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General Discussion Area / Phone hacking

« on: 29 January 2011, 13:35:10 »

Am I the only one sick & tired of hearing the Beeb flog this to death? I could care less about some minor celebs & pols having their, undoubtedly uninteresting, voicemails listened to. Has no-one told the Beeb about GCHQ? IMHO the hype is a poorly disguised attempt to get at DC via Coulson, and will probably only result in a vast amount of our money being spent on a fruitless Police investigation.

Grrrrrrrrrrr.

Rant over.

Rant

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General Discussion Area / Extract from Lexus FAQ's

« on: 13 January 2011, 18:35:37 »

Can I leave my Lexus Hybrid Drive vehicle for an extended period of time, while on holiday for example, without having to recharge the battery?

As with all vehicles, if left for an extended period of time without use, especially in severe weather conditions, it may need recharging. However, in the unlikely event that the battery discharges completely, the petrol engine will start the car. :-?

Lexus Hybrid Drive technology then ensures that the advanced compact battery will be efficiently re-charged as you drive. At cruising speeds, the generator will convert surplus engine power into electricity. And when decelerating, regenerative braking ensures kinetic energy is intelligently captured and converted into electricity to recharge the battery.

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General Discussion Area / U/T graffiti artists

« on: 14 January 2011, 09:37:18 »

This is an extract  fom our local Neighbourhood Watch bulletin:
 
A new way of dealing with offenders of low level crime and anti-social behaviour 

Some offenders of low level crime and anti-social behaviour in Wiltshire and Swindon are now being held accountable for their actions within the community rather than in the court room.  Wiltshire Police officers have been trained to use a form of restorative practice called Local Resolution which puts victims at the heart of the process by giving them a say in how justice should be delivered and involves work with partner agencies, such as local councils.

 

Wiltshire Police Local Resolution Project Manager Wendy Moore said: “Given the right conditions, officers are using their professional judgement and discretion to help create resolutions in line with victims’ wishes, such as by offenders giving verbal or written apologies, paying fair compensation and repairing damage they caused. All parties have to agree to the Local Resolution and if an offender fails to carry out their agreed actions they can be arrested and prosecuted.”

 

Since May 2010 more than 480 Local Resolutions have been carried out in Wiltshire, for example: 

  An employee who stole building supplies from his employer admitting responsibility and paying £400 back in full for the supplies. He was subsequently dismissed from the company.
 

A 16 and 19 year old cleaning off graffiti they sprayed on a car park wall while supervised by a council employee.

 

Police will still arrest and prosecute for offences where this is the right thing to do. Local Resolution is partly driven by the national Flanagan report into policing which said investigating of crime had become overly driven by a performance regime, rather than encouraging a common sense approach to resolving incidents. Wiltshire Police is following other forces which have run similar successful schemes.

 

These are clearly not fully qualified yet!

 


 

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General Discussion Area / Village Hall Boiler

« on: 12 January 2011, 18:25:16 »

Hi peeps, I am involved with a small Charity running our Village Hall. Today a 'Gas Safe' engineer arrived to do the annual service on one of our Hall boilers, a 15yr old VC GB 242EH Vaillant, which has given us trouble free heating since installation, including just before the service, and advised us on completion that it would not light up and it was a timer problem.
I am informed that the push button (ignition?) switch (has a pic. of a flame next to it) on the main switch panel came out of its housing as the panel was removed, and was then pushed back in, and suspect this may be the problem. The panel has been removed, and the push button goes into a sealed switch unit behind, and we have been unable utilise the terminals on the unit to get it to run.

We are unable to get another qualified engineer for two days, and the 'Gas Safe' engineer is, unsurprisingly, 'unavailable'. (Further action is proposed in his case.)

1. All fuses have been checked and there is switched power to the boiler from the serviceable (checked by leccy) timeswitch. Is there any other simple thing that a good DIYer or electrician could check?

2. As Vaillant want an exorbitant price to send an engineer out, never mind repair it, we feel that if we are unable to get it going cheaply, we should replace the boiler with a modern condenser. Could anyone recommend a suitable reliable boiler to supply ten 1000mm x 600mm double radiators. No hot water supply required. I am sure there must be an OOFer who can help.

TIA

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General Discussion Area / Pigs & Troughs

« on: 07 January 2011, 17:10:07 »

Hurrah! they've actually done something about one of them, David Chater, but to listen to the 'special pleading' by friends on his behalf, it is clear that they STILL DON'T GET IT!

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General Discussion Area / 2Woody

« on: 28 December 2010, 16:30:50 »

We haven't heard from 2Woody lately, is he away?

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General Discussion Area / W3C feed validator for ATOM and RSS

« on: 28 December 2010, 20:23:08 »

This item appeared on my laptop for no apparent reason. I've googled it and am none the wiser. Can any of you computer buffs enlighten me? Should I be worried? :-/

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General Discussion Area / Anyone got a Foxsat?

« on: 23 December 2010, 18:29:07 »

Two weeks ago I installed an LG TV and a Humax Foxsat HDR box having been so satisfied with my Humax 9200-T Freeview box.( which I kept - fortunately).

How dreadful is the Foxsat remote operation compared to my dear old 9200. It is completely non-intuitive  - unlike the Freeview remote. While, I admit, I am still trying to navigate around the buttons, I could operate the 9200 remote within, it seemed, seconds of connecting up. My biggest complaint is the poor access to a useful EPG, and I have still been unable to find a quick way of accessing an EPG for any favourite lists. Every operation seems to require about 3 or 4 buttons to be pressed to access the required menu, instead of one for say 'favourites EPG' as on the old 9200 remote. Certainly my wife is unlikely to master it.

