"By Eponymous Cowherd Posted Monday 23rd March 2009 13:37 GMT
If you see a GoogleMobile coming down your street, run outside and get your todger out."
And if you're a woman?
2. Brill cartoon in Daily Telegraph that sums it all up - CCTV operator complaining Google had photographed their equipment.
3. Interesting that Google get away with photographing Coppers, whereas mere members of the public now can't.
4. All those stupid kill-joys who complain, presumably never look at a photograph in the press or television news report that has 'other' members of the public whose faces are not obscured.
Is that "£12billion" a 'reasonable & realistic' estimate; or, an Olympic-type deliberate underestimate that will end up costing 4x as much - i.e. £1,000 per man woman & child of this already bankrupt nation?
If they're so good, make it mandatory for every MP to have one. At their own cost. To "test-drive" the system for say 10 years before a general referendum asks the public for their opinion.
Jacqui should buy the first one. With her own money, and not on expenses.
But don't Employers already have the opportunity to desribe their opinion of a worker?
Fear of legal action causes the majority to provide 'neutral' comments, when in fact some employees may be real sh1ts.
[OK, OK, some employers can be real sh1ts too, but it's easier for a disgruntled employee to walk, than it is for a disgruntled employee to give a worker the shove.]
Drive along the "Acle Straight" towards Gt Yarmouth on the A47.
To the north in view for much of the journey, is a clearly visible wind farm, with many turbines.
I don't drive on that road every day, but I've yet to see all turbines rotating simultaneously. Sometimes only about 50% rotate; sometimes fewer than 25%.
A disgraceful waste of capital equipment.
Ron Hughes
Mandatory CRB check for all adults in contact with children? →#
There are many instances of photographs published in the press & shown on TV of adults touching children they don't know & who are not related to them.
These adults are known as Politicians, and the events occur around Election Time.
Ministers frequently go into school classrooms for Photo Opportunities.
Presumably they've all had their CRB check? If not, why not?
Whats the point (no pun intended) of having a faster iMac when it takes forever to scroll the Humble/Mighty Mouse Pointer from one side of their screen to the other?
Try it.
Even as its fastest, you physically have to move their Mouse about 4" / 100mm.
So much for Apple Ergonomics.
Ron Hughes
Secretgeek - the collective noun for a group of paid-for-lovelies? →#
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"But I didn't lie on purpose" → #
Posted Tuesday 14th April 2009 12:47 GMT
In Labour flames whistleblowers in email smear brouhaha
The quote, from a discredited psychotherapist, on live television.
So why should anyone, ever, believe what he says?
Ron Hughes
The unmistakeable sound of..... → #
Posted Friday 10th April 2009 00:02 GMT
In 16 teams to field 24 e-bikes in 'zero-emission' TT race
Each bike is equipped with a 500W amplifier & stereo speakers to replicate the pleasure provided by the superb 1960's 6-cylinder Honda 250.
Ron Hughes
Local Constabulary investigating............ → #
Posted Monday 30th March 2009 23:51 GMT
In Wacky Jacqui spanked by husband
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Rumour has it that the other embarrassing item claimed for, the 88p plug, was in fact not a bath plug, but a butt plug.
Ron Hughes
So, what's all the fuss about? → #
Posted Monday 23rd March 2009 23:41 GMT
In Emotional arguments do not make Street View illegal
1. Simple solution
"By Eponymous Cowherd Posted Monday 23rd March 2009 13:37 GMT
If you see a GoogleMobile coming down your street, run outside and get your todger out."
And if you're a woman?
2. Brill cartoon in Daily Telegraph that sums it all up - CCTV operator complaining Google had photographed their equipment.
3. Interesting that Google get away with photographing Coppers, whereas mere members of the public now can't.
4. All those stupid kill-joys who complain, presumably never look at a photograph in the press or television news report that has 'other' members of the public whose faces are not obscured.
Ron Hughes
What a fiddle → #
Posted Monday 23rd March 2009 20:26 GMT
In Blu-ray Disc added to UK shopping basket
Spot on JS @ 17:39
Next they'll add an Apple Mac
Seriously, just how many (or, more pertinently, how few) households have the BluDeath?
Ron Hughes
So, a true Mac Clone → #
Posted Tuesday 17th March 2009 21:47 GMT
In Dell
MacBook AirAdamo officially launched"Slim and sexy, dahling, but mediocre inside?"
Bit like buying a Porsche with a Fiat engine inside.
Ron Hughes
Non-adjustable screen height → #
Posted Thursday 12th March 2009 22:07 GMT
In Apple 24in iMac (March 2009)
Use lateral thinking - raise or lower your seat ffs.
