Well proven, sir!

Exactly my point. The stat says nothing about how many Virgin are gaining or BT are losing, or where they're coming from or going to. It's a useless stat.

Wow! It sounds like BT's doing really well! Until you actually think about it...

BT gets 20 new customers in the same time period that Virgin loses 1. But in that same time period, BT might also lose 2, and 30 might join Virgin....

The only way this statistic would be useful would be if it transpired that Virgin Broadband contracts required each customer leaving the service to be chopped into 20 pieces and sent to BT before their Migration Authorization Code could be generated.

FTFA:

"eWEEK Europe requested an interview with the app's mastermind, the illusive Mr S. Jobs, but he declined to be interviewed citing health reasons."

Thanks! That's a really great explanation, and thanks especially for filtering out the mumbo-jumbo ;)

I tend to approach things from a skeptical/rationalist perspective, so while I wouldn't necessarily agree with the literal interpretation of chi as a 'life force', I can certainly appreciate the warm tingling feeling that you describe as 'experiencing chi'.

Right! Better get on with tonight's meditation....

Very interesting - thanks!

I dabbled in yoga prior to a serious road accident a couple of years ago in which I lost a leg above the knee. The physical aspects of yoga (stretching and physical relaxation) are now even more important for me, to avoid the back pain that can result from the imbalance created by walking with a prosthesis. Until recently, I hadn't paid much attention to the mental aspects of yoga (meditation), but the benefits you describe (improved focus, and an ability to induce sleepiness or energy) sound really worth pursuing.

The problem is that I'm finding it difficult to get hold of good information about how to achieve the benefits you mention through meditation - where should I start?

Would you care to expand on the differences between 'real' meditation and 'new-age' meditation?
To the casual reader, the wikipedia entry for Buddhist meditation consists almost entirely of what appears to be very old-skool new-age mumbo-jumbo. I'd be very interested to give 'real' meditation a try, but can you point me towards any helpful resources?

Yup. I live in a pretty recently constructed high-rise in central London, about 4 miles from the 'Silicon Roundabout' and I'm lucky to get a stable ADSL2+ connection of 3.5Mbps down, and Virgin's not an option here. Their coverage is pretty sporadic in London, never mind the rest of the UK.

...keys type you!

I hear digital radio's really going places in the UK.

I don't have reliable stats to hand, but I would be willing to bet most radio listening is done in the car, certainly among younger people. I recently bought a new car (Volkswagen Golf Plus) and the DAB option was £175! To put this in perspective, the reversing camera costs £165. To put this in perspective, the carpet mats cost £75....hmmm....