I keep getting calls about my “Windows computer” from some idiots who say they are from the “Service centre for windows operating system”. This looks to me like an attempt to sound like they are calling from Microsoft. I get other phone spammers trying to make out they are calling from Orange when they are not. When pressed they admitted to being from a company called “PCEFIX”. I consider this unethical “sharp business practice” to be dishonest and bordering on fraud.

Their sales pitch is ridiculous and their badly trained operators are clearly reading from a script. They told me that they had received messages about errors from my Windows computer and were calling to help me fix them. We use Apple computers.

This is a shitty business model and no way to get new business or treat potential clients. Why would I let some random caller access my PC to remotely “fix” it? The staff are inept and I have been rudely hung up on without a goodbye for telling them I use Apple computers.

If these are any other idiot spammers call to waste your time, I suggest you string them along for as long as you can and waste their time in return.

I was quite surprised to see the packaging on my new CD300-IIs that arrived today – the box is completely made of corrugated card!

Nice box – let’s just hope this pair last longer than the previous ones.

If you have stuff to get rid of that is too good for the bin but you can’t be arsed selling it on eBay or whatever, why not give it away? DontDumpThat is a Freecycle type website that is broken down into regional areas so you can view local stuff easily.

DontDumpThat is also good if you are looking for free stuff for a new house/flat etc

It’s free to join – the Nottingham forum is looking a bit bare so give all your unwanted stuff away and keep an eye out for things you want!

Don’tDumpThat • View forum – Nottingham.

I’m going to get straight to the point with this one.  Things can not be described as “green” or “not green”.

Everything has an impact, no matter how eco-friendly it is trying to be.  The alternative phrase might be “greener”, but then this falls foul of nothing to compare it to.  There has to be a reference “thing” for the new “greener thing” so it can be “greener” than the reference “thing”.

This is semantic, yes.  But what else is there? The words we use are all we have to try and get our meanings across – it’s no good saying “yeah, but you know what I mean”.  That’s lazy.  So to make “green” actually mean something, there has to be a comparison. To get numbers to compare two items, the impact of designing, making, transporting, using and decommissioning the item must be taken into account.  This could well be very difficult.  Difficulty is no excuse for giving up, however.

Thoughts on a postcard, please

Nick

Ok, enough people waffling on about “global warming”, “climate change”, “cO2″ offsets etc etc. Back to basics for me. I dont know what is happening with the climate. This is fine, I am not jumping to premature conclusions based on weak media articles. An argument requires premises and supporting evidence to reach a firm conclusion. Therefore, for anyone to present their conclusions, I want to start seeing the following fundamentals addressed:

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