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My wife is sitting lectures at the moment for Law, and she has been hearing about the James Bulger case. The boys that killed this poor little 2 year old, pre-meditated I might add, have been released and given new identities after winning "the right...

HiI bought a new pc in September. Since then on three occasions I have experienced considerable numbness in the side of my face. Medical exploration of the problem has not revealed a possible cause. I have recently realised that each time the problem...

Finally the new Safari 1.2 together with the Java 1.4.2 update works properly with the forums "advanced interface"...Java 1.4.2Safari 1.2Or via built-in "Software Update..." feature. (OS X, 10.3 only).happy surfin'adrian

There are just so many out there now and im finding it difficult to wittle it down to a few.Like whats the difference between fuji NPC, NPS and NPC? Any idea what the letters stand for?Then there is Fuji Reala and Superia - why?Kodak is at it too with...

My ntlworld broadband connection keeps dropping out for hours at time. It has been off since Sat 1pm, on again now.Can anyone recommend a monitor program I can run on a PC to monitor the internet connection and record periods when it is off, so I can...

Anybody got experience ?I am just ready to order my first tank and have decided to go straight to marine.I have done some research and have a decent local dealer but would like to share experiences etc. with anyone who has a marine set-up of their own.

Can any one tell us what nbs&p or nbsp stands for? I googled and got a martian version. An English version would be appreciated. Howard

ChapsI have just spent the last two days attending a course, at Leica HQ in Milton Keynes, on how to use a M6.This was a damn good course and I now reckon I have gone from being pretty useless to fairly good. If any of you own a M6, I seriously...

I was in London today, the purpose was to buy a suit.I looked all round Saville Row and in the end landed up at ted bakers main shop.I walked out with a stunning suit, it cost me under half what saville could offer, and frankly looked modern, where as...

Ok, ok, I know most of you are far too sensible and clever for reality TV nonsense and will have been ignoring/unaware of the impending return of IACGMOOH.But consider the rumoured line up -- John Lydon, Neil "Razor" Ruddock, ex-BBC Royal...

I went round to a friends tonight to sort out “a problem” on his PC. Turns out that he’s getting MSFT Messenger Service popups all the time. He’s on AOL.A quick scout round Google and I find that this is down to attacks on the...

Not for music tho'.I have a load of data and forms that I need to share with some collaborators for the duration of a project. However, I do not want to allow them to have access to these materials after the project is completed. The forms are in Word...

I've never done the MP3 bit before but just got a motorola mpx200 phone with built in pda and MP3 player.Although mainly I got it to replace my current phone and HP Pocket PC I thught it'd be interesting to see how good/bad the MP3s sound. It's got a...

My son (15 and currently studying for Standard Grades) went on a school trip to Newcastle yesterday to hear a “poetry recital”. How dull I thought. Why on earth would any normal 15 year-old want to do that? It turned out John Cooper Clarke was one of...

Has anyone done it?I'm considering tutoring physics and/or calculus on the side, but I haven't a clue what it requires, both during and prior to sessions.

I've always preferred Coke. Also, I hate apples but quite like pears.Alex

Leaked to the Sun according to Sky News.Blair escapes criticismBBC editorial defectiveNot being cynical but I guess the leak originated from the government ... spin, spin, spin.Not sure that The Sun should have published this either knowing that...

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As you may have seen in the Photo Album thread, I've been having problems with my Agfa Snapscan e20 USB scanner. Windows XP will "see" the scanner and install the driver, but Agfa's Scanwise won't communicate with the scanner.This has happened to me 6...

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Hi all:I've recently started using Mozilla's Firebird Web browser in order to avoid those nasty popup ads, and it works well, except when I try to access the Naim forums. Sometimes the browser hangs, sometimes it gets in after a LONG wait and...

Seen in another place SatireWire | Feature: Interview with the Search EngineRoy

Guys - ive got a couple of camera bodies I wish to sell (F5 and ETRSi) - do you know of a forum that is the photogrphy equivilent of PinkFishMedia - I really dont want to go the epay way as I just dont trust it .Any advice welcome .Thanks and regards

Not sure if this has been addressed here yet, but I would be curious to know what others expect. Personally, I would like to see Millar NOT get his chain fouled in the prologue, and would also like to see Tyler Hamilton NOT break his collarbone. Not...

The German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer was a taxi driver for some five years in Frankfurt before getting seriously into World Affairs and brilliantly standing up to Rumsfeld as he did, innit. Fritz Von Continuallyenjoyingmystüpingness