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BT Vision!

Posted 16-04-2008 at 05:28 PM by localzuk (Wandering lonely as a clown...)
A week or so ago I got a call from BT offering me their BT Value pack, which equates to getting the BT V-Box (A Phillips DIT9719 HD DVR, worth £200), an on demand pack (worth £6 a month) for free for 6 months and a pair of 200MB powerline network adapters.

The only issue was that I had to renew my BT Broadband subscription for another 18 months (and considering I'd only been with them for a couple of months, it only means I've extended by a couple of months).

The service...
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Linux is almost there!!

Posted 11-04-2008 at 01:02 PM by localzuk (Wandering lonely as a clown...)
Well, one of the methods I use to decide whether or not Linux is getting to a state of almost flawless beauty and usability is hardware compatibility - or more specifically, webcam and wireless compatibility.

I own a cheap, no brand webcam from ebay. Absolutely nothing amazing about it in any way, other than it costing me £4. Every Linux distro I've tried in the last few years has failed to accept it, and no amount of fiddling, faffing or poking could get it to work.

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KDE 4 on Kubuntu 8.04

Posted 11-04-2008 at 12:43 PM by localzuk (Wandering lonely as a clown...)
As many people will already know, Ubuntu, and therefore Kubuntu and the other *buntu releases, will be releasing version 8.04 (aka. Hardy) in just under 2 weeks.

Now, if you're like me and prefer KDE over Gnome and also want to have a play with the new KDE4 version, you may need to know one thing:

Scim interferes badly.

Now I hope they have it fixed by release date, but if they don't, then here is what happens.

Every single KDE related...
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People attacking fire crews!

Posted 09-04-2008 at 10:29 PM by localzuk (Wandering lonely as a clown...)
I just have to say one thing about people attacking fire crews - WTF????

These people are trying to save lives! What is wrong with these people?!?!

I don't know about the police being given tasers, or cs gas, but the fire crews seem to need them in certain areas!

Truly sickening. I'm a lefty liberal and I'd give any little prat engaged in this behaviour a good kicking.
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On demand services causing trouble?

Posted 09-04-2008 at 09:39 AM by localzuk (Wandering lonely as a clown...)
The 'new' concept of on demand TV shows via your broadband seems to be upsetting ISPs in the UK due to its ever growing bandwidth usage.

ISPs are claiming that the cost of needed infrastructure improvements, estimated at £830m should be paid for by the BBC due to its iPlayer service being the main culprit.

I don't understand this. Why should a company, which pays to host its servers like everyone else does, have to pay to upgrade infrastructure for other companies who...
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