Ron Hughes
One law for us, one law for them → #
Posted Wednesday 4th March 2009 21:17 GMT
In MPs vote to keep addresses private (theirs, not yours)
"Don't do as I do, do as I say" Bl@@dy troughers.
What about Discrimination Act & Equal Opportunities.
Ron Hughes
Troilism anyone? → #
Posted Wednesday 25th February 2009 23:36 GMT
In UK censors revolt against 'pornalone' ordeal
And who watches the watchers?
Ron Hughes
"Dell introduces 10in netbook" → #
Posted Monday 23rd February 2009 20:27 GMT
In Dell introduces 10in netbook
Not if Psion gets its way!
Ron Hughes
Ballooning to "several times their normal size" → #
Posted Friday 9th January 2009 20:57 GMT
In Nokia coughs to ballooning batteries
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Tomorrow's press release from Nokia will inform the world of its hasty patent for a new form of Viagra!
Ron Hughes
Price of Download Speed → #
Posted Thursday 8th January 2009 21:38 GMT
In Deception of 'up to' broadband speeds exposed
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I'm happy to pay say £10 pcm for "up to 8MB" speed
So long as they accept pro-rata £1.25 /MB delivered speed
The ISPs & the Regulator are too cosy with each other.
Ron Hughes
Superb Timing → #
Posted Thursday 8th January 2009 21:37 GMT
In Banks told to spend £1bn on new IT to prepare for failure
Just the day after Barclays annouces it's sacking 400 IT Staff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7815759.stm
Ron Hughes
Objective achieved? → #
Posted Thursday 8th January 2009 21:37 GMT
In ASA indignates prematurely over billboard sex ads
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Have a slightly risque Ad
Wait for ASA to generate free publicity from column miles of "indignation"
Ron Hughes
iPhone Nano or iPhoney Nano → #
Posted Thursday 8th January 2009 21:36 GMT
In Apple wrongfoots iPhoneys
If the "Counterfeiters" get their product out 1st, can't they slap Apple with a cease & desist for copying? And, claim $millions in damages!
Interesting.
Get out of that one Mr Jobs
Ron Hughes
Which will it be..............?? → #
Posted Tuesday 6th January 2009 00:33 GMT
In Windows for Warships™ reaches Royal Navy frigates
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Portholes or Arseholes?
Ron Hughes
Estimated cost → #
Posted Wednesday 31st December 2008 19:05 GMT
In Private firm may run UK spy über-database
Is that "£12billion" a 'reasonable & realistic' estimate; or, an Olympic-type deliberate underestimate that will end up costing 4x as much - i.e. £1,000 per man woman & child of this already bankrupt nation?
Ron Hughes
Inactive Turbines → #
Posted Tuesday 23rd December 2008 20:42 GMT
In Windfarm lobby bows to ASA and cuts CO2 saving figures
Every 'farm' (i.e. bank of multiple turbines) I see, has at least 20% inoperative; sometimes up to 50% idle.
Drive along the A47 towards Gt Yarmouth and that farm on the coast to the north rarely has more than 50% operative - even on windy days.
What a waste of money.
Ron Hughes
IDs are a great idea....... → #
Posted Saturday 15th November 2008 00:52 GMT
In Auntie Beeb's amazing, evolving, ID card stories
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If they're so good, make it mandatory for every MP to have one. At their own cost. To "test-drive" the system for say 10 years before a general referendum asks the public for their opinion.
Jacqui should buy the first one. With her own money, and not on expenses.
Ron Hughes
The simple answer is............... → #
Posted Wednesday 29th October 2008 20:49 GMT
In Mandelson's dept mulls UK internet power grab
The simple answer is..........."To remain free from Political Interference"
Ron Hughes
Photograph of Jesus walking on water → #
Posted Tuesday 21st October 2008 18:26 GMT
In Dawkins' atheist ad campaign hits fundraising target
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Seems the ad campaign may be a waste of money.
Here's a photo of His son walking on water............
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2008/jesus-hydrofoil-p1.php
Ron Hughes
"sCUNThorpe" → #
Posted Monday 20th October 2008 17:43 GMT
In Holy f**k, Microsoft covers up ‘undesired’ words
Let them censor that!
Ron Hughes
H M Customs & Revenue next for the chop? → #
Posted Wednesday 10th September 2008 20:29 GMT
In Home Office screws prison data bunglers
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Didn't H M C & R lose a little data recently?
Ron Hughes
"What's wrong with snooping on binmen?" - A J Stiles @ 14:12 → #
Posted Wednesday 10th September 2008 20:29 GMT
In Bury council carries can over spycam binmen
It's discrimination.
