| A naive question about lorries |
[Jan. 24th, 2008|12:54 am] |
Prompted by my driving to Coventry and back today (I haven't done that for a while). I've never quite understood this one; someone explain it to me please? (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) gerald_duck, I'm looking mainly at you here.)
How, on $DEITY's green earth, have we ended up in the situation where all HGVs appear to be limited to very slightly different speeds around 60mph and it is legal (AFAIK) for them to attempt to overtake each other on two-lane roads such as the A14, painfully slowly, over the course of about a mile, jamming up dozens of following vehicles? The total time lost to occupants of following vehicles due to this phenomenon seems large. More importantly, so does the increase in accident risks, considering typical impatiently short following distances.
Have there ever been any attempts to get a law passed banning overtaking with a speed difference of less than ~4mph (at least, when there are only two lanes)? If so, what was the outcome? |
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| Shaving (a rant) |
[Dec. 20th, 2007|11:18 pm] |
Dear Lazyweb,
I wish my facial hair would go away. Recommend/disrecommend an electric shaver for me? ( Here beginneth the rant ) |
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| # A terrible disclosure has just been made |
[Nov. 23rd, 2007|10:55 am] |
I've been turned down for Pirates of Penzance at the Arts Theatre next term. Can anyone recommend any other interesting singing opportunities for a tenor after Christmas? They needn't actually be on stage, but bonus points if they're G&S or similar, because otherwise, given that three weeks at Minack would be rather too many days of holiday, my next G&S show will be this time next year. :-( |
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| Strange blank screen bugs, or, I want my /dev/tty1 back! |
[Nov. 16th, 2007|03:20 pm] |
Dear Lazyweb (or at least the geekier portions thereof),
My Ubuntu desktop at home has a strange problem (or rather, two possibly related problems) for which I'm hoping someone on this flist can give me a clue.
( Here There Be Monsters / Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here / etc. )
Edit: solved. I bought a new graphics card (still AGP 8x nVidia, but more features and more memory) and the problems went away. |
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| Newspaper wanted |
[Sep. 17th, 2007|02:56 pm] |
We're making a start on the painting (well, Susan is) and we could do with some newspaper, at least a box full. If you have some you want rid of, shout; I'll happily come and pick it up.
Also, we still have no net access. We're waiting for the router to arrive from Sky via ParcelFarce; let's see if they have a tracking number... |
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| Dear LazyWeb, |
[Sep. 6th, 2007|11:29 pm] |
DoeS aNyBody know a good LaTeX reference book? Ta. |
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| More heavy lifting needed |
[Aug. 22nd, 2007|10:50 am] |
Our shiny new washer-dryer was delivered today, but to the wrong room, which is completely my fault. We desperately need some help, preferably this evening between 18:00 and 18:30, to move it from the kitchen, through a slightly narrow door, over the large ridge of the front door, over some grass/concrete and into the utility room (well, the ugly concrete room where we're putting a washer-dryer for the moment). If anyone has a hand truck or similar they could bring along, I imagine that would be very helpful.
Edit: done, thanks. :-) |
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| A moving weekend |
[Aug. 16th, 2007|10:00 pm] |
Yesyes I know I should have posted this earlier.
I'm getting keys to my very own (well, jointly own) house tomorrow. :-) We'd very much appreciate any help, mostly with heavy lifting (I don't think we need additional vehicles), for any and all of the time between tomorrow (Friday) morning and Sunday evening, especially Saturday daytime. Bribes of drink, hugs, etc. will be available. The source houses are both 1.1 miles away (in different directions), we're only aiming to finish my move this weekend and this will be accomplished using a 3-seater standard Renault Trafic [sic] from the van rental place I used a while ago. |
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| The search for a decent PDA |
[Apr. 14th, 2007|02:45 pm] |
( wherein shortcipher compares every PDA/phone he's owned from 1998 to 2007, and explains imminent purchase of a Treo 680 )
In conclusion: Dear Lazyweb,
Given that I refuse to buy a Windows Mobile device, I think the two main contenders are Palm and Nokia, and am fairly sure that the Treo 680 is the best of those two manufacturers. Does anyone want to vehemently disagree / disrecommend on the basis of experience of a similar device?Do you know of any others that are useful? I know very little about BlackBerries, I don't suppose they're any good?- Have any of you already written anything non-trivial for the Palm? If so:
- How would you rate its developer-friendliness?
- Do you have any relevant guides / HOWTOs / websites you could recommend? I have no problems building a Hello World app and running it on a device; what I'm after is something that walks through a semi-useful application, explaining how best to do things like UI, storage and, ideally, Bluetooth/networking.
Do you know anywhere where a Treo 680 could be had more safely/cheaply/promptly than eBay?
Thanks.
Edit: I now have a Treo. :-) |
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