Posts by BongoJoe 1327 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Apr 2010
Really? If Lenovo follows through on their statement about no longer pre-loading bloatware going forward, that would keep them on my shortlist.
Ditto here as I rather like the hardware. Then again I do blast the machine with a new operating system when it comes out of the box.
Of course the problems we face today are now in the BIOS...
My lane to the main road (also in Wales) has no mobile coverage due to mountains being nearby and, secondly, isn't on any maps.
So if I run into Tom Jones'* bloody sheep and cause my airbags to pop would the car think that I was driving in his field?
(* No, not that one. The other one)
A lot of people disliked him for lots of reasons over the years.
I can think of a few.
1. Living on his reputation as a Beatle and dishing out second rate songs when he should have gone into silent retirement. The list of the offending works is too long to mention.
2. Being a man of the People and wanting to charge Liverpool an insane amount of money to play at one of their City of Culture gigs and then saying that he was proud to play for the city (which is an euphamism for a fat cheque).
3. Closing down all concession stalls at stadiums which had a right to be there on the ground they sold hamburgers and the like without offering compensation. Imposing his Veggie Fascist ideals onto others gets a downvote from me all the time. By all means be veggie but don't close down omnivoric outlets.
4. For just being generally crap and tiresome of late.
He was good as a Beatle but that was millions of years ago in another geological age. Now he's not.
Cue downvotes from mop-topped thumbs up gesticulants
Indeed have an upvote from me.
I used 'Silent Clack' because using a clack is more or less like using a morse key and when a member of the RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain) passed on their obituary was marked in the magazine column entitled "Silent Keys".
Yes, a little contrived, but there you have it.
When I am bashing out ASP pages I sometimes* forget if I am looking at a live page hosted elsewhere or whether I am looking at the page on my test IIS rig.
Now with this added to the IIS server I can see at a glance if I am looking at a live page or not. The live page will, of course, have a silent clack.
(* i.e. most of the time)
Sarah, I am much in the same boat as yourself (I believe that I have replied to one of your posts on a similar topic in the past). However, the overall concept of Universal Credit is a good one.
Or rather, the concept as promised is good. The implementation is terrible as is a lot of the promises and various sleights of hand which is going on.
In a fair and decent United Kingdom this would be implemented properly.
When I lived in Belgium I noted that it was a device used by the police to harrass those of somewhat darker skin colours by randomly stopping and demanding the papers of Moroccans looking for those without ID cards.
As someone with a high albido index I was rarely bothered. It's just a way to control and harrass law abiding citzens.
The one I had in Norway had my date of birth as the 32nd February, 1900. It broke every scanner trying to parse it. I was requested to get a new one but, for some reason, I declined.
I wouldn't. For two reasons.
If it's nice outside the clothes get dried in the garden. If it's not nice out then the clothes get dried in the drier or on the creel above the fire.
Either way, getting the clothes out of the rather expensive washing machine means then I can get another load done...
Currently the dishwasher is having a 'moment'. I can press the GO button it may or may not go for any apparant reason. The washing machine will often start and then decide that it's too much effort and stop the cycle there and then.
The Bosch oven, that beast with five alarm clocks and an occasional flashing Error 11 message which sometimes requires a reboot by trying to turn it off at the main consumer unit (the power connecter is out of reach behind it).
If these things all have a mind of their own and decide that, independently of each other, that they want to go on strike then imagine what it would be like if they have the means to get organised.
I am rather much against this for a number of reasons.
Firstly Choice. I don't feel that I ought to be forced to pay the rather large salaries of some of these presenters. Do I wish to pay towards the upkeep of the likes of Brand who generally leaves a bad taste in my mouth. He is, to me, the BBC's equivalent of John McCirrick and I have no intention of supporting their lifestyle as such.
I do buy the BBC's box sets when one comes out that interests me. This is my choice and some years I may spend more than £147 and some years I may spend less. This is my choice and this is as it should be.
Secondly, the BBC. I am not pleased with the way that they covered up the Savile affair and I can image a lot of religiously minded individuals would be less than keen on supporting such an organisation as the BBC.
Thirdly, programme quality. On the whole, I think that what the BBC offers is shit, Yes, there are a few good dramas that they make. But those I may choose to watch on Netflix (which means I will have paid my share for indirectly) or I may buy the box set or, even, I may choose not to bother with it at all. What was once the preserve of the BBC is now being overtaken by other channels. Channel 4 is now making Indian Summers and ITV are making the renowned Downton Abbey; all stuff that used to be the preserve of the BBC,.
Years ago the BBC would point to their dramas and claim that it was their 'unique funding' that enabled these shows to be made. Now, this argument no longer exists.
The sport has nearly vanished entirely from the channels. There is lads mag late on Saturday night which seems to be the Manchester United fanboi show and that's about it. Oh, when they did show the racing at Ascot it seemed to be a four hour fashion show interrupted by a race getting in the way. The BBC did promise us something special and we got were some cooking shows and antique hunts at scruffy car boot sales.
Worst of all are these panel judge shows which encourage the viewers to spend money to vote for something pointless which appear to be springing up.
The case for the BBC is weakening by the month and the idea of a compulsory tax on a non-essential item to keep the likes of Lineker and Shearer on massive salaries is, quite frankly, distasteful.
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