On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:03:48 +0000, bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:44:33 -0000, "David Looser"
wrote:

All religions are at their heart evil,

Bit sweeping don't you think?

No they are all about unquestionable authority and power. That is
inherently evil.


but currently Islam is the worst of the bunch. I don't want anybody who likes islam in charge -
even nominally - of anything in my country.

Quite agree there.

Even though he has proposed that Sharia law be adopted by any of the
population that want it? How deep does the wedge have to be driven
before you see it is no longer just the thin edge?

Quite so.

That bothers me far less. Those americans have no voting rights here
and they don't sit in our cabinet.

Maybe not but they control vast tracts of corporate England which in turn
controls most of what goes on here. I'm not saying that things would be better
under Chinese, Russian or EU hegemony..it's just that it's the Americans who do
run things one way or another so they have to be up for the criticism.

That is nothing to do with them being here in person - simply how
globalization works. And they are welcome to Cadbury; in fact a
company like Kraft that is based on saturated grease is ideally suited
to own it.

d

Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:03:48 +0000, bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet
wrote:

All religions are at their heart evil,
Bit sweeping don't you think?

No they are all about unquestionable authority and power. That is
inherently evil.

That's true of the semitic religions but not *all*.....

Maybe not but they control vast tracts of corporate England which in turn
controls most of what goes on here. I'm not saying that things would be better
under Chinese, Russian or EU hegemony..it's just that it's the Americans who do
run things one way or another so they have to be up for the criticism.

That is nothing to do with them being here in person

Irrelevant to this discussion..

simply how globalization works.

Exqueeze me, globalisation isn't built into the universe like gravity or the
strong nuclear force, it's simply a word that the powers [typically American]
that run the corporate world foist on everyone to justify their rampant
expansionism.

And they are welcome to Cadbury; in fact a company like Kraft that is based on saturated grease is ideally suited
to own it.

Save our milk tray...

--
Bill Coombes

"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
...
Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:03:48 +0000, bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet
wrote:

All religions are at their heart evil,
Bit sweeping don't you think?

No they are all about unquestionable authority and power. That is
inherently evil.

That's true of the semitic religions but not *all*.....



All religions are about fooling and manipulating the masses - there are no
exceptions.



Exqueeze me, globalisation isn't built into the universe like gravity or
the strong nuclear force, it's simply a word that the powers [typically
American] that run the corporate world foist on everyone to justify their
rampant expansionism.



It isn't just a word, it is a fact - it describes how trashy, modern
bull**** is uniformly spread around the world irrespective - see the mobile
phone as an embodiment.



And they are welcome to Cadbury; in fact a company like Kraft that is
based on saturated grease is ideally suited
to own it.

Save our milk tray...


**** the milk tray - my two week old Mac Mini has just died....

Keith G wrote:



Exqueeze me, globalisation isn't built into the universe like gravity
or the strong nuclear force, it's simply a word that the powers
[typically American] that run the corporate world foist on everyone to
justify their rampant expansionism.



It isn't just a word, it is a fact -

It's a fact of current life but not an inevitable one, it's driven by greed
[mostly] but the world doesn't have to be this way so it can't be cited as an
inevitable primary cause of events.


**** the milk tray - my two week old Mac Mini has just died....


In what way..hard drive failure...total boot failure...steam coming out of the
sides? Commiserations, presumably you will be able to get it replaced without
too much trouble?


--
Bill Coombes

"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk...
Keith G wrote:



Exqueeze me, globalisation isn't built into the universe like gravity or
the strong nuclear force, it's simply a word that the powers [typically
American] that run the corporate world foist on everyone to justify
their rampant expansionism.



It isn't just a word, it is a fact -

It's a fact of current life but not an inevitable one,


It is - cheap air travel and the Internet guarantees it.


it's driven by greed


Of course - isn't everything?

(Greed itself is driven by fear, but let's not get into all that!)



[mostly] but the world doesn't have to be this way so it can't be cited as
an inevitable primary cause of events.


**** the milk tray - my two week old Mac Mini has just died....


In what way..hard drive failure...total boot failure...steam coming out of
the sides?


Black screen. No light on box. All connections tight and right. Mains plug
fuse fine.


Commiserations,


Thank you - much as I'd like to larf it off, it *is* a ****er....

:-[


presumably you will be able to get it replaced without
too much trouble?


Or a refund and walk away from it - I'm on the supplier's 'Burning Hoops'
page right now!

We'll see...

****ing gadgets - one of my PJs was collected today to have problems looked
at....

Keith G wrote:

It is - cheap air travel and the Internet guarantees it.

Ah yes, teh evul interwebs.

(Greed itself is driven by fear, but let's not get into all that!)

Probably best


**** the milk tray - my two week old Mac Mini has just died....


In what way..hard drive failure...total boot failure...steam coming
out of the sides?

Black screen. No light on box. All connections tight and right. Mains
plug fuse fine.

Commiserations,

Thank you - much as I'd like to larf it off, it *is* a ****er....

As a man with two hard drive failures last year I know the feeling all to well.

presumably you will be able to get it replaced without too much trouble?

Or a refund and walk away from it

Yeah, back to Winders and forget the boutique computing puts flame proof
trousers on

I'm on the supplier's 'Burning Hoops' page right now!

Who was it as a matter of interest?

We'll see...
****ing gadgets - one of my PJs was collected today to have problems
looked at....


Yeah, I bought an amp 'collect' on Ebay recently..worked at the guy's house..one
channel was dead when I connected it up at home...


--
Bill Coombes

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:23:28 +0000, bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet
wrote:

Keith G wrote:

It is - cheap air travel and the Internet guarantees it.

