Well said, I am from the UK,, so my view may be different. My first car was a limited edition Ford Escort Encore (made in Germany). It was a beautiful well built car, that was robust and reliable. My current car is a Mercedes Benz C-Class from 10 years back. It too is a well-built robust car.
If i was to buy a new car now, woudl i go for a Merc again? Unliekly, as I feel their workmanship have gone DOWN in recent times and it feels like they are smaller (My old C-Class feels a LOT bigger inside than new E-Classes).
Here in Europe, where Cellphones with cameras are very common, it makes it somewhat easier to proove the point, especially if it is a cellphone with video recording capabilities.
However, on saying that, here in the UK, we do not usually have these sort of tactics used. Sure there may be a security officer at the exit (usually hired as a contractor, and not in the employ of the company), but he/she rarely stops people unless there is a genuine cause.
Instead there is a security tag system on most goods, which prevents casual shoplifters, and a combination of video cameras/sensors linked to the checkout barcode readers and security tag disarming device whcih ensures the employees are kept straight too.
As far as i know.. only Costco implements any such check on exit.
When you are down in the dumps, sometimes suicide seems to be the only option. I knwo I have been down the exact route you talk about 2 and a half years ago. I too did that research, and actually found it.
Luckily I had a massive reality check, and realised what a clown i was being.....
This comes to the first stage of trying to research on the internet.. never believe a word said there.. rememebr Suicide is very much a taboo thing, and since NOONE gets to report "successful conclusions", you only get heresay..
Secondly, that not a lot of people think, is that everyone assumes that suicide attempts are largely successfull, and in reality most are NOT. And what happens when it fails?
well at the least end of the scale, you will feel like a prat afterwards. If you are caught doing it, you are likely to be put on a mental health register, which is a far worse fate. or at the other end of the scale, you could cause a lifetime injury which woudl REALLY make you want to wish you would die.
The happy thing in my story is, now I am married to a wonderful wife, I have a great house, a great life, good family, and a lot of opportunities. To think I could have pissed all this down the toilet...
As such, i for one woudl liek to see some consensus on such information on the web. Yes we live in a "free speech" society, true, but in this case, suicidal people are not really thinking straight. I know. because i was on that path. Making such informaiton readily available on the internet only makes it easier to influence an already unstable mind seeking for a way out, into a false "solution".
My advice is to save that money you sugested, and spend it on a somethign positive for yourself, either professional help, or even a holiday, depending on who you are. And who knows, life may turn out better.
There are some JAVA MIDP web browsers avaialable, that work ok on the SonyEricsson. You may have to google around for it (or look at the Esato Forum which is a good starting point for all things SonyEricsson http://esato.com/board/
The thing is MIDP ver 1.0 is not very capable, the SE V800 is a MIDP 2.0 compatible phone, which is far more capable, but I dont know if any web browsers are available for MIDP 2.0.
I was going to suggest using the inbuilt browser (I have a SE S700i), which is usually quite good at rendering most web pages, but looking at the fact that you own a V800, it woudl be a Vodafone "bastardised" phone, right? which means its probably been restricted in what it can/cant do.
I try not to get so religious as you do. Yes I have developed in both languages, and both have their advantages and disadvantages. You should use the right tools for the job.
I prefer Java over C# when I am developing software for a Mobile phone (J2ME support). I prefer Java when I am developing servlets. Or indeed anything that should run on any OS/Platform, and not just windows.
I prefer C# when developing Windows Applications.
As for the IDEs, I wouldnt say that ALL IDEs for Java are rubbish. I would say that netbeans IDE is a robust enough IDE. Sure its not visual, but it sure is robust, and its free (and source code is available). ALso someone mentioned eclipse, which I am just tryign out, and certainly looks good. This is one advantage for Java, because you do have a choice of IDEs.
You were at brunel at that time? hmm.. so was i, and yes '97 summer was gorgeous! but you missed 2003 which was an absolute scorder.. the whole summer... 2004 was a bit of a wet drib..
Actually, i find on years ending in an odd number, tend to be sunny, but years ending in an even number are a bit cooler.. its been like that for 7 or 8 years now..
