Posts by Vortex

Swiss effectively disappear Alps: World's largest tunnel opens

High Lithostatic pressure making it hot.

How does that work then?

El Reg reanimates Cash'n'Carrion merchandising tentacle

Excellent beerworthy news

But will you be selling Nuclear keyrings again? And my "Rockall....Where the Sea is British" tee shirt needs replacing.

LOHAN tin-rattles to a whopping £27,000 on Kickstarter

When are the tankards shipping please?

I chipped in on day 2. No tankard yet. In anticipation.................

Nearly there! LOHAN Kickstarter pot o'gold breaks £29,000

As I write you only have 21 tankards left. How will you honour 25 of the new £120 "collection in person" tankards. I smell a rat.

Our LOHAN spaceplane ballocket Kickstarter climbs through £8000

Just done a "drive by" on Google Maps and I have to say your "attend the launch in person" package does not seem too compelling. Chief concern is that there does not appear to be a source of beer within a 20 mile radius of the spaceport. In fact the closest you can get the Google pegman to the spaceport seems to be about 10 miles away where the road stops at a cattle grid. You'd better validate this place really exists before handing over any dosh. Roswell is not far away and the whole thing could be an elaborate hoax.

LOHAN Kickstarter bid IS GO: Back our Vulture 2 spaceplane launch

Starting price too low?

Entry point should be a tenner, IMO.

Also I rather fancy an engraved tankard. How about some kind of *multisave* (2 for £60 maybe), so you can toast progress with a friend. You could call it "A nice pair of jugs".

Brit amateur payload set to complete full circle around PLANET EARTH

Wunderbra!

Is B-64 going to circumnavigate the earth forever, or is there some kind of BRASTRAP technology to somehow permit recovery of the "gubbins"? If not, you missed a technology licensing opportunity.

LOHAN in FIGHT to DEATH with brace of cantankerous canards

Cupholder?

I see Playmonaut appears to be holding a coffee. Will there be a cupholder? Spilt drinks could lead to further servo issues.

LOHAN's handsome young autopilot springs into life

Paint Job

C'mon Lester, don't tease us with mere glimpses of the new paint job. Are you embarrassed about a scratch or something?

Windows 7 outstrips Windows 8.x with small November growth

Re: are friends electric?

Chaps with eyeliner trouble me.

Re: if you had to migrate your business from Windows XP

W7. 1 Attosecond.

BBC's Clangers returns in £5m 'New Age' remake

Fond memories

I do hope the Iron Chicken will still be made of Meccano.

Our magnificent Vulture 2 spaceplane: Intimate snaps

Have you printed any spare parts?

Seems to me that the probability of inadvertent damage during flight testing is non-zero. You planning to have some backup bits?

WIN a RockBLOCK Iridium satellite comms module

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In case of LOHAN flight emergency, gobble THIS Iridium-Arduino sandwich

How about a bit of...

Orb Release Apparatus Link

Vulture 2 spaceplane flies to the 3D printing press

I always thought that sketchy Russian "Ekranoplan" ground effect plane seemed to be a Zero-X derivative: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Nu94khHoo

100-metre asteroid 2013 NE19 zipped past Earth today

Life's too short

Exactly what time in the video is the "Money Shot"?

Heavenly SPEARS gives LOHAN a hot satisfying BANG

Switch Labelling

3 switches should be labelled:

1. "Atomic Batteries to Power"

2. "Turbines to speed"

3. "Let's Go!"

El Reg Playmonaut soars to 113,000ft

Thanks for the Saturday entertainment. I should imagine the Playmonout's arse was "winking" for much of the descent. Was CHAV actually intended to have an autonomous phase?

El Reg rocket squad poised to select Ultimate Cuppa teabag

LIDL "Knightsbridge" Gold Blend

Purchased once out of curiosity and have never changed since. It's Wunderbra (how's my German?)

Brit adventurer all set to assault ex-Reg haunt Rockall

Where are the "Where the Sea is British" tee shirts?

Hey Lester...and chance of a rerun of the old tee shirt? I'd buy one. Can Cash 'n Carrion reopen on eBay?

Warming up the thruster that will ram LOHAN to glorious heights

Re: Warming up my tube.

**SEPTIC ALERT** >>>>>> aluminum tube

Surely SPB only uses aluminium?

LOHAN to slip in sexy little black number

Electronic Rocket Engine Control Trigger. ERECT

Higgs boson hunters have god particle in their sights

They cannot be serious

If I am not mistaken that slide uses Comic Sans....

Windows 8 ribbon entangles Microsoft

I'll be back.

15 years ago I moved from Apple to W95. Despite being a fully paid up anorak I have experienced immeasurable hassle and frustration ever since

I recently purchased my daughter a high end iMac (a necessity in her "world") and it has been an absolute revelation. My current Windows machine will be my last. Twice the price, but 0.25 x the aggravation works for me.