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So what are YOU going to do about it? 'The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present.'Robert F. KennedyFollowing on from some comments Rasher made on my...

Just to cheer us up in this awful weather: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6276209.stmTony

Hello all.I have been pondering the purchase of a road bike and have come to the conclusion that carbon fiber is the material to go with.My question relates to a couple of specific bikes namely the Specialized Roubaix and the Cervelo Soloist. Any...

Hello,Has anyone experience with using a power conditioner in a naim system?I am told it could be a great upgrade for a hifi-system. I am wondering if it works good with naim.

Nevermind the rah rah. What about the the superleague that is about to begin very soon!Come on you Hull.Hopefully we can look forward to plenty of this . . .Click 1 Click 2instead of this . . .Tindall "hit"

Hi,This is probably a real dumb question, but here goes. Can I burn CD's to my iPod without the CD also being copied to iTunes - if so how do I do it?Cheers,Monty

Gentleman,I will be attending a stag night this evening for the groom to be. Nothing special planned (so far), just a meal and copius amounts of drink in the local hostelries. Kick off in 8 hours.Assuming that some of you on here may be/ have been...

A couple of people have told me they don't see an automatic spell checker when typing a post here but I do. Is this Adam trying to tell me something? Of course it may be something to do with having updated my Mozila Firefox yesterday. Anyone else...

Do you know if naim make thier power leads with "proper" aussie plugs.We are moving out there in the next 6 months or so. I know the voltage is 240 so that should be fine, but i didn't want to mess around with adaptors,thanksMark

Just had a quick look at www.kenrockwell.com, latest news, tonight and a quick snippet:"Casio just announced it's sold one billion electronic calculators since their first electronic calculator – the model 001, went on sale in 1965. Criminy! I...

I am sure this was an issue before but basically each page fails to load completely or takes ages and eventually the naim logo just comes up with a question mark.I suppose with all the trouble in the world, this does not rate highly but there you go.

Newsnight Tuesday 16th January 2007 marked the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union between England and Scotland. Debate dominated by the debate between Alex Salmond, Leader of the Scottish National Party, and Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State...

This year I have had not only regular mail go astray, but parcels too, both at work and at home. I have had clients who have not received work I've sent out either.This is crap, and there appears to be very little that can be done as no-one seems...

There was a thread here some while ago about Elena Filatova and her Chernobyl website, which I think most posters recognised the public importance of, given the re-emergence of the nuclear debate. In a similar vein, I'm trying to trace a documentary...

We (self and gorgeous other half) have tickets to see Kylie this Friday at the MEN, but, as some of you may have heard she is suffering from this viral infection thingy (much like the rest of the population, myself and said other half included) and...

How's about a thread for your favourite on-line vids?My starter for ten, a rather fine cover of "Lucy n the Sky with diamonds"/dl

Hi,Can anyone recommend a Thai and Vietnamese cook book? I've been trawling through Amazon and I don't have a clue.Any advice?Cheers,Monty

Hi,having been away with my family to Florida, they have become interested in purchasing a boat/cruiser. They are looking at a 25-27ft boat.We tried the sundancer 25 and Monterey 25-27, but I wondered if any of you here had an experiences of using...

Hi,Could somebody point me please to a Naim-style Theme or Wallpaper for Symbian 9.1 (S60, 3rd edition)?I suppose there should be somebody who has created such a thing or I am wrong?I admit, I’ve looked at more than 1000 Themes in the Internet...

Prompted by reading Ian Rankin's 'Black Book' and a cafe in the book which serves Elvis meals. So can anyone think of any food related songs, album titles or amusing rearrangements of titles.Jailhouse Rocquefort Love me TenderloinDon't be...

For SaleTelephone seat, mahogany with storage door and cream cushion, beautiful design and in showroom condition.......... £50Just saw this ad in our local paper. Once these things were the height of fashion to have in the back passage (oh err...

To bring a Cheshire Cat grin to Our Mick's chops, I can now report that Berlin Fritz has just learned from the powers that be that my exepected tax return in its entirety must go directly to the Court to be swallowed up in costs, ie, fight debt with...

Anyone having problems with IE7 ?I've just downloaded the upgrade and keep getting an annoying pop up. Any time I open another tab or a link opens a new tab a pop up comes on to ask if I want to close all tabs.There is an option to 'not show this...

Anyone see this on telly last night? Funniest thing I've seen for years. Genius.

I think we're in deep shit.Against the advice of his generals and, well, everyone really, he's going it alone. We know he's mad, but surely someone will stop him from this insanity. Surely there must be a department in the USA that have plans for this...