I Love England, its my home, and what you said is very True.. the English are VERY good at self deprecating humour, and unfortunately it does stick sometimes.
But on a recent trip to Paris (which was nice.. btw) I still think Engalnd has its redeeming points, and is more pleasurable in day to day life.
You said a good point about the bread.. I LOVE the english bloomer loaf made at the bakery.. i think nothing quite comes close. American bread doesnt have that taste, that softness.
Then I must be really in heaven! <BOAST> - I have a job with an American Salary, with European work standards - A British home in the country - An Indian wife(actually SriLankan.. same thing), who REALLY knows how to look after her man (cooking, love, sex, etc) - A German car - a swiss accountant - only need to hop across the channel to experience the french </BOAST>
god my real life karma must be as good as my slashdot karma!
I sent a telegram to my wife last week, and before that, I sent a traditional snail letter... instead of the usual email/sms. (I work away from her, seeing her only in the weekends)
sure, it costs money.... but emotions that sparked the sex i got afterwards was worth every penny...
When it comes to women, they sure love their letters delivered by the postie.. and the telegram also had a nice effect...
Only once i seen a popped PSU, and that was because i forgot to chaneg the voltage from 110Volts to 220Volts (i live in the UK).. nice bang you know.. and lots of pretty pretty capacitor fluff flying around...
You are correct in that its better to have more positive pressure inside a case, but this can be a issue in terms of cooling, as it raises the ambient temp inside the case. It is also vital to maintain a continous airflow, like a vortex around the components. This helps dissipitate the warm air around hot components, and tehn the extractor fans are more effective. to also add to that (this have the usefull side effect of not allowing dust to "settle")
Although I have more "outtake" fans than Intake ones, the outtake fans are controlled by the PSU via temp monitoring equipement inside, so rarely work at maximum, ensuring positive pressure most of the time, since the intakes are always at max (cooling the SCSI HD array).
Ok, let me explain. I have a Lian Li MiniTower case, with a post fitted transparent side. And it has two filtered intakes at the front. Althoguh it can be adjusted in speed, I leave it at the high position, as they are quite quiet in operation. The filter is washable, and I wash it every month or so. The outtake fans are as follows, there is two fans inside the PSU, one sucking air into the PSU from the CPU area, and one pushing it out of the PSU. Below the PSU there is another outake fan (PSU Controlled) and an outtake fan on top of the case (top exhaust- also PSU controlled). the PSU also controls the Chipset fan (for noise reasons).
The intakes rush over the HD cage, keepign the Hard disks at 26C (even after hours of continous use, the HDs are relatively cool to touch). Since the HDs are the single biggest heat generators after the CPU, and GPU (which have their own fans). Keeping them cool helps reduce the ambient temp inside the case. Because the intakes are significantly more than required to cool the HD's also provides fresh cool air into the case.
Now comes the next trick. If I had just left it like that, the air being forced into the case will immeadiately be sucked back out via the extractors following a "Z" shape, and warmth still builds up in the PCI card area. Fitting a side intake does NOT improve it much, only adding more noise, and not significantly cooling the ambient temp across all parts. Remeber heat is supposed to rise, but those cards stacked away in that area prevents the heat from rising, and with SCSI cables getting in the way, it causes even more stagnation.
I tried using dividers to help direct the intakes over the PCI slots, but the force of the intakes dissipitate with distance, and it was not effective, and the dividers then prevented heat from rising, causing more issues than they solved.
So to solve that problem, i have put a single fan inside the case, just over the PCI/AGP cards SInce this fan is not exposed to the outside, I am runnign it at max speed all the time - you really cannot hear it over any of the other fans. This fan moves the air surrounding cards, and because of the way the cards are laid out, it forces the air to the back of the PCI cards, towards the center of the case, where they enter the huge "void" in the middle of the case, and rise to get sucked out by the extractors. Fresh air is brought in via the grills above the PCI slots to maintain positive airflow, so although this fan is not esspecially a intake fan, the way it works provides an intake suction. The use of this fans also make any headsink applied to PCI cards more effective too, as fresh moving air is carried over it.
To actually see it all in action, I hung small white treads at various points in the case, and since i have a transparent panel with a Cathode inside, you can actually see the air now moving effeictively through different parts of the case, with no "vortexs" appearing (vortexs are circling air, where although air is moving in a circle, it doesnt really go anywhere).
