threegee

I think he could be getting out at an opportune time. The rise of the Linux/SSD based mini notebook is at hand. Won't be noticed by many people for maybe a year or so, but they will sell themselves, and not just on price! A very few years down the line lugging the things people now lug around will be so uncool! Prediction: The MFF notebook will become almost as ubiquitous as the cell-phone is today.

I'd expect MS is already aware of the threat and will be doing ultra low-cost OEM deals on XP to - a very few dollars - a try to stem the threat. XP is slated to die next January anyway. MS would have to pay me to run Windows on a flash based device!

Link to Harman Kardon Soundsticks II Specification

BBC Click is currently reporting that Time Warner has abandoned DRM so there is only one major still holding out. They're wrong - Sony has thrown in the towel too!

You've probably got the the MS default one showing. So:

1. Close all the tabs that show Bedlington.co.uk
   
2. Click on the Tools menu and select Internet Options at the bottom
   
3. Hit the [Delete...] button in the Browsing history section (no need to select a new tab here)
   
4. In the resulting Delete Browsing History window:
   
5. Temporary Internet Files -- [Delete files..] -- [Yes]
   
6. History -- [Delete history...] -- [Yes]
   
7. then:
   
8. [Close] -- [Cancel] or [OK]
   
9. Re-visit http://www.bedlington.co.uk/ and the icon should now show in the address bar, browser tab, any stored favourites, and any desktop shortcuts.
   

Note you must delete both Temporary Internet Files and History or MSIE 7 won't play ball. Make sure you don't delete your cookies, or your stored passwords, or do anything else drastic!

And I bet you were listening to The Arctic Monkeys before anyone else.

Artic who?

Not in my music collection; not that it gets many plays these days. I mean have you tried buying gramophone needles in Bedlington recently?!

Wishing a happy and prosperous New Year to all bedlington.co.uk members - both old and new.

May your fears never materialise in 2008, and all your modest ambitions be fulfilled.

threegee

= Contains Christmas Greetings

Probably the other thing too!

Bah, Humbug!

God bless you all, said Tiny Tim!

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help is what this thread about tho

Yup, it was clearly wrong of me to respond to Mr D by editing the thread title. When someone is so badly in need of "help" I mean!

Aye, you`ve got 2 new messages

Very observant, but it actually says -2 new messages. Which probably means that two people were going to message him, but changed their mind for some reason!

Actually it means that his message counter needs resetting, which should happen when someone bothers to send him one or two.

Someone might advise them that using a copyright symbol without a truthful year butted against it no protection whatsoever. Copyright does not last for ever.

...is this forum just going to be filled with topics marked 'help'?

That's because it needs a moderator! But, in the absence of any offers...

is it possible to block an email address it goes into spam just now but would sooner make sure it can't reach my pc at all

The pros say:

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If it's spam you want to prevent then that would be a waste of time. The overwhelming probability is that the e-mail header is forged and the stated e-mail address does not exist. What's more the spammers are most likely using someone else's domain name in the e-mail address, and it didn't come from that quite innocent source anyway! So it's quite pointless complaining there and taking measures against innocent parties.

The best way to handle spam is to be very aware that every time you quote your e-mail address somewhere it might be sold. Have a throw-away address with one of the webmail services for filling in forms on sites you don't trust, and only provide your regular e-mail address to people you implicitly trust. In particular never display it on websites or public boards; it will surely be spidered many many times. That's why we have a Personal Messaging (PM) system here.

If you are running a business, where spam costs money, then please PM me and I can help you further. Our company has several ways to help you form an anti-spam policy, and even to police your suppliers who are selling their mailing lists.

The short answer is no!

Go find out the difference between a security camera and a lowish res fixed webcam. If you can identify individuals from a 320 * 240 pixel cam with a fixed lense at 100 meters then hundreds of security firms want to hear from you.

Is there anything at all you are for monsta?

We're looking into the possibility of installing several Bedlington webcams on main road situations. If you have an elevated site near one of the Town's main roads and a nearby broadband connection you'd share then we will provide and set up the hardware free.

It's a long-term project so its only of interest if we can keep the connection live 24/7/365 for at least two years. The hardware contains it's own webserver so it doesn't require a computer to be on, or any computer at all. It does require to share a decent broadband connection though.

PM me if you'd like to help, and with any questions - Thanks.

It pleases me to see at least some inconsistancy to the relentless anti-immigrationism posted on this site. ...

There's nothing inconsistent about Merlin's position. The PC here confuse immigration with asylum, just like they get confused about many other pretty straightforward things.

Of course he shouldn't be kicked out, if only for the pragmatic reason that he's an asset to OUR country.

If you say here that a small island can't throw its doors open to billions of economic migrants somehow that gets twisted to being an 'ism. Well... if that's the case over 90% of the silent majority in our country must be 'ismist.

Those who have lived a little, have survived the PC indoctrination of lefties in our education system and media, and don't go around with their eyes shut, know differently. It's unfortunate that the extreme right in our country give this equally vocal minority of 'ismist branders a lot more credibility than they deserve.

