It isn't a crime in the UK since 1961. Do you think it's right, someone trying attempted suicide, should be thrown in prison for a crime. Right, that's going to help that person get better - i.e. less likely to kill himself/herself?
Killing onself shouldn't be a crime - sure it's taking a life, but it's your own life, your own decision and affects yourself only. Shooting someone else, on the other hand, isn't the victim's decision (if not assisted suicide) and you're affecting someone else's life. That should be a crime. Simple as that. Of course, if the victim was obviously trying to kill you, that's a different thing obviously.
Err, we DO get that sort of warning on our fag packets but titled "Chief Medical Officer's Warning:". We even have large labels on them saying "Smoking kills!" - I think legally tobacco companies has to print them covering about 50% one of the largest sides. Like this and this.
Got a cycling book that covers a wide range of cycling stuff - it essentially suggests braking the rear wheel about halfway, then progressively brake the front wheel, if the rear wheel locks, release the front wheel brake just slightly to let the rear wheel rotate again and hold it there. It's because if the rear wheel locks, you're very close to pitching over but the point right before the rear wheel locks is the best braking effect you're going to get from the bike and braking harder will make the situation a lot worse (pitching over or fishtailing from a locked rear wheel). Also keep arms straight to keep your body as far back as possible to keep the weight nearer to the back of the bike than the front, also to prevent yourself from pitching over from the bike - your arms are the only thing that anchors you to the bike when it's stopping.
I think it's mainly to do with when you hit the bonnet, the bonnet deforms - it's only a thin sheet of metal after all, and your body then comes in contact with the engine/suspension turrets/etc and get really deformed. This lifting bonnet thing gives more room for the body to slow down before hitting the parts inside the engine bay.
I doubt it's "any" - I've got a bluetooth equipped Nokia 6310i (think ancient black and white with pixels as big as dinner plates) and I'd be extremely surprised if I could use it to control my Mac. I think it's mainly Sony Ericsson phones that can do it.
Yeah - there've been lots of talk about putting tidal generators in the Bristol Channel - near where I live, as the Bristol Channel has the 2nd largest tidal range in the world. Of course it's all talk, but I hope this happens.
Not to be a wet blanket or anything, but I'm completely missing the brilliance here. It seems like he's essentially selling rather overpriced banner-ad space, without any content to drive traffic or visitor click-throughs (I guess relying entirely on the notoriety of the site in the press?)
Exactly, that's the point. He's selling rather overpriced banner-ad space and making a load of money out of it. Of course, the idea won't work again. The website will be forgotten in a week and no-one'll click through it, but who cares, he made a million dollars and a few websites saw a large but short jump in number of visitors. He's brilliant in the term of actually thinking up of the idea, implementing it and making it work and run laughing to the bank with the cash. Yes it's a flash in the pan. Yes, it's pooling a shitload of ads onto the web.
Damn, can't express my thoughts well enough here, but oh well, I hope you get my gist;)
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Heh no worries mate - don't be sorry:)
Evidence that Intel wanted everyone to think the P3 was a new generation of processors over the P2:)
Agreed totally but recently I upgraded my mum's computer - she obviously doesn't need 64bit stuff, and I was amazed how few 32bit stuff are still being sold - at my favourite online computer shop, I only saw one 32bit Athlon (a 3GHz Barton) and 4 32bit Semprons being sold, and high end 32bit motherboards were selling for peanuts. I had to buy a Sempron even tho I prefer Athlons - 2nd hand Athlons at the same price has a lower FSB than the Sempron and I figured FSB speed was more important for my mum than raw processor speed. But even tho I got the cheapest possible Sempron, it was still overkill for my mum.
I'm sure in a year or two, 32bit hardware will vanish from this online shop I buy regularly - so say if I upgraded my mum's comptuer next year, I would be forced to use 64 bit stuff even tho she would see zero benefit from it?
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Eh? Thought both the P2 and P3 are 686, and P4 is 786?
Impressive. Those figures sounds about right acutally - the 300w figure I got is just a "worse case" scenario. But I see your point. Your PSU must be good quality then - most PSU's overstate their real abilities - such as a cheap 500w PSU really can only do 300w. Oh well!
Oh yeah. My comment about the system I'm using with a 240w PSU - I got an email back from the company, they said it's possible that the system isn't draining enough power from the PSU on the 12v rail so it shuts down. They suggested me to add in a hard drive to see if it works. Amazing, if that is correct.
Using this website - http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supp ly_Calculator.php?cmd=INTEL - it says your system needs a minimum of 302 watts peak - tho I had to make assumptions about 2 bits in your computer - I chose the Prescott 533 FSB processor and 2 sticks of DDR RAM. Of course, 302 watts is only peak - i.e. if you're really trashing your computer playing graphics heavy games. But even idle and using a 220w PSU? Hmm. Do you get random crashes?
