Posts by John Paul McAuley

The Hadron Collider: What's it all about, then?

title needed? but i dont want one!

lol http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com

Cloned US ATM cards: Can they fool Brit self-service checkouts?

no title here

> you can swipe the mag strip and enter the pin

erm wut? not in my store i'v not seen a 'swipe and pin' on a self serve before. swiping through a mainbank is different as they have chip readers at the bottom of the swipe and park.

> and get cashback

I wasnt aware this was being rolled out. parhaps in a newer hardware build but not in our store anyway. Nor in the smaller store just up the road which only opened 2 weeks ago and so should have the latest systems.

Scientist warns against technology addiction

Hi I'm john and I'm addicted to oxygen

I just can't live without oxygen!!

coat, hat, laptop

TAXI!

Virgin biofuel jumbo trials won't use algae

the marsian

is it just me or does he make more sense every week?

i actually understood what he's said the last few times i'v read his comments.

BOFH: Insecurity complex

oops

did he fall down that riser?

mwahaha!!

US Army proto-Dalek combat robots enter testing

<grenade> tags?

<grenade> tags?

after reading you post anon, i loaded it in IE. it doesnt recognise them either.

Black holes blamed for super-charged cosmic rays

I....

i started ignoring amanfrommars after his second post

Oz boffins tout Trekkier-than-thou teleportation system

Title

same here jan buys

Space nuke boffin: NASA Moonbase needs nuclear rockets

you miss this?

you must have missed this part of the article Choundappan:

"...NERVA-type rockets use a fission reactor to heat up hydrogen and blast it out of the thrust nozzle at extremely high speed, faster than can be achieved by normal chemical-powered boosters..."