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ngaunt replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 12 minutes ago

Re: Telephones

Caller ID is free, if it is part of your package.

Get these three calling features absolutely free with your calling plan when you make two calls a month:
Caller Display
BT Answer 1571 voicemail
BT 1471
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ngaunt posted to the Land Of Serious Topics board. 34 minutes ago

What more does it take...?

England's healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, a report says.
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ngaunt replied to the Land Of Serious Topics board. 38 minutes ago

Re: Human Rights moves into a strange new area

I sadly await the first occasion when soldiers are ordered to sit in their barracks rather than prevent a massacre of civilians, because they don't have the "proper equipment" to intervene.

:o(

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ngaunt posted to the Jokers Corner board. 20:41

Gotta love those Canadians (link)

http://imgur.com/gallery/g6vO2Py

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ngaunt replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 14:37

Re: audacity and on-board sound

How do I do this, in xp?

Control panel-> Sounds-> Audio tab. Select the correct device in ALL THREE dropdowns.

ATB
Nige

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ngaunt replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 00:00

Re: audacity and on-board sound

Windows only allows for one single sound input and output device.

I've seen a problem in the past where plugging in a USB sound device takes over from the soundcard. And when you unplug the USB you're left with nothing. No default device. It [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 17:14

Re: what to sell

Whatever rules you use for buying, use the opposite for selling.

If you had cash in the bank, which of your current holdings would you NOT choose to buy today? If it looks too expensive to buy, it's probably time to [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 13:08

Re: Compact wireless keyboard

Fairly ambivalent about Bluetooth vs. other wireless

Cheap wireless devices can be very insecure. A friend of mine bought a cheapo wireless keyboard. Set it up in his student accomodation. It went mad and started typing randomly. [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 12:41

Re: Leaving a rented property early

The simple principle of contract law is if you default then you pay for the other's losses. So if they relet you will only pay for the time it is empty, plus possibly any incurred costs like advertising/agent's fees.

Worth discussing with [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Living Below Your Means board. 21:26

Re: Travel insurance query

Travel insurance is a real minefield. There are different levels of cover depending what you want. For example...

Single holiday or annual?

European medical is cheap (mostly covered by EHIC)
RoTW medical is reasonable
US [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Land Of Serious Topics board. 11:57

Re: Thief sues police

How did I KNOW that was going to be a daily mail headline.

Nige

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ngaunt replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 21:31

Re: Admirals in the navy

The Falklands task force contained 2 aircraft carriers. The current fleet does not have any.
That task force had 8 Destroyers. The entire Royal Navy now has 6.
The task force had 15 Frigates. The entire Royal Navy now has 13.
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ngaunt replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 18:14

Re: Admirals in the navy

tanks are becoming as anachronistic on today's battlefields

Tanks are still very good at taking and holding ground. Something all the airpower in the world cannot achieve.

ATB
Nige

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ngaunt replied to the Pensions - Practical Problems board. 09:22

Re: What are the chances?

Since this is the Practical board, I'll say there are no changes planned.

Politicians don't like to enact unpopular changes too quickly. It means they have to face the backlash. Their preferred method is to legislate for changes which only [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Land Of Serious Topics board. 21:11

Re: Sale of Goods Act

Prostitutes are regularly rounded up and sent before the beak. At which point they are fined for soliciting. And how do you think they get the money to pay the fines...?

Yes, it's ridiculous. Legalise, regulate and tax [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 21:05

Re: Ready made clothing

ready made clothes purchased from large department stores had started to come in before WWII but again, due to lack of money, a single dress would be purchased and copied by the dressmaker.

Interesting comment. So custom made stuff [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Does Anybody Know? board. 18:06

Re: Ready made clothing

I suspect its later than you think for the bulk of civilian wear. 1930s? Maybe even post war. Whilst I'm sure some clothing, especially military uniforms must have been factory produced from ??? when? Identical uniforms became commonplace with [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 14:57

Re: 2 computers/one router

Ring virgin and tell them you're having connection problems with your broadband - which is completely true!

Ask them if it might be because you have a very old modem. Use the word "modem", even if it isn't ;o) They'll send you a [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Land Of Serious Topics board. 12:15

Re: Bubble economics

That is about 5% of revenues, where does that gap get filled from?

Aha! That's a trick question isn't it richas. The answer is obviously "growth". Your boys have been trying to sell us this idea for years. But without any [more]

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ngaunt replied to the Help with this Blasted Computer! board. 10:47

Re: 2 computers/one router

If the current box is only a modem, not a router, then most of the suggestions made in this thread will NOT work. And this may well be the case if it only has a single output. You cannot simply connect a switch or air port to a modem. Neither will [more]