I've got a computer system with the following hardware:
Slot 1 P3 666MHz 133MHz FSB processor 1 x 256mb PC133 memory 1 x PCI network card 1 x Geforce MX4000 graphics card No hard drive No optical drive Floppy drive (only used at bootup) 1 CPU fan
And that's it. And the 240w PSU the above hardware is connected to can't cope! Put on a 350w Enermax PSU I had kicking around gathering dust and no problem. Tho I suspect the PSU is faulty, tho it coped with an Mini-ITX board, with 512mb DDR RAM, 3 fans, 200GB 7200rpm hard drive and 2 x DVB cards that was living in there before without any problems. Oh well, this power supply game is a most annoying one!
Heh, I hope they remember to switch the sides over for RHD cars otherwise those cars will be smashing into other cars rather than in the ditch in countries where they drive on the left:)
The pay per mile thing isn't a fixed amount - you pay more for using certain roads at certain times of the day - so I guess back roads at 3am in the morning will be cheap compared to using the M6 or the M25 at peak hours. Hard to see that from the odometer! Good point re: petrol tax but if they're going to raise it up even further, the government will be burnt down faster than you can say "Petrol strikes!":)
Least you can change the plate number - in the UK, once a car is registered with an unique plate, it has it for life. So, even if someone nicks my plate information, I still have to use the same plate.
Millions? Sure? I've stripped a small car down to its bare shell and rebuilt it. Yes, thousands of small parts, but cannot number in the millions. I mean, if it was in the millions, I'd have taken years to write down each part name and where they go. Took me 2 weeks to do the whole car. Tho I do admit I can take out major parts without needing to break it down further at all - such as taking out a seat basically involves unbolting 8 nuts, removing 4 metal strips and then the whole seat comes out - I don't have to worry about the parts of the seat itself - subframe, seat suspension (the metal grid holding up the foam that is), the recliner mechanism, etc fair enough but even then had to take out a lot of screws and bolts, also there weren't much parts that weren't taken apart. Considering there were nearly one or two common kind of screws - plenty of varieties but plenty similarities. I'd like a source for the "millions of components" bit if at all possible? Cheers!
My microwave has a pretty clever design - it's digital, but has a knob to select the time. It automatically assumes full power if I twist the knob straightaway if I don't choose the power level - twist the knob adds 10 seconds on the time, but if you twist it faster, it adds more time on, such as minutes. I've used it enough so I know exactly how much to twist and it'd add on the exact time I want. So to microwave full power for 2 mins, just twist it just the right amount and right speed and press start. Simple.
Yeah certainly. Was rebuilding my bathroom recently, and I wanted to get an electrical safety certificate - and the amount of rules for bathrooms are enormous in the UK - not allowed to have light switches at all apart from pull cords; no sockets whatosover; shaver sockets must be via a transformer - my shaver socket still does 230v but is safer than a normal socket; all pipes must be earth bonded at the tap end - had to earth the same bit of pipe 3 times just becasue it terminates at 3 taps; lights has to conform to IP regs and there's a varying amount depending the location near water - in baths, need to be IP77 for example, near sinks, IP44 and so on. The list goes on.
The point of this comment? I recently went to Sweden to a relative's house and went to their bathroom and naturally I checked out their electrical safety and I was amazed how lax their system is as opposed to the UK - they had non-waterproof electrical sockets, and so they put their washing machine and dryer in the bathroom, right next to the shower, there were bare light sockets, including one right above the shower - I took care not to direct the spray upwards, sockets right next to the sink, ordinary light switches, and a lot others. I was really scared to go for a shower:) At least I survived!
Nah, not accurate. I always turn off my TV's by the front panel button so it is totally off - i.e. not put it in standby. But when I turn it on, it starts up within a few seconds. That's true for my computer monitors - I always turn it off - i.e. not leave it to go into standby. Then turn them on, they warm up within a few seconds. Of course, if you have a Sony Trinitron, they take a whole lot longer to warm up - my Sony 14" TV takes about 20 to 30 seconds to warm up even from standby.
Hmm, why don't you just scretch your legs, walk over to the TV and actually poke the power button on the TV front? That will make the power current zero watts. Everyone always put their TV on "standby" (i.e. press the power button on the remote) - but I don't - always turn the TV off on the front panel. It will not respond to remote commands or anything when powered off at the front - nothing is lit. Tho annoyingly, when my TV is turned on, it goes straight to standby (showing the "standby" light), so I have to press the power button on the remote to turn it on after pushing the switch at the front.
