oojason

‘Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat’…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40252724

yhwx said:

so what colour is that dress? 😉

Warbler said:

Well, I have to keep the lid open. It is kinda difficult to operate the keyboard with the lid shut.

On some laptops you can remove the screen from the rest of the laptop (you’ll have to take care removing the hinges and wiring from the screen) - in essence just having a ‘chunky keyboard’ with hdmi or vga cable from it going to the external monitor.

Looks a little weird - but certainly nothing wrong with it 😃

from what you describe Warmbler mate, one69chev is correct - you’ll need a new screen (or continue to use the laptop hooked up to an external monitor).

I’ve no idea on US prices - but if you were here in the UK a new laptop screen (standard 15.4") would cost around £35-50 on ebay, and if you don’t want to fit it yourself^, expect to pay about £30-45 for labour to fit it by a computer engineer/repairman.

^ = it can be very fiddly to do - and you don’t want break the screen bezel (they are VERY flimsy) or snag any cables etc - and some laptops require the keyboard to be removed to get at the wiring to the laptop screen too.

There are usually 2 differing types of screen - both have different connections - so anyone needing to order a new screen will likely want to have a look at the laptop first to make sure they order the correct type.

It may be worth typing in your model of laptop into youtube to see how others have replaced their screens etc too.

Good luck with it mate

RIP Adam West.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40235142

Adam West, RIP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40235142

hairy_hen said:

Well it’s exactly as I predicted, except that the Silly Party won.

Election Night Special

Myself, I voted for Tarquin Fin-Tim-Lim-Bim-Whin-Bim-Lim-Bus-Stop-F’tang-F’tang-Ole’-Biscuitbarrel.

😄

in separate news…

Jeremy Corbyn’s performance inspires Bernie Sanders supporters to ask once again: ‘What if?’…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/corbyn-bernie-sanders-election-result-uk-labour-left-wing-policies-he-could-have-won-beat-trump-a7782421.html

I hope he runs again - or at least someone like him…

Tyrphanax said:

Windows Phone is incredible. Best phone I’ve ever owned. I help my dad with his Android phone every now and then and it’s such a frustrating locked down piece of garbage OS.

They’re pushing some new updates for Windows (10 and 10 Mobile) lately that have all been pretty great in my opinion.

Yeah, just don’t install that recently released build 16212 update from MS…

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/02/microsoft_dev_build_snafu_bricks_your_phone/

(as ever with The Reg articles - the comments section is always worth a read 😃)

and that’s not to say that Windows phones aren’t decent - the more choices we as consumers have, the better 😃

Warbler said:

oojason said:

Warbler said:

A question for you Ukers:

What would have happened if the Conservatives had won a majority of the seats of Parliament, but Theresa May lost her own seat?

The Tories would then hold a leadership election - their MP’s vote for the leader of their party (IIRC). Usually the PM is in one of the safest seats in the country - can’t recall a PM ever losing their own seat - but could happen…

I don’t understand, why would the Tories hold a leadership election? I said in my question that the Conservatives won a majority number of seats. So, wouldn’t be the Conservatives holding a leadership election?

Sorry Warbler mate - I should have made it clear that Conservatives and Tories are one and the same thing (as ywhx correctly pointed out).

I will pass on your earlier apology to Lord Buckethead - though I think he’ll likely say he’ll forgive you if you go watch his oscar-worthy Gremloids/Hyperspace film from 1984 😉

CatBus said:

oojason said:

and a lot more to Theresa May’s friends than that, sadly…

Turns out you’ve got a case of the Trumps too. If Penicillin doesn’t clear it up soon, you have our condolences.

I’ve got the bleach, a scrubbing brush, penicillin, alcohol, The Holiday Special, Gremloids, and several showers to try and get rid of it 😉

Bingowings said:

Lord Buckethead has a long history of being defeated by gorgons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ0o84yyutQ
And of course a feature film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspace_(film)

I’d forgotten about Lord Buckthead’s long and illustrious past - about time there was another film, maybe a reboot? 😉

Full film available here (or most of it) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI0i2YwYABY 😃

https://www.buckethead4maidenhead.com/fandom/

Ryan McAvoy said:

Democracy is a good thing but you can have too much of a good thing…

September 2014 - Scottish independence referendum
May 2015 - United Kingdom general election
May 2015 - United Kingdom local elections
May 2016 - Scottish Parliament election
June 2016 - United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
May 2017 - United Kingdom local elections
June 2017 - United Kingdom general election

Only joking but seriously if there is another Indie-Ref, another Brexit vote and another GE this year, I’ll be like the famous Brenda from Bristol…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6-IQAdFU3w

Never stops being funny. That lady summed up the feelings of the whole country in a few seconds.

