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  • in reply to: Broadband hiccups #30674
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      Unfortunately OR employs a few actual telephone engineers they have left over from the BT days and then they have a whole bunch of cable contractors that have had a two week training course.

      in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30658
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        <p style=”text-align: left;”>I can’t really see that the Labour manifesto is in favour of leaving the EU ( other than the bit where it promises to respect the result of the referendum ) so I can’t really see that a vote for Labour was a vote for leave. On the other hand I cant really see if it is in favour of remaining either.</p>

        in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30657
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          That last bit was meant to read.

          The manifesto is so full of if’s, but’s and maybe’s that it actually promises nothing other than to reject a hard Brexit. Oh and to do it in an enviromentally friendly way ?

          in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30654
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            You may have been just a teeny bit selective with your quotes there Ed. The link is worth a read just to put things into context. The manifesto actually promises nothing other than to reject a hard Brexit. Oh and to do it in an environmentally way ?

            in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30622
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              in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30621
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                Well thats a nice easy one.

                2. He is scared what the result might be.

                And 1. By far

                You must do as you are told by your self appointed betters little man ?

                in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30596
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                  I am finding myself increasingly grateful to that interfering cow Gina Miller. If it had not been for her legal challenge then the government would have used the royal prerogative to push through the WA long ago, just like they did when we joined the EEC in the first place. As the WA in its current form is NOT what I voted for I feel I owe Gina some thanks. Bet she wishes she was more careful what she wished for.

                  in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30534
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                    They really could say what they like in the first 500 odd pages and it wouldent matter. Unicorns for free for everyone, dont matter cos in 2 years you are in a customs union forever !

                    in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30533
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                      And again Ed. Why is the EU risking a tic down to a no deal exit when all we are asking for this time is a time limit on something they say will never happen.

                      The answer  is that the first 500 pages of their agreement dont matter a jot when the backstop kicks in.

                      in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30524
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                        Oh come on Ed. The backstop is never, ever, ever, honest going to come into effect because the EU say they really, really, really will agree to us leaving with a decent deal before that could ever happen. So why not put a time limit on something that will never happen ?

                         

                        in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30459
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                          The EU have been saying that the most they will offer is another statement of intent to agree a deal before the backstop kicks in. Why waste the ink ?

                          in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30458
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                            And there is a compromise plan in the offing. The crappy EU deal but with a legally binding time limit on the NI backstop. Why will the EU not agree to that if, as they say, they never intend for it to come into effect ?

                            Well I will tell you. Its because they have every intention of using it to trap the UK into a customs union forever.

                            in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30457
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                              Anyone fancy a special place in hell ? Apparently all you have to do to qualify is to not agree a sensible UK withdrawal from the EU. I nominate the leader of the EU council to be first in line !

                              in reply to: NSA/GCHQ etc God-Mode Access to Intel CPUs #30445
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                                Now that IS interesting and I greatly admire his approach. Finding the existence of an embeded risc processor from the patents, finding an x86 instruction to enable it, finding an x86 bridge instruction who’s second 32 bits are actually a risk instruction and then decoding the risk instruction set. Phew !

                                Then 5 minutes before the end of the video he goes and spoils it all by telling us that you need kernel mode access to execute the instruction that enables the risk CPU in the first place !

                                So far he has managed to find just one VIA chip that boots up with the risk CPU enable bit set by default and that is aimed at embeded systems.

                                Nice work though ?

                                in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30415
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                                  Ah yes education, it does need something.

                                  More money is always nice but what we really need to do is get rid of the rest of the right on 60’s liberal cr*p.

                                  in reply to: Dental Care and NHS Funding #30413
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                                    You are right about it being difficult to separate cause and effect Ed. People who dont brush their teeth are unlikely to have the healthiest of lifestyles either ?

                                    in reply to: Dental Care and NHS Funding #30392
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                                      You have an NHS dentist ? How did you wangle that ? My guess would bribery or someone on the inside ?

                                      My dentist of 35 years, Dr Gradus, retired 3 years ago and I have been without one ever since.

                                      The NHS helpline gave me a list of 5 dentists, 4 of them don’t take NHS patients and the fifth is no longer in buisness.

                                      in reply to: Brexit now = CETA +/-? #30341
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                                        Sorry I just can’t help myself with this one, its just too good to miss.

                                        Liverpool ? Would that not be a good use for Ed’s concrete wall ? ???

                                        in reply to: Budget gaming rig #30338
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                                          https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/forza-horizon-4-standard-edition/9pgsk5g6n31x?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:regionofsystemrequirementstab

                                          I downloaded the first level of the above at the end of last year when MS were offering it for free.

                                          If you look at the specs on the link it says it requires 8GB and recommends 12GB. I have 12GB installed but the system never uses more than 7.5 GB.

                                          I am using a Radeon RX480 with 6GB onboard so maybe that helps ?

                                          in reply to: Assymetric City Warfare – US Style #30313
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                                            Its actually even better because anyone inside the new castle can leave at any time, subject to search and security checks. If you dont leave then just maybe you are the people we are looking for ?

                                            Corse it will most likely end in a hostage situation but at least they won’t be shooting people outside the wall anymore.

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