Tow-Ball Height

Posted in cars

It seems that the towball (TowSure detachable type) on my car (RAV4, 2006 model) is too low for the kind of twin axle livestock trailer I want to use. I was rather hoping this would be fixable by buying a “taller” replacement detachable ball uni…

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Drought Is it just me, or is this the wettest drought ever?

Recommendations For Freesat Recorder

Posted in  digital_tv

Our Sky sub finished shortly, and we’ve removed the box. Have been trying out an Elgato freesat recorder, but the ancient Mac Mini in the stack doesn’t seem up to the job, and anyway it’s single tuner. Any recommendat… Ideally I’d like somethi…

Culture Or Consumerism?

Posted in sasha_lubetkin / 5serious.chat

I don’t know if anyone else noticed it, but the Sunday before last they had Aung San Suu Kyi’s brother-in-… on Broadcasting House. He said > Goodness, there’s a lot to be said for repression. The Burmese > people are still living in an…

So You Think You Have Enough RAM….

Posted in mac / 9main

So you think you have enough RAM…. My 2009 Mac Pro has had 16GB RAM from the beginning (8x 2GB). I have just fitted 32GB (4x 8GB) and it is noticeably snappier! Activity Monitor shows 11.15GB free and no Swap used….. john

Faith Schools …

Posted in sasha_lubetkin / 5serious.chat

I used to be a fan of faith schools (although I am not sure why, I think it was emotion rather than reason) but not any more. — http://www…. riage The Roman Catholic church has wri…

On Faith, By A Scientist.

Posted in peewheet / 18general

Norbert Weiner, The Human Use of Human Beings, p193 I have said that science is impossible without faith. By this I do not mean that the faith on which science depends is religious in nature or involves the acceptance of any of the dogmas of the…

Will Win 7 ‘Mirror’ Backup Up,Over-Rite The One I Did One Month Ago…Will I N-

Posted in windows_7 / general02

eed to make a new system/star… cd each time? I had some great advise in here about the ‘mirror’ back-up system available in Win 7 on my new Dell laptop and used it with a new HD from Biz. I used it as directed and then made a new system start-u…