If you let me know the model of Dell I can tell you what the officially supported ram options are. I suspect, as above, that you need pairs.

Crucial will be cheaper and quicker than Dell on delivery 🙂

On my phone and can't be arsed googling it but have a look at unsun, delain, nightwish, sirena and then within temptation on youtube. Those girls can sing! 🙂

Would it not be easier to carry the Ka on the bike? 😈

If it has a working screen I would be tempted to put it on the bay for spares or repair.

Laptop motherboards are a bit of a git to replace sadly. I used to have to do it for a living – its like car dashboards. The manual makes it look easy, and it may only have one spanner in the haynes book, but you will be messing around with it for ages and never quite get it right.

David.

Last time I rang I initially spoke to a call centre in India, then promptly got transferred to somebody in Glasgow. I bet the personal customers stay on the line to the Indian call centres

Its the warranty rather than the customer type that routes the call. For example a latitude with basic next day will go to india support, even if you buy a lot of them. A latitude with Pro-Support / Dell Business Support / Gold + above support will route to Glasgow, even if you only buy one of them.

I guess someone at your office bought what would have been Dell Business Support at the time. Which is a very nice add on – not so much for where you speak to – at the end of the day next day support is next day support whether you speak to Glasgow or India, but the add-on allows a limited amount of best effort software support. This boils down to we will help you with whatever you want software wise, as long as we have the capacity (ie we don't have a lot of calls queuing). Way back when I used to do that support (5 years ago now!) I spent many a happy hour setting up bluetooth links with mobile phones, helping people with excel spreadsheets, setting up word templates etc. You also get a named tech dealing with your issue – so you have a single person to email to chase for updates etc rather then needing to call in all the time. Personally anything I buy from Dell has pro-support on it.

If you have a pure consumer product (studios / inspirons etc) then I don't think you can actually buy pro-support for them so you would always route to India.

***Disclaimer***
This might all be wrong and is certainly open to change at any time!

Many other laptop vendors are out there – they certainly all offer the same level of support if you pay for it.

David.

plop_pants – sorry, I have not heard much about them.

Sometimes there is a key set of phrases that can be used to cut through the script to get help (assuming its not damaged) but I don't know of any for that platform.

plop_pants – what make and model?

Second the comment RE the latitudes – they are very well built 😀

I have a new tricross. No brake judder at all ever. Gave up with front mudguards tho…

Do they work on sofa's?

I work for a company that "…aspires to be the greenest technology company on the planet".

I had to push for about a year to get bike racks. I initially met with this opposition: "There are no plans at the moment to install bike racks, as this would take away car parking space which we are desperately in need of".

Cycle to work was rejected for: "reasons of the extra workload, tax complication, and risk of financial loss".

We have separate bins for paper, cans, bottles etc that all go into the one bin for collection. When question why we had the separate bins the answer was "because it looks good for visitors".

If you find a way to make it worth an employers time to set it up please let me know!

David.

Know inverness pretty well but have no idea if any of the pubs allow dogs

Having had a few drinks up in inverness I can tell you they all do 🙂

Pull it out gently – the company might give you a small cash reward for returning it. These things are not cheap!

David.

I got some smart wool cheaply from flying fox bikes. Very good on the commute. Not stinky after a week of commuting. And yeah, i'm a fat scotsman! 🙂

IR laser pointed at the camera. IR is a bonus as no-one can see it but most cheap web cams don't filter it. You will blind the sensor like shining a bright light into it. Might be easier to aim using a red laser and then swapping in the IR one once you have it aimed.

Funnily enough there's a one appeared on a lamp post at the top of our street pointing to a house in the next street. No idea what it's for but Mrs seen loads of Police cars outside the house one night, they moved in just over a year ago and the house is up for sale. It's all a bit intriguing.

Hold up a sign in front of it saying Hello!

^^^c0ck ring?

I think I would prefer chamfered edges for that… Also 34.9 might be a bit small for me… 😆

osprey talon +5

I use a talon 33 for commuting. Its two years old and still going strong! Its very comfy and will take a huge amount of stuff in it… I love it!

Thats a big pink ring…

Osprey will sort you out. 🙂

enfht – Member

Call me sceptical but I doubt the old bill would have pursued it this far had not involved one of their own, using the "it's your word against theirs" old chesnut.

I have reported pretty much the same to Strathclyde Police with video evidence. Nothing ever happened.

The offspring, smash. Superb! Also maidens live after death, but to be honest that never gets put away 🙂

You can do it with a network cable as long as it's a crossover cable

If its a new laptop then you dont even need a crossover cable – in all new Dells I have seen the NIC is auto sensing and does not need a specific crossover cable, a normal one will work fine. I imagine that all new laptops are the same.

I was all for saying something like "that's because you have never seen me ride etc" but damn he is good! That backflip onto the platform – thats v. nice!

Dunno about fitness but you will be the most productive in your office all morning, nothing beats blasting it to work and getting on with your work while all your work mates are still bleary 🙂 It makes for a peaceful afternoon!

Where abouts in the seat stay as well? Mine has a funky bit of shaping on the drive side that does look a bit strange until you get used to it…

Wow TJ – I was ripping the piss as well…

In fact place the bottom braket on your foot and the top tube beside the seatpost on your knee. Then **** it with a hammer…

balance it on your knee?

crikey – Member

I does make me chuckle to think that Western civilisation is so fragile that it can be threatened so enormously by a few ladies in scarves that cover their faces.

It's also very enlightening to see the number of excuses people trot out when what they really mean is 'I don't like darkies'….

Nicely put.

I think New Labour could have reinvented the definition or racism to the point that not liking black wine gums makes you a member of the Koo klux clan!

Can you give examples of this?

It really doesn't bother me – if people choose to wear a veil then they can.

Where does the government draw the line? Should I be allowed to wear lycra in public? Lets be honest – I know which one would cause more local panic in here Glasgow.

Also reading the link check this out:

It also recommends that anyone showing visible signs of "radical religious practice" should be refused residence cards and citizenship.

That's a very scary step to make!

Anything that says Osprey.

I have an osprey talon 33l and its superb. 2 years of everyday commuting and it still looks in great nick!

I have done a few times on the commute if I have had a beer and curry the night before.

I'm nearly scottish. Roughly translated thats kill it, cook it, eat it, lets get ****! 🙂

You can get C# for free here[/url]. 😀

If you were in Glasgow I would bite your hand off for that.

David.

FSA Orbit XL 2 plus one…

I had one last two years with no love at all used daily in all weathers. Was still working fine when I replaced the bike!

I love the fear you feel trickling down your back as your alone in the dark, your lumis have that orange tinge that means the batterys going flat, you have to stop to fix a puncture and your 30 mins from the car park. And somethings rustling in the woods….