See in October for the 2nd General Election of the year mate - with Brenda too 😉

in other news Labour won Kensington (result finally announced earlier tonight) - the Tories had a near 8,000 majority there back in 2015.

Seems the Scottish Tories are distancing themselves from the DUP already (wouldn’t be too surprised to see some English or Welsh Tories join them).

SilverWook said:

oojason said:

SilverWook said:

oojason said:

on the lighter side of politics…

https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead/status/873019060195405824

a shame Mr Buckethead ‘only’ managed 249 votes vs Theresa May in Maidenhead - though he is now free for panto and Dr Who appearances 😉

^ just for clarity - Lord Buckethead is in the black suit, just to the right of the emotionless robot with views from another world in the red suit.

 

‘Everything you need to know about Lord Buckethead’…

http://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-lord-buckethead-the-1795957578

 
point 3 of his manifesto - ‘no 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport - where we’re going we don’t need runways’

https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794
https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794/photo/1

Your lunatic fringe candidates are way more fun than ours.

Lord Buckethead looks like the Black Knight from Holy Grail and Darth Vader’s love child.

😄 'Tis only a scratch 😉

Elmo from the Muppets was also there - sadly he only got 3 votes.

The real Elmo? I knew he was evil. It was a dark day on Sesame St. when he took over the show and stole the limelight away from my beloved Grover.

Cookie Monster and his British cousin, Biscuit Monster, hopefully have this covered mate 😃

of course Mr Fishfinger was there at the election too…

^ he got 309 votes 😃

CatBus said:

Found this image in oojason’s links that pretty much sums up the DUP (aka the Orange Order) for Americans:

And what is it with the color orange anyway? We’ve got an orange guy here too.

and a lot more to Theresa May’s friends than that, sadly…

Theresa May isn’t going anywhere (yet). Winter Is Coming…

https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/873156176879521792

😉

Warbler said:

A question for you Ukers:

What would have happened if the Conservatives had won a majority of the seats of Parliament, but Theresa May lost her own seat?

The Tories would then hold a leadership election - their MP’s vote for the leader of their party (IIRC). Usually the PM is in one of the safest seats in the country - can’t recall a PM ever losing their own seat - but could happen…

From 2010 (but still applies) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8497014.stm#lose

Labour members (any member of the public who signs up to join the Labour Party can vote on the leader)

Sorry mate - I’ve no idea on the other parties’ leaders how how they elect them.

Ryan McAvoy said:

I noticed this SW ref in Lord Buckethead’s feed…

(Non UK readers FYI: Theresa May’s slogan was (now somewhat ironically) “Strong and stable”)

I actually listened to some of his promises and his manifesto - it’s not the worst we’ve likely ever seen 😉

SilverWook said:

oojason said:

on the lighter side of politics…

https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead/status/873019060195405824

a shame Mr Buckethead ‘only’ managed 249 votes vs Theresa May in Maidenhead - though he is now free for panto and Dr Who appearances 😉

^ just for clarity - Lord Buckethead is in the black suit, just to the right of the emotionless robot with views from another world in the red suit.

 

‘Everything you need to know about Lord Buckethead’…

http://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-lord-buckethead-the-1795957578

 
point 3 of his manifesto - ‘no 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport - where we’re going we don’t need runways’

https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794
https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794/photo/1

Your lunatic fringe candidates are way more fun than ours.

Lord Buckethead looks like the Black Knight from Holy Grail and Darth Vader’s love child.

😄 'Tis only a scratch 😉

Elmo from the Muppets was also there - sadly he only got 3 votes.

CatBus said:

Just read up on the DUP. Not sure any situation that increases their power can be considered a good thing. Hope their alliance with the Tories proves fragile, or at least ineffectual.

