>Did they get rid of cheques or did they never have them?
In the UK they want to get rid of them and they were due to be phased out but got a last minute reprieve. They're old tech but no solution for sending gifts if you're a granny etc have been found yet.
but Obama has just been awful for our country, for international relations,
No, that was the last one. Obama repaired a *lot* of the damage Bush did. His 'kill list' is less than smart though and on paper, his domestic policies haven't been great but then he's been hamstrung by the Republican's trying to block him at every turn, effectively paralysing his ability to function. Whilst the US system is pretty good, it can be really misused and this last 4 years is a textbook example of how to do that.
A country that's not ruled by someone who believes in a crazy religion? Alas, it really is a case of not so much wanting Obama as *really* not wanting more religious-right wing nut jobs in the White House.
I have fond memories of some really nice Sharp HiFi (Optonica) but despite being fairly ubiquitous in the market with a toe in pretty much all electronic/electric product areas, they did seem to shift from a 'High Street' brand to a parts supplier. As a result, they have dropped of most people's radar as a brand.
>I'm absolutely certain you meant 32 GB
Yes, you're right. I started this stuff in the 70's, saying megabyte still sounds cool when you're used to k so it just slips out now and then.
I've got a one x and it's a fantastic phone. Most people don't care about adding memory as it has 32mb which is really enough. The battery i@ a bad idea but then my last HTC's battery is going strong 2.5 years on.
>not a set top box!
Actually, it was intially. A great big box you could probably put your telly on rather than vice versa. I'm struggling to remember who made the early ones - they had one at the science museum. It wasn't a firm that usually sold to the public, more commercial/education as I remember.
I'm guessing the fact that this got marked flamebait means some people here don't know what a hakintosh is and its not a bad idea. That said, windows security essentials does the trick nicely.
No one is saying he's innocent. The case is now going off to the DPP for appraisel. The issue is about using an extradition treaty designed to process terrorists for sending over people for other offences, especially when the sentence is FAR worse in the US than it would be in the UK. I don't think anyone, himself included thinks he's innocent, it's the process that's wrong.
>"Water Quota"....seriously?!?!?
There was an interesting article in Time recently that discussed the various (and surprisingly sizable) subsidisation that all US citizens get on various things. One was water where it noted a multi billion dollar project has been going for some years to depolute the water aquifers in the Everglades and mentioned how the water bills you pay are actually a fraction of what it costs to actually provide it. So yes, I can easily imagine it being limited in future.
I've had quite a few iPods over the years and was thinking about an iPad but now Apple have joined Sony on my 'never buying a damned thing from them ever again because they're evil' list.
In the UK we still have CIX which predates the well a little and hopefully has more than 2000 members but it's a shadow of it's former glory when it counted Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett amongst its regular users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIX/
I don't use anything anymore and dont miss it. I just have two accounts. I transfer a fixed lump sum to the second one each month and all the bills, standing orders, direct debits etc come out the second. Whatever is left in the first is mine.
OK, thanks. Makes sense in a historical sort of way. I know pretty much zip about Mormons, never met one so I really couldn't see where the food store thing came from.
>If they have the expertise, who cares why they have it if you can make use of it.
I have no idea why a Mormon would need to stash food, it was a reasonable question. The second point was just musing about motives, hardly 'anti-Mormon' unless you have a huge chip on your shoulder.
As for the scores, I can't help the original having 0 - it's posted as AC so that's going to happen.
I'm not claiming this is the case but why it's so hard for people dissing homeopathy that it may actually work for reasons yet unkonwn to science?
In many cases, it does work but equally, science reckons it has a fairly good grasp on why. It's certainly a big chunk of placebo (more on that in a minute) but is also believed to be helped by someone just taking the time to sit and talk through your problem over say a 30mins consultation rather than a quick GP 5 min window and take this prescription for antibiotics. People respond very well to a bit of TLC.
Placebos are a fascinating area. Recent research has shown that not only can they make a real difference to vague stuff like a cold, feeling run down etc, they have been found to cause actual physical changes such as organ repair, which was the last thing those researchers were expecting. The wierd things is that even if the patient knows it's a placebo, it works. Better yet, taking two placebo pills works better than one and most curiously, a placebo injection worls better than pills. Our minds/bodies seem to work in most mysterious ways. A final oddity, it has been noted that existing 'real' drugs often stop working when a newer version is released. As an example, a certain anti depressent (can't remember the name) had a reasonable success rate, say 60%. A new drug was released which had 70% success rate BUT the first drug dropped to 40%. The current thoughts on that is that the doctor tells the patient the new drug is better and some sort of placebo type response does the rest.
There's a good chapter on this stuff in the book Bad Science by Ben Goldacre.
> It's all just a load of old bollocks, isn't it?
Yes. At that level it's apparantly all about leadership and vision, not actual knowledge or qualification. I worked at a bank where the CEO (who was actually quite good) used to work for a biscuit firm and went on to run a high street shop chain. WTF?
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>Did they get rid of cheques or did they never have them?
In the UK they want to get rid of them and they were due to be phased out but got a last minute reprieve. They're old tech but no solution for sending gifts if you're a granny etc have been found yet.