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It isn't a crime in the UK since 1961. Do you think it's right, someone trying attempted suicide, should be thrown in prison for a crime. Right, that's going to help that person get better - i.e. less likely to kill himself/herself?
Killing onself shouldn't be a crime - sure it's taking a life, but it's your own life, your own decision and affects yourself only. Shooting someone else, on the other hand, isn't the victim's decision (if not assisted suicide) and you're affecting someone else's life. That should be a crime. Simple as that. Of course, if the victim was obviously trying to kill you, that's a different thing obviously.
Err, we DO get that sort of warning on our fag packets but titled "Chief Medical Officer's Warning:". We even have large labels on them saying "Smoking kills!" - I think legally tobacco companies has to print them covering about 50% one of the largest sides. Like this and this.
Got a cycling book that covers a wide range of cycling stuff - it essentially suggests braking the rear wheel about halfway, then progressively brake the front wheel, if the rear wheel locks, release the front wheel brake just slightly to let the rear wheel rotate again and hold it there. It's because if the rear wheel locks, you're very close to pitching over but the point right before the rear wheel locks is the best braking effect you're going to get from the bike and braking harder will make the situation a lot worse (pitching over or fishtailing from a locked rear wheel). Also keep arms straight to keep your body as far back as possible to keep the weight nearer to the back of the bike than the front, also to prevent yourself from pitching over from the bike - your arms are the only thing that anchors you to the bike when it's stopping.
I think it's mainly to do with when you hit the bonnet, the bonnet deforms - it's only a thin sheet of metal after all, and your body then comes in contact with the engine/suspension turrets/etc and get really deformed. This lifting bonnet thing gives more room for the body to slow down before hitting the parts inside the engine bay.
I doubt it's "any" - I've got a bluetooth equipped Nokia 6310i (think ancient black and white with pixels as big as dinner plates) and I'd be extremely surprised if I could use it to control my Mac. I think it's mainly Sony Ericsson phones that can do it.
Yeah - there've been lots of talk about putting tidal generators in the Bristol Channel - near where I live, as the Bristol Channel has the 2nd largest tidal range in the world. Of course it's all talk, but I hope this happens.
Exactly, that's the point. He's selling rather overpriced banner-ad space and making a load of money out of it. Of course, the idea won't work again. The website will be forgotten in a week and no-one'll click through it, but who cares, he made a million dollars and a few websites saw a large but short jump in number of visitors. He's brilliant in the term of actually thinking up of the idea, implementing it and making it work and run laughing to the bank with the cash. Yes it's a flash in the pan. Yes, it's pooling a shitload of ads onto the web.
Damn, can't express my thoughts well enough here, but oh well, I hope you get my gist
Heh no worries mate - don't be sorry :)
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Evidence that Intel wanted everyone to think the P3 was a new generation of processors over the P2
Agreed totally but recently I upgraded my mum's computer - she obviously doesn't need 64bit stuff, and I was amazed how few 32bit stuff are still being sold - at my favourite online computer shop, I only saw one 32bit Athlon (a 3GHz Barton) and 4 32bit Semprons being sold, and high end 32bit motherboards were selling for peanuts. I had to buy a Sempron even tho I prefer Athlons - 2nd hand Athlons at the same price has a lower FSB than the Sempron and I figured FSB speed was more important for my mum than raw processor speed. But even tho I got the cheapest possible Sempron, it was still overkill for my mum.
I'm sure in a year or two, 32bit hardware will vanish from this online shop I buy regularly - so say if I upgraded my mum's comptuer next year, I would be forced to use 64 bit stuff even tho she would see zero benefit from it?
Eh? Thought both the P2 and P3 are 686, and P4 is 786?
Impressive. Those figures sounds about right acutally - the 300w figure I got is just a "worse case" scenario. But I see your point. Your PSU must be good quality then - most PSU's overstate their real abilities - such as a cheap 500w PSU really can only do 300w. Oh well!
Oh yeah. My comment about the system I'm using with a 240w PSU - I got an email back from the company, they said it's possible that the system isn't draining enough power from the PSU on the 12v rail so it shuts down. They suggested me to add in a hard drive to see if it works. Amazing, if that is correct.
Are you sure?
p ly_Calculator.php?cmd=INTEL - it says your system needs a minimum of 302 watts peak - tho I had to make assumptions about 2 bits in your computer - I chose the Prescott 533 FSB processor and 2 sticks of DDR RAM. Of course, 302 watts is only peak - i.e. if you're really trashing your computer playing graphics heavy games. But even idle and using a 220w PSU? Hmm. Do you get random crashes?
