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@sarah_1 wrote:
@forumhostpb wrote:
@sarah_1 wrote:
The farce must go on I guess. If the cretin twins don’t go tonight that’s it as far as I’m concerned. [-(
Looks like that’s it then doesn’t it???
I predicted that the gruesome twosome would get through again this week and by the end of this eveninng you’ll see that I was right and they do. It’s all about viewer ratings and money right now. Later on it will get more serious and sheer talent will be what succeeds.
No one likes a smart ar/se PB ! :lol: :wink: :-#
Fair enough …. sneer at me if I’m wrong (which we’ll all know later on this evening). But if I’m right …… I’ll accept the adulation of the masses.
@sarah_1 wrote:
The farce must go on I guess. If the cretin twins don’t go tonight that’s it as far as I’m concerned. [-(
Looks like that’s it then doesn’t it???
I predicted that the gruesome twosome would get through again this week and by the end of this eveninng you’ll see that I was right and they do. It’s all about viewer ratings and money right now. Later on it will get more serious and sheer talent will be what succeeds.
Sorry, but my default setting is cynicism which causes me to wonder if all is as it seems in this ‘story’.
He saw the black bag in the garden, inspected it and discovered that it contained a shotgun & ammunition. Did he immediately call the Police??? No. He took in inside his home and only the next morning (so he says) did he take it to the Police station in person.
Why demand a meeting with the local Chief Superintendent anyway? Surely, if his sole intent was to ‘hand it in’, he could have done so at the counter in the reception area. Producing a sawn off shotgun in a Police Chief Superintendent’s office (for effect???) seems like he was trying to make a point – and a potentially dangerous one at that.
Interesting isn’t it that the Media article doesn’t report the conversation in the Chief Super’s office – but then that might spoil the story eh?
Look, what’s the problem here huh? So this woman is a legally insane convicted murderess, covered in scars (presumably from previous violent brawls), so she is easily indentifiable.
So she says to the warders, “Hey any chance I can pop down to the shops to do a bit of window shopping; catch up on the latest street fashions; grab a latte – you know that sort of thing. I promise i won’t kill anybody – honestly, you can trust me.”
In today’s multicultural society, prison warders are specifically trained to be “inclusive” and to show their ‘feminine side’, so naturally and in accordance with their Home Office approved training; they let her go out for a bit. Where’s the problem with that???
You lot can be so biased and uncaring sometimes !!!
Well at least you’ve whittled it down to the graphics card. I’ve heard that Windows 7 focuses particularly on graphical presentation, which means that it is probably quite unforgiving of under-specified graphics cards.
The solution would be to purchase an upgraded (i.e. ‘faster’) graphics card and get one with the Max memory, within your budget. Instal it onto the motherboard in a ‘spare’ slot and your issue ought to be fixed.
It WILL be the end of the world in December 2012 …. because by then the final bills for the London Olympics will be in and we’re all doomed …. doomed I say.
OK so we can assume that your son’s installation of Windows 7 was “clean” and re-installing it probably won’t help things.
Two other areas for consideration.
1. Does he use it for ‘gaming’ and if so – is it possible that there may be some sort of ‘virus’ or similar that has been (inadvertently) downloaded? A full virus scan might be a good idea – just in case.
2. It is possible that your LCD screen has become defective – coincidentally shortly after Windows 7 was installed. Best way to verify this is to beg or borrow a working screen from somebody and see if the effect occurs on that screen. (Same thing applies if you use a CRT monitor).
If the effect still occurs on the replacement screen, then the issue probably emenates from the onboard video card.
Er ….. you are using an onboard card aren’t you? (i.e. one that is a fixed part of the motherboard). Thinking about it, some users, particularly those that need enhanced or high speed graphics (for ‘gaming or high def. videos etc) use a separate video card installed in one of the extension slots on the motherboard and don’t use the onboard card.
If so, you could connect your screen to the ‘onboard’ card (i.e. use a different vidoe source) and see if the issue resolves itself.
Feedback on how you are progressing with these elimination suggestions and I’ll have another think on your answers.
Sorry Bas but my knowledge of Windows 7 is as limited as is everybody else’s I guess. The current thinking is that, in spite of Microsoft’s so-called extensive Beta testing, it will still be “buggy” for some time to come (roll on SPI). They trumpeted Vista in the same way and that turned out to be a total heap of ****!
Two observations: Did you ‘upgrade’ you computer from Vista to 7? If so it might be something to do with that process. Is it worth trying to completely wipe / format your hard disk and try re-instaling Windows 7 again – on a ‘clean’ (i.e. re-formatted) disk?
Agreed your video card could be playing up BUT if so then surely this would affect all displays on screen, not just some of them?
If the re-install option isn’t a runner, is it worth downloading and installing updated drivers for the vidoe card? Bit of a long shot – but any port in a storm (as Mrs PB says to me occasionally).
@bassingbourne55 wrote:
….That’s like telling someone whose Ford Focus has broken down to buy a Honda Civic !
….or even to get a deep fat fryer when their lawnmower is stuffed up.
(Sorry, I strayed off topic there for a mo)
The facts prove you right Pete – he wasn’t abducted or harmed in any way…. as it turned out.
But what if ……. ???
Can you just imaging the Media feeding frenzy that would have resulted if this child HAD been harmed? The youth club worker would have been hung drawn and quartered in a grotesque ‘trial by media’; the mother would have been screaming from the rooftops about letting her child walk home alone; and yet IF the youth worker did the opposite (as the Times Online suggests by implication that they should have done) they would have been summarily dismissed for sure.
It must be quite easy being a sanctimonious patronising journalist able to point the finger of blame whatever the outcome.
