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...but got a semi-automatic assault rifle instead"! Police in Washington are investigating how a man ordered a colour television set via Amazon and ended up with a high-powered semi-automatic assault rifle instead. Full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9463882/I-ordered-a-TV-on-Amazon-but-got-a-semi-automatic-assault-rifle-instead.html

Maybe you'd be interested in this list of 12 things you never knew could make you fat... http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/interactive/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1747#.UCZUKnjx3k8.link The surprising one for me (though I was delighted that my refusal to drink tap water has been vindicated) was fluoridated mains water. Personally, I have always found this stuff revolting - it smells and tastes like swimming pool water and the odour of it makes me nauseous. So, I prefer the French mountain water (Evian) or Derbyshire/Scottish spring water in bottles - more bacteria but it doesn't mess with my body like the chemical crap they pump through the taps (faucets).

Pleased to see that the USA has enacted law with the aim of removing discrimination against the disabled but I wouldn't think Best Western would have fallen foul of it in this instance as the lift/elevator was unavailable for the able-bodied as well. I do wonder, however, why the accommodation was on an upper floor. What training do BW staff receive in such areas, I wonder? I share the opinion that it appears to be more of a problem with an individual member of staff rather than a hotel chain failing disabled veterans generally.

Due to an unusually hot and sunny English summer, all the ice melted... :hrhr:

Have a safe journey and enjoy the place and the fishing, Johnny! My countdown has dropped to <50 days now - just have to decide where we're going this time. If the weather is right, I'll be taking the rods up to the lake soon, however.

+1 I don't understand why it is necessary to ask the same question repeatedly - the responses aren't changing. (I haven't played BF3 for some time now and shan't whilst Rush is in the mix. COD4 ACE Mod is greatly more entertaining.)

Your Mars bars are not like our Mars bars... Note in the advert this little chocolate and caramel bar is described like health food! http://youtu.be/LTaCangOzCw

Allow me to contradict myself now... Space exploration drives technological advancement and equips Mankind to address potential threats that would render it extinct. Harry et al may like to read the summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the relevant clause states that governments will provide nutritious food to children. There are two countries that have not signed this convention... One is Somalia and the other is the USA!

You have much (too much?) confidence in the security of the web sites that you visit... If they have not been properly secured, an attacker can insert code to be run when you visit - a "drive-by" attack. Even advertising can be poisoned in this way. Cavey's suggestion of an integrated suite of security software is the sensible solution. One does need a memory-resident guard against infection equipped with a link-scanner to identify known malicious/ compromised web sites. Yes, one can avoid a great many problems by selecting where one surfs with care but that does not provide 100% protection. A properly-configured firewall is also a necessity. I would not let a kid near any PC on which I performed any financial transaction or on which I kept sensitive data of any sort. Net Nanny programs do work - in fact, they can be a very blunt and restrictive tool. When my son was at school, researching for an essay on a World War 2 topic, that installed on his machine stopped him visiting the Imperial War Museum's site due to the references on it to German national socialism. The program also sent me reports by email of which web sites were being accessed. You may think that is a bit like "Big Brother" but I called it "Big Daddy" and the knowledge that I had this capability was a deterrent to any exploration "off piste", shall we say! I still regard such programs as essentials for responsible parents unless all activity on the machine takes place in a common room like ones living room where it can be overseen in person by the parent.

Google is a wonderful thing... This may bring your Punkbuster problems to an end: http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/152286-fix-for-pb-losing-key-packets-9003-9005-error/

i) I know nothing about "an afternoon in Worthing"; ii) if you seek to be insulting, do, please, use a dictionary... The word is "poofter". Thank you.

Best wishes to you both - be strong. Please pass on get well wishes to "the patient".

Found this via Google... "In my redirect I had "Mods" instead of "mods". I changed the case of "m" and I was back in business. It's always the minor things that cause the most problems." Hope that helps, chaps...

Apple and Amazon pull over-the-phone password resets http://www.techdigest.tv/2012/08/apple_and_amazo.html

My thoughts are with you all during this worrying time.

Great video, Olive! Delighted everyone enjoyed a good fest.

I don't know what games support there would be for Linux... RustyRifle, you may find this site of interest for an impartial rating of all the major AV products: http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/test?id=169 (You will see that Norton failed...)

You realise that Hxtr is going to love this... Looks like Apple did not build in sufficient safeguards to its "remote wiping" service.

Looks like bacon is very different depending on which side of the Pond one is on... We tend to eat back bacon in the UK (my preference is smoked but unsmoked is popular also). See: http://bacon.wikia.com/wiki/Cuts_of_Bacon

Rush = bad. Conquest = good.

Sorry fella. If you want me to sit through 37 minutes of video, it had better involve blondes in lingerie...

British and German breakfast foods get a Spanish taste test... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/03/bauernfruhstuck_bacon_sarnie/ Personally, I believe that there is no place on the breakfast table for salad items beyond tomatoes (boiled, grilled or fried). I also believe it is heresy to adulterate a bacon sarnie with sauce. Bauernfrühstück hasn't been offered at any of the German hotels at which I have stayed and I am not sad. Thank you, Accor Hotels, for maintaining a proper breakfast buffet!

+1 That is a major disappointment as the games I enjoy the most are those with a few players and more ready access to vehicles and aircraft. Regulars and admins know I much prefer to sneak up on someone with a lump of C4 than get too intense too early. I don't like Rush mode and shall not be playing it.

Congratulations, Damit! I'm getting your promotion present ready for delivery...