I don't believe that you are permitted to do that in either Oz or the UK. It is possible to get a bayonet type plugs which will fit light socket, but the practice is frowned upon at best and voids your home insurance at worst. Yes, here in Oz, if you do any electrical work yourself and it fails - causing a fire - tough, you're now uninsured; all must be done by a licensed electrician
Generally in the UK you are permitted to do what ever the hell you want. Problem is if it causes problems for people / is dangerous / etc you can be held liable/responsible, so unless you are proper electrician then the advice is stay away. Or dothe work and get it certified by an proper electrician.
I'm not talking about bayonet type plugs..... I mean On your wall you have 2 Types of socket, the standard square pin one for standard appliances , and also a round pin socket which is wired into the lighting circuit. Plug your Lamps into the round pin and wire the switch for that socket up on the wall, beside all the other light switches.
This is increasly popular in UK, and my father as a fully qualified trademans electrician has put many of these installs in for people, and in his own house. It's rather neat and something I would like to put into my future home.
Yes, It's also nice if you wire in some round pin (UK plugs are 3 square pin) sockets into the lighting circuit and use those for lamps.
The advantage of this is that you wire the switch to the place where the normal lightswitch it (usually shoulder height near a doorway) so you can turn your lamps on and off from the wall, and no danger of people drawing too much power and they couldn't physically plug another device in.
Obviously you need to change the plugs on your lamps, but everyone can do that, right?
I've often thought it would be a good idea to have a constant video recording your driving, like the police camera setups. This could help clear up who to beleive at the scene of accidents, because of the video.
Plus it would be cool to have onboard footage of your driving for analysis and review.
I think 'hardcore gamer' in this case is talking about a gamer that plays a lot, but also one who is skilful.
Compare Super Mario Kart and MarioKart 64, the former actually required the use of skillz and practice to actually play and win the game, the latter all you need to do is drive round the track a few times - the computer gives you good stuff if you're last - it's only the last 30 secs of each game that matters.
This makes the former more suited for 'hardcore gamers'. The latter is accessible for everyone. If you can coordinate left and right with your controller to the kart on screen, you can play MK64 - I.e no skills involved.
It seems this divides a lot of players, and personlly I fall into the former camp, although I'm not hardcore, the 'luck' element in MK64 really ruins it and the skill element in SMK really makes it.
SMK was the best Mario Kart I have played. I have played SMK, MK64, MKDD, and MK on the GBA (but not yet on the DS). MK64 was a great party game, and along with Golden Eye, my friends and I wasted many many hours playing.
SMK required a degree of skill not needed in the later games, and the battle mode was truly awesome. I always wished for a 4 player with a slighty larger Track 4.
The catch up and unfair item distribution in MK64 really took alot away from that game for me, although it did make up for it in accessibility.
Hmmm was gonna pot up some different examples as well and check if MS Maps had the same thing for the above, but I can't even get to the MS maps website. what the heck is the URL?
I keep getting a page asking me what and where, then some crappy map comes up. IwWhere's the aerial pictures?
After seeing the pics on the wiki and reading here: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/howto.html I worked out the basics. The problem with the site in TFA is that A) the instructions suck ass, and B) even on my 1600x1200 screen I could only see the first result of my multiplication so no wonder I couldn't work it out as the answers weren't even on the screen.
I've read the site 10 times now - I still don't get how it works. Can someone explain it please. I'm not even sure I can even comprehend the instuctions. It seems to repeat it self - put the number on C over the number on D to be multiplied. Great done that - where's my answer.
I've searched but damned if I can find this link I can vageuly remember. Pretty sure it was a mass-hoo-sive page of small images, and a bit of code to time how long the page took to draw. What you'll find (and I find this daily) is that Opera will draw all the tables/image holders and text before the main chunks of content, so you have something to read while the rest is downloading.
Firefox, though, doesn't do shit until most of the page is downloaded. The difference is something like 5-10 seconds of waiting.
I'd appreciate a link to that page should anyone recognise it from that lame description.
No, Firefox does not "load in background" anything. It specifically loads the page immediately meaning you are unable to continue working on the page that you have assigned focus.
Yes I know that. It's one of the most annoying things about Firefox. Pdf loading as well, because of this locks the system up bad until it's loaded. One of the reasons I'd really like to use Opera more - it's so smooth compared to Clunky Firefox, which lets face it, is getting on a bit in terms of where things like opera and Konquerer are now. Hopefully FF3 will address some of this stuff but probably not.
