>Num8 (pronounced as "new mate") Well, you've cleared up the pronunciation question, anyway - that was my other big WTF about this nonsense!

What a crap article. GPS is a one-way technology. What does this thing actually DO? Is there a GSM transceiver in there too? A SIM card?

Fo shizzle!

It recognizes "rtyrty5233" as a word too. Is that a Microsoft product too? Or do you think it could just be that the digits turn off checking?

The Wikipedia link in the summary says "Despite its size and density, the patch is not visible from satellite photography." I'd suggest that's nonsense, and it's precisely the lack of density that prevents it being noticeable as a defined area in satellite shots.

"Law"

30 seconds? Acrobat Reader takes longer than that to fire up!

Actually, there's a loophole here. If you don't pay your phone bills, your BT service will be disconnected, but the broadband line continues to work. (Optional for the conscientious: Then settle the outstanding debt with BT, but don't ask to be reconnected.) I've done this in all my last three places, worked fine until I moved out, two years in one case, nearly a year in the other two. Bethere.co.uk in all cases.

>Because they might not need them

Yeah, 5 should be plenty...

Oh yeah, it's fine. As long as your usage pattern doesn't involve anything intricate like copying files...