Sue

Hmmm. When I was a student, to run a programme you had to punch it all onto a stack of cards, then the data had to be on a stack of cards too. And if you muddled the order of the cards, you were in trouble. Don't even think about dropping the box they were in. Then the computer was a huge huge thing which had a room to itself and had a team of people to run it. To run a statistical test, you took the box of cards in and came back a day or so later. To be given sheets and sheets of paper with "error, error, error" on them. Then you had to take the box of cards away, go through them all, and try to find out which one/s had the error on. Then you'd punch out those cards again, hopefully correctly, and take the box back to the computing lab and so on and so on. The last time I did it was for a statistical test called the Kolmogorov?Smirnov test. I imagine these days you just type in the data and get the result with one click. Happy days :)) ETA: Oh, and I tried learning Fortran once. That was a mistake. My brain hit a brick wall round about the fourth lesson and I never finished the course :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was in the Co-op this Lunch time.. > > I could not believe it.. Clean uncluttered > aisles.. Shelves stacked to bursting point.. > Bread .. Rolls... Cakes and the like.. in > abundance.. > Pizzas coming out of your ears.. Fruit and veg. > fully stocked.. Possibly improved lighting ?? > Bright. > Pleasantly cool air con.. > > No customers though and only one till open just > for me ?? > > Asked till person if the new M&S was making an > impact but very non committal on the subject.. > > Think the suits may of been in. Definately > something going on. > Isn't this more likely to be because hardly anybody has actually bought anything from the Co-op since M&S opened, but they haven't adjusted their ordering accordingly? They've probably got nothing else to do but put things on shelves and unclutter the aisles, because they've got no customers to serve. Not that I'm cynical at all .....

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Does Gmail Hotmail etc do similar? Gmail doesn't have advertising at all. AOL does.

Xoco. Another Indian restaurant?? From the name, I rashly assumed it would be Mexican .... but it has an Indian Grill. Can you have a Mexican restaurant with an Indian grill?? http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1726606,1727220#msg-1727220 "Grand opening" today ...... ETA: Oh, they've posted the menu further up the other thread. It's Indian with a few additions I think.

Well I owe Fox an apology, as I have been assured at John Lewis today that only the wide screens are available in laptops now. So, sorry Fox. So I've either got to grin and bear the lack of height, swap for a 17" screen (heavy and more expensive) or get a separate monitor (takes up room on the desk). Grinning and bearing it is my current thinking ......

Do you have a pic?

http://meatliquor.com/eastdulwich/menu/web/ Admittedly cheese does seem to feature heavily, hooray!

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Footfall has notably increased as a result, > temporary blip or long term change who knows. I > would still argue that the likes of Waitrose will > be closing monitoring this setup and acting > accordingly. > > Louisa. I'm wondering about those council offices mentioned on another thread as up for sale or about to be. Would it be a big enough space? Or the old Grove/Harvester though not very central, but space for a carpark.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have had mixed reviews about Byron, some very > good.. some not so good.. ? > > I tend not to eat Burgers out because I do not > want ..Cheese...Bacon... Tomato... Pickles.. > The price is the same if you ask for a Burger > without all the above.. > ..but you will still get charged a ?1.00 for any > extra that you may desire (Egg) ?? > Fox, the menu is posted up on another thread. Suggest you have a look. We are not talking about Macdonalds ..... And they don't do "extras" ..... ETA: See below!

Whatever floats your boat :) Personally I have neither the time nor the inclination to mess about with Linux :) I just need a reliable laptop which does what I want to do on it speedily and without hassle ....

Very interesting article, thanks, and yes it seems that is what has happened. I don't watch videos on my laptop so a wider screen is no advantage to me, and in fact a disadvantage for other things I do on it. Thanks for your help everyone. According to Robert Poste's Child above, laptop screens have not all changed, even if most have, so I am going to have yet another look at some in the flesh now that I'm aware of the issue. It's quite likely that I'll stick with this one, but I want to be sure before burning my boats. It's quite a major spend for me as I'm retired, hence the ten year use of the old one!

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That row of shops on LL is a disgrace, cars parked > not just on the private parking spaces, but also > on the pavement. > > The red route along there (as that section of LL > is TfL managed) caused all of these parking issues > in the first place. But it would be a nightmare if you could park on the road, surely?

dc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Menu here if you can't wait: > http://meatliquor.com/eastdulwich/menu/web/ OMG that looks fantastic! And Deliveroo deliver! Anything with blue cheese is fine by me!

