The majority of vehicles in the UK have manual gear boxes (stickshift), and any reasonable driver will take it out of gear while waiting at the red light.
The amber warning allows you time to select first gear and prepare to move off.
Not at all true for the UK. SSE is going ahead with commercial trials in Stonehaven and Winchester, after earlier technology trials in Crieff and Cambeltown.
See the SSE site for more info and an interview on ISPReview (2 articles) here and here
I don't see it as enforcing kids to learn Linux (remember the teachers won't know it either), but allowing schools to do more with the available money.
Having the whole class huddling around one PC while the teacher demonstrates something is no way to learn. Each student requires individual access to a PC and applications and that costs money.
Open Office is entirely adequate for the topics my kids are covering
We bought one of these for use in the office as a shared printer. The drivers are hopeless, 100% CPU while spooling, unable to change print options from W2K and XP workstations, support is pathetic. Brother should stick to sewing machines.
Writes both fantasy - Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, two trilogies and Mordant's Need, two books, and SF, The Gap Series, 5 books, which I just reread over Xmas.
In a former life in the UK military (about 20 years ago), I decommisioned a Honeywell DDP-124 (some pictures here) computer from a flight simulator which was to be sent to Australia. Like the Sun beast it was a 72 inch high cabinet. It was crated up and then the transport folks came to collect it for shipment.
Unfortunately they used a fork lift truck to pick it up onto the truck. This was unfortunate because these computers had a 180 lb psu at the top of the cabinet (who designs these things ? I had to change one, and it took three guys and a lot of huffing and puffing).
As the forks were raised, the crate wobbled backforwards and forwards until it fell off the forks onto the road, where the crate and the computer burst open. I hadn't realised how many (hardware) bits were in the computers, amongst many pcb's were 3 drawers of magnetic core memory.
Needless to say the Australians weren't interested in the pile of scrap we swept up from the road.
Slashdot Mirror
The majority of vehicles in the UK have manual gear boxes (stickshift), and any reasonable driver will take it out of gear while waiting at the red light.
The amber warning allows you time to select first gear and prepare to move off.
in a good year they come from Europe!
Not for much longer with this insane VISITOR program. Fingerprinting and mug shots to visit your nice country. No Chance !
One of which is spelt incorrectly.
The word is gauge.
Many moons ago when I was in the Royal Air Force, there was a junior rank of Aircraftsman. This was abbreviated to AC. The female equivalent was ACW.
One unfortunate young girl whose surname was Anker, thus saw her name on orders etc. as ACW Anker. The spacing often left something to be desired.
As I saw on a Channel 4 (UK) Docu last night, the US also used firebombing techniques against Japan.
100,000 were killed in one raid on Tokyo.
See Bombing of Tokyo in World War II.
Not at all true for the UK. SSE is going ahead with commercial trials in Stonehaven and Winchester, after earlier technology trials in Crieff and Cambeltown.
See the SSE site for more info and an interview on ISPReview (2 articles) here and here
I don't see it as enforcing kids to learn Linux (remember the teachers won't know it either), but allowing schools to do more with the available money.
Having the whole class huddling around one PC while the teacher demonstrates something is no way to learn. Each student requires individual access to a PC and applications and that costs money.
Open Office is entirely adequate for the topics my kids are covering
We bought one of these for use in the office as a shared printer. The drivers are hopeless, 100% CPU while spooling, unable to change print options from W2K and XP workstations, support is pathetic. Brother should stick to sewing machines.
Not mentioned yet.
Writes both fantasy - Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, two trilogies and Mordant's Need, two books, and SF, The Gap Series, 5 books, which I just reread over Xmas.
It was about between $15-$20, i forgot, but it came with free black and white ink.
Man, I've got to get me some of those black and white cartridges.
And this is why Nominets decision to require the names and addresses of domain holders, so that they can publish the information is so wrong.
See No to Nominet
Also try Komplett.
Excellent prices and (usually) very quick delivery even if it does come via Oslo.
Their upgrade kits are currently very tempting.
Graham
In a former life in the UK military (about 20 years ago), I decommisioned a Honeywell DDP-124 (some pictures here) computer from a flight simulator which was to be sent to Australia. Like the Sun beast it was a 72 inch high cabinet. It was crated up and then the transport folks came to collect it for shipment.
Unfortunately they used a fork lift truck to pick it up onto the truck. This was unfortunate because these computers had a 180 lb psu at the top of the cabinet (who designs these things ? I had to change one, and it took three guys and a lot of huffing and puffing).
As the forks were raised, the crate wobbled backforwards and forwards until it fell off the forks onto the road, where the crate and the computer burst open. I hadn't realised how many (hardware) bits were in the computers, amongst many pcb's were 3 drawers of magnetic core memory.
Needless to say the Australians weren't interested in the pile of scrap we swept up from the road.