Competition?
BT reckon they don't anymore -- is this Virgin trying at catch-up or, as already suggested, just bullshit while they try and find out how they can return to 'normal'.
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"Here’s another inexplicable conundrum: why do grown men these days feel the need to unbuckle their belts and lower their trousers while standing at a urinal?"
The belt is there as reinforcement to assist the trouser waistband in holding back a waistline that points in the direction of Type2 diabetes (You know your problem, you keep it all in). With a full bladder being compressed in there along with other stuff unless the waistband is released there is no way the amber nectar can find its way out. The pressure releases is often accompanied with an huge sigh or even a groan.
It's Friday o'clock, try not to be to obvious with your observations in the local pub.
That or unless rapid location of Mr(insert pet name here) is achieved then a thorough internal trouser soaking is in order and everyone on the tube thinks you're yet another pisshead.
"do we still need antivirus in 2013?"
Because the majority of users just click on things.
Remember, the internet is nowadays sold as a 'point and click' product - it's another thing that is there in the house as a consumer product. I wouldn't expect your average punter understand the basic of how a washing machine works so I don't expect them to have a clue about not clicking on a link that has come from a family member without looking first.
Cars without air-bags isn't a bad idea for a careful driver, it's the other 95% that have to be accounted for.
There are loads of pics of bacon sarnies all over the place today - something about them being bad for you (I thought this came out years back) BUT these pics of bacon sarnies make me salivate while a background taste of tea brews in my mind as well.
Wrong container (though it's been known) but I'll raise a mug to you.
"whereas Whole Earth Organic Earl Grey takes a good 5 minutes for a proper flavour to develop."
That sounds like you want a fragrant tea and something with a bit of body as well. Usually the scented ones don't take too well being left that long.
Investigate real specialty teas or mix your own instead?
Fail!
If you are going to criticise on grammar, there is a perfectly good icon to use*.
The El-Reg team work tirelessly for at least five minutes a day to ensure we can just click to slag-off others.
Non-use of icons will be logged and could result in staff cutbacks due to lack of usage of icons supplied.
*It even says 'Pedantic grammar nazi alert' ffs!
"Fox said he was not aware of Webber's crimes when the hacker joined the prison's IT class. Fox also maintained that it wasn't his decision to admit the lad to the course, which aims to give young offenders skills that will give them a better chance of finding gainful employment once they leave prison"
Sounds like they sacked the wrong person -- who was in charge of the paper shuffling?
No cigar -- since when did governments use named taxes to directly fund anything.
Even the darling of the right - Winston Churchill - stopped Road Tax being spent on roads
Governments know that those who term themselves as 'moderate drinkers' are likely to be at least psychologically addicted to the stuff as a societal prop-- it's just a guaranteed income from junkies.
( not a troll -- boozers only have 'habits' )
Seeing as my eyesight is so buggered that laser correction would still leave me wearing reading glasses and for driving - I don't expect to be an early adopter.
(very short sighted in one eye --- long sighted in the other -- laser surgery consultant didn't even try to go for a sale and agreed it wasn't worth it)
"Changes in Earth's orbit altering the distribution of sunlight which triggered melting of ice sheets and emission of greenhouse gases which acted as a positive feedback on the warming."
Now and then the planet wobbles a bit and it messes up what's on the surface.
It's not exactly a stable system as it is, a geological roller-coaster ride.
W8 : So far, none of the above.
But I guess a lot of it is how much you have loads of 'apps' hanging about .
As most of my stuff runs off of 'Desktop' the sidebar isn't used a lot.
I like the poke/mouse/keyboard combination, I've come from XP to 8 -- many people now will be very familiar with the swipe and poke of mobes so it's just an extension of that now familiar interface.
There are occasional oddities when screen resolution changes with Desktop progs leaving corners that can't be poked anymore but so far no issues with the 'It won't run . . .' that gets reported.
Indexing is much better - no longer have to go for 'search' then put the kettle on while it dredges the depths.
Superb for running MagicQ lighting software which supports touch screen for their own products - no hassles, no unpleasant bending or stretching..
" with many enthusiasts attaching cameras to their craft for the purpose of recording their flights, not to mention certain ball-ocket experiments and other high altitude boffinry."
"No officer, it's a re-entry vehicle with a guidance camera attached.
Yes, I know it's got LOHAN on the side"
" you are significantly more likely to be hurt crossing the street to get a coffee than any of us are being killed by a Russia-meteor-sized pile of space debris."
So you're saying that by more coffee shops opening up to avoid crossing roads it increases the chance of being struck by a lump from space?
"But I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn't frighten me. "
Richard Feynman
(oddly enough Brian Cox paraphrased this recently - but it's allowed as Feynman is his hero)
"I would happily pay half my tax to get rid of a large proportion of the planet...
All the Z list celebs, all the work shy chavs, and most if not all politicians (from all parties).
We could build something like a space arc, tell them the planet is doomed, they can go in Ship C , ship A and B are still under construction and we'll catch you up..."
Hmm, sounds a bit like you may be there with the telephone sanitisers
If we add in all the other 'eventualities' - untracked objects, massive tsunamis, Yellowstone park going pop, the old 'rapid magnetic pole shift', etc. etc. (even before the usual 'apocalyptic warnings' 'cos we are all heathens) it's what makes things interesting here. The more we learn about how the planet wobbles about the more it's a surprise we're still around in the first place.
Yeah, yeah, the sky is going to fall in, it's happened before -- maybe next time the planet will end up with an intelligent life-form, you never know.