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hehe, that doesn't appear to stop anyone here from shouting about things. I'm starting to wonder if the Yanks have even heard about the issue. The Ukrainian situation is likely to have just as much of an impact on people here as the inner workings of the UN or how many centrifuges Iran has... those appear to be fantastically popular subjects at the moment... why not the Ukraine? Hell if the situation deteriorates any further we could find quickly ourselves looking at something which dwarfs those other topics in importance. Colin Powel thinks it's important enough to comment on.

Nice. Or he could have responded "Press 'Mode' once, then hold 'Set' till the crescent shape starts to flash, then press either 'On/Off' or 'Quick' once before pressing 'Mode' once more. Your barometer is now set to altimeter setting". I guess this would only work if you're using a Suunto barometer though... His answer was funnier. Along the same lines as the one where the exam essay question is: "Define Courage". The student answers: "This is" and receives an 'A'.

There's a pic here: http://www.uwesu.net/skydiveuwe/gallery06.shtml Click on the pic one in from the right on the top row. You can see bags of shot as weights on the end of ropes going up to pulleys in the ceiling and down to the toggles. The bags are weighted to feel the same as the toggle pressure on the student canopies. These harness's also feature working cutaway systems which drop the student a foot.

Do a search - your question has been answered before.

9 x 19 mm From the latin as posted above. For a while I considered having that as a tattoo... glad I didn't.

So what do the good people of Speakers Corner think is going to happen in the Ukraine? Events have been unfolding for over 4 days now... surprised there's not been a thread on it yet.

I guess I got one - they're old technology... no matter how sure we are of new inventions there's often something we all overlooked. You never know. Ron's the biggest exponent of this theory and you simply can't argue with it - he's right. That said, it's a bit of string... what could everyone be overlooking?

It does pretty much what it was designed to do. It was supposed to be a place where nations come together and discuss issues before acting in unison. It does that... at least by way of creating resolutions. If the member nations don't act on them that's not the UN's fault. The other BIG problem which I cannot defend is that the UN is a little too timid. Darfor (sp?) as an example - they issued resolution. Nothing happend. They issue another. Nothing happened. And another - now we have a resolution that something will happen before the end of the year... wonder what will happen? What they should be doing is issuing a resoltion which says if you don't stop UN troops will go in. When nothing happens and no troops turn up then it will be the fault of the US, UK, France Russia, China etc etc. Problem is of course the UN is simply a group of politicians from each member country... of course they're never going to vote in a resolution which causes their boss (president of home country) to sack them for making the member nation look stupid. Plus I'd put money on them being under orders to veto such moves given current troop commitments elsewhere and other policital/domestic agenda.

It's not supposed to deliver anything - that's down to the members of the UN. If UN resolutions have not been carried out that is the fault of it's member nations - that includes the UK and the US. Remember the UN has no army - it UN troops are sent somewhere it is because the member nations send them. If they don't go - it's because member nations wont send their troops. You can't keep blaming the UN for the innaction of individual countries. Yes there are instances where the UN should act, and yes it could well be a lot more of a force than it is... but it still relys on each individual member nation to do what they say they will do in the council.

I pointed out that that is absolutely no reason for them not to carry out research though. Just like not having won an Olympics is no reason not to put money into sport. Your answer that it is fishy that they are interested in nuclear power and probably wouldn't mind the odd nuclear weapon is a perfectly valid observation... but that doesn't negate the fact that carying out scientific reserch is not at all dependant on being a leading nation in such areas.

Power points were at head height - I had them installed at that point when I converted the cupboard as there's plumbing in there. There's also an isolation switch outside the cupboard that I clean forgot about at the time and only remembered this avo when Nac pointed its usefulness out in a PM. Your right though that could have been an issue had they been lower. I didn't consider it at the time... I can't honestly say if I would have or not were the outlets lower - it's all hindsight. Perhaps I would have twigged and used the powder extinguisher? I doubt I would have opted for the hose if it wasn't in an area that has often been flooded in the past anyway though. I doubt you'd stop to worry about water and power outlets when you'd been stood up to your ancles in water in that very spot only a week before.

