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    Bandwidth throttling.

    Ok chaps, sort of getting there ..... Tis a start ! Could play a tune on the old download manager with this ... But not the solution for a network ... I shall persevere. :D
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    Malaysians told to pray for rain

    LINK Saw a similar thing once, on Singapore back in the 90's when Indonesia was burning then.... Quite frightening in a way, no escape from the smoke haze.. As bad as living where I do at times .. plonkers and garden fires.. :wink: :D :D
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    Idiot in my space

    Am I alone in this? Always feel more comfortable with 'semi sky semi road', or horizon halfway up reflecting in side mirrors on a level road .... Out of that now only about 15% 'sky' ... just a crane of neck now, to literally 'see' the spot beside the rear wheels ... Now, if I had mirrors with...
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    PETROL PRICES RISE AGAIN AND WHERE ARE THE FARMERS?

    An amount of selective desert glazing would have done the trick, dust to dust job ! 8) 8)
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    Idiot in my space

    If two have inconsiderately parked, with the final parking spot between them and resulting in straddling a line ... Do you take the space? Pound to a pinch of doodah, both cars leave just after you walk away .... leaving just one par 'kin plonker ... Personally I park as far from entrance as...
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    OUR NON EXISTING BORDER CONTROLS

    Really ? If your house was continually burgled / misused would you would invite all and sundry in for a cuppa? Sort of gets back to why we put a lock on the door .... :wink:
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    Heavy snow in southern Australia

    Should have expected old Zendor, an erstwhile Islamic Labourite, going on Zen Buddhist not to know the globular difference twixt leaning into and leaning away from Sol on that balls out free trip around the bu##er .. :roll: :!: :evil: :D
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    Bandwidth throttling.

    Have a throttle on car, don't run flat out.. not all the time anyway ! :D :D What if, 3 pc's were networked, how would one control, or set maximum 'bandwidth' to two of them ie. main mc controls/reduces web speed to other two. ? :wink:
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    Carry on Snorkeling

    Cannot harm him, full of it anyway. :D :D
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    Heavy snow in southern Australia

    Oh, ah ! But still, first snow at sea level since '51... :wink:
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    Sort out the hypocrites!

    I was surprised to note in the Middle Eastern Times, no mention whatever of Christians or Christianity ... Plenty talk of 'Jews' and 'Crusaders'. Mind you, it has to be said, twas a lovely pint in 'The Saracen's Head' Aqua sulis. :wink:
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    Good Old-Fashioned Robbery

    cannot buy 'owt in slot machine for a penny today, bent or not.. :D :D
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    Heavy snow in southern Australia

    Just when I thought we had hit the straightway !! Most snow since '51. LINK :wink:
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    Good Old-Fashioned Robbery

    Of course you 'wired in' your own 'isolator', secreted in the loo ( :wink: ) as in hidden !! :wink:
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    Emigration

    Geronimo. :D :D :D When tother half completes her 40 / 80ths .. We are OFF to a place where most inhabitants want to be ... Not just for the 'State benefits' whilst carrying a tree trunk on shoulder. I'll be 'Okker' inside 2 yrs, no doubt ... The only way to emigrate IMO is to integrate...
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    Bandwidth throttling.

    The odd moment when - 'oops! didn't mean to do that' Or perhaps to deter kids from downloading huge files... ... Yes I know there are other answers like don't do this / that. The Q remains how to control web access speed at the PC ... Can it be done simply? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This perhaps? DCS...
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    Bandwidth throttling.

    Why this Q? BT have upgraded customers to 2Mb.. fine. But an 'Intelligent Updater' virus update of 8.42 MB from Symantec downloads in seconds... Again this is great, but for normal surfing I am wondering if the speed brings it's own set of problems to the process .. The question is how to...
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    how to sort out short delivery?

    We had the opposite, a new kitchen fitted, a minor concern about the doors, a new set delivered, then another lot, I had a job to convince them that the third lot was not required.. Following numerous phone calls the unwanted spares were never collected The freeby sets gather dust in loft and...
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    PETROL PRICES RISE AGAIN AND WHERE ARE THE FARMERS?

    But look at the LPG ! My friend runs several V8's dual fuelers .. no wonder he considers fuel cost as negligable ! I ask again, where is all our dosh going? 20M okkers 10M working, pretty miniscule fuel tax revenue ... They still have a pretty good lifestyle. :shock:
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    Somersetshire

    Somerset dawn this am. :shock: :D :D :D
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