Same here. Another thing to note is that the $5 I'm willing to pay unblock-us every month could go to Hollywood, but it turns out they don't want my money.

I really wish that was true, but seeing as BT had to install a parallel leased line to provide IPv6 - luckily we didn't have to pay for it - I can't see consumer providers bothering their arses to upgrade anytime soon.

I use unblock-us, as suggested by a friend who in turn was directed to it by Netflix staff. The stupid thing is that I would be willing to pay Netflix an extra $5 a month to view [US only] programmes, which would in turn go to Hollywood. Instead I'm giving the money to a completely separate entity. It's another case of "I'm throwing money at my monitor, why won't you take it"

Oops, had meant to say that in my comment - that very few people will need the "endurance" - I completely agree. I have to admit that I got suckered into buying zero-oxygen-copper cables (it sounds good, doesn't it), until I decided to check what it actually meant - zilch!

My understanding was that oxygen free copper is supposed to more fatigue tolerant so that it gives better plug-unplug endurance, not better sound.

+1 Depressing

If you're using IIS 7.5/8 there's this script for securing* it. Though it may lock out XP users (which probably isn't a bad thing) due to disabling RC4.

* You there in the back, stop laughing.

Like this dickhead - literally over the road from a London Heathrow runway.

My office is on an old Halifax (WW2 bomber) airfield and we get RAF Pumas and Chinooks doing low (shakes the building low) level training over it. So when I built my quadcopter and was testing/tuning it, I double checked whether we are in a MATZ - it ends on pretty much over our office (though the chart is a small scale, so it' difficult to be precise), so I can fly up to a thousand feet (if I was stupid enough).

The problem is that I know what to lookup to work out if I'm flying safe or not, but most people wouldn't even have heard of a MATZ, even if they're aware that flying at the end of a runway at the word's busiest international airport is monumentally stupid.

What effect would that really have? http://www.northkoreatech.org/...
It would screw up the rulers, and possibly the military. However, seeing as most of the aircraft they "fly" are still using vacuum tubes, they're fairly well EMP hardened. It's probably safe to say that a lot of their military equipment is EMP hardened by virtue of using obsolete* technologies.

* I'm sure somebody will say that vacuum tubes aren't obsolete.

That's an outrageous accusation - how dare you suggest that he's not supporting the organisation he's a director for (the Motion Picture Licensing Co - MPLC)

Dear BMW,

During cold weather the ignition timing on my car is out and makes is idle rough until I "reboot" it. I've replaced the cam and crank sensors, but it hasn't made a difference. It's not the MAF sensor, and when it's running rough my ODB reader says the ignition is retarded by about 10deg. I'm thinking of replacing the VANOS solenoids next, is this the correct course of action.

ps. I also asked this question on http://forum.kerbalspaceprogra... but didn't get a reply, why not?

Well, lets see:
1. The title is "Severe crash on motorway in Belgium - E40 Bruges" - so, not in Germany, not unless you count a brief period 70 years ago.
2. Unsure of nationality of car - can't see the number plate, and the resolution isn't high enough to see if there are the distinctive German discs (emissions and state seal)
3. Even if the driver was German, you're expanding one instance to encompass an entire population. Every country has idiot drivers, I've seen some horrific driving in Germany, and their traffic jams (Stau) are second to none. As a child on holiday in Germany, we used to dread seeing a banner saying "Stau" hanging on an autobahn bridge. In fact, I've seen horrific driving in every country I've driven in.

However, according to this, 11.6 people per 100,000 in the USA were a road fatality, compared to Germany's 4.3 per 100,000. UK & Ireland were slightly lower (both 3.5 per 100,000).

Shit, I didn't think of it like that - I've gone from laughing at these idiots to realising that part of my country's* population are a punch line. Next time I hear somebody over here talk about "Stupid Americans" - I'm going to point them to this article.

* A non-card carrying British resident, but my English brother-in-law described me as being more English than he is.

It's only a bargain if you actually need it - not my words, but I did think along the same lines when I was watching the mayhem.

Black Friday scuffles: 'I got a Dyson but I don’t even know if I want it'

Makes me proud of the country I live in.

Try is - Infiniti Q50 - a friend had one as loaner for his FX30d and I got to take it for a spin. Fantastic car to drive, and insanely quick acceleration. The other nice thing was that when you hit a bump you got just enough feedback to tell you that you've hit a bump. You get the responsive steering without any annoying juddering (the roads where I am are horrific, and it feels like my run-flats are flat).

Not sure what car you're alluding to, or even if you're just making it up - which I guess you are - as I can find no mention of wrecks caused by a fly-by-wire car. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.