Joe's position is commendable, but it's through the rose-coloured glasses of his youth, and it's from a vast country that is well insulated from what's currently going on globally. It's not about compromise with some silly girl that wants attention at school - don' t they all?! It's about a complete takeover of our culture, moral standards, and standards of fairness and reason by retards that will have no truck with any of your 'ismist crap.

If the PC get their way it will be too late for anyone! Paradoxically only the center right can save the PC elements in our country from the product of their own stupidity. And, like occasions in the past, you'd better bet that they will! Peace in our time was also a highly commendable lefty slogan until the cows came home.

I think the pub went up in flames too..once or twice infact. They should rename it to ''The Phoenix''

Yup, we know a song about all this - don't we children? Now what is the name of that Prodigy classic?

There's another, Dusty Springfield one, from the film 'Scandal', widely rumoured to have been Mr P's favourite movie.

Re your complaint about no one sending you validation e-mail(s) despite multiple tries at intervals. I'm afraid the problem is at your end and beyond our control. You probably need to check your spam filter.

Your membership has been manually approved so you can use the facilities without responding to a validation email. In particular you can now use the PM system to contact admins, moderators, and other members.

From long experience I'd suggest you try one of the free webmail services available on the Internet that is independent of BT. Change your e-mail address in your profile so that it points to the new e-mail service, so you can use the full facilities of Bedlington.co.uk.

If you need further help please phone the telephone number e-mailed to you. I will repeat that info in your PM mailbox here in case you didn't get that either.

Enjoy!

I can explain one thing..Terriers is closed because they`ve been running it without a license

Dear, dear, and such a well run place before the tragic, totally accidental, fire too! Does this mean they now have one, or are they collecting summonses?

As for the mirror question, the answer is ''No'' ...

With your masters degrees in joke interpretation and theoretical computer science you're just toooo modest!

what does my post have to do with maths?

Not maths; a much wider principal. Have you ever placed a mirror in front of another mirror?

I'm sure Cympil will be able to explain to you.

... Is there a church "Saint John the Baptist? And does it have a cemetery? ...

There's a St. John's church at Bedlington Station (although officially Bedlington Station no longer exists being all Bedlington these days). The church is the large building near center of this photo:

http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=....66811:14.39069

If there was a graveyard it has been long since built over. Hope this helps.

What do the notices say?

That would involve posting more than one line silly!

But maybe - like the dictionary entry for recursion (see recursion) - they just say: "See monsta's thread on www.bedlington.co.uk"?

This is what is commonly known as BanK Top.

http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=....67604:19.83991

If you tun on the Hybrid view and move your cursor near center there's a little road that joins between what is now marked as Furnace Bank and Stead Lane - hidden by trees/vegetation in the aerial view here. It's actually *very* steep and is not in use these days. In the old days I think that junction would have been the precise point of Bank Top.

Zoom out and you'll see how it relates to the S.E. Northumberland Spine Road, i.e. the motorway running from top to bottom.

I've seen pictures of the old Bank Top (houses now on Stead Lane/River View) somewhere on the site, but they escape me at the moment. Use the search on things like Iron Works. But that bit of our heritage has been periodically vandalised by the local authority, and so nothing much remains.

Hope you find everything you are searching for.

I assume you mean the Vicarage. -- It's 829220. Area Code 01670 of course.

This is so true!

It's impossible to say why. But it is possible to say that it's all despite WDC, and it's despite the Uniform Business Rate too. I suppose the UBR is recognition - from the top (of either party) - that if it was up to WDC to set the rate there'd be even less commerce; so it's probably a small mercy.

Nevertheless it's unfair that a shop on Front Street should be assessed on the same scale as some twee SE town that has umpteen times the disposable income per head.

I'm involved in an English language support website for a modest town in a "poor" part of southern Europe. The population is about on par with Bedlington, and it's about the same distance as Bedlington is from both a major population center and its regional airport. It also has almost exactly the same competing forces as Bedlington does from rival towns, and about equally central between them. It has also been bypassed North/South on the East side, a'la spine road.

Now to the differences: the average local income per head is perhaps less than half what it is in Bedders. The locals think that every single Brit is incredibly wealthy. In fact they know this because they have no reservations about asking them what they earn. On the other hand not just the center of this town, but the outskirts too are far more commercially active. There must be at least 200-300 shops and small family business around the town, and that's only what you see at first hand. The shops aren't just poky holes either, but well stocked with quality goods, and there are people in them - often very late into the evening!

How do you square this? I'm still not entirely sure, but there are several factors at work, and not a lot of it is tourism because the town is even more alive in winter. What is certain is that the people on the local council are often the same families that are running many of the businesses. They are directly accountable, and have control of the local administration and town police. People tend to vote for people they know, and not blindly for some dumb ideology that their parents always voted for. Yup, there's nepotism, and you need to know the right people or someone who knows the right people, or you can wait a long time to get things done. But no one gets too excited about this because the system mostly works for the general good, and the whole place looks like it is going somewhere. It has even managed to pull enough strings to get "city" status.

Then, I traverse the main street in Bedlington; the only main street in Bedlington! Do I need to say more?