The Fancy Dress Man
Out and about - the newsUse and misuse of English in David Gritten's review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the Daily Telegraph 15/08/2008 In English a franchise is an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place or a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area. An example is McDonald's. The concept is based on reselling someone else's rights. George Lucas is not franchising someone else's rights for a fee in the Star Wars spin off, Clone Wars, so it is not a "franchise". "Can’t-do attitude to maths ‘has cost economy £9bn’" From The Times
June 3, 2008 Nicola Woolcock to the Times today claims that Reform claims "Holders of an A level in maths earn, on average, 10 per cent more" - which is supposed to be an incentive to do A-Levels . . . or is it . . . If it takes two years to get a Maths A-Level then that means that it will take 20 years to earn back the loss in earnings (and savings) that it took to get that Maths O-level. Not a great or far thinking investment! Maybe the ones who can work that out don't do the A-Levels? The latest BBC scandal: Sex education with Bill Oddie 30/05/2008 By Ceri Radford in the Daily Telegraph Surely this isn't the same Bill Oddie who was responsible for "The Goodies" Sex and Violence (1971) - full of whips and leather specially made to shock Mary Whitehouse? How he must have changed . . . or maybe not . . honestly though - either his easy going cheek makes you smile or it doesn't - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Film-goers complain of sound cuts Claims of repeated sound cuts during screenings of the latest Indiana Jones film have sparked a wave of complaints in the United States. (Telegraph) Is it just me or do you find it strange that they should spend upwards of $100 million dollars and have so much at stake as to profits - yet not check the quality on some of the first batches of films distributed. Is this sort of bodge endemic everywhere? How do you explain to someone's Gran what web hosting is?According to the FDM A web site is like a book or newsletter that you can see on the "telly screen" on any computer connected to the Internet ("The Internet is basically just a more modern system of sending telegrams").Each and every web site is on a computer somewhere. When someone wants to put up a new web site and make it available on the Internet they either share a computer somewhere for a few pounds a month (or sometime free) or rent a whole computer with a permanent connection to the Internet and a contract to look after it and make sure it is always working - day and night. The person who rents out the computers to put web sites on is called a hosting provider. And before you ask - a computer is a machine that can simulate ANY function, machine or thing whose workings you can describe clearly (Program) - currently they are mainly used to simulate the technology existing in Grandmas lifetime - typewriters (Word Processor), telegrams (email/chat), Telephones (Skype), Car boot sales (EBay) calculators, photographic darkrooms (Photoshop), Dictionaries (Wikipedia), Newspapers, Mail Order Catalogues (eCommerce), Record players and Televisions (YouTube). ------- Now my question - is a "portable notebook BBQ" just a laptop that runs very hot?FDM's Useful E-mail addressesUK Companies |
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