The 12th UK South-East "iPads for Everyone!!" Thread (All Welcome)

Jonathan wrote in post #12351461
As with many others, I use the Dell 2209WA. There is a place on eBay that does returns that you cannot tell from new. I have one and it's a cracking monitor and their service is great. £165 delivered iirc.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk …m2a0da2a05f#ht_​5730wt_922

Thanks Jon, pulled the trigger on this one, cant fault that price with a years warranty.

I've just been surfing a forum for serving/ex soldiers and found this description of Lydd and knowing both JD and Wayne come from that neck of the woods thought I'd share.

And I have to admit I do have similar memories of Lydd.

a few shots from today. Even the 100-400 didnt seem to get me near enough to the herons....

Heres the nearby water residents.

Peek-a-boo Swan

talea wrote in post #12353875
I hope they can put it out soon. That's a lot of land destroyed and a lot of habitat lost.

Apparently its burning the peat underground, so even though it looks out it really isn't and a bit of strong wind and its catching again !!

vmlopes wrote in post #12354247
Apparently its burning the peat underground, so even though it looks out it really isn't and a bit of strong wind and its catching again !!

I think there is a subsoil coal fire somewhere in India that has been burning for decades, there was a news item of documentary a while back about this slow buring disaster.

PS Victor, you have PM

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Aardvark101 wrote in post #12353976
Thanks Jon, pulled the trigger on this one, cant fault that price with a years warranty.

Congrats, you will find it a very good screen but for the record "out of the box" it is eye searingly bright and very much benefits from calibration to get the luminance down to in my case just under 100cd ~ important if you wnat what you see on the screen to print as close a match as possible.....sorry if I am teaching you how to suck eggs

I was driving through Bracknell towards the A30 about 7 tonight, loads of fire engines at least 8 heading somewhere so must have been kicking off again somewhere. Think it's too late to head out now and gander but plan to get up early and see the sad damage.

Layyz wrote in post #12352255
One from last nights visit to Bracknell. This was the main area that the firebrigade were settled at the swinley forest area of the fire.

Like it, not something you see everyday near your home. What time were you out and about last night?

A W7 Pro question???

Something I have never seen to date was a dialogue box popping up refering to the Encrypting File System with choices of a) Backup Key to external media b) Later ~ will remind next time I logon and c) Never

I clicked on "b" for now

Now I do not know if this was a co-incidence but I was unzipping a zipped file using W7 extract all off of the context menu but I have done this before without that dialgue box popping up.

Googling suggests that it is all to do if one encrypts data and this key makes sure you can unlock it......but to my knowledge I have never encrypted any files???

Any pointers as the correct & appropriate action would be appreciated

Wanted to try my first HDR and took some pictures of a windmill near to me a few weeks ago, finally got around to messing with PM tonight.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …ading-matters/5691883710/

MagnumPI wrote in post #12354938
Wanted to try my first HDR and took some pictures of a windmill near to me a few weeks ago, finally got around to messing with PM tonight.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …ading-matters/5691883710/
Windmill HDR- by Reading-Matters, on Flickr

There is a slight halo around the blades, have tried different settings but can't seem to get rid of them. Is this a process screw up by me (am I over cooking it) or was it a problem at the time of shooting?

I used a tripod so should not be movement when capturing. Any comments/help are welcome.

Wow, got an early start so better get some zzzzz

You wouldn't really guess it was a HDR from looking. Nice job!

How is the fire going over there? It's sounding quite serious.

adrian5127 wrote in post #12352853
Good luck with your journey hope it goes smoothly and you have a good book

Thanks mate. Started well by missing my first flight to Shanghai Only delayed by an hour so no issues.

Ronin Silv wrote in post #12353040
Mr Cassidy on TV now, again. Interesting watch.

He's becoming a real media whore. I reckon he won't even post here anymore now he's famous

Aardvark101 wrote in post #12353976
Thanks Jon, pulled the trigger on this one, cant fault that price with a years warranty.

First one they sent me had a couple of dead pixels. Was replaced the next day with no questions. True sign of great service and you can't knock the price

Box Brownie wrote in post #12354489
A W7 Pro question???

Something I have never seen to date was a dialogue box popping up refering to the Encrypting File System with choices of a) Backup Key to external media b) Later ~ will remind next time I logon and c) Never

I clicked on "b" for now

Now I do not know if this was a co-incidence but I was unzipping a zipped file using W7 extract all off of the context menu but I have done this before without that dialgue box popping up.

Googling suggests that it is all to do if one encrypts data and this key makes sure you can unlock it......but to my knowledge I have never encrypted any files???

Any pointers as the correct & appropriate action would be appreciated

Unless you work for MI5, EFS is not relevant to your needs and has a reputation for being flaky. Better to look to a product like Truecrypt (freebie) which allows you to create encrypted folders so you can protect just the sensitive stuff like bank details etc. Encrypting entire hard drives is best left to the guys who leave their laptops on trains or in cabs

I failed to get anywhere close to the fire this morning, I parked my car up in a place called Great Hollands and then walked towards the area finally found a road that did not have a police car with policeman sat inside it.....

So walked along the carrigeway only to see policeman come out the trees and stop me. Oh well talked to him for a bit then made my way to work!

right time to setup my iPad I got yesterday