* Posts by Winkypop

5635 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2008

Tiny, invisible EXTRATERRESTRIAL INVADERS appear at South Pole

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WTF?

Marino

Is that you Eadon, with a new schtick?

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Boffin

Science porn

Up with this kind of thing.

MY EYES! Earth engulfed by BRIGHTEST EVER killer gamma-ray burst

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Alien

Oi careful !!

You could take out someone's planet with that!

Qatar whips covers off giant footballing vagina

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Facepalm

Once seen

Never unseen.

Prime Minister David Cameron in Twitter gaffe

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Gimp

Re: How much????

And that ₤800 is probably to have a woman dress as Matron from their public school days, have her tell them just how jolly naughty he has been, and just what will happen when Nursie finds out....

No actual sex required with these types.

Australian Federal Police admit to slurping politicians' metadata

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Joke

Someone IS watching the watchers

Watch this space.

First 3D map of Great Barrier Reef created – still can't find Nemo

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Map are essential....

...for mining operations.

This crazy LNP government is keen to exploit the reef.

http://www.greens.org.au/tony-abbott-green-lights-great-barrier-reef-destruction-big-mining-companies

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-16/conservationists-fear-coal-mine-on-cape-york-could-destroy-reef/4960542

http://www.smh.com.au/national/reef-board-members-linked-to-mining-20131029-2we94.html

PS: I never promote Murdoch's tripe.

NBN Co to test basement fibre for offices, apartments

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Flame

He's not that stupid

He's just working off a very short leash.

Antidote for poisonous Aussie Red-Back Spider venom DOESN'T WORK

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WTF?

Consent, ethics?

"His work was based on analysing 224 patients in hospitals around Australia, half of which received the anti-venom along with pain relief, the other half receiving just the analgesia."

Hi, I'm the Doctor, we've just experimented on you, how do you feel? Hello...?

Possibly EXPLODING or GLORIOUS Comet ISON: The (GIF) MOVIE

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Poe or troll

You decide...

Indonesia turns Twitter into very leaky diplomatic bag

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FAIL

Twitter diplomacy

Makes sense.

SBY is dealing with a complete Twit in Tony Abbott.

Stratfor email, credit-card hacker Hammond thrown in cooler for 10 YEARS

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10 years eh...

Imagine the changes to the Internet and tech when he gets out.

India's Martian MOM lays another perfect orbital egg

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These guys are...

pukka chuckers!

Flying 360° panoramic camera poised for lift-off

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Megaphone

Welcome to our attraction

Mobile phones to silent please

Do not use the flash on your camera

No throwing things...

PlayStation 4 a doddle to fix: Handy if it OVERHEATS, for instance

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Trollface

Meh

I'm waiting on the Play Station 5

Oz government science funding to rise...

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FAIL

Re: Tony is a believer

"chocking"

What dooooo you mean sir?

Are you experienced? The Doctor Who assistants that SUFFERED the most

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Tegan

Poor old Tegan missed her flight!

This article has been deleted

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Devil

"the story demonstrates yet again how ignorant most journalists are"

You could have stopped there.

Current Reg employees aside...

How do spooks build surveillance rigs? In Oz they TENDER for it

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Big Brother

I'd pass comment

But, ya know....

SECRET draft copyright treaty LEAKED: Meet the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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Re: Australians play Uncle Sam's pink oboe

When they said "all the way with LBJ" they weren't kidding....

Is Australia backing away from 'fair use' proposals?

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I'm suprised he has the time

Isn't he always off claiming MPs expenses at weddings and stuff?

The guy is a shonk.

Ding-dong! Bye bye Sunday lie-in, your Amazon package is HERE

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Coat

8 days Sydney to Perth by courier

Apparently the camels that transported my recent delivery have a rostered day off en-route.

Camels have unions, who knew?

World's first 3D-printed metal gun 'more accurate' than factory-built cousin

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Pirate

Because:

The world really needs more guns...

Singaporeans THANK government for BANNING IaaS site

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Trollface

"Thank you to our leaders.... "

Shouldn't that be: "Thank you to our fearless leaders..."

It is Singapore after all.

Turnbull touts construction resumption in YouTube vid

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FAIL

If the man had a backbone and fibre, he'd see the light...

...and admit the original NBN is the only sensible long-term outcome.

