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Comment Just tried it - too slow for gaming (Score 2) 85

I've just downloaded the app on my xbox and given it a go - it was really quite slow, display-wise, much too slow for any real gaming. It worked usefully to connect the xbox controller to my laptop, and I guess it would be handy maybe for watching movies or doing presentations, but not gaming.

Comment Re:turns out I was right all along (Score 1) 213

TBF, I found the most effective way (after smoking for 20 plus years) of quitting was to use exercise to cover the problems caused by quitting. Perhaps psychological, but I certainly felt it suppressed cravings - and it certainly helped with sleep problems and depression from quitting, and gave me tangible benefit in quitting - with exercise benefits quite quick to see. Ymmv, but that worked for me and now haven't smoked or vaped in 8 months.

Comment Re:Why are they in the EU again? (Score 1) 341

Cool - you guys can find the 6 billion Euros per annum net contribution that the UK makes (that's about 14 euros, per EU inhabitant, per head from the UK - you're welcome), and continue as part of an organisation on a path to "ever closer union". Most people in Britain genuinely don't want that. We're happy to be part of a customs union, and want to work together where it makes sense, but not to be part of a country called Europe. Democracy just isn't realistic across such a large and disparate area - particularly with the current, suspect allocation of MEPs, which sees one MEP represent 76,000 Luxembourgois or 80,000 Maltese, but having the same voting power as a British MEP representing 839,000 people, or a Spanish MEP representing 875,000... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

Comment Re:Too many medieval reenactments (Score 2) 730

It's worth noting that, whatever the criticism of absolute monarchies, constitutional monarchies are a very popular and reasonable way to organise a country, with (according to Wikipedia) over 40 countries, including Japan, the UK and Sweden, all choosing this approach. Nothing nasty particularly about that, particularly when, as in the UK, the monarchy enjoys strong popular support. Of course, there's a world of difference between that and the despotic Ancient Greek City State model that these folks seem to favour...

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