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A couple of interesting articles one in DT today on why having less offshore windmills and modern gas power stations and using the cost savings on home insulation would be a much more cost effective solution.  :y :y :y :y

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/9318072/Gas-better-than-wind-for-low-carbon-Policy-Exchange-claims.html

Second article shows due to base load fluctuations and inefficient use of conventional base load power stations, when wind power gets over 10% of electricity generation you have no CO2 emissions savings and may increase them.  :o :o :o :o

http://joannenova.com.au/2011/07/lessons-in-wasting-money-use-more-wind-and-solar-and-emit-just-as-much-co2/

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General Discussion Area / XGD
« on: 01 June 2012, 13:05:54 »
This has appeared today on the Bloomberg currency trading page and is the new currency code for the post-Euro Drachma.

http://twitter.com/russian_market/status/208505829824020480/photo/1

Are they playing it safe or do they know something we don't?

There have been rumors that Greece might use this long bank holiday weekend to introduce the new Drachma.

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General Car Chat / Renault Traffic Gearbox Problem
« on: 01 June 2012, 01:01:01 »
A friend has a 2002 Renault Traffic 1.9/2.0? SL27DCI and first gear has gone. Apparently this is a common problem

He has been quoted £700 for a reconditioned gearbox with 12 months warranty, plus £250 for fitting.

Has anybody got any suggestions for fixing it more cheaply?


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General Discussion Area / Good News from GM
« on: 16 May 2012, 19:54:06 »
It looks like they are not only going to keep the Ellesmere plant open, but to also invest, so there is a bigger workforce producing more cars.  :y :y :y

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/9270822/General-Motors-to-keep-Ellesmere-Port-factory-open.html

Probably at the expense of the Germany factory at Bochum.

So much for the Europhiles saying not being in the Euro would cost the UK jobs, the reverse seems to be true.  :y :y :y

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General Discussion Area / FCO 30/1048 Treason
« on: 10 May 2012, 23:06:26 »
FCO 30/1048 is an FCO document produced in 1971 and released under the 30 year rule, showing that Heath the traitor knew, that joining the EU was about the abolishment of the UK as a democracy and as a country, they lied then over the loss of sovereignty, like the Lab/Co/Dems are still lying through their teeth today, including the Cons applying a 3-line whip to stop an EU referendum and using weasel words before that to get out of a manifesto commitment to give us a referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

http://www.eutruth.org.uk/fco30.html

http://www.acasefortreason.org.uk/index.php/the-evidence-files/fco-30-1048

Traitors the lot of them for stealing our democracy, freedom and right to self determination. No wonder BLiar and McRuin were so keen to get rid of the sentence of hanging for treason.  >:( >:( >:(

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General Discussion Area / UK Law is now a Joke
« on: 09 May 2012, 21:40:16 »
Why UK law is now a sick Joke. Good law is when ALL citizens are equal in the eyes of the law, which is what UK law used to be known for.

Stephen Lawrence, attacked and killed by racists, case badly investigated by the Met. Police. Public inquiry who branded Met. Police as institutionally racist.

A Muslim Pakistani pedophile ring, targeted and groomed over 50 white girls which they serially raped. Police and Social Services not only failed to investigate, but brushed it under the carpet so as not to appear racist!  :o :o :o  There will be no public inquiry and according to the all concerned including our politicians, it is not a racist case. How can this be so when they are one race and they deliberately targets people of a different race?

Now, if a white pedophile ring targeted, groomed and raped over 50 muslim girls, do you think the outcome would have been the same?

They have been sentenced to between 5 and 19 years, which means 2.5 to 9.5 years with 50% remission, or between 2.5 weeks and 9 weeks in jail per abused girl. Is this a just sentence?

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General Discussion Area / Boris Wins
« on: 05 May 2012, 17:31:39 »
Well done to Boris for beating the slimy newt Livingstone.  :y UKIP mayor candidate did badly as they forgot to put their party name on the ballot application.  :o :o :o But, UKIP did very well where they had candidates and remembered to put their party name on the ballot papers getting about 14% of the votes.  :y :y :y

The DT Matt cartoon did make me laugh

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/matt/

Boris in his winning speech has promised to introduce driver-less underground trains and to do his best to cut council tax by 10% over the next 4 years. Real Conservative aims and policies for a change,  :y :y :y take note CamMoron.

