Posts by Aladdin Sane

Re: Basic failure

Make it the job of the chief whips.

What kind of a country would treat another country that depended on it for basic utilities poorly?

Re: "stay away from magnets"

They can slow your watch down so you might end up doing some unintended overtime.

You're a generous sociopath?

Re: "help desk"

Helldesk

Re: and my axe!

Why carry only one axe when you could carry two?

mixture of the bland sausagemeat, the hot fat and the flaky pastry

It's the salt. Lots and lots of salt.

Re: Danger of Death

That's my bathroom routine.

Re: Depends on your definition of growler I guess.

My dad was drinking in the American Legion:

Yank: Where were you boys during Vietnam?

Dad: I thought the Vietcong were doing fine without us.

Re: I don't get it either

I put a seatbelt on my shopping so if anything happens it doesn't splatter all over the inside of my car.

Re: Security is hard because it has to be right all the time?

It's also hard because it's the only example where you have people actively working against you Depending on your view on bean counters, of course.

That's why they're investing in quantum.

Re: s/unable/unwilling/

I think because they were all convicted separately then the appeals have to be heard one by one.

It pays for the champagne at the shareholders meeting.

Re: "If a printer is connected to the internet, the update downloads automatically"

Brave of you to assume it'll work without internet access.

Re: No Justice

Since you've been reading the transcripts I can only assume your heating bill is 0 as your piss is permanently on a rolling boil.

Re: it's 1030 and we have to open the bar

It was at the office, they probably slept/passed out there.

Re: Ofcom...

When I worked for a large bank anything that went the Ombudsman cost £250 in fees, so the complaints team had that level of authority to credit accounts. Cheaper in the long run.

The AH-64A is 48 years old. The AH-64D (on which the Westlands variant is based) is 30 years old. I'm not surprised it takes ages to boot.

Re: More Beria than BOFH.

Nah, none of those reprobates would actually get their hands dirty.

Re: Hope this goes well

The Swiss watch making community are gonna love this.

Re: Profit on rockets

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise a kid

Looks like, and the Discovery shuttle