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RE: RAM Disaster!

You learn something new every day... cheers, Klaus!

(Although I'm yet to fry anything electronic the way I've been doing it... but fair point! )

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RE: RAM Disaster!

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RE: KLM A332 Wings Bended Too Much?

Agree! But stranger things have happened - the Emirates A340 not making it off the ground due to a loadsheet error springs to mind; you could say you'd be surprised if Emirates allowed that to happen, but for some reason it did. People make mistakes. I do agree with you though it's probably unlikely...

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RE: KLM A332 Wings Bended Too Much?

If he definitely heard it was something to do with limitations on the airframe, maybe it could possibly have been a loading error and the aircraft was inadvertently loaded above its Maximum Zero Fuel Mass limitation or something, which means it would probably have to be checked over by engineers bef...

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RE: Your Favorite Beer?

My absolute favourite: <img border=0 src="http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/44837.jpg" width="150" height="202" border=0> Also generally anything by Badger, Black Sheep and Belhaven breweries would be up there. Plus, I'm a big fan of Weissbier / Weizenbier (to our German contributors, what is the c...

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RE: Ads In UK Newspapers Today - The Anti-flying L

I've got to a point now where I just try and ignore the eco-nazis. It's best to take no notice of them and watch them get even more wound up. They get a lot of publicity but when you consider the general public as a whole they're still just a pretty vocal minority. The bottom line is that people are...

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FLYtoEGCC

RE: The Future For Flying

It's only 19 years until 2026... the year Thunderbirds was allegedly set. Maybe we will be flying around in nuclear-powered aircraft.

Anyone up for a flight on Fireflash?

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RE: Manchester Viewing Park

That page isn't great for directions on foot once you've reached the freight terminal. I'm surprised RingwayReports doesn't give better on-foot directions as well. However, the walk from the freight terminal to the <acronym title="Wilkes-Barre / Scranton - International (AVP / KAVP), USA - Pennsylva...

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RE: Help Please With My Laptop Screen

It most probably <acronym title="Island Airlines (USA) and Eagle Air/Arnaflug (Iceland)">IS</acronym> a defect with the screen, especially if you've sent screenshots to others which have then appeared normal. Unfortunately, with an <acronym title="Louis Trichardt (LCD / FALO / FALT), South Africa">L...

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RE: Manchester Wins "Super Casino"

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RE: Your Favourite Children's TV Character.

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RE: Your Favourite Children's TV Character.

Another vote for Zippy. Rainbow is absolutely legendary. No other show could get away with being made on such an utterly low budget that they had to steal scenery from other shows, could never be arsed to edit out mistakes and be so packed full of adult innuendo. I enjoy it more now than when I was ...

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FLYtoEGCC

RE: Which Laptop Do Ya'll Have?

I've got an Asus A6712U-LH. Very pleased with it - relatively cheap, fast and feels solid and well built. The only thing it lacks is decent graphics power (I have to make do with the onboard SiS M760GX graphics chip rather than a dedicated ATi or nVidia card) but otherwise it's excellent.

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RE: My Computer Died

I'd suggest that your motherboard has failed, rather than your CPU. I have had a similar problem with a recent upgrade, and if your CPU wasn't working properly you might at least get to the POST screen. I had a situation where I had power, lights, fans, etc and repetitive beeping but nothing on the ...

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FLYtoEGCC

RE: University Internet Charges In UK

At Warwick it was free for on-campus accommodationwhen I was there. Although it was partly covered by extortionate room rent prices which constantly went up well above inflation.

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RE: Manchester, England

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RE: Manchester, England

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RE: Railway Cable Theft

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RE: Funny Street Names

The focal point for the gay community in Manchester is a road called <b>Canal Street</b>. There is an on-going joke that if you drop the first letter of each of those two words, the resulting name spells something which might be more fitting to that particular group... <img src="/discussions/gr...

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RE: Ok, Thats It, Had Enough, Advice On Moving Out

If you move to somewhere where there's a sizeable student population, you might well be able to find a shared house/flat in the 50-60/week bracket. It depends how far you want to go really. I'd re-iterate the advice given about your guitar stuff. If it's a hobby of yours, think carefully beforehand....

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RE: Galloway:Blair Attack 'morally Justified'

Just ignore Galloway. He's an absolute crackpot, a waste of good air and an egotistical self-serving idiot who appears to have done absolutely zero for the people who elected him. The more people talk about him for stupid comments like this, the more publicity he gets - which is absolutely what he w...

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RE: Man City Vs Arsenal Predictions

We were stuffed again last night by the sound of it. Like Banco said we never get anything out of the Arsenal games. City might as well just not turn up. Well done to Sunderland though.

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RE: 2 Shags Ogled My Melons!

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RE: Jobs You Wanted As A Kid

4-6 years old - Doctor
From 6 years old to present - Pilot. For which, barring any disasters between now and August, I'll be starting my training.

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RE: 2 Shags Ogled My Melons!

It's a play on words with the phrase "Two Jags", a reference to a tabloid story that came out a good few years ago that John Prescott frequently used two Jaguar cars to make stupidly short trips in central London rather than walking. Given the context of the latest story, and the recent media covera...

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RE: How To Fix The Freeway Traffic Problem?

I'd suggest the proposal put forward by the Monster Raving Looney Party in their 2005 UK General Election Manifesto... <i>"In order to combat motorway congestion we will immediately close all motorways to all vehicles with the exception of bicycles to encourage our green policy and fitness."</i> The...

