Radio 4 being, as far as I know, the only UK station that broadcasts on Long Wave these days (as well as FM)
Interestingly the long wave is slightly different to the FM version (The long wave version regularly has more shipping forcasts) and for major, reletively unplanned events (such as the replacement of the pope) one version gives in depth coverage, the other regular programming
The big difference between this and a computerised voting system is the ease of linking votes to people. Remember that the number asigned to your vote (and next to your name) is dependent on when you went to vote in the day, and not your number on the electral role.
In the UK the film got a 12A rating from the BBFC (persons under 12 admited with an adult) as are increacingly more films
Local councils still have the right to change the rating policy for any film, but only rarely do so.
The consumer advice from the bbfc is "Contains moderate fantasy violence and scary scenes" although virtually every film has some advice (Finding Nemo "Contains mild peril")
There are certain keywords that appear on webmail services which, if detected could be used to set a block. (Having to change service every few days would be useless).
This would be a better blocking system than using lists of providers since most web hosing companies give you webmail through your own account.
It may also be difficult to explain why you have a webmail page open on your work computer (unless you can manage to open Slashdot in time so as to look busy.
The Pendolinos are just like the voyagers and supervoyagers except they are a little bigger inside. They are fast though, really fast. You really appreachiate the difference when you go to London on one and come back on one of Bransons relics.
The Voyagers are diesel powered, the Pendolinos are electric and can tilt.
Since the Voyagers are powered from underneith the carrages they vibarate more than the old HSTs (with a larger engine car at each end)
I put "Ask for ID" on the back of my credit card where the signature should be.
What do you sign on the credit card slip?
Most shops should not accept cards without signetures, so they should reject a card with only Ask for ID on the back. (unless you sign that as your signeture)
So two houses next to each other (or facing each other) typically have a different postal code?
This is the case in the UK as well (although I don't think you would have to look up the computer to find out the side of the street)
It is confused by some high volume customers having a dedicated box and postcode rather that share a code with their neighbours.
To avoid getting the typical hotspot associated with rear projection, attaching a peice of specialist screen to the underside of the glass table would work.
http://www.harknesshall.com/ sell good (but not that cheap) screen surfaces.
Dunno about Wells Fargo, but all the banks in the UK have been going to these "richer client experience" terminals.
This is most noticeable on the older ATMs that were upgraded to newer animated software (The Clydesdale Bank machines seem to be the worst) where there is a noticeable time lag between button presses.
I think part of the slowness is due to the new 'chip and pin' bank cards in which the machine has to talk to the chip, rather than just read the data from the card.
The watermarking would have to survive the reduction in quality associated with the resolution/bitrate change.
Current cinematic releases (on 35mm film) have the print number visible encoded on the film
Slashdot artical
However since very little pirecy is associated with cinema staff (most are from screener disks sent to reviewers) then it is mostly inefective but irretating for viewers (the coding is also thought not to work)
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I don't know about betamax, but betaSP and digibeta are still used in profesional systems.
They do have the downside of having bigger tapes/players (the last digibeta player I saw came with a warning that it needed two people to lift it)
rather than just a sampling of real world record shops.
I thought that the UK charts were now made up from almost complete sales figures so are difficult to manipulate (without buying thousands of copies). In the past they were only recorded at a few large shops so it was easy to 'influence' the outcome.
the fans were more manipulated than the stats
Unfortunately there is no law (yet) about listening to / playing Westlife
If I have a private party, set up a huge freakin' projection system, and watch the DVD with my friends in the yard, it's still legal.
DVDs are usually licenced for Home use, a private party would not count as home use (even if it takes place in your home).
I have heard of a figure of 12 to 15 people being the limit of home use, although if the DVD is being shown in a public place or for commercial gain (including extra bar sales) then this would definately not be counted as home use.
It is the same in Edinburgh Uni, The main library has a collection of iMacs in one of the labs which are always the last to be used by most people (Possibly because they are on the 4th floor and the PCs are on the 2nd and 3rd floors)
t still only tells you when something is happening, and an (approximate) distance from the detector where it's occurring
It would be possible to walk the aisle (as invigilators often do when they get board) with the detector set to pick up strong signals.
There are very few situations where somebody would need to have a mobile phone turned on in an exam, the institute hosting the exam will have a contact number that could be used in case of an external emergancy. If a candidate became ill the invigilator would need to be notified and the institutes phone could be used.
Most of the UK cinemas have websites that are hard to find out the filmtimes. The best option is to use Scoot since this allows you to bookmark a page showing whats on in all your local cinemas.
Example of Scoot for Edinburgh
As for Odeon Cinemas, they closed down the New Victoria (Odeon Clerk St), a nice 1930s supercinema, and opened a basement 4-plex (on the site of an old ABC they tore down a few years back. However the other multiplexes are not much better.
New double decker busses have been ordered for use in Las Vegas. Double Decker busses provide more seats (than the articulated busses) and take up less road space.
Strangely they are importing them from the UK rather than getting US versions.
Slashdot Mirror
Radio 4 being, as far as I know, the only UK station that broadcasts on Long Wave these days (as well as FM)
Interestingly the long wave is slightly different to the FM version (The long wave version regularly has more shipping forcasts) and for major, reletively unplanned events (such as the replacement of the pope) one version gives in depth coverage, the other regular programming
The big difference between this and a computerised voting system is the ease of linking votes to people. Remember that the number asigned to your vote (and next to your name) is dependent on when you went to vote in the day, and not your number on the electral role.
