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A (fairly simple) modification to the PHP code that uploads images could automatically resize oversize images. Many suitable code examples are available online. Here's one 'free software' example: Resizing images with PHP Just my two cents' worth.

Dymo?

If you are planning to edit HD video you'll need a fairly fast processor, lots of RAM and a motherboard/video card with built-in HD (1080P) support (most have that as standard these days - best to make sure, though). See if you can find an online laptop website with a 'configurator' that displays the price as you pick and choose upgrade options. It might help you decide the spec you need while keeping within your budget.

Oops - my edit crossed with your post - see above.

Wiring regulations are currently in their 17th edition. You may find these links useful for pricing and to avoid potential pitfalls: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=807257 http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Hager/Hager_17.pdf Re: main earthing - it's not usually a big job: your electricity supplier might do the upgrade for free or a nominal fee - it's worth a try, anyway.

I had considered whether it would serve as a feedback mechanism to help outliers converge towards what the majority felt was the accepted norm. However, once someone is ignored, there is no incentive to reverse that decision, which also means that the ignored person obtains no benefit by conforming. Publishing the figures would amount to an indirect way for the majority to tell an outlier to p1ss off and die ? effectively, it would be an index of cliquishness - or should that be clickishness? Has Admin sown the seeds of a colon-clickers' clique? :)

I've tried satin, silk and other various other bedding options - in my view, linen (made from flax) is the best.

Ironically, what you describe is often a subterfuge to get you to install a rook kit and pay for the privilege. You don't say whether you bought the antidote? Just to be on the safe side, it would be a good idea to change those bank account passwords via a computer that hasn't been compromised - if you have access to a clean machine - or else by telephone, if that is possible? Better read this - Root Kit - so you know what you might be up against. To diagnose and disinfect a potential root kit infestation requires an expert with hands on access to you machine. Meanwhile, as matthew123 suggests, a System Restore set to a date before the original virus infection might do the trick.

It was the same Craig Venter who was trying to patent the Human Genome and offer a pay-to-view service back then. I doubt whether he would have been able to raise so many millions in research funds if the prospect of licensing royalties hadn't motivated his investors, though.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... under the previous government an entire generation > of young people have been priced out of the > poverty market ... There's many a slip twixt brain and keyboard! This is one of the best I've seen in a long while :)

A modern virus usually delivers a payload called a 'root kit' along with other malware such as Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers, and so on. Anti-virus applications can usually detect and remove the original virus but often fail to detect 'root kits'. Root kits are sophisticated and formidable devices that can disguise themselves effectively and even download and re-install parts that have been deleted or quarantined. Experts use various custom software tools to identify, locate and remove them. Even so; it is by no means easy or straightforward. Some well-known anti-'root kit' tools are Autoruns, Avenger, ComboFix, FileLister, HiJackThis, HostXpert and VundoFix - to name but a few. Given the scarcity of information you?ve posted, it is impossible to tell whether your computer is still infected or, if so, by what? But the risk factor in your case is very high - so be careful.

Proceed with great caution - do not log into any secure websites (thus revealing your login & password) until it is certain that the entire virus along with any associated ?root kit? has been located and removed.

Sorry, I've no idea. Probably just as well. I imagine posters near the top of the most ignored users' list might get a bit upset.

Is the Legal Profession Over Represented in Parliament? Two issues regarding MPs who are also lawyers - as many of them are - are presented below. Example: Ms Harriet Harman MP QC one time Solicitor General and Minister of State in the Department for Constitutional Affairs with responsibilities including constitutional reform, legal aid and court processes. Professionals are entitled to many privileges including being above and beyond the law regarding the practice of their professions. Solicitors and barristers in particular are required to operate within certain ethical guidelines. For example, two important such principles are: 1. Do not bring the law into disrepute. 2. Do not undermine public confidence in law and order. Their Codes of Ethics include a general disinclination to impugn the reputation of or to criticise the opinion of a fellow or senior professional. Problems can and do arise when a constituent approaches a Lawyer-MP for assistance in cases involving, for example, negligence, corruption, mis/malfeasance or malpractice involving police, medical practitioners (regarded as fellow professionals), solicitors, barristers, judges or other members of the legal establishment - the problems are obvious. Although Parliament is supposed to act as the prime legislator, and therefore, an obvious beneficiary of qualified legal expertise, those constituents who happen to have a Lawyer for an MP may find their representative conflicted when called upon to deal with sensitive issues identified herein. Similar arguments apply to other professionals. Another issue is that, as prime legislators, lawyer-MPs are sitting in their own causes ? they can hardly be described as being disinterested when formulating laws and policies that represent their industry?s commercial bread and butter. Therefore: should practicing professionals be banned from standing for Parliament? If no, should they at least be 'defrocked/deregistered' while in office? If yes, MPs do not have to be lawyers per se: independent academic lawyers could be retained to advise lay MPs on legal matters.

