Posts by Jon127

Give nerds their own PRIVATE TRAIN CARRIAGES, say boffins

Re: One way?

Because you have to get the rolling stock back there somehow. Otherwise people can only leave at the rate you can build the trains.

You can send all the new spares up north when you're done with them though. We've not seen any in the last 30 years.

'Speargun' program is fantasy, says cable operator

Impossible? I doubt it.

Given undersea cables have been tapped since the cold war there's a fair amount of experience out there. Anyone doubting that its possible should read this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blind-Mans-Bluff-Submarine-Espionage/dp/0099409984

Then think how much tech has progressed.

Why can’t I walk past Maplin without buying stuff I don’t need?

Re: M and B Radio

Sadly M & B are long gone. The place is now a newsagent. Fortunately there's the Farnell trade counter just down the road, which contains shelves full of discounted returns which you often end up spending more on than the stuff you'd gone to pick up. (Who can resist a bargain!?)