Posts by Tony Smith

Facebook eliminates parts of Wales

@Graham Marsden

>> They have been listing people from Southampton as being in Portsmouth!!!!!!!!

>So, moving the scummers up-market then... :-P

OK, I think I asked for that one, but in lieu of an IT angle I'll quote Geoff Hoon......

"Umm Qasr is a town similar to Southampton", UK Defence Minister Geoff Hoon told the House of Commons yesterday. "He's either never been to Southampton, or he's never been to Umm Qasr", said one British soldier, informed of this while on patrol in Umm Qasr. Another added: "There's no beer, the women are ugly and people are shooting at us. It's much more like Portsmouth"

SNAFU Then

They have been listing people from Southampton as being in Portsmouth!!!!!!!!

Why EMC should really rev InVista

@Jess

You owe me a cup of coffee and a new keyboard!

Microsoft nobbled ‘Vista-Capable’ for Intel

Can't see a problem

Whats wrong with the Intel 915 chipset?

Compiz runs fine with it.

Tux, Because people are wakening up to the fact that there really is an alternative

Undetectable data-stealing trojan nabs 500,000 virtual wallets

@Rick Dickinson

Whatever happened to fdisk /mbr ?

It's an undocumented command, like most of Microsofts APIs.

Suicide squirrel knocks out Swiss TV

Hail Squirrels!

I for one welcome our new squirrel overlords

Microsoft kills Santa Claus

Wetting Myself!

I agree, with AC, the 'rise of the machines is not imminent'

http:///www.santabot.com/

Santa: Hello! What is your name?

You: My name is f**k off bignose

Santa: Hi there f**k off bignose .

You: do you like pizza?

Santa: Yes I like to eat pizza. My favorite topping is pepperoni.

You: do you like oral sex?

Santa: Sure I do, f**k off bignose, but that doesn't mean with you.

You: sex with reindeers?

Santa: Sex is more fun alone.

Next time I'm going to ask him about Vista, but now its all I can do but crawl upstairs giggling. I've not laughed so much since M$ launched Vista.

eBayer punts Wii for £1m

Reduced Price!

Its only half a mill now.

I agree with Craig tho, postage still a rip off

Windows random number generator is so not random

Legacy Code?

I remember this problem in DOS 3.21

Ummm maybe its the same code in Vista?

Crime-busting gator kills Florida fugitive

Darwin Awards

For the illustrious Darwin Awards. I can't even imagine how running through a pool of killer reptiles could ever be considered a good escape route.

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Seconded