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by cwathen
Tue 22 Feb, 2005 17.10
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Morrisons supermarket is downmarket
Replies: 23
Views: 9056

Nonsense. You're telling me that people 'down south' have never come across Morrison's? Where do you come from? By 'down south' do you mean 'in or around London'? Before takeover, there were no Morrisons stores in Cornwall. Before, takeover, there were no Morrisons stores in Devon. And although I c...
by cwathen
Tue 22 Feb, 2005 15.18
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Morrisons supermarket is downmarket
Replies: 23
Views: 9056

In the Safeway stores in my area (which still say Safeway outside, although beyond that the brand is completely meaningless now - it's Morrisons carrier bags and Morrisons own brand all the way) I can't say I've noticed that much of a difference since the takeover. But, I still maintain that it was ...
by cwathen
Tue 15 Feb, 2005 10.53
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Is it really worth 99p?
Replies: 7
Views: 2319

Just as with all the other's it's a scam. How can someone afford to provide pay TV channels for a one off 99p payment that is '100% legal'? How can they manage to televise football matches that aren't being televised by any broadcaster? Why would a legitimate mass streaming operation pay for the lic...
by cwathen
Mon 14 Feb, 2005 20.52
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Emergency Broadcasting Plans
Replies: 9
Views: 3495

Here's the Protect and Survive public information broadcast. Very scary! I wonder what the one now-a-days will be like. If anyone finds out, post it here. That's just one of them. It's part of a set of about 20 films, all made with the same shocking production values and with that bizarre electroni...
by cwathen
Thu 03 Feb, 2005 13.48
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Stolen tangerine
Replies: 8
Views: 3086

If we were legally entitled to shoot, bash, stab, mutilate, poke anyone who has broken into our house, it would simply mean that burglars would come prepared for such: they'd bring a gun; they'd bring a big knife. They'd shoot your before you could shoot them. They'd be expecting to be killed, so w...
by cwathen
Thu 03 Feb, 2005 13.39
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Threads - BBC Drama/Documentary from 1984
Replies: 17
Views: 5344

Most libraries have a copy of it you know! It was still available to buy on DVD and Video until only a couple of years ago, so there are plenty of copies around.
by cwathen
Sat 29 Jan, 2005 12.17
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: DVD players inside computers
Replies: 9
Views: 2311

Considering how cheap DVD drives are these days, it's more than viable to have multiple drives installed, each set to a different region.
by cwathen
Thu 27 Jan, 2005 10.27
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Print Spooler
Replies: 3
Views: 1229

Absolutely and completely off topic, but does anyone remember back to Windows 1.x and 2.x when the utility that you used to manage your printing was actually called 'Print Spooler', and you used to get a little icon with 'Spooler' at the bottom of the screen every time you sent something to print? (...
by cwathen
Thu 27 Jan, 2005 10.24
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 98 SE
Replies: 3
Views: 1051

Did look in to third party software, but it seemed like a bit of hassle. Although ICS in 98 is very simple, it does the job and had used it before without any problems so was keen to avoid problems. Proxy servers can be awkward to configure, but some very simple 'just do the job' solutions do exist...
by cwathen
Wed 26 Jan, 2005 15.57
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 98 SE
Replies: 3
Views: 1051

If you're trying to network your 98SE PC with an XP system, then the Windows XP ICS tool will work on 98SE too, so you don't need the original 98 CD (EDIT: didn't read your post properly, thought you had lost the original CD rather than suffered a knackered drive - in that case, you can now buy new ...
by cwathen
Wed 26 Jan, 2005 10.51
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Whistling CRT
Replies: 4
Views: 1367

Could be a dry joint - I had an ancient CGA monitor years ago which did that for a while, the problem steadily got worse until one day the picture disappeared. A simple £15 repair fixed it. On the other hand, it could be nothing - my own monitor squeals in the way you described if the resolution dro...