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In your case yes vbg
Joan Shane wrote: Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Does that count as a peripheral? Shane |
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That's what you call a train g I remember when I was growing up in
Nottingham, it was a wonderful atmosphere at the station with the trains coming and going, doesn't quite feel the same with the modern day engines g Joan Shane wrote: In the course of researching these matters I've become aware of Steam Tours running out of the London termini. What a sight, express steam locomotives pulling eight or ten coach trains into Kings Cross/Paddington/Victoria! The Orient Express at Victoria Jan 8th: http://website.lineone.net/~shanebea.../34067_Vic.jpg http://website.lineone.net/~shanebea...34067_VSOE.jpg http://website.lineone.net/~shanebea.../34067_SET.jpg Shane |
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Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Does that count as a peripheral?
Only if you've got UPnP enabled g Mart |
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"Mart" wrote in message
... Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Does that count as a peripheral? Only if you've got UPnP enabled g I would have, Mart, if I could figure out how to program it to tip the coffee down my throat for me! Shane |
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Joan,
I suppose Nottingham was (and indeed is) on the East Coast Main Line - seeing as how Grantham was apparently one of the fast bits. I guess you'd have seen the Flying Scotsman? I grew up on the Southern Region - where the one in the pics operated, but steam went out while I was a nipper (I vaguely remember those days). It used to seem the most boring part of the rail network, but actually the SR built some very good electric trains and they too are almost completely phased out. Soon there'll be no more 'slam doors' (except on preserved railways and nostalgia tours). Some of their replacements are pretty good too, but some are cheap and nasty and already in worse condition than the old stock, most of which has already been cut up. Soon it'll be nothing but variations on powered sliding doors and windows you have to break to open. Of course graffiti-vandalism has had a major effect on the quality of the modern rail travelling experience. I walked through a coach on our local main line recently that had just been vandalised. They'd sprayed the walls, windows, seats and floor! Me, I'd throw them off the train. And I do mean while it's moving. Shane "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... That's what you call a train g I remember when I was growing up in Nottingham, it was a wonderful atmosphere at the station with the trains coming and going, doesn't quite feel the same with the modern day engines g Joan Shane wrote: In the course of researching these matters I've become aware of Steam Tours running out of the London termini. What a sight, express steam locomotives pulling eight or ten coach trains into Kings Cross/Paddington/Victoria! The Orient Express at Victoria Jan 8th: http://website.lineone.net/~shanebea.../34067_Vic.jpg http://website.lineone.net/~shanebea...34067_VSOE.jpg http://website.lineone.net/~shanebea.../34067_SET.jpg Shane |
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Ah!... That's easy Shane, you only need to lay the PC on its side and
operate it from a horizontal position, hic.. Mart "Shane" wrote in message ... "Mart" wrote in message ... Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Does that count as a peripheral? Only if you've got UPnP enabled g I would have, Mart, if I could figure out how to program it to tip the coffee down my throat for me! Shane |
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You missed out the all important requirement for the user to be lying on
the floor, face up, with their mouth wide open. :-) -- Mike Mart wrote: Ah!... That's easy Shane, you only need to lay the PC on its side and operate it from a horizontal position, hic.. |
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Dxxn!! - Didn't have my attributes set, that instruction was in a Hidden
file bg Mart "Mike M" wrote in message ... You missed out the all important requirement for the user to be lying on the floor, face up, with their mouth wide open. :-) -- Mike Mart wrote: Ah!... That's easy Shane, you only need to lay the PC on its side and operate it from a horizontal position, hic.. |
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Been on a spending spree then Shane? I wasn't aware of changes in the
time to activation, what is it now? Can you remember? Did it increase from 14 days to 28? For myself the only Microsoft CD I have is an original copy of XP Pro from 2001 which I received together with a number of licences following the beta. I've since used that copy to make first my slipstreamed SP1 and now SP2 CDs. I've also got copies of XP on DVD as part of my MSDN subscription but those have somewhat different licence and activation conditions from the retail versions - 60 days and up to 10 activations with the difference being, I think, in the PID than the actual media used (but could well be wrong). As for getting a new PC, wouldn't it be perhaps cheaper to build it yourself using much from your present box? Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Only, as Mart says, if UPnP enabled, however such as machine is an essential prerequisite for the successful operation of a PC. :-) Interested to read your comment about Mt.Rainier. That's something I've never tried although it is supported by my Lite-On CDRW. Since I have an aversion to using packet software I've never bothered with Mt.Rainier. What software are you using - InCD? How much time does Mt.Rainier support save? I seem to recall that all it means is that you don't have to format al of the CD first before using it but am probably wrong - as I said it's not something I've ever really tried for myself. -- Mike Shane wrote: Right, Mike. I think I was probably rambling re the IE6 update bit - because the activation issue alone didn't seem enough to warrant a new designation. *Grasping at straws*, I believe, would be the term! But all I really remember is that MS increased the time allowed to activate between the 2001 and *2002* versions. btw, having done the clearing out of excess floppies last year, I'm now reducing the CD stock. I'll definately keep the original XP cd - of course - along with an SP1 slipstream cd and an SP2 slipstream cd. I'll also retain a standalone SP2 executable-only cd, but it's a wrench not to keep at least two of absolutely everything! Got a new burner a week or so ago, so can finally use Mount Ranier. Also got a very reasonable flat panel monitor for £170 at Comet. Now all I need is a new computer! Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Does that count as a peripheral? |
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Been on a spending spree then Shane?
Well, one monitor was progressively failing and the CDRW drive finally did. I wasn't aware of changes in the time to activation, what is it now? Can you remember? Did it increase from 14 days to 28? Something like that. I thought it was 30 actually, but maybe it was 28. For myself the only Microsoft CD I have is an original copy of XP Pro from 2001 which I received together with a number of licences following the beta. I've since used that copy to make first my slipstreamed SP1 and now SP2 CDs. I've also got copies of XP on DVD as part of my MSDN subscription but those have somewhat different licence and activation conditions from the retail versions - 60 days and up to 10 activations with the difference being, I think, in the PID than the actual media used (but could well be wrong). I remember thinking the activation time had been increased to 2 months, but I must have been reading one of those loonies such as inhabit the XP groups. Not that it matters, I've never had trouble activating and since, despite checking *Remind me every few days* it never fails to remind me after every restart so I do activate at the earliest opportunity. As for getting a new PC, wouldn't it be perhaps cheaper to build it yourself using much from your present box? Probably. I do have two HD's no more than a year old, and the new CDRW along with the old Pioneer DVD drive are worth keeping, though a DVD-RW instead would be nice. The Athlon and RAM are getting positively creaky now and the case is plastic tat, but, yes, I think you're right. Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Only, as Mart says, if UPnP enabled, however such as machine is an essential prerequisite for the successful operation of a PC. :-) Yes, I'm wondering if the technology is up to IV feed yet! Interested to read your comment about Mt.Rainier. That's something I've never tried although it is supported by my Lite-On CDRW. Since I have an aversion to using packet software I've never bothered with Mt.Rainier. What software are you using - InCD? How much time does Mt.Rainier support save? I seem to recall that all it means is that you don't have to format al of the CD first before using it but am probably wrong - as I said it's not something I've ever really tried for myself. Haven't really tried it yet, Mike. I'm interested to see what difference it makes myself, though there presumably will be an improvement simply because the drive is faster (and more-fully supported by - yes, InCD) than the previous. However, since I mainly use UDF for transferring from one computer to another, the fact that the drive in the first doesn't support Mt. Ranier makes it rather academic, the other drive being unable to see the disc formatted in MR. sigh Shane |
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