'I WAS AN ADMIN FOR SILK ROAD': Alleged hit-man target tells all

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Facepalm

Less pirate

More punk

FLIGHTMARE! Inflight cell calling debuts, dealing heavy blow to quality of life

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Nooooooooooooo

Air travel is bad enough now.

Bitcoin burglar bags a million bucks

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Re: Let me see if I've got this right...

What he said ^^^

Microsoft Australia calls fibre-to-the-premises 'best outcome' for NBN

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FAIL

This has nothing to do with what's best

The LNP are ideologically driven purveyors of self-interest.

There is no big picture with these guys.

Galaxy is CRAMMED with EARTH-LIKE WORLDS – also ALIENS (probably)

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Joke

So

Does god visit each planet supporting intelligent life?

If so, maybe that explains his extended absence.

Unlike Santa, god has a whole universe to service.

Aussie bloke hacks way to top of music charts with MIDI-based tunes

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MIDI tunes?

He should have gone for the Hammond Organ.

Certified platinum.

Big Beardie's watching: Alan Sugar robots spy on Tesco petrol queue

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"the perfect means for us to enhance the customer shopping experience".

Bullshit!

PR bullshit.

What they mean is: "the perfect means for us to try and flog more gear to customers".

So how long till the images are abused?

Assange anounces candidacy for possible WA Senate by-election

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Devil

It makes sense I guess

Farce attracts farce.

RED planet, INDIAN mission: Space probe prepares for voyage to Mars orbit

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Joke

No jokes about offshoring

OK?

Dark matter: Good news, everyone! We've found ... NOTHING AT ALL

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Look out!

It's behind you.

Where?

There!

Behind you!

Anonymity is the enemy of privacy, says RSA grand fromage

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Big Brother

Welcome to the machine....

Here, this package contains your pre-screened privacy.

Big Content says Pirates of the Caribbean do their worst in Australia

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Caribbean Garden and Markets

Ha!

An old stomping ground.

Those guys have been selling 'tat and bodge' since the 70's.

The place started life as water ski area, come poor man's Disneyland (a very very poor man too)

That failed so it became a market.

It's always sold just about anything you can buy, legal or maybe not....

Drone owners told: stay out of bushfire skies

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Simple respect

Professionals working, under extreme conditions, please keep clear.

NSA.gov goes down after ‘error during scheduled update’

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Hmmm

Does that mean we all have to re-send and re-post the last few days info and data?

I just don't want to get missed out.

Irish privacy boss hauled to court for NOT probing Facebook for spook links

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Coat

"wanted to get this hot potato off his table "

Ahhh, so that's the Irish angle?

Euro Parliament votes to end data sharing with US – the NSA swiped the bytes anyway

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So...

They shared private data with Uncle Sam

They didn't expect to be hacked

They were hacked

Now its not OK to share private data with Uncle Sam

???

Oz Army red-faced after ready ... aim ... FIRE burns suburbs

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“talking through her hat”

Don't expect any of that pesky secular science from Tony Abbott (PM)

He's got that malarkey all suss'ed out.

He takes his orders from on HIGH, if not big business then his holy man.

MoJ fined £140K for EMAILING privates of 1,000 inmates

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Joke

Re: Fine

It's OK, they will probably appeal...

While world drools over Apple, Microsoft fixes Windows RT 8.1 update

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Joke

Hello

It's looks like you are trying resurrect this device.

Would you like help?

[ ] Get help resurrecting this device

[ ] Just help me toss this device

[ ] Tips on buying other devices

[ ] Don't let me use this device ever again

Windows 8.1: Read this BEFORE updating - especially you, IT admins

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Re: Usual MS upgrade stuff then... [ spydasweb]

Ahhhh, observe the Conservative in his natural environment.

Such flair, such grace!

New leak claim: NSA saw hole in Mexican prez's email box - and hacked it

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It's only fair

The Mexicans have been tunneling into the USA for years now...

Comet ISON perhaps NOT GARBAGE after all - glows GREEN in latest snaps

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Comet Halley in 1986, a dud?

It was a great display in the southern hemisphere, especially atop Falls Creek ski resort at 3 in the morning.

Magnificent.

Black hole boffins close in on gravity waves

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Joke

So.... 11 years from now...

....flying cars!!!

Torrent site isoHunt to close

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Re: isohunt

Just steer clear of that site called MikeHunt (NSFW)

Here comes Windows 8.1! Microsoft grits teeth, pushes upgrade to world

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Windows 8x

Don't inhale.