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Where is this place? There are a few people I'd like to send down there...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go

Thanks for the responses but it's actually comments about USB OTG and how it has worked for you that interests me. I'm not angling for tablet recommendations.

I am retiring the netbook I use when on the boat, early next year, due to Microsoft's cessation of support for XP. Rather than pay them any more money, I have decided to switch to a non-Windows tablet but one of my specific needs is to be able to get images from a camera onto the tablet (for Facebook etc.). No tablets I have yet encountered have a SDHC slot but I gather that USB OTG together with a suitable file manager app should do the job if I link the tablet to the camera's USB port with a cable. Any comments and views based on experience would be welcomed. Apple's just too darned expensive so I expect to go for an Android model and Nexus 7 is looking good so far.

http://youtu.be/oc55U1S49Ws

Watch this movie and keep your eyes dry. You won't. It tells the story of a wonderful international effort to feed hungry children around the world - the story of Mary's Meals. You don't have to feel impotent sadness for the plight of the poor kids - you too can join in the effort and feeding one for a whole year costs the same as an average lunch in London! Feel like doing something amazing today? Watch the movie and decide...

@CobraBites It's very much more low-tech unfortunately. If you are listed in a phone directory you are likely to get such calls. One of the benefits of my former career was that I could be kept ex-directory but, when that ended, my excuse to stay unlisted ended and the nuisance calls escalated. But, like Labob, I do play with them - I just hope that I never get a legitimate call from someone with an Indian accent... I like asking them questions when I am in the mood to waste ten minutes or so (they are paying for the call after all...) So, when they ring up, find out what their favourite colour is or the name of their pet if you don't want to take it to a technical level. Oh, and before you hang up, tell them you actually use an iMac!

I am disappointed that people who haven't the slightest idea about policing and subduing violent, uncooperative, dangerous individuals feel it appropriate to make judgments based on incomplete information. Sign up, do the job for a few decades and then you'll be qualified to make judgments based on your experience... That is all.

The finest thing about the American electoral process is the recall election. Oh boy, I wish we had that facility over here!

Pretty routine stuff, eh?

If you don't need to process them, it is time to turn off Windows' ability to handle TIFFs! Link to Fix It within the article: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/06/microsoft-warns-windows-users-of-zero-day-danger-from-booby-trapped-image-files/

And then comes the menopause... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menopause

This? http://www.mapmodnews.com/article.php/profile-rank-cod-waw

A Doctor was recently addressing a large audience in Perth. 'The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. 'However, there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten, or will eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?' After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, 'Wedding Cake.'

Johnny, if SOB managed to run BF3 with no problems, he should have no trouble with BF4, given the published minimum and recommended specs. This is another case of a publisher rushing a game out without it being properly play-tested. A few patches down the line, we ought to be enjoying the experience rather more...

What one believes is influenced by their upbringing and traditions. In the western world, the concept of ghosts roaming around is less common than in the Far East where, for example, a festival for the "Hungry Ghosts" takes place annually. In Judeo-Christian societies, one hopes that our loved ones' souls ascend to a better place, and, personally, I view that as being preferable to being trapped anywhere near us mortal beings. I have seen what would be described as a "ghost" but don't believe there was anything "spiritual" about it. Ghostly Roman soldiers march through cellars in Chester from time to time. I suspect that fractures occur in space-time that reveal such visions of past and future. If you read the Book of Revelation (16:13) you may see an ancient's interpretation of three soldiers in NBC kit getting out of an APC... The mind plays tricks on us and some dreams can seem and feel incredibly real.

Getting there - I have now managed to enlarge the window but cannot find the video options menu, or controls menu for that matter... Graphics are a bit laggy and the sound isn't perfect - I have experienced the silent vehicle syndrome. I have the latest video card driver installed, yes.

Having actually managed to get onto one of XI's BF4 servers to try the game out, I confess I am not currently greatly impressed. The main issue I have, ignoring the frequent game crashes, is that battles launch in a window that I cannot resize and I can't find an options screen to select full screen play. Any ideas would be appreciated. I hope the game improves with time and patches...

An Arizona Highway Patrol officer stops a Harley for traveling faster than the posted speed limit, so he asks the biker his name. 'Fred,' he replies. 'Fred what?' the officer asks. 'Just Fred,' the man responds. The officer is in a good mood, thinks he might just give the biker a break, and write him out a warning instead of a ticket. The officer then presses him for the last name. The man tells him that he used to have a last name but lost it. The officer thinks that he has a nut case on his hands but plays along with it. 'Tell me, Fred, how did you lose your last name?' The biker replies, 'It's a long story, so stay with me.' I was born Fred Johnson. I studied hard and got good grades. When I got older, I realized that I wanted to be a doctor. I went through college, medical school, internship, residency, and finally got my degree, so I was Fred Johnson, MD. After a while I got bored being a doctor, so I decided to go back to school. Dentistry was my dream! Got all the way through School, got my degree, so then I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS. Got bored doing dentistry, so I started fooling around with my assistant and she gave me VD, so now I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS, with VD. Well, the ADA found out about the VD, so they took away my DDS. Then I was Fred Johnson, MD, with VD. Then the AMA found out about the ADA taking away my DDS because of the VD, so they took away my MD leaving me as Fred Johnson with VD. Then the VD took away my Johnson, so now I am Just Fred.' The officer walked away in tears, laughing.

Yes, SOB, they are all privatised now. Ours was recently resold and changed its name (it doesn't make the water any better!). Don't believe the cr*p about metered supply either - our bills went through the roof! The company that takes the sewage away charges even more than the supply company.