The heading should be "South East Britain Will Run Short of Water Most Years".
Endless building, removal of local drainage, and the fact that it doesn't rain all that much down there is starting to tell. Round here in the North West we have more water than we can use - now if there was an Environmental Agency with the vision to implement a national water grid things might be better. Unfortunately the Agency is toothless and more concerned with leaving waterways to get clogged up and causing widespread flooding.
Li batteries supply their own oxidant. The only way to be sure of them not self-igniting is to immerse them in water. Your knowledge of chemistry is about as good as your knowledge of electricity.
Sony beat Apple by years. They ALWAYS used a different standard to everyone else. I remember my daughter having a portable CD player (90s) which could play mp3 tracks IF they were encoded by Sony's software. They wouldn't play on anything else.
These are just boiler cracks - sorry the apocalypse is not going to happen. Power draw is low at this time of year so there is no real affect on national electricity resources.
What makes you think that businesses buy PCs with an OS loaded. A large enterprise would just load their volume-key enabled image of their current Windows build for that hardware. If the current standard is XP - that's what users get.
I seem to remember that the object in the film was a comet (which was starting to fall apart) and possibly a little bit more fragile than a rocky asteroid. Probably still require a hefty bomb though.
>> If you can honestly declare that you don't use anything with those capabilities, then you do not have to pay.
You can but Crapita will still keep sending you letters accusing you of being a thief and threatening to send thugs round to try and get entry to your house (they have no such right). This is why we Brits love the bloody TV licence and the BBC exec's expenses that it funds.
"Given their financial situation, I'm actually very impressed that they're putting money into technical innovation."
The BBC don't have a financial problem. They just tax everyone with a TV in the UK - even if you never watch their stuff. Other TV companies have to earn their money.
The Sci-Fi you're thinking of is probably Flash Crowd by Larry Niven. When a news event came up on the TV, people would teleport in to see it live. With it would come thieves and pickpockets who would prey on the crowd. The story focused on the method of dealing with the thieves - route all the outgoing booths through a Police clearing centre.
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The heading should be "South East Britain Will Run Short of Water Most Years".
Endless building, removal of local drainage, and the fact that it doesn't rain all that much down there is starting to tell. Round here in the North West we have more water than we can use - now if there was an Environmental Agency with the vision to implement a national water grid things might be better. Unfortunately the Agency is toothless and more concerned with leaving waterways to get clogged up and causing widespread flooding.
Phil.
Li batteries supply their own oxidant. The only way to be sure of them not self-igniting is to immerse them in water. Your knowledge of chemistry is about as good as your knowledge of electricity.
Phil.
Don't forget Ginny Rometti (sp?). The one who's currently running IBM into the ground.
Phil.
Most likely, the Indians will just set up a call centre to pester astronauts.
Phil.
I seem to remember that it was originally Xenix and sold by Microsoft - who sold it off to The Santa Cruz Operation.
Phil.
" Strangely enough they also got the Nobel Peace Prize which Norway awards."
Sweden awards the Nobel prizes - better luck next time.
Reminds me of that South Park episode about "Smug".
Phil.
Sony beat Apple by years. They ALWAYS used a different standard to everyone else. I remember my daughter having a portable CD player (90s) which could play mp3 tracks IF they were encoded by Sony's software. They wouldn't play on anything else.
Phil.
BMWs didn't come with radios until the late 80s. This was at a time when most UK and foreign models did. The radio was not not even an optional extra!
Phil.
These are just boiler cracks - sorry the apocalypse is not going to happen. Power draw is low at this time of year so there is no real affect on national electricity resources.
Phil
Ended up in the Beta yesterday - what a pile of crap! I'll be following you if it becomes the default.
Phil.
They issued the DMCA notice to their ISP - not DigitRev. The ISP folded immediately.
Phil.
What makes you think that businesses buy PCs with an OS loaded. A large enterprise would just load their volume-key enabled image of their current Windows build for that hardware. If the current standard is XP - that's what users get.
Phil.
I seem to remember that the object in the film was a comet (which was starting to fall apart) and possibly a little bit more fragile than a rocky asteroid. Probably still require a hefty bomb though.
Phil.
Iain M. Banks ??
Phil
Similar to that was "The Sheep Look Up" by John Brunner. Oh, and most of the stuff by Ursula La Guin.
Phil.
>> If you can honestly declare that you don't use anything with those capabilities, then you do not have to pay.
You can but Crapita will still keep sending you letters accusing you of being a thief and threatening to send thugs round to try and get entry to your house (they have no such right). This is why we Brits love the bloody TV licence and the BBC exec's expenses that it funds.
Phil.
Play it as a FemShep and the women on the Normandy are practically queuing at you cabin door! The men OTOH don't seem all that interested.
Phil.
"Given their financial situation, I'm actually very impressed that they're putting money into technical innovation."
The BBC don't have a financial problem. They just tax everyone with a TV in the UK - even if you never watch their stuff. Other TV companies have to earn their money.
Phil.
The Sci-Fi you're thinking of is probably Flash Crowd by Larry Niven. When a news event came up on the TV, people would teleport in to see it live. With it would come thieves and pickpockets who would prey on the crowd. The story focused on the method of dealing with the thieves - route all the outgoing booths through a Police clearing centre.
Phil.
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It worked for Obama.
That would sound good with Keith Flint singing it.
Phil.
That's because you're not British - Green Park!
Phil.
>> Bosses will also see that you are at work to work
The only useful advice in this post. The rest is garbage. It's called professional.
Phil.