Using this website - http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Sup
I've got a computer system with the following hardware:
Slot 1 P3 666MHz 133MHz FSB processor
1 x 256mb PC133 memory
1 x PCI network card
1 x Geforce MX4000 graphics card
No hard drive
No optical drive
Floppy drive (only used at bootup)
1 CPU fan
And that's it. And the 240w PSU the above hardware is connected to can't cope! Put on a 350w Enermax PSU I had kicking around gathering dust and no problem. Tho I suspect the PSU is faulty, tho it coped with an Mini-ITX board, with 512mb DDR RAM, 3 fans, 200GB 7200rpm hard drive and 2 x DVB cards that was living in there before without any problems. Oh well, this power supply game is a most annoying one!
Heh, I hope they remember to switch the sides over for RHD cars otherwise those cars will be smashing into other cars rather than in the ditch in countries where they drive on the left :)
USSA = United Soviet States of America?
Also they've only got 11 satellites in space - can't be all that useful anyway?
The pay per mile thing isn't a fixed amount - you pay more for using certain roads at certain times of the day - so I guess back roads at 3am in the morning will be cheap compared to using the M6 or the M25 at peak hours. Hard to see that from the odometer! Good point re: petrol tax but if they're going to raise it up even further, the government will be burnt down faster than you can say "Petrol strikes!" :)
Least you can change the plate number - in the UK, once a car is registered with an unique plate, it has it for life. So, even if someone nicks my plate information, I still have to use the same plate.
Stolen maybe?
Millions? Sure? I've stripped a small car down to its bare shell and rebuilt it. Yes, thousands of small parts, but cannot number in the millions. I mean, if it was in the millions, I'd have taken years to write down each part name and where they go. Took me 2 weeks to do the whole car. Tho I do admit I can take out major parts without needing to break it down further at all - such as taking out a seat basically involves unbolting 8 nuts, removing 4 metal strips and then the whole seat comes out - I don't have to worry about the parts of the seat itself - subframe, seat suspension (the metal grid holding up the foam that is), the recliner mechanism, etc fair enough but even then had to take out a lot of screws and bolts, also there weren't much parts that weren't taken apart. Considering there were nearly one or two common kind of screws - plenty of varieties but plenty similarities. I'd like a source for the "millions of components" bit if at all possible? Cheers!
My microwave has a pretty clever design - it's digital, but has a knob to select the time. It automatically assumes full power if I twist the knob straightaway if I don't choose the power level - twist the knob adds 10 seconds on the time, but if you twist it faster, it adds more time on, such as minutes. I've used it enough so I know exactly how much to twist and it'd add on the exact time I want. So to microwave full power for 2 mins, just twist it just the right amount and right speed and press start. Simple.
Heh... you got something for your dad and then used it for yourself. Get your dad something for him not for yourself next time eh? :)
Yeah certainly. Was rebuilding my bathroom recently, and I wanted to get an electrical safety certificate - and the amount of rules for bathrooms are enormous in the UK - not allowed to have light switches at all apart from pull cords; no sockets whatosover; shaver sockets must be via a transformer - my shaver socket still does 230v but is safer than a normal socket; all pipes must be earth bonded at the tap end - had to earth the same bit of pipe 3 times just becasue it terminates at 3 taps; lights has to conform to IP regs and there's a varying amount depending the location near water - in baths, need to be IP77 for example, near sinks, IP44 and so on. The list goes on.
:) At least I survived!
The point of this comment? I recently went to Sweden to a relative's house and went to their bathroom and naturally I checked out their electrical safety and I was amazed how lax their system is as opposed to the UK - they had non-waterproof electrical sockets, and so they put their washing machine and dryer in the bathroom, right next to the shower, there were bare light sockets, including one right above the shower - I took care not to direct the spray upwards, sockets right next to the sink, ordinary light switches, and a lot others. I was really scared to go for a shower
Nah, not accurate. I always turn off my TV's by the front panel button so it is totally off - i.e. not put it in standby. But when I turn it on, it starts up within a few seconds. That's true for my computer monitors - I always turn it off - i.e. not leave it to go into standby. Then turn them on, they warm up within a few seconds. Of course, if you have a Sony Trinitron, they take a whole lot longer to warm up - my Sony 14" TV takes about 20 to 30 seconds to warm up even from standby.
Hmm, why don't you just scretch your legs, walk over to the TV and actually poke the power button on the TV front? That will make the power current zero watts. Everyone always put their TV on "standby" (i.e. press the power button on the remote) - but I don't - always turn the TV off on the front panel. It will not respond to remote commands or anything when powered off at the front - nothing is lit. Tho annoyingly, when my TV is turned on, it goes straight to standby (showing the "standby" light), so I have to press the power button on the remote to turn it on after pushing the switch at the front.
Certainly - I found it was far easier to visit Russia (went there a few weeks ago) than the States pre 9/11 (went there 6 years ago). Oh well.