I've been to the same music festival this weekend for many years, and have always had half an eye on the sky once the music's stopped. Even when it's not cloudy (which it usually is) I've never seen a thing.
It'd be nice if that actually contained a citation for the view that "the DfT tried to maximise fuel tax revenue by halting traffic at lights where possible". It doesn't - it actually says something like that but doesn't allow that claim to be checked. It does link to the DfT, but only to the main "contact us" page.
I'm guessing that it was an RAC press release that became "news". Unfortunately the RAC link has long since departed from their site.
What I suspect was actually the case was that the DfT historically didn't think that environmental concerns were any of its business, which is somewhat different. I bet it didn't think that fuel tax (which flows into the general exchequer, not the DfT specifically) was any of its business either.
Not as far as I know. Virgin Media own pretty much all the cable infrastructure (and according to Wikipedia) are basically fibre to the cabinet. As NTL it spent a lot of time trying to drag together the various merged cable companies, suffered from a terrible reputation for customer service and was struggling to turn a profit. Investment in e.g. FTTP was a lower priority. As Virgin Media (NTL effectively reversed into Virgin Mobile to become Virgin Media) they've turned a lot of this around - but no FTTP yet as far as I'm aware.
BT owns the phone infrastructure. The fact that they've got any sort of ADSL over some of their infrastructure is a hell of an achievement, but it's still lipstick on a pig. They do have some FTTP showcases but I doubt they're keen to invest in other than small areas if the next likely government is advertising that any investment would benefit their competitors too.
In case anyone doesn't realise, there's going to be an general election in a couple of months or so. The current extremely unpopular party is likely to be replaced by another slightly less unpopular one with broadly similar policies, the main difference being that instead of being fronted by a dour Scotsman they have a posh ex-PR bloke with a nice smile. At this time politicians on all sides are more likely than ever to say stuff and not mean it.
The key weasel words there are "up to 100mbps" and "the majority of homes". Roughly 50% of UK homes have cable available now, and Virgin Media are already offering headline speeds up to half that. 100Mbps by 2017 is hardly flying car territory.
The Labour plan sounds less exciting but would actually be much harder to achieve (not that they'll have to - they're unlikely to get reelected and have been careful to say it only in an "interim report").
As to what orifice the PCPro writer pulled Google out of, your guess is as good as mine.
Well, I had a 1992 Citroen with one. The pedal angle was detected electronically and used by the electronic ignition (Bosch LJ or LK from memory - although it was 15 years ago) to control the air supply to the engine. The fuel supply was cable controlled.
When it failed (it was a Citroen) it worked OK at slow speeds but then cut out temporarily above around 45mph because there wasn't enough air to burn the injected fuel. According to the garage, the replacement (when it arrived from France) was effectively a standard potentiometer.
I'm not convinced that they are. The way that the dice have rolled over the last portion of geological time has led to hominid success, but that's because of our ancestors' ability to handle planet-changing disaster 65 million years ago (and at earlier times). A similar argument could have been made for dinosaurs 70 million years ago or Permian fish earlier still.
There's no guarantee that a different event won't happen that will affect hominids but not, say, jellyfish.
Nothing whatsoever. It's just a crap press release from some outfit that no-one has heard of before that got picked up by ispreview.co.uk and then Slashdot. Not news.
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Bad luck:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html
I've been to the same music festival this weekend for many years, and have always had half an eye on the sky once the music's stopped. Even when it's not cloudy (which it usually is) I've never seen a thing.
And that solves the stuck accelerator problem how?
By destroying your engine, that’s how.
Whilst that may have been true for an MGA, it's really not going to be the case for anything made since disco was all the rage.
Maybe have a look at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx
It'd be nice if that actually contained a citation for the view that "the DfT tried to maximise fuel tax revenue by halting traffic at lights where possible". It doesn't - it actually says something like that but doesn't allow that claim to be checked. It does link to the DfT, but only to the main "contact us" page.
I'm guessing that it was an RAC press release that became "news". Unfortunately the RAC link has long since departed from their site.
What I suspect was actually the case was that the DfT historically didn't think that environmental concerns were any of its business, which is somewhat different. I bet it didn't think that fuel tax (which flows into the general exchequer, not the DfT specifically) was any of its business either.
Any attempt to classify all political views along a simple left-right access will get some things badly wrong, because things just aren't that simple.
