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« on: 08 January 2012, 11:17:16 pm »
Shot taken in the mirrored glass windows in front of the podium at Silverstone at the end of last years F1 Grand Prix. My self portrait is at bottom left.... 
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« on: 08 January 2012, 12:27:26 pm »
Almost certainly one cell gone down. Put a meter across the battery and I doubt you'll see more than 12V, dropping to under 10V when you try to crank it.
New battery time.
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« on: 06 January 2012, 10:40:06 pm »
Can't see BMW using that in their cars 
It could be switched off though, and you set what you consider to be a safe distance. BMW would calibrate it in millimetres rather than metres.....
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« on: 06 January 2012, 06:04:32 pm »
The older style cruise controls just operated the throttle so if you started to speed up due to a hill, it would close the throttle to slow you down. If it still went too fast even on a fully closed throttle then it simple went too fast. The more complex ones actually operate on the brakes as well so that won't happen. I drove an SL55AMG Merc last year and that had the cruise control, traction control, ABS and anti-collision system all linked. If you went beyond the set speed on the cruise control and shutting the throttle didn't get you speed down enough, it would apply the brakes. In the same way, if you had the anti-collision switched on and got too close to the car in front it would also put the brakes on for you to maintain a safe distance.
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« on: 05 January 2012, 09:49:06 pm »
If talking hundreds rather than thousands, Paypal. I've got a mate in France who often wants to buy stuff from companies that won't deal with overseas customers, so he sends me the money as a gift through Paypal and I buy them instead.
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« on: 03 January 2012, 10:38:24 pm »
The big difference is that while they may not be much brighter, they won't blow like a normal bulb leaving you with no tail light (yes I know a Fazer has two bulbs but they could both blow, maybe.....).
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« on: 03 January 2012, 10:35:57 pm »
But it does raise an interesting point - if your bike fails its MOT, its classed as not road worthy - so if you fit one of these devices, which when deployed creates a situation akin to a MOT failure point, is your bike then not roadworthy? And if that's the case, your insurance would be justified in refusing a claim should you have a crash?
Almost certainly, we all know how they will wriggle out of any claim if they can.
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« on: 03 January 2012, 06:08:46 pm »
Looks like an accident waiting to happen to me
 there's a reason throttles are designed to close when you let go the grip...
Probably the same reason as a throttle that doesn't snap shut is an MoT failure......
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« on: 03 January 2012, 12:28:22 am »
Standard will have offset pins so you can't put them in the wrong way round and have a dim brake light and a bright tail light. Not got LED bulbs in the Fazer but have in one of my cars and they work extremely well. Definitely worth it at that price even if you will have to wait a while for them to get here.
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« on: 31 December 2011, 03:37:37 pm »
Can't help with iPad apps or where to download movies from either, but to rip DVD (and BluRay) discs to your computer, you need DVDFab HD Decrypter. It will rip to hard drive and will also remove the copy protection.
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« on: 30 December 2011, 11:55:40 pm »
Never taken the bike over to Europe (other than delivering one to Paris a couple of months ago) but go over by car at least every couple of months. Don't be swayed by the thought that the Tunnel is quicker than the ferry. Yes it is but bear in mind that you will need to eat at some point. I used the tunnel once but you spend the crossing sitting in the car in the train (no idea where you sit if you take a bike, on it I suppose?) rather than sitting in the restaurant having a meal and a rest. Remember, you're planning on riding 300 miles or so immediately you get off (or in my case, driving 800 miles) so you may as well be comfortable. You've got to eat at some point so why not use the time on the crossing as a meal break?
I would also advise using hotels rather than camping. Hotels are everywhere and if you are running late or have strayed from your planned route, you'll find one easily. Campsites are a lot less plentiful and, as has already been mentioned, there is no guarantee of good weather. I once drove from Calais to Sofia in Bulgaria. Although it was September, it started raining just as I got off the ferry and didn't stop until Hungary!
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« on: 30 December 2011, 07:25:39 pm »
+1 for Sandisk but I get mine from www.svp.co.uk
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« on: 30 December 2011, 01:00:21 am »
Was going to suggest you got the wrong Nokia until I saw the bit about not liking touch screens. I've got a Nokia N8 and not only does it do everything you wanted it to do, it's also got it's own satnav. Every bit as good as a TomTom or Garmin but free. There's loads of other stuff it can do like Facetwit and Twitbook or whatever they are, but I just uninstalled them although I did leave BBC iPlayer on it just because I could. It's also got a 12M camera and shoots HD video if that's what you want.
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« on: 26 December 2011, 11:11:25 am »
Only if it has no security set, in which case anyone else can connect to it too.
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« on: 24 December 2011, 12:14:31 pm »
Get onto the virgin helpline again, they will at least be able to talk you through checking it and changing it back to how it was. They'll be able to tell you how to check the security settings too.
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« on: 24 December 2011, 09:47:03 am »
I got one thinking I would try it as an alternative to inhaling that tar and chemicals that go with the nicotine in normal fags. I've used the nicotine gum in the past when I've been in places where I've not been allowed to smoke for long periods to stop the nicotine cravings but found that I didn't like the nicotine taste. The electronic cig is the same. It doesn't taste of tobacco, it tastes of nicotine.
