Re: heather, alias, mike, sidj,,, adaware problem
Mike M wrote:
> In haste, as ever
>
> Not all usb thumb drives will work with ReadyBoost but not having a
> 2K8 system to play with at present you could well be correct and that
> 2K8 doesn't support ReadyBoost.
Yes, it has the SuperFetch service ReadyBoost apparently relies on (though I
realise the one doesn't imply the other), but I haven't managed to start
that yet - just get a message that this computer isn't configured for it. I
haven't yet found out in what way? Ironically I do have an actual Vista
trial, but it's the .vhd version (the only type out at the mo), so it won't
see a USB drive! I imagine, while 2K8 has Aero and Flip 3D and so on, it is
never going to be considered to need ReadyBoost under any circumstances - I
mean, I don't suppose they're aiming at selling it to businesses that can't
afford more than 512MB of RAM! I doubt if such a business has more than one
computer anyway and probably isn't in the market for a Server.
Well, I've been trying to find an excuse to buy the USB Drive for a month
now. So cheers Microsoft! <vbg>
> As for you local petty thieves and vandals get you shotgun out and go
> hunting. No-one would ever blame you if you were to miss that
> swimming rabbit and hit a water thief instead. 
This from someone
ROFL!
> who loathes guns of any sort and would like to see a proper crack
> down on their use especially amongst the ever younger kids in London.
Yes. And you're not far from one of the worst parts in that respect, are
you? I don't suppose any part of London is immune to that threat. If you
think about it, every direction you look points to somewhere a bit dodgy.
Where I was is possibly the least troubled by kiddie gangs - but probably
because it's full of the grown-up version.
>
> Pizza? Haven't had one for what seems like years but I did succumb
> and have a rather nice Chinese last night. No car or even a bike
> nowadays but at least in London I have a fair few places that deliver
> to choose from.
Yes, back NW7 way there certainly was a lot of choice! Although I do think
it is also a cause of much that is wrong these days - by driving prices down
to where quality and/or service is unsustainable - competition does seem to
have had the effect of making every restaurant/take away have to deliver!
The biggest problem, I thought, was that even the really good places didn't
stay in business very long. There was this great one in Edgware where, much
I suspect to their consternation my dad and I used to drive there and sit at
a table while they cooked our take-away and be almost too full of prawn
crackers to eat the meal when eventually it arrived! We began to let them
deliver it after they suggested it so pointedly that I got the idea they
thought we were driving trade away! It wasn't a problem - the food was still
great - but then they turned into someone else, and the new lot didn't do it
so well. But almost every street around there had another Chinese, and even
the grubbier looking ones did food to die for. Hopefully not of botulism.
And much greater choice these days, don't you think Mike? I mean with
ingredients - like garlic, spring onions, squid, that sort of thing. Though
probably what you could get in SF in the 1920's, it just took longer to
convince the British to stop wanting egg and chips or pie and mash, and veg
but only if boiled to vapour.
I really, really fancy Chinese now that you've mentioned it! There was a
marvellous take away in Cirencester; but here there was one that *was*
great, but started using - apparently - chopped and shaped prawns. So we
took our custom to the other local Chinese take away, and that was fine too,
then went downhill, seemingly having changed management. No doubt new
management thinking there's more profit to be had, started buying cheapo
oil, or using it for twice as long. And they use GM stuff - though when most
use too much MSG anyway, it probably doesn't matter taste-wise.
What they had in Cirencester, and now have here too are "Thai Emerald"
restaurants, bloody wonderful! Oh the monkfish in chilli sauce! Mmmm! I
think the one in Ciren was better, but the one here is still fab, especially
washed down with Tiger beer. They seem to be based in this part of the
country, having one at Stratford and either Worcester or Warwick. One at
Pershore, iirc - where I originally did my back in on Easter Sunday 1980,
when it was so hot that I got sunburnt for the first time (I tan and it
takes a lot to make me burn! People cite the weather this Easter as evidence
of meteorological shift, but it was a scorcher 27 years ago!).
I think they might have a Thai Emerald at Evesham too...
As a teenager, I used to work across the Midlands, and stayed at Evesham
many times. It is really hard to imagine it flooded - though not when you
think of how wide the river is straight through the middle of town. Looks
very much like Tewkesbury in fact. And still does, I suppose.
Today was Laundry Day! No washboard though, so the music was a wash-out
(what a dreadful gag, eh?).
Talk to you later Mike.
Shane
>>> Sorry to read that you're one of those affected by the too much
>>> water but not a drop to drink problem. I hope it gets cleared up
>>> soon and your supply restored.
>>
>> Thanks Mike.
>>
>>>
>>>> *I need a wash!*
>>>
>>> I take it that taking a swim instead is out? <vbg>
>>
>> Ha! Yes, well at least we're not actually flooded here. We just have
>> no water - except what's in the bowsers. And while I am getting very
>> weary of this, the biggest problem is still that I could murder
>> someone for driving out here to pinch multiple gallons of what really
>> is 'our' water. You know, there are bowsers all over the place - and
>> yesterday I went to town and saw them all being refilled in this part
>> of town, so obviously elsewhere. It's a continual process. Out here
>> there are people without cars, and people who can hardly walk. But
>> car drivers today think everyone has one (and if they don't, they're
>> weirdos who get what they deserve) so they can drive out into the
>> sticks for water. Well, we can't drive into town when they've taken
>> ours.
>> And what with people vandalising bowsers, stealing flood barriers,
>> and profiteers in general (solid Republicans all), it could so easily
>> become jungle law here. And looking at the true face of humankind
>> makes me weary.
>> Along with having to do the washing up then put the dirty water in
>> the cistern after and go get more water. And wash with a Wet Wipe.
>> Sorry to be so negative. Yesterday I bought a 2G USB Drive to use as
>> ReadyBoost, but that seems to be one component 2K8 does not have of
>> Vista's. Lol! Well at least pizza doesn't require much washing up.