And your problem sounds trivial, have you tried searching for tab focus ordering parameters, or clicking on the tabs you want via the vertical sidepanel list of tabs?
I know it sounds trivial, but it's a major PITA. There's nothing in settings. There's nothing in help. 'Vertical sidepanel list of tabs' - I guess you mean the panel at the left of the screen, but after adding windows it doesn't do what I want . My point is I don't want to have to keep selecting the tabs (or windows) it should select the next tab along, not the last viewed tab.
I have googled for this as well. And the generel opinion is "Yeah we know it's different, but Opera's tab operation is better, and you have to get used it. Sucks to be a Firefox convert. Too bad."
I am however for the first time checking out if there's a widget that may hold the key. Will let you know.
For me it is Opera that has weird tab loading 'impairments'
Consider this:
Firefox:
1. open slashdot main page, middle click all links that look interesting to load in background,
2. click on last tab opened and read story, middle click on tab to close. or Ctrl-W
3. next last opened tab appears, rinse and repeat.
4. finally ending up at main page, ready to click 'yesterday's stories' or whatever.
Opera:
1. open slashdot main page, middle click all links that look interesting to load in background,
2. click on last tab opened and read story, middle click on tab to close. or Ctrl-W
3. Return to slashdot main page. Click back onto a tab you haven't read yet.
4. Read tab, close, Return to slashdot. main page. ARGGHHHHH WHAT'S THE POINT OF TABS IF YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO THE SAME PAGE??
5. Might as well open one tab, read it close it, return to main page, open next tab. Rinse and reapeat.
Maybe someone can tell me the logic of this, or where I am going wrong. AFAICT there is NO way to change this behaviour in Opera. It's the thing that stops me from using it daily. Otherwise it's a great browser.
Well for most of Scotland they did use paper ballots. But they designed it so badly and had PR and FPTP voting systems on it (i.e 2 crosses, 1st and second pref, then the order of your preferred councillor numbered from 1 to whatecer) that most people didn't understand it and something like 400,000 (?) vote sdidn't get counted cos the papers weren't filled in right.
Slashdot Mirror
You'll notice the site is cnet.co.UK, that givres a nice clue. Yes it's a standard UK 2 gang wall socket.
T'was mentione on slasdhot the other day:http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=355021&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=21290239
Generally in the UK you are permitted to do what ever the hell you want. Problem is if it causes problems for people / is dangerous / etc you can be held liable/responsible, so unless you are proper electrician then the advice is stay away. Or dothe work and get it certified by an proper electrician.
I'm not talking about bayonet type plugs ..... I mean On your wall you have 2 Types of socket, the standard square pin one for standard appliances , and also a round pin socket which is wired into the lighting circuit. Plug your Lamps into the round pin and wire the switch for that socket up on the wall, beside all the other light switches.
This is increasly popular in UK, and my father as a fully qualified trademans electrician has put many of these installs in for people, and in his own house. It's rather neat and something I would like to put into my future home.
The advantage of this is that you wire the switch to the place where the normal lightswitch it (usually shoulder height near a doorway) so you can turn your lamps on and off from the wall, and no danger of people drawing too much power and they couldn't physically plug another device in.
Obviously you need to change the plugs on your lamps, but everyone can do that, right?
Well this allows loads of game modes and true multiplayer action!
It's totally great - get it here : http://www.jsw.ovine.net/
I'm not associated, just that this is an awesome game.
LOL when looking for the link I found a myspace page with some youtube videos as well: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=123476491
Interesting. Hope you get something from freedom of info act.
MOD PARENT +1 FUNNY!
Plus it would be cool to have onboard footage of your driving for analysis and review.
Still got the T-shirt? :)
Compare Super Mario Kart and MarioKart 64, the former actually required the use of skillz and practice to actually play and win the game, the latter all you need to do is drive round the track a few times - the computer gives you good stuff if you're last - it's only the last 30 secs of each game that matters.
This makes the former more suited for 'hardcore gamers'. The latter is accessible for everyone. If you can coordinate left and right with your controller to the kart on screen, you can play MK64 - I.e no skills involved.
It seems this divides a lot of players, and personlly I fall into the former camp, although I'm not hardcore, the 'luck' element in MK64 really ruins it and the skill element in SMK really makes it.
SMK was the best Mario Kart I have played. I have played SMK, MK64, MKDD, and MK on the GBA (but not yet on the DS). MK64 was a great party game, and along with Golden Eye, my friends and I wasted many many hours playing.
SMK required a degree of skill not needed in the later games, and the battle mode was truly awesome. I always wished for a 4 player with a slighty larger Track 4.
