May 17
Missile Batteries In London
Posted in enquire_within / 56discussion
Apologies if this has been done before, but perhaps someone can explain to me how these are supposed to deter suicide bombers? And why is it preferable to have a shot-down airliner crashing on, say, Piccadilly rather than on the Olympic Stadium? …
102 replies
Posted in enquire_within / 81general
Earlier this afternoon I received a call from INTERNATION… claiming to be Windows Support Service. I was bored so played them along for twenty minutes or so, apparently following their instructions on my PC until they go to the point of getting …
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Heeeyah! Finally chose and purchased a fresh bike after 2 months of looking and prognostica… and testing. I was very tempted in the end by 1200GSA (too expensive) KTM990 Adventure, (a bit hardcore and poor for 2 -up) and a Honda Varadero (sof…
84 replies
Greeks
Posted in sasha_lubetkin / 4ask_aunty
Did you see that wonderful programme on BBC4 last night about the Antikythera disk, a 2000-year-o… astronomical computation… device invented by the Greeks. I was amazed at the level of technology they attained. What a remarkabl…
178 replies
Diablo III
Posted in sasha_lubetkin / 4ask_aunty
Diablo III Dear Aunty, I was a massive fan of Diablo II. Should I buy number III, which is out tomorrow? Leslie
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Sometimes technology still astonishes me. Watching the Channel 4 news on C4+1 on my iPad, streamed from the Elgato EyeTv Freeview box upstairs. Amazing, really, when you think about it.
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Feeding Electricity Back Into The Grid
Posted in electronics / 30gen
People who have solar panels claim they are doing this. But how true it is? i.e do they actually feed power back up the wire or do they just get a rebate? My understandi… of electrical power systems is rather limited, but to me this is akin to …
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Data In Europe
Posted by: pellefsen in mobile_phones / data - 9 days ago
In a month or so, I’m off to France for a week and a half, to a place that has no internet connection. I don’t think I can bear to be without the web while I’m there. I have an old-fashion… mobile phone (not 3G) with T-mobile, but I suspect tha…
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