Padded Cell
As a junior member it might not be my place to comment, but though I've never posted I've been reading this forum for 3 years now. - The new forum is terrible. I can't make heads or tales out of it and I'm no web dummy. If I had the patience to figure...
I want to copy all my old 35mm slides to CD, probably upwards of 500 slides. Anyone know/used a company that would do this and at reasonable expense?I have a single-shot slide copier but life is too short!Bruce
As of today my impression of the U S of Eh has fallen to precisely the square root of diddly squat.Why?Received a cold call (to you Americans that is an unsolicited phone call) from a firm of stock brokers just before mid-day. They get more devious as...
Hi folks.Has anyone done the Inca Trail? Any recommendations as to tour operator, or anything else? We've always planned to do it, and this could be the year. Especially interested in any relevant travelogues that you might know of.Ta,John
Just a heads up, since installing my router there has been the occasional prblem notably with mail.app and most browsers.I am no expert but in the network pref pane under TCP/IP there is a Configure IPv6 button, click this and swith it from automatic...
I have a 2.2GB PLUS microdrive card with my Nikon D70. I have just returned from a holiday-of-a-lifetime from Africa. I had taken about 400 pictures, when suddenly the Nikon could no longer read the card. I am now very concerned - no more-like...
Quote Adam :"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."Next Naim Product release will therefore be very interesting......... <only joking mate, please look at this as lively banter in...
I have a Gen3 40 Gig ipod. I have been creating playlists using iTunes which work great. But on the machine itself, there is no 'Playlist' option when I go to 'Browse'. I have tried dragging the playlists on iTunes to the iPod icon but still no go. I...
Does anyone have any tips on how to get these fuckers off my Grandads back?He's 83 years old and has dementia and keeps getting their carefully worded crap and assumes he's won or is "really close to winning" etc.My mum has called them at least once...
Hi guys, now I am finally sorted on broadband I would like to get some online space sorted out, I don't think metronet give you anything.I don't want to use the free services online, there has to be something going on their to make it worth their...
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66498,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2]The gigapixel camera is very large format, using 9-inch-by-18-inch plates. It's the same format used in military spy planes like the U-2. In fact, Flint uses old spy plane film...
The new freedom of information act has been giving senior civil servants a headache: not because they have been swamped with tricky requests for sensitive material but beacuse they have been swamped with tricky requests to, er, monitor the requests....
The Chief strangely enough, amongst others seemingly have a problem with my Padded Cell membership, I wonder why ?Fritz Von My mate said to his wife Elvis lives on even though he's long gone, she looked over at him and replied "Yeah, and with you it's...
What a weird world we live in .This afternoon driving into town i was behind a banana yellow renault clio (old and knackered)when passing some local YOUF the driver of the clio proceeded to perform his very well rehearsed Ali G routine.This threw me...
I've just finished reading John Harris' excellent book of the same title, and thought we could have a good old heated debate to warm things up a bit in the Padded Cell.Harris, a lifelong Labour campaigner, voter and party member, is hugely...
Despite having a degree in computer science and my entire career being spent in the industry for many years I'd rejected the idea of a home computing network on the basis that it was the ultimate expression of IT geekdom.Once broadband internet was in...
It's come to the time of a free upgrade and the last couple of phones I have had have been disappointing. I currently have a Motorola V600, and the battery is knackered. Menus are clumsy in use.I wanted to go into a PDA type of thing to keep my...
Does anyone know whether you can de-register as a groupee and how it can be done?
Hi , So that i don't wreck my computer, can anyone tell me if using the line-out (phono) from my nicam VCR into my computer soundcard would be OK? I have the necessary 2-phono to jack, 1/4", lead. I am just not sure about levels(or poss. dangerous...
I have just purchased a small tv for the bedroom, I live in a new apartment and have an arial socket on the wall that receives a signal from the roof main arial. I have now discovered that this doesnt work!- and..since we are on the bottom floor the...
Sorted, catch yers later.Fritz Von Cutting out the bull
I am planning to visit NY in March and would appreciate any suggestions on the best places to shop for LP's/CD'sThanks,Neil
Leaving aside for a moment my view that Gordon Brown would have been better off campaigning for fairer trade for the 3rd World by ending unfair EU, US, Japanese and other subsidies and trade barriers...What a pity that Mr. Brown didn't link his 3rd...
FellasI'm trying to log into an shn trading site. To become a member, one needs to download a program called DC++. This did but it's an .exe file for Windoze and I cannot open it on my Mac. Do any of you whizzes out there know what I should do...
Appropriate? http://www.sniffpetrol.com/index.htmlTony