Did someone say Orange Peel? See Scientific Report.

The only good thing about Lagos was the nightlife - but ministers took me out so our group always got preferential treatment. The food, despite all the health warnings, was amongst the best I've ever had, but it was all at top restaurants and hotels. If I had not been under the official wing, I suspect things would have been very different. I doubt whether I would have ventured out of the hotel on my own - just being a white man drew a crowd on the streets. Anyway, the right person with the right attitude and skills could make a lot of money out there.

During the early 80s I visited Lagos on a number of occasions and briefly visited Port Harcourt to the southeast and Kano to the north. I spent several weeks in Lagos, all told. I was an official guest of the Government with 24-hour security. Even so, I never felt safe or comfortable. I was always hassled passing through Lagos airport with threats of arrest or delay unless hefty bribes were paid at each stage of the process. I was robbed by security forces at the airport, military security at a roadblock and was the subject of an attempted robbery in my hotel room. A prominent businessman threatened to have me kidnapped unless he was cut in on a particular deal. Every minister, civil servant and businessman I met was on the take; corruption was rife. I felt that no one could be trusted. Even when contracts were signed and sealed, further bribes were demanded and many payments due were hijacked, delayed or not paid at all. During one trip, a Nigerian Olympic gold-medal winner was shot in the head at one of the many impromptu roadblocks that appeared on the streets of Lagos. On another occasion, the wheels off our official Mercedes were stolen while it was parked on a main road for no more than five minutes. The level of crime, poverty, disease, corruption and dishonesty were unparalleled in comparison to my experiences elsewhere. In those days, the local food and water represented serious health risks along with the ever-present risk of contracting serious tropical diseases like malaria and a multitude of fevers and parasites - even anthrax. I?m sure things have changed since I was there, but I vowed never to return whatever reward was in the offing. One way of evaluating the risk is to find out how much it will cost to get an all-risks insurance policy.

In due course, will Admin post any stats on whose colon has received the most clicks?

A good business is one that exploits the following two principles: 1. A sucker is born every minute. 2. Never give a sucker an even break. Good Luck. Next!

Ha! That probably explains why you no longer work in an office :)

It seems to me that there are some people who interpret any reference to skin colour or ethnicity as an expression of racism (of the ?bad? kind). Should we adopt a self-imposed colour/race/religion blindness in order to avoid unintentionally offending those who hold such views while making it all but impossible to discuss serious academic subjects in public for fear of being misunderstood? I think emotive words like racism and racist have acquired too broad a definition: simplistic catch alls for those who see the world only in black and white.

Ladymuck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So basically, ... ? Well done, you've summarised the issues precisely.

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hal9000, if scientists managed to recover Mammoth DNA ... > and implanted into an enucleated cell of an elephant which then > divided and grew, what would the resultant animal be called? Mambo! Seriously, if this were done using a pluripotent elephant cell to produce a dolly-the-sheep-type embryo (a highly unlikely outcome, in my view): the resulting animal would best be described as a specific intra-cellular chimera between Mammoth and Elephant biochemistries whose exact composition depends on the procedures used to create it. This particular example should look and behave like a Mammoth.

When you click on another poster's colon (I know, I know) - ignore the page jump, it's probably a bug - however, from that point onwards that poster's posts are hidden from your view unless you override by clicking on show/hide. The feature provides a simple way to ignore other posters? comments. I'm not sure whether you'll understand this explanation, but it doesn't really matter; I can't imagine you wanting to ignore anyone else's posts. Suffice it to say that some members are more likely to become its subject rather than its beneficiary.