It'd have helped if Partition Magic was honest about what its system requirements really were, but a theoretically simple upgrade managed to stop my PC from booting thanks it to going 'oooh, there's something odd about the partition table' and … Continue reading
"A few years back, Mr Mandela arrived at the restaurant I worked at in Westminster. It was my job to serve him his carrots. While doing so, I felt compelled to ask him a personal question – a once in … Continue reading
The free oyster money has reminded me of a vending machine at the Students Union at Reading which, one of the games group discovered, would treat the fifth 2p coin given to it in any one transaction as a 10p. … Continue reading
If you use pre-pay oyster on London's transport network, you've probably seen the news that if you set up 'auto top-up' (when you're using the Underground and the balance goes below a fiver, £20 will automagically be extracted from your … Continue reading
Today's was from someone who's being charged under section nine of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. While talking to them, I check just what that is… ah, sexual activity with a child. Just let me run this past you to … Continue reading
Work has a phone line for an alarm system to call out and go 'help help, the place is being burgled!!'. It also doubles as the line for clients' internet access (we reckon that as the alarm is off while … Continue reading
I remember using it when it was very much in 'beta' (a habit they've kept!) following a recommendation on cix. At the time Alta Vista – which was then something like www.altavista.digital.com – had been the most useful search engine, … Continue reading
If you're trying to open a bank account and don't have the right documents, do not offer the cashier sex in exchange for them opening the account anyway. The consequences can be Not Nice. If there's anyone who can recommend … Continue reading
… for between 2.6 and 4.1 billion dollars. (The actual price depends on future performance) That's a minimum of forty million times Skype's forecast earnings this year (371 million times last year's actual earnings!) I know Ebay is rich (it … Continue reading
.. and find it rather mixed. "Yet one man was able to tell us every member of the team along with all of England's Test venues. … Continue reading