This may sound overkill for noise reasons, but with the fan controller only providing max power when it is required, most of the fans run at relatively low RPMs, giving a very low pitched hum, as opposed to a high pitched whine, which is annoying. The "al
I agree, I have run XP/2000 for years, and except for a period where I had an underpowered PSU, I have never experienced blue screens or application errors. It IS a very "stocked up" computer, with a LOT of fancy hardware (Bluetooth, Wireless, TV card, SB Audigy2ZS Pro, SCSI, etc). Its solid as a rock, and i dont "shut down" at the end of the day, instead I either Hibernate or Suspend, and my total uptime is now over 500 hours.
It depends on how your expertise on using XP. I would the same about Linux. I am not as knowledgeable in using Linux as I am in Windows, but again, my view is a crappily configured Linux box is just as unstable. The good thing abotu Linux is that most if not all distros come with sensible configurations, which means less tweaking afterwards, whilst XP requires a *lot* of tweaking.
On my System which is: Athlon XP2400+ 4x SCSI HD CDwriter DVD ROM, Soundblaster Audigy (with external Audigy Box powered from the computer) Radeon 9600, plus a lot of other toys such as wireless kb& mouse, card readers, etc..
I used to get many blue screens on XP. Since i had a supposedly good 350 Watt Powersupply, which in fact it WAS a good powersupply, just not ENOUGH at full load. I thought at first it was just crappy XP, because Linux seemed to work better.... (actually it was because the power drain on Linux was somewhat less, as I wasnt using the Radeon to its max, nor the soundcard )
I was told that maybe my powersupply was inadquate, so I purchased an Antec Trupower 430Watt power supply for £70. Ever since, XP has NEVER BSOD on me, and has been running extremely stable. To be honest, I have forgotten what a BSOD looks like now...
PS/2 connectors were originally not designed to be "hot plugabble". I am not sure why, but when i worked as a trainee engineer in 1994/1995, we had a high incident of Mouse controller failures where the PS/2 mouse was disconnected or connected whilst the system was switched on. It wouldnt happen straight away, but over time it would fail. Whether this issue still happens now, with modern integrated chipsets, I havent a clue, but you can assume that its still unhealthy.
This is why in Windows 95 or WIndows 98, if a mouse was not present at startup, the warning box would display "Windows did not detect a mouse connected to your computer. If you have a serial port mouse, you may plug it in now and press enter to continue. If you have a PS/2 mouse, please switch off your computer and then plug it in."
"I'm surprised to hear that Microsoft's refusal to adopt international standards in their browser actually thwarts a potential phishing attack rather than aiding it."
hey.. dont tell them that.. we actually want MS to ADD support, not remove it in the future....
New IE7, now with less CSS support, FOR YOUR SECURITY!!!!
And before you laugh.. rememebr we are touting Firefox is more secure, because of lack of ActiveX.
(Before you call me a troll, put yourself in the shoes of Joe Bloggs who hasnt a clue nor does care about the dangers of ActiveX)
It is the built in immobilisor.. i have a mercedes.. the built in immobilisor is switched on and off by a combination of the door, and the lock..... still get it checked out..
Its the immobilisor on your car is a bit screwey.. the immobilisor is connected to the door, and the lock. Get your immobiliser checked up.
I had a similar-ish problem on my Merc (aslo has a Bosch Ignition/Security system). My battery went flat, and i was trying to Jump start it, and despite everythign, the car just woudl not start, even with a jump cable attached. The starter motor wouldnt turn at all, dead.. then for some weird reason i locked and unlocked the dirver door, and bingo hte thing started... then it slowly dawned to me what happend...
Although I do have an independant Laserline Alarm system, the in-built system still exists.
WHen the battery was flat, opening the driver door to get in doesnt manage to open the other doors via the central locking (power is totally dead). WHen i then connect the jump leads, and try to start, the central locking is still in the locked posistion (only the driver door is open) therefore the in-built immobilisor kicks in.... locking/unlocking the door clears this, adn allows the engine to start..
This is why i also dumped my Palm m505/ SonyEricsson T68 combo...