All Councillors & Council Employees should be under surveillance. All, or none.
Ron Hughes
Don't just whinge - complain to Ofcom's PayMaster......... → #
Posted Friday 29th August 2008 17:27 GMT
In Ofcom considers termination charges
Complain about Ofcom having nothing better to do:-
Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
Millbank Tower
Millbank
London
SW1P 4QP
Tel: 0845 015 4033 (enquiry line)
Fax: 020 7217 4000
Email: phso.enquiries@ombudsman.org.uk
Ron Hughes
Just when you thought Justice<>Common Sense → #
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 15:47 GMT
In Dancing Baby v. Universal: Baby wins!
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Could anyone advise of cases that aren't "... a fact-intensive inquiry ..."?
Ron Hughes
Yet another DataBase to lose → #
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 15:28 GMT
In 'Child protection' database slammed as plod data mine
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Ladbrokes have opened a Book, on when the 1st reported "Loss" will occur.
They've opened another one on when the 1st unreported "Loss" occured.
Ron Hughes
Chichester BC Human Resource Management Strategy → #
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 14:43 GMT
In Council clamps down on 'man on the street'
Ironic that they have one.
http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4662
Ron Hughes
?Data Protection Act? → #
Posted Wednesday 20th August 2008 19:14 GMT
In Copyright lawyers accuse 25,000 UK videogame filesharers
1. Shouldn't the Data Protection Act prevent disclosure of identity?
2. Nobody 'Forces' file-sharers to share files. Those that do so should expect to be clobbered.
3. Notice that the Legal eagles make 66% more than the game's Publisher.
Ron Hughes
From the sublime to the ridiculous → #
Posted Friday 15th August 2008 19:00 GMT
In Did we say you can read that?
Go to Tesco, buy a bottle of Harpic & a bottle of Domestos.
Don't let anyone know that you've read their warnings not to mix the two.
Be sure to wear a gas-mask if you ignore the warnings.
That combination will kill more than just germs.
Ron Hughes
Employer's misleading references → #
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 15:32 GMT
In Massive expansion planned for 'no-work' database
But don't Employers already have the opportunity to desribe their opinion of a worker?
Fear of legal action causes the majority to provide 'neutral' comments, when in fact some employees may be real sh1ts.
[OK, OK, some employers can be real sh1ts too, but it's easier for a disgruntled employee to walk, than it is for a disgruntled employee to give a worker the shove.]
"NRB" is succint, truthful and honest.
Ron Hughes
The Power of the Internet → #
Posted Thursday 14th August 2008 15:09 GMT
In Olympic Committee wins gold for foot shooting
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If they hadn't tried to ban it; you wouldn't have reported it; and, I & thousands others wouldn't have considered watching it.
Now that I have, I learn more about the Chinese atrocities towards the Tibetans.
Ron Hughes
Don't whinge here, Complain to OFCOM & your MP → #
Posted Wednesday 30th July 2008 23:20 GMT
In More dodgy phone-ins cost BBC £400,000
Mail Bomb graham.howell@ofcom.org.uk & your MP asking why OFCOM should be allowed to steal £400k of OUR licence-payers money.
Ron Hughes
Just for more profit for BAA → #
Posted Monday 28th July 2008 18:22 GMT
In Home Office to order fingerprinting of air passengers
The reason fingerprinting is necessary is because BAA wants to save costs & increase revenuse by "mixing" passengers in a common retail area.
Force the buggers to build separate areas, then fingerprinting is unnecessary.
Ron Hughes
Extra large = Extra Cost → #
Posted Monday 14th July 2008 20:02 GMT
In Busts 4 Justice battles Bulgarian airbag tax
Seems like a golden opportunity for Durex to charge more for their "Extra-long condoms".
How many guy's ego would let them buy the cheaper 'normal' length ones?
Ron Hughes
It's not all bad - there's One Good Point.... → #
Posted Monday 14th July 2008 19:39 GMT
In Criminal record checks could hit over 14 million people
Seems that at every election & by-election Politicians revel in the photo-opportunity of picking up babies or having school kids sit on their lap.
Now, they'll get prosecuted for doing it without a CRB certificate, or, stop the sickening activity.
Either way, a Win-Win situation for Joe Public.
Ron Hughes
Idle Wind Turbines → #
Posted Thursday 3rd July 2008 19:09 GMT
In Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO2 than thought
Drive along the "Acle Straight" towards Gt Yarmouth on the A47.
To the north in view for much of the journey, is a clearly visible wind farm, with many turbines.
I don't drive on that road every day, but I've yet to see all turbines rotating simultaneously. Sometimes only about 50% rotate; sometimes fewer than 25%.
