About bloody time
But old habits die hard. I watched the launch and the announcer was using imperial units - miles, pounds, football fields and so on.
Posts by Big-nosed Pengie
594 posts • joined Friday 3rd July 2009 22:44 GMT
Compute is a fscking verb.
Enough said.
Posted in SpaceX Dragon chokes at the last second
Re: To quote Top Gear... How Hard Can It Be™
There's a reason why they say "it's not rocket science".
In this case, it is.
Re: Microsoft never did comply
"it frequently needs a hard reset to get working again"
Just like every other Windows product, then.
Re: A Euro Domain for Euro People
There's nothing for you here.
Posted in Optus’ free broadband: the details
It's not bloody free then, is it?
Whe's someone going to do these prats for false advertising?
Re: Pot and kettle
"Resetted"?
Fucking idiots.
I'd trust the CIA before I'd trust anything to do with that bastard!
Re: Free stuff
Same here. It was the straw that broke the camel's back and pushed me to migrate to FOSS. In truth I'm not sure whether I should be grateful to MS for helping me to make one of the best decisions I've ever made, or pissed off at them for taking so long.
Office on an iPad
'The unspeakable in hot pursuit of the uneatable."
Posted in Anonymous takes down Vatican website
Re: I thought that this site would be free.....
Bigotry? I don't think you know what that word means.
Re: Splendid
If only they'd leave him there.
Re: Coming soon
Way better than McDonald's.
Posted in Telstra gets mail with Microsoft
WTF???
So anyone silly enough to be using BigPong e-mail will find their stuff stored on Microsoft's servers in the US and, hence, subject to US law.
What an unmitigated, massive, steaming pile of hot dog turds. Still, as always, stupidity is its own punishment.
Or last century
Or the one before that.
Posted in Woolworths cuts off Dick
Well said. Dick went from being a trusted an knowledgeable shop to just another generic box seller. Their demise was predicable and too late.
Posted in Dumb salesmen are hurting us – Nokia CEO
If Nokia had had the brains to stick with Maemo they'd be wiping the floor with iOS and Android now. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...
That adult beverage...
It didn't contain hallucinogenics, did it?
Posted in HUD's up! Ubuntu creates menu-free GUI
This is joke.
Surely.
Please tell me this is a joke.
more delta-V = more speed?
I thought delta V was acceleration.
I suppose that should be "Americanized".
The Devil...
...can quote scripture for his own purposes.
When I first saw this I thought "WTF? Are these rapacious corporates supporting human rights because they've suddenly grown a moral sense?"
Then I read the second paragraph.
ActiveX?
You're joking? People still use that crap?
I fully agree. I'd buy one like a shot if it ran Linux.
"Intercept" is a verb.
"Interception" is a noun.
You're welcome.
I bet Peter Norton rues what Symantec has done to his previously good name.
At least I hope he does.
"A turd"
Or a Winphone.
They've developed a virus that seeks out and destroys...
...Windows?
About time.
It's great to see Telstra carrying on their grand traditions of monumental incompetence which has served them so well for the last 40 years at least.
Posted in Greens Senator champions Assange cause
I'm thoroughly ashamed of my (Australian) grubbyment's role in this sordid business. Assange has committed no crime in Australia nor has he been charged with one. Their job is to protect Australian citizens, not call for their handover to foreign powers.
Firefox + Adblock Plus + Social Fixer
Not quite the whole answer to Faecesbook, but a good start.
Used in aromatherapy?
I suppose if it puts some of the snake oil salesmen out of business it won't be all bad, then.
"Coprocats"
I love it.
Indeed. It's always amusing to see the Capitalists bowing down before the Great God FreeMarket, but as soon as it applies to labour, the god becomes a demon.
This is nothing more than a blatant appeal for people who'll work for less than US citizens will. The only thing that'll cure the disease is for the US to mandate decent wages and conditions and to enforce them across the economy. But you could hear the piggies squealing from the antipodes.
"When are they actually going to turn IE into a decent browser?"
When they turn Windows into a decent operating system.
Leery?
What does that mean? He leered at people?
Sad
Nokia had gold with the N900 - arguably still the best mobile Internet device (and phone) ever made. If they'd stuck with that and buit on it they'd probably still be #1. As it is, they'll sink into well-deserved oblivion.
What a twat
That is all.
Posted in God particle may be within our grasp
While the God particle creates mass, the Satan particle creates sin. And snakes.
Posted in Australia Network stays in Aunty's lap
The issue here isn't that sanity has finally prevalied, it's that there was sufficient insanity in Labor that not only did they put it out to tender in the first place, they nearly gave it to Murdoch of all people.
Australia's in deep shit.
There are bananas that bite?
See title.
Sounds good. But if Mickey$haft has anything to do with storage of records, I'm opting out.
I bloody well object!
As an official Old Fogey, I'm constantly pissed off by the presumption that I know nothing about so-called cyber-safety. I know a helluva lot more about it than most of you kids do, and I'm more than capable of looking after my online security, thank you very bloody much,
Now get off my lawn before I wave my walking stick at you.
Metres or Miles?
"...each about 5 feet in diameter and 67 feet long...
...which brought the total vehicle height to about 197 feets, was encased in a two-piece fairing 5 meters in diameter. ... powered by a svelte 370-pound ..."
Could we have that in bushells, pecks, hogsheads and furlongs, please?
Interesting article, though.
FaecesTV
More of the same.
Free?
"(1000 free minutes, 800ish free txts and a few gig of data (AUP style)) which clocked in at £40 "
How can 1000 free minutes clock in at £40? Or is it not free at all?
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Time to take a sniff at the coffee, perhaps
Chris Mellor
Will they have to drag him back like last time?
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