I ended up with a SonyEricsson P800, which was a better phone than the T68i, and a better PDA than the Palm. Plus it had decent MP3/Ogg support (Ogg via software). Did more, read word files direct, blah blah blah...
After 2 years of INTENSIVE service, i have just replaced the P800 with a SOnyEricsson S700i, which despite NOT being a smartphone, has enough PDA features to satisfy me.
I know, I went to Canada in September last year, and I really liked the very constructive and peacefull opposition to the war that was present. Very good viewpoints were given.
The thing which I was trying to highlight in my previous comment was that the British people were very much like the Canadians, it was only because our government refused to listen that some turned more radical in their opposition.
When will governments learn that if you oppress the views of the public too much, people will stop being quite so rational....
And anyone who thinks the British public are "isolationists" who dont give a damn about people in other countries, I just have to look at the contributions of the British Public in raising money for the tsunami funds, which at many points exceeded the government's contributions. And the generousity is at all levels.
At my wife's nursing home, an old man graciously donated £100 to sponsor my wifes 24hour silence to raise money. He died the next day.
The point is, the number of citizens who truely and really wanted to help, and our dumb arse prime minister was in egypt on holiday.
Something us brits are learning the hard way. I wish the British government had the same sort of backbone as the Canadian goverment.
The Canadians have a lot to loose if any tension occurs between them and the US, far more than the British, yet they have been able to stand their ground well, whilst still maintaining the level of co-operation with the US, unlike our "sell out" government of Teflon Tony, who seems to totally ignore the British public.
And aside point, initially the British public didnt exactly say NO to the invasion of IRAQ, just that we were concerned about HOW it was going to be done. When our voices were not being heard, thats when many people decided to do towards the anti war message, in order to poke our government into action.
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Well said, I am from the UK,, so my view may be different. My first car was a limited edition Ford Escort Encore (made in Germany). It was a beautiful well built car, that was robust and reliable. My current car is a Mercedes Benz C-Class from 10 years back. It too is a well-built robust car.
If i was to buy a new car now, woudl i go for a Merc again? Unliekly, as I feel their workmanship have gone DOWN in recent times and it feels like they are smaller (My old C-Class feels a LOT bigger inside than new E-Classes).
I may instead go for a Ford, or even a MG.
Here in Europe, where Cellphones with cameras are very common, it makes it somewhat easier to proove the point, especially if it is a cellphone with video recording capabilities.
However, on saying that, here in the UK, we do not usually have these sort of tactics used. Sure there may be a security officer at the exit (usually hired as a contractor, and not in the employ of the company), but he/she rarely stops people unless there is a genuine cause.
Instead there is a security tag system on most goods, which prevents casual shoplifters, and a combination of video cameras/sensors linked to the checkout barcode readers and security tag disarming device whcih ensures the employees are kept straight too.
As far as i know.. only Costco implements any such check on exit.
Mirko,
When you are down in the dumps, sometimes suicide seems to be the only option. I knwo I have been down the exact route you talk about 2 and a half years ago. I too did that research, and actually found it.
Luckily I had a massive reality check, and realised what a clown i was being.....
This comes to the first stage of trying to research on the internet.. never believe a word said there.. rememebr Suicide is very much a taboo thing, and since NOONE gets to report "successful conclusions", you only get heresay..
Secondly, that not a lot of people think, is that everyone assumes that suicide attempts are largely successfull, and in reality most are NOT. And what happens when it fails?
well at the least end of the scale, you will feel like a prat afterwards. If you are caught doing it, you are likely to be put on a mental health register, which is a far worse fate. or at the other end of the scale, you could cause a lifetime injury which woudl REALLY make you want to wish you would die.
The happy thing in my story is, now I am married to a wonderful wife, I have a great house, a great life, good family, and a lot of opportunities. To think I could have pissed all this down the toilet...
As such, i for one woudl liek to see some consensus on such information on the web. Yes we live in a "free speech" society, true, but in this case, suicidal people are not really thinking straight. I know. because i was on that path. Making such informaiton readily available on the internet only makes it easier to influence an already unstable mind seeking for a way out, into a false "solution".
