So, to clarify, in Norway there's a 1-2 year no-questions asked warranty, then a 5 year period where manufacturers are legally obliged to fix production errors?
We have the exact same here in the UK, except it's 6 years.
They did, many years ago when standalone CD players were very expensive and not a conflicting business to the radio manufacturers. Then the price of player components started dropping it then made sense for them to start making CD-changers. Removing the line-in port meant to get CDs playing in the car [1] you had to buy their expensive changer rather than use a slightly cheaper standalone player made by someone else.
[1] Nobody really went for in-deck CD players back then as it was before the days of cheap CD-Rs and tape was the only way to make your own compilations. There were also issues with damping that changers handled much better, now solved with large electronic buffers. There was also more fear back then of damaging CDs, hasn't gone away but we're more used to it now.
It's a bug for those morons who beleive the crackpots who tell them that entering 123 as a dialling prefix gives them free movies. The box then dials that prefix just as it's been told to, and once the exchange gets as far as the 3 it'll then connect to the clock.
For a pure, unmolested box, there's no bug.
The box office system works by having a credit on the viewing card, viewings are stored and then cleared once the box dials up everything gets added to the bill. By fooling the machine into thinking a phone line is connected (bogus prefix, or simple pp9 battery hack), you can get away with free movies up to the viewing card credit. If it's ever let to dial in though, those free movies will then not be free as it'll then have a connection to the billing, and you'll get billed.
It's possible to just 'lose' a card once you've hit the limit, but Sky will start charging for replacements if you keep on 'losing' the card.
white on British OS maps (as opposed to yellow) means no tarmac
A common misconception, but no, it doesn't. White means unclassified. As in not a Motorway, A road, B road, or a C/D/U depending on local authority classification scheme. There's plenty of white roads with tarmac, try the Old Military Road in north Dartmoor for one, and unless you're on a majorish road, you'll probably find the street you live on is infact white. Is it tarmaced?
The LINK network predated the free withdrawals by a number of years. From their website:
How was LINK created?
LINK was formed in the mid 1980s to allow the smaller banks and building societies to compete against the cash machine networks of the larger banks. Using the concept of a central switch (unlike the big bank sharing arrangements) the LINK network was able to grow quickly and rival the bank sharing arrangements in size. By 1998, all the major UK banks and building societies operating in the money transmission areas had become network Members, enabling their ATMs to be shared by the other Members of the network.
It wasn't the impetus behind offering free withdrawals. FWIR, one of the big bank networks (the Natwest/Midland ATM alliance, IIRC) joined into the already well established LINK network and decided to absorb the fees charged by the foreign bank, effectively giving free withdrawals anywhere. The rest of the banks/BS were steamrollered into doing the same. Those charges still actually exist, but the customer never has to pay them anymore.
In the UK you are allowed to record for time-shifting, it's actually defined as an exemption in the statutes. You're not allowed to archive the recording or lend it out though.
You do know the doors are not the reason for withdrawing the mk1/2 coaches commonly known as the slam door stock? Passenger opening doors are still in use in the Mk3 stock (you might know these as Intercity coaches), and they're perfectly allowed by the HSE.
The early stock is being withdrawn as the compartment is bolted rather weakly onto the chassis, with the result that the two will seperate in the event of a crash. Imagine the top deck of a double decker striking a low bridge and it's pretty much the same effect, but worse.
Just checked this out. There is an EU directive which in part calls for harmonisation across the states with regards to consumer protection. Some states were lobbied by their consumer groups to take this to mean offering a 2 year warranty in line with other countries.
Others just made law what the directive required.
You can find the directive here: http://europa.eu.int/comm/consumers/policy/ develop ments/guar/guar01_en.pdf
Makes little difference now. With all the various mergers, ITV1 has launched as a nationwide brand, and apart from the odd indie still remaining somewhere, there's hardly any regional differences, apart from local news. They don't even have their own idents any more, it's all a single ITV1 ident.
And on the A31 around Ringwood. Westbound only, IIRC.
