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Trying to put 2 and 2 together probably totally wrong,
Jeepster is big brother watching you?
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Eh? You'll need to explain that one to me. I don't see what BT has got to do with either, Tele2 nor France Telecom
BT wrote the software, developed the system, put it all together, then decided for what ever reason not to use it.
Then somehow it got sold to the French & now is the back bone of their system. The French managed to re-develop it, with some add bits and pieces of their own.
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Tele2 in France
Telephone Line (no standing charge at all)
Free calls to all Mainland France
Free international calls to 31 countries
20MB ADSL (totally uncapped)
Wireless Router
TV decoder. All the French TNT Channels(Like our Freeview) 34 free channels plus a further 17 subscription (these cost more)
30 Euros a month for the lot
And guess who sold em their system?
Yes `BT`
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I was talking to a friend in Germany yesterday and he told me his phone and broadband package [inc calls]for a month is €30!!! blink.gif That's around £20
He's on a 16MB connection as well.
My phone bill alone is £25 with 2MB broadband at £17.99. sad.gif
I get my 16mB broadband connection from Germany cost me £9.00p a month
Downside--cost me £400 for the satellite hardware
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cor blimey, whers Mary Popins when you need her?
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I suppose thinking about it, if we had no Private medical health care in this country then the NHS might be better off
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The whole system is screwed up.....!
Many Doctors & surgens & other NHS staff work 3 days a week for the NHS & 2 for private medical health firms earning 3 times the money, which in turn backs up the NHS.
My daughter works for Nuffield private hospital in Southampton, she gets sent NHS patients from Southampton general hospital to help with getting the queues down.
It wouldn`t surprise me if these NHS patients are actually seeing the same Doctors/surgens as they would in Southampton general but at double the cost
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Ok point taken on using the emergency services, but that is what i am meant to pay part of my national insurances for, but once i am in hospital BUPA will take over, when they find my BUPA card in my wallet
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As far as NHS cash flow is concerned, things are really screwed up.
But what about my situation, my company have private medical health care with Bupa so i dont need to use NHS.
This is where things i get angry..... I have to pay £250 a year to the tax man for not using the NHS, because he says its a benefit, the way i see it he should be paying me not for taking up NHS resources!
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I am 90% sure that the file you are sending is not compatable with the other phone.
If you are sending an mp3 file then the motorola may not accept it because it does not recognise it.
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I prefer rural accommodation, i always use Stay on a farm i always find that the food & the personal greeting far superior to any hotel & usually cheaper.
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I fly to Dublin at least twice a month, I dont have a passport or New style driving licence, just company ID, but be careful it does depend on which airline you use, I always fly BA and never had a problem, company pays so cost is not an issue although it is £268 return. I did request a passport on expenses but they said no.
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Some PC come with built in bios features that will perform a low level format
Low level formatting takes the HDD back to factory settings, but be warned low level formating can take 24hrs on todays 200gig HDD`s
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When i once worked in a factory we had this cleaner/handyman person who was a bit slow in the educational department shall we say, we once told him to have a go at the company director because he was being fiddled out of some money. When the production line broke down everybody had to do overtime to get things rolling again. He had great delight in boasting to everyone that he has been put on 6 - 6 shift 12hours, we told him we had been put on 7 - 7 14hour shift, the company director could not make him understand and agreed he could do 7 - 7 if he felt that strongly.
This guy also told us stories of when he was in the army and that he is registered as a dangerous weapon, he can kill someone in 3 second because of his SAS training, he used to go into great detail of presure points etc.
Anyway what an opportunity when the Falklands war started, that was it, we managed to put together a letter with authentic letter headed paper and everything, stating that the war office has looked into his army record, & someone as talented as he is required to help in the war effort, & therefore is being drafted with immediate effect, and to report to Southampton docks,where a ship will be waiting for him.
signed
Admiral J.T. Kirk
British Admiralty/sercret service
on behalf of
Her majesty Queen Elizabeth
We never thought he would take it as far as he did, the next day he didn`t show up at work or the next day, when he did return he would not talk to anybody for weeks
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Funny enough its pretty much the same as here
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I know a few years back, the department for pensions stated to me that my wife may not claim her pension when she retires at 60 because i will be 52, stating that throughout her working life she has not paid enough stamp.But if we divorced when she reached 60 she could then claim. I dont know if this is still the case.
Its all so complicated.
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I have exactly the same problem, i use IE to download XP updates via automatic download.
After consulting many experts, they have found a conflict in services, between IE6 & automatic download service & Background intelligent transfer service.
After turning off automatic download service IE6 works, but then cant keep up with critical updates.
Anyway changed to firefox, use windizupdate for XP updates left automatic updates off, works a treat,(still have IE6 installed but ignore it)
Had to re-install printer but after reboot restore worked ok
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Hit scroll lock twice until you hear a beep, then press number 1 or number 2 depending on which computer is on port 1 or 2
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is this it?
THE MINSTREL BOY
(Thomas Moore (1779-1852))
Air "the Moreen" Ancient Irish Air
The minstrel boy to the war is gone,
In the ranks of death you'll find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;
"Land of Song!" cried the warrior bard,
(Should) "Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"
The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's steel
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free
They shall never sound in slavery!
ADD LAST VERSE: (American Civil War)
The minstrel boy will return we pray
When we hear the news we all will cheer it
The minstrel boy will return one day
Torn perhaps in body, not in spirit
Then may he play on his harp in peace
In a world such as Heaven has intended
For all the bitterness of man must cease
And every battle must be ended
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You can upgrade SD card, i have fitted a 512mB to my TomTom, but you may have to do a re-install (remember to find your device code) you might be able to copy contents of old SD card to your PC then copy them onto new SD card using activesync, i cant remember which i did.
But in short yes you can upgrade your SD card in your TomTom, i bought it from Boots its a Fugitsu 512mB
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When backing up you really need to backup the full operating system as well as all your data, that way if you have a hardrive failure to reload takes hours instead of days.
Backing up to DVD is ok, but most backup programmes use ISO therefore you cannot restore individual data files.
Using DAT you can actually restore individual files if needed.
DAT is a SCSI format which means you need a SCSI card total cost around £400 but it is extremly fast, there are IDE backup drives available, but are more difficult to setup for £150 & if speed is not required.
If you require more infomation let me know.
This is freaky
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Cant work this out, too freaky, there has to be a logical explanation? dosen`t there