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#298380
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Windows Vista
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'Tis 1.8 Intel, with 2gb ram (uupgraded) and 200mb integrated graphics - which 'should' handle Vista Basic easily. For the speed and user friendliness of Vista I shall be going back to previous OS quite soon.

For some reason I did find Vista Premium runs quicker than Basic - though as I couldn't find a permanant (cough) way of upgrading the OS I reverted back to Basic.

Computers, eh?
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#298302
Topic
Windows Vista
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^ I agree mate - I bought a very cheap Toshiba laptop from the US which has Vista Basic on. Rather than upgrade to Premium (about $100/£50) I found a Sidebar that works fine and use 'Visual Task Tips' to provide the 'Aero experience'.

To be honest I'm still tempted to put 2000 (my fave OS from my old P3 laptop) or XP on it and take the Vista off and see how it does. To me Vista is a very memory and processor hog - which is uneccesary as it does nothing special or breathtaking.
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#298298
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Bionic Woman 2007
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I saw the original pilot and wasn't blown away by the quality or plot - but did think it had promise and the deaf sister was interesting character. Am kind of curious to see how David Eick (BSG co-producer) does with the show too.

Haven't watched the re-tooled version of the pilot yet.

May well give the series a go to see how ex-EastEnders actress Michelle Ryan does in the lead role - IMHO she couldn't act for toffee in the BBC soap - though she did well in the BWpilot... hmmnn...



some Michelle Ryan pics
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#298294
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Deep Space Nine
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Some of the best sci-fi to appear on tv - really enjoyed watching the series when it was first run on BBC2.

Will make a note to catch it when I'm in - 3pm and 8pm weekdays, 3pm on a Sat and Sunday


Virgin 1 could well turn out to be a decent channel - Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Riches, Star Trek, That 70's Show, Boston Legal, The X Files, old BSG, Takeshi's Castle etc - certainly could be a more than a rival to the now-dreadful Sky 1 channel...

cheers for theads-up Daveytodd
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#298264
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BSG
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Seems there will be some 'minisodes' shown from October onwards on the US Scifi channel (and it's website) about the forthcoming 'Razor' film -showing on SciFi on Sat 24th November - and also the history of a young Bill Adam in the 1st Cylon War...


Commercial A

Commercial B


Razor - Exclusive Clip 1

Razor - Exclusive Clip 2


Razor - Comic-Con Footage


'Every BSG Ep Aired in under 10mins' Video...


ps - the 4th season of BSG starts in the US on the SciFi channel in January 2008...

BSG Season 4 Promo

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#297824
Topic
Jose mourinho has left Chelsea
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I wasn't too unhappy with getting a point at Portsmouth - a bit of a bogey side for us, and especially difficult playing away in the early kick off after the international break (feel sorry for the away lads who had to get leave Friday night to make it just because of tv times).

Thought we were quite lucky to get a draw vs Porto - still can't make up my mind if we underperformed - or Porto were really up for it and were on form. They had a lot of possession in dangerous places - but thankfully their final pass was off/poor.

The B'ham game for me is the 1st game where I tohught we'd let ourselves down - fair play to Blues for defending well and resolutely - yet even with Torres on the bench I thought that the XI sent out there by Rafa should have been good enough to beat them. Was surprised that Crouch didn't start - as thought he'd be more effective against a team defending their own 18 yard box and not letting any space behind them.


Thought Torres showed his class last night vs Reading - after getting kicked around the floor and no protection from yet another inane ref he really impressed. Think it's about time Finnan and Arbeloa are given a rest - they did lokk a bit heavy legged at stages. Leto looked promising - a nice pass on him, though tired towards the end. Lucas did look class - kept things simple alongside Momo, so some more promising stuff from the younger lads too

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#297661
Topic
Jose mourinho has left Chelsea
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Hi Scout - poor Avram, am sure he's had a tough enough week without the ref adding to his woes. To be fair Chelsea did look to play some attacking/flair footy for a change until the unjust sending off and then conceding just before halftime. If, and it is a big if, Chelsea do play with the attacking play and gusto they once did a few years ago they may actually please their Russian owner!

If I were that ref in that game I'd holdfire on buying a lottery ticket at the moment - any decisions and he'd be bound to mess it up


ps - what did you think of our performance vs Brum on Satdee, and the 2 games vs Portsmouth and Porto?
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#297553
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Jose mourinho has left Chelsea
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Finally no more 'ghost' goals and him whinging on about how lucky Liverpool or whoever else beat them were

Was quality when he first came over here - though has lost his way perhaps in the way Chelsea have became over-dependent on the long ball to Drogba and Lampard running off him. For £300m no wonder Abramovich expected a little more flair and quality play...
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#295285
Topic
Jokes thread : Reloaded
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One night, after a couple had retired for the night, the woman became aware that her husband was touching her in a most unusual manner.

He started by running his hand across her shoulders and the small of her back He ran his hand over her breasts, touching them very lightly.