The IAEA say they haven't got any. Remember just cos they're enriching doesn't mean they're doing it to weapons grade. Weapons grade means 90% + Nuclear reactors nead 2-3% - they still need to enrich it to get it to that stage. The IAEA did find reactor grade unraium though. They also found they were knocking it out as quick as they could too but that's what they need to do for a power plant. When we know all their efforts are going into producing reactor grade unraium, and that uranium is far off what's required for a bomb... it's odd that some people still say they're in the process of building a bomb. I'm not saying they don't want one - I simply don't know. All I'm saying is that the IAEA is not coming out with anything which indicates they're building one... its just some people are seizing on what the IAEA are finding as saying "see - they are doing it" when there's not actually anything in the IAEA's findings which does indicate a bomb.

I have - they're there if I need em. But as I indicated - the fire was small and contained. It could not spread and was being watched over by someone with an extinguisher in hand. I simply explored a cheaper alternative as I had the luxury of time.

Algebra. Ok, ok I jest. OTOH Indonesia had never won an Olympic medal till 1996... should they have stopped going?

Yeah I had one to hand... just I was too cheap to use it. Hose pipes don't need recharging or throwing away once used.

In general yes. Diplomats generally have immunity though - I have absolutely no idea where UN representatives sit within the definition of a diplomat though. The UN can be made to be accountable - Representatives and employees should be accountable to the council - the council should be accountable to its members - it's members should be accountable to their domestic parliaments/representational body - those bodies are accountable to their constituants. It's a long chain... but it's there. The UN has no teath because member nations refuse to act on it's resolutions. If the UN came out with a resolution against Iran and Iran broke it the UN would be at liberty to ask for enforcement. If it fails to ask for it then that is a failure of the permanent members of the security council - ie of the US, the UK, France etc. If they don't vote something through you can blame the US, UK France etc as much as you can blame the UN. "UN troops" haven't been in combat since Korea - there only reason they haven't been in combat since is because individual member countries refuse to commit. That's hardly the UN's fault - it's the fault of the member states - ie US, UK etc. As I indicated above if the individual states refuse to act and you want them to then they are accountable to the residents of that country. ie YOU. If people want someone to blame for UN inacction they would do well to look a good deal closer to home. All it takes is holding your representative bodies to account. If you want the UN to do something say so - not to the UN, but to your domestic bodies. They ARE UN afterall. Corruption's a different matter. If there's corruption it needs to be stopped whereever it is. As I said, I don't know the legal status of UN representatives - if there isn't a body that can investigate the internal workings then that is an error in the creation of the UN... but as I keep saying the UN IS it's members - don't blame the UN for it's failings - blame your domestic leaders who fail to exercise their power within the security council to change matters.

Damn straight I was lucky - hate to think how much damage would have been caused if no one were in. Or worse - if it had caught when on timer to come on at 4am! My fire protection's probably going to extend to buying a new washer... I'm not about to install a sprinkler system over this... and it’s not like the fire risk isn’t there with any other electrical item in the house. Thumb tacking a load of condoms full of water to the ceiling did briefly cross my mind though.

Not the only one, but the "best". It's not actually a Democracy - just a Republic with Democratic principals.

the 103, 104 107 and 108 and are cut down variants of listed models. and you missed one of the most common - the 101

the one on Friends got sacked cos it kept throwing shit and vomiting worms on people.

