Posts by Random Glitch

Ohio cops taze naked marathoneer

Help help I'm being repressed

See the violence inherent in the system!

Fast-fingered oldster relieves shop worker of iPhone cash

Facepalm icon is possible

The reg is kindly allowing us to mew forlornly for which new icons we want; see

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/20/comments_icons/

A few have already offered facepalm.

Pope says gravity proves technology can't supplant God

Fundamentals

I think they meant in their smallest measurable amount a Photon is 6 x 10 -39 stronger than a Graviton(?)

It's possible the Papal schools don't cover the fundamental interactions in particle physics.

Google brings 2-factor authentication to Gmail

Android authenticator

@corrodedmonkee

The step by step guide for setting it up points you to the app

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator

Or search for Google Authenticator on the marketplace.

2nd factor coming later

Attempting to enable this results in a warning sign

<-- and the message

"This is an advanced feature. 2-step verification for this account will be available soon."

Italian white van man nudges sound barrier

Look before you leap

Irony is a cruel mistress, she has such a good sense of humour and you're the joke.

Cameroonians cleared in 'surreal' dyed banknote scam

Survival of the wittiest

The new natural selection?

Mexican army interdicts dope-slinging catapult

Subtly

They should have hidden the weed in cows before flinging them via catapult.

Lets not go to Camelot, 'tis a silly place..

Gamers raid medical server to host Call of Duty

RE: Ummm

VPN..

Keira Knightley, Jessica Biel eye Batman

When people snap Dr's do it the best!

We can only hope if HQ is in the film she has half the depth and personality found in Arkham Asylum.

4chan hit by DDoS assault

The current state of affairs

makes one thing of two monkeys, one with an upper class British accent proclaiming

"Well of course we are going to throw poo!"

Poo = packets.. I'll stop torturing this metaphor now.

London's tube demands faster-than-NFC ticketing

lol @

"Jobsian FondleSlab" term stolen and shared with the dept

Massive new US spy airship 'could be used to carry big cargoes'

Hate to think of the depreciation on that

Using a Trebuchet for transport would be equally silly and much cheaper!

Jamie Oliver website offers graphic recipe for 'Pussy'

Slow but not censored

I initialy thought the same, it eventualy loaded, t'was rather slow thought, a good min and a half but still there.

UK cops have warrant to cuff Assange, talking to his lawyer

re: none

Re: He is being arrested on another unrelated charge: I wonder if the ladies who accused him are real?

I realised I should have qualified that better; it was in response to Dekken's question of "What law(s) has he broken?"

Given the nature of the leaks, any charges brought against him will be met with sceptasism.

Probably not harming wikileak's ad profits though! (joking)

What laws..

I think possession of classified documents wherein you are not the intended recipient and distribution of said data contravenes the 'Official Secrets Act' (UK legislation). Presumably also what ever the equivalents are in other countries.

That said I think it is a shame.

Alan Sugar's 'cockup braindead in call centre clueless' BT row

Who I am

You meant to say after clarifying "don't you know who I am" they didn't hang up on principle?

Shame on them!

Taiwanese rat snake bites Taiwanese trouser snake

Please Doc..

At hospital he asked the doc "Can you take the pain away, but leave the swelling?"