Posts by Gergmchairy

Granddaddy of the DIY repair generation John Haynes has loosened his last nut

one that stuck with me, when replacing a heater matrix in a Ford Escort..

2. Remove Dashboard.

nightmare, but i would never have done it without the Haynes Manual!

Beer for John..

Trainee techie ran away and hid after screwing up a job, literally

Re: Basic mechanical ability

Totally agree, had to build a basic set of flat pack shelves over the weekend and my 4yo lad was interested - so he did 90% of it under guidance from yours truely. (I then went round and tightened everything)... He was pleased as punch at the end..

I hope it wasn't on a Ford Escort... back in the day I decided to be 'hands on' with a heater matrix change..the first line in the Haynes Manual - 'remove dashboard' !! took a while longer than expected and I had a varied collection of bits left over, but I got it done !

Sweet Liberty: Cable & Wireless CEO John Reid steps down

Thats Cable & Wireless Communications, the international bit of the former C&W... Vodafone bought the UK bit back in 2012...

Huge flying arse makes successful test flight

Re: So, the air bag

Protection from skidmarks ?

Web meltdown: BT feels heat from angry punters

Its coming back up

I've got my VPN to the office back :-(

Thats from PlusNet to Daisy Telecom via Openretch...

Lightning strikes: Britain's first F-35B supersonic fighter lands

Re: Harriers

Ah the short range varient, i do wonder quite how short when i read that they were refuelled fifteen times (each) to get over the pond !!! 266 miles between pit stops - yikes!!!

CityFibre coughs £90m for nearly all of KCOM's UK comms network

"The buy positions the buyer as the “first challenger to the national incumbent, nearly ten years to the day since the formation of BT Openreach”, CityFibre said."

I'm sure Vodafone said similar when they bought Cable & Wireless a couple of years ago??

Bad wind halts space station resupply mission

Pi's

Dont forget the Raspberry Pi's that are on-board for the Astro Pi expermiments....

Vodafone sales dip, waits for fixed broadband to kick in

Re: Ah, Vodafone...

Foreign, ah yes Newbury must have been moved out whilst I wasn't looking... VF is 100% UK born & bred.

I've been a loyal Demon customer since Cliff Stanford owned the firm, recently went to them for a second DSL circuit and the price they wanted was twice what i'm currently paying.

So they lost in this case to PlusNet - which at least gives me some resilience!

Austrian court rules online radio streaming is not broadcasting

Re: Just cos it's legal doesn't mean it's right

In that case there is no reason why they couldn't make the streamed content pay per view... Nowhere does it say it has to be available via the interweb.

Jeep drivers can be HACKED to DEATH: All you need is the car's IP address

A long time ago (2000ish) I had a shiny new Ford Exploder. One morning I parked on a slight downhill slope, leaving the engine running I got out to open a gate in front of me - as I shut the drivers door the car rocked slightly and that was enough for it to decide to auto-lock the doors.. cue an hours wait for the RAC (fortunately my phone was in my pocket!) and ever since I've been nervous of too much tech in modern vehicles...

SpaceX HOVER-SHIP landing scuppered by MASSIVE ocean waves

How many successful landings on the barge do we expect ?? - before the yanks allow Elon to play on land, which would be a whole lot easier!

Crap broadband holds back HALF of rural small biz types

Da Weezil, it sounds like your not far from me... I was looking forward to the results of the 'Better Broadband for Norfolk' project... but having spoken to them recently it appears my local '8mb' exchange isn't getting any funds allocated... Rather annoying as they are now busy upgrading Great Yarmouth, which already has Virgin / talktalk etc... Seems rather more like BT playing catch-up with the competitors to me....

Recording lawsuit targets Ford, GM in-car CD recorders

I recently had a hire car for a couple of weeks with one of these devices - came with a free collection of Rock tracks pre-loaded - perfect, thanks !! :-D

Tom Hanks NICKED my COPYRIGHTED PIC, claims Brit photog

Re: Humbug

Officially you are correct, but these British Legion rules seem to be the most popular:

The official rules for wearing medals allow only official awards to be worn. Unofficial purchased medals and foreign medals which do not have the Sovereign's permission to be worn are not allowed. Standard Bearers, Parade Marshals and other officials on Legion duty are bound by this ruling and unofficial medals must not be worn when on Legion duty.The medals awarded to a deceased Service / ex-Service person may be worn on the right breast by a near relative (mother, father, sister, brother, wife, husband, daughter and son). Not more than one group should be worn by any individual.

I hope that one day my son will continue wearing the medals I have earnt serving my country...

Sonos turns up volume, slips out new Wi-Fi speaker control app

Re: Dedicated controller

I have two of the old 'dedicated controllers' you can have.. both are replacements for units that the touchscreen died on - & guess what both now have the same fault. I'll stick to my idevice & upnp for control thanks !

SURPRISE! BT bags more gov broadband cash - this time in Bucks & Herts

Norfolk have released list of the first areas to benefit from the scheme - Norwich, Great Yarmouth & Gorleston... all areas which are already served by Virgin.. how does this help us in the sticks on occasional 2Mb ???

INSIDE GCHQ: Welcome to Cheltenham's cottage industry

you forgot to mention RAF Boddington.. an MOD Communications bunker in Barrow - a 'very small' village just outside Cheltenham. According to Wikipedia it was active from 1950 until 2007 under various names - and whose proximity to GCHQ cannot be a co-incidence !

Apple TV stock shortage sparks new gadget rumour fever

Instead of jailbraking, just wait a couple of weeks and get a Raspberry PI with XBMC :-) less expensive as there's no cupertino tax!