Padded Cell

What with Switzerland's recent record on womenn's Democratic rights as well as other ground breaking Alpine initiatives it's most refreshing to see that they've also 'voted'for serious stem cell research using foetusses. Irrespective of what ones...

Are they gone for good ? No niggardly doled out single stars ?

My dad just rang pointing out this:http://www.onspeed.com/en/index.phpHe wants to sign up, does anyone use this out there? Or any comment would be welcome.Not really sureMartin

I need a pen/flash drive to transfer data to/from my office lap top and home PC via USB. Trouble is my laptop runs on Windows NT and my home PC on XP. I can't seem to see any pen drives that support NT.Anyone know any? Have good/bad experiences?

Is it me or is it a little slow and/or grumpy in the padded cell of late? You have to worry when a thread on plurals gets 5 checks So to liven things up, how about a cycling thread?Feel free to comment on any of the following:That Nixon fork looks...

ChapsI have hardly had a pop up in years and now I seem to been getting quite a few of the irritating little sods.I have Norton anti virus and firewalls as well as Webroot Spysweeper.Is there anything I can do to get rid of this menace. Are there any...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4023907.stmThis is no attempt to raise the subject again - I kid you not, its all to do with liability insurance etc. Just been talking to a sparkie at a neighbours who are having some work done. I...

Can anybody recommend a good webcam - we currently are using a cheap & cheerfull Logitech device and quite frankly the picture quality is pants. Thanks Mike

...in Scotland, at least...About high time too. Discuss, 33mks.

Me and the better half got into quite a heated discussion on the weekend regarding burnt CDs.Some work we had been doing in photoshop had been burnt to CD in toast on my mac.Sheila bought a CD home from work which she claimed contained new data burnt...

Though I have been toying with the idea for a while, the death of my Vaio lap-top (of course, just a couple of months after my warranty's expiry!) has now made this more than just a philosophical consideration.I am thinking about getting a PowerBook....

HelloWell it looks like I will fianlly be getting an ipod this Xmas as I still have not bought one. What I wanted to know is do I need anything else to go with it? For example if I do get one can I just link it to a PC and then transfer all my tunes?...

To our friends across the pond - have a marvellous day. Don't eat or drink too much though.All the bestMike

My mum is thinking of ditching her dial-up and going for broadband - yesterday a salesman came round trying to sell her Bulldog - anyone know anything about if it is a good service - by cancelling her BT phoneline, she can save on line rental and most...

I must confess that although I wrote here several times that I don’t see a difference between pictures that were taken by a Digital cameras and between pictures that were taken by SLR cameras, I leaved the Minolta z1 and I continue to use my...

i am about to move my pc,but the internet cable will be a real pain to re-lay,is there a device to plug one end into my phone socket and the other into my pc,this would avoid a new cable.

Errrr, why?Yours, perplexed.Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.

My 2 sons have between them a PS1, PS2, Game Cube, Dreamcast, Game Boy and Game Boy Advanced. The younger one is now asking for an X-Box for Christmas. Is there anything to be gained by this? As far as I can see the X-Box is technically the superior...

Hi,My Merc C200 (W202, W plate) recently prompted me that a service was due, and proceeded to count down from 1200 miles, every time I switched on the ignition the warning would appear opn the digital odometer. Having recently serviced it myself I did...

Guys, can you help?A mere four weeks after getting Broadband I have only just realised that I have my own personal webspace, which, presumably I could use to host images and suchlike.However, I have no clue how to set this up - I need an index.html...

Here's what Iranian ex-pats think.(Click the 'Thousands Demonstrate...' link)Steve M

It's once again time to review the winners of the annual Stella Awards. The Stellas are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's. That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous...

and then it gets dull.Thank yew.MikeSpending money I don't have on things I don't need.

Having spent a day at the bike show at the NEC I've come away thinking "i want a bike".It's one of those things I always wanted as a kid but as you grow up you tend to do the sensible thing and just get a car.I need to do a lot of homework so far as...

I am considering using one of these self contained safe storage units to store some items I don't want in my house.Has anyone else used them and how expensive are they.RegardsNB