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Windows 7: Please don't get a Taxi Here
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31 Jan 2010
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W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi Hafnarfjörður IS |
Please don't get a Taxi Here
Hi all
Reading the UK sunday papers this morning - I'm stuck in Manchester UK on call this weekend - I find a nice little snippet about a Certain Local City Council's (Not Manchester BTW) drive towards ever greater "Equality" and "Diversity" opportunities.
Well I couldn't help myself laughing all over the place in the Restaurant at Breakfast when I saw that Applications were available in BRAILLE as well as almost any other language on the planet if you wanted to apply for a City Taxi Driver licence.
You couldn't credit it -- could you. -- I checked the date 3 times and it WASN'T April 1st.
We had a bit of fun at Breakfast in the Hotel with that one.
Cheers
jimbo | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi
CPU Q9400 QUAD
Motherboard P5QL-CM
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card On Motherborad
Sound Card Realtek HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema display
Mouse Toshiba wireless laser
Hard Drives 4 X 1TB SATA
Internet Speed > 20MB up
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31 Jan 2010
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#2 | |
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3 Gulf Coast Texas |
Now that's funny i don't care who you are. Fabe | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
CPU intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz
Motherboard Asus P5ND bios 1401
Memory 8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1ty
Graphics Card EVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition
Sound Card Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2zs
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24in LCD's 2MS X2
Screen Resolution 1920x1080p @60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX5000
Mouse Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX1000
PSU OCZ 700W GameXtreme
Case NZXT Apollo
Cooling Corsair H50 CPU/120mm x3 /60mm x2 /Corsair Dominator Ram
Hard Drives WD Caviar 500 Black/ WD Caviar 200 Blue
Internet Speed Download 19.83 Upload 0.97
Other Info Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External
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31 Jan 2010
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#3 | |
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600 Liverpool, UK |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung R60 Plus
OS Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600
CPU Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T5550, 1833 MHz (1
Motherboard ATI Radeon Xpress 1100/1250
Memory 2GB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (256 MB)
Sound Card Realtek ALC262 @ ATI SB600 - High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung LTN154X3-L01 [15.4" LCD]
Screen Resolution 1280x800
Keyboard na
PSU na
Case na
Cooling na
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31 Jan 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™ West Yorkshire |
You would think someone would have said, "is there any point putting Braille on cab applications", but I guess not eh. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio FZ21Z
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo (2.2 GHz)
Motherboard Sony (Intel Chipset)
Memory 2x 2GB Corsair (667 MHz)
Graphics Card NVIDIA 8600M GS (256MB)
Sound Card Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" TFT X-Black
Screen Resolution 1280x800
Mouse Logitech Anywhere MX
Hard Drives Western Digital 300GB Scorpio Black (7200rpm)
Internet Speed Sky 5MB
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31 Jan 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 Doncaster, UK |
| | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dwarf Dwf/11/2012
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
CPU Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Memory 4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics Card 2 x AMD Radeon HD7770 1GB CrossFired (OC 1100MHz/1250MHz)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
Mouse Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
PSU XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
Case Gigabyte IF233
Cooling 1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
Hard Drives OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
Internet Speed NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
Antivirus Avast! 8.0.1483
Browser IE 9
Other Info Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
CTF-430 Tablet & Pen
WEI Score: 7.7/7.9/7.4/7.4/7.9
Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
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31 Jan 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™ West Yorkshire |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio FZ21Z
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo (2.2 GHz)
Motherboard Sony (Intel Chipset)
Memory 2x 2GB Corsair (667 MHz)
Graphics Card NVIDIA 8600M GS (256MB)
Sound Card Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" TFT X-Black
Screen Resolution 1280x800
Mouse Logitech Anywhere MX
Hard Drives Western Digital 300GB Scorpio Black (7200rpm)
Internet Speed Sky 5MB
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31 Jan 2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9 In the Crust |
Dwarf, that was GREAT.
~Lordbob | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hera
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory 2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Tarantula
Mouse Razer Lachesis
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling Fans
Hard Drives G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
Internet Speed not fast enough
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31 Jan 2010
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Vista Ult64, Win7600 Dublin |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Build 64bit
OS Vista Ult64, Win7600
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2400 MHz 64bit OS
Motherboard Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi @p 64 bit OS
Memory 4096 MB DDR3-SDRAM
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3870 Series x2 Crossfired
Sound Card Realtek on board
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster - 23 inches
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 pixels at 60 Hz in True Colors
Keyboard Wireless
Mouse Wireless
PSU Cooler Master 1000w
Case Cooler Master Cosmos 1000.
Cooling Fans and fresh air,
Hard Drives Hitachi (250 GB)/Samsung 750 GB. /Barracuda 160 GB.
My Book 1 TB external..
Internet Speed Never fast enough
Other Info I use a Magnum.
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31 Jan 2010
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#9 | |
W7 Ultimate 64bit W7 Premium 64bit W7 Premium 32bit WXP Home 32bit St. Charles |
Hey,
Ever notice how many drive up ATM's have braille? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell C521
OS W7 Ultimate 64bit W7 Premium 64bit W7 Premium 32bit WXP Home 32bit
CPU Athlon 64X2 5000+
Motherboard Dell
Memory 4GB
Graphics Card ATI X1300
Sound Card On Board
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" Flat
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
Hard Drives 500GB Western Digital Caviar Green
Internet Speed SBC DSL - 6Mbps
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31 Jan 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Dwarf, are you coming here to clean the coffee spills from my keyboard? Please, next time a warning: "This video can seriously damage your desk and keyboard if you don't empty your mouth before watching it". | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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