Imagine his disappointment when he discovers that the Class A drugs turn out to have been nothing more than Imodium.
Posts by AgeingBabyBoomer
32 publicly visible posts • joined 28 Jul 2008
Suspected drug dealer who refused to poo for 46 DAYS released... on bail
What did we say about Tesla's self-driving tech? SpaceX Roadster skips Mars, steers to asteroids
'Space bubbles' may have helped Taliban down 'copter in bloody Afghanistan battle
Jihadi terrorists DIDN'T encrypt their comms 'cos of Snowden leaks
A BBC-by-subscription 'would be richer', MPs told
State broadcaster needs to be in as many homes as possible
The BBC is the state broadcaster and responsible for pro-state
programming and generally keeping the oiks passive and happy.
Money is not the issue, maximising the number of eyeballs is.
I cancelled my llcense and it was the most liberating thing I did.
I still watch stuff on iPlayer - very little - two hours a week maximum.
When you have to stop and think about the output you want to see, it
is amazing how little of it is actually desirable.
Tube be or not tube be: Apple’s CYLINDRICAL Mac Pro is out tomorrow
New wonder slab slurps Wi-Fi, converts it into juice for gadgets, boast boffins
Oh, shoppin’ HELL: I’m in the supermarket of the DAMNED
Putting the security jigsaw together
What ereader decline? Kobo pumps up the volumes despite grim forecasts
Open platform, no lock in
Santa bought me a Kobo Mini at Xmas. I'm very pleased with it - simple interface, not locked onto a particular store, light and good build quality, excellent battery life. It will surf the net at a push.
being a dinosaur that doesn't own a smartphone (or moroniser, as I prefer to call them) then it is a much better deal than a tablet costing at least twice as much.
They are also easily hackable, the source is available if you really want to get into programming it, but being linux/busybox, there are many features waiting to be turned on for the interested user.
Hm, nice idea that. But somebody's already doing it less well
'UK DNA database by stealth' proposed in £100m NHS project
Firstly, there is no guarantee that the DNA database will
offer any relief/cure to cancer - that's just marketing spiel
to get us to accept the idea. (In the same way as massive
internet activity databases are promoted as a way to keep us
safe from terrorists/paedophiles/drug dealers).
Secondly, anybody can get cancer e.g. from exposure to
radiation. No amount of 'good' genes will help you.
Most EU states sign away internet rights, ratify ACTA treaty
WikiLeaks releases full searchable US secret cable files

From da book
' Eventually, Assange capitulated. Late at night, after a two-hour
debate, he started the process on one of his little netbooks that would
enable Leigh to download the entire tranche of cables. The Guardian
journalist had to set up the PGP encryption system on his laptop at home
across the other side of London. Then he could feed in a password.
Assange wrote down on a scrap of paper:
ACollectionOfHistorySince_1966_ToThe_PresentDay#. “That’s the
password,” he said. “But you have to add one extra word when you type it
in. Y have to put in the word ‘Diplomatic’ before the word ‘History’. Can
ou
you remember that?”
“I can remember that.”
Leigh set off home, and successfully installed the PGP software. He
typed in the lengthy password, and was gratified to be able to download a
huge file from Assange’s temporary website. Then he realized it was
zipped up – compressed using a format called 7z which he had never
heard of, and couldn’t understand. He got back in his car and drove
through the deserted London streets in the small hours, to Assange’s
headquarters in Southwick Mews. Assange smiled a little pityingly, and
unzipped it for him.'
Blimp fireball disaster in Germany, Aussie pilot killed
Herts cops 'ate the evidence' at scene of crime, court told
WikiLeaks ousted from Amazon US
London Transport plans Oyster bypass
Baby Boomers committing suicide at unprecedented rates
Big effing yawn
Hate piss on your two minutes of hate, but the UK baby boom peak (1964) and the US baby boom peak (1956?)are not in the same time frame. Hateful crap written to create intergenerational conflict in the US just doesn't map across.
These are primarily the tactics of divide and rule designed to keep us fighting and distracted whilst the uber rich steal all the money.
Additionally, my parents chose the time and country of my birth, and politicians in power during my childhood determined the kind of society I grew up in - nobody asked me what I wanted.
And another thing, only 15% of folks went to uni in the 80's - you actually had to work hard and have some brains to make it there. These days 50% go, and it's basically an alternative to actually getting a proper job for a few years.
My generation suffered crippling inflation and interest rates as well as higher taxation rates than now - please explain what part of the ladder got pulled up behind me.
Plus ensuites, inside bogs, cell phones, self-contained university accommodation, multiple parent funded cars to taxi me from one party to the next - never happened in my day.
Perhaps the higher suicide rate might reflect the disappointment at the ingratitude of the pampered 20 and 30 somethings of today - selfish little shits.
Nigerian perv scanners lay Lagos ladies bare
Nuclear merchant ships could open up Arctic routes for real
British Gas signs Voda so meters can snitch direct
'Switch to Century Gothic to save the planet'
Font not the problem
Inkjet inks are mostly water, a little electrolyte and some dye or pigment, thus making it some of the most lucrative clooured water on the planet,
Added to which the printer makers have gone down the route of high-tech, expensive self-destructing cartridges in a wilful and wasteful attempt to garner profit over hardware sales.
I think legislation to make cartridges non-disposable and refillable, coupled with bulk availability of vendors ink would save a hell of a lot more cash and resources than any amount of tinkering with fonts.
Chances of it happening - close to zero.
Vive la corpocracie.
ABB
Knuckle rap for riot shield sledging coppers
Doctors: Third babies are the same as patio heaters

Is it just me?
but the real problem here is patio heaters.
The whole concept defies logic - a fossil fuel powered device for heating up the outdoors.
I mean here we are hand wringing about the cost of energy, global warming and making our homes energy efficient, thne we trot outside on a warm summer's evening and fire up the bloody patio heater. A decade ago, we just put on a jumper.
If doctors want to campaign for something, it should be for a ban on the sale and use of patio heaters, on the grounds that the environmental impact is as much as having another child.
Hmph!
ABB