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Thanks Stephen, I take it for Baked read backed. One question, do you mean everything or just data. If I have to back up everything include a section on how to do that because I have no idea.... :biggrin2: Just your data will do, Full backups on Linux (or indeed any operating system) are more pain ...

I've perused Tizers notes and it looks OK. If you make sure all your stuff is baked up before you start, if something does go badly wrong we should be able to sort something out between Us. I'd say go for it,if it all goes pear shaped we'll sort something out.

My laptop has been on 20.04 for a good while now, although it was a clean install from scratch. If its any consolation Windows10,vs Windows 11 is very controversial.

I think the FT allows you to read a couple of articles a quarter or something without subscribing,

The HP 250 G9 starts at sub £400 https://www.ebuyer.com/1542380-hp-250-g ... q8b9es-abu which is the level I'm looking at. They do go up to about double that. I couldn't build a half decent desktop for that today

Just to show computer troubles afflict those who used to earn a living by them, about a month ago my wifes laptop bought in May 2018 succumbed to the dreaded broken screen hinge. Its been botched for the time being with sticky tape I decided it wasn't worth trying to repair having done many when I w...

And the incessant rambling about infra red heating like it was something new. Many, many moons ago before gas central heating became ubiquitous, the standard way of heating a bathroom was with a bright chromium grill thingy with a pull switch with a low wattage red hot electric element inside it. U...

Good luck with the Ombudsman `special operation!' :smile: After seeing this BBC report about domestic IR heating I went on to look at Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine's web site... `Farewell radiators? Testing out electric infrared wallpaper' BBC , yet `Infrared Heating: Is it Right for Your ...

Came across this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64261457 Remids me of me...... Regarding hydrogen, my opinion is that its a non starter for everthing except planes and rockets. As as already been started its incredibly bulky for the energy if contains. On top of that its very explosive, difficu...

Hmmm, Plaques watching far left videos ? doesn't ring true somehow.... :smile: . I found Novara Media when I was particularly looking for extreme left news sources. Nothing like as bad as even moderate right sources IMO. In general its little different to reading the Guardian which is rated left cen...

I got the ticket in the late eightiies or early nineties I forget. Once the internet became a thing in the mid nineties I lost interest, it got harder and harder to justify it as the internet gained capability. Now with high quality real time worldwide video being so trivially available on something...

I'm already a Radio ham G7SNQ call sign, been QRT for many years.

Basically the only one who stands a real chance of changing your mind is yourself. There are many who believe the Earth is flat, but changing their mind is an immense challenge. If they ever find their way out it will likely be of their own making. The ugly truths of the rather pathetic way the huma...

Controversial enough for yah ? :biggrin2: Yes, thanks for raising the issue and for giving us an insight into your changed beliefs, Pluggy. My thought has always been that in the early days of human evolution some clever male examples of the species found they could frighten people into giving them...

What I didn't mention is why I favour proportional representation. I;m well aware of all the pros and cons and no I wouldn't really like p*ll*cks like Farage having a voice. But by its very nature it forces people to have to work together to make decisions. We have sides to our house of parliament a...

Stanley wrote: ↑23 Dec 2022, 12:29 I haven't had a set of new drills for over twenty years.

I bet you keep your old ones sharp though.

I am no expert but like a lot of contributors to this thread I reckon we could make a pretty good coalition come the revolution. Since I lost religion about 7 years back, I've moved from classic religious conservatism to being very progressive thinking. Having a lot of free time now (I'm wheelchair...

Over time, I've moved away from thinking that private companies selling us energy is a good idea. Back in the day Maggie sold us something that already belonged to us and we swallowed it, fast forward 35+ years and the stability, predictability and control of public ownership is something we need ba...

I take it a stage further, if I'm not expecting an email or text message, I'll either completely ignore it or verify its source by another means. A phone call from an unknown number I might answer it and then say "If you are whom you claim to be there will be no problem contacting me in writing...

I get the impression that the BBC is avoiding being associated with any criticism of the government. One eye on any future decision about independence and funding? I absolutely agree with you here. Lets face it, if the writing was on the wall, for the old beeb regardng the licennce fee, and you or ...

Sue wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 13:14 Ah some one has been first twice.i have bern had I still think it is clever stuff speaking as a biologist

I think its clever stuff as well,

Tripps wrote: ↑11 Dec 2022, 16:52 I've replied twice then thought better of it and deleted. I don't like PR articles for medical 'cures'

Note the date for this same Professor's last genetic treatment 2015

Yep I get it. Thou shalt not point out the semantics . I'll shut up.

Stanley wrote: ↑08 Dec 2022, 04:23 News this morning that my sister (13 months younger than me) is in hospital seriously ill. Inevitable I suppose and nobody is panicking but it makes me sad and more aware I have to look after myself!

Hang in there Stanley.

Sue wrote: ↑11 Dec 2022, 07:47 This is interesting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63859184

Don't look now, but this is what we used to call genetic modification. The great devil of not too long ago. Looks a whole lot different with a different spin calling it a "feat of biological enginnerimg"

I think that would qualify for what Stanley calls a cunning wheeze Kev