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  1. Speed must be wrong........ on WiMax Hits 100 mph on Rails to Brighton · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We are talking about the UK Train network.

    The maximum speeds is somewhere around 60MPH!!!

  2. Re:but... on Build Your Own Rotary-Dial Cell Phone · · Score: 1
    They just got digital terrestrial over Christmas after living with the 5 freebie channels available in the UK (all they ever wanted). I was floored.
    Its not the quantity that matters, it the quality........
  3. UK Tax Return on Tax Time Again: Any Linux Solutions? · · Score: 1

    In the UK there for free you can use the Inland Revenues online web pagesto complete their forms electronically.

    It takes you through the whole process and at the end the file is submitted and you can generate a PDF version that you can always send to the tax office if you get any problems.

    I've used it the past few years, first year it failed to submit, but as I had the PDF file it was no problem.

    Same EDS wrote it, they haven't got the best record with UK Government contracts...

  4. This must be against the Olympic Charter. on Site Review: 2002 Olympics · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was told that the idea of the Olympic and the charter is to ensure that sport is available to everyone, or as many people as possible. By limiting the sources of information, the accessibility of sport is decreased and this is therefore against the olympic charter.

    This was what I was told around 5 years ago.

  5. Re:It doesn't make any sense on Preliminary Injunction Against SuSE · · Score: 1

    If it is a general term it could be related to YOU application that updates and patches SuSE boxes wih little or no user interaction.

    There is currently no news from any of the official SuSE Mailing lists

  6. UK has had one of these for ages... on Escape from Data Alcatraz · · Score: 1
    Goto thebunker.net and your find a hosting companies that is running in an ex-government nuclear bunker.
    The Bunker is a real bunker, designed to survive a nuclear war. This high tech relic of the Cold War is built to more stringent specifications than other secure colocation facilities.
  7. This idea will not work on Linux On the Desktop: 0.24 Percent? · · Score: 1

    I use konqueror and have been feed up with sites not recognising my browser and compliant with certain technologies, so now alway browse with it to report as IE 5.5 running on Windows 2000.

    Yes I could spend time setting up different settings for all the sites that don't like konqueror, however this solution took a few minutes.

  8. Super fast UK mirror on KDE 3.0 beta 1 is out · · Score: 2, Informative

    If your in the UK and need a fast download of KDE, or just about any other download, try http://www.mirror.ac.uk/ or ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/ unstable/kde-3.0-beta1/ ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/u nstable/kde-3.0-beta1/

  9. One-2-One Email to SMS Service on World's First SMS Text Messaging May Fade Soon · · Score: 1

    I used to use the One-2-One email to SMS service. However then they decided to introduce a charge of 10pence for every SMS message that they sent you. This was for everything.

    If you changed your password, they would send you a message saying password changed and charge you 10pence for that message, if someone send you junk email, you could be charged upto 90pence as the message would be separated in to 9 Text messages and sent to your phone.

    It looks like Orange want to introduce a similar service, and for the average mobile user it is just not feasible.

  10. This happens everywhere using different techniques on Saudi Arabia's 'Great Firewall' · · Score: 1

    censorship of somesort happens everywhere and in every country.

    Luckily the BBC (in the UK) is normally impartial and shows what is really happening across the world. For example I am sure you didn't see pictures of Taliban fighters, who had surrendered and where unarmed, being beaten up by the USA supported Northern Alliance fighters, however I could be wrong or they may given some other impression.

  11. Sega considers axing Dreamcast on Sega Kills Off The Dreamcast · · Score: 1

    Read This BBC News Article that suggest they MAY stop production, but it is one of the many options avaialbe to them.