Depending on your scope of geekiness, there are plenty of scientifically historical places to visit. If you can spare the time to venture out of London, maybe even hire a car, you can make a timely visit to Charles Darwin's house in Kent, or of course Stonehenge.
In theory it's a wonderful idea. I just hope that the cost of diesel fuel will convince people to switch. Standard diesel fuel is already over $6 per (US) gallon here in Britain (standard petroleum is even higher - about $7 in some places) but we just accept this as normal government inflated taxes that we can't do anything about.
To get biodiesel to the world-wide marketplace would require a huge demand from the American public and (more importantly in the current climate) a reduced influence by the big oil companies in American politics.
Here's a tip: replace those bulky computers with nothing but a pencil, paper, and a slide rule and be amazed at how quickly you find yourself doing calculations in your own head.
I'm thinking of charging $750 for ready made packs. And for an extra $500 I'll personally blank over all the numbers on the slide rule with correcting fluid.
I think the article is right on the money: BT sucks donkey sausage! But it's more than that, more of a tragic snap-shot of how things are at the moment in Britain (and yes I do live there).
This is a problem rife in the UK at the moment, with privatised ex-national services acting like they still have a god-given right to exist and provide piss-poor quality service as a result. They can't seem to fathom the idea of free markets - hence why a lot of them are making losses rather than profits and probably won't be around for very long. Any well-informed Britisher could easily rant for hours on the subject of trains/phones/broadband/BA/tube (delete as appropriate).
Some of them (e.g. BA) are starting to learn (slowly) after being pinched in the arse by superior competition, but BT is still, for want of a better phrase, a monopoly. Until the fixed line services are opened up to other companies this sort of crap will keep on happening to us poor Brits! Case in point from treff89; BT's mobile service O2 provides good service, but that's only because it's up against dozens of other service providers.
Thankfully, us lot in the UK are starting to learn that we are allowed to complain about shoddy services when we've paid good money for them.
Personally, I've found that a bit of patient persistence is the best way to deal with British companies - ranting off like a bull in a china shop rarely gets you anywhere. If you express your displeasure calmly but firmly you'll usually get the help you need. And maybe even an emolument for your troubles:-)
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Depending on your scope of geekiness, there are plenty of scientifically historical places to visit. If you can spare the time to venture out of London, maybe even hire a car, you can make a timely visit to Charles Darwin's house in Kent, or of course Stonehenge.
I for one welcome our new waspy overlords, and their unstoppable army of mindless roach zombies.
In theory it's a wonderful idea. I just hope that the cost of diesel fuel will convince people to switch. Standard diesel fuel is already over $6 per (US) gallon here in Britain (standard petroleum is even higher - about $7 in some places) but we just accept this as normal government inflated taxes that we can't do anything about.
To get biodiesel to the world-wide marketplace would require a huge demand from the American public and (more importantly in the current climate) a reduced influence by the big oil companies in American politics.
Here's a tip: replace those bulky computers with nothing but a pencil, paper, and a slide rule and be amazed at how quickly you find yourself doing calculations in your own head.
I'm thinking of charging $750 for ready made packs. And for an extra $500 I'll personally blank over all the numbers on the slide rule with correcting fluid.
I think the article is right on the money: BT sucks donkey sausage! But it's more than that, more of a tragic snap-shot of how things are at the moment in Britain (and yes I do live there). This is a problem rife in the UK at the moment, with privatised ex-national services acting like they still have a god-given right to exist and provide piss-poor quality service as a result. They can't seem to fathom the idea of free markets - hence why a lot of them are making losses rather than profits and probably won't be around for very long. Any well-informed Britisher could easily rant for hours on the subject of trains/phones/broadband/BA/tube (delete as appropriate). Some of them (e.g. BA) are starting to learn (slowly) after being pinched in the arse by superior competition, but BT is still, for want of a better phrase, a monopoly. Until the fixed line services are opened up to other companies this sort of crap will keep on happening to us poor Brits! Case in point from treff89; BT's mobile service O2 provides good service, but that's only because it's up against dozens of other service providers. Thankfully, us lot in the UK are starting to learn that we are allowed to complain about shoddy services when we've paid good money for them. Personally, I've found that a bit of patient persistence is the best way to deal with British companies - ranting off like a bull in a china shop rarely gets you anywhere. If you express your displeasure calmly but firmly you'll usually get the help you need. And maybe even an emolument for your troubles :-)