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As regards digital, this probably gives a better idea, though is slightly overcautious. That said, if you can get digital in your area, and your analogue picture is bad it could very much be worth it. A few notes on this. I find the aerial suggestion to be a little over cautious, while at...

Well, what sort of booster did you try? Plug in ones are generally only good for powering a distribution system. A masthead amplifier is best for a poor signal area, you should check you have a high gain aerial, see if you do have a masthead amplifier etc. Where exactly do you live...

mmj... how dare you suggest that?!! Go vinyl. It still exists don't it, certainly more alive than minidisc regards prerecorded stuff.

Yes, it kinda annoys me. I have some suggestions that I bet the corporations won't listen to: 1. Get rid of those stupid subregions, like BBC One East (West), since they only ever have about one or two differing stories, and local news tends to be really dull, why don't they pick the best...

Anyone else go on this 'game'. Basically, you create a simulated nation by stating your political views, on various issues, you must choose positions on issues put before you daily, etc, and you get a description of what the nation would be like if you run it. You can also optionally join UN...

Need more info... Does it always turn on correctly using the button on the TV? If so, is there a way to put it on standby using the button on the TV, and see if it will come back from standby that way (sometimes by pressing the on off button softly, at a point where it doesn't quite click)...

Hmm.. You know, civil servants are important. If we didn't have one, and you wanted to contact the council, you'd be in trouble. They're just another tory scapgoat. Fact is, we haven't had a regional shakeup in ages most countries, and the system needs restructuring. A system whereby...

I'd have been for the regional assemblies. Personally, I favour cuts in the local overgovernment. I think county councils have too much power, perhaps if we took some things away from the counties, and gave them to the regional assemblies it would have been better, would have probably saved...

What version of electricity are you using? I find 3.1 is terrible, but not as bad as 98.

Lamp referring to the actual part on the oil lamp that burns the oil, the rest being the luminaire. The bulb is actually the lamp, because it is by definition all that is needed (ignoring safety, connectors, etc.) Or that's what i've always been taught.

I actually remember reading in the 'Opinion Feedback' section of the New Scientist, about somebody who had attended one of these audio technology industry shows... One of the hot new products was this special cable (at several hundred quid for a set of cables inc speaker cable), which would...

beat you to it... I wonder how many posts i've typed only to have somebody else post more or less the same thing. At least it makes the occiasional change having more or less the same ANSWER, get annoyed with more or less the same questions being asked too often by different people... Now...

You can't. Wylex NN isn't really used anymore, I believe they stopped making the boards a while back. They can only handle up to 40A per circuit. furthermore I have my doubts as to whether your shower is RCD protected. I strongly reccomend all showers be protected by a 30mA RCD. Your...

Here i believe the highway code specifies lights on a bike in the dark. Probably law too but i don't know. If you'd have run into him it'd be a grey area... He was irresponsible for riding without lights, but if you'd had your headlights on chances are you'd have seen him soon enough to...

'converting' US luminairesmay be unsafe, as they may not be designed to carry 230 volts. But to convert UK luminaires ( as well as grounded american ones) what you need is a proper french or swiss plug. Does your place actually use french plugs? the swiss don't use french plugs, they use...

Hooray for us DIYers wrecking havoc!

More a mixture of the two... Certainly, a less America-happy pm would not have taken us to war. However, I do think Blair was not presented with the right information, and I think Dubya did have the majority of the influence.

Welcome to Britain in the digital age, thanks to satellite and that charming Australian American whose initials be RM, we can import and repeat like was never possible. Now some channels put 'All new' in the corner when a new show is realeased in case of nonserialized shows. But if you're...

The definition of 'overposted' begins with this... But somehow it remains funny. Even after the election!

There are more than two candidates this year, depending what area you live in, I believe it's by county as to who qualifies, but there's Nader - independent, he ran with the greens last time, but at the time of most of the primaries, the greens said they wouldn't field a candidate. Then they...