Aug 17
Posted in windows_7 / general02
Recently set up a new dual core, 6GB RAM, W7 64-bit Home Premium machine for a friend who decided, against my judgement, to stick with the pay-for, pre-installed Norton secu…
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RIP Harry Harrison
Posted in sf / 7discussion
Just seen it reported. Not unexpected, alas. He was always fun to see at conventions. http://www.harryharrison.com/ …
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Posted in mobile_phones / 8general
son is going to greece shortly for a fortnite. He uses O2 business via his blackberry so i decided to contact O2 to see what current position is with regard to EU tariffs. Via a chat line …
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SON 10
Posted in electronics / 30gen
Yesterday the latest PCBs and parts arrived. I’d chosen to use SON 10… It’s amazing how you can deceive yourself about your ability to solder a new package – when it’s on the screen it look…
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About lying…
Posted in enquire_within / 56discussion
Just came across this article: http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443343704577548973568243982.html “Lying to yourself—or self-deception, as psychologists cal…
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Image Despeckle algorithm….
Posted in developer / 2chatter
I’m after (or an explanation of) an image despeckle algorithm. I’ve had a nose round the net but cannot find much can anyone recommend anything? Cheers, Mike …
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Earlier today I became a mac owner. (Basic current 21″ iMac)
Posted in mac / 3.beginners
Fifteen minutes later the screen went off and it wouldn’t reboot any more. Tomorrow I will no longer be a mac owner, when they take it b…
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Okay, here’s a suggestion for taking IxOLR to a mass market: Do a version for newsgroups. The only newreader on the iPad is not a patch on IxOLR. The general operation is dire. Bu…
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Russian recipes – and more exotic ones
Posted in sasha_lubetkin / 12chatterbox
I’ve recently acquired a copy of the Babylon 5 recipe book, which includes some Russian recipes, as well as adaptations to earthly ingredients of several alien …
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Firewood Moisture Meter
Posted in alt.energy / general
I now have several log stores full of timber cut last winter. Some was dead timber and some live. I guess I need a moisture meter before I start trying to burn them. A quick…
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Now we are 17
Posted in peewheet / 18general
Mym (aka archdruid) created this conference on the 16/08/95 to honour Tony Peewheet who has been a wonderful friend and inspiration to many of us on Cix. It’s Tony’s birthday today;…
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STARTTLS and root certificates
Having finally got my iPad to talk STARTTLS to mail.interdns.co.uk (thanks, Mat!), I decided to do the same with my old Nokia phone. The phone doesn’t trust the certifi…
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Click fraud – by advertising company
http://www.cringely.com/2012/08/14/click-fraud-the-old-fashion-way/ /Matthew Jones/ …
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Email clients
I love the Nexus 7 but it seems I’ve been spoiled by htc’s email client. So, unless anyone can tell me where the setting is to change the number of days’ worth of emails that are kept …
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DevExpress TcxTreeList -> XtraTreeList?
A colleague is having trouble saving and restoring the column order in an XtraTreeList. Now in my Delphi world we do the following: Saving the column orde…
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Vintage Champagne
apparently 2010 was a very good year. Anyway Tesco Direct appear to be selling the stuff at half price (less than £20 i think) for a case. worth a punt? I’ve also just notic…
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Breakdown recovery service
about to renew mine with Britannia Rescue when i realised it doesn’t cover a 2 car scenario. http://www.money.co.uk/breakdown-cover/breakdown-cover-for-2-cars.htm doesn’t…
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