Whilst bright, they are annoying as hell. To conserve power, the LEDs aren't permanently lit, and cycle at somewhere between 30-50hz.
BTW, the exact stretch on the A24 is the flat junction at Dial Post. A notorious blackspot, and rather than build a safer junction like any other sensible country would, they've laid a 'safety' camera and the new road studs. Better hope you've got time to see that vehicle pulling out whilst re-focusing on your speed.
11 TBMs in total were used. Don't forget the main tunnel started at the coast at Shakespeares Cliff and Sangatte, rather than at the terminals. The British used 6 - three running under the sea, three running back towards the terminal. The French used 5 - three running towards Kent, and only two to the terminal, they dug one bore first before reassembling the TBM at Sangatte to dig the other bore.
I'm not sure of how many of the 6 sent towards the middle were buried and how many dismantled, but certainly the 5 finishing at the terminal sites would have been available for reuse. Some are currently boring from Stratford to St Pancras for CTRL phase 2.
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The VAG 1.8T (originally Audi engine, later used by VW) does differ between the versions. The 150 and 180s are only changed by software, but the 225 is a much stronger engine (better pistons etc), has a bigger turbo (K04 rather than a K03), and I think bigger injectors, but not sure on that.
Yeah, there are companies taking the 150/180s upto about 220hp on software only, but it's not going be reliable in the long run.
Even if you don't know what's about, it's helpfull to know which way is which. Keep walking in the same way, and you'll hit something, sometime. If you have no reference for direction, you'll end up in circles.
Vichy france was allowed to exist only if the Vichy french supported the Germans - this included firing on the incoming allies; the other option was losing Vichy France to the Germans. Soon enough, the French stopped firing, and as punishment Germany then took over all of France, hence ending the Vichy treaty.
The exiled French Government in London did not support Vichy in any way.
Such a system has been in place in the UK for years. The Trafficmaster system has a network of blue poles with cameras on every trunk route in the UK. It monitors and matches portions of numberplates running through the system to calculate average speed.
The numberplates recorded are supposed to only be the middle portion of the plate, not the whole plate; and the data is supposed to be thrown away after use...
Precisely - the 12 mile point isn't retroactive, otherwise France could lay claim to Jersey, lying within 6 miles of her coast.
What's still at question though is whether Sealand is an independant state. No other country has actually recognised it as such yet, instead UK and others have taken to ignoring the matter really, which 'Prince' Roy Bates has taken to mean it's his.
Should UK plc want it back, I'm sure they could, but whether they can be bothered is a different matter.
Yep, they're still made. My town bike has one, and it's a cinch to service and setup if you just read the tech manual. I'd say more reliable than derailers, and last a hell of a lot longer. I've dated the hub in this at 1963, the teeth, chain and mechs on my MTBs have been lucky to last more than a few years.
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We have the exact same here in the UK, except it's 6 years.
[1] Nobody really went for in-deck CD players back then as it was before the days of cheap CD-Rs and tape was the only way to make your own compilations. There were also issues with damping that changers handled much better, now solved with large electronic buffers. There was also more fear back then of damaging CDs, hasn't gone away but we're more used to it now.
For a pure, unmolested box, there's no bug.
The box office system works by having a credit on the viewing card, viewings are stored and then cleared once the box dials up everything gets added to the bill. By fooling the machine into thinking a phone line is connected (bogus prefix, or simple pp9 battery hack), you can get away with free movies up to the viewing card credit. If it's ever let to dial in though, those free movies will then not be free as it'll then have a connection to the billing, and you'll get billed.
It's possible to just 'lose' a card once you've hit the limit, but Sky will start charging for replacements if you keep on 'losing' the card.
A common misconception, but no, it doesn't. White means unclassified. As in not a Motorway, A road, B road, or a C/D/U depending on local authority classification scheme. There's plenty of white roads with tarmac, try the Old Military Road in north Dartmoor for one, and unless you're on a majorish road, you'll probably find the street you live on is infact white. Is it tarmaced?
