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| Max |
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hahaha that sucks. I've encountered similar.
DL open office, that will solve the problem you have. It's free, and will oipen the file.
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| Silent |
| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Joined: 10 Jan 2005
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Prehaps a bit, erm...uh...political. I don't, DON'T want this post to make me think that I am, in any way, condmening any political ideology. Okay? I'm just posting a news article that I found interesting.
Cyprus Elects Communist President
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| Priam-G-CSD-14 |
| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| greymist08 |
| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: |
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Standard TechServ vid.....
But funny...
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| TA-R-GET |
| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:58 am Post subject: |
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| Thus just says PLC to me. |
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| Adam-R-LON-1 |
| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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So today I recieved my new passport. They've changed a lot of things since my last one was issued in 2003, most noticably the biometric chip, the purpose of which is allowing people with RFID readers to steal your name and photograph. Of course thanks to this new technology there are some drawbacks, as explained by the accompanying leaflet. Whereas my old passport was, well, a book, and I could treat it like a book; my NEW! IMPROVED! passport is a high-tech electric device that "must not be bent, torn, or damaged in any way, or exposed to very high or very low temperatures, excess moisture, magnetic fields or microwaves".
So in other words, travelling with it is the last thing you'd want to do.
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| greymist08 |
| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, the best advice is a hammer. Break the chip, and no one can actually complain, as the passport is still valid. But the data can't be stolen now.
Or determine the level of lamination, and wash it, "accidentally".
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| Phial |
| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Joined: 16 Jun 2005
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Big permanent magnet.
Speaker manufacturers have conveniently been placing these on the backs of their products for just this purpose.
I used to 'obtain' 3.5 floppies from a 'source' to avoid any consequences of my 'secondary disposal stream' I had to wipe the existing data comprehensively. A 12" woofer magnet made all discs completely unreadable in one quick pass.
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| Biggles |
| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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The Happy Fun Ball's predecessor has arrived.
My wife recently purchased a new toy for Biggles-2: the Vtech Move & Crawl Ball. The link shows last year's model--we have the new, improved version. According to the owner's manual, the MCBall is a Class B digital device and was tested under Part 15 of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules. Yes, a toy for infants that mut be tested, not for infant safety, but for telecommunications approval.
Stats include:
- Apx 10" in diameter
- Apx 1.5 lbs.
- Made from hard plastic
- At least 10 different colors
- 8 shiny buttons
- 6 fabric tags
- 1 string
- 11 songs
- Requires 3 AA batteries
But the best feature? It moves by itself. When a button it pressed, motors inside the ball cause it to move in the opposite direction from where the button was pressed, then to wobble around a bit. Let me rephrase that--the ball moves away from you and then taunts you.
The songs are quite propagandic too. Lyrics include:
"So much here to learn and see / Why don't you come play with me?"
(Such an innocent question, it lures Biggles-2 into play.)
"Flashing lights and music too / It's fun playing games with you!"
("Then it reassures Biggles-2 in case he was getting scared.")
"Watch it spin 'round and 'round / It's fun to play with, you'll see!"
(Finally, it begins to make demands and a vague threat.)
Warnings:
- May cause damage to radio transmission devices
- Do not expose to direct sunlight or direct heat
- Do not expose to moisture or water
- If dirty, only clean with a damp cloth
- Do not drop on hard surfaces
- Let the unit stand for a few minutes before changing batteries
Finally, it will automatically power down when not in use, then power up by itself when it detects people nearby. Not sure how, and the manual does not list this as a feature, but it comes alive when too much noise or movement happens nearby.
I'm afraid to buy Biggles-2 a rubber ball lest th MCBall get angry.
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| greymist08 |
| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Funzo for babies!
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| Allandaros |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Adam-R-LON-1 |
| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, the good old completely ignorable Freedom of Information Act... sometimes I think the government is just embarassed that they wrote it into law.
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| Teonnyn |
| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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In this case the pilot won, but this is reminding me of the "Moustaches are associated with communisim!" (And beards, etc), thing in Paranoia.
The US Air Force decided to demand that a transfer pilot follow THEIR regulations, and trim his handlebar moustache or cut it off completly. The Airforce lost with it's demands.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7451939.stm |
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| Silent |
| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: |
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Japan, Seeking Trim Waists, Measures Millions
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Under a national law that came into effect two months ago, companies and local governments must now measure the waistlines of Japanese people between the ages of 40 and 74 as part of their annual checkups. That represents more than 56 million waistlines, or about 44 percent of the entire population.
Those exceeding government limits — 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women, which are identical to thresholds established in 2005 for Japan by the International Diabetes Federation as an easy guideline for identifying health risks — and having a weight-related ailment will be given dieting guidance if after three months they do not lose weight. If necessary, those people will be steered toward further re-education after six more months. |
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| Danforth |
| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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My glorious employers have been busy with the front lawn. They took a perfectly acceptable expanse of grass, then mowed it, rotavated it, ploughed it, sprayed it, and reseeded it to produce, after painstaking effort: more grass. But obviously it's new, better grass in ways my feeble employee mind cannot grasp.
And in a few short weeks, they will stick a huge marquee on it and kill the lot.
I was further amused to notice signs on it this morning: This grass treated with Agrochemicals. Please use the paths.
There aren't any bloody paths. Just a road, which features dangers rather more corporeal than the dread Agrochemicals. I think I'll take my chances on the greenery.
Just to add to the fun, did I mention parts of our building are divided into colour-coded study areas? RED zones must be silent. YELLOW areas allow quiet discussions and drinking of bottled water. Only in the GREEN zones are regulations relaxed.
Coincidentally our offices are BLUE.
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