Forum: Idle Banter
07-04-22, 08:07 PM
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 816
Re: Non Fungible Tokens
No apology needed. You're helping me - thank you, it's appreciated. I'm pushing back strongly but it's not to demean or offend you, only to draw out detail to educate me. Please accept my apologies...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
06-04-22, 09:15 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 431
Re: Channel 4 privatisation
Seeker, you may be right. I'm more a devil's advocate in this one.
The downside you describe should be worried about. I don't disagree about that.
However, there is also a possible upside...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
06-04-22, 09:05 PM
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 816
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
06-04-22, 09:03 PM
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 816
Re: Non Fungible Tokens
Aargh, I was just picking up on your words - my head hurts!;) I'm not claiming to have any understanding or expertise on this! I'm genuinely confused and asking questions to try to understand. ...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
05-04-22, 07:26 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 431
Re: Channel 4 privatisation
Hang on, don't commercial stations already take risk making programmes that might not sell? Cross-subsidy is always difficult to gauge - there's usually a reason programmes don't make money but I'd...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
05-04-22, 06:37 PM
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 816
Re: Non Fungible Tokens
Nope, I still don't get it. Why do we need a decentralised ledger to permit trade? It seems to be built on a constructed fallacy that subjective interpretation/opinion should have universal value,...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
05-04-22, 05:09 PM
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 421
Re: The future (economics)
I've never quite understood why we should care about "the economy" as a thing. Surely it's just a mixture of other things that are more meaningful?
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
05-04-22, 05:06 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 431
Re: Channel 4 privatisation
I'd always regarded Channel 4 as just another station in the competitive advertising-funded market. i can't get particularly excited about this one.
Public-owned and public-funded mean subtly...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
05-04-22, 04:58 PM
|
|
Replies: 10,638
Views: 1,608,639
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Don't get hung up on warranty periods. There's a fair bit of law that may be able to help you if they don't come back with a helpful suggestion and you need to be more forceful.
The Sale of Goods...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
03-04-22, 07:28 PM
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 816
Re: Non Fungible Tokens
To put it another way, GB annual electricity usage is c. 350 TWh, so we're talking about three months of powering the entirety of England, Scotland and Wales here!:smt119
I have to admit, I don't...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
24-03-22, 09:59 PM
|
|
Replies: 35
Views: 1,615
Re: Russian army casulties
Reinforcing this point of view, many say that we are now seeing the consequences of ignoring the previous action against Crimea. So, the modus operandi is already clear and visible ...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
21-03-22, 08:53 PM
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 848
Re: Cost of living: solved
I think the answer is somewhere in the middle. Quite literally - the middle class is the emergence of working people not just being happy with their lot. I'm not saying they have to be, but we have...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
21-03-22, 08:32 PM
|
|
Replies: 35
Views: 1,615
Re: Russian army casulties
The difference is the national context for the conflicts. In Africa, it has tended to be "tribes" fighting each other within, or ignoring, national borders, whereas Russia as a nation has attacked...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
18-03-22, 10:09 PM
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 3,449
Re: P&O Ferries
OK useful to know. So it seems to boil down to the ethics of the company leadership. I'm not sure how to counter that except through trying to hit them where it hurts, on the bottom line. Doesn't...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
18-03-22, 09:58 PM
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 3,449
Re: P&O Ferries
Yes, but if there's profit potential in it then I'm pretty sure the hole won't stay there for too long. Especially if they can buy a few ships cheap from a bankruptcy sale!
P&O weren't running it...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
18-03-22, 12:03 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 578
Re: Home ownership
Clearly this was a poor condition example but circuit breakers are actually designed that way, so that the tripping mechanism can't be simply overridden by fixing or holding the lever in the ON...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
17-03-22, 11:48 PM
|
|
Replies: 5,887
Views: 675,435
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
When I tested positive a couple of months ago, it was days 8 and 9 out of my 10 day isolation when I finally tested negative. I don't know anyone who's actually been testing clear by day 5.
(My...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
17-03-22, 11:36 PM
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 3,449
Re: P&O Ferries
Many of the complaints about Brexit were related to the fact that it was being used to weaken UK employment rights compared to allegedly much stronger European requirements. So if not UK...
|
|
Forum: EuroTour
07-03-22, 08:53 PM
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 990
Re: UK sticker on bikes for Spain?
Is it really worth the risk? "Bike" is a subset of "vehicle" - I think the rules apply to all types so you'll essentally be reliant on luck.
I suspect you'll be pretty annoyed if you get pulled -...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
07-03-22, 07:12 PM
|
|
Replies: 5
Views: 333
Re: Got my MPs attention
The trick to avoid such accusations is to always write in a way that only shows that you are offering an opinion, not alleging an absolute fact. Plentiful usage of "I think", "it seems", "it looks...
|
|
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
06-03-22, 12:01 PM
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 980
Re: Keys rattling against tank
I use a plunger style detachable keyring connector* for the ignition key and the other associated keys I use for the bike (lock keys, top box key etc.).
On the bike, the ignition key is...
|
|
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
05-03-22, 03:26 PM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 1,959
Re: RIP test rides
Yes, you're quite right, of course, it depends.
I accept I am probably far from the norm (expecially the norm the sales-led manufacturers/dealers would like): I've tended to change bikes about...
|
|
Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
04-03-22, 11:59 AM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 1,959
Re: RIP test rides
Unfortunately, the issue with this is that it's likely the only time I would likely use a dealer is to purchase a bike. That doesn't happen very often. Since I generally do my own servicing, and...
|
|
Forum: Idle Banter
04-03-22, 11:46 AM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 395
Re: "It's not what you know..."
Perhaps we should be writing to the Queen herself about this fairly blatant perversion of 'her' honours system? This sort of thing tarnishes all other similar awards and brings the whole system into...
|
|
Forum: EuroTour
28-02-22, 12:02 AM
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 990
Re: UK sticker on bikes for Spain?
My suggestion would be to stick it to a piece of plastic or light metal flat sheet bolted to or behind the number plate so that it is displayed just below the number plate. Think like a rear fender...
|
