Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

michaels

vivatifosi wrote: »

Who did you go with? We recently saved £15 a month over two. Switched DH mobile to Tesco, mine was already with them but tariff recently expired so we bundled. All due to Vodafone repeatedly screwing up DH billing. After having to call them every month for five months because they had overcharged, they actually had the cheek to say he would be sorry for moving to Tesco as the service isn't as good and they will badger US with cold calls (total rubbish).

I went talktalk mobile, 3.75 a month on a 12 month contract and 50 topcashback back - 300 minutes unlimited texts 1 gb data.

PasturesNew

I still haven't got a smartphone and still don't understand phones/how to pick a tariff and what all the lingo means

LydiaJ

33% northern - somewhere around Oxford. That fits.

vivatifosi

Some interesting science/tech stories this weekend:

Remote control cockroaches leading to ethical debate

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/critics-denounce-roboroach-device-which-uses-a-smartphone-app-the-control-cockroaches-8930682.html

Being bilingual could delay dementia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2489371/Being-bilingual-slow-dementia-better-effect-strong-drugs.html

Google subsidiary Motorola patents technological neck tattoo:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/google_patent_tattoo_a_mobe_microphone_on_your_throat/

PasturesNew

I did wonder if the test was in part an IP locator, but I checked and IP locators think I am in any one of: Bath, Somerset, Bristol.

vivatifosi

LydiaJ wrote: »

33% northern - somewhere around Oxford. That fits.

I got a similar result... 38%, also Oxford.

vivatifosi

vivatifosi wrote: »

Some interesting science/tech stories this weekend:

Remote control cockroaches leading to ethical debate

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/critics-denounce-roboroach-device-which-uses-a-smartphone-app-the-control-cockroaches-8930682.html

Being bilingual could delay dementia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2489371/Being-bilingual-slow-dementia-better-effect-strong-drugs.html

Google subsidiary Motorola patents technological neck tattoo:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/google_patent_tattoo_a_mobe_microphone_on_your_throat/

somehow missed this one...

Ethical debate over New genome project:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/07/personal-genome-project-uk-launch

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Some interesting science/tech stories this weekend:

Remote control cockroaches leading to ethical debate

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/critics-denounce-roboroach-device-which-uses-a-smartphone-app-the-control-cockroaches-8930682.html

Being bilingual could delay dementia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2489371/Being-bilingual-slow-dementia-better-effect-strong-drugs.html

Google subsidiary Motorola patents technological neck tattoo:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/google_patent_tattoo_a_mobe_microphone_on_your_throat/

Good news! Urine-powered robots are a step nearer!

Science's ultimate dream (after the technological neck tattoo).:beer:

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

Good news! Urine-powered robots are a step nearer!

They'd sell well if they were programmed to go get the next cold beer when they're wee'd on..... blokes all over the UK would be getting one of those for Xmas.

SingleSue

zagubov wrote: »

Mind you I just scored 95% on the North-o-meter on another thread which considering my origins isn't that weird (or is it?).

As this is a somewhat southerly thread (on average) I wonder how the other NPs would do?;)

88%! Somewhere around York.

Bearing in mind I was born in Suffolk and pretty much bred the old London way (which is actually very similar in ways to northern ways), it would have been more if I had gone through with my first suggestion of having chips and gravy tonight, instead, I went for a lamb burger.

I do have Scottish blood though, so maybe that helps.