Posts by Alan Brookland
17 posts • joined Friday 30th May 2008 09:31 GMT
Paying for someone's holiday?
Bit concerned that the 'Join her' link implies that if you raise enough sponsorship then your travel and expenses costs for the exhibition are covered. Surely it would be better for people just to donate to the museum rather than paying for someone's holiday?
Hopefully I'm wrong and all the costs are being met elsewhere, but it would be good for that to be clarified.
Re: Formatting broke in Google Chrome / Windows
I'm getting a similar sounding problem, but with Firefox 7.0.1 and Windows 7. Layout seems fine in IE
Smart Quill
Here's the original - very iPaddy...
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26185820/Smart-Quill
Deadline much more fluid than that..
According to the Census website[1]
"Census day is Sunday 27 March. Your answers should be about your household on this day. Please submit or return your completed questionnaire before, on or after this date."
So, whenever you like then basically...
[1] http://help.census.gov.uk/england/help/help-and-information/Gettingstarted/Returningyourquestionnaire/Topics/Whentoreturnthequestionnaire_F0008A.html"
Posted in Rugby Football Union scores 3D first
Event venue link
I love that you trakced it down, but still didn't post a link! It's here
http://www.o2blueroom.co.uk/3drugbylive
(Mind you i'll probably now find that the Reg commenting system removes links automatically and you actually did....)
Posted in Atheists smite online God poll
Figures are improving
They shouldn't be too downhearted. It was 99% No, to 1% Yes last time I checked a couple of days ago. That's a doubling in belief in only a few days - if that rate is sustained...
Posted in Gmail de-goodened by contact list glitch
Too soon?
Maybe it's time to slap that 'beta' tag back on there..
Posted in Woolies Pic'n'Mix goes for £14,500
Stating the obvious?
Bill, I somewhat doubt that the bag would have reached the same dizzying heights of pricing if the auction hadn't been for charity.
Calling the manager an idiot for seeing the opportunity to raise some money to potentially help out his ex-employees seems harsh.
Well, she does say it's the reverse..
..although trying to figure out 'Quite the reverse' of that statement isn't not doing my head in.
Posted in Reg Hardware launches Twitter stream
Now unfollowed
Followed the feed briefly but if all you're going to do is just tweet new page headlines then RSS is a better way of getting updates, it's just clutter on the Twitter page.
I'd suggest either have someone responding to questions/comments about the reviews or adding extra content, otherwise it's not worth you bothering with.
Harsh comments!
It seems rather harsh to judge this woman as an idiot just because she doesn't understand the difference between Linux and Windows. I'd suggest that the majority of people if not selected from a poll on the internet wouldn't either. To many, computer = windows as that's all they've ever used.
Yes, Linux can do most things better but it's still not going to be able to cope with you putting in Windows software and 'just working' which is what she was expecting to happen. Not everyone is comfortable with computers - they are still a scary alien thing where hitting the wrong key will break the internet. That doesn't make them idiots.
Ok, she was trying to learn more about how they work from a course which was probably very application-centric and was based on Windows. That seems like the best place to start to me for using applications so why not. Once you've gained in confidence then you can start exploring options like Linux, but why make life more complicated initially. If someone wanted to learn to drive in an automatic are they an idiot for not demanding a manual?
I'd put the blame on the Dell technical support person personally. She phoned them to ask for a replacement and was told by the 'technical authority' that she didn't need one as what she had was better. In her case, it clearly wasn't.
(Oh, and you're all n00bs coz OS X is the only l33t OS anyway :-P )
Posted in MPs declare their ignorance on the web
Incorrect article citing
The link to the Westminster Hall discussion in the article seems to link to a debate on the Stern report on Climate Change - at least I hope it does. I really don't want to have to interpret remarks such as:
Mr. Lilley: It is for only one variety of groundnuts. There is another variety for which a 15 per cent. improvement will be produced.
in the context of inappropriate internet content...
Perhaps you intended to link to http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm081113/halltext/81113h0001.htm ?
Self-fulfilling prophecy?
"After answering part of the request the broadcaster refused to give further details because if it did so it would damage the public's perception of the effectiveness of TV detector vans."
Isn't that just going to achieve the very thing that they were trying to avoid?
"We can't tell you that they're just full of old wire clothes hangers and cardboard boxes, because then you'd think they don't work..."
Posted in El Reg salutes ultimate shed anthem
Close enough to sheds..
I'd suggest the catchy anthem to the 2007 Sauna World Championships - possibly also the inspiration for the Irish Eurovision song contest entry?
http://k-systems.fi/www/saunaheinola.com/intro/
[Flame, for hopefully obvious reasons!]
Complicated donation methods
They'd probably attract more cash if they made it easier to send them money,
"How to join the Friends
Simply download the Friends of Bletchley Park application form, complete and return to us either by post or by fax on +44 (0) 1908 272666."
Post or Fax? I know the technology was limited in the 1940s but the world has moved on a bit since then!