The other thing I found is that you can't always use them where you need to. I had a 10 hour flight in front of me and intended taking it to use then to stop me climbing up the walls of the plane. I forgot to take it so bought some nicotine gum at the airport. Good job I did as Virgin Atlantic don't allow them on their planes.
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« on: 24 December 2011, 09:35:18 am »
Log into your wireless access point and see what the SSID is set at. It sounds like somebody has got into it and changed it. No idea about a Virgin box, on a BT one you connect to bthomehub, on others you connect using the IP address (something like 192.168.2.1) from your browser. If you have left the setup password at the default it is fairly easy for someone to log in (assuming either no security or WEP which is alledgedly simple to get round). The fact that your can still connect with your iPhone suggests that any security passcode hasn't been changed.
Alternatively, you may not be connecting to your own network at all, you may be connecting to theirs.
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« on: 23 December 2011, 10:57:27 am »
I think just doing a lesson a week is the expensive way to do it as you'll need far more lessons, cheaper and quicker to just drive as often as possible. I've done the same with my daughter and my wife. They've both got their own cars, had a couple of lessons and then driven with me at every available opportunity (which can be very scary at times!). Daughter passed her test first time after only 6 lessons with an instructor but she was driving at least an hour every day in between times. She also only had the first couple of lessons in her instructors car, after that used her own for lessons and the test. That way she was learning and practicing in the same car and wasn't having to learn a different car as well as how to drive.
Doing the same with my wife. She has a licence from a non-EU country but hasn't driven for a few years. Got her a car and she had about 6 lessons with an instructor and has since been driving her car with me in it. It took her ages to get through the theory due to English not being her first language but since passing that she took her test a couple of weeks ago. She failed it but not on anything too serious, following too close (over-confidence) and not using her left mirror to check for cyclists before turning left (I think that if a cyclist comes up the inside of a car indicating to turn left they deserve everything they get!). Now she's done it once and knows what to expect, I don't think she'll have any problem next time.
The pass rate is 40 something % so I suspect that the majority fail first time but don't have a problem next time once they know what to expect and what the examiner is looking for.
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« on: 18 December 2011, 12:01:44 pm »
They cannot find you not guilty...it would create a precedent for people to have excuses to speed...reality is....none of us do ! They cannot find you not guilty as it is an absolute offence, you did it, you got caught, there is the offence. I will echo the appearance comment too. Suit, tie, look smart but not overly so. I once prosecuted a guy who turned up in magistrates court in what was obviously a highly expensive Saville Row three piece and was defended by a barrister, he got hammered on the fine as he could obviously afford it.
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« on: 17 December 2011, 10:39:07 am »
Here it is, section 87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (Google it as I can't copy and paste into here?). You would need to go to court which, at over a ton you are likely to have to do anyway (as I doubt you will get the option of the conditional offer of 3 points and £60), and explain the reasons why you were exceeding the limit and quote that section of the Act. Something from a doctor to back up your wife's condition would be needed too otherwise everyone would try to use the fact that they were bursting for a piss as a defence.
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« on: 16 December 2011, 11:12:34 pm »
But if the vehicle is being used for ambulance purposes at the time, it is exempt from speeding fines, or at least it's a very solid defence. It doesn't need to be an actual ambulance, just a vehicle being used for ambulance purposes. It's actually quoted in the Road Traffic Act but I've just got in from our works Christmas piss up and can't be arsed to find the exact section at the moment. I'll have a look in the morning.
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« on: 16 December 2011, 11:04:22 pm »
If you plug a 32GB card in, it will use all 32GB. If someone produces a 64GB SD card and you put one of those in, it won't recognise it as it can only go up to 32GB.
But I'm a little intrigued as to how you have a direct line to father xmas and know what he is due to deliver?
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« on: 13 December 2011, 01:11:12 pm »
The current flow will be the same but the original question was the current drawn from each battery. In other words, how quickly will it go flat? Assuming a pair of matched batteries in series and they will both go flat at the same rate as they are both having the same amount of current drawn from them, half of the total current required. Using the old water pump analogy, volts is pump pressure, amps is the quantity of water so the same quantity of water will be emptied from each battery and each will supply half of the amount needed by the load.
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« on: 13 December 2011, 08:42:14 am »
If you linked the two 12v batteries together in series you would have the equivalent of a 24v battery as you say. However as I see it the draw from each battery would be 450ma. (I'm in disagreement with rustyrider here). Why? You've got 2 batteries connected together in series to give 24V and a load which is drawing 450mA. If you were to draw 450mA from each battery, you would have 900mA of current flowing. The lamp draws 450mA so where is the other 450mA going? If you used a pair of 12V batteries in parallel, the draw at 12V would be 900mA, that would be 450mA per battery but by increasing the voltage you decrease the current required.
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« on: 12 December 2011, 08:02:57 pm »
It doesn't matter if you are connecting them in series other than the fact that if one goes flat before the other then you'll get no volts at all. They only have to be matched if connected in parallel as one would go flat first and the other would try to charge it.
You're sums are right though, so drawing 225mA per battery means they will last longer than running off one 12V battery. Assume the batteries are 60Ah they will last for 60/0.225 or 267 hours in theory although I doubt you'll get that in practice if the batteries aren't perfect. You'll still get a long time though.
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