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General Discussion Area / There is hope yet
« on: 04 May 2012, 00:58:00 »
The Czech President has made a very well thought out speech today. Having lived under the old USSR, what he says will hopefully be the first of many more nails in the coffin of the EUSSR.  :y :y :y

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/9244156/Eurozone-debt-crisis-Europes-nations-must-break-free-from-the-Brussels-straitjacket.html

I feel that there is the beginnings of a tide against the: "We know what best for you, so don't question the lack of democracy in the EU and the effective dictatorship from the core countries of France and Germany".  >:( >:( >:(

This is inevitable from the every increasing number of intrusive EU directives spewing from Brussels, falling living stands as a result and the lack of democratic process.  >:( >:( >:(

The only political party in the UK at the moment in-tune with this tide is UKIP.  :y :y :y

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They are making big strides with fuel consumption, but I wonder what the real world figures would be.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/carreviews/9214962/Mercedes-Benz-E300-BlueTEC-review.html

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General Discussion Area / How popular is your name?
« on: 27 April 2012, 18:52:56 »
The Daily Telegraph have included an interactive display for christian name registrations from 1996 to 2010, which is quite interesting. Type in your name and see how popular it is:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/9231326/Revealed-how-popular-is-your-name.html

Over the 15 years where my name is unusual only 91 babies have been given the name an average of six babies a year. That's why I like my name as it's unusual. :y :y :y

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General Discussion Area / 26th May EU "Cookie" Directive Starts
« on: 25 April 2012, 00:29:19 »
On the 26th May the EU Cookie directive becomes law where you have to get explicit consent from users to use cookies on their computer. Now I have build and look after a number of sites this is going to apply to. Have any other web developers on here had any thoughts on this, as any advice would be greatly appreciated?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9223930/EU-cookie-law-will-cost-businesses-10billion.html

The consensus also seems to be that you are going to need to LIST and CATEGORIZE ALL of the cookies that the site uses on your 'Privacy Policy' or 'T&C' page, which for sites with many advertising sources is going to be a major job.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9181672/Cookie-consent-guidelines-launched.html

The easier question:

Do you put a consent button at the top of the screen and don't enable cookies until they have consented? Do they only need to give their consent once (and then save this in a cookie) or each time they visit the website?

Now it gets more difficult:

3rd party cookies like Google Analytics, which can use up to 5 cookies, easy enough don't enable until user has consented, but the client than has inaccurate site statistics and can't calculate ROI for Google Adword sales where some customers don't give their consent!

I have a server side tracking system, which I built for a travel agent many years ago which uses landing pages index.php, index2.php etc, to track different campaigns with a server side tracking system, which will get round this problem, where it tracks and stores the source right through the selling process, but some of my customers will bitch that they will now have to use more that one system, ie Google Adwords stats and my stats to calculate ROI. Anybody got any other suggestions?

Now it gets worse:

Some websites including some of my own, make their money through 3rd party advertising. The easy solution would be not to display the adverts until you get consent, but I suspect that will kill the sites paying for themselves, don't consent, 'no annoying' adverts, so no income. So it is going to be a case of working with each supplier, so cookies are turned off, but the advert still displays until you give consent. Again what mechanisms will be in place by the 26th May for this?

Now it gets even more difficult:

3rd party suppliers who use iframes. Where browser security means that you have no control over the content of 3rd party iframes, this will mean multiple consents. The only work around for this I can see is to reload the iframe with a url consent variable. I can do this using JavaScript and location.href="3rdparty.com?consent=1"; But how many 3rd party suppliers are have implemented such systems by 26th May?

Into the unknown:

Now this applies to all EU based computers, so if your website is outside the EU and is accessed by EU citizens it applies. Now I'm working on an international website at the moment and using IP data to set the country, so I know from a location whether a computer is in an EU country or not and whether I need a comply button. But what happens if an EU citizen is the using their computer outside of the EU on business or holiday, would I technically need to have the comply "Confirm" button?

The small site / not-technical nightmare:

Many small web sites and blogs are build using 3rd party software development environments. How are they going to cope, with knowing what cookies the system uses, if you have an ecommerce option, this will almost certainly add more cookies and the consensus is that your 'Privacy Policy' should list ALL of the cookies used on a website and what they do. Now I can do this, but it is going to be a pain in the butt, but what about these sort of non-technical users. Many of these will be using freeware / shareware unsupported systems, or US developers primarily for the US market, with I don't give a toss about EU directives, level of support.

No consent given:

How is this going to impact Ecommerce sites and software, where they don't work without cookies enabled?

This is going to impact MOST people that manage  or run websites, many people that run information sites, and pay for the hosting / running costs or supplement their income though some small websites right up to multi-national companies are all going to be hit, with most likely, across the board, lower online sales. The fines for non-complience are up to £500,000. I've no doubt that trading standards will be gearing up for this as a new Government deficit-busting tax stream, while in the rest of the EU when it comes to compliance, their officials will just give Gaelic shrug.

This going to cost all EUSSR companies and economies a lot of money, just what we all need in a US / Europe economic depression, made ten times worse in Europe with the Eurozone madness.  >:( >:( >:( >:(

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General Discussion Area / Ducati being bought by Audi
« on: 19 April 2012, 19:46:53 »
I know this rumour has been circulating for sometime.

But it has now been confirmed by Audi, with a price tag around $1bn.

Who will win / lose from this deal?

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General Discussion Area / Titanic 100 years
« on: 14 April 2012, 23:44:43 »
At about 11:40pm on 14th April 1912 Titanic hit the iceberg...  :'(

My next door neighbour's family have been on TV several times in the last 3 weeks where his Grandad Robert Hichens was the helmsman at the wheel when it struck the iceberg.  :-[

So this calamitous event would have been happening now.  :(

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