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IIRC GWs might help scientists 'see' further back in time when the universe was opaque to photons.

You could have solar panel patch sewn on the outside of the bag to charge the battery that powers the LED strip

The Americans make the most expensive valve amps, which can mega money. At the end of the day, if you like hi-fi, it's down the sound that moves and involves you in the music and for some people beyond a certain age, that'''s the 'valve sound'. The valve sound is closer to the 'live' sound of a concert, even with it's peculiarities. I think, technically speaking, because the current is always available, the transients are immediately produced with no delay or chopping... it's smoooooth. With records, snap-crackle-and-pop is part of the experience and, again, they sound more 'natural'' and immediate than digital media. Digital excels on dynamics and noise. Records are still selling well here and even the rock gods of the 70's are very much appreciated by the teens of today, judging by comments I read on Youtube. Analogue is just another flavour in the sonic palette.

When you do get the stains off, wipe the windows with warm water that has vinegar in it to stop residues in the future because it will soften the water. Distilled white vinegar is the purest. I use a good splosh of vinegar in half a bucket of hot water with a few drops of washing up liquid to clean my house windows; polishing is minimal after. If you want numbers and in a bottle:

I think mine was about $4 for 1.8m with gold-plated connectors. The only time I would fuss about wire-type is with speaker cable which does make an audible difference,up to a point; as long as it's thick enough not to degrade the current which degrades the signal, I think. .I notice the loss in bass with thin cable anyway. I am pretty deaf, so the esoteric cables would be wasted on me but I can hear a difference between bell-wire and 49-strand QED. Do signals losses become noticable beyond a certain length with HDMI cable? Is DisplayPort the new top standard for digital connection quality?

Right. Thanks. The option was there, at no extra cost, when looking for a HDMI cable, so I thought I might as well get that one.

Cheers. I bought a HDMI cable with ethernet capability. What does that mean?

Thanks for the warning but perhaps MS has corrected that bug because Chrome is automatically back at the laptop screen with the HDMI plug removed. Upon you mentioning that, I plugged the HDMI back in and Chrome went back to the external monitor; Windows appears to remember my setup with external monitor plugged. When the tower part of my computer comes, is it better to use HDMI than VGA to connect the monitor to it?

Yes.. That worked. Super! I wasn't really aiming for two work spaces but that's what it turns out to be, which is a bonus. I just wanted to use the bigger screen at the start. I thought it would be a lot of faffing about using multiple monitors for different jobs. Does the HDMI interface make the process simpler?

How do you do that?

That works with Opera but Chrome and Firefox still do the same i.e clicking Chrome icon in monitor brings it up on the laptop. other programs seem to be fine apart from those two. It's not a biggie... at least I can use a browser on it. I'm just playing around with the monitor until the tower comes for it.. At least i know how to do it if the screen messes up on a laptop of mine. The picture and resolution is great. Thank you.

I've used the extended option, Windows Display Options and the mouse moves to the external monitor. The screen is now full but when I click icons in the taskbar on the external monitor everything only happens on the laptop, like, if I click Opera browser icon in the external, Opera only opens on the laptop; nothing happens on the external

The mouse stops at the edge of the image

I connected a 1920 x 1080 monitor via HDMI to my laptop, which has a 1366 x 976 screen, and the monitor has a large black gap around it; the screen is not filled. Does the laptop's hardware/software limit the size of the image? Can it be made to use up the full monitor screen? I suspect the pixels used up on the monitor is currently the same as the laptop. W10 is the OS.

Try vinegar in the rinsing water to remove the effects of the insoluble calcium. Or try it neat on the glass.

People need to learn what the terms actually mean to scientists.

That's it and, statistically, it's obviously not significant enough for the experts to advise any different to what they are now or else they wouldn't give that advice.

In reality, people that engage in specific activities generally tend to socialise tightly together, so HIV, Hep C etc is part of their landscape and the stigma will be less, so personal secrecy won't be so common. The statistics and studies seem to support that. I know from my substance-using days that fellow users were pretty open about having hep and I imagine it's the same with the gay community and other high-risk groups. i can't speak from experience about HIV with drug users because I was out of the IV scene just as HIV was coming to public consciousness in the mid-eighties. There will always be a few renegades and you can't legislate for them... nothing's 100%.

Just because some people are dangerous drivers and some of those will kill someone, should everyone be barred from driving because of those people who are irresponsible?

But perhaps the good humanitarian things only got properly established as societal norms due to religious decree at pain of the masses incurring the wrath of their deities.

I was actually thinking of the Turtle Universe model.

One that has always been here is a lot easier to comprehend than one that came out of nothing.

Could apply to many on here that pass through.

With regard to police presence: I think a frequent visible presence is important so that they seen an integrated part of a community life and avoids that 'us and them' division. I don't think it's desirable for them to be only seen when there's trouble around.