It wasn't the impetus behind offering free withdrawals. FWIR, one of the big bank networks (the Natwest/Midland ATM alliance, IIRC) joined into the already well established LINK network and decided to absorb the fees charged by the foreign bank, effectively giving free withdrawals anywhere. The rest of the banks/BS were steamrollered into doing the same. Those charges still actually exist, but the customer never has to pay them anymore.
In the UK you are allowed to record for time-shifting, it's actually defined as an exemption in the statutes. You're not allowed to archive the recording or lend it out though.
The Racial and Religious Hatred Bill; there's a BBC reference here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4075442.stm
The early stock is being withdrawn as the compartment is bolted rather weakly onto the chassis, with the result that the two will seperate in the event of a crash. Imagine the top deck of a double decker striking a low bridge and it's pretty much the same effect, but worse.
Nah, that's just thousands to one. Try standing on one leg.
Just checked this out. There is an EU directive which in part calls for harmonisation across the states with regards to consumer protection. Some states were lobbied by their consumer groups to take this to mean offering a 2 year warranty in line with other countries.
/ develop ments/guar/guar01_en.pdf
Others just made law what the directive required.
You can find the directive here:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/consumers/policy
Vauxhall is Vox-all (it's named after part of London, hence no 'h' ;) ). Citroen is pronounced Sit-tron.
Makes little difference now. With all the various mergers, ITV1 has launched as a nationwide brand, and apart from the odd indie still remaining somewhere, there's hardly any regional differences, apart from local news. They don't even have their own idents any more, it's all a single ITV1 ident.
Whilst bright, they are annoying as hell. To conserve power, the LEDs aren't permanently lit, and cycle at somewhere between 30-50hz.
BTW, the exact stretch on the A24 is the flat junction at Dial Post. A notorious blackspot, and rather than build a safer junction like any other sensible country would, they've laid a 'safety' camera and the new road studs. Better hope you've got time to see that vehicle pulling out whilst re-focusing on your speed.
I'm not sure of how many of the 6 sent towards the middle were buried and how many dismantled, but certainly the 5 finishing at the terminal sites would have been available for reuse. Some are currently boring from Stratford to St Pancras for CTRL phase 2.
The VAG 1.8T (originally Audi engine, later used by VW) does differ between the versions. The 150 and 180s are only changed by software, but the 225 is a much stronger engine (better pistons etc), has a bigger turbo (K04 rather than a K03), and I think bigger injectors, but not sure on that.
Yeah, there are companies taking the 150/180s upto about 220hp on software only, but it's not going be reliable in the long run.
Even if you don't know what's about, it's helpfull to know which way is which. Keep walking in the same way, and you'll hit something, sometime. If you have no reference for direction, you'll end up in circles.
And the Italians were on whose side initially?
Vichy france was allowed to exist only if the Vichy french supported the Germans - this included firing on the incoming allies; the other option was losing Vichy France to the Germans. Soon enough, the French stopped firing, and as punishment Germany then took over all of France, hence ending the Vichy treaty.
The exiled French Government in London did not support Vichy in any way.
Current trend though is 8 episodes a season, with 24-26 minute shows rather than 29 minutes to allocate space for adverts on other networks.
The numberplates recorded are supposed to only be the middle portion of the plate, not the whole plate; and the data is supposed to be thrown away after use...
A smart car being an extreme example and vw lupo being an example of a smaller, more economical car with better use of interior space...
What's still at question though is whether Sealand is an independant state. No other country has actually recognised it as such yet, instead UK and others have taken to ignoring the matter really, which 'Prince' Roy Bates has taken to mean it's his.
Should UK plc want it back, I'm sure they could, but whether they can be bothered is a different matter.
Yep, they're still made. My town bike has one, and it's a cinch to service and setup if you just read the tech manual. I'd say more reliable than derailers, and last a hell of a lot longer. I've dated the hub in this at 1963, the teeth, chain and mechs on my MTBs have been lucky to last more than a few years.
I take it you're from the UK... that's 30mpg on 87 octane for you 'merkins out there.
The A4 would be different to a Jetta, they're different cars...
Engine wise, most of the current VW engines have come from Audi.