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And then there were 9....

Every now and then I get something so shockingly bad, that I have to say something about; and now I have these bad boys, with their very own level of badness...

Bad Points:

Overheating Processor
Non-Standard Heatsink
No Fan
Non-Standard Power Supply
2 Way - Self Corrupting HD (if not by Heat, then by Magnetic Field / Interference)
Power Supply Capacitors, Touching 2.5" HD
Unique - No 2 Units Are the Same (inside or out)
20 Minute warm-up period (Image on monitor very shaky, for the duration)
Slow Processor, Not much Ram & a "Second Hand HD" As Standard
9 Remain in the Wild
They Exist & So does their Creator..

Good Points:

Compact All-in-One PC
One is Stolen.

Bought 10, Sold 10 - Problems with 10.... Every day of every week....
I'm just praying for the other 9 to get stolen.....

Energy Saving Bulb - Has it been that long?

I thought that one of the major selling points for those "Energy Efficient" light bulbs is Longevity, so you pay a little bit more for the light bulb (10 times the price), and you are given the reassurance that it will last for the next 10 years.

And as per usual, and in life, reality does not pan out as planned, and I seem to be replacing those even more frequently than the older filament type (Average Life Expectancy. 6-8 Month).

The only question is this, who is benefiting & how much more in resources does it take to manufacture the new type of light bulb & is it worth it?...

Another Celebrity Baby - Another Weird Name...

Congratulations to the proud parents of Baby "Balthazar Octavius Lucky Laszlo Ogden Caesar Kaelem Saddam" - "Bollocks" for Short...

Don’t let life get in the way of living…

Few Words of Wisdom....

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

When the rich wage war, its the poor that die.

Не who has no money, needs no purse.

God's mill grinds slowly, but surely.

Trust in God, but steer away from the rocks.

A beard doesn't make a philosopher.

Even fools are right sometimes.

If you lie, remember.

A silent fool is counted wise.

Grasp all, lose all.

As you sow, so shall you reap.

No New Royal Yacht :(

Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his support to a project to create a new Royal Yacht to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, but has ruled out spending public money on the vessel.

The Queen owns land and estates that are managed by the Government. Income from that land earns the government 100's of millions a year. Out of that the crown is supposed to get an allowance equivalant to getting a dividend from shares.. That allowance has been constantly cut over the years (as we are told by government after Government that the Royal purse comes from public) that the crown has often been the brunt of cuts as a result of politics for longer than most people realise. I am not exactly a pro Royalist, but even I can see the disparity over what the Government gets for managing those lands as opposed to what the crown gets. So perhaps the Country could give a descent present out of the money earned. Although I don't particularly agree with a boat

Let’s be quite clear about the true nature of the Crown Estate: It is not and never has been the personal property of the Windsor family.

The Crown Estate has always been there to provide funds for the running of the government. A long time ago the government consisted of the King and his Privy Council. To pay for the apparatus of the state, which was much simpler and cheaper back then, the Crown Estate raised revenue that went directly to the King.

In the 18th century the job of government was moved from the palace to the parliament, so revenue from the Crown Estate was transferred to the Treasury. Of course that money had also been used to run the palace and fund the lives of the King and his family. So in order to ensure the King could continue to run his palace in the style to which he was accustomed the government of the day set up the Civil List, a payment to the palace by the government.

That’s it. There was no personal sacrifice on the part of the monarch. There is no personal claim on the Crown Estate from the Windsor family.

So it is dishonest to claim the Crown Estate revenue somehow makes the millions paid to sustain those parasites OK. It doesn’t.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/gove-backs-royal-yacht-jubilee-005608955.html

PS. My original post was removed within 2 minutes...

Kim Kardashian could learn a thing or two about manners from Kate Middleton

The Duchess of Cambridge was praised by the National League of Junior Cotillions for: "The poise and dignity with which she conducts herself in the public spotlight,"

National League of Junior Cotillions - WTF is a Cotillion - Something related to Cattle by any chance...

Good Idea, Bad Idea...

Today I tried the new Toaster Friendly Burger - Good Idea, Less than Average Taste... http://www.tillmanstoastme.co.uk/

And in the words of a wise man:

"I used to work for Northern Foods, - a good butcher never wastes anything Whistle

And believe me when I say, they did not waste any part of the Cow when they made these.