Ok. Our public transport system is a pile of shit. The former "envy of the world" that is the NHS is collapsing. House prices are rising at 20-25% year on year, while wages are rising at something like 2%. Ya pay more tax, ya get better public services. The problem with the UK is we want US-style taxation with European-level public services. Sorry, never gonna happen. Pick one or the other.
Glasgow? Why Glasgow (as opposed to say Liverpool or Manchester? Or even Belfast?) I've never fully understood why Glasgow still has such a bad reputation. ASUI, the crime rate in Edinburgh (per capita) is quite a bit worse.
I've done that in Dixons before. (UK's answer to Best Buy or Circuit City.) Saturday boy asks me if he can help me while I'm looking at TVs. "Yes, I'd like a blank stare, please." Works a charm.:-)
At last! The way MS can finally win over us determined nay-sayers. Send us all chocolates and hookers. Hell, if they did this on a regular basis, I'd even run WfW 3.11.
'Tis voluntary, you know. They only allow people who've been shopping there a while do it, too - they need to trust you. You can flirt with the staff all you want.:-)
How about a built in scanner so you can see how much something costs or keep track of how much you are spending?
One of the supermarkets in the UK does something like this. Sainsbury's, I think. Even better, they trust you. You carry a barcode scanner with you (there's a holder for it on the trolley), and scan all the stuff you put in your trolley. It keeps a running total on it's screen, and at the check out you just hand over the reader. You need to be a member of their loyalty card scheme, and you do get random manual checks every so often, but it seems like a great queue saver.
Different networks in the UK have different policies on this, too. Vodafone and O2 (nee Cellnet) have never SIM-locked contract phones. Orange and T-Mobile (nee one2one) lock all there phones to there network. (A PITA if you do the sensible thing and buy a local pay-as-you-go type SIM instead of roaming.) On the other hand, apparently Vodafone now SIM-lock PAYG phones not only to Vodafone, but the the specific SIM.
AFAUI, CDs are read from the inside out. The "standard" TOC is the first thing on the disc. In multisession discs, another TOC is written on the outside edge. CD-ROMs and other multi-session readers read this first, so in these CDs it confuses them. Non-multi-session players are fine, as they don't even look there.
Balls. Take a look at the coverage maps on BT's site. (www.bt.com/broadband). Both Wales and Scotland have REALLY crappy coverage - about 1/3 of homes. London has 99%, and the South East about 75%, but most other areas are about 50-60%. It might be widely available in S.E. England, but not in the UK as a whole.
There are very few non-ADSL areas where cable is available at all, so these figures are a good indication of broadband availabilty.
Strangely, libraries and schools have even worse coverage than homes. I suppose that shows the governments commitment to broadband.
(Oh, and I'm in Edinburgh and quite happy with my Blueyonder cable modem, so I'm not moaning.)
I had this reply stating that I did not need a licence as long as the equipment was not used for receiving broadcasts. I wrote back asking them to confirm how I could prove that I was in the clear if a Licensing Inspector were to call. They sent me this reply stating that de-tuning the equipment is sufficient.
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Season 7 is on Sky One (pay-TV only). Ordinary TV (i.e. BBC Two) is currently mid way through Season 6.
Crikey. I actually put right instead of write.
66 * (2^24) +
35 * (2^16) +
250 * (2^8) +
150 * (2^0)
=
66 * 16777216 +
35 * 65536 +
250 * 256 +
150 * 1
=
1107296256 +
2293760 +
64000 +
150
=
1109654166
An IP address is just a 32 bit number. How you right it is just convention.
Ok. Our public transport system is a pile of shit. The former "envy of the world" that is the NHS is collapsing. House prices are rising at 20-25% year on year, while wages are rising at something like 2%. Ya pay more tax, ya get better public services. The problem with the UK is we want US-style taxation with European-level public services. Sorry, never gonna happen. Pick one or the other.
Yet most people would agree that hacking/chipping consoles so you can play stolen games is illegal, even if you don't think it's unethical.
