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Reuters wrote:British geniuses feature heavily ... proportionately more than any other country. ...
The company e-mailed 4,000 Britons...

Now who's surprised about that then?

dangorironhide wrote:Whichever came first, I'll have mine fried, on toast.

Certainly, sir. And would sir like the fried chicken or the fried egg to start with?

Note that the connection fee will be a lot lower if you have a BT phone socket (as opposed to NTL, etc.) in your property. This is because they then only have to reconnect you at the exchange, rather than install a new socket.

Either the door is locked because the toilet is occupied, or the door is locked because the toilet is out of commission I suppose by knocking, you can confirm someone is in there, thereby avoiding waiting around like a numpty for several minutes while you figure out that no-one is actually in there...

I believe this situation usually occurs when the person who is knocking is unsure whether the toilet is indeed occupied. My preferred response to this situation would probably be a polite, but questioning "Yes?" with the implication of "And you were wanting what, precisely?". Thi...

I am not sure why you'd describe the University of Cumbria as a failing polytechnic. It might be failing but it is not a polytechnic. My apologies - slip of the fingers: "former" polytechnic (as one of its founder members was). Edit: Note that I have nothing against former polytechnics pe...

These may well be the first in a larger wave of redundancies across the University, linked to the recently-announced cuts to the education budget. Not if you're referring to a Westminster announcement. Government funding for St Andrews comes from Holyrood, and even then that's less than 50% of the ...

These may well be the first in a larger wave of redundancies across the University, linked to the recently-announced cuts to the education budget. This will not only have a direct impact on undergraduate education, but will also substantially cut the number of PhD places and further academic job opp...

Is there some super secret place to buy cheap TVs in the UK, or is everywhere pretty much the same? Is Argos just as good as anywhere? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer :P Or if you really do want the real deal, you can usually get cheap second hand ones from the listings in the back of newspapers (or b...

is there a good reason why people can post as guests without actually creating a user account Yes, and I believe this argument has been around a few times before. The main reason is to allow folks - especially on the Advice board - to ask questions in anonymity. You know, the "My boyfriend jus...

Given the price of tickets to Dundee, you could settle for a bus through to Edinburgh and then take the Megabus from there. It might be marginally too, given the Dundee megabus goes through Glasgow. I used to do the overnight run down to Manchester on a regular basis. Leave about midnight, get in ab...

the Firkin... I mean, the Raisin. You do realise that's going back more than a decade now? Perhaps you'd like a pint in MacSorley's as well... :P I surely would, that No1 Golf Place bar is shite. Who calls a bar 'No-one' and then expects anyone who's anyone to attend? I would also like to raise a s...

wild_quinine wrote:the Firkin... I mean, the Raisin.

You do realise that's going back more than a decade now? Perhaps you'd like a pint in MacSorley's as well...

I guess so. It can't take 2 hours to drive around central St. Andrews! Though South St. was done at 11:30am: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=market+street&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Market+St,+St+Andrews,+Fife+KY16,+United+Kingdom&layer=c&cbll=5...

I can prove that it's 11:40am http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=market+street&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Market+St,+St+Andrews,+Fife+KY16,+United+Kingdom&ll=56.340381,-2.795023&spn=0.002215,0.004823&z=18&layer=c&cbll=56.340391,-2.7951...

Most of the UK is now covered. About 95% of it, to be precise. If the images were taken on the same day, they were taken at reasonably different times: look at the difference in the weather to the west on the Market St and Double Dykes Rd side of the roundabout by the bus station. I notice the Unio...

Technically not my desk, but I am borrowing it: * 10 screens * 2 keyboards, mice, computer towers, etc. * 2 laptops * A coffee mug * Various user manuals * Several pens * A telephone * A backup satellite phone * A radio time receiver * A potplant * The controls to a £120,000,000, 200-tonne, 2-mile l...

I can't remember which ports are blocked on ResNet (it's probably changed in the last few years anyway). You could always try setting up a VNC server and seeing if you can find an unblocked port. University IT Services tend to be pretty draconian about port blocking, though.

You could try the physics skip, always old components in there. Looks like you've got one now, but Physics is usually looking to throw out old PSUs, etc. That's where I got my last one. You could try the lab technicians up there - go in the main entrance (if the building work is finished?) and go t...

Were I still in St Andrews rather than deepest, darkest Englandshire, I would quite like the idea. I wish you luck.