* Posts by MJI

6871 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Mar 2009

This 125mph train is fitted with LASERS. Sadly no sharks, though

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Re: t ful

Heard Westerns and Deltics - Deltics are definately the better sounding.

TBH on type 4s the 16CSVT takes some beating

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Re: A nice tilt to Gricerdom

Looks like a good time to stock up on 56s then.

And I reckon 60s will become very sought after as the only really decent heavy hall locos of a reasonable number

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Re: Sadly no sharks...

I have a Cambrian Shark, and a few Dogfish, and also a couple of Mermaids, 2 Turbots, and a few Sealions

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Re: A nice tilt to Gricerdom

The emmisions regulations are hurting in the whole of Europe now with Diesel locomotives as decent high efficiency engines do not leave much room for exhaust cleaning kit.

Anyway what is wrong with a bit of clag?

Seen a 37 (Bony-Y-Bermo ? ) kick out a huge smoke cloud on the SVR many years ago.

I also like both of English Electrics big express designs.

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Re: MTU makes me sad

You need to have experienced Paxman power, it was a large part of the character of the HST.

Also were British made power units.

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MTU makes me sad

I miss the Paxman Valentas and the Paxman VP185s were a suitable British replacement.

Still the best high speed Diesels in the world for the last 40 or so years.

Doctor Who trashing the TARDIS, Clara alone, useless UNIT – Death in Heaven

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Re: Moffet MUS GO, but are there alternatives ??

To be honest show running he has been up to this series been a better show runner than RTD. But show running has dropped his script quality. Pre Clara the story arcs were better.

Before you knock him remember the little elf doctor. The episode we have all forgotten with Peter Kay. The farting aliens, all the average episodes were forget.

Also remember the excellent episodes from the early reboot such as "Are you my mummy?", The Girl in the Fireplace, and of course his best ever work, Blink.

To be honest a rest is best so we can have really good stories again, and a joint show runner to point him in the correct direction.

That said the special with John Hurt was rather good, and some proper out of sequence time stuff!

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Holes

Didn't we see in a previous episode a descendant of Danny Pink?

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Re: Watched last night on catch-up...

Blink was superb, as were the two episodes before.

Pity this last series has lost the magic of Blink, The Girl in the Fireplace, Doctor Dances/Empty Child.

Good moments but not a good series.

The Pond Williams period was to me much better

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Re: Make IT STOP

Atlantis

Well if you suddenly found yourself there wouldn't you use your modern knowleage to make things better for your self?

Got a STRAP-ON? Remember to TAKE IT OFF at WORK

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Watches - don't like them

Very annoying as they are tight.

But to be honest the most annoying thing I can think of to wear is a suit!

Boxing clever? Amazon Fire TV is SO CLOSE to being excellent

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Re: Cut-price console?

The PS3 is definately good at this, better than the PS4 currently.

Streaming

Blu Ray

Tend to use it mainly for that now until I get the new Borderlands game, or get an urge for Killzone multiplayer (don't like Shadowfall).

ONE FIFTH of Win Server 2003 users to miss support cutoff date

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For some small companies it is.........

New server or pay staff

Clara goes to the dark side, with dark secrets revealed in Dark Water

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Re: which Cybermen

OK Dave

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Re: We know Danny survives

Good idea!

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We know Danny survives

As we have already seen some descendants

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Re: which Cybermen

Cybus - Trigger Cybermen

Would be very effective street sweepers.

NHS slow to react as Windows XP support nears the end

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Re: XP Support

For me it is OK, I have dual boot.

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Pint

XP Support

Is easy, done a few now

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady]

"Installed"=dword:00000001

UK's a very popular target for EMEA cyberspies – report

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EMEA?

East Midlands and East Anglia?

Sunset Overdrive: Exploding teddy bears, dragon fights and more in a tangerine blast

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Re: the 10 Xbox One owners might be overjoyed with this

It won't, I am pretty sure it came down to IP ownership.

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My son is more bothered .......

Where is the next Ratchet and Clank game?

UNCHAINING DEMONS which might DESTROY HUMANITY: Musk on AI

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Linux

Oops

I read it as Penguins and demons

HUGE SHARK as big as a WWII SUBMARINE died out, allowing whales to exist

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Perhaps whales killed them off?

Due to their brain size and ability, perhaps the cetations killed off the more dangerous sharks?

BAE points electromagnetic projectile at US Army

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Re: How are they going to fit it to his bicycle?

Sir Bradley rides bicycles not sharks!

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How are they going to fit it to his bicycle?

And what use will he have for it?

Caterham Seven 160 review: The Raspberry Pi of motoring

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Re: Westfield SEight

Ah the car to terrify every other sports car & hot hatch on the road.

