somebody adopts more than 1, they could be The Man With Two Drains.

Typical cynical Brits: Broadband speeds up, satisfaction goes down

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"there's a feeling that the provider has struggled to redress its public image since the high-profile data breach of 2015"

Why not pull a Cambridge Anal. and rebrand?

Royal Bank of Scotland decision to axe 160+ branches linked to botched IT gig – Unite

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"How does a taxpayer funded institution spend £1.8bn on a failed IT project and in the next breath demolish the much needed local bank branches?"

Have they never read an article on government IT?

And yes, I know, it's taxpayer owned, not taxpayer funded, and not part of the government. But, still...