All the new xmas catalogues seem to feature water powered clocks and calculators. Apparently you top them up with tap water approximately once a month, no batteries needed. Are they a gimick or is...
Anyone know the tune that is sort of hummed on the new maltesers advert - the one where people are commuting to work on giant bouncing maltesers (as you do). I recognise the tune but can't identify...
If you use SSL to upload a file using 128 bit encryption, is the encrypted data being transfered larger than the original file. If encryption does increase the size of the data during transfer how...
We have just purchased a Kodak 6440 digital camera but the LCD preview screen is so dim it is almost unusable. Does anybody else have this problem or do we a faulty camera ?
My PC has started freezing on boot up. It can happen at any time in the start up sequence, even loading the bios, so I do not think it is software related. After about three attempts it usually goes...
Has anybody found a way to securely hang net curtains from uPVC window frames. We used to have hooks in the old wooden frames. Its a bay window so the adjustable rods you can buy don't work.
Years ago somebody asked me if i could solve the following ( I never could) : A goat is tied to a circular fence surrounding a circular field. How long must the length of rope be if the goat can eat...
MSN Messenger 6 can't see my Creative Labs webcam even though it is listed in the 'Scanners and cameras' section of control panel and is recognised by NetMeeting ( which I believe is what MSN 5 used...
A large sealed chemical mixing vessel is weighed using load cells positioned under the vessel ( The vessel is weighed to accurately control the quantities being added). Suspended from the roof of the...
Our hotpoint washing machine won't spin. The belt is still ok and the motor seems to work on the other cycles but not on the spin cycle. Any ideas - the dirty washing mountain is getting higher and...
How does a new cell (human or otherwise) know what sort of cell it is supposed to be e.g. a blood cell, a liver cell or whatever and what coordinates the manufacture of all the different cell types...
How has our appreciation of art evolved in terms of genetical evolution ? My understanding of evolution is that a new 'feature' would have had to help us live longer and be more reproductive to become...
URL; I think its universal resource locator - but my better half says it uniform resource locator. I have also heard unique resource locator - which is correct ?
How do you edit your hosts file to block links to unwanted URL. Tried using IE content advisor but it puts up a msg box everytime it finds a 'blocked' site which is more annoying than the ads your...
