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I'd say pick off some commonly used functions they're likely to find useful - SUM(), VLOOKUP(), CONCATENATE(), COUNT(), IF(). 99% of all spreadsheets I've ever created never use anything other than one or more of these, or at worst one of the subforms of COUNT() (COUNTA, COUNTIF, etc). Finish of with a bit of Word mail merging and you've got the basics functions most users need on a day to day basis.

She could renounce her religion. What's Spains rules of accession? Can a non-Catholic hold the Spanish throne?

As a constitutional monarchy there are powers the monarch as in theory and powers they have in practice. The last time Royal Assent was refused was in 1708, 7 years after union. I think we'd be a republic inside a week if that happened!

Since both countries are constitutional monarchies, would the respective governments not have a say, possibly even offer a referendum, on whether the people of each nation would be happy with a shared monarchy?

I'd agree with one provision - Isn't Spain catholic? Under our current rules of accession Princess Leonor of Spain, assuming she's catholic, couldn't become Queen. Possible Princess consort though. Would Prince George be King of Spain or Prince Consort? Do Spain have rules of accession based around religion? If it happened, in theory, their offspring would then become the single head of both nations, no? EDIT: great minds think alike (especially when I'm taking too long typing!)

I'm sure I used this quote last time @jinnantonnixx blew my mind with the block universe:

What is the definition of a God? And, if they exist, how did they come into being? Do Gods have Gods?

I think it's worth pointing out that the word 'theory' in a scientific sense =/= 'theory' in the everyday, Joe Public, I've got a random idea that may or may not be right sense. I know Wiki isn't the best source for referene but - Scientific theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The first paragraph is as good a definition as any. The Theory of Gravity is a good example. I dare you to jump out a 2nd storey window and then come tell me the gravity isn't proven!

Parts of the device are gimmicky, but I doubt this is a flash in the pan. Amazon seem to be a company to watch at the moment. They are playing both Google and Apple at their own games and hitting the middle ground very nicely. Their entire Fire range and store front seem very well thought out. Of all the major players - Samsung, Microsoft, Sony, Apple, Google - Amazon seem to be making the best, most well thought out, and consistent play for the core consumer market. They're bringing the console model of loss leader hardware off-set by eStore profits to the mobile, tablet and set top box markets. They seem to be thinking about how the three markets interact and how to manage media across multiple device consistently. I'm sure a lot of this is a major back-door play for the billion dollar gaming market...

Actually we have a Konica print solution so our print and photocopy costs are now identical. It's a legacy thing for us from where printing used to be more expensive. We also want to encourage teachers to plan ahead a little more than half a school day. We want them to be using our repographics lady for larger print runs (>20ish copies).

VR headsets have certain fundamental limitations that will stop them from becoming main stream. 3D TV's would have taken off better if wearing glasses wasn't an issue. There's an old joke about a mother walking in on a son in the middle of a 'personal activity' that highlights the problem - but its NSFW I'm surprised Apple haven't made greater leverage out of AppleTV to be honest. Can't see Amazon making that mistake. Hell, they bundle a controller with FireTV!

Look at previous generations. Even the humble 2600 was only ever designed with a 3yr life cycle (it lasted much longer for various reasons, not all of them good). The last gen was an oddity and by the end the console market was in decline because after 8yrs it was hardware saturated with out of date tech. The specs of the current gen just aren't up to that level of longevity. Bringing out updated specs sooner doesn't mean dropping older consoles. Sony have a very good record of supporting their consoles for around 10 years. So yes the PS4 might still be available in 10 years time with new games being developed (just like PS1, PS2 and now PS3 will). But PS5 will hit the shelves sooner rather than later - IMHO.

Honestly?... I think they'll be here some time around the 2018-2020 time frame, though 2020 seems a bit late. The specs are not good enough for current gen to last 8+ years like the last gen did. Console gaming will never die Truth is apart from PC's no other convergence tech are willing or able to put as powerful a GPU as consoles do for price and/or power consumption reasons. Even in 5yrs time Sony/MS will be able to put a better GPU in a new console than Apple could put in an iPhone (although iPhone GPU's then might be > console GPU's now). I don't think enough of the world will be connected with fast enough broadband and even if they were downloading 100Gb+ games will be an ass, so optical drives will still be in fashion. I think we'd be looking at speed bump versions of this gen. So newer CPU/GPU core, maybe more RAM, definitely larger hard disk - probably SSD. I don't think you'll see more than 8 cores, or more than 12Gb-16Gb Ram. At least not unless 4K TV really takes off in that time frame. The next big leap graphically is real time ray tracing at 1080p60. Although current gen GPU's can do real time software ray tracing, I don't think they can do it that fast. 3D headsets and motion cameras are a passing fad - but I don't think they'll be completely gone and forgotten by then. That's pretty much it. Console are limited largely by TV technology. Which is why Sony didn't go to the expense of putting a better GPU in the PS4. Until 4K is the de facto standard all we'll see is a speed bump of current tech when the time is right. Unfortunately Cable/Satellite companies and increasingly Apple/Netflix hold too much sway over digital media for the mythical single convergence device to ever materialise. I think Steam is going to be a missed opportunity and will flounder. Amazon are looking increasingly the dark horse to watch out for. May be Lenovo are another likely to take pot shots at the console market.

