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DON'T DO THAT. Chances are that nothing will happen (it'll just wipe the player of all music) but there's a risk you could delete something important off it - like the ability to play songs. Seems pretty obvious that you just have to use the correct Phillips software.

Looks like a bargain too Not the sort of thing I would ride anywhere near a scally though.

That's why you need to think about it NOW so when the time comes everyone will know what you want. Me? I'm too fickle, the best song in the world one day is rubbish the next when I'm in a different mood. For my funeral, I don't care what gets played, I won't be there. Something to cheer everyone else up I guess. Is there any song that contains the lyrics "no point crying over spilt milk"?

Yeah, the one pair (out of the five) that actually worked, worked really well. I just think their quality control is a bit rubbish and I wouldn't risk it.

It's rock and roll. I don't like her music particularly (although that cover of Valerie is awesome), but I like her.

For a non-trials bike, Deore (hydro) is all you'll ever need. Powerful, dirt cheap, indestructible. The more expensive ones (XT, XTR) are basically just a bit lighter, still great but the value for money isn't quite as amazing. Juicy discs are good too, slightly more bite so better for trials but probably not quite as indestructible as the Shimano ones. I've got a Juicy 7 on the front of my trials bike and I like it. Not quite as bite-y as a BB7 but feels a lot nicer. Although I'm not convinced the 7 is worth the premium over the 5 - they're very similar. Juicy 3s ain't so good though. My mate's got Magura Louises on his street bike and they seem OK, but the lever feels terrible, lots of sharp edges etc. I know this shouldn't really be enough to put me off (since the power is pretty good) but it is. I have used 4-5 pairs of Hayes 9s (one on my XC bike for about a year, the rest on other people's bikes) and only one out of 5 has been good. The rest have been really wooden with poor power. They're just about OK on an XC bike but I wouldn't use them for anything else at all.

Quoted for the sheer brilliance of it

She'll be pissed and out of tune. Who keeps up with celeb gossip? That's right, me!

Yes. Change your password to something decent.

Er, what?

I had a look on there before I bought my iBook. A lot of the time, what you'll find is that the refurbished ones are older models too. So they'll be 15-20% cheaper, but they'll also be the old spec models. So it's even more pointless. I don't think they ever have particularly good deals on there.

But I don't think you can get educational discount with that. So there's not much point - you might as well just buy from the Education Store as it's only marginally more expensive and you get a spanking new machine.

Call it Henry. Genocide.

Don't get a 24" street bike then. In fact, I don't really see the point of 24" street bikes anyway. For DJ maybe though. I just think if you want a BMX, get a BMX.

Re: The mac/windows typography thing. It's something to do with the design philosophy - Macs are designed so that type looks good in print and PCs are designed so that it looks good on the screen. Read this if you like: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html In fact it's set at the rate of inflation so effectively it's interest-free. I've already got about £15k debt and I'm not finished yet (A friend of mine has £38k ). Oh well, I don't care

Are you sure?

Don't post porn you pleb.

Only if you're "joking". Seriously, no. He's had enough, and we're all nice people on here

I tried to make sure I didn't call you a retard, because that wouldn't be very nice. It's quite frustrating though because arguments seem to follow you around - ever since you joined the forum I seem to remember. Maybe you could just think about what you're posting and that no one really cares about what you have to say about macs. You could always vent your spleen on some computer forum where people might even listen to you. But yeah, I really didn't call you a retard, retard. Just kidding Anyway, back on topic: I don't really agree with that. I find that as a student, the amount you spend is proportional to how much you have. By that I mean that if you have money, it will disappear anyway, whether you're trying to spend it or not. If I had an extra £1000 in my account, it would slowly disappear over the year on CDs/clothes/beer/bike bits. Whereas if I just went out and spent £1000, I might have something to show for it. Carpe Diem I say

As long as it doesn't rain, I'll ride. The cold isn't too much of a problem since you warm up when riding anyway, and there's plenty of light in Manchester too. The only problem is that it rains much more often in winter

Just out of interest, what is the law regarding her coming over here and working? Is it basically the same? I'm just curious as to who has the toughest immigration laws mainly. But then again you're willing to make some pretty huge sacrifices to see her, is she willing to do the same back?

And then the Mighty Boosh at 10:30 on BBC3. Although that episode is online at the moment anyway (Go to the BBC comedy website).

What's minimum wage in the US? About $5/hr? That's less than £2.50. I don't know about you, but that would do my head in working for that much. Like other people have said, work your ass off over here and then go and slap the yanks aside with your wodge of proper money that keeps its value

WTF? Or FTW?

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