My advice is to save that money you sugested, and spend it on a somethign positive for yourself, either professional help, or even a holiday, depending on who you are. And who knows, life may turn out better.
There are some JAVA MIDP web browsers avaialable, that work ok on the SonyEricsson. You may have to google around for it (or look at the Esato Forum which is a good starting point for all things SonyEricsson http://esato.com/board/
The thing is MIDP ver 1.0 is not very capable, the SE V800 is a MIDP 2.0 compatible phone, which is far more capable, but I dont know if any web browsers are available for MIDP 2.0.
I was going to suggest using the inbuilt browser (I have a SE S700i), which is usually quite good at rendering most web pages, but looking at the fact that you own a V800, it woudl be a Vodafone "bastardised" phone, right? which means its probably been restricted in what it can/cant do.
And there is the answer to why geeks have a hard time in relationships!
I try not to get so religious as you do. Yes I have developed in both languages, and both have their advantages and disadvantages. You should use the right tools for the job.
I prefer Java over C# when I am developing software for a Mobile phone (J2ME support). I prefer Java when I am developing servlets. Or indeed anything that should run on any OS/Platform, and not just windows.
I prefer C# when developing Windows Applications.
As for the IDEs, I wouldnt say that ALL IDEs for Java are rubbish. I would say that netbeans IDE is a robust enough IDE. Sure its not visual, but it sure is robust, and its free (and source code is available). ALso someone mentioned eclipse, which I am just tryign out, and certainly looks good. This is one advantage for Java, because you do have a choice of IDEs.
I agree with your sentiment on Turbo Pascal!!!
a Pentuim II based Celeron....
Firefox with disabled Images/Javascript... is your friend ;)
Looking at the moderation... redundant eh? more like someone is jealous....
You were at brunel at that time? hmm.. so was i, and yes '97 summer was gorgeous! but you missed 2003 which was an absolute scorder.. the whole summer... 2004 was a bit of a wet drib..
Actually, i find on years ending in an odd number, tend to be sunny, but years ending in an even number are a bit cooler.. its been like that for 7 or 8 years now..
Well Said.....
I Love England, its my home, and what you said is very True.. the English are VERY good at self deprecating humour, and unfortunately it does stick sometimes.
But on a recent trip to Paris (which was nice.. btw) I still think Engalnd has its redeeming points, and is more pleasurable in day to day life.
You said a good point about the bread.. I LOVE the english bloomer loaf made at the bakery.. i think nothing quite comes close. American bread doesnt have that taste, that softness.
Then I must be really in heaven!
<BOAST>
- I have a job with an American Salary, with European work standards
- A British home in the country
- An Indian wife(actually SriLankan.. same thing), who REALLY knows how to look after her man (cooking, love, sex, etc)
- A German car
- a swiss accountant
- only need to hop across the channel to experience the french
</BOAST>
god my real life karma must be as good as my slashdot karma!
it was actually the combined 3.3 + 5V which caused the problem, this was solved with the Antec, which didnt use a combined 3.3 + 5v.
But yeah the 12V draw was quite high too. Thankfull the old powersupply wasnt a "bad" one.. it still works perfectly in another computer.
I sent a telegram to my wife last week, and before that, I sent a traditional snail letter... instead of the usual email/sms. (I work away from her, seeing her only in the weekends)
sure, it costs money.... but emotions that sparked the sex i got afterwards was worth every penny...
When it comes to women, they sure love their letters delivered by the postie.. and the telegram also had a nice effect...
Only once i seen a popped PSU, and that was because i forgot to chaneg the voltage from 110Volts to 220Volts (i live in the UK).. nice bang you know.. and lots of pretty pretty capacitor fluff flying around...
You are correct in that its better to have more positive pressure inside a case, but this can be a issue in terms of cooling, as it raises the ambient temp inside the case. It is also vital to maintain a continous airflow, like a vortex around the components. This helps dissipitate the warm air around hot components, and tehn the extractor fans are more effective. to also add to that (this have the usefull side effect of not allowing dust to "settle")
Although I have more "outtake" fans than Intake ones, the outtake fans are controlled by the PSU via temp monitoring equipement inside, so rarely work at maximum, ensuring positive pressure most of the time, since the intakes are always at max (cooling the SCSI HD array).