The screen is the only inflatable part (I would assume that the rest is in a building or trailer)
Inflatable screens are made in the UK by www.harknesshall.com
In the UK the film got a 12A rating from the BBFC (persons under 12 admited with an adult) as are increacingly more films
Local councils still have the right to change the rating policy for any film, but only rarely do so.
The consumer advice from the bbfc is "Contains moderate fantasy violence and scary scenes" although virtually every film has some advice (Finding Nemo "Contains mild peril")
There are certain keywords that appear on webmail services which, if detected could be used to set a block. (Having to change service every few days would be useless).
This would be a better blocking system than using lists of providers since most web hosing companies give you webmail through your own account.
It may also be difficult to explain why you have a webmail page open on your work computer (unless you can manage to open Slashdot in time so as to look busy.
It is likley that MS Office will change in style over time (like it has in the past)
Todays version is different from the DOS or Windows 3.x versions of the past.
They must be using old data, Dunfermline was the Scottish capital (until 1603)
where the theaters basically call you an idiot,
If you work in a cinema you will find that the majority of customers show signs of idiocy.
The Pendolinos are just like the voyagers and supervoyagers except they are a little bigger inside. They are fast though, really fast. You really appreachiate the difference when you go to London on one and come back on one of Bransons relics.
The Voyagers are diesel powered, the Pendolinos are electric and can tilt.
Since the Voyagers are powered from underneith the carrages they vibarate more than the old HSTs (with a larger engine car at each end)
I put "Ask for ID" on the back of my credit card where the signature should be.
What do you sign on the credit card slip?
Most shops should not accept cards without signetures, so they should reject a card with only Ask for ID on the back. (unless you sign that as your signeture)
Some places ask for another card/ alternantive ID if your card is not signed.
So two houses next to each other (or facing each other) typically have a different postal code?
This is the case in the UK as well (although I don't think you would have to look up the computer to find out the side of the street)
It is confused by some high volume customers having a dedicated box and postcode rather that share a code with their neighbours.
To avoid getting the typical hotspot associated with rear projection, attaching a peice of specialist screen to the underside of the glass table would work.
http://www.harknesshall.com/ sell good (but not that cheap) screen surfaces.
Dunno about Wells Fargo, but all the banks in the UK have been going to these "richer client experience" terminals.
This is most noticeable on the older ATMs that were upgraded to newer animated software (The Clydesdale Bank machines seem to be the worst) where there is a noticeable time lag between button presses.
I think part of the slowness is due to the new 'chip and pin' bank cards in which the machine has to talk to the chip, rather than just read the data from the card.
Most cinema ticketing systems run on Windows (some using a customised Access database).
The public terminals run windows as well. I have seen some that were designed to take cash, however they were not reliable to be used for cash sales)
I would be more worried about entering my pin using an on screen keyboard where it would be easy to see what is being typed.
The watermarking would have to survive the reduction in quality associated with the resolution/bitrate change.
Current cinematic releases (on 35mm film) have the print number visible encoded on the film Slashdot artical
However since very little pirecy is associated with cinema staff (most are from screener disks sent to reviewers) then it is mostly inefective but irretating for viewers (the coding is also thought not to work)
I don't know about betamax, but betaSP and digibeta are still used in profesional systems.
They do have the downside of having bigger tapes/players (the last digibeta player I saw came with a warning that it needed two people to lift it)
The catering firm for the local hospital gets paid per per patient
rather than just a sampling of real world record shops.
I thought that the UK charts were now made up from almost complete sales figures so are difficult to manipulate (without buying thousands of copies).
In the past they were only recorded at a few large shops so it was easy to 'influence' the outcome.
the fans were more manipulated than the stats
Unfortunately there is no law (yet) about listening to / playing Westlife
(they even put porn on the side of a building and only got in mild trouble for it)
A UK 'lads' magazine did this by projecting onto the Houses of Parliment
BBC Article
If I have a private party, set up a huge freakin' projection system, and watch the DVD with my friends in the yard, it's still legal.
DVDs are usually licenced for Home use, a private party would not count as home use (even if it takes place in your home).
I have heard of a figure of 12 to 15 people being the limit of home use, although if the DVD is being shown in a public place or for commercial gain (including extra bar sales) then this would definately not be counted as home use.
It is the same in Edinburgh Uni, The main library has a collection of iMacs in one of the labs which are always the last to be used by most people (Possibly because they are on the 4th floor and the PCs are on the 2nd and 3rd floors)
t still only tells you when something is happening, and an (approximate) distance from the detector where it's occurring
It would be possible to walk the aisle (as invigilators often do when they get board) with the detector set to pick up strong signals.
There are very few situations where somebody would need to have a mobile phone turned on in an exam, the institute hosting the exam will have a contact number that could be used in case of an external emergancy. If a candidate became ill the invigilator would need to be notified and the institutes phone could be used.
Most of the UK cinemas have websites that are hard to find out the filmtimes. The best option is to use Scoot since this allows you to bookmark a page showing whats on in all your local cinemas. Example of Scoot for Edinburgh As for Odeon Cinemas, they closed down the New Victoria (Odeon Clerk St), a nice 1930s supercinema, and opened a basement 4-plex (on the site of an old ABC they tore down a few years back. However the other multiplexes are not much better.
New double decker busses have been ordered for use in Las Vegas. Double Decker busses provide more seats (than the articulated busses) and take up less road space.
Strangely they are importing them from the UK rather than getting US versions.
South Nevada Public Transport