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  1. markweatherill

    Stupidly long car names or designation

    I was behind a Hyundai Santa Fe the other day, and it did have a rather long name, laid out in four separate sets of chrome lettering, but what caught my eye was that they were all in different typefaces.
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    Songs you didn't know were edited on the radio

    When I heard Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself' I immediately expected it was the radio friendly version of a song called '**** Yourself'. But apparently not! I do remember being sick of 'Doctor Pressure' by Mylo on the radio all day long with the endlessly repeated 'Mother****** Mother******...
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    12V battery date code help please

    Hello, I've been asked to decipher this code stamped on the 12V battery in a 2005 Nissan: omc03L4 with the assumption that it holds the manufacturing date, but I can't seem to find a date code format that this fits. Can you extract the hidden meaning of this code..?
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    Windows 10 - Can't delete some files?

    I reckon if you persist with Windows you will at least have the satisfaction of finding several more opportunities to repeat the above. You can really get a sulk on! But to get over this obstacle, try downloading CCleaner (free). It has the option to clean 'old Windows installation'.
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    elderly neighbours laptop compromised

    When it's back up and running, turn off all 'remote assistance' options!
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    The Thing versus the Blob

    Yes but NO BABIES is also a win.
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    Uk courts decide all people aren't equal

    It's simple. One of them needs to have a sex change and then they can have their civil partnership.
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    Driving drama

    There's your error. Their lane was not disappearing, it was annexing yours.
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    John Wick 2

    So now, I've a theory about this franchise...
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    John Wick 2

    I couldn't see a thread about this film, and as i recall the first one was well received on the forum. Here's some of what I thought about it, for what it's worth.
  11. markweatherill

    Mounting a system SSD in th ewrong PC?

    I am no expert but would think that the safest thing from a data recovery viewpoint would NOT be to boot from this SSD in another laptop!!
  12. markweatherill

    Windows 10 Anniversary Edition Start Menu

    Try using Start full-screen. (Settings / Personalisation) The layout changes to what I think you are after. You get the choice between 'pinned tiles' only or 'all apps' only.
  13. markweatherill

    Need to batch process to reduce file size

    How about Jpegmini, there is a free version, Mac and Windows.
  14. markweatherill

    gears of war splashscreen on windows 10

    Try these suggestions for starters...
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    Apple buying Mclaren.

    And it won't have Windows.
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    Anyway to detect whats been installed?

    Meantime, boss can test suspicions by arranging to send a totally fictitious email about relocating to India or something, and see what happens...
  17. markweatherill

    Will windows 10 run OK with 4GB ram

    I have two tablets with Windows 10; a Linx 10 with 2GB and it runs just fine. My cheap tablet with 1GB also runs surprisingly well. RAM is not going to be the bottleneck!
  18. markweatherill

    Byrons burgers stiff their own employees

    Could have been worse, they might have decided to get rid of all the evidence by making the illegal workers into burgers. Now there's a new patty for you.
  19. markweatherill

    Do you kiss your child on the lips?

    And now, back to our main story: Attention Seeker Successfully Attracts Attention.
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    SSD SMART - going bad?

    Hi, I found this topic on a Crucial forum which seems to say that Raw Read Error Rate isn't a concern. I got the trial version of HDtune and it has a 'data' column which Crystaldisk omits, and this looks to give a bit of detail about the items. Notably the Raw Read Error Rate which has...
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