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The N95 is a great gadget but it's limited as a business phone. It's too delicate, the wrong shape, and its software is of limited use for email sync. Blackberrys are all good and nice, but their problem is that you only have very basic OTA email, no proper over-the-air sync with your mail system for calendaring, read/unread status, sent items etc, until you agree to a ~£35/month BES tariff, and install BES or BPS (1 user free BPS, so I have done a few of those now) onto your back-end mail system. The idea of just 'doing it yourself', rather than relying on a different tariff & provisioning, blackberry servers etc, is one that I like a lot, so provided you have an Exchange server (2003 onwards), the Windows Mobile system (Exchange ActiveSync) ticks all the right boxes for me, alongside something like T-Mobile web'n'walk to cover the data usage and then some, however there is one problem, and that is that.. Windows Mobile sucks. It doesn't do a good enough job of being a phone, and it's very much like jumping back to Windows 3.1 in terms of how modern it feels. But there is light at the end of the tunnel.. Not enough people seem to be aware that you can do this 'blackberry type stuff' with a Nokia business smartphone (that'd be E-series then, of which E51 is the cream of the crop IMO, 3.5G HSDPA, wifi, fast CPU, acceptable battery life etc.). Nokia's free Mail for Exchange application speaks 'Exchange Activesync' with the Exchange servers. There are tons and tons of people out there who also prefer the "direct data-connection to your servers" approach, rather than the Blackberry approach, but think that this means they have to have a sucky Windows Mobile PDA-cum-halfphone. The Nokia 6310 was every business man's favourite phone. http://www.mobilesdata.com/images/big/Nokia/6310.jpg The Nokia E51 is, in my opinion, the smartphone equivalent of that. (almost everybody seems to not like it in pictures, but love it once they pick it up..) http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Sept2007/E51.jpg

Nokia E51 & a hosted Exchange account. Ooops.. too late

Or it could be that your network addresses (subnet) at home is the same as the VPN network, and depending on the type of VPN client, this could cause all sorts of issues.. You'd need to change the network on your router from e.g. 192.168.1.x to 192.168.0.x (this means both the DHCP range and the LAN ip address of the router). You need to be able to get into the router's configuration pages to do any of this though.

The ad hoc channel is not relevant - your laptop will use the channel that the router/wireless box is set to, which is where Vicki was meaning for you to change it. The limited or no connectivity means your laptop has failed to receive an IP address from the router, which means the laptop & router can't communicate, which is usually because the security settings (encryption key) are wrong. You should start by disconnecting from your wireless network, and reconnecting (via the View Available Wireless Networks window), and making sure you enter the correct WEP/WPA key. What's your wireless network called? Have you set it to something unique rather than just 'NETGEAR' or something? You may be attempting to connect to a neighbour's network instead of your own if not.

This is why I take my keys to bed with me too. I keep wondering if I should have a bat hooked under the bed though in case they come into the bedroom.

Everybody will just work from home. That's what I try to do as much as possible now, but it gets boring and it's so easy to waste time and not get a proper amount done (he says.. posting on the mkivsupra.net forums )

Pictures are blurry, but it's got valves and a cam and stuff?

That's cool. I want one. Maybe a little bit smaller and with more ancillaries, but a cool idea

The proper motorised one has two problems: 1. It makes the car look like a remote controlled toy 2. It makes a stupid noise

I am considering doing this procedure (smoke on startup after weekend is shocking now), but feel a little daunted. It's all pretty clear except for the timing related stuff, which is where I feel I might cock it up. In the bit I have quoted above, you have said to place the screwdriver into no1 plughole, presumably to observe something, but you haven't said what to observe. Does setting the crank pulley yellow-mark to 0 automatically imply TDC on no1 cylinder, and we're just using the screwdriver to confirm that this is correct ? You say "set the crank-shaft pulley to the 0 timing mark, with the no.1 cylinder at TDC". Do I have to do both then, or does setting the crank to the 0 timing mark actually set the no1 piston to TDC (my limited understanding of engines suggests turning the crank will move the pistons directly, but I'm looking for clarification )

Hi & welcome Give it a minute or two and then try again, or turn the engine over a few more times.

That's nice. Big brakes too

I'm afraid not. If it comes to me I'll let you know. Might not be much more than that from WM without tires.. 19" tires must be ~ £160 each..

£500 from eBay without tires a while ago, sold under a different brand name (new).

Have you ever had the car working or did you pick it up like this?

Only about £34 +vat each from Toyota.

No worries. Don't take my word as gospel, but that's what was said in #fedora a minute ago. Google says some people installed them by downgrading X and other stuff, but reports of broken opengl after doing so make me think it's better to wait a bit.

Fedora 9 uses the latest X.org server, for which apparently there are no proprietary/binary nVidia or ATI drivers yet. Just so you know..

I had this with an iPaq or something years ago. You can set seller requirements now though - only bidders with more than x feedback, and who are residents in UK etc. can bid. I think the sellers not being allowed to give negative feedback to buyers might be a good thing for two reasons: 1. It means people can finally leave neg feedback for bad sellers without fear of the usual retaliatory negative in return. 2. As a seller you generally can't check out a buyer's feedback before allowing them to bid.. it's not like analysing whether or not you will bid on a seller's item.. the buyer will just bid/buy before you know anything about them. I accept that it may be harder now to decide whether to wait longer for a cheque to clear or something, but all the same, it seems like a reasonable change to the feedback system. Can sellers still leave neutral feedback for a buyer? Will eBay still give them strikes or something for non-payment?

What's actually happened regarding leaving neg feedback then?

That's basically what I was thinking. There's probably at least 30 - 40yrs of oil that's already been found/accessible with current technology, nevermind advancements in technology. Aren't OPEC always cutting back supplies? Sounds a bit like the diamond industry/cartel, although even 40yrs isn't long really. You'd hope we might get going on veg oil or something by then though.

I don't think that's right. The only half-facelift thing is that the VVTi engines and 3-spoke steering wheel came a little after the rest of the facelift stuff, or thereabouts. I don't think there was ever facelift without facelift wings, indicators etc.

What's the history with this car? It appears to have the wrong front wings and missing indicators on front bumper. If it wasn't for the little line going through the intake gap on the nose, you could say it has completely the wrong front-end.

Please don't.