Ok, let me explain. I have a Lian Li MiniTower case, with a post fitted transparent side. And it has two filtered intakes at the front. Althoguh it can be adjusted in speed, I leave it at the high position, as they are quite quiet in operation. The filter is washable, and I wash it every month or so. The outtake fans are as follows, there is two fans inside the PSU, one sucking air into the PSU from the CPU area, and one pushing it out of the PSU. Below the PSU there is another outake fan (PSU Controlled) and an outtake fan on top of the case (top exhaust- also PSU controlled). the PSU also controls the Chipset fan (for noise reasons).
The intakes rush over the HD cage, keepign the Hard disks at 26C (even after hours of continous use, the HDs are relatively cool to touch). Since the HDs are the single biggest heat generators after the CPU, and GPU (which have their own fans). Keeping them cool helps reduce the ambient temp inside the case. Because the intakes are significantly more than required to cool the HD's also provides fresh cool air into the case.
Now comes the next trick. If I had just left it like that, the air being forced into the case will immeadiately be sucked back out via the extractors following a "Z" shape, and warmth still builds up in the PCI card area. Fitting a side intake does NOT improve it much, only adding more noise, and not significantly cooling the ambient temp across all parts. Remeber heat is supposed to rise, but those cards stacked away in that area prevents the heat from rising, and with SCSI cables getting in the way, it causes even more stagnation.
I tried using dividers to help direct the intakes over the PCI slots, but the force of the intakes dissipitate with distance, and it was not effective, and the dividers then prevented heat from rising, causing more issues than they solved.
So to solve that problem, i have put a single fan inside the case, just over the PCI/AGP cards SInce this fan is not exposed to the outside, I am runnign it at max speed all the time - you really cannot hear it over any of the other fans. This fan moves the air surrounding cards, and because of the way the cards are laid out, it forces the air to the back of the PCI cards, towards the center of the case, where they enter the huge "void" in the middle of the case, and rise to get sucked out by the extractors. Fresh air is brought in via the grills above the PCI slots to maintain positive airflow, so although this fan is not esspecially a intake fan, the way it works provides an intake suction. The use of this fans also make any headsink applied to PCI cards more effective too, as fresh moving air is carried over it.
To actually see it all in action, I hung small white treads at various points in the case, and since i have a transparent panel with a Cathode inside, you can actually see the air now moving effeictively through different parts of the case, with no "vortexs" appearing (vortexs are circling air, where although air is moving in a circle, it doesnt really go anywhere).
This may sound overkill for noise reasons, but with the fan controller only providing max power when it is required, most of the fans run at relatively low RPMs, giving a very low pitched hum, as opposed to a high pitched whine, which is annoying. The "al
I agree, I have run XP/2000 for years, and except for a period where I had an underpowered PSU, I have never experienced blue screens or application errors. It IS a very "stocked up" computer, with a LOT of fancy hardware (Bluetooth, Wireless, TV card, SB Audigy2ZS Pro, SCSI, etc). Its solid as a rock, and i dont "shut down" at the end of the day, instead I either Hibernate or Suspend, and my total uptime is now over 500 hours.
It depends on how your expertise on using XP. I would the same about Linux. I am not as knowledgeable in using Linux as I am in Windows, but again, my view is a crappily configured Linux box is just as unstable. The good thing abotu Linux is that most if not all distros come with sensible configurations, which means less tweaking afterwards, whilst XP requires a *lot* of tweaking.
True say...
On my System which is:
Athlon XP2400+
4x SCSI HD
CDwriter
DVD ROM,
Soundblaster Audigy (with external Audigy Box powered from the computer)
Radeon 9600, plus a lot of other toys such as wireless kb& mouse, card readers, etc..
I used to get many blue screens on XP. Since i had a supposedly good 350 Watt Powersupply, which in fact it WAS a good powersupply, just not ENOUGH at full load. I thought at first it was just crappy XP, because Linux seemed to work better.... (actually it was because the power drain on Linux was somewhat less, as I wasnt using the Radeon to its max, nor the soundcard )
I was told that maybe my powersupply was inadquate, so I purchased an Antec Trupower 430Watt power supply for £70. Ever since, XP has NEVER BSOD on me, and has been running extremely stable. To be honest, I have forgotten what a BSOD looks like now...