Here's one example of trying to open things up:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
although of course you can add as many dimensions as there are different things to hold political views about.
So cartoon characters is an improvement is it?
Hell, I use Debian but would much prefer it if they just stuck to numbers.
Presumably xpdf's "pdftotext" isn't vulnerable?
Exactly, a good chiropractor is basically a masseuse, which means they CAN help their patients out.
With their colic? Or perhaps with an ear infection? That, after all was what the original article was about.
The term in English & Welsh law is "substantial":
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/ukpga_19880048_en_10
It isn't an exact percentage, because the law is designed to be interpreted on a case by case basis.
A discussion of "different types of substantial" which might be worth a read is here:
http://www.ipit-update.com/copy15.htm
or horse blinkers / blinders...
Yes, like you never read back anything that you've written.
"Fielding candidates" not "Fielding elections".
You're in the basement out of the sunlight, presumably?
BTW we've run out of loon badges. Both sides of the global warming argument have taken them all.
Rarely have I read such complete bollocks.
Not as far as I know. Virgin Media own pretty much all the cable infrastructure (and according to Wikipedia) are basically fibre to the cabinet. As NTL it spent a lot of time trying to drag together the various merged cable companies, suffered from a terrible reputation for customer service and was struggling to turn a profit. Investment in e.g. FTTP was a lower priority. As Virgin Media (NTL effectively reversed into Virgin Mobile to become Virgin Media) they've turned a lot of this around - but no FTTP yet as far as I'm aware.
BT owns the phone infrastructure. The fact that they've got any sort of ADSL over some of their infrastructure is a hell of an achievement, but it's still lipstick on a pig. They do have some FTTP showcases but I doubt they're keen to invest in other than small areas if the next likely government is advertising that any investment would benefit their competitors too.
In case anyone doesn't realise, there's going to be an general election in a couple of months or so. The current extremely unpopular party is likely to be replaced by another slightly less unpopular one with broadly similar policies, the main difference being that instead of being fronted by a dour Scotsman they have a posh ex-PR bloke with a nice smile. At this time politicians on all sides are more likely than ever to say stuff and not mean it.
What the Tories actually said was this:
http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2010/01/Conservatives_to_deliver_nationwide_superfast_broadband_by_2017.aspx
The key weasel words there are "up to 100mbps" and "the majority of homes". Roughly 50% of UK homes have cable available now, and Virgin Media are already offering headline speeds up to half that. 100Mbps by 2017 is hardly flying car territory.
They were actually responding to a Labour suggestion of universal (i.e. 100% not 50%) of UK homes getting 2Mb coverage by 2012:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7858498.stm
The Labour plan sounds less exciting but would actually be much harder to achieve (not that they'll have to - they're unlikely to get reelected and have been careful to say it only in an "interim report").
As to what orifice the PCPro writer pulled Google out of, your guess is as good as mine.
With cricket you get 11 days of actual play time per 3 day match...
Well, I had a 1992 Citroen with one. The pedal angle was detected electronically and used by the electronic ignition (Bosch LJ or LK from memory - although it was 15 years ago) to control the air supply to the engine. The fuel supply was cable controlled.
When it failed (it was a Citroen) it worked OK at slow speeds but then cut out temporarily above around 45mph because there wasn't enough air to burn the injected fuel. According to the garage, the replacement (when it arrived from France) was effectively a standard potentiometer.
And who are to blame for that? =P
Slartibartfast?
Hominids are a special case
I'm not convinced that they are. The way that the dice have rolled over the last portion of geological time has led to hominid success, but that's because of our ancestors' ability to handle planet-changing disaster 65 million years ago (and at earlier times). A similar argument could have been made for dinosaurs 70 million years ago or Permian fish earlier still.
There's no guarantee that a different event won't happen that will affect hominids but not, say, jellyfish.
I suspect an example might be needed for some of the people who weren't even born at the time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_RPG_II#Sample_Code
As the link says "... code must be placed in exact column locations in order to generate correct results".
Mia kusenveturilo estas plena je angiloj?
Nothing whatsoever. It's just a crap press release from some outfit that no-one has heard of before that got picked up by ispreview.co.uk and then Slashdot. Not news.
...and if it's not daylight or cloudy.
Maybe you're with the wrong bank? I've never been charged (in the UK) for it from either current accounts or savings accounts.