Oh look boy racer, a real engine and in a light car.

Would you blow $5.6m to own a dot-word? Meet a bloke who did just that

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Re: Weird Reality

They have some strange names for property shops.

I hope this stupid domains crash and burn

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Weird

.spot - OK for acne treatments I suppose

.reality - wierd, anyway wouldn't they be better off with Tuvalu domains for their reality shows.

Kingston's aviation empire: From industry firsts to Airfix heroes

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Excellent article

I never knew about Sopwith and Hawker being basically the same company

Ex-US Navy fighter pilot MIT prof: Drones beat humans - I should know

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Replacing pilots

I could see that for bombing missions, but not yet for fighters.

That said there are better pilots out there than the US top guns. See FAA and RAF

Computer misuse: Brits could face LIFE IN PRISON for serious hacking offences

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A village has lost its idiot.

Why would it matter if a British person wrecked the Norks only computer?

Why would it matter if a British security person hacked into say a Middle East system to dig up ISIS information?

This idiot wants to criminalise GCHQ!

Want a more fuel efficient car? Then redesign it – here's how

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Stuff that - too much like hard work I have had cat A since 1980.

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Re: Fuse wire - EFI churning

Unless a sensor is starting on its way out, had to crank a bit when the crank sensor started to fail, and I needed recovery in the middle of a postal strike!

After the strike fitted the new sensor, perfect.

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Re: Cruise control - maintaning speed

Last two cars were built without cruise but added trivially. One was stalk and software, the other was a few switches.

Cruise should be free or at most £50.

Maintaining speeds.

I used to own a tuned old hatch with some rally components, very little weight and a three figure power output. The biggest engine version would hassle contemporary super cars.

On the motorway I would keep to around 80, now hills were fun, I could keep my speed up the steepest going past the repmobiles, but they were so eager to pass me back on the down hills, simply due to car age. (Did not happen with newer cars) This would happen again and again. Actually it was a great car to identify knobs, and it even raised smiles from traffic police.

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Oil heat exchangers

Actually they are pretty good, they heat the oil up quicker to operating temperatures and then keep them from getting too hot.

Warms the engine up quicker

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Re: As I have a horrendously long commute

headwinds

I once managed 10mpg driving into a head wind while towing. So blustery I avoided the A30 across Bodmin.

About 40l of propane after 90 miles.

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I used to commute by bike, but the trip got boring so I went faster and faster until I got caught!

large bikes cruised well around 70-80

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Chasing lockup

Actually if you are trying to hypermile an auto you will be doing this a lot, chasing lock up top.

Most autos I have driven lock up around 50, so if you are following a car and they are desparately trying to drive at 50 rather than 45 - they are trying to hypermile a traditional auto.

It can make quite a bit of difference in economy.

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Better to keep an existing car running than waste resources making another

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Re: LED lighting

I agree those PWM rear lights are horrific. Sometimes you cannot even work out which car they are on.

I detest those driving lights too, At dusk as bad as main beam

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Re: Depends on assumptions

I bit my oil filter would not get stone chipped.

It is changed from the top!

Doctor Who's Flatline: Cool monsters, yes, but utterly limp subplots

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The tunnel - lots of odd things

Well that tunnel has no doors in it, and no passageways behind the walls, also no ladders nor stariways..

Simply is a curved hole under a hill.

Virgin Media DOUBLE-PUNCHED by BSkyB AND BT over ad fibs

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Re: "We're no good, but we're the least shitiest."

You forgot

"We are not Murdoch."

Need to switch from Windows Server 2003? Here’s a workshop just for you

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I think MS should do it all for free

After the tactics used to kill off the proper PC server company I think MS should do it for free.

RIP Netware

Lies, damn pies and obesity statistics: We're NOT a nation of fatties

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As a fatter person

My issue is sitting at a desk all day and too tired to take many walks in the evening.

I don't eat as much as I did when young either

Red Bull does NOT give you wings, $13.5m lawsuit says so

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Re: HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA

When I as small I was shocked when episode 2 of Sale of the Century came on TV, they had already had it!

EE TV: Network snubs 'Auntie's antique' for mobe-happy set-top box

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Oh is isn't

The EE I thought it was.

English Electric

Official: BT wins £420m Wales PSN gig... just as we said it would

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However

I do wish I could get BT to traffic shape MY traffic to prioritise PSN over bloody youtube, or anything else.

Behind the Facebook DRAG QUEEN CRACKDOWN: 'Anonymity soon!'

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Pets

My wife set up a load to get more Farmville crap, and they never noticed, pity the chipmunk died a few years ago (he was old)