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I've been thinking that I should upgrade my 7 year old PC soon and I'm very tempted by Cirrus7 Nimbini: Yet another mini-PC powered by Ubuntu There are loads of customisation options available cirrus7 nimbus - mini-pc I reckon it's a great looking machine, although I'd run an RPM based distro, probably Mageia rather than Ubuntu.

You're a woolly mammoth! So unique, you're technically extinct. But on the bright side, scientists hope to be able to clone you some day!

We used to have a maglev in Birmingham, and one of the carriages from it is in the York Railway Museum. The Brum maglev ran from the airport to the railway station., and operated from 1984 to 1995. Unfortunately, it became unreliable and was too expensive to maintain, so it has been replaced by a cable winched system. I used to like riding on the maglev - it was an interesting piece of technology. The cable winch system seems very old fashioned. I go to work on another interesting train here in the Midlands Parry People Mover

You could run ccleaner in analyse mode and then decide if you want to follow it's advice and delete the stuff manually.

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/middle_class_music_fest.jpg As a Brompton rider, I will naturally be in the superiority zone!

Over Easter we installed a mix of Lexmark XS748s (for b/w) and Sharp MX2614s & MX6240s (for colour). We're using PaperCut and USB card readers for swiping our staff and student id cards for pull printing and scanning. So far (touch wood), it all works fine. We also installed Lexmark CS748s for our b/w printers in classrooms and offices. Why are we using colour printers for b/w? You'll have to ask our supplier, but I think it is probably because they bought a job lot at a good price.

We installed this over Easter. All staff and students have id cards and they swipe them at the MFDs for pull printing, scanning to email or scanning to paper. We don't charge them for scanning to email. We've had a few niggles but mostly it is working fine.

Me neither. I asked the computer to help but it just sat there looking stupid - no change then!

I saw this in the Metro and I liked it too.

I'd be appalled if an 8 year old camera died, mind you with these new fangled digitals I'm not surprised. I'm glad I've stuck with film. As I said above, my newest camera 35 years old and the oldest is 60. Both still going strong with regular use. I fully expect the Exakta to be snapping away long after I'm pushing up the daisies - it really is built like a tank.

I have my Ricoh KR5, which I bought with my first pay cheque in 1979. When I was looking for am upgrade in 2000, I bought a Pentax LX of 1980 vintage. It's a truly beautiful camera, solid as a rock and takes all of my existing lens. About 10 years ago, I went into Jessops, to see about a new camera and the chap asked me what I had. When I told him about the LX, he said "There's a door over there, I suggest you go through it." When I asked why, he told me that if you've used a camera of that vintage, anything new would feel cheap and horrible. The only upgrade he could suggest, was something like a Nikon F4 or F5, but I'd need to buy all new lens. I also have an Exakta Varex VX of 1953 vintage, which is older than me. There is something special about using a 60 year old camera, which still takes perfect photos.

Spain: Hologram rally outside parliament defends right to protest | euronews, world news Protesting for the youtube generation - we want to protest, but we can't be bothered turning up. What ever next, holographic policemen to police the demos? Actually, holographic police would be a good idea; they wouldn't "accidently" hit you over the head, and if they did, so what!

Probably nearly as much as Christopher Tolkien squeezed out of his father's notes. Some of the books seem to be "I found an old shopping list which I can easily expand into a novel".

It's not difficult to tell crocodiles and alligators apart. One will see you in a while whereas the other will see you later. Courtesy of Sickipedia.org

The Leeds candidate lost their deposit, although they recorded more votes than Kevin Phillips Bong

I wouldn't mine seeing the originals again. You can buy the box set on DVD for less than £15, but I have an ever growing pile of DVDs to watch, and more that I want to buy, so I probably won't just yet. Which version of Captain Scarlet? I like both versions. Did you know Siouxsie & the Banshees did a version of the theme? (The gunfire at the start of this vid doesn't appear on the record)

I watched and thought it wasn't a patch on the original series, as there were far too many changes. Why did they completely change the shape of T5? Why did they change the nationality of Brains? Why did they change the name and nationality of Tin Tin? Why did they make Grandma far younger? Where is Kyrano? Why give Lady Penelope a designer handbag mutt? Why change the way Virgil enters T2? (What's with the acrobatics? Surely he wouldn't have to heave the hatch shut by hand?) There were some nice references to other Anderson series. Stingray shown on the TV (albeit backwards), the front of the underwater research station looking remarkedly like the front of an Eagle from Space 1999 and the new Thunderbird S (S for Shadow) as a reference to UFO. Did anybody spot any others?

Cat-Women of the Moon with "The Hollywood Cover Girls" as The Cat Women. It's a surprisingly good film!

We're a college and staff, students and governors have them. They have your photo, name, "rank" (staff/student/governor) and a barcode. I don't know what the barcode is used for. There is also a magnetic stripe which is used by the ASSA locks and a chip which is used by the Paxton locks. The chip will also be used by follow-me printing in the next few days.

Student hit in the genitals with axe after science experiment goes wrong

Of course Skyhooks are real although they are short staffed with the tragic death of Shirley in 2001. Women in Uniform

Computer: "Enter new password." Me: "Beef stew" Computer: "Sorry, not stroganoff" The World's most masculine name is 'Guy Chapman' as it's effectively 'Bloke Blokebloke'. Both courtesy of Sickipedia.org

There are two that I have used and never had a PC fall out. The UDH4 here A&R Engineering (scroll down a bit) - they are pricey though. You might find a local sheet metal worker who could make you something similar. The other was made of seatbelt webbing. I can't remember the exact supplier, but here's a US site with a similar product. Cable-Safe CPU Holders There were cheap.

The Wand (U) is fuzzy select and selects regions based on colour and Magic scissors (I) selects based on edge fitting. I'm running 2.8.

Australia has compulsory voting, which IMO is a very good idea. It preserves democracy. If you don't want to vote, you have still the right although you will be fined. If you want to avoid the fine but don't want to vote, because for example, you think they are all crooks, you can either deliberately spoil your ballot paper or simply not complete it. Secret ballot is a wonderful thing. Supposedly, we have a secret ballot here in Blighty, as mandated by the Ballot Act 1872. If this is the case, why do they write your elector number on the ballot paper? The Utopian idea of if none of the above wins, and there has to be another election in which none of the original candidates can stand, sounds wonderful but I suspect it would be difficult to implement. Preferential voting is a excellent system but I'm not sure if the great unwashed would know how to use it, unless they are educated. Australia has preferential voting, but over the last 25 years or so, it has been watered down by allowing you to vote for a party (rather than a candidate) and your preferences are distributed according to the party line. THis is a really bad idea IMO.