Posts by Simon

Israel hacks Arab TV station

IT?

You have 2 groups of arseholes fighting and killing each other to determine who has the best imaginary friend.

If anyone can work out which side owns the miserable scraps of land that they keep fighting over, then they are stupider than I am, or at the very least far more blinkered.

Google cedes Belgium to Germany

If the Germans take over Holland

Maybe they can pull their teutonic fingers out this time and sort out the crappy beer.

Lower VAT could help small businesses amid recession fears

Icome tax

Mark,

I think that you mean Income Tax.

VAT seems to have been a French invention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT

Singapore forum 'scammer' faces caning and prison

I wonder...

Does Singapore have the same high rates of criminality and anti-social behaviour that we see in Britain?

Perhaps we could learn something from them?

Enraged devil dog lover locks on to Reg photo team

why..

"Why are Cheese and Onion crisps ALWAYS the ones used in any media representation?"

Because Staffys tend to rip the legs off any salt and vinegar proffering babies ( in a gentle way ).

No sense of humour? Avoid Bootnotes

Where's the ...

<ouch>Stop that!<grrngg>

put me down! I didn't mean it

<whimper>

Help!

How BA handles lost luggage complaints: Shock picture

I'd be furious as well

Imagine them only being able to lose 50% of your luggage - it's pure incompetence

Portsmouth student peeled in potato laptop scam

Smile

When a would-be receiver of stolen property gets stung, it brings a smile to the face of honest people.

Apple sued over iPhone caller ID

If you want to know about the quality of American Patents

This one shows what sort of things you can get past the USPTO's examiners:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=T2QKAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=method+of+swinging+on+a+swing&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1_1#PPA2,M1

HTC to include high-res video support in handsets

Buy the next one

That'll work.

Honest.

Japanese whalers lash protesters to mast

A Good idea

"a pirate-esque boarding involing swinging on ropes."

Actually that's not a bad idea, except with them swinging from ropes - hang these two and it'll make the others stop and consider their actions.

Western Digital drive is DRM-crippled for your safety

That's made my next purchase easier

When I buy my new hard disk I won't need to look at Western Digital drives.

Win 2000 anti-virus products fail independent tests

AVG?

What were the results for AVG?

Police tackle crime hotspots with scary warning poster

A New warning sign

How about a new warning sign saying "WARNING: Police salaries are not being paid in this area"? They could place these new signs in areas where they have chosen to place warning signs instead of doing their jobs.

Pol Pot's Merc - yours for £35k

L plate?

Surely If the license plate is L1NUX, you won't be able to put it on any vehicle registered before August 1993?

Man cuffed over Jamie Oliver email threat

A little too ironic

So - they want to get rid of foreigners, but they need to import a Welshman to help them set fire to things.

Morons.