* Posts by Slim Chance

14 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Apr 2011

Mars, Moon, solar system could be littered with alien artifacts

Slim Chance
Coat

It's life Jim

But not as we know it... yeah all right where's my spacesuit

The Beeb is broken

Slim Chance
Happy

Excellent, more, more please!

Best front end for years from the beeb, minimal clutter, easy to use, well done

Anyone seen the new individual radio station start pages?

Sideways scrolling avec I-Pad.

WTF do I need that for on a desktop PC auntie?

Man 'drinks 2 pizzas' before skidding off road

Slim Chance
Go

Pizza - Food of the gods

This story amused me.

Drug addicts can be very funny on a few occasions, but mainly sad.

Looks like this poor guy was the horse instead of the rider, as usual.

I wish him all the best in beating his addiction, good luck pizza-man.

Sandi Toksvig puts the 'n' into cuts - on the Beeb

Slim Chance
Coat

And it's all in the best possssssssssssssible taste

Kenny Everett as Cupid Stunt.

Coat please!

Rampaging Android takes over Main Street America

Slim Chance
Paris Hilton

Purchase anything your lil' ol' heart desires

Good grief charlie brown, those voice overs esp the female are just so slimy.

But wow, point, click and buy!

Not long now before you have your very own Paris Hilton Stepford wife to go with your perfect house in your perfect street together with your other perfect possessions..........Cue the music....

Jay Kay singing Virtual Insanity.

GCHQ man: Powerline networks do interfere with radio

Slim Chance
Megaphone

Be quiet Jim

Go back to your NG and talk about cambelts.

STONERS are DESTROYING the PLANET

Slim Chance
Happy

@Rattus Rattus

No control freaks here dude, you're either the horse or the rider, the choice is yours.

Slim Chance
Grenade

simpler yet Oliver

Just get a grip and stop using the stuff, no self control, that's the problem, we mean it Maaaannnnnn......

Updates galore in Microsoft's biggest ever Patch Tuesday

Slim Chance
Linux

Mork calling Orsen

What is this windows thing that they talk about so much.

Facebook fixes Hotmail reset bug

Slim Chance
Happy

I worked around this sometime ago

I don't have a facebook acount, who would trust those numpties with important information?

BBC engineers see PLT knocking out DAB

Slim Chance
Flame

Doesn't work for me

PLT would have been a great solution for me being a of bit a lazy git on the diy front.

Unfortunately the adapters I bought and returned wiped out my FM & DAB radio reception.

So I had to resort to a large masonry bit in my black and decker plus a bit of cable to get the desired connectivity.

The only good use the adapters had was to block out the Archers & Desert Island Discs.

RadioShack franchises go gunning for business

Slim Chance
Thumb Up

Great Idea

You're watching your new satellite TV and the thing goes dead.

Look out of the window and see a red neck running away with your dish.

Get out your free firearm courtesy of your thoughtful radio shack, pop a cap in the thiefs ass and put your dish back while the kind policeman takes the perp to jail.

Radio Shack, I love them, they think of everything ;-)

Steven Moffat promises 'darker' Doctor Who

Slim Chance
Coat

Wobbly sets

And gravel pits, that's what's missing on the Nu-Doctor.

Whenever we get promised a re-vamp of a programme that will be darker it's always very average.

Why don't the BBC admit that DW is now a soap and do crossovers with enders, oh they've done that, well how about casualty then? Nah, too many doctors.

Got it, Doctor who in the night garden with the doctor as igglepiggle - perfect.

Ofcom Radio pokes at potential pirates

Slim Chance

Interference with other services

Andrew Oakley is possibly correct when he states that there is no blocking of emergency services.

I will point out though that the link frequencies used by pirates below band 2 fm broadcast do interfere quite badly with aircraft communications between 108 to 137MHz by means of the 2nd harmonic. I have had this confirmed by an acquaintance of mine who is one of the ofcom team that investigate this type of problem.

Before anyone says that they all use HF or microwave links, I can assure you that is not always the case. I had quite a informative chat with an engineer who makes such links for some of the pirates in the London area. He told me that his link transmitters were fairly clean, but there were still quite a few bodgers out there making equipment that didn't give a stuff about any problems they cause.