The catch up and unfair item distribution in MK64 really took alot away from that game for me, although it did make up for it in accessibility.
Or look at the commas as list in this way: "It is big. It is red. It is a house."
Or as a substitute for and as in "It is big AND red AND a house"
The comma provides more emphasis, other wise it's simply a factualy statement. "It is a big, red house." Great!
Ahhh yes. Opera. Great browser :)
Google has more up to date map data than image data, check the new round about on the westbound carriage way.
Google Junction 10, M8: http://maps.google.com/maps?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=55.86716,-4.13013&spn=0.011197,0.026822&t=h&z=16
Hmmm was gonna pot up some different examples as well and check if MS Maps had the same thing for the above, but I can't even get to the MS maps website. what the heck is the URL?
I keep getting a page asking me what and where, then some crappy map comes up. IwWhere's the aerial pictures?
After seeing the pics on the wiki and reading here: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/howto.html I worked out the basics. The problem with the site in TFA is that A) the instructions suck ass, and B) even on my 1600x1200 screen I could only see the first result of my multiplication so no wonder I couldn't work it out as the answers weren't even on the screen.
I've read the site 10 times now - I still don't get how it works. Can someone explain it please. I'm not even sure I can even comprehend the instuctions. It seems to repeat it self - put the number on C over the number on D to be multiplied. Great done that - where's my answer.
Where / Who is the millionth slashdot user id. Unfortunately I signed up just a bit too soon to claim that one.
As has been mentioned this is tweakable.
I've searched but damned if I can find this link I can vageuly remember.
Pretty sure it was a mass-hoo-sive page of small images, and a bit of code to time how long the page took to draw.
What you'll find (and I find this daily) is that Opera will draw all the tables/image holders and text before the main chunks of content, so you have something to read while the rest is downloading.
Firefox, though, doesn't do shit until most of the page is downloaded. The difference is something like 5-10 seconds of waiting.
I'd appreciate a link to that page should anyone recognise it from that lame description.
I haven't seen any real evidence in a while. (But then, most of my tech news comes from Slashdot...)
That's great, I'll need to use that sometime.
Yes I know that. It's one of the most annoying things about Firefox. Pdf loading as well, because of this locks the system up bad until it's loaded. One of the reasons I'd really like to use Opera more - it's so smooth compared to Clunky Firefox, which lets face it, is getting on a bit in terms of where things like opera and Konquerer are now. Hopefully FF3 will address some of this stuff but probably not.
And your problem sounds trivial, have you tried searching for tab focus ordering parameters, or clicking on the tabs you want via the vertical sidepanel list of tabs?
I know it sounds trivial, but it's a major PITA. There's nothing in settings. There's nothing in help. 'Vertical sidepanel list of tabs' - I guess you mean the panel at the left of the screen, but after adding windows it doesn't do what I want . My point is I don't want to have to keep selecting the tabs (or windows) it should select the next tab along, not the last viewed tab.
I have googled for this as well. And the generel opinion is "Yeah we know it's different, but Opera's tab operation is better, and you have to get used it. Sucks to be a Firefox convert. Too bad."
I am however for the first time checking out if there's a widget that may hold the key. Will let you know.
Consider this:
Firefox:
1. open slashdot main page, middle click all links that look interesting to load in background,
2. click on last tab opened and read story, middle click on tab to close. or Ctrl-W
3. next last opened tab appears, rinse and repeat.
4. finally ending up at main page, ready to click 'yesterday's stories' or whatever.
Opera:
1. open slashdot main page, middle click all links that look interesting to load in background,
2. click on last tab opened and read story, middle click on tab to close. or Ctrl-W
3. Return to slashdot main page. Click back onto a tab you haven't read yet. 4. Read tab, close, Return to slashdot. main page. ARGGHHHHH WHAT'S THE POINT OF TABS IF YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO THE SAME PAGE??
5. Might as well open one tab, read it close it, return to main page, open next tab. Rinse and reapeat.
Maybe someone can tell me the logic of this, or where I am going wrong. AFAICT there is NO way to change this behaviour in Opera. It's the thing that stops me from using it daily. Otherwise it's a great browser.
So, even with paper it's still messed up.
Isn't that what Start -> Run -> file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/%username%/F avorites does?
Very good point. I hadn't thought about it like that before.
Hmmm Goatse makes you laugh? I present the 8 stages of Goatse: http://www.the-elite.net/ClarkPage/Phases/
I miss this function too. I still drag things to the desktop to work on, but now I just leave it there. Hence why my desktop is completely cluttered.