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could it be the change from 16:10 to 16:9 ? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:10 > > Your new one would be smaller diagonally then I'd > think. I don't know but I'm talking about a laptop screen. I no longer use a freestanding monitor, they take up too much room on my desk! And the diagonals if both the old and the new ones are more or less identical, presumably because the extra on the horizontal side has compensated for the reduction on the vertical side.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue - Sorry I can't be of any practical help but > I've used quite a few different laptops over the > last few years and none have been exactly the same > in terms of screen size. To be honest I've never > had an issue with applications and screen size or > resolution but that doesn't mean that you won't. > It can be quite difficult adapting to a new laptop > when you've used the old one for as long as you > have (nothing wrong with that) - they all have > their foibles that you like or dislike and get > used to. > Buying a new laptop is a tricky task - the choice > is vast but as you say far fewer models are on > display in places like PC World or John Lewis. > I would say that you should trust that your > research is correct and go forward with the new > one. I'm sure after a week or two you'll be just > fine. Thanks for that, I'm hoping so. The other thing was I had a bit of a shock to find the case was glossy black (just described online as black) and shows every fingermark. But that's less of an issue and I won't see the hideous gloss when it's in use, anyway.

But my old one is not a square screen, it is not much different to the new one, just a noticeable (to me) half inch less high.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Overpriced ready meals. Don't quite understand why > anyone would pay over the odds for food you can > get elsewhere for those prices. I will concede on > the iced lemon drizzle cake however, very nice. > I used to get ready meals from the Co-op at two for ?4 (ie ?2 each), for days when I couldn't be bothered to cook. Stuff like Shepherd's Pie. Last week I bought three ready meals from M&S for ?10 (ie ?3.33 each). The M&S meals were so extremely much nicer (not just slightly nicer) than the Co-op ones that despite the difference in price I shall be getting them from M&S in future, plus there's a much wider choice. Oh and one of them was the Empire Pie, mentioned above, which I agree was absolutely delicious. And so was the prawn and chorizo risotto. Neither of which, I think you will find, can be bought in either Iceland or Lidl. And their ?10 meal for two consisting of a main, side, dessert and bottle of wine is incredible value - not that I've tried it yet.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, I looked at a lot of different laptops > recently before buying and noticed there did seem > to be a trend, but they weren't all like that. My > last work laptop was also like that and it made > PowerPoint practically impossible. Thank you, that's really useful. The trouble is, there seems to be some drawback to virtually every laptop I've looked at in my price range (under ?500). And many of them aren't even reviewed. But I do sometimes use powerpoint, so that could be a problem. And descriptions online give the diagonal but don't give the horizontal and vertical dimensions, or none that I've seen, they just give the dimensions of the laptop itself.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well Sue.. Yes.. They are all wide screen now.. > like our Television screens.. > Fox, a poster above says that they are not. And I'm not talking about "square monitors." My old laptop screen is 13.2" x 8.2" The new one is 13.6" x 7.8" With respect, your posts are not addressing my question at all, and in fact are just muddying the waters.

Fox, I am talking about the physical size of the screen. The dimensions. Whether it is turned on or off. Nothing to do with resolution. I have gone no further than the "Hi" screen and haven't even started setting the thing up, as if I do I can't return it.

I have googled this without success. Have laptop screens become longer and thinner? My old and new laptops both have a 15.4" or thereabouts screen, but the new one's screen is longer horizontally but shorter vertically by about half an inch. My old one is ten years old (!!). Are all screens like this now? I'm worried I'm going to notice the lack of depth when eg I've got Firefox tabs at the top. Or is this somehow connected with the Windows 10 layout? I'm considering returning the new one (I bought it online and didn't see it in the flesh) but not if they're all like this now and I just have to get used to it ..... I didn't notice the different screen shape till I powered it up. I can't use it to see if I get used to it because obviously I can't then return it ....

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So far the wine has impressed, if the layout is > somewhat shoddy, in the new Marks. The food > however, leaves a lot to be desired. > What do you find wrong with the food? Everything I have had from there so far has been excellent.

Signed. The bit about donating just says "please consider donating". Fair enough, somebody is paying to host the website and keep it running properly.

Have you spoken to the neighbours? If they don't use the garden they might be quite happy for you to pay to have someone chop off the offending branches or even chop down the whole tree ...... What did Southwark actually say when you approached them? If you have something in writing that would cover you if the tree was chopped down it might be useful .....