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RE: Who Here Watches The Apprentice?

Yep I watch it, and I'm so glad Syed's gone. What an arrogant arse he was. Mind you there aren't many of them in the running who I could work or do business with regularly. It's fun to watch, but there are one or two who really are nasty pieces of work and need some of their ego knocking out of them.

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RE: F1 : San Marino GP

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RE: How Can I Save On Gas?

If you must have a car, sell the one you have and get a small one with a small, fuel efficient engine. A 16 year old still at school just does not need something of a Dodge Caravan size, or the big engine that goes with it. Over here, most 17 year olds passing their tests and getting their own cars ...

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RE: Beer+Monday=This

Good choice of beer, I must say... Franziskï¿½ner and Boddies. Very good.

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RE: F1 : San Marino GP

From a British point of view, I see Button as the Tim Henman of the F1 world. He used to be seen as a young, up and coming, exciting talent and Britain's best chance of having a champion in the sport - everyone said he had the potential. But no matter how hard he tries, he just hasn't quite got it a...

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RE: So How Much Is Gas Where You Live Now?

Most petrol stations I've been past in the last week - Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire - are all ranging between 93.9p and 97.9p/ltr for Unleaded. Highest I've seen for Diesel is 98.9. I wouldn't be surprised to see these go above 100p/ltr soon,...

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RE: Your Longest Train Journey

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RE: Time For A "Post Your Wallpaper" Thread!

I use JetDesk, so whatever the most viewed photo on a.net is.

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RE: Your Longest Train Journey

My longest in the UK have been: Chesterfield - Leuchars (09:36 - 15:11 with 1 change - 5:35 total) Chesterfield - Christchurch (13:35 - 18:35 with 2 changes - 5:00 total) Manchester Piccadilly - Exmouth (when I was about 7 years old so I don't remember, it was in the early 90s on a <acronym title="H...

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RE: Study Tips Wanted

Turn your computer off. And leave it off. Having pissed away weeks of revision time pratting around uselessly on the internet with my laptop switched on beside me, I'm now starting to get worried. You can get so much more work done without distractions. With your problem reading, try breaking the te...

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RE: New Airbus A310-300 For Air Transat!

That's normal for charter airlines. Pretty much all of the A330s operated by UK charters - MyTravel, Thomas Cook and Monarch - have 360+ seats, with 2-3-2 in the premium cabin (on Monarch it's rows 1-7 IIRC) and 3-3-3 in cattle class.

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RE: MyTravel A333 On Round-the-World Flight

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RE: MyTravel A333 On Round-the-World Flight

The MYT A330-300 I came back from Cancun on in summer (OY-VKG) had 370 seats arranged 2-3-2 in premium and 2-4-2 in standard. How have they managed to get an extra 35 seats in?

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RE: Deal Or No Deal: Anyone Watch It?

I'm absolutely addicted - glued to my TV between 4:15pm and 5pm every day. Noel Edmonds is an absolute legend. Anyone see the episode yesterday where the guy went home with 1p?

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RE: Ahmedinejad Again!

I agree. You can't expect the world to take you seriously when demanding your right to have nuclear technology for civilian means, then mouthing off with statements like that. Is he oblivious to how the rest of the world is likely to react to that, given current events? Or is this demand for civilia...

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RE: How Big Is Your..

15.4" widescreen on my laptop
19" widescreen Acer AL1916W TFT for my desktop

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RE: Pound Sign

And now trying it in IE6... ££££

Hmmm. Looks like it is then. That's bloody annoying - the Alt+0163 combination is annoying on a laptop because of having to switch Num Lock on and off whenever I want to do it.

[Edited 2006-04-08 11:25:59]

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RE: Pound Sign

I'm having the same trouble. Looks like it is to do with Firefox because I've only recently started using it and I've never had the trouble before. Just doing this as an experiment...

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RE: 'Ow Much For A Pint, Then?

My local down at University is technically the Students' Union pub (The Graduate) where a pint of real ale is ï¿½1.90-ï¿½2.00, Worthingtons is ï¿½1.60, Carling (for those that must drink it) is ï¿½1.80 and Stella is ï¿½2.30. At home back in Chesterfield it's normally around ï¿½2.00-ï¿½2.20 for a pin...

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RE: The Sexiest Language?

It's got to be English spoken in an Irish accent, definitely. There's just something about it.

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RE: Whine/Brag About Your Laptop Here!

I love mine. ASUS AL6712U/LH. 15.4" widescreen, Sempron 3000+. Not given me a single problem since I've had it and for the spec a snip at £595 (60Gb HDD, 512MB RAM, DVD-Rw, built-in Wi-Fi, built in microphone, 4xUSB, infra-red, firewire, etc.) Compare this to my girlfriend's laptop - a Toshiba Satel...

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RE: Valentine's Day: What Will You Give?

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RE: What Are You Drinking At The Moment?

For me, a nice cup of hot Vimto to soothe my poorly throat.

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Computer Upgrade Help Needed

Hi everyone, I'm about to order a bunch of new parts for my computer and could do with a bit of help from the technically-minded here. I'm upgrading: CPU (Athlon XP1800+ to Sempron 64-bit 3000+) Motherboard (Elite K7S6A to Gigabyte K8NS) Graphics Card (nVidia FX5200 to Powercolour ATi Radeon X700 - ...

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