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    New computer advice

    All, Thank you for the advice, much appreciated. There are too many people to reply to individually but I appreciate all the advice. I think the existing responses have probably covered the intended uses of the machine but I didn't want to ignore people asking so to answer the question: I...
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    New computer advice

    I am planning to replace a PC and would appreciate advice, guidance, suggestions e.t.c. on a specification for the new machine. The current PC, bought around 12 years ago, has the following specification: CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.80GHZ processor Memory: 6GB Graphics card: NVidia Geforce 310...
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    Male violence against women in the UK

    Firstly thank you for your comments about the intention of my post. I was a bit wary of how it might sound. With the regards to the systemic way - I don't know enough about that to comment. Other than that I agree with your comment. I agree male violence towards women needs it's own separate...
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    Male violence against women in the UK

    Hopefully I've phrased this carefully enough that it doesn't sound biased or thoughtless. Also my comments are general comments, not specifically aimed as a reply to any particular post. My examples are more about intimidation than violence but my general point is aimed at both. My thoughts...
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    Podcast: Signals to Danger - Railway disasters in the UK

    I haven't listened to the latest one yet but my general overview is that I like the podcasts. The following is intended to help, not criticise: I think, in general, the sound level balance, between voice and music, has improved since the first episode. I use this rss feed...
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    Trivia: Stations where Public Rights of Way (PRoWs) present[ed] an obstruction to gating

    I think the subway at Warwick might be a public right of way?
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    Don Coffey cab ride video discussion

    Not creating new videos because it is taking too much time is, of course, understandable. Having to stop because people can't be sensible is really annoying. A real shame as they are really good especially with the on screen comments.
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    GSM-R query

    Why the need to ensure the train is at a stand for PA announcements? Would the driver hear the announcement on the GSM-R handset, and potentially be distracted, or be unable to use it for other calls? The thinking behind my question is that the guard will make PA announcements while the train...
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    Fire at 'privately held carriage', Carnforth

    I don't know for certain but I think that's for motorway incidents. I think, but again I'm not sure, it's because people often give the wrong direction.
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    Help with a forum issue on another forum

    Just to add to what others have said - the site is using a database and it has a limit on the number of connections that can be used at the same time. My knowledge is more on the database side than the web side but I've had some involvement with web/database configurations. The two options I can...
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    On Line Shopping One Time Password Text

    Some sites do use this method but I would expect that they would have informed you about this. It is a method used for legitimate reasons but if they haven't informed you then I would suggest checking with the company to see if they have made any changes. Normally sites will give some prior...
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    Inside Transpennine Express (Channel 5 Documentary)

    I thought the station based revenue staff member (RPI?) spoke particularly well about the issue of fatalities. That's not to say others spoke badly.
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    ITV Trouble on the tracks

    Sorry I wasn't clear in my original comment. By "Whichever company was responsible for alternative transport" I was referring to the TOC/Network rail (clarified by subsequent posts to be the TOC), who organised it, rather than the operator of the buses or coaches. As others have said the bus or...
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    ITV Trouble on the tracks

    This was my view as well. Whichever company was responsible for alternative transport was at fault but equally some of the public were ridiculous.
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    Webcam advice please!

    I agree with StarCrossing. As some general advice to all: If you using speakers, rather than a headset, then be aware of the microphone picking up the sound from the speakers. You create an echo for the other people in the conversation and all they can hear is the echo. Easily fixed by...
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    Quality of home broadband vs business broadband

    Another home vs business broadband difference is issue resolution times (Often referred to as SLA - Service Level Agreement). Most home contracts are probably a day or longer, most work contracts are 4-8 hours.
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    The Yorkshire Steam Railway Channel 5

    Quest and Yesterday are part of companies which have other, mainstream, channels so they can use Quest and Yesterday for speciality programs? I think Quest is part of Eurosport and Yesterday is part of UKTV which is, at least in part, owned by BBC studios.
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    leamington platform 1?

    Thanks for the information.
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    leamington platform 1?

    Are they planning to replace the shuttle with anything? It seems a useful part of the service frequency? Although I'm biased as my local station is part of the route.
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    A personal idea on HS2/Chilterns

    I think there is a misunderstanding here. I think the hotels concerned have, or will be, demolished so the government are buying them to remove them rather than constructing them for a commercial entity to profit from.

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