The choice was between a 64Gb iPhone 5S and a HTC One M8 with 64Gb MicroSD. At the end of the day (despite years of Apple loyalty) the £££'s have it. Beside Android 4.0+ is a very, very polished OS. Day to day use I doubt anyone could tell the difference between the two (I can't).

The licence key above just tells Windows to search for a KMS server. The alternative is to use a MAK key from the Volume Licence Service Centre. With Windows Pro or Enterprise the KMS key is the default and doesn't need entering unless you have previously switched to MAK. KMS works through DNS. Your DNS server should have a _VLMCS entry in Forward Lookaup Zones//_sites/_tcp It's also worth noting that KMS won't activate a client unless more than 5 clients for that version of Windows have requested a activation. As mentioned above, VAMT is by far the best way of managing KMS but it is only a GUI to the vbs commands. The DNS and 5 client prerequisites still apply.

Print: A4 Mono - 0.02p A4 Colour - 0.05p A3 Mono - 0.03p A3 Colour - 0.09p Photocopy: A4 Mono - 0.01p A4 Colour - 0.04p A3 Mono - 0.02p A3 Colour - 0.08p Prices are rounded up and include paper costs, discounts apply for duplexing. Photocopying charge is closer to actual costs from supplier, Print cost is inflated to get teachers to photocopy more than print.

This is the problem. Take it out of the equation and Thin Clients might be a suitable solution. You're in for a world of pain if you're trying to do this. On the server side there is the processing power rendering takes up and what effect this might have on other users, or what would happen if you render multiple videos at once. On the client side you have the streaming of the display and lag being introduced while you're editing. Then you have USB pass through. I assume you use USB video cameras? or SD cards with USB reader? You'll have better luck with the later. God knows if you could get other video editing interfaces to function - firewire, composite capture, etc. IMHO, thin clients are just not a suitable solution for that particular activity, at any level. As has been pointed out, you said it yourself - thin clients are best suited to low work loads. Basic web browsing, word processing, etc.

Start with the thin clients themselves and work back. You need 32 that support local video at reasonable speed and resolutions. So you're probably look in the £300-£400 price bracket for each one, if not more. Now look at the prices of normal desktops for the same money and their proper local processing. Then look at the server(s). You're basically centralising the computing power of all those desktops. So maybe you're looking at 32x2 cores + 32x4Gb Ram. So a 64 core server with 128Gb ram? Okay probably overkill, but if your doing video on 32 thin clients, probably not that overkill. Add in OS costs both server and Thin Client CAL's. Then mix in some input lag, with the best will in the world your still running the input and output over Cat5e for 32 machines simultaneously. Seriously I doubt you'd save much money, if any, over traditional desktops for this kind of use and you will notice performance issues under load. Personally I wouldn't do it. Thin Clients have their place. We use them in our library, SEN and for admin staff. Replacing student desktops? not really.

Start with the thin clients themselves and work back. You need 32 that support local video at reasonable speed and resolutions. So you're probably look in the £300-£400 price bracket for each one, if not more. Now look at the prices of normal desktops for the same money and their proper local processing. Then look at the server(s). You're basically centralising the computing power of all those desktops. So maybe you're looking at 32x2 cores + 32x4Gb Ram. So a 64 core server with 128Gb ram? Okay probably overkill, but if your doing video on 32 thin clients, probably not that overkill. Add in OS costs both server and Thin Client CAL's. Then mix in some input lag, with the best will in the world your still running the input and output over Cat5e for 32 machines simultaneously. Seriously I doubt you'd save much money, if any, over traditional desktops for this kind of use and you will notice performance issues under load. Personally I wouldn't do it. Thin Clients have their place. We use them in our library, SEN and for admin staff. Replacing student desktops? not really.

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I've been rocking the M8 for a couple of weeks now... I think it might be better than the iPhone<\Whisper>

I set up a WikiMedia web server, the biggest problem is keeping it up to date. We also have a shared technicians drive on the network that is accessible anywhere through a web interface.