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puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurlease PNY Quadro 6000 SDI I/O
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BT Infinity - Do any Geeks out there have it?
Tony_Mc replied to m25man's topic in Internet Related/Filtering/Firewall
I can never see it being 1:1 edit, just checked Compare BT Infinity Broadband Deals - Top 10 Broadband Providers. www.bt.com f3 that and search contention ratio and you will see it is 50:1, same as virgin, I have the virgin 50meg line for a while and it was excellent, I regulary got over 6.5meg/s using Steam and certain other sites.... -
*Humble pie alert* So I went to Asda last night as it was the only shop open, and did a shop for a few days food - how cheap is Asda? AMAZING! I bought a crown of duck for dinner and it was really nice and at only £7 it was really a good bargain! They DO however have a lot of pretty horrible looking meat though that may be down to the amount left over at the end of a busy bank holiday but they also had some really nice, well butchered meat on offer too and it is really REALLY competitively priced though I pity what the farmers must make from their produce, how they can get 500g of strawberrys into a punnet for £1 I don't know, same for baby new potatoes....
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are you saying their special range competes with Waitroses special range or Waitroses standard range? You are right, I am probably speaking more opinion than proven fact. I am a serious foodie (hate the term) and spend a majority of my time cooking or preparing food and have shopped around a lot, from Jack O Shea at Selfridges to Aldi and I like to think my taste isn't completely ruled by where I got the meat, how much I paid and the stigma associated to certain stores. I have a high regard for the meat sold at Costco, the AA grade beef is CERTAINLY better in taste than the A grade. If a super market is selling an AAA grade piece of beef, it should taste better than an AA grade and an A grade identical cut - that is the economics of quality, no? If Waitrose sell AAA grade and Asda sell AA grade, then surely the AAA will be a better product? there is logic to my madness
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there was a report that Asda was going to start to sell Wagyu beef produced in the UK, this was exciting news for sure! here it is Asda is proud father I generally buy my regular groceries from where ever I am near to as I am unorganised, Asda is cheapest for brand goods for sure! There are certain things I am really fussy about and meat is one of them! it has to look right and be well butchered. simples.
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Meat alone, the quality of the end product at Waitrose is better. The butchery is better, the meat on the whole looks better. Yes there are things that both supermarkets do well but on the whole Waitrose supply a higher end product, for starters compare their sausages.
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with all due respect you can not really compare Asda to Waitrose....
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I go to my local butcher as much as possible but go to Waitrose to get most other things... One thing I have found out is that if you like beef, the Dry Aged Beef from Waitrose is actually quite excellent and well priced compared to other people doing dry aging. Also look for rib roasts as these are often priced a LOT lower than rib eye steak yet it is where the rib eye comes from and you get the bone which adds SO much flavour! And one more thing, check out the cheaper cuts of beef, Onglet, Feather etc as these produce wonderfull steak as long as you cut it right before cooking... last time I checked feather blade/feather was coming out at about £8 a kilo from Waitrose so might be cheaper still from the local butchers. last thing, get your hands on some pigs cheeks.... braise in a pot with a bottle of red wine, onions and chorizo for about 3 hours. win
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another promisor update gone horribly wrong
Tony_Mc replied to browolf's topic in Educational Software
good morning, If you are a City and Guilds GOLA user, your center will have the opportunity to migrate over the following months, all centers will be approached via the migrations team and offered a date to migrate. You will then be given access to the software to be able to test and distribute across your network. The full process gives centers enough time to accept, test software, test navigation exams and migrate. Tony -
another promisor update gone horribly wrong
Tony_Mc replied to browolf's topic in Educational Software
Good morning, Just to let you know, the latest version of the documentation for e-volve, does contain the reference to SQL Compact version 3.5, it was missing in the initial documentation. Tony -
Apple iPad Keyboard Dock Wired Keyboard I am starting to look like a fan boy I know, but throwing curve balls is my game today
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Let me know how that goes, I will need tips as my girlfriend can't stand any kind of makeup or hair product advert. p.s. that last line in my email was also not meant to come out how it did, neg repping myself right now.
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There was no offence meant by my post, I obviously didn't put enough thought into the wording of it. In my last role as NM in a school, I would have talked the head down in such a thought (buying ipads for teachers) unless there was a supportable function within the school. I think some establishments would find them usefull and other wouldn't. personally the only adverts that really grinds my gears are the gocompare.com I generally don't get wound up enough to post online, something I don't care about and will never use.
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Obviously. The fact remains that people are finding use in them, you are not but you also haven't bought any and have taken exception to the advert showing them as usefull in a class enviroment. If your head teacher came to you and said buy 100 ipads for all teachers, I am sure you would talk him or her down as it wouldn't work on your network or in your enviroment. we have people here saying they can work and other saying it isn't worth it. I would say the advert (remember, it is a way selling products) is accurate - you CAN use it the real question is... is it worth it?
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Anything that engages a child just that little bit more than normal is a good thing as at the end of the day, as a teacher, having a classes attention is the path to them learning. I saw a study about 5 years ago that heavily indicated (possibly proven now?) that IWBs in primary schools increased the overall grade of a class by a half of a grade... I will try and look it up... edit - Using Interactive Whiteboards to Improve Achievement | doug woods study has proven grades can increase by up to 16% when using engaging technology... To me that is the point of these "toys" With students requiring so much stimulation these days to match what is needed for their attention spans, surely anything that can get closer to gaining their attention for long periods of time should be treated with respect!