Then, he proceeded to run his hand gently down her side, sliding his hand over her stomach, and then down the other side to a point below her waist.

He continued on, gently feeling her hips, first one side and the other. His hand ran further down the outside of her thighs.


His gentle probing then started up the inside of her left thigh, stopped and the returned to do the same to her right thigh.

By this time the woman was becoming aroused and she squirmed a little to better position herself.
The man stopped abruptly and rolled over to his side of the bed.


"Why are you stopping darling?" she whispered.


He whispered back, "I found the remote."
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#295284
Topic
Jokes thread : Reloaded
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An Al Qaeda guerrilla, desperate for water, was plodding through the desert when he saw something far off in the distance. Hoping to find water, he walked toward the object, only to find a little old Jewish man at a small stand selling neckties.

The Arab asked, 'Do you have water?'

The Jewish man replied, 'I have no water. Would you like to buy a tie? They are only $5.'

The Arab shouted, 'Idiot Jew! Israel should not exist! I do not need an overpriced tie. I need water! I should kill you, but I must find water first.'

'OK,' said the old Jew, 'it does not matter that you do not want to buy a tie and that you hate me. I will show you that I am bigger than that. If you continue over that hill to the east for about two miles, you will find a lovely restaurant. It has all the water you need. Shalom.'

Muttering, the Arab staggered away over the hill.

Several hours later he staggered back, near collapse.


'Your brother won't let me in without a tie.
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#295272
Topic
Children of Men
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cheers for the heads-up JarJead - am going to try and get hold of the book.

I thought the film was very engaging - a vision of England not too off in the future that you could easily envisage - given the way politics and liberties in this is country has been going over the few years.

Tis certainly a film I'll be watching again tp ick up on any subtleties I may have may missed on the 1st viewing...
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#291879
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BSG
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The teaser for the coming BSG: Razor tv-movie:-

BSG: Razor


Apparently there is a 'sneak preview' for it on July 10 during something called 'Eureka' on Sc-Fi, whilst the actual Razor tv-movie will be aired sometime in November...


Am eagerly looking forward to the 4th and final season of BSG - such a long way off though
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#291733
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UK Being Hit Hard-
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The UK have been used as targets for terrorists for 30+ years - so it's not a new thing for us living here.

Not sure we have been hit hard - yes, it is pretty worrying that these people have come close to their aims - but they have fecked it up so far...


TheCassidy - what do you mean by remove their base from underneath them? (I am a bit lost on this)

Arnie.D - seems one of the people arrested is from Iran, have no details of nationalites of any others arrested at the mo.

Weshallpreserve - what do you mean by 'just show what needs to be done.' - be more vigilant?
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#289180
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LOST
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Originally posted by: Johnny Ringo

Kate especially I guess, since she, you know, killed someone


She's killed several people by this point.



and she's still sooo damn hot




Could it have been Michael in the coffin? (Walt would pretty much have to be still on the island for him not to come to the funeral - yet I imagine no-one would be rushing to go to Michael's funeral after his actions...)

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#289057
Topic
Milan beat Liverpool in Champion's league final
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^ Gaillard has since distanced himself from saying that we are the worst fans in Europe - he's just realised that stealing flags from lamposts is not quite up there with killing a policeman, stabbing rival fans, throwing motorcycles off the top tier of a stadium, being thrown out of the UEFA Cup, throwing flares and lighters at players and refs, racist chanting, charging riot police etc.


Incidentally AC Milan fans have a couple of those banners he is on about being stolen too, as do people selling them on ebay in Greece. Gaillard also failed to mention that Police also fired tear gas the Milan end of things as well. No mention of the security failing to stop that nutter who ran the length of the pitch to confront Reina in the Final - wtf were the stewards and security doing? just watching it seems?


Unfortunately mud sticks - and Gaillard - hiding behind this unpublished 25-incident dossier has thrown so much it is obvious he is using it to detract from UEFA's organisational failings. Yet the damage is done - unfortunately people still believe what is written and jumped upon by the tabloid press - and once again Liverpool fans are painted as thugs and hoodlums...


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#288780
Topic
LOST
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^ 'tis a tough one - I thought she was referring to getting back to Sawyer too - though I couldn't come up with another character that no-one would attend the funeral of (maybe Sayeed as a long shot - though he'd have been buried in Iraq?)


Anyone on ideas on who was in the coffin?


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#288746
Topic
LOST
Time
I think Charlie didn't escape from the the water 'rushing in' as it would only be a matter of time before one of Des vision's would not be able to save him. This way, he would die with everyone thinking he was a hero (something which had a profound meaning to him when he confronted the mugger in his flashback) - and also that he thought everyone would be saved - inc Claire and Arron - if he did die this time around. If he hadn't died would his actions have someohow prevented everyone else from leaving?

Very Spock-like death for Charlie - the needs of many outweighed the needs of the one.


