* Posts by Aladdin Sane

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UK PM Theresa May orders review of online abuse laws in suffrage centenary speech

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Re: Bad Behaviour has Always Been There

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party are campaigning to lower the voting age to 5, as that represents the behaviour of MPs in debates.

Accused Brit hacker Lauri Love will NOT be extradited to America

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Re: Man walks down the street

Shiny

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I predict an appeal to the supreme court

In 3...2...1...

Long haul flights on a one-aisle plane? Airbus thinks you’re up for it

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Re: We need a brave airline willing to charge a little more

all you get is 5" more legroom

Not to mention the complimentary beating.

Morrisons launches bizarre Yorkshire Pudding pizza thing

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Re: Regarding the poll

We both do and don't need a Schrödinger's cat icon.

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As served by Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire Dibbler.

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Re: True hipster

You're forgetting the obligatory pulled pork. And the Yorkie would have to be gluten free.

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Use 2 of them as the foundation of a sandwich, with roast beef and mustard in the middle.

Capita contract probed after thousands of clinical letters stuffed in a drawer somewhere

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Re: did nobody at Capita think

No they didn't, because Crapita give heartless bastards a bad reputation.

Bring the people 'beautiful' electric car charging points, calls former transport minister

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Re: humourous play on BoJo's first name

Alexander?

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The Lincolnshire Tory MP has previously suggested the charging points be named after him, in the same vein as London's "Boris Bikes".

Egotistical git.

What a Hancock-up: MP's social network app is a privacy disaster

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Re: "Local by-elections can take place at any time of year"

That specifically refers to local council by-elections.

Local by-elections are when a council seat (parish, town etc.) requires filling. Parliamentary by-elections occur following a vacancy arising in the House of Commons.

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Headmaster

I think you mean by-election.

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We call App Britain

I thought this was Peter Mannion?

Are you taking the peacock? United Airlines deny flight to 'emotional support' bird

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Re: hi-vis vest on a peackock

Very carefully.

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Re: NoneSuch

Apparently it tastes like turkey.

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Call me a cynic

But what's the betting that she did this for the free publicity?

FYI: That Hawaii missile alert was no UI blunder. Someone really thought the islands were toast

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Re: Brace Position

The one time I forget the troll icon.

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Re: Brace Position

Helps preserves the teeth so your cremated remains can be identified after a crash.

Just can't catch a break, can ya, Capita? Shares tumble 40% amid yet another profit warning

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Re: Panic stations!

Fewer.

Kremlin social media trolls aren't actually that influential, study finds

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Re: Vaguely reminded of the days when cigarettes were advertised ....

But it did give us Mad Men, so it all balances out.

When you play this song backwards, you can hear Satan. Play it forwards, and it hijacks Siri, Alexa

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Re: And if your significant other insists?

Wrap them in curtains.

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If you play New Kids on the Block albums backwards they sound better.

Bill Hicks, 1961-1994

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Obligatory xkcd.

Tsk-tsk, fat cat Softcat: Milk-slurping reseller taken to court

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Now, now, don't be sour.

Julian Assange to UK court: Put an end to my unwarranted Ecuadorean couch-surf

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I read that as badger. I think I need some sleep.

Here we go again... UK Prime Minister urges nerds to come up with magic crypto backdoors

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Re: Unicorns

We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.

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Re: opt-in for manufacturers

Any manufacturer who opts in will be boycotted by the public.

User stepped on mouse, complained pedal wasn’t making PC go faster

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Re: underneath the keyboard

Thanks for giving away my password hiding spot you utter git.

NHS outages KO Welsh GP services and Manchester A&E

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Re: Doctor?

Doctor Dre isn't even a real doctor.

UK competition watchdog: Fox's takeover of Sky 'not in public interest'

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Word is, it was a hostile takeover.

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Re: Murdoch's one redeeming feature

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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Re: Motivation For Purchasing Sky Entirely ???

Murdoch's Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting merged in 1990 to form BSkyB, as they were both suffering losses.

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Re: Irony

I am not God herself.

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Irony

There's only one Competition and Markets Authority.

Death notice: Moore's Law. 19 April 1965 – 2 January 2018

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Wirth's law

"What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away."

'There was no monetary incentive for this' = not what you want to hear about your tattoo

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Pint

Good on Redgate

Have a beer.

NHS OKs offshoring patient data to cloud providers stateside

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Re: Whatever next?

Depends if it involves the humerus.

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No

See title

Job ad for designer proves its point with MS Paint shocker

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Re: Bonus points

Surely any use of Comic Sans is inappropriate?

'The capacitors exploded, showering the lab in flaming confetti'

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polarity 'accidentally' reversed

I thought you could only do that to the neutron flow?

Baywatch hero drone saves silly struggling swimmers Down Under from going down under

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Re: That thing ppl think is OCD but isn't.

Not OCD, just anal.

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Little Ripper

Of course the Oz government bought it with a name like that.

Take a bow, TalkTalk, Post Office, Vodafone! You win most-whinged-about telcos award

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TBF, the average 90 year old is more IT literate than the absolute weapons that work as call centre customer support.

Don't panic... but our fragile world is drifting away from the Sun

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Gravity is a myth. The Earth sucks.

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Re: Set controls

Since Disaster Area play their instruments in a ship in orbit above the planet, or, preferably, another planet, would that make this The Great Gig in the Sky?

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Re: 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

It's why I never bother tidying.

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Set controls

for the heart of the sun.

F-35 'incomparable' to Harrier jump jet, top test pilot tells El Reg

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Re: F35 - Too Late and Over Budget

Major overhaul will take place in Turkey. Day to day maintenance will be done by RN and RAF techies.

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"both of the UK's previous aircraft carriers"

There were 3 ships in the Invincible class, not to mention the several classes prior.