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Shaun H

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  1. Si - Seriously, you'd hit a woman back? I can't seem to justify it myself and I can see why you say its what you'd do but I can also see why he doesn't want to.

    I'd never hit my missus with the intention of causing harm (so play-fighting aside) but if she did it to me she'd be on the floor in an arm lock until she calmed the f**k down. Its not right to hit a woman precisely because you are (normally) stronger than them and should use that to stop them passively, not lamp them back.

    If the guy hasn't got the balls to put her in her place then he should be looking for a way out fast, she doesn't sound like someone who is going to change otherwise.

  2. I'm so tempted to actually try and do this and prove you wrong. How can one not be able to drill through a 3mm sheet of steel?

    That's what I thought when I popped over to the technicians to ask them to drill it out for me! But after regrinding a 12mm bit 5 times and each time getting about a micron deeper it was clear it wasn't worth ruining several drill bits over.

    If you DO manage to drill through them though, they're great cams!

  3. Surely the easiest way would just be to get any old cams and drill a 12mm hole in them?

    Please note that you will not be able to drill the Echo Chro-Moly cams as they are hardened. That is unless you have access to a heat treat capable oven (luckily I'm chummy with the uni metallurgist!).

  4. I should get something like those. I mean, I very much doubt they're impenetrable to water but they look as though they'd at least let less water in than my MP66. They ain't white though :P

    After seeing what they can handle, I'll probably get some (or the similar ones done by Northwave etc) next year when I hopefully have a bit more disposable income.

  5. The eventual energy crisis will mostly be down to developing countries with ever increasing populations (China and India being the biggest players) and their domestic and industrial energy demand accelerating massively. For every bit ourselves, the US and other major energy consumers save through renewables etc developing countries require more and more.

    I see the energy problem as quite similar to the world's wealth "problem". I think it goes something like 5% of the world has 95% of the wealth, I wouldn't be very surprised if the same was true of domestic energy demand. Imagine now, if every person on the planet consumed as much energy as YOU do. It's an impossible situation and one which is fast approaching us as more and more countries transition to the lifestyle we ourselves are now accustomed to - fridges, microwaves, electric ovens, central heating, air conditioning. Not to mention industrial demands.

    Ultimately, unless the problems being discussed in this thread are solved comprehensively, the only option that would allow continuation of the life we know today, would be a restriction on birth rates. There are too many mouths to feed and eventually the human race as a whole could suffer for it.

    Another parallel to this is the increasing occurrence of water shortages, even in this country we are beginning to have issues, with hosepipe bans almost a certainty every summer.

    It genuinely frightens me a bit, after studying a module basically revolving around this last term, that the world is fairly happy to just ignore the impending issues to some extent. Even worse that people, as evidenced in this thread, refuse to take any responsibility themselves despite being educated on the issues.

  6. Mate, watch the video; they're so clearly unarmed. If they were armed I really doubt they'd be standing there so casually.

    Also, when the shooting starts, at one point one laughs and there is banter. Also, afterwards when they found out they shot at children, the reaction was 'oh well.'

    If you spent some time and go through some of the documents it becomes obvious there not mistakes.

    Go to about 2:00 into the UNEDITED video, you can clearly see several of them carrying AK-47s. The reason they are standing around casually is because the Apache is probably hovering miles away out of sight.

    I can only imagine the edited video conveniently skips over these details to portray the pilot and gunner in as bad a light as possible.

    The Reuters reporters will have understood the risk of meeting militia and it's unfortunate that in this case they got caught up in the fighting.

    The firing on the guys collecting the bodies is a more dubious matter sure, but they are still obviously associated with the militia and bringing your kids to a scene of death and such obvious danger is just crazy

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  7. BBC News - obvious really

    Remember The Milk - Task manager/to-do list, probably not much use to you as you're "just" a school pupil, but for students and professionals you may find it quite a useful tool for remembering all those little things to do as well as coursework deadlines etc. The online service is free, the app is free for 15 days or something then you need to upgrade to a pro account.#

    2 Player Reactor - Pretty addictive reaction game

    Slice It! - Kind of similar to Fruit Ninja on iPhones

    Convertpad - converts any unit to any unit really

    Task Manager - Shut down stuff you aren't using

    Smart Alarm Clock - Monitors your sleep and wakes you up at your most active in a specified slot - means you should wake up more awake

    Zombie, Run! - Cool GPS based game that generates zombies on Googlemaps and you have to run away from them :lol:

  8. Thats not correct. You dont need a TV license to watch previously shown programmes. If you have a PC, you are legally allowed to watch ITV Player, BBC iPlayer etc without a TV license. You are not allowed to watch TV live (not a repeat). Also the TV license people cant do shit unless you are caught watching the TV. Even if you have a TV, connected to freesat, they cant do anything unless they actually see you watching the TV with the TV on. TVs arent just for watching "TV", you can use them as PC monitors, use them for games consoles etc, and you dont need a TV license for those. Seriously just send a letter to them saying what time you will be in, and if they dont come round in those times, then its not your fault they cant be assed to come see you when your in.

    You don't have to be caught watching a TV, if you have a TV and they also find evidence of receiving equipment then you are in breach of the law. It may in fact be the case that they only need to find the receiving equipment (this includes any aerial) although I'm too lazy to double check that.

    Before someone mentions it...no they don't have a special 'van' which detects when your watching tv.

    I've heard (i.e. have no evidence to prove so) that they have equipment which can detect aerials specifically for TV signals due to their wavelength operating range, and that's how they can find if people in unlicensed addresses could be watching TV.

  9. what shoes and pedals you lads using, looking to go clipless?

    Shoes are VERY personal. You're best off going to your LBS and trying on as many different brands and sizes as possible to find what suits your foot best, there's plenty of guides online to help you choose.

    As for pedals I've got these, used them for my 8 mile each way commute during my placement year including Winter and 6 mile trip to uni now. Never had any problems and, thanks to their shape, you can ride in flat shoes without too many problems. I think that's the base model, but you can get all carbon, titanium, etc jobbers too.

  10. Would that not mean that there is no 'real' number of engagements but the drive is pretty much instantaneous?

    Can the gap between the drive ring and the driven ring be adjusted to make it smaller and thus more instantaneous or bigger and thus less instantaneous?

    There is no gap between the drive and driven rings, their teeth are constantly in contact. The rasping/buzzing sound of a King wheel spinning are the teeth on the rings riding over eachother under pressure from the drive spring.

    As Mike said there's 72 teeth in each ring giving 72 engagement points over a full rotation of the drive shell, the only way to get more would be to increase the number of these teeth.

  11. If you get a King, put a couple of hundred miles on it using a "normal" bike first to ensure the drive teeth are well bedded in to eachother. Then service it, preferably using a lighter oil such as Finishline Wet Lube before starting to use it for trials.

  12. They came at 5am this morning armed with mayonnaise, showergel and completely effed up our corridor, doors all painted with it. they also went into our kitchen, poured sugar everywhere, stole our toaster and put cooking oil on the floor.

    That's the shittest prank I have ever heard! Making a mess does not constitute a pranking

    Give 'em hell dude

  13. That's the thing, I don't understand why people use buttons for acceleration. How can you modulate the throttle? Its either on or off, which for a driving sim, isn't a good particularly simulation...

    You used to be able to modulate with X on PS2 controllers. It was one of the reasons my mate used to occasionally beat me on GT3, he would never let me use the Sony controller and always gave me the shitty aftermarket one! >_<

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