No, that was the last one. Obama repaired a *lot* of the damage Bush did. His 'kill list' is less than smart though and on paper, his domestic policies haven't been great but then he's been hamstrung by the Republican's trying to block him at every turn, effectively paralysing his ability to function. Whilst the US system is pretty good, it can be really misused and this last 4 years is a textbook example of how to do that.
A country that's not ruled by someone who believes in a crazy religion? Alas, it really is a case of not so much wanting Obama as *really* not wanting more religious-right wing nut jobs in the White House.
I have fond memories of some really nice Sharp HiFi (Optonica) but despite being fairly ubiquitous in the market with a toe in pretty much all electronic/electric product areas, they did seem to shift from a 'High Street' brand to a parts supplier. As a result, they have dropped of most people's radar as a brand.
>I'm absolutely certain you meant 32 GB
Yes, you're right. I started this stuff in the 70's, saying megabyte still sounds cool when you're used to k so it just slips out now and then.
I've got a one x and it's a fantastic phone. Most people don't care about adding memory as it has 32mb which is really enough. The battery i@ a bad idea but then my last HTC's battery is going strong 2.5 years on.
This Philips one had a printer (and voice activated remote!)
http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=54404
>not a set top box!
Actually, it was intially. A great big box you could probably put your telly on rather than vice versa. I'm struggling to remember who made the early ones - they had one at the science museum. It wasn't a firm that usually sold to the public, more commercial/education as I remember.
I'm guessing the fact that this got marked flamebait means some people here don't know what a hakintosh is and its not a bad idea. That said, windows security essentials does the trick nicely.
Sorry, shouldn't have had the trailing slash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17553860
It's certainly a little lopsided. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17553860/
Too late, they're going to invade now anyway.
No one is saying he's innocent. The case is now going off to the DPP for appraisel. The issue is about using an extradition treaty designed to process terrorists for sending over people for other offences, especially when the sentence is FAR worse in the US than it would be in the UK. I don't think anyone, himself included thinks he's innocent, it's the process that's wrong.
>"Water Quota"....seriously?!?!?
There was an interesting article in Time recently that discussed the various (and surprisingly sizable) subsidisation that all US citizens get on various things. One was water where it noted a multi billion dollar project has been going for some years to depolute the water aquifers in the Everglades and mentioned how the water bills you pay are actually a fraction of what it costs to actually provide it. So yes, I can easily imagine it being limited in future.
"Reassuringly expensive" is the phrase you're looking for.
I've had quite a few iPods over the years and was thinking about an iPad but now Apple have joined Sony on my 'never buying a damned thing from them ever again because they're evil' list.
Actually, CIX was just after the Well, it's precursor was pre Well. Apols.
In the UK we still have CIX which predates the well a little and hopefully has more than 2000 members but it's a shadow of it's former glory when it counted Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett amongst its regular users.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIX/
I don't use anything anymore and dont miss it. I just have two accounts. I transfer a fixed lump sum to the second one each month and all the bills, standing orders, direct debits etc come out the second. Whatever is left in the first is mine.
OK, thanks. Makes sense in a historical sort of way. I know pretty much zip about Mormons, never met one so I really couldn't see where the food store thing came from.
>If they have the expertise, who cares why they have it if you can make use of it.
I have no idea why a Mormon would need to stash food, it was a reasonable question. The second point was just musing about motives, hardly 'anti-Mormon' unless you have a huge chip on your shoulder.
As for the scores, I can't help the original having 0 - it's posted as AC so that's going to happen.
Erm... Why? I'm guessing there's a few supplies shops owned by senior Morman decision makers?
On the way out, normal rations but watch very closely who is underperforming in their duties.
On the way back, Soylent Green for dinner.
Just an idea...
In many cases, it does work but equally, science reckons it has a fairly good grasp on why. It's certainly a big chunk of placebo (more on that in a minute) but is also believed to be helped by someone just taking the time to sit and talk through your problem over say a 30mins consultation rather than a quick GP 5 min window and take this prescription for antibiotics. People respond very well to a bit of TLC.
Placebos are a fascinating area. Recent research has shown that not only can they make a real difference to vague stuff like a cold, feeling run down etc, they have been found to cause actual physical changes such as organ repair, which was the last thing those researchers were expecting. The wierd things is that even if the patient knows it's a placebo, it works. Better yet, taking two placebo pills works better than one and most curiously, a placebo injection worls better than pills. Our minds/bodies seem to work in most mysterious ways. A final oddity, it has been noted that existing 'real' drugs often stop working when a newer version is released. As an example, a certain anti depressent (can't remember the name) had a reasonable success rate, say 60%. A new drug was released which had 70% success rate BUT the first drug dropped to 40%. The current thoughts on that is that the doctor tells the patient the new drug is better and some sort of placebo type response does the rest.
There's a good chapter on this stuff in the book Bad Science by Ben Goldacre.
> It's all just a load of old bollocks, isn't it?
Yes. At that level it's apparantly all about leadership and vision, not actual knowledge or qualification. I worked at a bank where the CEO (who was actually quite good) used to work for a biscuit firm and went on to run a high street shop chain. WTF?