1xion

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 10:32

Re: DAK which ereader to choose?

Barnes and Noble are currently trying to dump stock. Their Nooks are currently ridiculously cheap (£30).

They've succeeded - the basic Nook is currently listed as "temporarily out of stock". When and if it will be back [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Photography board. 21:26

Re: Digital rights and liberty taking!

A late addition to this, but our Lords and Masters have changed the rules on copyright http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/

There's an [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Legal Issues - Practical board. 22:00

Re: Limitation period for civil claims

However, the really serious problem is that while section 33 of the Limitation Act allows the court to ignore the limitation period in negligence cases (which they often do) this does not apply to assault cases, where the court simply has no power [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Legal Issues - Practical board. 17:43

Re: Limitation period for civil claims

A detailed breakdown of the legal position here:


I think that is somewhat out of date. In particular the bit where it says "The House of Lords have now given permission for Claimants to challenge the decision of Stubbings v [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Legal Issues - Practical board. 16:56

Re: On making a will

As this would have deprived the stepfather of half the value of the house, ... he might not have agreed to any change in ownership.

AIUI him not agreeing wouldn't necessarily have prevented it happening. AIUI a joint tenancy can be [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 23:05

Re: Kindle

Pre-e-reader we used to buy and share our books, but now life has become difficult. Post-e-reader we have all have to buy the same book. We are all fast readers so I thought surely there must be a function that I can lend a book to a friend for a [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Mortgages board. 20:52

Re: Interest on more than 100% in offset a/c?

The bank would net off the debt (mortgage) with the credit (savings),

AIUI that is no longer the case. The FSCS rules changed at the start of 2011 so "right of set off" is no longer applied in general.

[more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 20:09

Re: Windows on a Mac

Question is: how easy is it to run Windows on a Mac, either as a 'virtual' or as a dual boot, say?

You might get a more informed response by cross posting on the dedicated Apple board:
[more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 08:41

Re: Laptop reliability for Windows

I wonder if all the machines had more or less the same software?

My guess is that the data is being gathered from the users of Soluto's software so there's likely to be a wide range of software across the surveyed machines. How far [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 21:13

Re: Motley Fool Format

I have a feeling I've tangled with the American Fool site in some unfortunate way because its trying to tell me I'm spelling colour and favourite wrongly!

Spellchecking is provided by your browser, not the Fool. The language setting [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 22:09

Re: Plaster board screws

I know there is a DIY board somewhere but I can't find it!

For future reference:
http://boards.fool.co.uk/building-diy-fools-50975.aspx?mid=1...

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 22:06

Re: What's happened to Dequacaine?

no one seems to know why or even thought of asking why.

Here's a few possible explanations (US based but I suspect still valid for the UK):

[more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Cars & Driving board. 17:15

Re: Locking wheel nuts

Some might think this is money wasted, but considering the time, trouble and uncertainty in trying to do the job myself, it is worth that to me to get the problem sorted.

At least you avoided finding out you had a problem the way I [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 12:39

Re: Various questions about Google Music Service

Does the Google Music sync software for Windows have a problem syncing files that are stored on a NAS?

IME no. It quite happily pulled music off of my NAS (via my PC).

Can one set up a Google Music account without an [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 21:14

Re: Yahoo e-mail fiasco

I've decided I have little choice but to establish a new e-mail address, with a new provider, and move on with my life.

If you're going through the relative pain of establishing a new email address it may well be worth going the extra [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Living Below Your Means board. 19:18

Re: Zoverstocks/Amazon

I must say, that the 97% Feedback for Zoverstock is pretty poor for a seller with so many sales in a year. ie, 3% of all their many sales is a whole lot of unhappy people.


I suspect it's significantly less than 3% of all sales - [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Legal Issues - Practical board. 13:23

Re: Faulty answerphone part 2

Is it "my problem" to prove that the machine is not of satisfactory quality?

As Mel said in your previous thread:

"after 6m the consumer has to show the fault was there at time of purchase - which doesn't mean [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Cars & Driving board. 21:37

Re: DVLA Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Or is this normal (and not a problem) for cars being sold by dealers, as long as they're taxed at the point of sale?

AIUI yes, it's not unusual for dealers not to tax vehicles "in stock".

if that's the case [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 13:58

Re: Students and Council tax

However, He came back from the benefit office in tears when he was told that they would investigate his case, as he really does want to get a job and this would scupper those plans.

You have my sympathies. I remember from my student [more]

Boards Post

1xion replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 13:28

Re: Students and Council tax

a) If he is not liable whilst unemployed?

The unemployed are liable for council tax but they can also claim Council Tax Reduction:
[more]