Archive for August 2006
This new hybrid Mini one is capable of over 900 miles when the 4 electric wheels are combined with the petrol engine which would allow you to drive from London through France and into Spain. You would eventually run out of power somewhere past Zaragoza.
More impressive than this is the fact that the car will be able to get you from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds (the same as a Lamborghini Diablo). The top speed is around 150mph which is fast enough for most people.
The developers said “We simply took a standard BMW Mini One, discarded the engine, the disc brakes, the wheels, and the gearbox. These components were replaced by four of our electric wheels, a lithium polymer battery, a large ultra capacitor, a very small ICE with generator (so small it almost fits alongside the spare wheel), an energy management system and a sexy in-car display module“.
There isnt a price to go with the article but it is possible to read more by clicking here
Having re-cased a computer for a neighbour I was shocked to find out that it wouldnt simply re-activate (the only change to the hardware was the motherboard). In order to get through the activation process I had to:
- Phone Microsoft
- Key in the Activation Number given by the XP Activation Wizard
- Be told it was invalid
- Get transferred to a “Customer Services Representative”
- Read them the activation number
- Tell them it was an OEM key from a manufactured PC
- Change the product key (from something to the one on the old case)
- Generate a new activation key
- Read this back to the CSR
- Have them enter it incorrectly
- Re-read it to them
- Confirm they made a mistake
- Enter their half of the key
- Finsh
Or so I thought! The new problem came when I tried to Windows Update and I was told that somebody was trying to give me a counterfeit key and that I should look for a genuine key.
Only after a few reboots and ignoring their “you are illegal” messages did I successfully get it to WU and repatch itself
Why can MS not just make a system that works first time!
Activation · Computer · Microsoft · Windows
The other day the parchment from the UoD came through and it is possibly the most budget certificate I have ever been awarded. It has all the information on but it honestly looks like the university have got hold of a lot of coloured card, run it through the laser printer with a mail merge to get them mass produced and then stuck a little sticker on the top of it.
For everyone who has received their A-Level or GCSE certificates these look much more professional than the Durham degree ones do. I’m worried that If i take it into the bank I will be given a dodgy look as if to say “this isn’t really a real document is it?”
Degree · Durham · graduation
Well having heard all the hype about the film I was intrigued to see what it was all about so Kate and I decided to head down to Reading Vue to catch the film with possibly the biggest hype in recent history and see what it was all about.
It really didn’t live up to what I was expecting. The characters were fairly pointless, the CGI wasn’t brilliant and the fact that it had been “written” from contributions of various people showed as the story never really flowed correctly and the action seemed incredibly implausible. If you haven’t seen the film then stop now as this will “spoil” it for you.
The opening five minutes set the precident for the rest of the film as Nathan Phillips character witnesses the murder of some guy and is chased down by a local Triad boss who will do all he can to prevent him from testifying against him. In steps Samuel L to save Phillips from certain death at the hands of the henchmen before taking him back to the US to testify. The triads get pissed off and put a collection of exotic snakes onto the plane and spray all the flower necklasses with pheromones to make the snakes go “crazy”.
Half-way into the flight, the snakes are set loose and they start to bite people and cause panic. Captain dies as does the co-pilot and Jackson’s character is left to keep order. As with all these films the crappy characters are killed off and the stars survive to save the day.
There was a surprise performance from Kenan Thompson (of Kenan & Kel fame) as a bodyguard to the rapper who has an OCD over cleanliness. The crowning moment of the whole film (apart from the final credits) was the quote from Jackson’s character “Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!” Apart from this the dialog was fairly sub standard and uninspiring.
Kate did enjoy the snake specialist who was unwilling to come out because he had baby anacondas which had just hatched.
All in all a poor film with masses of hype that will make the director/producers/actors incredibly rich. If Samuel L Jackson hadn’t agreed to put his name to this then there is a good chance that the film would have flopped massively and been a failure throughout whereas it will be loved by many for being bad and a few people (myself included) will feel that our £5.50 was badly spent
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YouTube – David Guetta Vs The Egg: Love Don’t Let Me Go
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YouTube – David Guetta Vs The Egg: Love Don’t Let Me Go
This is possibly the best new bit of music that I have heard in a while. There are some “good songs” out there but few that make you want to listen to the same track over and over again! This is one of those songs.
David Guetta’s vocals have been released on their own as has the Egg’s backing track and they are still good individual tracks but when they come together they are just amazing!
If you think you recognise the backing track it is being used on the Citroen C4 ads in the UK – the ice-skating car!