So... last night I drove home from work furnished with the newly purchased ingredients to a nice curry and a couple of beers. It was to take only an hour or so for me to cook up and wash down my grub with a cold one before heading out to meet some friends on a pub-crawl thingy I was invited to attend. So into the kitchen I went to deposit my beers in the freezer. There’s nothing like a cold beer with a good curry... so it was important they were properly chilled for my meal. That’s when I saw the smoke. That’s right - white acrid smoke pouring out of the top of my washing machine. Shit, an electrical fire! I rush over and pull the plug out of the socket... all goes quiet. I stop and listen... yup, I can hear the crackling and popping of a fire – the fucking washing machine’s on fire. Now as none of you will have ever been to my house; my washing machine is built into an airing cupboard. If I ever wanted to remove it from it’s home I would have to unscrew 9 screws from the door, lift a tumble drier from the shelf above the washer and move it out of the way, remove a shelf on which the drier sits before even attempting to manhandle a large electrical device filled with concrete through a gap only millimetres wider than the item itself. So there I stood; flames beginning to lick round from under the base of the washing machine and a rather monumental task in front of me before I could even think about attempting to fight the fire… it was going to require swift and deliberate action. So as would any other presented with this grim situation, I prioritised and focused on the most pressing requirements first. I put my beer in the freezer. Now, to quickly move to “step two” I rush upstairs and change out of my suit – that thing’s expensive... and it’s dry-clean only. Stopping only to scrape ice from the inside of the freezer door, as it wouldn’t quite shut right ensuring only partially chilled beer, I flew into action. Out came a screwdriver and off came the door. The tumble drier was flung, careening across the kitchen floor. With the shelf out I could see the orange glow of fire from below. Fingers of flame lapped at the edges of the washer. The acrid smoke was now literally pouring out of the soap draw. I had to access the fire somehow... it wasn’t going to fight itself. Trouble is washing machines are heavy at the best of times and I found this one now full of water having been stopped mid-cycle. It’s home was almost perfectly sized to its dimensions and at the back it was restricted by three different plumbing pipes. On top of it all it was now hot to the touch… being as it was essentially a big metal thing full of fire. Damnit! I tip the whole thing forward, pivoting it about its front edge. It was at this point that my secondary school science lessons sprung back to mind, back through the dim haze of years of university alcohol abuse. Fire needs two things: fuel and oxygen... lifting the washer fed it oxygen... lifting the washer meant flames spat out from below, up the sides of the washer and over my fingers. Lifting = bad. This was going to require a re-think. Out the back door I flew and set about the hose. Finding it dismantled as always I spent two minutes trying to fiddle with those little screw rings and adapters; finally remembering that I had to put the screw over the hose before the hose went into the adapter thingy and then have the screw bit affixed to its base. Another minute was spent selecting the appropriate spray setting on the trigger... I was aiming for the one that produced an effect most resembling that used by firemen on TV. Well they must do it like that for a reason right? Thus armed I re-entered the fray. Speed was now the key. The washer was tipped forward to emit the now predictable flurry of flames. Fire be damned I dove in - water flowed and smoke billowed. Fire is no match for such a mighty hose and fireman-style spray effect trigger thingy combo. Thank you B&Q: £19.99 well spent! Its fury quenched the fire fell silent, leaving only the clunks and bangs of constricting metal within the washer. What an anticlimax. With only the finger hair of one hand singed, I was left in silence to contemplate how the hell I was now expected to produce clean underwear for the morning. That and the alarming certainty that Mr. Credit Card was going to have to be introduced to Mr. Washing Machine Sales Man and that the kitchen floor was going to have to be shown the mop once more. I cracked open a barely chilled beer and surveyed the devastation, now resigned to the fact that I’d probably never make the pub-crawl.

Who are we to ask? Why would they be under any obligation to tell us? How on earth do you come to the conclusion that we have any right to interfere in how a sovereign nation comes by its electricity? They’re entitled, just as the US is, to manage their economy in any way they see fit. They don’t have to justify their actions to anyone. That is the first problem to be surmounted when looking into this issue – no one has any rights to interfere in the way they go about solving their energy supply issues.

Or they could sell it and further develop their economy. Or they could try and protect their future economy - their oil isn't going to last for ever. Who knows.

They're on e-bay now: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21165&item=3853452413&rd=1 Whilst they've changed the format of the page slightly, it's definately the same product they were selling a year ago. I suspect they've revamped their marketing with the "cyclopscam" logo and launched a new website after growing their buisness over the last year. The items themselves have been on ebay for at least a year now though as I remember them coming up on searches back when I was looking for a Sony PC camera. As I said though, I can't offer any further info as I've never actually seen one of these units.

I can't offer anything on these other than the fact that they've been kicking arround on e-bay for ages. This is the first time I've seen a website on them though. It's interesting to note what they charge for a cameye: If they have that kind of markup on the simple cameye I wonder what they're making on the rest of their gear. [edit] - thought - why doesn't someone invite them to the nearest DZ to do an expose' or to whatever AGM/manufactueres fair thing you have in the states?