I thnk it was Sawyer in the coffin - no-one came to the funeral - probably because no-one knew his name? Would explain why Jack thought Kate may have gone to it too?


Very interesting and entertaining few hours of tv - if only more shows could muster up this quality...


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#288745
Topic
Milan beat Liverpool in Champion's league final
Time

Hi,

Just a quick account of the journey made to Athens for the 2007 Champions League Final…

Some quality pictures of LFC stuff from around Athens:-

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=178976.0

http://www.ynwa.tv/forum/index.php?showtopic=127561

http://forum.raotl.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=54280

http://72.232.233.42/~tlw/forum/showthread.php?p=715238#post715238

Some quality videos of fellow Reds in and around Athens:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayivhplxuwM - fans in pub singing post-game: We’ve Got The Best Midfield In The World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7OLhDY9urY&NR=1 - fans in pub singing post-game: Ring Of Fire – Trumpets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmBSPhO9NOk&mode=related&search=fans - fans in Syntagma Square singing songs post-game: You’ll Never Walk Alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsVkCtGmVLs&mode=related&search= - fans making way back at the Metro Station post-game: Fields Of Anfield Road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skJwgm5he3k&mode=related&search= - fans making their way back to the Metro Station post-game: Oh Campione!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npc1Ovkyzxo&mode=related&search= - Milan & LFC fans singing songs post-game: Oh Campione!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5h1iaqadeI&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs near the Acropolis post-game: We’ve Got The Best Midfield In The World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVo_ud–xg&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs near Central Athens post-game: When The Reds Go Marching In

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i7Ocm3eVts - fans in Monastiraki Square singing songs post-game: Luis Garcia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O7ePVSoLQc - fans in Monastiraki Square singing songs post-game: John Arne-Riise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkyUPw4j9zA - fans in Monastiraki Square singing songs post-game: We’ve Got The Best Midfield In The World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsRxiVtpu8M&mode=related&search= - fans in Syntagma Square singing songs pre-game: Steve Gerrard Gerrard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RK-8Zxe_k0&mode=related&search= - fans in Syntagma Square singing songs pre-game: You’ll Never Walk Alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqQ8wGmAvrE&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs pre-game: Rafa Benitez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86KJC76XLk8 - fans singing songs in the ground: You’ll Never Walk Alone 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_O1WWmTZY4&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs in the ground: You’ll Never Walk Alone 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfQtTkJzEp4&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs in the ground: You’ll Never Walk Alone 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTejwlbrtPI&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs in the ground: You’ll Never Walk Alone 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38D1lYdcynM&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs in the ground: Oh Campione!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmAdkTnlmnY&mode=related&search= - fans singing songs in the ground: We Shall Not Be Moved

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI2LRAteDPM&mode=related&search= - CL Final ’07 match highlights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ObJyxkdzjU - fans taking penalties on the Athens Olympic Stadium pitch post-game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6d5-XmCaYU&mode=related&search= - LFC fans pay tribute to Olympiacos fans who died in the Gate 7 Tragedy at the old Olympiacos Stadium

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#288744
Topic
Milan beat Liverpool in Champion's league final
Time

Aye - am not surprised UEFA or the media blamed the Liverpool fans as a whole. There were some right scum there on the day (I've never seen them before at a game) - though I personally didn't see anything - I was told after what had gone on with 'fans' robbing tickets off fellow Reds - disgusting, yet not the reason why thousands of Reds were locked out of the stadium and then tear-gassed and baton charged etc.

UEFA and the Greek Police were told there may be arund 5,000 forgeries in circulation for the Final - again no turnstiles or electronic ticket readers to weed out the forgeries - just too few Police manually chekcing tickets and not doing much about the forgeries they did come across - and having said that I saw some forgeries that were better looking than my official ticket.



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#288410
Topic
Milan beat Liverpool in Champion's league final
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No mate - I personally did not see any muggings, though I did see the Greek police take seemingly genuine tickets from fans and then tell them to 'go home'. I've been told that tickets were robbed from people by fellow Reds - if so that is disgraceful behaviour and bang out of order.

To be honest there seemed a lot of people at the ground that had never been to a football match before, let alone Anfield, and also a small minority of scum that just did not not how to behave properly and show people respect.

Still have no idea why the tickets printed were so eay to photocopy and scan or forge, had no microchips in them (like the World Cup '06), and why there were no turnstiles at the ground - or electronic ticket readers to weed out the forgeries and help prevent bunk-ins. Why on eather the Police didn't man the perimeter fencing to stop people climbing over and into the stadium still baffles me - it was so obvious it was going to happen.

Perhaps the recent political situation between the Greek government and the Police has a part to play in their inactions, and then over-the-top actions later on?


I haven't seen much coverage of the events in the media since (I haven't been able to watch the game back on tv yet) - what did the papers and tv say? Are UEFA still shifting blame from themselves to Liverppol fans?