Lie Detectors And The Development Of Young People
Reading the paper today, I see that a senior police officer is justifying the proposed use of a lie detector on suspected “low level” paedophiles ” in case some of them are more harmful to children than thought ” In the light of the trouble in…
Why Android Tablets Failed: A Postmortem
Why Android tablets failed: A postmortem http://m.te… m/10011
Decoding 433Mhz Oil Level Monitor
OK, further to my earlier message (cix:83) about hacking 433Mhz data I’ve made some progress. I’ve got a generic 433Mhz receiver and hooked it up to a ‘scope. I first had a play with a wireless room thermostat and got a constant stream of “noise…
Jeffrey John
I gather that Dr Jeffrey John is understood to be considering suing the Church of England for discriminat… unless he is made a bishop. Two thoughts occur. First, this is not the way an ordained member of the Church of England (or any other ch…
Management Speak
This is a genuine email from the CEO of a major American company to tens of thousands of employees worldwide – I have a copy of the original. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty… The tremendous growth and industry leadersh…
Failing Connection To Internet
I’ve had a long-term problem with an intermittent Internet connection between the Win 7 PCs on my network. I suspect it is some sort of DNS issue but I just cannot track it down. My network comprises: House: Router on 192.168.1.1 1 * Windows 7 6…
Borgen
Borgen So the Danes come to London to acquire the blackest political arts :-) Ian
Purple Passion
In Sainsbury this weekend we saw purple asparagus. We therefore bought, cooked and ate purple asparagus. It’s delicious. Slightly milder and sweeter than the regular sort it put me in mind of what asparagus used to taste like. The purple colo…
Enforcing A CCJ
I lived in a house share for a few months last year, and the landlord haven’t paid me my deposit back yet (I moved out at the end of September). After taking all the required steps to try and recove…
Circulon In The Dishwasher?
Not sure if I should be asking this in gourmet or in here. I’m sure I’ve seen recent ads for circulon pans which say they are dishwasher safe. When I bought mine it didn’t say that on the label. My partner insists they cannot be put in the dishwash…