PS/2 connectors were originally not designed to be "hot plugabble". I am not sure why, but when i worked as a trainee engineer in 1994/1995, we had a high incident of Mouse controller failures where the PS/2 mouse was disconnected or connected whilst the system was switched on. It wouldnt happen straight away, but over time it would fail. Whether this issue still happens now, with modern integrated chipsets, I havent a clue, but you can assume that its still unhealthy.
This is why in Windows 95 or WIndows 98, if a mouse was not present at startup, the warning box would display "Windows did not detect a mouse connected to your computer. If you have a serial port mouse, you may plug it in now and press enter to continue. If you have a PS/2 mouse, please switch off your computer and then plug it in."
"I'm surprised to hear that Microsoft's refusal to adopt international standards in their browser actually thwarts a potential phishing attack rather than aiding it."
hey.. dont tell them that.. we actually want MS to ADD support, not remove it in the future....
New IE7, now with less CSS support, FOR YOUR SECURITY!!!!
And before you laugh.. rememebr we are touting Firefox is more secure, because of lack of ActiveX.
(Before you call me a troll, put yourself in the shoes of Joe Bloggs who hasnt a clue nor does care about the dangers of ActiveX)
It is the built in immobilisor.. i have a mercedes.. the built in immobilisor is switched on and off by a combination of the door, and the lock..... still get it checked out..
Its the immobilisor on your car is a bit screwey.. the immobilisor is connected to the door, and the lock. Get your immobiliser checked up.
I had a similar-ish problem on my Merc (aslo has a Bosch Ignition/Security system). My battery went flat, and i was trying to Jump start it, and despite everythign, the car just woudl not start, even with a jump cable attached. The starter motor wouldnt turn at all, dead.. then for some weird reason i locked and unlocked the dirver door, and bingo hte thing started... then it slowly dawned to me what happend...
Although I do have an independant Laserline Alarm system, the in-built system still exists.
WHen the battery was flat, opening the driver door to get in doesnt manage to open the other doors via the central locking (power is totally dead). WHen i then connect the jump leads, and try to start, the central locking is still in the locked posistion (only the driver door is open) therefore the in-built immobilisor kicks in.... locking/unlocking the door clears this, adn allows the engine to start..
This is why i also dumped my Palm m505/ SonyEricsson T68 combo...
I ended up with a SonyEricsson P800, which was a better phone than the T68i, and a better PDA than the Palm. Plus it had decent MP3/Ogg support (Ogg via software). Did more, read word files direct, blah blah blah...
After 2 years of INTENSIVE service, i have just replaced the P800 with a SOnyEricsson S700i, which despite NOT being a smartphone, has enough PDA features to satisfy me.
I know, I went to Canada in September last year, and I really liked the very constructive and peacefull opposition to the war that was present. Very good viewpoints were given.
The thing which I was trying to highlight in my previous comment was that the British people were very much like the Canadians, it was only because our government refused to listen that some turned more radical in their opposition.
When will governments learn that if you oppress the views of the public too much, people will stop being quite so rational....
And anyone who thinks the British public are "isolationists" who dont give a damn about people in other countries, I just have to look at the contributions of the British Public in raising money for the tsunami funds, which at many points exceeded the government's contributions. And the generousity is at all levels.
At my wife's nursing home, an old man graciously donated £100 to sponsor my wifes 24hour silence to raise money. He died the next day.
The point is, the number of citizens who truely and really wanted to help, and our dumb arse prime minister was in egypt on holiday.
Something us brits are learning the hard way. I wish the British government had the same sort of backbone as the Canadian goverment.
The Canadians have a lot to loose if any tension occurs between them and the US, far more than the British, yet they have been able to stand their ground well, whilst still maintaining the level of co-operation with the US, unlike our "sell out" government of Teflon Tony, who seems to totally ignore the British public.
And aside point, initially the British public didnt exactly say NO to the invasion of IRAQ, just that we were concerned about HOW it was going to be done. When our voices were not being heard, thats when many people decided to do towards the anti war message, in order to poke our government into action.