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markfenton

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    The article mentions that at the time they were looking at the 737 replacement in the early 2000s they didn't think they could scale up the production to the volume needed for the …

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    Can I just say thank you, I love your site! Despite being a regular runner it's much more convenient than trying to remember what I like to wear for a particular forecast.

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    A piece of plastic cut to that shape from a flexible chopping board or plastic milk jug works well too.

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    There is a view held by some that they actually decrease safety by providing somewhere for undesirables to loiter, or a means of escape after committing crime, or simply attract mo…

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    Comment #29514852

    BT bought EE in 2016

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    Comment #7448392

    But if the user with the higher karma is the only one interested in that thread they could easily just ignore the posts they disagree with so they never get endorsed. It leads to t…

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    Comment #4282009

    If you really want to test it, surely raising the price by 1p is the best way? That way, you get an answer and you aren't stealing anything.

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    Comment #2857675

    I also seem to remember that one of the last things Clarkson said was how much he liked the the Leaf. More generally, a 100 mile range would be fine for me 80% of the time, but the…

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    Comment #2791454

    It's not perfect, but it does allow me to have a memorable password for everyday use that is improved by the two factor authentication, and a more secure but unmemorable one for us…

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    Comment #2504188

    More practically, I suspect the problem is the amount of time and energy taken to prove and certify a new way of doing things. Flight data recorders are standardised across most of…

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    Comment #2412572

    Modern British universities have always required you to 'read' a particular subject. The major change after WWII was to make them available to more people by changing the funding m…

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    Comment #1997530

    I've no figures to back it up, but my initial thought is that the simple cost of the OS isn't the deciding factor. For a PC people expect the Windows name, to see Windows on it, an…