Posts by Mark Wilson

When I am in a classroom I always put the kids off eating in an IT room by pointing out the fact that most home computer keyboards have more bacteria than a toilet seat. A lot of them suddenly loose their appetite. I suspect those who don't probably don't wash their hands anyway.

Yet Another Remote

Really how many do I need? And do I care that my devices use a trickle of electricity overnight. Compared to some the real leccy eating horrors in a house your average TV's standby requirements are negligible. Putting the fridge in the garage would help a lot as fridges use lots as does anything else with a pump (central heating, fish tanks, etc...).

Sold out

Both PC World & Dixons - at that price it is disposable and even if you just use for email and browsing for a couple of years it is worth it. Comet seem to have it in stock but haven't reduced prices.

Big in Japan

I still have mine kicking around somewhere but they were never a real hit here but in Japan they were quite popular and there was a 1 Gig version released which allowed for much more music on a single disc.

Now of course you can buy a Sansa Fuze which plays back FLAC lossless audio from a micro SD card upto 32GB in size which allows for a lot more music with the advantantages of removeable media.

The future of MD was doomed.

TCP/IP?

I like trying different tactics with these guys and seeing what they come up with.

One of my favourites is "how did you get my number?" the response was "throught the Internet protocol"

3x the price

Wow, they are charging 3 times what I paid for my Nokia 2110 and that included £10 airtime.

Great for me

I want one to play with but as for my students, they can get a free copy of Visual Studio Pro from Dreamspark which is a bit more useful.

Eventually

They have released the iChav for those cider drinkers in their white shell suits sitting in a shopping centre. The perfect match.

Back to the two tins and a piece of string

Living in a brand new house of a new city and our connectivity is something like:

ADSL:2Mb/s on a good day

Mobile signal: 1-2 bars on a 2G signal

Snail Mail: It occasionally gets to the right house

FedEx: Forget it

Cable TV: No

WiMax: Despite MK council setting up a company, no signal.

Roads: local council wants entire area to be 20Mph

Perfect location for hermits, and those trying to escape 21 C life.

Please can HM Gov give Fujitsu some money.

Not Surprised

I used these guys before, never again, shoddy service and I had to use a premium rate number to tell them about a fault on the line. I got out as soon as I was able to do so, they still tried charging us for six months after they ceased providing us with ADSL, then they told me they were still providing me with an ADSL service alongside our new provider.

Again?

So lets get this straight, although I have been CRB checked and have been working with children continually since then and the school I work in would have been informed had I done anything, I now have to pay a further £64 of my hard earned cash to again prove my innocence.