FreeSat in the UK uses DVB-S and DBV-S2 for some (most, possibly all?) HD channels. I believe the pay service from Sky uses the same system as it is possible for a free channel to broadcast to both from the same channel, they just need to transmit two sets of EPG data.

The good thing about my phone camera is that it takes OK photos and it is in my pocket, where as my Canon SLR which takes amazing photos, tends to be in my camera bag at home.

The birth of Jesus is "year one", not "year zero". We go from 1BC (or BCE if you prefer) to 1AD (or CE) with no year zero.

We do know for a fact that we got year one wrong in our calculations. The Bible says Jesus was born during the reign of King Herod, and King Herod died in 4BC.

All the calendars I've looked at seem to agree that there should be 12 months in a year of approximately equal length, and apart from the Muslim calendar, a year is approximately the length of time it takes for the earth to rotate around the sun and the Muslim calendar is only about 11 days shorter than that.

Most (but not all) cameras can't see infrared either.

It is most likely to happen if you change ISP, or your ISP is taken over by another company that already serves your area. For example, my ISP Telefonica O2 has been taken over by Rupert Murdoch's Sky. At some point in the next couple of months, I will be moved over from the O2 network to the Sky network, and get a different static IPV4 address.

Yes you can, but you still need the actual chip in the machine for it to work. What they do is get the card details and the pin, then create a mag strip card with those details and use it in an American ATM to draw cash.

If you accept card payments via Paypal for example, the fees are 3.4% for cardholder not present transactions and 2.75% for chip & pin transactions.

Risk is higher for a debit card because if it is compromised, direct debit payments for bills will bounce while you get it sorted out.

Or at an ATM. It is the only time I have ever used my credit card at an ATM.

Only if they are aware there is a problem. Mostly they will look, see it is lighting stuff which is legal to import, and make sure the importer has paid the appropriate import tax on it.

A lot of Indian electricity is used for air conditioning, so in that respect, output from a pv solar panel will very closely match demand.

And corruption in China is absolutely nothing compared to the level of corruption in India.

You can find out how much the campaign contributions are, but finding out how much they cost you is much more difficult. A $1m campaign contribution would normally bring more than $1m of benefits. How much more is the unknown number.

The smart companies will move further south because Detroit is one of the few places in the US where you go south to get to Canada.