Fortunately I have still got my old 9200 connected, and, if I don't need to watch HD, I use the old freeview box and remote as before. The picture is not quite as good, and has only a Scart connection, but this is far outweighed by the ease of operation.

Shame on you Humax for taking a step backwards.

Can anyone comment on other makes of freesat box in comparison, as I am very disapponted with the operation of this one, and will be looking for one with a simpler remote operation.

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General Discussion Area / Blu Ray

« on: 06 December 2010, 13:09:59 »

As I know there are some experts on techie stuff on here. What should I look for (apart from cheap) in a blu ray player?

TIA

Edit: Also what should I look for in HDMI cables?  I have an LG 42LD790 TV and a Humax Freesat recorder - arrives tomorrow(?) I think I need these to join them up. :-? :-/

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General Discussion Area / Uploading pic, help required

« on: 04 December 2010, 16:52:58 »

Can anyone tell me, in English please, in simple terms how to upload pics. I have read Tunnie's how to, and don't have MS publisher, and am quite old so will probably die before I reach the end. The YaBBC is written in YaBBC which we stopped when I was in Form 4b back in the day, so I can understand Latin better, and I don't understand Latin! :-? :-? :-? :-/ :-/ :-/

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General Discussion Area / Chagos Islanders

« on: 04 December 2010, 16:39:18 »

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/WikiLeaks-Chagos-UK-And-US-Plotted-Against-Indian-Ocean-Islanders-Leaked-Documents-Suggest/Article/201012115846953?f=rss

David Miliband claimed the (world's biggest marine) reserve would not harm the islanders claims.

Yeah, right. 

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General Discussion Area / Tell us what you really think Nigel!

« on: 02 December 2010, 18:41:27 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUUOrATtM78&feature=player_embedded

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General Discussion Area / Qantas A380 for the aviation nuts amongst you.

« on: 02 December 2010, 19:08:31 »

Received this from a mate with Qantas. I assume it is fairly accurate, given what has emerged since.

And they got rid of Flight Engineers to save money.....How many pilots did they have on the Flight Deck to sort this one out???  I really do give up on"progress" and the "Two-pilot" Flight deck... Last paragraph says "all the
guys were flat out". As this is a "TWO-PILOT" aeroplane then GHU if it had happened with just the TWO aboard...
 
*Subject:* A380 problems in detail, and good reason for "if it ain’t Boeing I ain't going!!!”
   *Earned at least a year's salary in an hour or so.   Everyone gave the pilots a glowing commendation for their
   professionalism & they deserved it.*

   Here are just SOME of the problems ******* had in Singapore recently aboard

   QF32.... I won't bother mentioning the engine explosion!.... oops...

   mentioned the engine explosion, sorry.....

 

   *  massive fuel leak in the left mid fuel tank (the beast has 11 tanks, including in the horizontal stabiliser on the tail)

   *  massive fuel leak in the left inner fuel tank

   *  a hole on the flap canoe/fairing that you could fit your upper body through   

  the aft gallery in the fuel system failed, preventing many fuel transfer functions
   *  fuel jettison had problems due to the previous problem above

   *  bloody great hole in the upper wing surface

   *  partial failure of leading edge slats

   *  partial failure of speed brakes/ground spoilers

   *  shrapnel damage to the flaps

   *  TOTAL loss of all hydraulic fluid in the Green System (beast has 2 x 5,000 PSI systems, Green and Yellow)   
 
*  manual extension of landing gear
   *  loss of 1 generator and associated systems

   *  loss of brake anti-skid system

   *  unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using normal method after
landing due to major damage to systems

   *  unable to shutdown adjacent #1 engine using using the fire
switch!!!!!!!!

   Therefore, no fire protection was available for that engine after the explosion in #2

   *  ECAM warnings about major fuel imbalance because of fuel leaks on
left side, that were UNABLE to be fixed with cross-feeding

   *  fuel trapped in Trim Tank (in the tail).  Therefore, possible major
CofG  out-of-balance condition for landing.  Yikes!

   *  and much more to come..........

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General Discussion Area / The Eternal Optimist

« on: 02 December 2010, 18:44:03 »

Frank always looked on the bright side. He would constantly irritate his friends with his eternal optimism.

No matter how horrible the circumstance, he would always reply,

"It could have been worse."

To cure him of his annoying habit, his friends decided to invent a situation so completely bad,

so terrible, that even Frank could find no hope in it.

On the golf course one day, one of them said,

"Frank, did you hear about Tom? He came home last night,

found his wife in bed with another man, shot them both!"

"That’s awful," said Frank, "But it could have been worse."

"How in the hell," asked his bewildered friend, "Could it have been worse?"

"Well," replied Frank, "If it happened the night before, I’d be dead now!"

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General Discussion Area / Inappropriate jokes

« on: 08 November 2010, 17:20:34 »

Horny fat wife in stockings & high heels puts on a cape.
She bursts into bedroom & shouts to husband "Superpussy"
He looks up and says “I’ll have the soup "

A 12 year old girl from Barnsley writes a letter to Jeremy Kyle...
Dear Jeremy, I'm the only girl in my class that isn’t pregnant. I’d like to appear on your show to see whether it’s me or my brother that’s infertile

My wife told me we need to have a serious chat, yeah, like that's gonna happen in the middle of conker season!
 
Little boy comes home from school and says, "Dad, I got a part in the school play!"
Dad says, "Well done son, what part do you play?"
"A man who’s about to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary"
"Never mind son, you might get a speaking part next year"