But how about hacking/chipping your console to play unlicensed - but not illegally copied - games, which is more equivilent to what we have here?
If it is, does he - along with the wheeled warriors - fight the many changing forms of Sorbos?
Glasgow? Why Glasgow (as opposed to say Liverpool or Manchester? Or even Belfast?) I've never fully understood why Glasgow still has such a bad reputation. ASUI, the crime rate in Edinburgh (per capita) is quite a bit worse.
Ah, but the fact that there is no irony in that song IS ironic. Maybe that was the point....
(Wait, that's crediting the warbling angst-ridden songstress with intelligence. Seems unlikely.)
I've done that in Dixons before. (UK's answer to Best Buy or Circuit City.) Saturday boy asks me if he can help me while I'm looking at TVs. "Yes, I'd like a blank stare, please." Works a charm. :-)
They're also screwing up the market for really nice hardware like this. Which is a shame, too, as I was thinking of buying one.
At last! The way MS can finally win over us determined nay-sayers. Send us all chocolates and hookers. Hell, if they did this on a regular basis, I'd even run WfW 3.11.
'Tis voluntary, you know. They only allow people who've been shopping there a while do it, too - they need to trust you. You can flirt with the staff all you want. :-)
How about a built in scanner so you can see how much something costs or keep track of how much you are spending?
One of the supermarkets in the UK does something like this. Sainsbury's, I think. Even better, they trust you. You carry a barcode scanner with you (there's a holder for it on the trolley), and scan all the stuff you put in your trolley. It keeps a running total on it's screen, and at the check out you just hand over the reader. You need to be a member of their loyalty card scheme, and you do get random manual checks every so often, but it seems like a great queue saver.
Different networks in the UK have different policies on this, too. Vodafone and O2 (nee Cellnet) have never SIM-locked contract phones. Orange and T-Mobile (nee one2one) lock all there phones to there network. (A PITA if you do the sensible thing and buy a local pay-as-you-go type SIM instead of roaming.) On the other hand, apparently Vodafone now SIM-lock PAYG phones not only to Vodafone, but the the specific SIM.
AFAUI, CDs are read from the inside out. The "standard" TOC is the first thing on the disc. In multisession discs, another TOC is written on the outside edge. CD-ROMs and other multi-session readers read this first, so in these CDs it confuses them. Non-multi-session players are fine, as they don't even look there.
Apparently the Greeks do. 44th in a list of corruption in the UK papers today, and last of the EU member states.
Yeah, I know. It's a pain in the ass. Damn Telewest. And I want all my FilmFour channels, too.
We didn't. We made it up. :-)
Dingwalln away
Nairn
Peterhead
Forres
Fort William
Oban
Mallaig
Kirkwall
Stromness
Stor
Want me to keep going?
Balls. Take a look at the coverage maps on BT's site. (www.bt.com/broadband). Both Wales and Scotland have REALLY crappy coverage - about 1/3 of homes. London has 99%, and the South East about 75%, but most other areas are about 50-60%. It might be widely available in S.E. England, but not in the UK as a whole.
There are very few non-ADSL areas where cable is available at all, so these figures are a good indication of broadband availabilty.
Strangely, libraries and schools have even worse coverage than homes. I suppose that shows the governments commitment to broadband.
(Oh, and I'm in Edinburgh and quite happy with my Blueyonder cable modem, so I'm not moaning.)
True, but if you have a signed letter from the TV licensing authority saying you don't need a licence, your pretty much covered.
No, it's not. From http://www.jifvik.org/tv/ -
I had this reply stating that I did not need a licence as long as the equipment was not used for receiving broadcasts. I wrote back asking them to confirm how I could prove that I was in the clear if a Licensing Inspector were to call. They sent me this reply stating that de-tuning the equipment is sufficient.
What, like Big Brother?
If you have a VCR, you have to have the tuner removed from it to avoid paying the licence.
As I understand it, simply ensuring that the tuner is tuned away from any broadcasting channels is enough.
I fail to see the socialism in the current Labour Party.