Most of us in the UK too mate.

this sums up how far the Tories have sunk to get in bed with the DUP… (despite her, her Party and the right wing media being very keen to try and incorrectly link with Corbyn have links with the IRA since he became leader of the Labour Party and throughout the Election)

https://twitter.com/liamyoung/status/873146824059760642

and some interesting comments from Jonathan Powell - former chief British negotiator on Northern Ireland - explaining how a Tory/DUP coalition cannot work in a Sky News interview, and also that John Major, when he was PM and struggling, refused to go ‘into an alliance’ with the DUP and why…

https://twitter.com/EL4JC/status/873188501990371330 (video in link)

^^ is he looking for his twitter posts?

^ Lord Buckethead (ran for MP vs Theresa May in the constituency of Maidenhead. Sadly lost - did get 249 votes though 😃)

https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBgM8Esoy99vDtfbNPC2peA

on the lighter side of politics…

https://twitter.com/LordBuckethead/status/873019060195405824

a shame Mr Buckethead ‘only’ managed 249 votes vs Theresa May in Maidenhead - though he is now free for panto and Dr Who appearances 😉

^ just for clarity - Lord Buckethead is in the black suit, just to the right of the emotionless robot with views from another world in the red suit.

‘Everything you need to know about Lord Buckethead’…

http://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-lord-buckethead-the-1795957578

 
point 3 of his manifesto - ‘no 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport - where we’re going we don’t need runways’

https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794
https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/873014998179745794/photo/1

Bingowings said:

Bingowings said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

CatBus said:

this is really more about getting May out from under that “temporary caretaker government” shadow after Cameron left?

I don’t think she is seen as a “temporary caretaker government” at all, she was the overwhelmingly popular candidate for Party Leader/PM. I think it’s more about shutting up dissenting voices (of all parties) in Parliament of the “Yes we agree you’ve got a mandate for Brexit, Prime Minister… but not this kind of Brexit!” variety. She’s going to ask the country clearly and directly “Do you want a Brexit on my terms?”. The electorate will most probably answer, “Yes please!” emphatically and she can get on with the business of doing just that.

CatBus said:

Is my understanding correct that this isn’t really expected to change anything substantive? i.e. the people, parliamentary percentages, policies, etc, aren’t really expected to change much at all

Not really, I think things will change quite a bit because the Labour opposition party will most likely be wiped out due in large part to how deeply unpopular their leader (and cabinet) is, which I’m sad to say is probably for their own good in the medium to long term. Hopefully the Lib-Dem party will get back some seats after they were annihilated at the last election.

I think the general consensus is that the Conservative party will win.
This is possibly a misjudgement. When Gordon Brown the most unpopular PM for aeons finally got around to doing what May is doing here after inheriting a gulf war mess from Blair all the Tories could manage was a coalition. They were expected to lose the last election or have to make another coalition with UKIP or some other party.
The secret ingrediant to their majority was Brexit. UKIPers flipped sides to insure they got the referendum. Scotland evicted Labour for supporting the Conservatives and the Liberals lost their nice guy image propping up the Tories in coalition and breaking their manifesto pledges.
We have now a slightly different world. Brexit has happenend, it can’t unhappen so UKIP doesn’t need to exist anymore. Austerity isn’t working and isn’t popular. The SNP need someone the can do business with in Downing Street and May is not that PM.
Corbyn has always been anti-EU (just like Tony Benn). The old Labour zealots that voted Tory to get Brexit may return to the fold now that Brexit is unavoidable. The people that voted Tory as a protest against Blair and Brown will now vote Green rather than vote for the Tories.
My prediction Corbyn will suprise everyone by narrowly winning with the remainers voting against the Conservatives with the same zeal that the Brexiteers voted for them.
That’s if he stays of the hills and doesn’t have a heart attack.

Close but no cigar.

a few seats off a coalition of the left and centrist parties mate - better than most of us thought.

And a clear message sent to the Tories that they’ll have to change if they want as many seats next time, as well being possible to run a decent andeffective anti-austerity campaign by the values of ‘old’ left of Labour.

and not sure a Tory coalition with the DUP will last…

https://twitter.com/liamyoung/status/873146824059760642