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I'm adding this in case anybody searching for information on MP3 players stumbles into this thread. My MPMAN did something it shouldn't have done; IT RAN THE BATTERY DOWN WHEN IT WAS SWITCHED OFF!!! A look around the internet revealed that this was a design fault. Batteries last about two...

Does anybody out there have any practical experience of connecting a mobile phone to a PC? I'm quite good at PCs but my knowledge of mobiles is limited to Switch on - Dial - Talk - Hang up - Switch off. That's all I ever wanted one for but kids are different. I'm now being pestered to print...

I saw an interesting programme on BBC1 last night. They had Bill Oddie (occupation, wild life presenter and Goody) telling us all about the dangers of climate change. They also had Michael Portillo (I think it was him) and he came up with an alternative viewpoint. Instead of spending a...

A friend of mine would like to drill some 7mm holes very close to the external corner of a brick wall to fix a hanging basket and has just asked me how close he dare go in case he splits the bricks. I suggested one quarter of a brick width (about 40mm) to be on the safe side but he'd really...

I have a PACE 56 voice internal modem (firmware upgraded to V90) which was working nicely in an old PC. My problem is that I can't get my new(er) PC (HP Vectra VE5 series 4) to recognize it at all. It's ISA plug and play - for which read plug and pray - but neither the BIOS nor Windows can...

Let me say straight away that I hate the expression 'white collar' but I can't think of a simple alternative. Calling them middle class yobs isn't any better! What I have in mind isn't thugs-turned-yuppies getting drunk and reverting to type. That's a different problem. The kind of...

I came across a very amusing thread on a different forum, spent an hour writing a reply then found that the moderators had deleted it! Don't you just hate that? For your amusement I have rewritten what I can remember of the original post along with my reply. I'm not sure whether it belongs...

Can anybody spot a hole in this logic. 1) New mother runs out of maternity leave and goes back to work. She earns money and pays tax. 2) New mother has taken a job that somebody else could be doing. That's not a complaint, just an observation. 3) New mother needs a nanny to look...

I've just been dropped in at the deep end. I need to know how to turn WAV files into MP3 and I need to know yesterday! My son's new MP3 player came with drivers for the PC but nothing for creating MP3 files which was a bit of a surprize. My search on the internet has so far turned up three...

Do you remember the days when charity workers stood in the street with their collecting tins, or they put little envelopes through your door and came round for them a few days later. Half the time you couldn't find the envelope and you had to do a quick rummage through your loose change to put...

Consider this scenario. You have been a virtual cabbage for longer than you care to remember. After a long court argument, it is finally agreed that you should be allowed to die 'with dignity'. Here are your options: 1) An overdose of morphine (or potassium chloride). 2) A bolt through...

I don't know what was on your last post and, since the moderators deleted it. ____________________________ Moderator I deleted it (as i have yours) because he could not grasp basic English. He was being told that he was not competent to do the job, because of this i also removed your reply...