PowerSwitch

How robust do you mean?
I've got one of these, it's fairly sturdy:

http://www.windup-products.com/wind-up- ... prod_8.php

Edit (I haven't really, mine's an older model)

PMSL

Wrong title TB. Should've been: "Prepare to be completely unsurprised"

Andy Hunt wrote:

biffvernon wrote:I think it best to assume that nothing is really secret, so don't have any secrets.

My own thoughts precisely.

Sure. But the issue is privacy not secrecy.

What's the favourite variant of Linux at the moment? Ubuntu for easy to install and use desktops: http://www.ubuntu.com/ Download the install CD and you can run it as a live CD to test it -- just boot off it: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download See also: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivat...

No, the moon is different this time!

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/81da42dc-c7bf-11dd-b611-000077b07658.html ‘Energy crunch’ looming, warn MPs By Ed Crooks Published: December 12 2008 02:29 | Last updated: December 12 2008 02:29 Britain is threatened by an “energy crunch” with disastrous social and economic consequences because of the impa...

Thx David, seen the oildrum, a bit too dry for my tastes, and getting interested in the Transition town stuff, in fact I just volunteered to write some music for their film. Yr blog looks interesting too, I'll check it out! Cheers Um, I'm not him. Sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry when I posted that...

You've come to the right place. You seen the oil drum?, clv101 is one of the editors http://uk.theoildrum.com

There's also Rob Hopkins at www.transitionculture.org

David Strahan http://www.davidstrahan.com/blog

I suspect that the resurgence of the Welsh language can be traced back to ENGLISH trendy-lefties moving to Wales and getting very 'involved' with their new homeland. More Welsh than the Welsh themselves. It was made compulsory at GCSE level many years ago. Not sure if it was English touchy-feely ty...

DominicJ wrote:GD
Feel free to provide the numbers to back up your claim that Scotland subsidises England. Arc of prosperity and all that

I'm saying there's two sides to every coin. Are you claiming to have never benefited from cheap North Sea oil or gas?

Scotland was brought into the union because it was cheaper than defending the border from scottish brigands, who raided Northern England quite a lot, it also denied a safe port to anyone on the continent who fancied invading. Normaly France I think. Without North Sea Oil, Scotland will be a massive...

From a legal/political viewpoint, Wales is also much more tightly bound to England than Scotland. Scotland could leave (or be thrown out of) the Union quite quickly, the border is only 60 miles long, 2500 men would be more than enough for border control and would serve as tripwire for any raiding p...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wealth Its a common idea that the rich pay no tax, but its rubbish. Generaly speaking, its not worth the effort required to avoid tax, and hasnt been since the abolition of supertax. You need to read "Who Runs Britain" by Robert Pe...

Vortex wrote: Perhaps I can breed sheep which pass sheep-oriented IQ tests?

After a few generations we might end up with super-sheep which can do crosswords etc!

Or maybe they're the first in line for mint sauce?


Just in case.