Ah yes, teh evul interwebs.

(Greed itself is driven by fear, but let's not get into all that!)

Probably best


**** the milk tray - my two week old Mac Mini has just died....


In what way..hard drive failure...total boot failure...steam coming
out of the sides?

Black screen. No light on box. All connections tight and right. Mains
plug fuse fine.

Commiserations,

Thank you - much as I'd like to larf it off, it *is* a ****er....

As a man with two hard drive failures last year I know the feeling all to well.


External hard drive in a USB case is my answer. SyncBackSE does
four-hourly incremental backups of my documents folder.

presumably you will be able to get it replaced without too much trouble?

Or a refund and walk away from it

Yeah, back to Winders and forget the boutique computing puts flame proof
trousers on


I've never really seen the Mac thing. It appears to be roughly the
same as windows, but a bit clunkier, double the purchase price and
four times the repair price.

Did you know the first ever virus appeared on a Mac?

I'm on the supplier's 'Burning Hoops' page right now!

Who was it as a matter of interest?

We'll see...
****ing gadgets - one of my PJs was collected today to have problems
looked at....


Pyjama problems can be tricky devils.


Yeah, I bought an amp 'collect' on Ebay recently..worked at the guy's house..one
channel was dead when I connected it up at home...

Are you sure he hadn't wired both speakers to the one working channel?

d

"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk...
Keith G wrote:

It is - cheap air travel and the Internet guarantees it.

Ah yes, teh evul interwebs.

(Greed itself is driven by fear, but let's not get into all that!)

Probably best


**** the milk tray - my two week old Mac Mini has just died....


In what way..hard drive failure...total boot failure...steam coming out
of the sides?

Black screen. No light on box. All connections tight and right. Mains
plug fuse fine.

Commiserations,

Thank you - much as I'd like to larf it off, it *is* a ****er....

As a man with two hard drive failures last year I know the feeling all to
well.

presumably you will be able to get it replaced without too much trouble?

Or a refund and walk away from it

Yeah, back to Winders and forget the boutique computing puts flame proof
trousers on

I'm on the supplier's 'Burning Hoops' page right now!

Who was it as a matter of interest?



Laptops Direct who, for some obscure reason, become Buy It Direct *after*
you have placed your order and paid up front, as usual!

Tbh, if I had known that, it would have stopped me in my tracks straight
away!

Never *ever* again with these clowns, but that 's only the half of it -
inside 28 days you can get a refund, repair or a rub down with the Sporting
Life if you want, it appears but the procedure 'must' start with a
'reference number' from the manufacturer. Try getting that - I've been all
over the Apple site and I can't see 'returns reference number' link for the
life of me....

What I ain't too thrilled about is returned for refund or repair means it
goes away with all my personal data on it - not to mention 18,000 music trax
some clever bugger could pick up for *free*!! - Chuffed *not*, I can tell
you!

And to think I was lecturing my son recently about using external drives
*only* - like the Iomega I bought only a few days ago (to go with my 2
Lacies) and have been using as a backup disk for the Mac!


We'll see...
****ing gadgets - one of my PJs was collected today to have problems
looked at....


Yeah, I bought an amp 'collect' on Ebay recently..worked at the guy's
house..one channel was dead when I connected it up at home...


****. How the hell can you beat it?

I think it's a new 'techno disease' called Gadget Pox....

Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:23:28 +0000, bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet
wrote:


Thank you - much as I'd like to larf it off, it *is* a ****er....
As a man with two hard drive failures last year I know the feeling all to well.


External hard drive in a USB case is my answer. SyncBackSE does
four-hourly incremental backups of my documents folder.

I clone my hard drives one't'other weekly using Aeseus disk copy. It's not very
cost effective [Two extra 1 Tbyte drives are needed] but it's the solution that
gives me most peace of mind.

presumably you will be able to get it replaced without too much trouble?

Or a refund and walk away from it
Yeah, back to Winders and forget the boutique computing puts flame proof
trousers on


I've never really seen the Mac thing. It appears to be roughly the
same as windows, but a bit clunkier, double the purchase price and
four times the repair price.

Yeah, that's mostly the way it seems to me too but I do know people who know a
lot about I.T. who swear by them.

Did you know the first ever virus appeared on a Mac?

No, but I must remember it for future flame threads in I.T. groups.

****ing gadgets - one of my PJs was collected today to have problems
looked at....

Pyjama problems can be tricky devils.

It's them cheap caps they put in em....

Yeah, I bought an amp 'collect' on Ebay recently..worked at the guy's house..one
channel was dead when I connected it up at home...

Are you sure he hadn't wired both speakers to the one working channel?

No I'm not, unfortunately. Should have spent a bit more time there, the flat
was a bit of a tip and I just wanted to get out). Anyway I'll find out where his
wife works and burn her down to the ground in revenge.

--
Bill Coombes

"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk
Arny Krueger wrote:

Please remind me why the US is supposed to be jealous of
the UK over *anything*?

There are lot's of things..universal health care for
instance...

What I read you as saying is that you would like for the US to be jealous
over UK's allegedly universal health care.

There is no evidence that a majority of Americans feel that way. In fact
there is counter-evidence. The last time a political party in the US tried
to pass a UK-style universal health care program, it failed, and the party
that tried to pass it was kept out of all important national leadership
positions for about 14 years.

In fact UK-style health care is just another one of those things that the US
will buy or make if it really wants it.

but here's a link to a really important one.
[In an absence way of course] http://www.kkk.com/

No such thing as fringe hate groups in the UK?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid_(shoe_bomber)

if you believe that...