A disgraceful waste of capital equipment.
Ron Hughes
Mandatory CRB check for all adults in contact with children? → #
Posted Monday 30th June 2008 19:17 GMT
In Dismissed deputy head launches legal fight
There are many instances of photographs published in the press & shown on TV of adults touching children they don't know & who are not related to them.
These adults are known as Politicians, and the events occur around Election Time.
Ministers frequently go into school classrooms for Photo Opportunities.
Presumably they've all had their CRB check? If not, why not?
Ron Hughes
Actual rate vs advertised price → #
Posted Friday 6th June 2008 09:54 GMT
In Ofcom asks ISPs nicely to stop mis-selling broadband on speed
Is it really beyond the whit of OFCOM to insist that ISPs proportion their charge to their delivered speed?
Advertising......"Up to 8MBps for £10 pcm"
If punter gets only 4MBps average, he pays only £5pcm!
Ron Hughes
Offensive T-shirts → #
Posted Monday 2nd June 2008 16:26 GMT
In Heathrow T5 security tackles Transformers t-shirt threat
The MOD can't afford any more bullets, so all soldiers in Afghanistan are being issued with those T-shirts to scare the Taliban sh1tless.
Ron Hughes
Hidden usage tracking? @ Steven Raith → #
Posted Monday 19th May 2008 21:58 GMT
In First public Firefox 3 candidate shoots out the door
"...............I don't care about data pharming [arf], provided I have the option to, quite clearly and expressly, opt out of it."
A scary logic.
Much safer, is for a user to have to positively 'opt in'.
Ron Hughes
MP's Expenses → #
Posted Friday 16th May 2008 15:38 GMT
In High Court orders MPs to 'fess up on expenses
HMRC (of lost DataBase fame) should simply tax @ 40% all claims NOT supported with a receipt.
Ron Hughes
Guidance Algorithm → #
Posted Friday 16th May 2008 15:33 GMT
In Apple will please missile makers by backing PA Semi's chip
Has to run on OSX; EULA forbids use on Windows or Linux!!
[Don't know what the penalty for contravention will be though. Any suggestions?]
Ron Hughes
B G vs Accenture → #
Posted Monday 12th May 2008 19:56 GMT
In British Gas sues Accenture
Remember B G (& its pre-privatisation predecessors) have been sending bills to customers for 60 years. They know what they want & what they expect.
At one time BG had the largest non-governmental database in Europe. It worked, & it worked well.
My money's on the benevolent ex-Monopoly.
Ron Hughes
Judgement on Extreme Porn → #
Posted Tuesday 6th May 2008 21:12 GMT
In Lords linger over extreme porn definition
If porn is that which is likely to "Deprave & Corrupt".......
And a Judge looks at the evidence..........
By definition, s/he's been depraved & corrupted.
But is a depraved & corrupted person fit to be a (fair) Judge?
Catch 69 anyone?
Ron Hughes
"Extreme Porn" → #
Posted Tuesday 6th May 2008 19:38 GMT
In Lords linger over extreme porn definition
An MP's expense account?
Ron Hughes
Send them to H M Revenue & Customs → #
Posted Tuesday 6th May 2008 18:34 GMT
In How to destroy 60 hard drives an hour
They'll lose 'em for free. Never to be seen again.
Ron Hughes
What's an "Impacted" customer? → #
Posted Saturday 3rd May 2008 01:55 GMT
In Customers give Dell the finger over keyboard screw-up
Definition(s) of "Impacted"
adj.
Wedged together at the broken ends. Used of a fractured bone.
Placed in the alveolus in a manner prohibiting eruption into a normal position. Used of a tooth.
Wedged or packed in, so as to fill or block an organ or a passage: impacted feces.
What's wrong with the correct "Affected"?
Ron Hughes
Faster iMacs → #
Posted Monday 28th April 2008 20:09 GMT
In Apple punts 'Penryn' iMacs
Whats the point (no pun intended) of having a faster iMac when it takes forever to scroll the Humble/Mighty Mouse Pointer from one side of their screen to the other?
Try it.
Even as its fastest, you physically have to move their Mouse about 4" / 100mm.
So much for Apple Ergonomics.
Ron Hughes
Secretgeek - the collective noun for a group of paid-for-lovelies? → #
Posted Friday 18th April 2008 19:47 GMT
In F1 chief seeks French ban on orgy video
Secretgeek asks if anyone knows the collective noun for a group of paid-for-lovelies?
Until now there probably hasn't been one.
I'll start the ball rolling, with.... A "Mosley" of Mistresses.
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